Patrol Report

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March 10th-15th, 1968 #133-68

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Patrol covered 27 hours, 40 VC/NVA attacked patrols position resulting in Navy corpsman being wounded.

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Cpl Peavy, Patrol on Hill 425, 153 hours with 28 actual sightings of an estimated of over 1625 VC , 25 fire missions and 10 airstrike called.

Members of Corporal Grover W Peavy, patrol were:

SSgt Phil Hampton, this is the second of five times they will work together on a Recon patrols. SSgt Hampton will be WIA June 3rd, 1968 on hill 200 and he will recover and return to Bravo Company in September of 68 to work on more patrols. See patrols 47, 60, 81, 98, 304, 332, 359, 692, 730, 767, 811, 837 & 958-68. SSgt Hampton is one of the best patrol leaders Corporal Peavy will have in the 1st Recon Battalion in Vietnam. Click here

Lieutenant Little, this is the only time they worked together on patrol. LT Little will go on to become one of the best company commander in 1st Recon.

PFC Gerold Jerome McAdams, will appear on five patrol reports with Corporal Peavy before being killed on hill 200 on June 3rd, 1968.

Corpsman Earl R. Lerch, this is the second patrol he worked together with Cpl Grover W Peavy. They will work on four patrols togther. They become best friends in the short time they worked together on patrols. Corpsman Lerch will be WIA on the next patrol south of the Tinh Yen River on the 24th of March 68. He will eventually be killed in action on that shithole (Hill 200) June 3rd, 1968.

LCpl Jenkins, PFC Hooks, PFC Nause, PFC Derenick, LCpl Cobb, PFC King, PFC Jones, PFC Schlicher and Cpl Miller, this is the only time they worked with Corporal Peavy on patrol in 1st Recon. 

PFC Oiler and PFC Nolen, worked with Cpl Grover W Peavy on four patrols in 1st Recon Battalion.

LCpl Vollett, worked with Cpl Peavy on five patrols in 1968 before Cpl Grover Wayne Peavy leaving Bravo Company in June of 1968.

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Doc Earl Lerch

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