To the memory of those who have gone ahead of us.

 

2nd Lt. John Ruggles III

(Looked out for his men every chance he could. Kia 2/28/68)

 

"Chief" Ronald GoodIron

(Always ready with a smile and a laugh. Kia 2/28/68)

 

Timothy P. McGuire

(Shot in the chest on operation Allen Brook. Kia 5/27/68)

 

Billy Harris

(When I reached up for a helping hand, his always seemed to be there. Kia 2/28/68)

 

Felix Ocasio

(Allways a jokester with a very dry wit.)

 

Ford

(Killed in hand to hand combat with the NVA during Tet of 68.)

 

Birdbrain

(Killed by a grenade in the mountains of Charlie Ridge.)

 

Gunny Sgt. Daniel Perry

(One of the nicest and kindest men I have ever met. Ready with a joke or advice at all times.)

 

LCpl. David Charles Daisher

(Stepped on the mine that I stepped over twice.)

 

Cpl. Fredrick Joseph Perkins

(Every morning he would jump out of fox hole,stretch, and yell "GOOD MORNING VIETNAM"

KIA 29 May 1968)

 

SSgt. Curtis Franklin Bagget

(Killed in hand to hand combat with the NVA during Tet of 68. KIA 6 Feb 1968 )

 

 

PFC Malcom C. Smith

0311, 1967; KIA 26 Jan 1967 Operation DeSoto

 

LCpl. Leonard Vetcher III

0311, 1966; KIA 15 Sep 1966 Operation El Paso

 

PFC Julio V. Morales

0311/Radioman, 1966-67; KIA 13 May 1967 Operation Union

 

PFC Paul H. Wolos

0311, 1967; KIA 28 Apr 1967 Operation Union

 

Robert "Woody" Watrous

He saved my life more than once-Jeff Schilling

 

William Bresnahan

Wia 5/13/67 operation union died on hospital ship 5/26/67

 

Ernesto Sanchez

Kia on 6/15/67 Operation Adair

 

Don Lehuta

Kia on 6/15/67 Operation Adair

 

Jerry Forehand

Kia on 6/15/67 Operation Adair

 

Willie Davis Jr.

Kia on 6/15/67 Operation Adair

 

PFC Philip Grant Chipchase

Kia on 6/15/67 Operation Adair

 

Cpl. Herman Leon Little

Kia on 6/15/67 Operation Adair

 

Peter Lehmann

Kia on 6/13/67 Operation Adair

 

Willie Lee Moses

KIA on 5/2/67 during Union

 

Sergeant Robert E. Mason

0331 section leader. Died on 6/20/67 of wounds received during Union I. This was
his second tour in Nam. He was one gung ho Marine.

 

LCpl Franklin Roosevelt Thorpe

Kia on 6/15/67 Operation Adair

 

Byron Alick Kielley

Kia 5/13 67 Operation Union

 

Sgt. John Carota

1st Platoon Kia Operation Swift

 

Tomas Rodriguez

Stepped on land mine on Operation Swift

 

McConnal

Hit by a rocket Tam Ky '67

 

"Doc" Yoder

Kia Operation Swift

 

Gny Sgt. Dean Edward Armstrong

0369/CoGunny, 1966-67, KIA 13 May 1967 Operation Union

 

Sgt. Emrick

Kia 5/11/69

 

LCpl. Fuentes

Kia 5/11/69

 

Pfc. Eddie Locklear

Kia 6/21/69

 

PFC John L. Murdock

Kia 6/21/69

 

PFC Robert Kenneth Raymond

KIA 6 Feb 1968

 

PFC Jan Martine Stoddard

KIA 6 Feb 1968

 

L/Cpl Burton W Peterson, Jr.

KIA 5 Apr 1968

 

Cpl. Wayne Paul Newcomb

KIA 6 Feb 1968

 

L/Cpl. Robert L. Studards

(Kia 24 July, 1966 Operation Hastings)

 

Cpl. Joe M. Kemp

(Kia 24 July, 1966 Operation Hastings)

 

 

PFC Andrew Martin Larson

(Killed during Tet of 68. KIA 6 Feb 1968)

 

PFC Ronald Chester Rogowski

(Kia 25 September, 1967)

 

Cpl. George Earl Glen, Jr.

(Kia 25 September, 1967)

 

PFC Robert WayneSwoffard

(Kia 6 September, 1967, Reinforcing Mike Company)

 

L/Cpl. Richard Wayne Crawford

(Kia 6 September, 1967, Reinforcing Mike Company)

 

PFC Lewis H. Proudfoot, III

(Kia 6 September, 1967, Reinforcing Mike Company)

 

PFC James Darryel Basham

(Kia 7 September, 1966)

Killed by sniper. My fire team and I bagged his body and rushed his lifeless corspe to a medivac under heavy fire. I knew him for two weeks. He was just a nice guy.
Semper Fi
Ken Miller

 

LCpl. Michael Green

(Kia 11 May, 1969)

 

PFC. Paul Scott

(Kia 5 March, 1968 Killed by a mine.)

 

Cpl. Homer Warren Hollister

(Kia 2 Feb, 1969 Drowned near An Hoa.)

He was rifleman and turned Radioman after Dan New was hit.
Homer was drowned somewhere around An Hoa. -- Richard Elias

 

"Doc" Stuart

(Kia 4 Sep, 1967 Operation Swift)

SSgt. Theodore Texas Rowley

(Kia 12 Oct, 1970 Near An Hoa)

 

1st Lt. Amos Mark Craige

(Kia 12 Oct, 1970 Near An Hoa, Third Platoon)

 

 

 

 

 

Steve "Moses" Land

Passed Away 1989 in a drowning accident off Myrtle Beach, SC

 

William "Billy" Taliaferro

Passed away December 1992 from wounds received on Feb 6, 1968

 

Bobbie Browne

Passed away June 1, 1994 from cancer.

 

(Glynn) Don "Chicken Man" Jones

With Kilo 1969-1970. Passed away March 2000.

 

James E. Brandenburg

With Kilo 1967-1968. Passed away June 2, 2000

 

 

 

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