They were involved in skirmishes including the creek bed incident on the 22^nd of July where 8 Marines were killed. In this skirmish, the Platoons were making there way along a creek when the point was ambushed by NVA. Tink was well back in the column during this skirmish and could only hear the fighting.

On the 24^th, the CO ordered India Company to Hill 362 to establish a radio relay station. They were already out of food and supplies. Tink and his A-Gunner, Dick Weber, went so far as to take rice off of a dead Vietnamese just to eat.

The climb up the trail toward Hill 362 had to be done single file. The jungle was so thick there wasn't room to carry his rocket launcher. So Tink and Weber were carrying M-14s. They were in the 1^st squad of Weapons Platoon. As such, they were always assigned to 1^st Rifle Platoon. This was the Platoon lead by Lt. Williams, whose account has been written.

Being the rocket men, Tink and Weber were usually within the first 6 to 8 men on the point. And it was so on that day. As they came up the trail, it suddenly opened into an intersection of a well-traveled, wide trail. Tink and Weber looked at one another, knowing this wasn't a good sign. Just then, three NVA regulars came running from the left, along the trail. The Sergeant ordered the men to drop their packs. The NVA turned and ran back along the trail. Several Marines, including Tink and Weber started down the trail after them. One or two of them were killed but the third was taken prisoner. It was during this time that the 2^nd Platoon came up the narrow trail and took over the point, turning right toward Hill 362.

2^nd Platoon took the hill and then continued on the trail, as reported in Joe Holt's account. Once they got over the hill and onto the trail below, they began receiving mortar and small arms fire. 

When the fighting broke out, 1^st Platoon scrambled along the trail to the hill. Weber and Tink ran to the hill and the first thing they found was Steve Kittle, one of their friends, already wounded. He had a "million dollar wound" as they called it, one that would get him sent stateside. He was sitting up on a stump so they told him to take cover. They went to the side of the hill nearest the trail and began finding wounded Marines. Weber put down his M-14 so he could begin dragging the Marines to the hilltop. Both Tink and Weber continued to drag Marines out of the thicket to the clearing.

They continued with the rescuing of Marines off the trail. During one of the rescues, Tink and Weber were pulling a single Marine back up the trail, each having a corner of the poncho he was laying on. As they backed up the trail dragging the Marine, they didn't realize a large group of NVA had formed right behind them. The next thing they knew, LCPL Richard Pittman came running up the trail and, as he brushed past Weber, began a volley of automatic weapon fire. Pittman's actions killed "30 to 40" NVA's and saved the lives of Tink and Weber. Had it not been for Pittman, both Tink and Weber would have been killed at that time. Pittman was later given the Marine Corp Medal of Honor for his bravery.

Despite the heavy small arms fire that continued, both of them continued to return to the trail and rescue Marines. Weber, on his last Marine was a bit slower than Tink in getting to the hilltop. But Tink had gotten his Marine to the hilltop and brushed past Weber on the way back down. They made eye contact and Weber shook his head, indicating it was over. But Tink gave him a look, that little "smirky grin" as Weber called it, and went out of sight. On that hill, a Marine 15 to 20 yards away couldn't be seen. Weber never saw Tink again.

As soon as Tink was out of sight, heavy incoming small arms fire began to come in like a "hailstorm". There was no way to rescue anybody outside the perimeter. In the afternoon, a mortar landed right in the middle of the wounded on top of the hill. That mortar killed Steve Kittle among others. 

Dick Weber was wounded when a concussion grenade detonated near him. His arm and shoulder sustained injury and the stock of his rifle was blown off. He was airlifted the next morning only to be told later that his best friend, "Arnie", didn't make it.