On 1 January, Staff Sergeant Rodney J. T. Yano, of the air cavalry squadron of the 11th ACR, saved the lives of the crew of his UH-1, when a white phosphorus grenade exploded on the helicopter during operations near Biên Hòa. For his actions, he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. On 3 January, an explosion in the mess hall of the 20th Engineer Brigade at Củ Chi Base Camp killed 15. On 11 January 1969, a convoy was ambushed on Highway 13 near Quần Lợi. First Lieutenant Harold A. Fritz organized the defense, actions for which he was later awarded the Medal of Honor. On 14 January, a convoy of the 48th Transportation Group was ambushed in Tây Ninh Province. 122 PAVN/VC were killed, and three individual and one crew-served weapons were captured; U.S. losses were seven killed. Also on 14 January in Tây Ninh Province, First Lieutenant John E. Warren Jr. smothered an enemy hand grenade with his body, an action for which he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. On 30 January, Company D of the 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, found an underground hospital complex under construction north of Phú Cường. On 31 January, a unit of the 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, found 69 tons of rice in two caches in Tây Ninh Province.
