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Retired Army 1st Sgt. Stanley Dahl, of Fayetteville, passed away Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012, surrounded by his beloved family. Stanley was a distinguished Army serviceman who spent most of his 20-year military career with Special Forces as a weapons expert, medic and intelligence sergeant. 1st Sgt. Dahl served with the 77th, 7th, 5th and 1st Special Forces groups, and participated in Operation White Star in Laos. He served on the weapons committee and 1st SFTG, and he was SCUBA qualified. He was a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars. He later worked for civil service as a housing inspector for Hardy Hall for 20 years after his active duty retirement. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, at Adock Funeral Home & Crematory chapel in Spring Lake. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday in Fort Bragg Main Post Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012, at a visitation at the funeral home. Stanley was preceded in death by his darling wife, Janet Lee Barte Dahl; and two sons, Garry Owen Dahl and Steven Joseph Dahl. Left to cherish his memory are his loving children, Jimbo Dahl, Michael Dahl, Kathleen Dahl, Marianne Dahl Kerschen and Shannon Marie Dahl. He is also survived by 18 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren. Services entrusted to Adcock Funeral Home & Crematory of Spring Lake.
1963-1963, 11B20, U.S. Special Forces (Provisional), Vietnam
U.S. Special Forces (Provisional), Vietnam Details
US Army Special Forces, Vietnam, Provisional 1962-64
Flash Color Represent: Yellow - 1st SF; Black - 5th SF; White - SFTG
The U.S. Army Special Forces, Vietnam (Provisional) was formed at Saigon in 1962 to advise and assist the South Vietnamese government in the organization, training, equipping and employment of the Civilian Irregular Defense Group (CIDG) forces.
Total personnel strength in 1963 was 674, all but 98 of whom were TDY from 1st Special Forces Group on Okinawa and 5th and 7th Special Forces Groups at Ft. Bragg.
USSF Provisonal was given complete charge of the CIDG program, formerly handled by the CIA, on July 1, 1963.
The USSF Provisional/CIDG network consisted of fortified, strategically located camps, each one with an airstrip.
The area development programs soon evolved into combat operations, and by the end of October 1963, the network also had responsibility for border surveillance.
Two of the Provisional/CIDG camps were at Hiep Hoa (Detachment A-21) and Tan Phu (Detachment A-23), Republic of Vietnam. Their isolated locations, in the midst of known heavy enemy presence, made the camps vulnerable to attack.
On October 29, 1963, CPT "Rocky" Versace, 1LT "Nick" Rowe, and SGT Daniel Pitzer were accompanying a CIDG company on an operation along a canal. The team left the camp at Tan Phu for the village of Le Coeur to roust a small enemy unit that was establishing a command post there. When they reached the village, they found the enemy gone, and pursued them, falling into an ambush at about 1000 hours. The fighting continued until 1800 hours, when reinforcements were sent in to relieve the company. During the fight, Versace, Pitzer and Rowe were all captured. The three captives were photographed together in a staged setting in the U Minh forest in their early days of captivity.
The camp at Hiep Hoa was located in the Plain of Reeds between Saigon and the Cambodian border. In late October 1963, several Viet Cong surrendered at the camp, claiming they wished to defect. Nearly a month later, on November 24, Hiep Hoa was overrun by an estimated 400-500 Viet Cong just after midnight. Viet Cong sympathizers in the camp had killed the guards and manned a machine gun position at the beginning of the attack. The Viet Cong climbed the camp walls and shouted in Vietnamese, "Don't shoot! All we want is the Americans and the weapons!" 1LT John Colbe, the executive officer, evaded capture. CPT Doug Horne, the Detachment commander, had left earlier with a 36 man Special Forces/CIDG force. The Viet Cong captured four of the Americans there. It was the first Special Forces camp to be overrun in the Vietnam War.