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1st, 2nd & 3rd Battalions, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment and 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment clear and search operation: Bình Định and Pleiku Provinces: Apr 14 – 27: Operation Greene Orange [1]
On learning of the ambush, Lt. Col C. L. Bertholf Jr. ordered Company C, 1/50th Infantry, commanded by then Captain Jay Copley and Company B, 1st Battalion, 69th Armored Regiment with its 7 M48s to go to the assistance of Company A. [1]: 550–1 The 1/69th tanks overshot the turnoff to An Bao by 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) and when they did turn ...
Ben Het Camp was attacked by the PAVN 66th Regiment, supported by armored vehicles of the 4th Battalion, 202nd Armored Regiment. Two PT-76s and one BTR-50 were destroyed by U.S. M-48s of the 1st Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment in one of the few armored battles of the war. [18] [8]: 150–2 3-4 March
The Ben Het Camp Special Forces Camp was located along the Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia tri-border area and run by the 5th Special Forces Group.At the time of the battle, there were 12 Green Beret advisers and three companies of CIDG numbering 400 in total, alongside two M42A1 tanks and a 175mm artillery battery.
69th Regiment may refer to: 69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot, an infantry regiment of the British Army; 69th Armor Regiment, an armoured unit of the US Army; 69th Infantry Regiment (United States), an infantry unit of the US Army; 69th Infantry Regiment (New York), an infantry unit of the US Army; American Civil war
1st Infantry Division, 173rd Airborne Brigade, 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment and ARVN operation in Plain of Reeds area of the Mekong Delta: Hậu Nghĩa Province: 268: 15 US, 31 ARVN Jan 1 – 18: Operation Jefferson: A combined ROK 2nd Marine Brigade and paratroops of ARVN 47th Regiment search and destroy operation: Phú Yên ...
One of two PT-76s from the PAVN 202nd Armored Regiment, destroyed by U.S. M48 Pattons from the 1/69th Armor on 3 March 1969 By early 1969, there were about 440 Civilian Irregular Defense Group (CIDG) personnel, 511 ARVN soldiers, 207 Artillery troops and 25 US Advisors at Ben Het. [ 4 ]
On 25 March Company B, 1st Battalion, 69th Armored Regiment and Troop C, 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment were deployed along Highway 19 to secure the road from the Mang Yang Pass to Landing Zone Oasis, which was to be the forward headquarters for the 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, commanded by Col. John J. Hennessey.