[2]: 31 On 18 December in the vicinity of grid reference AT 971411 (15°43′48″N 108°10′23″E / 15.73°N 108.173°E / 15.73; 108.173), Company B, 2/1 Infantry engaged an unknown number of People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) soldiers with artillery and airstrikes.

[2]: 14–5 On 19 December Company B returned to the scene of the previous day's contact and found an additional 9 PAVN dead who had been killed by small arms fire.

Company A, 26th Engineers found 20 PAVN killed by artillery along with one crew served and two individual weapons and miscellaneous equipment.

Prisoners and documents captured in the locations of the contact identified the unit engaged as the 1st Main Force Regiment, 2nd Division.

[2]: 15 On 3 January 1969 in the vicinity of grid references BT 345312 (15°38′38″N 108°31′23″E / 15.644°N 108.523°E / 15.644; 108.523), a total of 150 villagers rallied to the 1st CAG Psychological Operations.

[2]: 16 On 13 January, in the vicinity of grid reference BT 152272 (15°36′22″N 108°20′38″E / 15.606°N 108.344°E / 15.606; 108.344), Company B, 2/1 Infantry found and evacuated 20,000 pounds of rice located within two huts.

Company B, 1st Battalion, 52nd Infantry Regiment detected an unknown number of VC near the wire on the west side of the perimeter.