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. Charlie 1/5 lost 32 men killed in action in the battle:
- SFC Bobby W. Letbetter, Goldthwaite, TX
- SSG Charles K. Malone, Danville, PA
- SSG Max M. Woodsmall, Elnora, IN
- SGT Theodore A. Alkire, Ridgeley, WV
- SP4 Norman C. Farris, Springfield, MA (Bronze Star "V")
- SP4 Eugene E. Mitchell, Scottsboro, AL
- SP4 James E. Smythe, Reeds Spring, MO
- SP4 Wilbert Stewart, Baltimore, MD
- SP4 Lester E. Unger, Centerville, OH
- SP4 Donald G. Vernon, Ocala, FL
- PFC Gary D. Byford, Roundup, MT
- SP4 Louis Castillo, Chicago, IL (Medic, HHC with C/1/5)
- PFC Eduardo Chavez, Santa Paula, CA
- PFC John M. Dalton, Chicago, IL (Silver Star)
- PFC Carlito L. Dorsey, Seaside, CA
- PFC John L. Godfrey, Ligonier, IN
- PFC Ralls Hawkins, Macon, GA
- PFC Charles L. Hicks, Hazard, KY
- PFC Harvey Johnson, Madison Heights, VA
- PFC Marion E. Johnson, Milledgeville, GA
- PFC Carroll H. Jones, Richmond, VA
- PFC Arnold R. Krasnoff, New York, NY
- PFC Gamaliel Marcano-diaz, Bayamon, PR
- PFC Larry D. Naasz, Roundup, MT
- PFC Joseph L. Rabon, Charleston Heights, SC
- PFC Edward J. Scahill, Randolph, MA
- PFC Samuel W. Smith, Baltimore, MD
- PFC Andrew L. Stephens, Livingston, TX
- PFC Clifford R. Stout, Trenton, NJ
- PFC Alvin B. Tucker, Nashville, NC
- PFC George A. Turner, Mulga, AL (Arty FO, B/1/77th Arty with C/1/5)
- PFC John F. Waden, Malden, MA
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