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strikes were called in on the PAVN. A flare ship arrived overhead and the
Marines on Hill 881S could see approximately 200 PAVN forming up to attack Company E from the west and fired over 100 rounds of recoilless rifle fire to break up this fresh assault. At dawn reinforcements were flown in to support Company E while Company H, 2/3 Marines attacked the PAVN from the rear. The last bunker was cleared at 15:00, 27 Marines were killed and 84 wounded in the attack, while claiming the PAVN had lost 137 killed and three captured. Prisoner interrogations revealed plans for another attack on the Marine positions that night but this did not occur.
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helicopter gunships. Company B was also heavily engaged throughout the morning eventually breaking contact at 12:00 and establishing a defensive perimeter on a knoll. Medevac helicopters were called in, but as their approach brought PAVN mortar fire and by 14:45 the
Company commander reported that he was unable to move. Artillery was then walked into and around the Company's position forcing the PAVN to fall back. A Marine platoon was then sent to assist Company B as it fell back to the Battalion command post. Also on 26 April, SLF Bravo received urgent orders to move to Khe Sanh to reinforce the 3/3 Marines. 2/3 Marines was flown to
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assault on Hill 881S encountering minimal resistance until 10:25 when they were hit by mortar fire and then heavy fire from numerous PAVN bunkers. The
Marines were pinned down and only able to disengage after several hours with gunship and air support, the Marines suffered 43 killed and 109 wounded in the engagement while PAVN losses were 163 killed. Company M, 3rd Marines was rendered combat ineffective and was replaced by Company F 2/3 Marines and Company E, 9th Marines was deployed to Khe Sanh on the afternoon of 1 May.
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Company B. The 1st and 3rd Platoons of Company K moved up Hill 861 on different approaches and 1st Platoon was hit by fire from well-entrenched PAVN 300m from the summit. 2nd Platoon was sent to reinforce 1st Platoon and the fighting continued until nightfall when the Marines dug in. At 18:00
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Marines to be 940 dead. Intelligence gathered after the battle was over found that the PAVN plan was to build up stores and positions north of Khe Sanh Base, isolate the base
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Companies E and G, 2/3 Marines assaulted Hill 881N from the south and east. Company G encountered a PAVN position and pulled back to allow for artillery support. Company E almost reached the summit of the hill when it was hit by an intense rainstorm and the Battalion was pulled back
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Company F, 2/3 Marines encountered a PAVN force 3.2 km northwest of Hill 881N, artillery fire was called in and Company E was deployed in support. The engagement resulted in 24 Marines killed and 19 wounded while US forces claimed the PAVN had lost 31 killed, while a further 203 recent
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Battery F. Marine artillery and aircraft were used to pound Hill 861 throughout the 27th and 28th, dropping 518,700 pounds of bombs and 1800 artillery rounds on the hill. Due to the dense foliage and overhead cover protecting many of the bunkers Marine aircraft dropped
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Battalion command post and Khe Sanh Base were hit by mortar and recoilless rifle fire. Company K continued their assault on Hill 861 and were joined by Company K, 9th Marines around midday. The assault made little progress and the Marines withdrew protected by fire from
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On 30 April 2/3 Marines moved from Hill 861 to support 3/3 Marines and walked into a PAVN bunker complex suffering nine killed and 43 wounded, the
Marines backed off to let artillery and air support hit the bunkers and then overran them. Company M, 3rd Marines and Company K, 9th Marines began their
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At midnight on 9/10 May the PAVN attacked Reconnaissance Team
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U.S. Marines in Vietnam: Fighting the North Vietnamese 1967
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Following the conclusion of the battle the Marines began
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graves were alleged to have been discovered in the area.
3409:"Interview with NVA General Tran Van Tra | HistoryNet"
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Map showing location of hills around the Khe Sanh area
2996:(VC) 6th Regiment and 810th and 812th Battalions.
3498:Battles and operations of the Vietnam War in 1967
3052:was flown into Khe Sanh to support the attack.
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3460:. London: Jonathan Cape Ltd. pp. 643–49.
3508:United States Marine Corps in the Vietnam War
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3482:The Battle for Hill 881 – May 1967
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27:Part of the Vietnam War (1967)
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3513:History of Quảng Trị province
3198:Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone
1414:New Year's Day battle of 1968
3226:Lang Vei Special Forces Camp
3213:3rd Reconnaissance Battalion
2980:on the southern part of the
1479:Joint General Staff Compound
1469:Cholon and Phu Tho Racetrack
811:Thayer, Irving and Thayer II
1407:Tet Offensive and aftermath
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2970:2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines
2848:Lists of allied operations
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2931:People's Army of Vietnam
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2923:First Battle of Khe Sanh
1863:DMZ Campaign (1969–1971)
1856:Vietnamization 1969–1971
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376:Dương Liễu – Nhông Pass
3456:Sheehan, Neil (1989).
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3032:16.67667°N 106.68694°E
1484:Bien Hoa and Long Binh
164:6 Battalions from the
66:24 April – 11 May 1967
3341:Telfer, Gary (1984).
3191:Subsequent operations
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2978:Operation Beacon Star
2939:United States Marines
2685:Tan Son Nhut Air Base
2021:Montgomery Rendezvous
1904:Massachusetts Striker
1474:Tan Son Nhut Air Base
408:American intervention
185:Casualties and losses
3458:A Bright Shining Lie
3099:16.67167; 106.662556
3065:12th Marine Regiment
2990:Thừa Thiên Provinces
2943:Khe Sanh Combat Base
860:Tan Son Nhut airbase
238:Military engagements
3200:or west into Laos.
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2959:3rd Marine Regiment
2921:(also known as the
2332:Paris Peace Accords
2112:Pennsylvania Square
1766:Phase III Offensive
1661:Landing Zone Center
775:Baton Rouge Victory
160:9th Marine Regiment
3413:www.historynet.com
3251:in the same area.
3249:Operation Crockett
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2982:Street Without Joy
2947:Quảng Trị Province
2446:Fall of Phnom Penh
2105:Cambodian campaign
81:Quảng Trị Province
18:Battle of Hill 881
2964:On 22 April 1967
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2009:Pipestone Canyon
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40:Part of the
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3023:106°41′13″E
2984:straddling
2968:comprising
2927:Vietnam War
2773:Stable Door
2759:Game Warden
2753:Vung Ro Bay
2747:Market Time
2619:Giant Lance
2605:Igloo White
2560:Tiger Hound
2539:Steel Tiger
2502:Barrel Roll
2427:Hue–Da Nang
2412:Spring 1975
2360:Trung Nghia
2334:(1973–1974)
2311:Thunderhead
2222:Finney Hill
2214:Lam Son 719
2097:FSB Ripcord
2084:Green River
2002:Lamar Plain
1986:Apache Snow
1951:Geneva Park
1937:Atlas Wedge
1820:Meade River
1752:Quyet Chien
1656:West Saigon
1638:Allen Brook
1624:Scotland II
1568:Quyet Thang
1530:Coronado XI
1378:Yellowstone
1313:Coronado IX
1220:Dragon Fire
1206:Coronado IV
1180:Coronado II
1054:Prairie III
1022:Beaver Cage
915:Sam Houston
893:Cedar Falls
885:Deckhouse V
710:Nathan Hale
663:Crazy Horse
656:Paul Revere
569:Silver City
555:Cocoa Beach
243:Vietnam War
241:during the
192:425 wounded
100:Territorial
42:Vietnam War
3492:Categories
3448:2007-04-21
3419:2018-06-01
3255:References
3082:16°40′18″N
3020:16°40′36″N
2953:Background
2785:Sea Dragon
2705:Eagle Pull
2679:Homecoming
2567:Shed Light
2488:Ranch Hand
2405:Phước Long
2395:Thượng Đức
2380:Svay Rieng
2365:Ap Da Bien
2249:Long Khánh
2126:Elk Canyon
2091:Texas Star
1930:Maine Crag
1911:Wayne Grey
1793:Thượng Đức
1464:US Embassy
1446:Coronado X
1364:Manchester
1236:Coronado V
1187:Hood River
1153:The Slopes
1082:Kingfisher
1061:Prairie IV
1047:Prairie II
929:Enterprise
833:Shenandoah
691:Lam Son II
635:Birmingham
197:body count
190:155 killed
3237:III Corps
3219:Aftermath
3166:Hill 881N
3145:Hill 881S
2986:Quảng Trị
2966:SLF Bravo
2830:End Sweep
2573:Thanh Hoa
2546:Arc Light
2523:Iron Hand
2474:Farm Gate
2433:Phan Rang
2370:Quang Duc
2255:Chenla II
2028:Utah Mesa
1799:Maui Peak
1523:Hop Tac I
1496:Quảng Trị
1385:Muscatine
1306:Lancaster
1283:MacArthur
1270:Ong Thanh
1147:Concordia
1105:Kole Kole
1029:Con Thien
1010:Manhattan
819:Attleboro
698:Hawthorne
677:Hardihood
649:Austin IV
622:Xa Cam My
504:Van Buren
401:Dong Xoai
334:Kien Long
329:Long Dinh
274:Đồng Khởi
3484:: Photos
3005:Hill 861
2994:Vietcong
2841:East Sea
2810:Đồng Hới
2804:Sealords
2737:stations
2698:New Life
2691:Babylift
2592:Yen Vien
2439:Xuân Lộc
2375:Tri Phap
2350:Hồng Ngự
2345:Cửa Việt
2290:Loc Ninh
2180:Tailwind
2159:Chenla I
1826:Hat Dich
1787:Vinh Loc
1683:Kham Duc
1631:Delaware
1587:Carentan
1515:Lo Giang
1438:Lang Vei
1427:Khe Sanh
1371:Saratoga
1348:Napoleon
1327:Santa Fe
1173:Coronado
1140:Billings
1119:Union II
1091:Crockett
1075:Kentucky
970:Suoi Tre
922:Pershing
854:Geronimo
782:Amarillo
768:Long Tan
757:Colorado
731:Hastings
704:Hill 488
609:Jackstay
602:Fillmore
548:Harrison
541:New York
490:Marauder
462:Ia Drang
449:Gang Toi
419:Starlite
381:Qui Nhơn
365:Binh Gia
354:Nam Dong
317:Hiep Hoa
268:Biên Hòa
172:Strength
77:Khe Sanh
71:Location
3211:of the
3209:Breaker
3070:Snakeye
2974:HMM-164
2933:(PAVN)
2900:1973–74
2598:Niagara
2481:Chopper
2400:Phú Lộc
2390:Duc Duc
2062:LZ Kate
2015:Binh Ba
1924:Ben Het
1891:2nd Tet
1772:Duc Lap
1732:Binh An
1594:Pegasus
1544:Patrick
1537:Houston
1501:Bến Tre
1459:Da Nang
1356:Phoenix
1299:Osceola
1250:Bolling
1126:Dragnet
1068:Buffalo
1040:Hickory
989:Lejeune
908:Gadsden
866:Fairfax
840:Atlanta
750:Prairie
684:Wahiawa
670:El Paso
628:Georgia
595:Lincoln
529:Mastiff
437:Plei Me
432:An Ninh
426:Piranha
391:Sông Bé
312:Go Cong
292:Sunrise
280:Chopper
102:changes
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2728:Yankee
2586:Popeye
2305:Kontum
2295:An Lộc
2261:Nui Le
1666:An Bao
1651:Dai Do
1580:Walker
1550:Tam Kỳ
1508:Coburg
1420:McLain
1399:Auburn
1320:Neosho
1290:Dak To
1257:Medina
1199:Benton
941:Bribie
901:Desoto
803:Seward
763:Duc Co
581:Oregon
396:Ba Gia
386:Ka Nak
359:An Lao
306:Ấp Bắc
299:Shufly
177:~1,500
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92:Result
2779:PIRAZ
2734:Dixie
2633:Patio
2330:Post-
2205:Snuol
1726:Robin
1334:Essex
1243:Kunia
1213:Swift
1133:Akron
1003:Baker
996:Union
965:Ap Gu
724:Macon
588:Texas
575:A Sau
497:Crimp
346:USNS
75:Near
3462:ISBN
3389:ISBN
3349:ISBN
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2937:and
2905:1975
2895:1972
2890:1971
2885:1970
2880:1969
2875:1968
2870:1967
2865:1966
2860:1965
2855:1964
2626:Menu
2579:Bolo
2267:1972
1738:Thor
878:1967
789:Byrd
562:Utah
483:1966
443:Hump
412:1965
348:Card
261:Laos
63:Date
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1490:Hue
1033:DMZ
773:SS
717:Jay
323:34A
195:US
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