Information in the Daily Staff Journal, G-3 operations, Americal Division was recorded on 19 March, at 1600 hours that Charlie and Alpha Companies 2 Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 196th Light Infantry Brigade at 0845H received heavy automatic weapons fire from grid BT 173130 and BT 162118. The results were 2 U.S. Killed in Action (KIA), 5 U.S. Wounded in action (WIA) Evcuated (E). Units returned fire with small arms. Artillery and helicopter gun ships were also employed. Medevac "dust off" completed by 1004H. ll US WIA and KIA were evacuated. Gun ships received fire, and broke station at 1031H. At 1151H, 2/1 Commanding Officer in Command & Control helicopter received 5-6 rounds automatic weapons fire from 4-5 weapons. Another US WIA(E). Alpha Company engaged estimated North Vietnamese Army (NVA) platoon arranged in a horseshoe position. Company pulled back and joined Bravo Company of 2/1st Inf still receiving scattered small arms fire. On 20 March at 0315H, Delta Company 2/1st Infantry reported that at BT 173113 at 0130H, received 6 to 8 82mm mortar rounds with the results of 2 US KIA and 5 US WIA. At 1210H, it was reported that Bravo and Delta Companies, 2/1 Infantry engaged enemy from BT 164113 at 1150H, receiving mortar fire; Air Strikes called in at that time and B Company moving into reinforce. Results: received 14 rounds of enemy 82mm Mortars with 5 US KIA and 11 WIA (E). Dust off completed at 1235H. Gun ship expended ammunition and artillery called in with negative results. On 19-20 March 1969 the 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry lost 17 men in a fight on the Khang River west of Tien Phuoc, Quang Tin Province. They were: A Company: SGT Joe Stephen Huston, Plano, TX SGT Jesus C. Oleta, Norwalk, CA SP4 Brad Donald Chriss, Pompano Beach, FL CPL Richard Lee Fiffe, Concordia, KS CPL Johnnie Ray Hanson, Hazardville, CT SP4 Thomas Joseph McMahon, Lewiston, ME (medic, HHC) (Medal of Honor) SP4 William Daniel Overstreet, Kountze, TX PFC Gary Lynn Hosko, Muskegon, MI B Company: SGT Jimmy Fred Burchfield, Whitewright, TX (Bronze Star) SP4 Walter Lewis Moses, Wooster, OH (Dist Svc Cross) SP4 Raul Victor Perez, Chicago, IL CPL Dennis Allen Smith, Gridley, CA D Company: SGT Richard Ray Maynard, Sturgis, SD SP4 Douglas Glyn Edwards, Columbia, MO SP4 Bill Gregory Lee, Tucson, AZ SP4 Larry Michael Whitis, Indianapolis, IN PFC Robert Arnold Tate, Charleston, WV Sergeant Jesus C Oleta was survived by his mother Armida Mata (Chacon) (1927-1994) and father Jesus Oleta (1927-2003). Sergeant Huston is buried in Los Angeles Odd Fellows Cemetery Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California - - The Virtual Wall, 30 July 2022

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