Battle of
DAU TIENG
Night of February 22-23, 1969
(UPDATED MARCH 2006)
"This web page is dedicated to the memory of Robert W. Hartsock (Medal of Honor) and at least 41 other brave sons, fathers, uncles and friends who were lost to us the night of February 22, 1969 in and around Dau Tieng RVN."
Photo and Bio of Robert Hartsock, Medal OF Honor (posthumously) 44 Inf. Scout Dog Ptn.
NEW Photo and Bio of Medic Howard T. Atkinson, Silver Star (posthumously),HHC 65th Eng. Bn.
This web page is intended as a historical site and may contain material graphic in nature. It is not my intent to glorify, but to document a moment in history overlooked in most part by the press and military historians. "Those who forget or fail to document history for future generations run the risk of repeating it" (paraphrased)
(This page is under construction)
The original published 3/29/1999
(IF YOU KNOW OF ANY OTHER DECORATIONS, KIAs or ANY STORIES FROM THIS BATTLE PLEASE CONTACT ME)
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NEW Click here to Read DSC awarded to 1LT Andres Gutierrez C Co. 1/27 Inf.
Published in Tropic Lightning News, June 23, 1969
NEW Click here to Read Tropic Lightning Account Of Battle
Published in Tropic Lightning News, March 10, 1969 (courtesy of Robert Jensen)
Click here to Read After Action Report
Hq ,2D Bn (Mech) 22D Infantry (2/23/69)
Here is a topo map and an aerial photograph of Dau Tieng Basecamp
NEW Click here to read NVA propaganda pamphlet found in our wire a few days after attack
(courtesy of Hank Bergson)
NEW Here's a link to Viet Nam era "Tropic Lightning News"
(The 25 Inf Division Newspaper)
Click here to View Newspaper Article (2/23/69)
Click on names below to read Personal Accounts
Mike Groves A Co, 2/22 Inf (Mech) 25 Inf,
Kenneth Whitely D Co. 229th (Killer Spades)
Lee (Pete) Hanner D Co. 1/27 Inf 25 Inf Div. (Wolfhounds)
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Bill Biggs, of METRO HHB 1/27 Arty Dau Tieng (Sept 68-Aug 69)
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Taken 2/23/69
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