Otis, Sherman Eldridge, PFC

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Last Rank
Private First Class
Last Service Branch
Infantry
Last Primary MOS
11B10-Infantryman
Last MOS Group
Infantry
Primary Unit
1965-1965, 11B10, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry
Service Years
1963 - 1965
Infantry
Private First Class

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Home State
Alabama
Alabama
 Year of Birth
1944
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Mobile, AL		 Last Address
Mobile, AL
Casualty Date
Nov 17, 1965		  
Cause
KIA-Killed in Action		 Reason
Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location
Pleiku (Vietnam)		 Conflict
Vietnam War
Location of Interment
Mobile National Cemetery (VA) - Mobile, Alabama		 Wall/Plot Coordinates
03E 089/2, 273-A

 Official Badges 

Infantry Shoulder Cord


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 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
National Cemetery Administration (NCA)Vietnam Veterans MemorialThe National Gold Star Family Registry
  1965, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)
  2022, Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Assoc. Page
  2022, The National Gold Star Family Registry

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   1965-1965, 11B10, 1st Cavalry Division

Private First Class
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August / 1965 		To Month/Year
November / 1965
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1st Cavalry Division Unit Page
Rank
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11B10-Infantryman
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Pleiku (Vietnam)
  
 
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1st Cavalry Division

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1921 to 1933 the Division was structured around the horse riding concept in defined Regiments.

1933 to 1943 the Division was structured around the Triangle mechanized and motorized concept.

1943 to 1949 the Division was changed to the square concept as mainly a Infantry Division for fighting in the jungles of the Pacific.

1949 to 1957 The Division was changed to the Triangular Division. The 5th, 7th and 8th Cavalry Regiments were retained and the 12th Cavalry Regiment was deactivated. This was for Korean War and duty on the Korean DMZ.

1957 to 1964 The Division was changed to the Pentomic structure into Battle Groups

1965 to 1971 The Division became Air Mobile structure as they deployed to Vietnam.

1971 to 1975  The Division was configured into the TRICAP (Triple Capability) Division was organized with Armored, Infantry and Air Cavalry Brigades.

1975 to 2001 The division was converted to an Armored Division.

2001 to 2005 The Division had initiated a series of unit change overs of the division organization and equipment replacements to support and field the FORCE XXI integrated combat system capabilities.

2005 to 2013 The division Division was reorganized and transitioned to a (Modular) Modified Table of Organization and Equipment (MTOE) Unit of Action.

2013 to 2016 The Division implementing ARFORGEN, a transformational force generation model. This returned the Division Artillery, The 4th BCT was inactivated, The Sustainment Brigade was renamed and added, All STBs within the Division were inactivated.

2016 to present The Army announced a pilot program, 'associated units', in which a National Guard or Reserve unit would now train with a specific active Army formation. These units would wear the patch of the specific Army division before their deployment to a theater.
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Kazmer, Barry, SSG, (1964-1970) IN 11B10 Staff Sergeant
Smith, Jack Prescott, SP 5, (1964-1967) IN 11B10 Specialist 5
Davison, William A., SP 4, (1965-1966) IN 11B10 Specialist 4
De La Paz, Hilario, SP 4, (1963-1965) IN 11B10 Specialist 4
Dinger, James Robert, SP 4, (1962-1966) IN 11B10 Specialist 4
Duncan, Thomas David, SP 4, (1963-1965) IN 11B10 Specialist 4
Greene, Caney Luther, SP 4, (1960-1966) IN 11B10 Specialist 4
Jackson, Dean Alfred, SP 4, (1964-1965) IN 11B10 Specialist 4
Lewis, Robert Lee, SP 4, (1963-1965) IN 11B10 Specialist 4
Leyba, Moses, SGT, (1963-1966) IN 11B10 Specialist 4
Leyba, Moses, SGT, (1963-1966) IN 11B10 Specialist 4
Maccione, John, SP 4, (1963-1966) IN 11B10 Specialist 4
Mahoney, William, SP 4, (1964-1967) IN 11B10 Specialist 4
Payne, Allan, SP 4, (1962-1967) IN 11B10 Specialist 4
Vera-Duran, Miguel De Jesus, SP 4, (1964-1965) IN 11B10 Specialist 4
Whitten, David Elga, SP 4, (1965-1966) IN 11B10 Specialist 4
Babbage, Ewing Cottrell, PFC, (1965-1966) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Bailey, David Orin, PFC, (1965-1966) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Baker, Alton Eugene, PFC, (1964-1965) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Barnes, Richard Frank, PFC, (1965-1966) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Barrios, Bernard, PFC, (1965-1966) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Barton, Jimmie Woodrow, PFC, (1964-1965) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Becker, Lester Erwin, PFC, (1964-1965) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Bembry, Snyder Pattishall, PFC, (1964-1965) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Benke, Ronald John, PFC, (1965-1966) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Bennett, Bentford, PFC, (1965-1966) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Birenbaum, Bernard, PFC, (1964-1965) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Black, Dennis Walter, PFC, (1964-1965) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Booth, John Robert, PFC, (1965-1966) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Boren, Jimmy Floyd, PFC, (1963-1965) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Boswell, Johnnie Lee, PFC, (1964-1965) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Brooks, Monte Dearl, PFC, (1965-1966) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Burkes, David E., PFC, (1965-1966) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Burnley, Dillard Reed, PFC, (1965-1966) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Cavazos, Reynaldo Roy, PFC, (1965-1966) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Chisolm, Melvin, SP 4, (1965-1977) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Cutshaw, William, PFC, (1965-1966) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Daniels, Carl Stephen, PFC, (1965-1965) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Davis, Buren Ray, PFC, (1962-1965) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Davis, Charles Owen, PFC, (1965-1966) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Davis, Gail Lee, PFC, (1964-1965) IN 11B10 Private First Class
De Angelis, Dominic A., PFC, (1969-1970) IN 11B10 Private First Class
De Voe, Michael Eugene, PFC, (1965-1966) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Delgado, Ruben, PFC, (1964-1966) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Dellos, Samuel Lee, PFC, (1964-1966) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Deweese, Billy Clarence, PFC, (1960-1966) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Doak, Tommy Allen, PFC, (1964-1965) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Dowdy, William, PFC, (1965-1966) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Dragoti, James Robert, PFC, (1964-1965) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Drake, Glenn Franklin, PFC, (1965-1966) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Drazer, Thomas Stephen, PFC, (1965-1966) IN 11B10 Private First Class
EL, Hondah Dove, PFC, (1964-1966) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Elichko, Dean Joseph, PFC, (1965-1966) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Ernst, Ralph Herman, PFC, (1963-1965) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Geis, William Charles, PFC, (1965-1966) IN 11B10 Private First Class
George, Richard Eugene, PFC, (1964-1965) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Graziano, Andrew Albert, PFC, (1965-1966) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Griffith, John Howard, PFC, (1965-1966) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Hampton, Otis James, PFC, (1962-1965) IN 11B10 Private First Class
Hemmings, Seaford Nathaniel, PFC, (1964-1965) IN 11B10 Private First Class

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