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Article found online – “Along came the Spiders” By Capt. Dustin Healey, 4/3 Avn., 3rd CAB, TF Falcon
FORWARD OPERATING BASE SALERNO, Afghanistan - Under a blanket of darkness two Black Hawks maneuver low to the ground as they advance vigilantly toward an enemy safe haven, poised to insert lethal ground forces. The twin 1,800-horse power engines roar with power as the 'hawks begin their approach into what is expected to be an extremely dusty landing zone in a dry river bed. The pilot calls, "one minute" as the crew chief relays back to the team leader on board with hand signals and a shout.
...By the time a 30-second call is passed back over the intercom system, the Soldiers' shouts of excitement and enthusiasm become a roar that seems to overcome the noise from the engines and the rotor blades.
Based out of Forward Operating Base Salerno, these Black Hawks soaring through the air are not your ordinary helicopter unit. They are Company A, "SPIDERS" (4th Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment), 1st Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, Task Force Viper's lethal Black Hawk unit who is continuously entrusted by Soldiers with the mission of safe passage across the P2K region of the provinces Paktika, Paktiya and Khowst.
"Timely insertion of troops and equipment give ground force commanders the momentum they need to defeat the enemy," said Chief Warrant Officer Rich Satterfield, a pilot with A Co., 4/3 Avn., TF Viper, from Patterson, N.J.
Maintaining momentum is key to exploiting enemy weaknesses and capitalizing on friendly gains on the battlefield. One way to quickly move combat power on the battlefield in order to capitalize on enemy weaknesses is through the use of Viper's Black Hawks. The Spiders 24-hour coverage over the P2K region ensures ground force commanders have the flexibility to move combat power when needed.
A company with a call sign that dates back to Vietnam, the "Spiders," first made a name for themselves as the 188th Assault Helicopter Company. During the 1960s they made a name for itself as an armed UH-1 "Huey" gun platoon. The "Spiders" of Vietnam were known to the ground Soldiers and Green Berets as "The Spider People," and were characterized by their reputation for being the only helicopters brave enough to launch when ground units were under heavy enemy fire. Upon the completion of a successful engagement, the "Spiders" would always sign off with ground forces using their well-earned motto, "Guns up!"
(Note: The Spiders were not the only ones in the 188th, but were instead the gunship platoon that flew in support of the two slick platoons that were also part of the three flight platoons of the company known as the Black Widows. When the unit was re-designated as C Company, 101st Aviation Bn, in 1968 the gunships were reassigned to D company 101st Aviation Battalion and became the HAWKS.)
The responsibility of upholding the legacy of their Vietnam brethren is not lost on the current "Spiders" of Company A. "Being in one of the most storied helicopter companies in the U.S. Army is an awesome feeling and a responsibility that I take seriously," said Chief Warrant Officer Jim Layne, tactical operations officer, A Co., 4/3 Avn., TF Viper, from Wheelersburg, Ohio.
Each of the A Co. aircraft are fittingly named after their Vietnam counterparts. Sudden Death, Satisfaction, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, Cold Sweat, The O.D. Streak, Climax, and Seduction sit patiently on the flight line waiting for aviators like Chief Warrant Officer Nigel Huebscher, standardization officer, A Co., 4/3 Avn., TF Viper, from Abrams, Wis., and Sgt. Jason Struckman, flight instructor, A Co., 4/3 Avn., TF Viper, from San Diego, Calif., to launch them into the Afghanistan sky.
"I look forward to keeping up the proud lineage of the Spiders before us from the Vietnam era," said Chief Warrant Officer Huebscher. "Every day the "Spiders" of today work toward adding to the unit's long and growing legacy."
Although flying combat missions garner the most attention on a daily basis, maintenance operations on the hot Salerno flight line drive every day operations. "Spider" crew chiefs and maintenance test pilots work around the clock to support the large flying hour program. Even without receiving accolades or recognizable praise from higher commands, the "Spider" crew chiefs recognize the importance of their jobs.
" I feel very accomplished after fixing an aircraft and then getting in it to fly," said Sgt. Struckman.
...The last 50 feet of the approach stir the dust from the dry river bed as both Black Hawks are engulfed in heavy dust. The combination of low ambient light from the Afghanistan night and the use of night vision goggles allow the crews to land the aircraft on the ground in one of the most dangerous and unnerving maneuvers in aviation, the brownout landing.
...The crew chiefs shout "Go! Go! Go!" as the Soldiers rush from the aircraft into the dark night. Flying out of the landing zone in order, the pilots pull power as the aircraft literally jumps into the air in an attempt to climb out of the dust cloud. Once the aircraft is clear of the dust cloud, the crew chief shouts "Clear the dust" as the pilot on the controls noses the aircraft forward to gain airspeed.
Although air assault missions typically garner the most attention from a combat perspective, the Spiders became the workhorse of the P2K regions of Afghanistan through their ability to execute a diverse number of mission sets in support of ground force commanders. Resupply, reconnaissance, MEDEVAC escort, VIP transport, and air movements are just a few of the different mission sets executed daily by TF Viper's Black Hawks.
"I like my job because every day is something new; you never know what to expect," said Spc. Kurt Sanson, a crew chief, A Co., 4-3 Avn., TF Viper, from San Clemente, Calif.
… As the Black Hawks execute an in-flight link up for the 15 minute flight back to FOB Salerno, there is almost a deafening silence between the aircraft and the crews. Another successful troop insertion and brownout dust landing under night vision goggles is complete. Once everyone regroups and heart rates return to normal, the typical banter between the pilots and crew chiefs of any combat tested unit begins again.
When asked if he has anything left to say about the mission, Chief Warrant Officer Louis Baez, a pilot with A Co., 4-3 Avn., TF Viper, from Holyoke, Mass., responds for all the Spiders with the simplistic battle cry of their Vietnam brethren, "Guns up!"
BLACK WIDOWS AND SPIDERS LINEAGE
*The lineage of the 188th Aviation Company goes back to World War II. On October 1, 1943 the United States Army activated the 2026th Quartermaster Truck Company, Aviation at Lockbourne Army Air Base in Ohio. During World War II the 2026th participated in the New Guinea campaign in the South Pacific and was inactivated in Japan after the war on April 15, 1946. On August 1, 1946 the 2026th was converted and re-designated as the 2026th Transportation Corps Truck Company. On November 1, 1966 the 2026th was re-designated as the 188th Aviation Company, Air Mobile Light Aircraft (AML) allotted to the United States Third Army at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
*188th Aviation Company (Air Mobile Light), 101st Aviation Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky – Dau Tieng, South Vietnam – III Corps area of Operation (AO) (11/66 – 5/67).
188th Assault Helicopter Company “Black Widows”, 269th Combat Aviation Battalion “Black Barons”, 1st Aviation Brigade call sign: “Hawk”, Dau Tieng (Camp Rainier), South Vietnam (5/67 – 3/68) Motto: “AIM HIGH”.
*188th Assault Helicopter Company, 308th Combat Aviation Battalion “Black Adler”, 1st Aviation Brigade, LZ Sally, South Vietnam – northern I (pronounced ‘eye’) Corps AO (3/68 – 7/68).
Spiders gun platoon (11/66 – 7/68), Motto: “GUNS UP” The Spiders were reassigned to Delta Company (call sign: “Hawk”), 101st Aviation Battalion, 101st Air Cav Division and became the 3rd platoon.
*Charlie Company, 101st Assault Helicopter Battalion (Wings of the Eagle), 101st Air Cav Division – LZ Sally, South Vietnam – northern I Corps AO (7/68 – 8/68). The 101st didn’t like be referred to as the “Air Cav” so their commanders quickly changed their designation back to “Airborne” in August 1968.
*Charlie Company, 101st Assault Helicopter Battalion (Wings of the Eagle), 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile), LZ Sally (8/68 – 4/69).
*Charlie Company, 101st Assault Helicopter Battalion (Wings of the Eagle), 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile), Phu Bai, located just south of Hue, South Vietnam (4/69 – 2/72).
*Charlie Company, 101st Assault Helicopter Battalion (Wings of the Eagle), 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile), Fort Campbell, Kentucky (2/72 – 7/76).
*Charlie Company, 101st Aviation Battalion (Wings of the Eagle), 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky (7/76 – 10/81).
*Alpha Company, 158th Aviation Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky (10/81 – 10/87).
*Alpha Company, 5th Aviation Battalion (Eagle Assault), 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky (10/87 – 7/89).
*Alpha Company, 6th Aviation Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky (7/89 – 12/89).
*Alpha Company, 9th Battalion (Eagle Strike), 101st Aviation Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Afghanistan, Iraq (12/89 – 5/04). Motto: “Mate and Kill”
*A/9/101 “BLACK WIDOWS” were re-flagged A/4/3 in May of 2004 after returning to Fort Campbell from their 2003 – 2004 tour in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
*Alpha Company, 4th Battalion (Marne Assault), 3rd Aviation Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division adopted “Spiders” as the company’s call sign. They were first deployed to Iraq from February 2005 thru 2006. The company deployed again to Iraq in May 2007 and is based at Camp Striker under the command of Captain Sean O’Connell. The majority of A/4/3 aviators were former Black Widows from A/9/101. Motto: “GUNS UP” (5/04 to present).
*Charlie Company, 4th Aviation Regiment (Wings of the Eagle), 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) C/4/101, the new “Black Widows,” deployed in Iraq from October 2005 thru 2006 under the command of their first female commander, Black Widow 06, Captain Melissa Jones. Motto: “Mate and Kill” (5/04 to present).
*On a historic note: the Comancheros, Kingsmen and Black Widows of the present day 4th Aviation Regiment (Wings of the Eagle) also served together in 101st Aviation Battalion in South Vietnam from July 1, 1968 till February 1972.
One man’s rendering of the early days in-country
Black Widows Go Operational - By Dick Detra
Some of the 188th crews had been working with their sister unit, the 116th AHC Hornets, for the two weeks prior to becoming operational on June 15, 1967. This major operation was the first time that the Black Widows went out as a unit without being under some other commander’s tactical control.
A fully constituted Mobile Riverine Force consisting of 52 armored troop carriers, 10 monitors, 4 command boats and 2 refuelers set up anchorage at Nha Be. From June 13th through the 17th operations were conducted in the Rung Sat Special Zone as part of the 9th Infantry Division’s Operation Great Bend, which was supposed to bring greater security to the Long Tau shipping channel. The Black Widows and Spiders were provided by II Field Force and used extensively to move troops within the area of operation. Although a base camp, believed to have been the recent site of the headquarters controlling VC actions in the Rung Sat Special Zone was found, no contact was made with the enemy.
On June 18th the Mobile Riverine Force moved to a new anchorage at the junction of the Soi Rap and Vam Co Rivers in preparation for operations in the Can Giuoc District of eastern Long An Province, and the Go Cong Province in Northern IV Corps. Can Giouc was located 15 miles south of Saigon at the junction of the Rach Cac Ricer and Cac Tram stream. Normally the 3rd Brigade operated west of Can Giouc District to lend security by its operations along Highway 4; however Can Giouc was outside the Brigade’s routine area of operation. The 9th Division base camp during this time frame was located at Bear Cat. Tan An, the 3rd Brigade base camp was located in the extreme southern reaches of III Corps, south of Saigon on the Vam Co Tay River. Rach Kien located 7 miles southwest of Can Giouc was used as a staging area for this operation. This was the first of many operations for the 188th in support of the “Old Reliables” of the 3rd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, which were the only companies assigned to the Riverine Force. The 6 companies involved in this two-day battle were A, B, and C of the 3rd Battalion and companies A, B, and C of the 4th Battalion, 47th Infantry and the 2nd Battalion, 46th Infantry Regiment (ARV: Army of the Republic of Vietnam) which were used as a blocking force.
On June 19th the initial CA (Combat Assault) insertion carrying grunts from Alpha Company, 4th Battalion, 47th Infantry got chewed up bad, losing close to 80 men. The Black Widow flight of slick’s and Spider gunships took a pounding….taking beau-coup hits from heavy .30 and .50 cal automatic weapons fire directed at them from fortified bunker positions on the ground.
At 1155 hours, at co-ordinates XS 865727, Spider gunship #66-00707 took a round through the fuel cell and crew chief; SP5 Gary Cabigon was wounded in the leg. The A/C set the gunship down at Rach Kien where Cabigon was given medical attention for his wound while the rest of the crew waited for “Pipesmoke” to arrive and pick up the damaged gunship. By the time Gary returned to the location of his downed gunship it was gone along with the crew. He had been left behind at Rach Kien and listed as missing in action. When Cabigon finally made it back to Dau Tieng, after hitching rides on other helicopters, he headed directly to the orderly room where 1SG Ray DePalm and the CO, Major Bobby Wofford, were discussing missions. Nothing was said to Cabigon about where he had been or what had happened to him, so he just went back to his hooch and flew on another mission the next day. Spider door gunner SP4 Stan Moody was also wounded during the battle.
That afternoon the Black Widows were tasked with flying re-supply all afternoon. It was one dull mission after another of cokes, beer, and ice to the grunts on the ground. Aircraft Commander (A/C) Captain Arnold D. Amoroso (flying left seat), WO1 Alfred “Pappy Snook (flying right seat), Crew Chief SP5 Joe Matt, and door gunner SP4 Bill Crabbe crewed one of the 2nd platoon slicks that day. They decided to keep a case of beer in consideration for their tireless efforts. Joe Matt and Bill Crabbe were told to find a place to stash it; not an easy thing to do on a Huey. Around 1615 hours Amoroso’s crew was given an ammo re-supply mission northwest of Can Giouc at co-ordinates XS 773693. They contacted the unit in the LZ and they responded that they were popping yellow smoke. Almost simultaneously two yellow smokes appeared. Pappy radioed the ground commander “Tally Ho yellow smoke.” But something just didn’t look right and he expressed his concerns to Captain Amoroso. All of the infantry guys were off to one side of the LZ there were no friendly troops on the other side of the LZ. The most disturbing fact was that there wasn’t anyone guiding them down into the LZ. Slicks usually unloaded from both sides so that the Huey and the crew weren’t on the ground any longer than humanly possible. On final approach Pappy saw VC off to his 2 o’clock position taking aim at Captain Amoroso and himself.
Amoroso nearly fatally, had decided to land at the nearest smoke. Pappy had the stick and made his approach low and slow over the river. As Pappy turned right base Amoroso was looking into the distance at the Rung Sat Special Zone and the surprisingly large naval craft supporting the operation. As he turned his head to focus on the landing, an AK-47 round came through the nose compartment and instrument panel, passing close to Pappy’s knee and within inches of Amoroso’s shoulder…hitting the left door channeling as it exited. The round hit a toggle switch on the instrument panel sending fragments of shrapnel flying in all directions. Pappy was hit with forty-seven shrapnel fragments, his right hand and left leg taking the brunt of the blast. Captain Amoroso was wounded in the upper right arm and shoulder. Another round exploded through Pappy’s door on the right side just missing his head. As they cleared the area Amoroso asked the guys in back if they were alright. Matt responded that he had been shot between the eyes. He then asked “How can you be talking if you were shot between the eyes?”
Amoroso turned and looked back at his crew chief and saw that a piece of the door channeling had lodge in his upper nose. Those four guys were very lucky. The crew’s inexperience had almost gotten them killed. Unfortunately the lessons that the Black Widows learned on this mission and the knowledge they would gain on future missions in order to survive would be learned under fire. When 2nd flight platoon leader Captain Walter Addy was infused into another III Corps unit later in the year Captain Amoroso took over the 2nd platoon.
Crew Chief Joe Matt, at full alert in the back was anxious because it was getting dark and he could barely make out the friendly troops who were on one side of the LZ and the VC who were on the other side in the tree line. Charlie had been monitoring the radio traffic and popped the yellow smoke at the same moment as the American unit. His A/C was headed for the wrong smoke. When Joe heard the rounds exploding through the cockpit he turned to see what was happening and was hit between the eyes. Because of the darkness matt hadn’t pulled his ballistic helmet visor down and that would have protected his face. Door gunner Crabbe was the only crew member to come away unscathed. They got the hell out of there and flew back to Rach Kien, where they were patched up by medics and flew home to the “WEB” at Dau Tieng.
On June 20th the 4th Battalion, 47th infantry searched south to regain contact with the enemy. Moving by helicopter and on foot the battalion found the enemy north of Rach Gion Ong stream at Aps Naman and aided by a company of the 2nd battalion, 60th infantry decimated the enemy with close-in fire support from Spider gunships, fast movers, and artillery. That same day Crew Chief Sp/4 Ron Merlock’s 2nd platoon slick was given the job of picking up the bodies of Alpha Company from the battle field and flying them back to Tan An.
Following the battles of June 19-20, the Mobile Riverine Force remained in the Can Giouc area, capitalizing on the knowledge obtained of the area and attacking small elements of the VC 5th Nha Be Battalion and other local guerrillas.
It just so happened that during this operation, on June 20th the Spiders began pulling night Counter Mortar (CM) at Dau Tieng. A Spiders gunship would patrol twice during the night over specific outlined areas around Camp Rainier. During this same time frame other elements of the 188th were supporting the 18th ARVN Division based at Duc Hoa, another very hot area located a few miles west of Saigon.
On June 23rd Alpha Company, 4th Battalion, 45th Infantry, which had taken heavy losses, were non-operational and flown to Dong Tam by the Black Widows to begin a two-week period of refitting and re-training.
The enemy unit was identified as the VC 5th Nha Be Battalion and Local Force guerrillas. During the battle the 188th was used extensively to move troops when the riverine assault craft were limited by lack of navigable streams. Close-in fire support was provided during the daylight hours and well into the night by Spider gunships. Black Widow slicks were available for medical evacuation and ammo re-supply.
On June 22nd Spider gunship #66-00711, known in the platoon as the “Crap Shooter” was shot down at Rach Kien along with the slick tail #66-16118 which auto-rotated into the woods. Crap Shooter took hits to the drive shaft, pedals control, and instrument panel. The slick took hits to the tail boom, tail rotor, belly and instrument panel. Unfortunately during the recovery effort a CH-47 dropped the damaged slick and was written off as a total combat loss.
Unit Casualities – While in Nam and since the rest of us came home…
KIA - Date listed yr/mo/date
Richard Moore KIA 67/05/17
Harold Fetner KIA 67/05/19
Jerry Beckham KIA 67/05/19
Douglas Noel KIA 67/07/31
Henry Cauthen KIA 67/07/31
James Poggemeyer KIA 67/07/31
Joseph Allwood KIA 67/07/31
Paul E Williams KIA 67/07/31
Robert M Wallace KIA 67/07/31
Rodney Davie KIA 67/07/31
Wayne VanLant KIA 67/07/31
Alfred J Smith KIA 67/08/30
James T Donahue Jr KIA 67/09/22
Frank Kerbl KIA 67/10/07
Ellis Bailey KIA 67/10/11
Boyd Morrow KIA 67/10/13
Jimmie Green KIA 67/10/13
David Thomas KIA 67/11/03
Robert W Watts KIA 67/11/22
John Holz KIA 67/12/19
Joe Dean Helvey KIA 68/05/18
Harry Kim KIA 68/08/05
David Sparks KIA 68/10/24
Richard Riley KIA 68/10/24
Erik Pulliam KIA 69/03/28
Ronald Ricciardo KIA 69/03/28
Wilofard McClain III KIA 69/03/28
Joe Carl Shaw KIA 69/08/21
Willard Richardson KIA 69/08/21
Ronald Baker KIA 70/02/10
William T Dotson KIA 70/09/20
Norman Paley KIA 70/11/24
John J Wilson KIA 70/12/16
Robert T Callan KIA 70/12/16
Phililp Dean Sharp KIA 71/05/23
Rudolph Stevens KIA 71/05/23
Steven Minkler KIA 71/05/23
Jay Aston KIA 71/07/18
David N Johnston KIA 72/02/25
Richard Crocker KIA 72/03/17
Charles C Windeler KIA 72/04/05
Dan Kingman KIA 72/05/24
Leroy McKeever SUI 68/05/18
Died After Tour (DAT) date of death listed as yr/mo/date
Bobby Wofford DAT 00/01/08
Michael F Perrine DAT 00/01/28
Leon Ellis DAT 00/07/06
Gary E Hobbs DAT 00/12/09
Maurice Harvey DAT 00/12/31
John J Rementer DAT 01/01/04
Phillip Neal DAT 01/08/26
Martin L Fletchall DAT 01/10/01
Gary Veino DAT 01/11/30
Grover Hopper DAT 01/12/05
Kenneth Al Elliott DAT 02/06/17
Gerald S Hill DAT 02/06/28
Garold Demmon DAT 02/07/14
Roger Meador DAT 02/08/10
George Talley DAT 02/09/24
Homer J Prevost DAT 02/11/23
Guy Briggs DAT 02/11/27
Charles Deans DAT 02/11/28
Ruben Varela DAT 02/12/07
Richard K Hinkle DAT 02/12/13
Roger Davis DAT 03
Thomas C Herrmann DAT 03/02/19
James F Bechtold DAT 03/03/02
Raymond M Ortega DAT 03/03/05
Tim M McCoy DAT 03/03/20
Ronny D Burrell DAT 03/06/12
James Merryman DAT 03/06/24
Richard Washburn DAT 03/07/19
Ronald P Coffey DAT 03/10/01
Larry G Horton DAT 03/11/11
Henry H Heckert DAT 03/11/14
Thomas R Hester DAT 03/11/19
Floyd Luper DAT 04/03/02
Melvin G Crabtree DAT 04/03/12
Hugh Martin DAT 04/03/21
John Pomeroy DAT 04/03/22
Robert Muhlethaler DAT 04/03/29
Marshall Goff DAT 04/07/13
Lawrence F Uppleger DAT 04/07/16
Patrick Mike Ward DAT 04/08/15
Jose J Crespin DAT 04/09/08
Alvin R Taylor Jr DAT 04/10/30
Ed Pettinato DAT 04/11/28
Jose A Batista DAT 04/11/28
Douglas Allred DAT 04/12/07
Robert J Grindel DAT 05/05/13
Thomas Palmer DAT 05/05/21
David E Helms DAT 05/05/26
Kenneth D Cannata DAT 05/06/11
John Steele DAT 05/09/02
Arthur C Williams DAT 05/10/05
Tarance Gilham DAT 05/11/20
John M Beck DAT 05/12/13
Robert Clark DAT 05/12/31
Lewis C Henry DAT 06/01/04
Alex Vieglais DAT 06/03/04
Lee Handley DAT 06/03/30
Curtis Gaskins DAT 06/04/13
William S Arena DAT 06/05/15
Gregory L Stroud DAT 06/09/02
Elijah Bradford DAT 06/09/15
Dennis H Nowaczowski DAT 06/11/30
Charles P Koerner DAT 06/12/27
Robert W Lintz DAT 07/02/23
Marshall E Hess DAT 07/02/26
Joe Sulak DAT 07/03/08
Jerry Emery DAT 07/06/0/
Jimmy D Moody DAT 07/06/07
Paul W Geving DAT 07/06/21
John H Brahaney DAT 07/07/07
Douglas Crain DAT 07/08/03
John Dadian DAT 07/08/10
Larry Greene DAT 07/08/18
Kyle D Sanders DAT 07/08/28
Douglas B Mechling DAT 07/11/08
Arvol R Bird DAT 07/11/20
Thomas R Stalley DAT 07/12/22
Timothy E Doyle DAT 08/07/22
Harold J Baber DAT 08/09/06
James Nero DAT 08/09/30
Alfred Nute DAT 08/10/01
Robert E Waggoner DAT 08/10/02
Charles Lenceski DAT 08/10/11
Frank B Roache DAT 08/10/30
Kenneth Pokorski DAT 08/11/07
Buddy C Losey DAT 08/11/08
James Parrish DAT 09/01/02
Larry Loddewig DAT 09/02/07
Richard Toivonen DAT 09/02/24
Richard Adamski DAT 09/04/23
Thomas F Childress DAT 09/04/29
Richard L Kaplan DAT 09/06/18
William P Poynter DAT 09/10/22
Mark S Lenick DAT 09/10/24
Charles E Lockett DAT 09/11/02
Harold D Norris DAT 09/11/04
James Vick DAT 09/11/23
James W Searcy DAT 09/12/04
Claude E Woolard DAT 09/20/18
Edward F Cherny DAT 10/01/05
Charles W Cote DAT 10/02/12
Bob Crow DAT 10/02/24
Alan V McCulloch DAT 10/03/03
Larry K Munger DAT 10/05/05
Clarence E Gray DAT 10/05/21
Cleve Ellison Loyd DAT 10/06/13
Jack C Hoover DAT 10/08/06
John Thibault DAT 10/08/11
John Crockett Jr DAT 10/10/06
Michael Vickroy DAT 10/11/01
Herbert Yott DAT 10/11/26
Joseph Felicione DAT 10/12/02
Charles Collins DAT 10/12/28
Howard Hunt DAT 11/01/03
Howard Listion DAT 11/01/03
David Carter DAT 11/04/17
James Ray Hedge DAT 11/04/21
David M Vendemia DAT 11/05/20
Forrest G White DAT 11/07/14
Donald G Richardson DAT 11/08/28
Jimmy Helm DAT 11/08/28
Jack Carpenter DAT 11/09/08
Kenneth Lockridge DAT 11/09/27
William L Swoyer DAT 11/12/18
William W Ennels DAT 11/13/08
Howard L Weirich DAT 12/01/08
Chet Klimkiewicz DAT 12/02/13
Charles Restivo DAT 12/03/23
Darrow O Smith DAT 12/04/17
Richard Brock DAT 12/05/03
Steven J Hull DAT 12/05/15
Floyd Wilson DAT 12/05/26
David Sennabaum DAT 12/06/15
Cecil Bobo DAT 12/06/22
Gary R Stayton DAT 12/07/02
Ramon DePalm DAT 12/07/10
Thomas E Peek DAT 12/07/15
Claude T Price DAT 12/07/31
Gary Phillips DAT 12/08/01
Robert Seiler DAT 12/08/02
Albert L Ellis DAT 12/08/19
David F Fouche DAT 12/09/02
Jon F Evans DAT 12/09/11
John J Dubose DAT 12/09/16
Edgar Cleek DAT 12/10/14
Arthur T Knox DAT 12/11/07
Arlie Wells DAT 12/12/22
Gregory Brantley DAT 12/12/29
Freddie Gowens DAT 13/01/20
John J Lacko DAT 13/03/09
Benny Scott DAT 13/12/01
David Brenenstall DAT 13/6/14
James Daley DAT 14/01/18
James Carlyle DAT 14/02/26
Thomas Bartleson DAT 14/02/26
Jimmy Ogle DAT 14/11/03
Harold A Clark III DAT 14/11/26
Harold Beal Smith DAT 14/12/01
Randall Lawhorn DAT 15/01/28
Emery Pitman DAT 15/02/20
David Bryan DAT 69
Bobbie Brewer DAT 70/02/14
James E Hensley DAT 70/10/15
Roland Barton DAT 71/04/00
David Demarest DAT 71/08/10
William L Barnett DAT 72/02/05
Arthur Smith DAT 72/03/17
Howard W Blanton DAT 72/04/25
Ronald S Dueser DAT 73/01/21
John A Small DAT 73/04/00
Steven Spain DAT 73/04/24
James J Eisert DAT 74/02/00
Theodore R Fiedler DAT 74/02/00
George Bancer DAT 74/05/27
Thomas S Whitley DAT 75/05/00
Jack D Madison DAT 76/10/00
Juan F Corrall DAT 76/12/15
Clifton James Gale DAT 77/06/12
Edmund Vandervort DAT 79/02/12
H. Dwayne Rogers DAT 79/03
Thomas R Sweeney DAT 80/03/00
Mario Alejandro DAT 80/03/15
Charles J Padie DAT 80/12/00
Omer Hall DAT 81/10/15
Harvey Toombs DAT 82/07/00
Lief Straub DAT 82/12/15
Michael L Allen DAT 83/08/00
Rodger W Robinson DAT 83/12/00
Anthony Skerbitz DAT 84/06
Thomas Anderson DAT 84/06
Bruce Wright DAT 84/10
Hector M Guerrero DAT 85/04/15
Cletus M Baldridge DAT 86/02/00
Bobby H Cooksey DAT 86/04/00
Harry H Morton III DAT 87
William Sondey DAT 87/01/15
Daniel Y Bryson DAT 87/04/04
Ray Wood DAT 87/04/15
James Shumber DAT 87/05
Hubert Arrowood DAT 87/06/00
Richard D Freese DAT 87/07/15
Edward Koetting DAT 88
William Clayton DAT 89
John R Fore DAT 89/01/00
Terry F Brissette DAT 89/05/17
John McTaggert DAT 89/08/25
Leo Howell DAT 92/01/13
John S McCall Jr DAT 92/02/15
Stanley Moody DAT 92/03/00
Billy A Ford DAT 92/06/30
Cassimer Klimek DAT 92/06/30
Robert Sodouski DAT 92/12/15
David Hansen DAT 93/04/19
Aaron Wilbourn DAT 93/07/15
Wayne Boles DAT 93/10/20
Percy C Robinson DAT 94/01/15
John S. Cowan DAT 94/03/00
Victor K Voisine DAT 94/09/22
Floyd Breitmeyer DAT 94/11/22
Sam Rufus DAT 94/12/15
Eugene J Galimi DAT 94/12/29
Edwin Rudzinski DAT 95/02/23
Jack Thorpe DAT 95/05/18
Joseph Lane DAT 95/11/05
Joseph Moreau DAT 95/11/09
Sergio Kornov DAT 96/01/04
Victor Sebastiano DAT 96/01/13
Thomas M Doyle DAT 96/04/59
Michael Voight DAT 96/09/00
Lester E Ganoe DAT 96/11/01
Thomas Randall DAT 96/11/26
Robert E Vaughn DAT 97/02/12
Raymond White DAT 97/03/05
Carl J Lapine DAT 97/03/15
Perry Lausch DAT 97/03/15
Barry Greenwood DAT 97/08/23
Donald Moss DAT 97/09/20
Timothy H Bristol DAT 97/11/04
James Costner DAT 98/01/13
Scott R Carson DAT 98/09/12
Robert J Burton DAT 98/10/04
Raymond F Cole DAT 99/01/05
Arturo Sanchez DAT 99/04/22
Benjamin D Jones DAT 99/05/15
David O Harbaugh DAT 99/05/22
James McIntire DAT 99/05/26
James D Wallace DAT 99/05/26
Thomas J Prillo DAT 99/06/17
Richard A Curtis DAT 99/06/27
John A Bell DAT 99/07/23
Robert Mauseth DAT 99/09/25
Brian Clutter DAT unconfirmed
James R Peterson DAT unconfirmed
Wounded in Action - date listed yr/mo/date
First Name Last Name KIA/WIA/DAT
Don Amoroso WIA 67/06/19
Dave Anderson WIA 67/06/20
George Andrews WIA 67/06/24
Gregory Arrowood WIA 67/06/24
Michael Bartkowiak WIA 71/07/18
David Beale WIA 67/06/24
Allen J Bending WIA 68/02/15
William Bengtson WIA 71/07/15
Dennis Blankenship WIA 68/11/00
William Bramlett WIA 67/05/19
Doug Butts WIA 68/07/22
Gerard Cabigon WIA 67/06/20
Richard Cadreau WIA 67/08/07
Roger Caffrey WIA 70/11/24
Harold Camp WIA 67/09/15
Ronald Carpenter WIA 68/01/01
Maurice E Charbonneau WIA 67/11/09
Larry Clark WIA 68/08/04
Robert Clewell WIA 68/06/00
Irwin Cockett WIA 68/01/05
Jack Cooley WIA 67/06/24
Bill Crabbe WIA 68/01/31
John Crouch WIA 69/03/22
William Crouch WIA 70/02/24
Thomas Crumb WIA 67/06/19
Clement Custer WIA 71/07/18
Johnny Dean WIA 69/09/17
Humbert DeGregory WIA 67/06/24
Allan Dluski WIA 67/10/25
Gerald Doht WIA 68/01/04
Robert Faires WIA 68/07/12
Harold Fugate WIA 68/05/10
Wesley Gager WIA 68/01/07
George Garich WIA 69/05/31
Anthony Gonzalez WIA 69/05/10
Larry Dale Green WIA 67/05/19
James Grindstaff WIA 67/06/24
Thomas Grummel WIA 68/01/10
Geoffrey Handel WIA 68/02/12
Dannie L Harshaw WIA 67/11/09
David Headley WIA 69/04/00
Lonnie Heidtke WIA 69/04/13
Carl Ron Higdon WIA 70/08/00
Robert Holmes WIA 68/07/17
L.P "Jesse" James WIA 70/06/22
James Jarvis WIA 72/05/14
Jesse Johnson WIA 67/10/10
William Karins WIA 69/05/31
LeRoy Lamb WIA 67/11/17
Frank Linster WIA 67/11/09
Terry G Manfred WIA 69/03/22
Robert Marks WIA 71/05/10
Joseph Matt WIA 67/06/19
Timothy Metcalfe WIA 68/08/18
Dean Murphy WIA 68/08/04
John Newcomer WIA 68/01/04
Jack O'Roark WIA 69/03/22
Lee Over WIA 66/03/19
James Parrish WIA 68/04/20
Charles Patrick WIA 68/01/31
Robert Pike WIA 70/11/24
John Sanchez WIA 68/08/05
Ross Scott WIA 67/08/27
Donald Ray Scribner WIA 67/12/15
Robert Setzer WIA 67/09/22
Brent Shepley WIA 69/05/01
Billy Shotwell WIA 71/11/05
Samuel J Smith WIA 71/08/05
Theodore Smith WIA 68/10/24
Phillip A Snodgrass WIA 67/11/09
Alfred Snook WIA 67/06/19
Don Sparks WIA 67/06/24
Douglas Spies WIA 68/07/04
Robert Spradlin WIA 68/05/25
Harold F Staley WIA 68/09/20
James Stepp WIA 67/05/19
William Stubbs WIA 68/02/12
James Trueblood WIA 67/08/30
Ken Tuel WIA 68/10/24
Ray Urbansky WIA 70/10/20
Paul Wheeler WIA 68/08/04
Mike Willie WIA 68/10/24
Tim Wingerd WIA 68/01/04
Joseph Wittner WIA 67/06/24
Danny Wooley WIA 67/11/22
Warren Wright WIA 68/02/07
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