April 14th, 1969 Operation Wayne Grey Day Forty-Five

April 13th recap Bravo Battery, 6-29 Artillery and Bravo Company and Recon Platoon of the 3-12 Infantry were extracted and brought to Polei Kleng airstrip, where they consolidated into a single convoy, and traveled overland east to Highway 14 and south to LZ/FSB Mary Lou, where they would wait for the rest of the battalion. […]

April 13th, 1969 Operation Wayne Grey Day Forty-Four

April 12th, 1969 recap The search for the last three MIA soldiers from Alpha Company is renewed in earnest. Patrols from Alpha Company, Charlie Company, Recon and the two LRRP teams, some accompanied by a team of Scout Dogs, searched for any signs of the missing men. The search focused on the river valley just […]

March 2nd, 1969 Operation Wayne Grey Day Two

Recap of March 1st – A/3-12 inserted into hot LZ at LZ Swinger. Casualties include approximately a dozen WIA and two KIA. One A/3-12 soldier and one 119th AHC crew chief. Bravo, Charlie, Delta, 4.2″ Mortar Platoon and Recon Platoon convoy from Plei Mrong to FSB Mary Lou.  March 2nd, 1969 The situation on LZ […]

March 1st, 1969. Operation Wayne Grey commences.

LZ Swinger (Hill 729). Elements of the 1-14th Infantry constructed the original firebase on Hill 729 in April of 1968. The U.S. Army abandoned it some point after that and the North Vietnamese Army, quick to move into any void left by American forces, occupied the firebase. The NVA then moved at least one heavy […]

Timeline – 3-12 Infantry Battalion Firebase – 1969

The location cited at the beginning of each paragraph was the location of the 3-12 Infantry battalion firebase/TOC. In most cases, the other elements of the battalion (A,B,C,D,4-Deuce and Recon) were in the field in the vicinity. I have noted general locations for elements in the field when possible. I have included some detail regarding […]