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The 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, entered the Vietnam War in January 1966. During their five-year stay in Vietnam, the unit earned two valorous unit citations, and proved to be one of the last 25th Infantry Division units to return home.
A significant action took place when the Combined Reconnaissance Intelligence Platoon (CRIP) consisting of the Reconnaissance Platoon, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment and the Hau Nghia Province Intelligence Platoon of Regional Forces) supported by gunships, reacted to intelligence and engaged a VC reconnaissance element from Long An Province, killing 27 VC.
1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment road clearing and security operation along Route 13: Bình Dương Province: Feb 14 – 16: Operation Paddy Bridge [1] 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment search and destroy operation: Hậu Nghĩa Province: Feb 15 – 21: Operation Thang Long 234 [2] ARVN operation: Darlac Province: 270: 62 Feb 17 – 28
Lambers joined the Army from his birth city of Holland, Michigan in 1965, [1] and by August 20, 1968, was serving as a Sergeant in Company A, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. During a firefight on that day, in Tây Ninh Province, Republic of Vietnam, Lambers took
On 19 July 1966 1st Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment (25th Infantry Division) was dropped at a landing zone in the woods where it was met by sniper fire, another platoon was dropped into a nearby landing zone to support the 1st Platoon and it too was heavily engaged by VC fire. Several hours later an additional platoon ...
Phase III offensive, Tay Ninh Province, 17–18 August 1968. On the evening of 17 August a night ambush patrol from Company D, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, operating between Nui Ba Den and Highway 13 3 km east of Tây Ninh, observed a VC unit marching toward the capital.
The 27th Marine Regiment (27th Marines) is an inactivated infantry regiment of the United States Marine Corps. They fought during the battle of Iwo Jima in World War II and again for a short time during the Vietnam War .
Baker entered the U.S. Army in Moline, Illinois, serving as a private in A Company, 2nd Battalion of the 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Division. In Vietnam, he took part in Operation Attleboro which began in September 1966. On November 5, 1966, Baker and his unit were called to assist another squad who were taking enemy fire.