While flying a visual reconnaissance mission 10 miles southwest of Xuan Loc, aircraft from Charlie Trp, 3^rd Sdn, 17^th Air Cav received small arms fire from two enemy soldiers engaged and killed both enemy.

Alpha Co, 5^th Bn, 12^th Inf, operating 12 miles northeast of Xuan Loc received small arms fire from two enemy soldiers at a range of 20 meters. Alpha Co returned the fire killing one and recovering an AK-47 rifle.

An element of Alpha Co, 4^th Bn, 12^th Inf was maneuvering into night defensive positions 15 miles northeast of Xuan Loc when it received fire from three enemy in a hootch. Contact ended immediately, but a search of the area uncovered four Vietnamese who were subsequently detained and held for questioning.

Charlie Trp, 3^rd Sdn, 17^th Air Cav sighted and engaged one bunker and killed one enemy soldier 12 miles southwest of Xuan Loc.

"Cottonbalers" of Delta Co, 3^rd Bn, 7^th Inf destroyed one tunnel and four bunkers on an operation 22 miles northeast of Xuan Loc. Two bunkers were 10 feet by 20 feet and the other two were 12 feet by 30 feet.

Seven enemy soldiers were killed by gunships of Charlie Trp, 3^rd Sdn, 17^th Air Cav in support of the 3^rd Bn, 7^th Inf 20 miles east of Xuan Loc. The "Cottonbalers" element had engaged an unknown size enemy force in a dense area.

Three enemy soldiers were killed and one suspect detained as Charlie Co, 5^th Bn, 12^th Inf and an element of the 18^th ARVN Div teamed up in an operation 2 miles north of Xuan Loc. The ARVNs swept towards the 5^th Bn, 12^th Inf "Warriors" killing two enemy soldiers; and the "Warriors" acting as a blocking force, killed one and detained one as the enemy tried to escape the sweeping ARVN's. Charlie Co also recovered two AK-47 rifles in the operation.

Delta Co, 3^rd Bn, 7^th Inf located and destroyed 25 bunkers on an airmobile operation 20 miles northeast of Xuan Loc.

Not far away, Charlie Co of the "Cottonbalers" battalion destroyed 20 newly constructed fighting positions. The action took place as the company was sweeping an area 17 miles northeast of Xuan Loc.

Bravo Co, 5^th Bn, 12^th Inf engaged an estimated two enemy squads 11 miles northeast of Xuan Loc. The enemy broke contact immediately but when Bravo Co attempted to maneuver, the enemy attacked, losing one of their men to a "Warrior" machine gunner.

Members of Alpha Btry, 2^nd Bn, 40^th Arty in a base camp south of Xuan Loc were surprised to see one enemy soldier cross highway 2 near their perimeter. When the enemy soldier noticed where he was, he dropped his AK-47 rifle and ran into the brush.

Charlie Co, 3^rd Bn, 7^th Inf killed seven enemy soldiers 17 miles east of Xuan Loc in a firefight with an unknown size enemy force entrenched in bunkers. The contact began when the "Cottonbalers" received sniper fire and RPG rounds from enemy hiding in nearby trees.

Following the contact Charlie Co found and destroyed 20 enemy bunkers on a thorough search of the area. The bunkers contained fishnets, ponchos, canteens, stove and food.

"Cottonbalers" of Charlie Co, 3^rd Bn, 7^th Inf, continuing to search the area of the previous day's contact, located 8 AK-47 rifles, 300 rounds of AK-47 ammunition and 12 Chicom grenades while destroying 14 bunkers.

Alpha Co, 5^th Bn, 12^th Inf, located a large base camp 11 miles northwest of Xuan Loc. While moving into the bunker area, the "Warriors" encountered two enemy soldiers, engaging them with small arms and automatic weapons fire. One of the enemy was killed and the other wounded. A search of the area revealed 18 bunkers and one 20 pound Chicom claymore mine, all of which were destroyed.

Tracks of Delta Trp, 17^th Cav located what appeared to be a sapper training area 25 miles northeast of Xuan Loc. 40 meters of tanglefoot and concertina wire were found and three bunkers and one three quarter ton truck were destroyed.

Alpha Co, 4^th Bn, 12trh Inf spotted and engaged one enemy soldier 22 miles northeast of Xuan Loc, killing the enemy while recovering one AK-47 rifle.

Two ambush patrol from Alpha Co, 4^th Bn, 12^th Inf spotted 516 enemy soldiers carrying mortar tubes, RPG's and individual weapons 22 miles northeast of Xuan Loc.

Bravo Co, 3^rd Bn, 7^th Inf searching jungle areas 20 miles east of Xuan Loc located and destroyed a total of 24 bunkers making up an enemy base camp under construction when found.

Bravo Co, 3^rd Bn, 7^th Inf moved back to the bunker complex 16 miles east of Xuan Loc and received small arms and RPG fire from an unknown size enemy force. The "Cottonbalers" returned the fire, killing one of the enemy.

An element of Co M Rangers, 75^th Inf set up on a trail 9 miles northwest of Xuan Loc that had been in use by 15 to 20 enemy. The Rangers sighted and killed two enemy soldiers in addition to recovering two AK-47 rifles and NVA web gear.

Alpha Co, 2^nd Bn, 3^rd Inf located a fresh trail 9 miles south of Xuan Loc. The "Old Guardsmen" followed the trail and made contact with an unknown size force, killing one and recovering the dad enemy's AK-47 rifle.

Members of Alpha Co, 5^th Bn, 12^th Inf engaged and killed one enemy soldier immediately after landing at an LZ 13 miles northwest of Xuan Loc. The enemy was 10 meters from the "Warriors" when he died. Later in the afternoon an element of Alpha Co moved into a well camouflaged enemy base camp and were engaged by an unknown size enemy force.

The "Warriors" searched the area and found two enemy bodies and 200 pounds of corn and flour.

Bravo Co, 4^th Bn, 12^th Inf surprised 10 to 15 enemy soldiers in a rest camp 20 miles northeast of Xuan Loc, killing one and recovering one AK-47 rifle.

Alpha Co, 5^th Bn, 12^th Inf uncovered a base camp 13 miles northwest of Xuan Loc and was engaged by an unknown size enemy force. Sporadic contact lasted for two hours with the "Warriors" accounting for two enemy killed.

Bravo Co, 4^th Bn, 12^th Inf, crossing a stream 22 miles northeast of Xuan Loc, received small arms and automatic weapons fire from enemy bunkers. Contact was immediately broken but after Bravo Co detected movement to their front and rear, the unit called in air strikes on the enemy base camp. Two enemy bodies were found and the air strikes resulted in two secondary explosions and the destruction of 20 bunkers.

Alpha Co, 5^th Bn, 12^th Inf, in search of the bunker complex involved in the previous day's contact, found one AK-47 rifle and one 9mm pistol along with numerous blood trails.

Alpha Co, 5^th Bn, 12^th Inf detained one enemy suspect in the area they had been searching the two previous days.

Bravo Co, 4^th Bn, 12^th Inf spotted five to seven enemy 20 miles northeast of Xuan Loc, killing two with small arms and automatic weapons fire.

Delta Co, 4^th Bn, 12^th Inf located a platform 22 miles northeast of Xuan Loc and destroyed 20 one gallon metal cans of water, 71 one gallon cans of soy bean oil and 6 three gallon plastic jugs.

"Cottonbalers" of Charlie Co, 3^rd Bn, 7^th Inf found and destroyed 30 bunkers 8 miles northeast of Xuan Loc.

"Warriors" of the 4^th Bn, 12^th Inf uncovered a cache containing 122 gallons of fish oil and 50 pounds of rice.