The next day, Sniper Team B fromĮcho Company, 5-12th Infantry found what was left of the aircraft, along with the log book and confirmed that both Kellogg and Machine gun that had riddled LZ Brown with bullets during the firefight two nights before. Kellogg and an artillery spotter from the 184th Aviation Company, 1st Aviation Brigade.ĬPT Kellogg was well-known among the company commanders and platoon leaders in 5-12 as he had worked with them before in Vietnam,Ĭalling in timely and accurate air and artillery strikes for various units in contact.Īs Kellogg was making another pass over Alpha buzzing the treetops looking for anything out of place or suspicious, his plane was Late in the morning, they were being shadowed by an OV-10 Bronco plane flown by 1LT Patrick W. On 14 May, men from Alpha Company were busting brush trying to find enemy storage depots and cache sites. SP4 Richard Gill DeSillier, A Company, Pawcatuck, Connecticut.
The soldier killed on FSB Brown during the early morning fight on was: Later in the day, Taskįorce 2-12 was dissolved and became TF 5-12th under command of the 5th Battalion, 12th Infantry and now included Troop I, 3rd The US lost one soldier killed in action and 4 wounded in action. Enemy losses were 50 KIA, 4 rocket launcers, 11 SKS rifles, 17 AK-47s,Ģ K54 pistols, a 6mm mortar captured. Theīattle ensued for 2 and a half hours, breaking at 0545 hours. They received small arms, automatic weapons, and B-40 rocket fire in return. Supporting 12th Infantry Regiment's companiesĮngaged the enemy with organic weapons supported by artillery, Aerial Rocket Artillery (ARA), Shadow, Nighthawk, tactical air,Ī flare ship and Blind Bat (C-130 air support). NVA soldiers we were fighting, it made for a very unhealthy place." (Information used with permission of Robbie Gouge, author ofĪt 0215 hours, 13 May, 40 to 50 individuals were observed movng toward the FSB. The place was also infested by huge, black leeches that sought us out everywhere we went. The bamboo grew in super-thick stands well over 8 to 10 feet. It wasĪlmost impenetrable in most places and there was bamboo everywhere. The jungle foliage, versus back in Vietnam, was much, much thicker. The terrain and jungle here was absolutely terrible. "On ourįirst day, all the line units from the battalion were sent several klicks from FSB Brown on Reconnaissance in Force (RIF) missions. One of the Alpha Company men, a rifleman with the company since February described Alpha Company's first day in Cambodia. B & C Companies, 5/12th Infantry, part of TF 2-12, had occupied FSB Brown the night before. The next day, the Battalion moved from FSB Snuffy and establised a command postĪt FSB Brown, Cambodia. On 12 May, Companies B and C, 5-12th Infantry were released from their Battalion control to be OPCON with Task Force 2-12, led by theĢnd Battalion, 12th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division. They deployed to conduct operations to interdict enemy eastward movement from their Base Area 351 and along On 9 May, the battalion was extracted from their field locations and combat assaulted into FSB Snuffy at BU GIA MAP, taking 3 hours Then they went into Cambodia from 12 May until 25 June 1970. SGT Spencer is on far left of photo.įrom 5 May until 12 May, the "Redcatchers" 12th Infantry Regiment worked in their new area of operations, seeking the locations of the enemy, again encountering light enemy resistance. The battalion relocated to Phouc Long Province, near Song Be, in South Vietnam to operate and provide defense for FSB Buttons, the headquarters of the Cav's 2nd Brigade.īelow shows SGT Arlie Spencer with men from his unit date, location, and men unknown. Daily, they worked in extreme heat, heavy jungle, and monsoon rains, searching for the 274th Viet Cong Main Force Regiment and the 33rd NVA Regiment - with occasional success resulting in 2 to 3 enemy KIA:Ĭambodian events for the 5th Battalion of the 12th Infantry Regiment, 199th Light Infantry Brigade (LIB) (Separate) began during the morning of 5 May, 1970 when the 5-12th Infantry was released by the 199th to the operational control of the 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, effective at 1840 hours. The 5th Battalion, 12th Infantry had for nearly six months operated around Firebase Libby and Gladys in Long Khanh Province. The 1st Cavalry Division's Operational Report for that period gives a broad outline of the swift moving events, to include the datesĪnd events involving the 5th Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment who were under the operational control of the 1st Cavalry Division'sĢnd Brigade.
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