Landing Zone Leslie (also known as Firebase Leslie or Hill 138) was a U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base located in the Quế Sơn Valley southwest of Hội An, Quảng Nam Province in central Vietnam.

At LZ Leslie, an enemy company-size sapper element armed with satchel charges and flamethrowers breached the perimeter before being wiped out. By 6 a.m., the enemy fell back at the cost of 18 American dead, 137 wounded, and more than 300 North Vietnamese killed.

Elements of the 1st Cavalry Division’s 3rd Brigade with Division Artillery and Aviation were attached and working out of LZs Leslie and Ross. The area was occupied by the 2nd Peoples Army Viet Nam Division (NVA), which was reinforced by …

Attack on LZ Leslie – January 3, 1968 Landing Zone Leslie (also known as Firebase Leslie or Hill 138) was a U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base located in the Que Son Valley southwest of Hoi An in Quang Nam Province in central Vietnam.

Jan 7, 2024 · During the first few days of January 1968, the NVA 2d Division attacked U.S forces at Landing Zone (LZ) Ross, LZ Leslie, and LZ West in the Que Son Basin. Heavy fighting in the Que Son and Hiep Duc valleys lasted almost unabated for nearly two weeks.

Two hundred eighty-seven NVA soldiers lost their lives in their abortive attacks. The enemy fired intense mortar, recoilless rifle and artillery rocket fire into LZs Ross and Leslie. They followed these attacks with ground attacks against the perimeters of the fortified LZs.

On January 3, 1968, SP4 Ellis was on radio watch at Landing Zone (LZ) Leslie in the vicinity of (GC) AT 968 317 when the LZ came under enemy small arms and mortar fire. SP4 Ellis, stationed near an ammunition bunker, radioed that he was wounded in the initial barrage of fire.

LZ KATO : 11: LZ Leslie: AT979307 : in Que Son valley? (AKA Hill 138) 1, 2: LZ Leslie (Hill 138) AT979307 : 9, 10: LZ LIBBY: YU426060 : 11: LZ Lion: BS715300 (ORLL) 1, 2: LZ Liz: BS743435 : lowland five miles Northwest of Duc Pho was bad place at times. BS757432 BS743435? (Div Arty ORLL BS753434 and BS753432) 1, 2: LZ Liz:

Mar 6, 2018 · The 1st Brigade and the ARVN’s 3rd Airborne Task Force, leapfrogging west along the Laotian border near Lang Vei on April 7, would land at LZ Snapper and LZ Snake to block retreating enemy forces and prevent NVA reinforcements from moving into the region.

Dec 10, 2020 · In The Lost Battalion of Tet, Krohn recalls two simultaneous NVA attacks on U.S. military outposts on Jan. 3, 1968 that both offered lessons in incendiary warfare: LZ Leslie, attacked by NVA ...