Vietnam War Timeline

57
15 February 1969
1/35th
Submitted by: Dave Fogg

3rd Bde 4th Inf Div
Bn (1/35) Forward Fire Base
LZ Lillie ZA115561

Unit Locations:
1/35 CP LZ Lillie ZA119561
A Company ZA049531
B 1/35 ZA078527
C 1/35 (-) LZ Jane ZA058437
C Co 2nd platoon Rock Quarry
D 1/35 LZ Lillie
Recon ZA062522
4.2" LZ Lillie

Summary: Log opened at 0001 hours 15 February 1969. Unit locations: At LZ Lillie ZA115561, Battalion Headquarters (Forward); D Company, E Company (-), C Battery 2/9 Artillery, counter mortar section from the 2/9 artillery; C Company (-) LZ Jane; A Company ZA049531; B Company ZA078527; Recon ZA062522; OPCON units; 2nd platoon C Company OPCON to the 1/69 Armor; At LZ Oasis Headquarters and Headquarters Company Support (S-4 Froward); At Base Camp (Camp Enari); Battalion Headquarters (Rear).

At 1310 hours B Company found 30-100 bunkers, overhead cover varied from twigs to 1 foot of cover, some estimated to be 1-2 weeks old and others were thought to be older, bunkers size 1-5 man. Also found a great deal of equipment in the area; 4 rucksacks with clothing and ammunition, 2 B-40 Rockets, 3 sandbags of rice and 4 long bags of rice (location 077527). At 1355 hours B Company found one NVA body and they believed that it is the same one that they shot last night, he was wearing a green uniform (location 079532). At 1445 hours LZ Jane was closed out. At 1835 hours A Company went OPCON to the 1/10 Cav. At 2200 hours A Company still had half of their packs at the old location.

0724 hours (C) Message from the Bn CO to A Co CO: Move from your present location to secure the LZ at grid ZA051518 establish a patrol base at that location, send out at least 3 platoon size patrols at least 1,000 meters from the CP, north, south and northeast.

0734 hours (C) Message from the Bn CO to Recon CO; From the present position move to grid ZA066519, establish a blocking position to the southeast of Plei Bek, be prepared to move to grid ZA067514 on the hilltop.

1022 hours (C) S-3 is sending a detainee to the rear as he was caught by B Co.

1040 hours (C) One WIA from B Co is on his way to the Oasis.

1200 hours (C) S-3 is reporting the B Co is finding all of the equipment on one NVA, also one of B Co men says that he knows the he unloaded one magazine into the individual, no body has been found but they have informed Bde that they have one NVA KIA.

1310 hours (C) B Co at grid 077527 found estimated 30-100 bunkers with overhead cover varying from twigs to one foot of cover, some are estimated to be 1-2 weeks old, others estimate that some of them were used in the last 24-48 hours, other had not been used for a longer period of time, estimate it to be a company size complex, some of the bunkers hold 3 men while others can accommodate 3 men, also 1 man and some 5 men, there was no definite pattern and they also found the following NVA equipment, 4 NVA rucksacks containing assorted clothing, AK-47 rounds and 2 B-40 Rockets, 1 large burlap bag which contained a helmet, basket, piece of plastic and about 5 sandbags of rice, 3 sandbags of rice (loose) plus 4 long sock like bags of rice, also found 2 metal objects believed to be detonators for B-40 Rockets.

1355 hours (C) B Co found one NVA body and they say that it is the individual that they shot last evening reference 1200 hours item 29 he was wearing a green uniform at grid 079532.

1420 hours (C) B Co recent findings grid 079532. 1 bag of personal equipment, 1 pistol belt, 5 rucksacks, 2 round B-40 Rockets, 1 pair crutches, 1 G.I baseball cap, 1 pair Ho Chi Minh sandals, light O.D. uniform, 2 shirts, undershirt, blue-green, 1 belt with silver buckle.

1615 hours (C) SRP 2 of D Co reports that at grid 114565 they found approximately 80 punji stakes and the stakes were covered an area 30-40 feet long and 10-20 feet wide, the stakes were approximately 4-5 months old, they point in all directions, activity on the east-west on the line.

1655 hours (C) SRP 5 of D Co reports that at grid 122555 they found 100-200 punji stakes, covering an area of 15-20 meters, negative activity, they are 3 months old.

1750 hours (C) From Bde to the S-3: Have A Co on a 30 minute alert as a ready reactionary force for LRP 3C which is in contact at this time, A Co OPCON to the 1/10 Cav upon arrival of flight leader at A Co location.

1755 hours (C) From Bde to the S-3: LRRP is in contact at grid 009521 LZ north of LRP location, ARP platoon will go in first, they will have plenty of artillery for support.

1800 hours (C) A Co will have 102 men for the CA.

1835 hours (C) A Co is going OPCON to the 1/10 Cav at this time.

1950 hours (C) A Co is now on our push and they have 36 packs left at the old location, they have plenty of food, water and ammunition.

2120 hours (C) Line no.'s 15, 137 and 151 of A Co were injured on the insertion today.