Critically injured, Munoz was placed on a stretcher and evacuated by helicopter to a military medical facility where he later expired. A third mine was detonated when SP4 Johnny Munoz stepped from the vehicle. Shortly after, a jeep from Headquarters & Headquarters Company (HHC), 1/61, arrived on the scene. About three minutes later, one of the engineers, PFC James R.
The blast killed McLennan and PFC James N.
They had only traveled a few hundred yards when one of the soldiers, SP4 Roy D.
A group of about a dozen engineers and infantrymen were dismounted behind the APC as they exited the gate of FSB A-4 around 7:45 AM. An M113 armored personnel carrier (APC) accompanied the sweep.
The team consisted of engineers from A Company, 7th Engineer Battalion with infantrymen from B Company, 1st Battalion, 61st Infantry, 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized) providing security. On August 24, 1969, a mine sweep team departed Firebase A-4 (Con Thien) to sweep the road south to Firebase C-2 for mines.
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