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SP 5 Robert W. Hermann
to remember
Lewis, Harry, Jr., PFC.
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Casualty Info
Home Town Spring Valley
Last Address Spring Valley
Casualty Date Jan 03, 1971
Cause Non Hostile- Died Other Causes
Reason Accidental Self-Destruction
Location Bien Hoa (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Barrancas National Cemetery (VA) - Pensacola, Florida
Wall/Plot Coordinates 05W 022/Section 30, Site 969
1970-1971, 16F20, 5th Battalion, 2nd Air Defense Artillery
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There is a lot of history for the ADA units, and a lot of this is forgotten and my era is not far from it, the Vietnam War, the War that our country did not want nor supported, nor did they support the vets as we returned. I do not care about all that, it hurt yes but most of all I do not want a bunch of the best to be forgotten. The men of 3 battalions and the attached units, for we all "WALKED ON WATER, WE SWAM IN SAND, WE WERE ADA MEN" of course that is not now it goes but we know.
I served with the quads of D-71 they were part of 5/2/ADA a Duster unit all together the total unit was a battalion with two added batteries. We had 5th Battalion, 2nd Artillery, with the attached Battery D, 71st Artillery (M-55),and Battery G, 29Artillery (Searchlight). I remember pulling in to different LZ's and Camps were the field arty, inf, and trans would cheer, they lover the Dusters and Quads and Searchlights, for protection at night and on convoys. I had a friend he was from Cal, so everyone called him Hollywood, I never know his rank, he taught me the ropes and said we are in the killing bussing and we need to be good at what we do, and we were.
Now the Units are Battery assigned, were as back in my time we were one and two truck/track assigned. I did not see or meet many of the Men in my unit on both tour except the ones I was with on the Gun truck first tour and Duster C/1/44 second tour.
ADDED 10/21/20120449 jrc What is so different about ADA are the weapons or the weapon systems they use:
1966 to 1972 Dusters/Quads/Searchlights
1972 t0 Present Chaparral/Vulcans
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