Organizational Data
- Designation Commander
1st Bn 4th Marines Lt/Col T. H. Galbraith
Subordinate Units
H&S Co. 1st Lt. G. H. Brouilette
Company A Capt. K. S. Russom
Company B Capt. H. E. Pierpan
Company C Capt. W. P. Negron
Company D 1st Lt. K. J. Delino
- Location
Battalion CP 1-5 Oct Vandegrift Combat Base, RVN
6-7 Oct XD 849353
8-16 Oct XD 868353
17 Oct Vandegrift Combat Base, RVN
18-31 Oct LZ Cates, RVN
Battalion Rea r 26-30 Oct Quang Tri, RVN
- Staff Officers
Executive Officer Maj. K. Hyslop
S-1 1st Lt. J. M. Allen
S-2 1st Lt. D. P. Ryan 1-5 Oct
1st Lt. J. L. McIntire 6-20 Oct
2nd Lt. G. W. Jacobsen 21-31 Oct
S-3 Maj. V. R. Gallery
S-4 Capt. O. B. Renfro
MT Officer 2nd Lt. J. E. Bauman
Comm Officer 1st Lt. T. J. Flanagan
Battalion Chaplain Lt. W. B. Turner (USNR)
Battalion Surgeon Lt. E. G. Kelly (USNR)
- Direct Support Units
C Btry, 1st Bn, 44th Arty 1st Lt. Cowley 1-5 Oct
W Btry (-), 3rd Bn, 12th Marines 1st Lt. Lewis 6-16 Oct
A Co., 3rd Anti-Tank, 3rd Tank Bn 1st Lt. Smith 1-5 Oct
Co. B, 3rd Tank Bn 1st Lt. Gypin 1-3 Oct
3rd Platoon, 3rd Searchlight 2nd Lt. Selim 1-5 Oct
- Attached Units
Det, 3rd MP Bn (Scout Dogs)
Det, 3rd SP Bn (HST Team)
Det, 4th Marines, Scout/Sniper Platoon
1st Plt, Co. A, 3rd Engr Bn 2nd Lt Engerbretzen 5-16 Oct
Det, 11th Interrogator Translator Team
- Average Monthly Strength
USMC – Officers – 36 Enlisted – 1221
USN – Officers – 2 Enlisted – 48
Combat Missions Assigned
- Fourth Marines Frag, Order (Operation SCOTLAND II)
- Vandegrift Combat Base and Ca Lu.
- Defend Vandegrift Combat Base and Ca Lu
- Conduct Engineer Road Sweep along Route #9 in AO
- Conduct extensive patrolling
- Conduct assigned mission in accordance with Fourth Marines Operation Order 8-68 or 05 October 1968 (Operation SCOTLAND NANKING).
- Provide defense security for Fire Support Bases Cates, Shephard, Quantico, Gurkha and Hills 691 and 950 in designated AO.
This page last corrected 2 September 2011