Contact continued until 14:40 when the remaining enemy withdrew, 5 PAVN/VC were killed and 7 suspects detained. On 18 February 1970 at 11:45 US artillery observers saw an unknown size PAVN/VC force in several small groups moving south in an area west of Quảng Ngai, artillery fire was directed onto the enemy location and the bodies of 13 PAVN/VC soldiers were counted. At 20:30 a forward observer sighted an unknown size PAVN/VC force moving in an area 11 miles west of Quảng Ngai. Artillery fire was directed onto the enemy location and the bodies of 21 PAVN/VC soldiers were observed lying in the area. On 19 February at 11:00 helicopter crewmen sighted 5 PAVN/VC soldiers 7 miles north of Đức Phổ, they were engaged and all 5 were killed and 3 weapons captured. On 1 March at 19:05 an artillery forward observer saw 6-8 PAVN/VC soldiers west of Quảng Ngai and called in artillery fire killing 5 of them. On 5 March at 22:20 a Brigade element ambushed an undetermined number of PAVN/VC west southwest of Quảng Ngai, the PAVN/VC withdrew leaving 2 dead and 2 individual weapons. At 2l:30 a Brigade night defensive position south of Quảng Ngai, received heavy small arms and automatic weapons fire from an undetermined size PAVN/VC force. The unit returned fire and were supported by helicopter gunships and a USAF AC-ll9 gunship. At 22:45 the PAVN/VC withdrew, US losses were 1 killed. On 9 March at 1315 helicopter gunship crewmen engaged an undetermined size enemy PAVN/VC south of Đức Phổ, the PAVN/VC withdrew leaving 5 dead. On 12 March between 12:10 and 17:50 artillery forward observers saw a total of 47 PAVN/VC west northwest of Quảng Ngai, all were killed by artillery fire. On 1 April at 02:00 a PAVN/VC force attacked a Brigade outpost north of Đức Phổ, US losses were 1 killed. On 2 April at 18:00 a PAVN/VC boobytrap killed 10 Allied soldiers operating in an area northwest of Đức Phổ.