Our Honored Dead: Vietnam
Headquarters Company
7/19/66
Cpt Raymond E. Johnson
Pleiku Province
Helicopter Crash
7/22/66
Pfc
Robert Wells
Age 22
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pleiku Province
Drowned in Ia Drang River
11/19/66
(Dragon Crater)
Pfc
Gregory Bielicki
Age 20
Utica, New York
Pleiku Province
Small Arms/AW
Sp4 Edmund Dlugokinski
Age 19
Detroit, Michigan
Pleiku Province
Small Arms/AW
Ssgt
Jesse Harris
Age 24
Centralia, Washington
Pleiku Province
Small Arms/AW
Pfc James Kennard
Age 20
Burlington, New Jersey
Pleiku Province
Small Arms/AW
Sp4 Lewis Kirby
Age 19
Detroit, Michigan
Pleiku Province
Mortar
Pfc James Ohlinger
Age 21
Succasunna, New Jersey
Pleiku Province
Mortar
Sp4
Frankie Priest
Age 20
Kennett, Missouri
Pleiku Province
Small Arms/AW
Sp4
Herbert Shupe
Age 24
Caretta, West Virginia
Pleiku Province
Small Arms/AW
3/31/67
Ssgt
James Brittain
Age 25
Shelby, North Carolina
Binh Dinh Province
Small Arms/AW
Sp4 John West
Age 20
Medicine Lodge, Kansas
Binh Dinh Province
Small Arms/AW
Sgt
Kenneth G. Konoff
Age 20
Alvordton, Ohio
Unknown Province
Vehicle Crash
Pfc
John Scheetz
Age 22
Norristown, PA
Quang Ngai Province
Multi-Frag
5/25/67
Sp4
Leonard Nute
Age 20
Hudson, New Hampshire
Quang Ngai Province
Multi-Frag (DOW)
Pfc
Harry McClain
Age 19
Washington D.C.
Quang Tin
Mortar Attack On Hill 54
Pfc
Andrew Wright
Age 19
Washington D.C.
Quang Tin
Mortar Attack On Hill 54
Sgt
James Clark
Age 31
De Kalb, Mississippi
Quang Tin
Mortar Attack On Hill 54
Pfc
Gary Stymus
Age 25
Holley, New York
Quang Tin
Mortar Attack On Hill 54
5/31/67
Pfc
Brian Kent McGar
Age 20
Ceres, California
Unknown Province
Died while missing
(Ground recon team member, body recovered on 7/13/76)
6/08/67
Pfc
Timothy Clark
Age 21
Kansas City, Kansas
Quang Tin
Booby Trap
6/13/67
Maj
Ambrosio Grandea
Age 34
Baltimore, Maryland
Quang Ngai Province
Multi-Frag
Chaplain killed by a booby
trap during a visit to the Field.
6/19/67
Pfc
Daniel Nutly
Age 19
Yorktown Heights, New York
Quang Tin
Small Arms/AW
6/20/67
Sgt. David A. Younk
Age 20
Royalton, Minnesota
Quang Tin
Grenade Thrown into NDP
5/24/68
Sp4
Michael Burkhart
Age 23
Chicago, Illinois
Kontum Province
Artillery/Rocket/Mortar
Sp4 Dale Kenyon
Age 27
Sioux Falls, S Dakota
Kontum Province
Artillery/Rocket/Mortar
Ssgt Toussaint Titus
Age 27
Fairfield, Texas
Kontum Province
Artillery/Rocket/Mortar
9/17/68
Lloyd
H. Smith
Age 21
Jacksonville, Florida
Kontum Province
Hostile, Ground Casualty, Misadventure
1/27/70
Sp4
Preston Lee Hall
Age 26
Jackson, Tennessee
Binh Dinh Province
Accidental Homicide
4/5/70
Lt.
Col Andrew Simko
Age 39
Bellaire, Ohio
Binh Dinh Province
Helicopter Crash
5/12/70
Sp4
Philip Bennett
Age 19
Sacramento, California
Cambodia
Multi-Frag
6/6/70
Pfc
Andres Ortiz-Lebron
Age 21
Maunabo, Puerto Rico
Pleiku Province
Other Accident
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Note: The Recon Platoon was part of Headquarters Co until Aug.
1st, 1967, then became part of Echo Co.
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