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Newsday (Nassau Edition) Hempstead,
New York 05 Jul 1969, Saturday, Page 3

Newsday (Nassau Edition) Hempstead, New York 05 Jul 1969, Saturday, Page 3

In the article above, Gerald wrote home on 20 March and mentions the casualties of the 19th and 20th of March and about the men who were killed from his company, Company D.

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

Investigation of the story above shows that in the Americal Division Tactical Operations Center's Daily Staff Journal for 27 June 1969, at 0825Hours, it was reported that Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 196th Light Infantry Brigade, received incoming grenades and small arms fire starting at 0720Hours. It resulted in three US wounded and one US Killed in action.

At 0845Hours, the medevac 'dust off' was completed and at 0852Hours, the enemy broke contact. One of the three wounded men was SP4 Daley which left two other wounded men who must have survived as The Virtual Wall could not find any other deaths from that event.

The soldier killed that day was Corporal Ronnie Lawson, from Siler Kentucky. He was awarded a Bronze Star for Valor.

Specialist Fourth Class Gerald Charles Daley was preceded in death by his father, Lawrence Frank Daley, Sr. (1904-1955), stepfather, Herman E. Boyer (1902-1968), maternal grandmother Grace P. Turner Cox (1892-1922), and maternal grandfather, Frank Bringman Cox (1892-1962).

He was survived by his mother Grace Frances (Cox) Boyer (1912-1991), brothers Lawrence Frank Jr. (1915-2022) and David, and his maternal step grandmother, Helen L. Cox (1894-1970). He is buried in Long Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York.