196th light infantry brigade hat11/11/2023 ![]() ![]() On 30 May gunships from Troop D, 1/1st Cavalry and Troop B, 123rd Aviation killed 10 VC. On 29 May Company D, 4/3rd Infantry killed one VC and captured two weapons, a patrol from Company A, 4/3rd captured eight crew-served weapons, Company C, 1/52nd killed one VC and a gunship from Troop D 1/1st Cavalry killed one VC. ![]() On 27 May Troop D, 1/1st Cavalry killed four PAVN. On 26 May Recon Company, 1/52nd ambushed three VC, killed two and captured six weapons and Company C, 1/52nd and the 116th Aviation Company killed six VC and captured one weapon. On 24 May gunships of Troop D, 1/1st cavalry and the 71st Aviation Company killed four VC. On 23 May Recon Company 1/6th and Troop D, 1/1st Cavalry killed three VC. On 20 May Company B, 1/52nd killed one VC and Company A 4/3rd killed two VC. On 19 May Company D 1/52nd engaged three PAVN killing two and capturing two weapons. On 17 May Company B, 1/6th killed one VC, Company A, 1/52nd killed one VC and Company G, 75th Rangers killed one VC and captured one weapon and one suspect. On 16 May Company D, 1/52nd killed three VC and detained two suspects. On 15 May an aerial observer found four VC dead. On 12 May Company E, 1/6th killed four VC. On 10 May Company B, 26th Engineers detonated a mine resulting in two US killed. On 5 May Company D, 1/52nd killed five PAVN and 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery regiment killed three VC. Cumulative results of the operation until the end of April 1971 were 45 US killed and 274 PAVN/VC killed, 13 captured and 90 weapons captured. On 28 April Company D, 1st Battalion, 52nd Infantry Regiment killed four PAVN and captured one weapon. On 27 April Troop F, 17th cavalry detonated a land mine resulting in two US killed and one M113 destroyed. On 25 April the two Brigades reported 15 PAVN/VC killed and three weapons captured for US losses of two killed. On 23 April Troop E, 1st Battalion, 1st Cavalry Regiment killed four PAVN/VC and captured one weapon and Company A, 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment killed four PAVN/VC. On 21 April Troop H, 17th Cavalry in night laager position was hit by two explosions at 00:15 resulting in one US killed and one M113A1 destroyed. A 198th Brigade unit detonated a booby-trapped 105mm artillery round resulting in one US killed. On 16 April a Company C, 5/46th mechanical ambush detonated killing three PAVN/VC and leaving two weapons. For the period 8 through 15 April there were 21 PAVN/VC killed and eight weapons captured. On 11 April the 198th Light Infantry Brigade ended its involvement in Operation Finney Hill and joined the operation. On 7 April troops of Troop F, 17th Cavalry detonated a mine killing one US. On 5 April Troop F, 17th Cavalry found seven graves of PAVN/VC killed by artillery. On 1 April Company D, 1/46th found an arms cache containing six weapons. On the morning of 31 March Troop F, 17th Cavalry Regiment engaged a PAVN/VC force killing 11. On 28 March in the Battle of FSB Mary Ann, VC overran the base killing 33 US for the loss of 13 VC killed. ![]() On 21 March Company A, 5th Battalion, 46th Infantry Regiment killed five PAVN/VC and detained six suspects. Operation Ĭumulative results of all contacts for the period 1 March through 20 March were 68 PAVN/VC killed, 15 individual and two crew-served weapons captured and one US killed. Plains and foothills totalling more than 1,000 square kilometres. The operation entailed the 196th Brigade patrolling a broad swath of The operation was an ongoing security operation to prevent People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and Vietcong (VC) infiltration into the populated coastal lowlands. Operation Middlesex Peak was a security operation during the Vietnam War conducted by the 196th Light Infantry Brigade later joined by the 198th Light Infantry Brigade, 23rd Infantry Division in Quảng Tín and Quảng Ngãi Provinces from 10 March to 1 July 1971. ![]()
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