Vietnam War Timeline

48
24 January 1969
1/35th
Submitted by: Dave Fogg

3rd Bde 4th Inf Div
Bn (1/35) Forward Fire Base
LZ Tango ZA035663

Unit Locations:
A 1/35 YA946672
B 1/35 YA924716
Snoopy Baron ZA008652
C 1/35 YA945694
D 1/35 YA946672
Recon LZ Tango ZA035663
4.2" Mortar Plt, LZ Tango
A Co 2nd platoon YA952678
Unit locations in our AO;
Grave 81 1/14 910715
CSF 0-71-945684, 942684

Summary: Log opened at 0001 hours 24 January 1969. Unit locations: At LZ Tango ZA035663, Battalion Headquarters (Forward), E Company, C Battery 2/9 artillery, A Company YA946672; B Company YA924716; C Company YA945694; D Company YA946672; At LZ Oasis; Headquarters and Headquarters Company Support (S-4 Forward); At Base Camp (Camp Enari); 1/35 Inf CP moved from LZ Tango at 1645 hours to LZ Charmaine and they were operational at this new location at 1621 hours.

At 1700 hours CO 1/14 assumed command of the operation at Objective Bravo, units OPCON to the 1/14 B, C, A Co 2nd platoon, Recon, 4.2". A & D companies linked up with an element of the 1/12 Inf at grid YA956674, all of the casualties were evac'd from that location, the remainder of A & D companies are to move to Objective Bravo and CA from there to LZ's Charmaine and Brigit 25 January 1969.

0040 hours (C) Message from Bde to the Bn CO: You are to secure the area that you presently hold of yesterday's attempted extraction with a security body and collect the bodies from the downed helicopter, you will send another force of sufficient force to secure the movement and to assist in the movement to LZ B at grid YA949662 and link up with C Co 1/12 Inf which is securing the LZ, security element at last night's location will not move to LZ B until the 1/14 has reached the high ground east of A & D company present position and the CO 1/14 will assume operational control of the AO, final coordination between CO 1/14 and CO 1/35 is authorized and directed.

0530 hours (C) Bde called 71st Evac hospital, Corum, David HHC, SFC Bales, Ralph D Co, PFC Linden, Allen C, D Co, SP/4 Borshard, Anthony W. A Co, all were Dusted-Off 231742 hours Jan 69.

0630 hours (C) Major Losey instructed A & D companies to secure the downed aircraft and then to move to LZ B for evacuation of casualties, (this order came from Bde).

0720 hours (C) A Co is sending an element to check the downed aircraft to see if there are any survivors.

0735 hours (C) Major Losey informed A & D companies to go to the area of the downed aircraft with a radio, the rest of A & D companies will begin to move toward the ridge and then to Objective Bravo, C co will send one platoon with a radio to the area of Chu-Pa, A Co 2nd platoon will leave one squad as security the rest of A Co 2nd platoon will move to intercept A & D companies to provide security and to assist in the movement of casualties to Objective B.

0746 hours A Co CO wishes to leave more than 2 squads behind to provide security for the downed aircraft, Bn S-3 informed him that he may leave 2 squads behind, maybe more, must comply with the mission assigned in the earlier message (Reference journal entry 14).

0755 hours (C) Message from the 1/14 CO to 1/35 CO: Request that we send the frequency of the 1/14 to our 1/14 unit that will be OPCON to 1/14 freq. is 56.70. LTC Buckner gave the disposition of our forces to the 1/14; 1/14 Inf has elements moving toward Objective Bravo at this time.

0945 hours (C) Message to B & C companies: A Co 1st platoon on order from Bn S-3 go OPCON to 1/14.

1059 hours (C) C Co element has mortars impacting 150 meters from C Co location and they are now going to move to C Co location.

1059 hours (C) A & D companies have all the SOI's: The SOI from Major Laird was recovered, if Sgt. Corum has an SOI in his possession at the 71st Evac hospital then all the SOI's are accounted for. Bde will check.

1100 hours (C) C Co says that the mortar rounds are coming from an azimuth of 5100 mils at a distance of approximately 800 meters.

1101 hours (C) From the S-4 to Bn CO: All combat loss equipment should be turned in ASAP.

1103 hours (C) Bde says that the Commanding General wants the location of A & D companies ASAP and were any of the bodies on the Dust-Off recovered.

1154 hours (C) Bn CO reported to the Bde S-3: 5 KHA were left at A & D companies original point of contact grid YA939685, all were 1/35, 4 KHA 1/35 were left at LZ where the Dust-Off was shot down 944672, 3 1/35 KHA and 4 Dust-Off crew were KHA were left behind at the point of the crash of the Dust-Off YA946671, A & D companies have moved 100 meters to the east, the troops are very weak at this time.

1342 hours (C) From Bde: 1/10 Cav will send the Battalion Surgeon and the people that will aid the wounded at Plei-Djerang.

1435 hours (C) A Co security 8191 element on the Dust-Off bird has movement, Cider 35 will try and help since we do not have a C&C ship.

1550 hours (C) Cider 35 says that an LOH can pick up the wounded in a clearing at grid 956674 which is the link up point of A & D companies and the 83 element 1/14.

1631 hours (C) DELAYED ENTRY-1621 hours 24 Jan 69- Bn TOC is in operation at lZ Charmaine.

1700 hours (C) 1/14 has command of the operation at this time, B, C, A Co 2nd platoon, Recon and 4.2" are now OPCON to 1/14 Infantry.

1743 hours (C) First lift of the wounded are out at grid YA956674 with one WHA will be dropped on Objective Bravo and transportation to LZ Lanetta.

1800 hours (C) From the Bde CO to the Bn CO: All able bodied members of the 1/12 Inf will remain with the 1/12 Inf element at grid 956674 and they will be guided into Objective Bravo by the 1/12 Infantry element, the wounded only will be evac'd tonight to LZ Lanetta, the rest of A & D companies will be moved to LZ's Charmaine and Brigit early in the morning or afternoon of 25 Jan 69. Bde will handle the resupply of the 81 and 84 elements still at Objective Bravo.

1807 hours (C) 20 WHA from A & D companies are now at Objective Bravo.

1817 hours (C) Snoopy Baron and 50 packs are at LZ Tango and they will be evac'd to LZ Charmaine 25 Jan 69.

1822 hours (C) 31 WHA have reached Objective Bravo, 25 of the 31 have been evac'd to LZ Lanetta, Bde CSM estimates that there are still 20 on the LZ at grid 956674.

1827 hours (C) 1/14 84 element has linked up with the people at the downed aircraft and they will establish a night location at that grid tonight.

1831 hours (C) Shamrock 11 says that he is taking the last sortie of the wounded out of the LZ at this time.

1832 hours (C) Bn CO advised A & D companies of the plan to stay at the LZ and move to Objective Bravo with 1/12 Inf at first light tomorrow morning.

1854 hours (C) Bn CSM says that 39 packs were taken out of the LZ.

1855 hours (C) 7 able-bodied people were at the LZ, Bn CO reports that 24 people were left at the crash scene.

2230 hours (C) 1/10 Cav requested the location where A & D companies lost their equipment, can be found, we passed him grid 939685, 946672 and 946671.

2310 (C) 1/14 CO passed the following message from our Bn CO: Mission for 25 Jan: Move to D Co to LZ B, move A Co 2nd platoon with body and equipment to LZ B by moving east to D Co location, then moving to the south to LZ B.