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5th Infantry Division, Order of Battle in Vietnam.
1st Brigade
1st Battalion, 11th Infantry
1st Battalion, 61st Infantry (Mechanized)
1st Battalion, 77th Armor
A Troop, 4th Squadron, 12th Cavalry
5th Battalion, 4th Artillery
A Co. 7th Engineer Battalion
1st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized)
Arrived Vietnam: 25 July 1968
Departed Vietnam: 27 August 1971
Commanders
Colonel Richard J. Glikes Jul 68
Colonel James M. Gibson Oct 68
Colonel John L. Osteen, Jr. Jun 69
Brigadier General William A. Burke Apr 70
Brigadier General John G. Hill, Jr. Jul 70
Brigadier General Harold H. Dunwoody May 71
The 1st Brigade of the 5th Infantry Division was reorganized at Fort Carson, Colorado, in March 1968 into a unique combination of heavy firepower and mechanize d mobility for Vietnam deployment and was posted to the I Corps Tactical Zone. The brigade moved a few miles south of the DMZ to the Quang Tri area for search and clear, cordon and sweep operations. From time to time it became involved in 3rd Marine Division operations on the Khe Sanh plains and up to the vicinity of the DMZ with the U.S. Marines. In January 1971 it initiated an attack toward Laos with an armored cavalry/engineer task force on two axes from the Vandegrift Base Camp toward Khe Sanh, allowing a South Vietnamese attack across the Laotian border in Operation LAM SON 719. The brigade was withdrawn from Vietnam in August of that year and rejoined its parent division at Fort Carson.
Brigade Headquarters Location: Quang Tri
1st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized) Order of Battle: Assigned and Attached Units
Brigade Armor
1st Battalion, 77th Armor
Brigade Infantry
1st Battalion, 11th Infantry
1st Battalion, 61st Infantry (Mechanized)
Brigade Artillery
5th Battalion, 4th Artillery (155mm SP)
Brigade Reconnaissance
Troop A, 4th Squadron, 12th Cavalry
Company P, 75th Infantry (Ranger)
Other Units on Temporary Assignment
3rd Squadron, 5th Cavalry
3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry (Airmobile)
Brigade Support
75th Support Battalion
Company A, 7th Engineer Battalion
298th Signal Company
407th Army Security Agency Detachment
86th Chemical Detachment
517th Military Intelligence Detachment
48th Public Information Detachment
There are 1 soldiers of the 5th Infantry Division Vietnam that have been identified and recovered.
Warrant Officer Second Class Randolph J. Ard 1st Brigade Missing: 03/07/1971, Recovered: 10/4/2004