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The trucks brought back the
casualties to us. Among the wounded from Lima Company were 2nd Platoon Squad
Leader Cpl. LBJ and Radioman L/Cpl Gerald BARYO. They were all checked and
attended to if necessary and then sent back to Delta Med in Dong Ha.
The NVA force was estimated
at around two to three thousand. When it was all over a total of 109 NVA
bodies were counted near the road. Observation from the air of the area on
the hills above the ambush site accounted for another estimated 300 NVA
killed by artillery and air strikes.
17 days later on the 7th of
September, the same thing happened. Another convoy was hit between Payable
and Ca Lu. Again Lima Company was sent out to assist with their support and
retrieval. That day Sgt. Lee JARVIS was MIA. (I knew Jarvis when he was a
Cpl. and a Squad Leader when I was with Lima). Patrols were sent into the
hills on the west side of the highway. His body was later discovered where
he had been left by the NVA, some distance from the Highway.
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