Summary of Personnel Activities

 

These two summaries for March and April, 1967 provide an accounting for all personnel activities for the Battalion to be forwarded to the Division.   Men killed and wounded in action, men transferring in and out, R&R activities, awards, future personnel needs to maintain battalion strength -- everything must be tabulated and reported.  You'll notice that morale in the Battalion is always high . . .

 

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TAB B -- SUMMARY OF PERSONNEL ACTIVITIES MARCH 1967

1. Strengths.

   OFF        WO          EM          AGGR
   ---        --           ---         ----
    41         2          639          683

2. Losses.               OFF       WO      EM
                         ---       --      --
   Reassigned              6        0     199
   Killed in Action        0        0       0
   Missing in Action       0        0       0
   Wounded in Action       0        0       1

3. Gains.                 OFF      WO      EM
                          ---      --      --
   Assigned                4        0     101
   Return to duty          0        0       8
   Total                  ---      ---    ---
   Total                   4        0     109

4. Personnel Management.

   a. Twenty-Five (25) indigenous laborers have been employed daily to fill sand bags.

   b. Number of VC captured. None

   c. Additonal critical MOS shortages.

      MOS        GRADE         SHORTAGE
      ---        -----         --------
      11B10       E3              41
      11B20       E4              80
      11B40       E5 E6 E7        52
      11C10       E3              26
      11C20       E4               4
      11C40       E4 E5           17
      11D10       E3               3
      11D20       E4               2
      11D40       E5               3
      11F20       E4              11
      11H10       E3               5
      11H20       E4               1
      11H30       E4               2
      11H40       E5               6
      31F40       E5               1
      36A10       E3               1
      64A10       E3               2
      71B10       E4               1
      76K20       E4               1
      76K30       E4               1
      76K40       E5               1

5. Development and Maintenance of Morale.

   a. Morale of the battalion is high.

   b. The following decorations have been awarded during the reporting period.

      Silver Star       0       ACM              11
      Bronze Star "V"   1       AM                0
      Bronze Star       7       ACM "V"           1
      Pruple Heart      5       Aircraft Crewman
      CIB              94       Badge             3
                                CMB               0

   c. Total of Out-of-Country R&R Quotas received.  Fifty-six (56)

      Total of In-Country R&R Quotas received.   Fifteen (15)

   d. Religious Services.  Both Protestant and Catholic, have been conducted weekly on Sundays.

   e. Battalion PX sold a total of $5,011.95.

   f. Red Cross.  There was no number of cases handled by the Red Cross.

   g. Disposition of Remains.  None

6. Maintenance of Discipline, Law and Order.

   a. Serious Incidents.  None

   b. Courts-Martial.

      (1) General:  0
      (2) Special:  0
      (3) Summary:  0

7. Miscellaneous.

   a. PIO.  This Battalion was visited by two (2) news media representatives.  Eighty-One (81) home town news releases and ten (10) news stories were released.  No home town tapes or film clips were released.

   b. Safety.  The Battalion had one (1) accident during this reporting period in which no time was lost.

 

TAB B -- SUMMARY OF PERSONNEL ACTIVITIES APRIL 1967

1. Strengths.

   OFF        WO          EM          AGGR
   ---        --          ---         ----
    35         2          687          724

2. Losses.                OFF       WO      EM
                          ---       --      --
   Reassigned              14        1     232
   Killed in Action         1        0       5
   Missing in Action        0        0       0
   Wounded in Action        3        0      39

3. Gains.                 OFF       WO      EM
                          ---       --      --
   Assigned                10        1     285
   Return to duty           3        0      18
   Total                  ---      ---     ---
   Total                   13        1     303

4. Personnel Management.

   a. Fifteen (15) indigenous laborers have been employed daily to fill sand bags.

   b. Number of VC captured.  2

   c. Additonal critical MOS shortages.

      MOS        GRADE         SHORTAGE
      ---        -----         --------
      11B40       E5               36
      11B40       E6               20
      11C10       E3                5
      11C20       E4                3
      11C20       E5                2
      11C40       E5               22
      11C40       E7                3
      11F20       E4                7
      11F20       E5                5
      11F40       E6                2
      11H40       E5                5
      11H40       E6                1
      31F40       E5                1
      71H20       E4                1
      76K30       E4                1

5. Development and Maintenance of Morale.

   a. Morale of the battalion is high.

   b. The following decorations have been awarded during the reporting period.

      Silver Star       0       ACM              28
      Bronze Star "V"   9       AM                0
      Bronze Star     105       ACM "V"           0
      Pruple Heart      6       Aircraft Crewman
      CIB               0       Badge             0
                                CMB               0

   c. Total of Out-of-Country R&R Quotas received.  Sixty-four (64)

      Total of In-Country R&R Quotas received.   Twelve (12)

   d. Religious Services.  Both Protestant and Catholic, have been conducted weekly on Sundays.

   e. Red Cross.  There was no number of cases handled by the Red Cross.

   f. Disposition of Remains.  Six (6)

6. Maintenance of Discipline, Law and Order.

   a. Serious Incidents.  Three (3)

   b. Courts-Martial.

      (1) General:  0
      (2) Special:  1
      (3) Summary:  0

7. Miscellaneous.

   a. PIO.  This Battalion was visited by three (3) news media representatives.  Three-hundred and three (303) home town news releases and two (2) news stories were released.  No home town tapes or film clips were released.

   b. Safety.  The Battalion had four (4) accidents during this reporting period in which no time was lost.

 

This Battalion Report has been reproduced to appear like the original.  The copy was obtained by and has been generously contributed by Matt Vuolo, HHC,  2/14th Inf., 66-67.

  

 

 

Summary of Personnel Activities
Copyright © 2008 Kirk S. Ramsey
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