History
The 1/92nd Field
Artillery
Association - Vietnam
Daily Staff Journal or Duty Officer's Log
12 May 1969
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| DAILY STAFF JOURNAL OR DUTY OFFICER'S LOG | PAGE NO. 1 |
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| ORGANIZATION OR INSTALLATION S-3 1/92 ARTY |
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DATE 12 MAY 69 |
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| ITEM | TIME | INCIDENTS, MESSAGES, ORDERS, ETC. | ACTION TAKEN | INITIALS | |
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| 1 | 0001 | (U) JOURNAL OPENED (??) | |||
| 2 | 0010 | (C) A 1/92 Plt to 1/92 Rear Opns: 1/Lt See and SFC Calvin D. Owens gave positive identification of KIA at 1/92 Plt. | 1/92 S-1 Sp/5 Begner | (?) | |
| 3 | 0800 | (C) 1/92 Rear Opns to 3/6 Rear Opns: Call C 1/92 and inform them 52nd Gp CMO will make a farewell visit today. | 3/6 Rear Opns Sgt Wormack | Cpt P | |
| 4 | 0820 | (C) 1/92 Fwd Opns to 1/92 Rear: Request acetate, green tape "pineapple" forms, spot report forms, grease pencils - green, yellow, red, blue. | 1/92 Asst S-3 Cpt Price | Cpt P | |
| 5 | 0845 | (C) 52nd Gp/Cpt Martin to 1/92 Rear Opns: Have Cpt Price check that security is being provided for downed LOH. | NKS | ||
| 6 | 0845 | (C) 1/92 Fwd Opns/Maj McDevitt to 1/92 Rear Opns: Ben Het receiving incoming - either mortar or 85mm arty. B 1/92 returning counter-battery fire on suspected | 1/92 Opns Sgt MSG Davis | MSG Davis | |
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| 7 | 1010 | (C) 1/92 Fwd Opns to 1/92 Rear Opns: 175mm gun tube change completed 1010. No tube number at this time. | 52nd Gp Opns PFC Conner | MSG Davis | |
| 8 | 1100 | (C) 52nd Gp Opns to 1/92 Rear Opns: Group commander wants 1 box of sand bags on vehicles going to C 1/92. | 1/92 S-4 Sgt Miller C 1/92 Supply | Sgt Shep | |
| 9 | 1110 | (C) 1/92 Fwd Opns to 1/92 Rear Opns: New 175mm gun tube #3057b. | 52nd Gp PFC Williams | Sgt Shep | |
| 10 | 1200 | (C) C 1/92 to 1/92 Rear Opns: Medic requests 3 tubes kwell, 15 oz of 30% Salicitric acid, 2 bottles Gelucell. | 1/92 Medic Sp/6 Sanders | P | |
| 11 | 1620 | (C) 1/92 Fwd Opns/Maj McDevitt to 1/92 Rear Opns: Convoy to Ben Het ambushed 1545H outside of Ben Het. Convoy was able to get into Ben Het. 1 US KIA. Arty and gunships were employed. | 1/92 Opns Sgt MSG Davis 1/92 Bn XO MAJ Bolt | MSG Davis | |
| 12 | 1645 | (C) 52nd Gp S-2 to 1/92 S-2 Rear: Msg from Gp XO to all units. | 1/92 S-2 Rear SFC Torres | MSG Davis | |
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11 May 1969 Perimeter wire at Engineer Hill was cut. Units on hill are to check wire prior to darkness. To see it has not been tampered with. | HQ Btry 1st Sgt Svc Btry 1st Sgt | |||
| 13 | 1700 | (C) 6/14 Opns to 1/92 Rear Opns: Dak To radar red as of 1620H. Sector scanner not working. Contact team requested. Parts: 1 Ref Gen, 1ea MG1101, 4ea relays; K5317 5949-351-4648, K5316, K1531, K1535. | 1/92 Asst S-3 Cpt Price 1/92 S-4 Lt Kelly | MSG Davis | |
| 14 | 1700 | (U) B 1/92 to 1/92 Rear Opns: Lt Johnson would like to know if his drop came through. Mr Myers has negitive knowledge of it. Will contact IFFV tomorrow. | 1/92 Pers Officer Mr Myers | NKS | |
| 15 | 2030 | (C) C 1/92 to 1/92 Rear Opns: C 1/92 to have vehicle at Pku tomorrow request 100 Ill, 1 drum deisel 1 can #30 oil. (Msg passed through spur [2/6] Opns. | 1/92 S-4 Lt Kelly | NKS | |
| 16 | 2045 | (U) Lt Koren to 1/92 Rear/Lt Kelly | 1/92 S-4 Lt Kelly | NKS | |
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wants the alum. cot put on a/c leaving Pleiku Airport tomorrow 1400H - 1450H to NHA Trang. | ||||
| 17 | 2300 | (C) 1/92 Rear Opns/SFC Torres to 1/92 Fwd Opns/Lt Painter: 52nd Gp needs RTO for operation tomorrow, taking place somewhere to north of Dak To. Gp to supply recon sgt. At 2330H Lt Painter passed same message back to 1/92 Rear Opns for Cpt Price. | 1/92 Fwd S-2 Lt Painter 1/92 Asst S-3 Cpt Price | (?) | |
| 18 | 2400 | (C) Daily Summary 1 Col Hazzard to make visit to C 1/92 2 1/92 Fwd Opns request partily sent out 3 Ben Het rec'd mortar or 85mm arty 0845H 4 175mm gun tube change complete at 1010H new tube # 3057B 5 1545H convoy to Ben Het ambushed 1 US KIA 6 52nd Gp /O wants units to check perimeter wire 7 52nd Gp requests r/o - RTO for FO mission |
1/92 BN XO MAJ BOLT 1/92 S-1 1/LT SMITH |
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| 19 | 2400 | (U) Journal Closed | |||
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TYPED NAME AND GRADE OF OFFICER OR OFFICIAL ON DUTY JOE R PRICE CPT for Elmer D Davis MSG |
SIGNATURE |
| DA FORM 1594 1 NOV 62 |
PREVIOUS EDITION OF THIS FORM IS OBSOLETE. PPC-JAPAN |
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