HOME |
| 1st Battalion, 14th
Infantry Regiment |
| GOLDEN DRAGONS |
 |
4th Infantry Division |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sergeant Johnnie
Wayne Ator
Age 20
Delta Company,
1st Platoon
Died: February 9, 1969 |
Working in the Chu Pa mountains, Delta
Company's mission was to secure the crest of the Chu Pa mountain
while other companies cleared the northwestern slope of the
mountain. On that day 1st platoon ran into a North
Vietnamese ambush and was taking heavy enemy fire.
Sgt. Ator
gives the 'thumbs down' gesture from the back of the Huey.
Recollections of Grady Wallis, Delta Co:
When we left the Rock Quarry in late January the
platoon linked up with Bravo Company in the Chu Pa area.
Choppers took 1st platoon to the top of the mountain, with two
platoons of Bravo Company, and on the 9th of February they began
their assault down the mountain. 1st platoon was ambushed
and both Johnnie Ator and a new man, Bobby Gene Gamble, were
killed. |
|
Sgt. Ator was from
Pittsfield, Illinois.
Length of service 5 months
His tour began on Sep 16, 1968
Casualty was on Feb 9, 1969
In SOUTH VIETNAM, PLEIKU PROVINCE
GROUND CASUALTY, GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
Body was recovered
Buried at Pittsfield West Cemetery, Pittsfield, Ill.
|
|
 |
OUR HONORED DEAD
|
|