11 May 69-Journal /Logs-1/92nd Artillery

ITEM	TIME		INCIDENTS, MESSAGES, ORDERS, ETC.	ACTION TAKEN	INITIALS
ITEM	IN	OUT	INCIDENTS, MESSAGES, ORDERS, ETC.	ACTION TAKEN	INITIALS
1	0001		(U) JOURNAL OPENED
2	0030		(C) 1/92 FWD OPNS/MAJ MCDEVITT TO 1/92 OPNS: REF. NAMES OF INDIVIDUALS IN B 1/92 ARTY INCIDENT AT FSB 6: KIA - SISNEROS, ARTURO PFC RA15834756 (POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION MADE BY THE FOLLOWING) 1/LT SAPP.(SPECIAL FORCES) B 1/92 1/SGT CURTIS HARDIN PFC GARY OJALA, PFC ARCHIE DAVIS (1/92 MEDICS) WIA'S - BLACKARD, RAYMOND J. CPL RA12926576 (SERIOUS) TOWNSEND, MARVIS F. PFC US56987399 (SERIOUS) BURKE, PATRICK A. PFC US51625299 BLOYD, LAURENCE PFC US54905401 McCARTHY, PHILLIP J. PFC RA11600513 SMITH, JERRY F. PFC US51804546	1/92 BN XO MAJ BOLT 1/92 NCOIC CSM SCALF 1/92 S-1 SP/5 BOGNER	PFC G
3	0140		(C) 1/92 FWD OPNS/MAY MCDEVITT TO 1/92 REAR OPNS: AT 0110 HRS. DAK TO (FSB 1) BEGAN RECEIVING INCOMING SMALL ARMS FIRE (AK-40) AND B-40 ROCKETS. ARE REPORTS THAT PEOPLE ARE INSIDE OF THE PERIMETER. DUSTER HAS BEEN HIT BY B-40 ROCKET. POSSIBLY 1 BUNKER HIT BY SAME WEAPON. A 1/92 AND B 1/92 ARE IN PROCESS OF FIRING DEFENSIVE TARGETS.	1/92 BN XO MAJ BOLT 1/92 S-3 OFFICER CPT PRICE 52 GP. SP/5 WICKHAM	PFC S
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4	0330		(U) 1/92 FWD OPNS TO 1/92 REAR OPNS: BE SURE THAT SP/4 METTERS TO BE ON FIRST AVAIL. AIR CRAFT TO DAK TO (FSB 1). BE SURE HE GETS OUT.	PFC METTERS	PFC S
5	0555		(C) 1/92 FWD OPNS/CPT RICHARD TO 1/92 REAR OPNS: FSB 6 RECEIVED SMALL GROUND ATTACK LAST NIGHT. THERE ARE 6 ENEMY BODIES IN THE WIRE, THE B 1/92 B.C. CPT STERRETT PERSONALY HAS SEEN 4 OF THESE BODIES. THE ATTACK CONSISTED OF SMALL ARMS, CONCUSSION GRENADSE, AND SACHELL CHARGES. ALSO THEY RECEIVED RECOILESS RIFLE FIRE AND/OR MORTAR RNDS AND B-40 ROCKETS. THERE IS NEG. CASUALTIES OR DAMAGE. 4 SACHELL CHARGES LANDED NEAR GUN SECTION 6, BUT GUN REMAINED FIRING SO NO DAMAGE IS REPORTED. THE BATTERY FIRED FC IN SELF DEFENSE. BOTH A 3/6 AND A 1/92 FIRED ILLUMINATION AND A 3/6 FIRED FINAL DEFENSIVE FIRES WITH FC. A B-40 ROCKET HIT SOME CS CANNISTERS BELONGING TO 4 DIV. RELAY PERSONNEL AND IGNITED THEM. THE AREA IS NOW BEING CLEANEED UP AND A SWEEP OF THE AREA WILL FOLLOW.	1/92 BN XO MAJ BOLT 52 GP OPNS SGT FITZPATRICK	1/LT K
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6	0615		(C) 1/92 FWD OPNS/CPT. SASARAK TO 1/92 REAR OPNS: FSB 1: SAPPERS WERE INSIDE PERIMETER. SWEEP IS BEING CONDUCTED AT THIS TIME. DUSTER RECEIVED DIRECT HIT FROM B-40. A 3/6 FIRED D.T. JUST OUTSIDE PERIMETER. ROCKET, MORTAR, AND SMALL ARMS FIRE RECEIVED. 2 BUNKERS WERE TAKEN BY ENEMEY FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES. ABOUT 7 US WIA BUT NOT 1/92 PERSONNEL. SHADOW WAS ON STATION MOST OF THE NIGHT. CASUALTIES: 1 OR 2 FROM 4/60 ARTY. 2 OR 3 SERIOUS WIA FROM ENGINEERS. BRIDGES OUT AT THI BUKU AND KON HERING. CRITICALLY LOW ON ILLUMINATION.	1/92 BN XO MAJ BOLT 1/92 AMMO OFFICER 1/LT KELLY	PFC S
7	0625		(U) B 1/92 TO 1/92 AMMO OFFICER 1 LT KELLY: AMMO REQUEST: TRIP FLARES, SMALL ARMS AMMO, M-79 HE RNDS, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE , ASAP.	1/92 AMMO OFFICER 1/LT KELLY	PFC G
8	0700		(U) 52 GP S-4/MAJ BROWN TO 1/92 REAR OPNS: CALL 1/92 FWD OPNS FOR THE FOLLOWING INFO: (1) WHAT KIND OF FUZE IS ON PROJECTILE STUCK IN TUBE AT FSB 6? (2) HOW FAR IS POJECTILE EXTENDING OUT OF END OF BARREL? REPLY: (1)PD FUZE (2) PROJECTILE EXTENDING	52 GP OPNS MAJ BROWN	PFC G
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8 (CONT)			BEYOND END OF THE BARREL BY ½ LENGTH OF PROJECTILE.
9	0735		(U) SUNDOWN 509 (AIRCRAFT) TO 1/92 OPNS: 52 GP S-2 OFFICER AND UNK. WO NOW ENROUTE TO FSB 6 EOD TEAM) AND SHOULD BE AT FSB 6 IN 35 MINUTES. HAS BEEN HEAVY CONT. GROUND FOG SINCE 3 MILES OUT OF ARTY HILL AND NEED TO KNOW SITUATION AT FSB 6.	1/92 S-3 OFFICER CPT PRICE	CPT P
10	0745		(C) 52 GP S-4 TO 1/92 REAR OPNS: MR. SULLIVAN REQUESTS TUBE AND LINE NOS. OF LADY DOWN AT FSB 6.	52 GP S-4 MR. SULLIVAN	PFC S
11	0830		(U) 1/92 FWD OPNS TO 1/92 AMMO OFFICER: B 1/92 AMMO REQUEST: 60 MM MORTAR: 300 HE AND 100 ILL; 30 CAL CARBINES: 1500 RNDS; M-60 MG: 10000 RNDS; .50 CAL MG: 10000 RNDS; 500 TRIP FLARES; M-16: 10000 RNDS; M-79 4 CASES; CLAYMORES WITH FIRING DEVICES.	1/92 AMMO OFFICER 1/LT KELLY	SP4 JJ
12		0900	(U) 1/92 BN XO MAJ BOLT TO 1/92 BN CO LTC. THOMPSON: 1. MONDAY 12 MAY 69 COL TOFFLER WILL LEAVE FOR DAK TO AT 0945 HRS. FROM ARTY HILL HE WILL BE THERE FOR A TACTICAL BRIEFING ONLY. THIS IS NOT A COMMAND VISIT, MERELY AN ORIENTATION ON TACTICAL SITUATION THERE. HE WILL MAKE HIS	1/92 FWD OPNS SSGT SAN AUGUSTINE TO RELAY LTC. THOMPSON	MAJ B
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12 (CONT)			OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE BN. ON 16 MAY 69 FROM 0800 TO 1430 HRS. 2. GENERATORS HAVE BEEN RELEASED BY 14 ICC 3. ANY OBJECTION TO HAVING LT. OTT REASSIGNED TO 52 GP. THIS ALLEVIATE SOME ADMINSTRATIVE PROBLEMS 4. ACCORDING TO LTC. GUAMOND, COL HAZZARD IN ALL PROBABILITY WILL NOT BE DOWN FOR OUR INSPECTION 12 MAY 69.
13	1015		(U) 1/92 FWD OPNS TO 1/92 REAR OPNS: NEED 100 M-564 AND 100 M-565 FUZES AND 1 SET OF SPARK PLUGS. LT KELLY SAID THESE ON CONVOY TO HIS LOCATION.	1/92 AMMO OFF 1/LT KELLY	CPT P
14	1045		(U) SFC. CLUTTER TO 1/92 REAR OPNS: (1) SEND TO B 1/92 TO GET PFC TOWNSEND'S GLASSES BACK TO 71 EVAC. HE HAS 2 PAIR IN HIS FIELD PACK. (2) SP/5 STICH (MEDICAL EM) MUST GET TO DAK TO ON FIRST VAAIL A/C.	B 1/92	PFC F
15	1400		(U) C 1/92 TO 1/92 REAR OPNS: FUN FROM C 1/92 JUST LIFTED OFF FROM PKU ON WAY TO DAK TO TO REPLACE THE GUN ON FSB 6. GP. NOTIFIED AT 1400.	52 FP OPNS SP/4 MUIR	CPT P
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16	1505		(U) 52 GP OPNS TO 1/92 REAR OPNS: REPLACEMENT TRAINING WILL BBEGIN THIS WEEK csm WEST WILL HAVE MEETING WITH ALL S-3 NCO'S.	1/92 S-3 CPT. PRICE	SP/4 P
17		1525	(U) 1/92 BN XO MAJ BOLT TO C 1/92 B.C. CPT GILL: (1) COL CARROL IN ALL PROBABILITY WILL VISIT YOUR UNIT 12 MAY 69. HE MAY COME ALONE OR HE MAY BRING HIS INSPECTION TEAM WITH HIM. IN ANY EVENT, BE READY FOR EITHER SITUATION, I.E. BE UP TIGHT IN ALL AREAS BECAUSE YOU WILL NO DOUBT BE VISITED BY SOMEONE. (2) THERE HAS BEEN MAJOR ACTION IN ENTIRE AREA THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS TO INCLUDE WIDE SPREAD ATTACKS. BE EXTRA CAREFUL TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT. USE UNUSUAL PRECAUTION TO INCLUDE EXTRA PERIMETER GUARDS. BE ALERT FOR DETECTION OF SAPPERS AND OTHER POSSIBLE HOSTILE ACTION.	C 1/92 B.C. CPT GILL	MAJ B
18	1600		(C) 1/92 FWD OPNS TO 1/92 REAR OPNS: A 1/92 HAD 2 MEN WIA. THEY WERE PFC FRED SMITH AND PFC THOMAS WILSON AND ONE KIA WHO WAS IDENTIFIED AS PFC RONALD CARTER (HEAD AND NECK). THEY WERE HIT BY 85 MM RNDS ABOUT 1530 HRS AT BEN HET.	1/92 BN XO MAJ BOLT 1/92 S-1 1/LT SMITH	CPT P
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19	1640		(U) 1/92 FWD OPNS TO 1/92 REAR OPNS: NEED PAPER CUPS, PLATES AND PLASTIC FORKS FOR C 1/92	1/92 BTRY SUPPLY SGT BAKER	SP/4 JJ
20		1700	(U) 1/92 REAR OPNS TO 1/92 FWD OPNS: CALL LT. LEE AT 24 STZ TOC TO USE ONE OF TH E24 STZ A/C TO GET THE PAX OUT OF THE PLANE AND MUST PROVIDE SECURITY WHEN GO INTO GET A/C AT ZB036186.	1/92 BN XO MAJ BOLT 1/92 S-3 OFFICER MAJ MCDEVITT 52 GP OPNS	CPT P
21	1900		(U) 3/6 FWD OPNS TO 1/92 REAR OOOPNS: C 1/92 CPT GILL ACKNOWLEDGES MESSAGES FROM LTC. THOMPSON. C 1/92 WILL SHAKLE UP A MESSAGE IN REF. TO THIS. C 1/92 B.C. CPT GILL WILCO WITH SECOND MESSAGE.	1/92 BN XO MAJ BOLT	SGT S
22	2400		DAILY SUMMARY: (1)(U) B 1/92 REPORTED NAMES OF INDIVIDUALS KIA AND WIA IN ARTY INCIDENT. (2)(C) REPORT FROM 1/92 FWD OPNS AT FSB 1 AT 0110 HRS REF GROUND ATTACK. (3)(C) REPORT FROM B 1/92 AT FSB 6 AT O555 HRS. REF GROUND ATTACK. (4)(C) B 1/92 REQUEST FOR SMALL ARMS RESUPPLY. (5)(U) AT 0735 HRS EOD TEAM SENT TO FSB 6 TO INVESTIGATE ARTY INCIDENT. (6)(C) B 1/92 REQUEST FOR SMALL ARMS RESUPPLY
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22 (CONT)			WHICH WAS PASSED ON TO B 1/92 SUPPLY SGT, SSGT MURRAY. (7)(C) LADY REPLACEMENT FOR B 1/92 LEFT ARTY HILL AT 1400 HRS AND ARRIVED FSB 6 AT 1500 HRS. (8)(C) COL CARROLL TO VISIT C 1/92 AT 12 MAY 69 AND C 1/92 B.C. CPT GILL NOTIFIED.
23	2400		(U) JOURNAL CLOSED.		CPT P

TYPED NAME AND GRADE OF OFFICER OR OFFICIAL ON DUTY

JOE R PRICE CPT

SIGNATURE

DA FORM 1594
1 NOV 62

PREVIOUS EDITION OF THIS FORM IS OBSOLETE. PPC-JAPAN

ORGANIZATION OR INSTALLATION S-3 1/92 ARTY	LOCATION PLEIKU, RVN ZA228533	PERIOD COVERED
		FROM		TO
		HOUR 0001	DATE 11 MAY 69	HOUR 2400	DATE 11 MAY 69