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April 4th, 1969 Operation Wayne Grey Day Thirty-Five

April 4th, 1969 The battalion remained in mutually supporting blocking positions along the Cu Kotah and Cu Don mountain range. Alpha, Charlie, HHC, B/6-29 FA

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Mark Coonrad April 4, 2025 1 Comment

April 3rd, 1969 Operation Wayne Grey Day Thirty-Four

April 2nd, 1969 recap The 1-22 Infantry is inserted into positions west and south of the 3-12 Infantry positions at LZ Cider and LZ D-Handle.

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April 2nd, 1969 Operation Wayne Grey Day Thirty-Three

April 2nd, 1969 Recap The final extraction of the battalion from this AO, (planned for April 1st) was postponed by Colonel Knight, 1st Brigade commander.

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April 1st, 1969 Operation Wayne Grey Day Thirty-Two

March 31st, 1969 recap All battalion elements are subjected to NVA indirect and recoilless rifle attacks during the pre-dawn hour of March 31st. The NVA

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Mark Coonrad April 1, 2025 No Comments

March 31st, 1969 Operation Wayne Grey Day Thirty-One

March 30th, 1969 recap Alpha Company makes another attempt to recover their fallen men from March 27th. After letting A Co close to within 100

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March 30th, 1969 Operation Wayne Grey Day Thirty

March 29th, 1969 recap Bravo & Delta Company on LZ D-Handle are hit with a heavy NVA indirect fire attack just before first light on

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March 29th, 1969 Operation Wayne Grey Day Twenty-Nine

March 28th, 1969 recap The battalion remained in mutually supporting blocking positions along the Cu Kotah mountain range. Alpha, Charlie, HHC, B/6-29 FA and the

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Mark Coonrad March 29, 2025 No Comments

March 28th, 1969 Operation Wayne Grey Day Twenty-Eight

March 27th, 1969 recap On March 27th, the battalion remained in mutually supportive positions in the Cu Kotah mountains west of Kontum. For HHC, Bravo,

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March 27th, 1969 Operation Wayne Grey Day Twenty-Seven

March 26th, 1969 Recap With the exception of the battalion Recon Platoon, all battalion elements remained at their previous locations. Alpha (LZ Cider), Bravo (LZ

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March 26th, 1969 Operation Wayne Grey Day Twenty-Six

March 25th, 1969 recap On LZ Cider, an NVA sniper targeted the landing zone. PVT Walter Brown Jr, an artilleryman from B/6-29 Artillery was hit

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Mark Coonrad March 26, 2025 No Comments
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