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Casualty Info
Home Town New York, NY
Last Address New York, NY
Casualty Date Aug 29, 1968
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Multiple Fragmentation Wounds
Location Thua Thien (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Puerto Rico National Cemetery (VA) - Bayamon, Puerto Rico
The division was constituted, originally as the 82nd Division on August 5,1917, shortly after the American entry into World War I. It was organized on 25 August 1917, at Camp Gordon, Georgia and later served with distinction on the Western Front in the final months of World War I. Since its initial members came from all 48 states, the division acquired the nickname All-American, which is the basis for its famed "AA" on the shoulder patch.
The division later served in World War II where, in August 1942, it was reconstituted as the first airborne division of the U.S. Army and fought in numerous campaigns during the war. Specializing in parachute assault operations into denied areas . With a U.S. Department of Defense Requirement to respond to a crisis contingencies anywhere in the world with in 18 hours. The 82nd Airborne Division is the U.S. Army's most strategically mobile division.
Unit Motto: "All the way ". "Death from above"
Nicknames: "All American Division," "82nd Division," Eighty Deuce," "America's Guard of Honor."
