DATE

COORD

WHERE

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SOURCE

Map Sheet/ Name

1967

Operation Sam Houston

YA 875 460

Plei Djereng

With the beginning of 1967, the 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry had just concluded OPERATION PAUL REVERE IV, along the Cambodian Border in southwest Kontum Province, and was preparing for participation in OPERATION SAM HOUSTON. This was another operation in which the battalion aggressively sought the NVA forces in the Central Highlands west of Plei Djereng.

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6536-4 Plei Djereng ND4812

1-2 Jan 67

AR 798 525

Bn CP location on 1 Jan. Mission changed from Bong Song to Hwy 19. Bn moved to Hwy 19 and C Co placed OCA to 1st Cav at Oasis.

DJ

3- 28 Jan 67

BR 123 545

Bn CP

Road Security, Villages moved, aided, etc.

DJ

29 Jan 67

ZA 107 275

LZ Oasis

Bn moved to new location at Oasis and performed patrols there

DJ

6536-1 Bao Du ND4812

4 Feb 67

YA 941 050

LZ Cacti

Bn moved from Oasis to Cacti

DJ

6536-4 Plei Djereng ND4812

8 Feb 67

YA 940 052

Ia Drang River

B Co Carl Foster drowned in river

DJ

6536-4 Plei Djereng ND4812

13 Feb 67

YA 865 135

LZ 27D

Bn moved to new location at LZ 27D

DJ

6536-4 Plei Djereng ND4812

14 Feb 67

YA 842 101

Bn CP

DJ

6536-4 Plei Djereng ND4812

17 Feb 67

YA 648 503

Moved CP to loc next to border

DJ

6437-2

19 Feb 67

YA 726 512

Moved CP to new FSB; Lt Koropczk to Co A

DJ

6537-3 Polie Yome ND4808

27 Feb 67

YA 666 548

Bn displaced to new FSB

DJ

6437-2

11 Mar 67

YA 676 535

Bn CP

DJ

6437-2

11 Mar 67

On the morning of 11 March a B-52 airstrike was requested in the battalion area of operation (AO)

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12-13 Mar 67

YA 655 476

For his actions this day 2nd Lt Stephen Karopczyk. A/2/35 was awarded the Medal of Honor.

Early on 12 March Co A established con-tact with an estimated battalion size force, later identified as the 8th Battalion, 66th NVA Regiment.

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6436-1

13 Mar 67

Mar 12-13 the Bn lost 14 men KIA during this action

Sweeping north of the previous days contact, Co C made contact with an estimated battalion size force. During the engagement forty-seven (47) NVA were killed. Captured documents found after the battle identified the force as the 8th Battalion, 66th NVA Regiment who had been maneuvering in a north-easterly direction since the 12 March engagement

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6436-1

13-14 mar 67

YA 676 535

On 13-14 March the battalion fire support base (FSB) came under three (3) separate mortar attacks receiving an estimated 160 incoming mortar rounds

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6437-2

21 Mar 67

YA 681 570

21-Mar

C Co. rear element is hit at 1525H, by days end, 21 Cacti were KIA

DJ

6437-2

22-27 Mar 67

Pleiku

From 22-27 March, 2-35th Inf consolidated its forces and on 28 March the battalion returned to base camp in Pleiku to prepare for a move to Binh Dinh Province on the South China Seacoast

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6636-4 Pleiku ND4909

28-31 Mar 67

Pleiku

Bn closed at Pleiku for Stand Down

6636-4 Pleiku ND4909

3 Apr 67

Departed by convoy to Bong Song

5-15 Apr 67

BR 714 734 800486 Bn Cp 788668

typ loc

On 5 April 1967 the battalion was committed to search and destroy operations Binh Dinh Province. . The battalion remained in the area of operations until 15 April but did not make any significant contact

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6737-2 Tein Thuan ND 4905

Operation Baker

15 Apr 67 — 18 Dec 67

15 apr 67

BS 813 382

LZ Montezuma

Bn departed Bong Song area from Litz Field to LZ Montezuma as part of TF Oregon

6738-1 Mo Duc

Initially the 2/35 Infantry was placed under the OPCON of 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile which was just concluding OPERATION LeJEUNE

Annual Hist Supplement 67

16 Apr 67

BS 799 486

Thach Thang

The day following its arrival, the battalion was engaged by the Viet Cong 219th LF Company, which resulted in 43 enemy KIA

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6738-1 Mo Duc

25 Apr 67

LZ Guadalcanal

Co B here for a time

6738-1 Mo Duc

4 May 67

BS 754 431

LZ Liz Bn CP

In the first part of May and up until the 19th of the month the battalion had no significant enemy contact. During this time however the 2/35th displaced the Battalion CP (4 May 67) from LZ Montezuma to LZ Liz, coordinates BS754431

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6738-1 Mo Duc

BS 786 368

LZ OD

another Bn firebase in AO (1/35th also here)

6738-1 Mo Duc

12 May 67

BS 751 436

LZ Liz

Liz mortar attack

6738-1 Mo Duc

19-20 May 67

BS 774 455

Vinh Hien

The first large significant contact occurred on 19-20 May when Co A began receiving automatic and small arms fire from four separate enemy positions south of the company perimeter

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6738-1 Mo Duc

24 May 67

BS 747 472

On 24 May Co B 2/35th Inf was released from OPCON of B 1/9 Cav and returned to the 2/35th Inf

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6738-1 Mo Duc

27 May 67

BS 735 435

Tan Phong

At 27 1200H, the battalion CP was notified by the S2, 3d Brigade Task Force, of a suspected enemy CP located in Tan Phong Hamlet, Due Pho District, Quang Ngai Province (BS735435).

2/35 ORLL 7/31/67

6738-1 Mo Duc

29 May 67

BS 713 433

Tan Phong

At 0240 hours 29 May 1967, the ambush of Company B (-) (BS713433) came under an intense enemy ground and mortar attack.

2/35 ORLL 7/31/67

6738-1 Mo Duc

2 June 67

BS 725 535

LZ Dragon

A/1-14 opcon to 2/35th worked here

6738-1 Mo Duc

15 June 67

BS 767 462

At 1834H an APC from C/3/4 Cav hit a mine resulting in 11 KIA, of which many were from Recon Plt.

DJ

July 67

July continued just like June with small contacts every day. The Bn CP remained at LZ Liz with company units at LZs all over the map.

1 Aug 67

Change from 25th Inf Div to 4th Inf Div

6738-1 Mo Duc

8 Aug 67

BS 684 582

An Ba

The Battle of An Ba

6738-1 Mo Duc

13 Aug 67

The beginning of Delta Company

The reorganization was implemented in the following manner. The aug-mentation arrived 13 August 1967 in one packet of 142 filler personnel and were processed by a 4th Infantry Division personnel team

Annual Hist Supplement 67

6738-1 Mo Duc

20 Aug 67

BS 800 460

An Thach

The Battle of An Thach

6738-1 Mo Duc

24 Aug 67

BS 780 476

Thach Tru

On 24 1130 August 67, in the hamlet of Thach Tru at BS 780476, elements of the 406th VC Battalion, a newly organized battalion, were discovered hiding in camouflaged tunnels and holes. Co A had 21 enemy KIAs digging them out.

Annual Hist Supplement 67; DJ

7 Sep 67

BS 760 540

Red Hill

Co A performed new CA "Operation Aloha"

6738-1 Mo Duc

4 Oct 67

1/35th airlifted to Tam Ky opcon to 1st Bde, 101st Airborne

6738-1 Mo Duc

November

BS 874 323

LZ Thunder

2/35th firebase, also 1/14th firebase

6838-4 Phouc Dien

1 Nov 67

BS 686 586

Song Ve River Valley

1 November the battalion worked in a joint operation conducting combat assaults in the Song Ve River Valley. Throughout the day they engaged the enemy killing twenty-seven (27) and cap-turing five (5) weapons. Of that, the 3d platoon of Company C killed twenty, sixteen of whom were hiding in holes in the village of Phu Chi (BS6858)

Annual Hist Supplement 67; DJ

6738-1 Mo Duc

3-13 Nov 67

BS 618 533

Song Ve River

Operation Short Time (Bn level operation)

6738-1 Mo Duc

5 Nov 67

BS 598 513

Bn TOC

Moved TOC to Minh Long

12 Nov 67

BS 559 329

Bn TOC

1 Dec 67

BS 754 431

LZ Liz

Bn back here after Song Ve expedition

16 Dec 67

On 16 December, acting on intelligence information that the village chief of Thach An (BS785438)

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Operation Muscatine

BS 65 72

Quang Ngai

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6739-2

20 Dec 67

BS 567 877

LZ Sue

On 20 December 1967, Company D and the Reconnaissance Platoon conducted airmobile combat assaults on what was to be the new battalion fire base, LZ Sue BS567877, following a forty-five minute air and artillery preparation commencing 0730 hours

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6739-4 Ly Tin