David, the son of James A. Malins Sr. and Margaret R. Malins of Las Cruces New Mexico, enlisted in the US Marine Corps on February 1, 1967 in El Paso Texas. He arrived in Vietnam and was assigned to Company E, 2d Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st MARDIV (Rein) FMF.
A security team on a road sweep north along Highway 1 towards the Hai Van Pass in Hoa Van District were ambushed by the enemy. The attack was initiated by the detonation of a 260 lb. bomb that caused instant casualties to the team. Enemy rifle fire, automatic weapons, and B-40 (RPG's) rocket propelled grenades poured out of the thick vegetation at the men on the road.
As a quick reaction force came to the aid of the ambushed Marines, contact was quickly broken and the enemy fled into the thick undergrowth of the mountain. Four Marines were killed in the fire fight and seven men were wounded and evacuated. PFC Malins was one of the casualties; he died as a result of massive fragmentation wounds.
Military Information: PFC, US MARINE CORPS
A security team on a road sweep north along Highway 1 towards the Hai Van Pass in Hoa Van District were ambushed by the enemy. The attack was initiated by the detonation of a 260 lb. bomb that caused instant casualties to the team. Enemy rifle fire, automatic weapons, and B-40 (RPG's) rocket propelled grenades poured out of the thick vegetation at the men on the road.
As a quick reaction force came to the aid of the ambushed Marines, contact was quickly broken and the enemy fled into the thick undergrowth of the mountain. Four Marines were killed in the fire fight and seven men were wounded and evacuated. PFC Malins was one of the casualties; he died as a result of massive fragmentation wounds.
Military Information: PFC, US MARINE CORPS
David, the son of James A. Malins Sr. and Margaret R. Malins of Las Cruces New Mexico, enlisted in the US Marine Corps on February 1, 1967 in El Paso Texas. He arrived in Vietnam and was assigned to Company E, 2d Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st MARDIV (Rein) FMF.
A security team on a road sweep north along Highway 1 towards the Hai Van Pass in Hoa Van District were ambushed by the enemy. The attack was initiated by the detonation of a 260 lb. bomb that caused instant casualties to the team. Enemy rifle fire, automatic weapons, and B-40 (RPG's) rocket propelled grenades poured out of the thick vegetation at the men on the road.
As a quick reaction force came to the aid of the ambushed Marines, contact was quickly broken and the enemy fled into the thick undergrowth of the mountain. Four Marines were killed in the fire fight and seven men were wounded and evacuated. PFC Malins was one of the casualties; he died as a result of massive fragmentation wounds.
Military Information: PFC, US MARINE CORPS
A security team on a road sweep north along Highway 1 towards the Hai Van Pass in Hoa Van District were ambushed by the enemy. The attack was initiated by the detonation of a 260 lb. bomb that caused instant casualties to the team. Enemy rifle fire, automatic weapons, and B-40 (RPG's) rocket propelled grenades poured out of the thick vegetation at the men on the road.
As a quick reaction force came to the aid of the ambushed Marines, contact was quickly broken and the enemy fled into the thick undergrowth of the mountain. Four Marines were killed in the fire fight and seven men were wounded and evacuated. PFC Malins was one of the casualties; he died as a result of massive fragmentation wounds.
Military Information: PFC, US MARINE CORPS
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