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Casualty Info
Home Town THROOP NY
Last Address C Co, 1ST Bn, 26TH Inf Rgt, 1st ID
Casualty Date Nov 07, 1967
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Multiple Fragmentation Wounds
Location Binh Long (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Pine Hill Cemetery - Throop, New York
Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase III Campaign (1967-68)/Operation Shenandoah II/Battle of Ong Thanh
From Month/Year
October / 1967
To Month/Year
October / 1967
Description Oct 17; Soldiers of 2nd Btn, 28th Infantry Regiment ""Black Lion"" Battalion were ambushed by well entrenched and prepared Viet Cong Regiment outnumbering Americna forces 10 to 1 in Chơn Thanh District,