Private First Class
C CO, 1ST BN, 5TH CAVALRY, 1ST CAV DIV, USARV
Army of the United States

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Last Known Activity
A Note from The Virtual Wall
On 21 November 1966, C Company, 1/5th Cavalry, was engaged by enemy forces while operating along the Cambodian border in Kontum Province, SVN. Thirty-four US soldiers were killed in the battle:

* C Co, 1st Bn, 5th Cavalry
o SFC Bobby W. Letbetter, Goldthwaite, TX
o SSG Charles K. Malone, Danville, PA
o SSG Max M. Woodsmall, Elnora, IN
o SGT Theodore A. Alkire, Ridgeley, WV
o SP4 Norman C. Farris, Springfield, MA (Bronze Star "V")
o SP4 Eugene E. Mitchell, Scottsboro, AL
o SP4 James E. Smythe, Reeds Spring, MO
o SP4 Wilbert Stewart, Baltimore, MD
o SP4 Lester E. Unger, Centerville, OH
o SP4 Donald G. Vernon, Ocala, FL
o PFC Gary D. Byford, Roundup, MT
o PFC Eduardo Chavez, Santa Paula, CA
o PFC John M. Dalton, Chicago, IL (Silver Star)
o PFC Carlito L. Dorsey, Seaside, CA
o PFC John L. Godfrey, Ligonier, IN
o PFC Ralls Hawkins, Macon, GA
o PFC Charles L. Hicks, Hazard, KY
o PFC Harvey Johnson, Madison Heights, VA
o PFC Marion E. Johnson, Milledgeville, GA
o PFC Carroll H. Jones, Richmond, VA
o PFC Arnold R. Krasnoff, New York, NY
o PFC Gamaliel Marcano-diaz, Bayamon, PR
o PFC Larry D. Naasz, Roundup, MT
o PFC Joseph L. Rabon, Charleston Heights, SC
o PFC Jerry D. Sabens, Salem, IN
o PFC Edward J. Scahill, Randolph, MA
o PFC Joseph Scicutella, New York, NY
o PFC Samuel W. Smith, Baltimore, MD
o PFC Andrew L. Stephens, Livingston, TX
o PFC Clifford R. Stout, Trenton, NJ
o PFC Alvin B. Tucker, Nashville, NC
o PFC John F. Waden, Malden, MA

* HHC, 1st Bn, 5th Cavalry
o SP4 Louis Castillo, Chicago, IL

* B Btry, 1st Bn, 77th Artillery
o PFC George A. Turner, Mulga, AL

Comments/Citation


PERSONAL DATA
Home of Record: Madison Heights, VA
Date of birth: 03/24/1947

MILITARY DATA
Service: Army of the United States
Grade at loss: E3
Rank: Private First Class
ID No: 52676967
MOS: 11B10: Infantryman
Length Service: 00
Unit: C CO, 1ST BN, 5TH CAVALRY, 1ST CAV DIV, USARV

CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: 10/17/1966
Incident Date: 11/21/1966
Casualty Date: 11/21/1966
Age at Loss: 19
Location: Pleiku Province, South Vietnam
Remains: Body recovered
Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright
Casualty Reason: Ground casualty
Casualty Detail: Multiple fragmentation wounds

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