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 Posted: Fri Jul 10th, 2009 10:50 am
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KenC



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 That's a great story ..and absolutely true.  For those of you who do not know what LZ X-Ray (or the Battle of Ia Drang Valley) is, the battle spoken of was the 1st major engagement of the war and the subject of the Mel Gibson movie We Were Soldiers.  Mel Gibson played LTC Hal Moore, CO, 1st BN, 7th Cavalry, 1st Air Cav Division (later attained the rank of Lieut. General).

450 US Soldiers were delivered to LZ X-RAY

US KIA 79 / WIA 121

The PAVN Division was estimated 4000+ man force.

PAVN KIA 200 / WIA 6

The PAVN (Peoples Army of Vietnam) are highly inaccurate, the count is given at what was actually found, but the PAVN & NVA were master's at hiding their dead and wounded.  I would estimate, based on intel concerning the ration of dead and wounded found to known ratios (discovered after the war) that the PAVN dead numbered over 500 with upward to 1000 wounded.