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Casualty Info
Home Town Fullerton, CA
Last Address Fullerton, CA
Casualty Date Aug 07, 1968
Cause Non Hostile- Died Other Causes
Reason Vehicle Loss, Crash
Location Bien Hoa (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Cypress) - Cypress, California
Wall/Plot Coordinates 49W 021
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Casualty Occurrence: This Soldier was killed in a traffic accident when his vehicle skidded & overturned in Bein Hoa Province.
M Harris. Local Veteran Organization. Fullerton, CA., 92833. Fullerton, Remembers You, on It's Memorial, Your friend, David H Patterson worked tirelessly, to finally get your name, added, to the Fullerton, Memorial. He misses you. Your school, has volunteered, to be, your family. Your name will, be placed on the memorial, at Hillcrest Park in time, for our Veteran's, Day Ceremony, 2008. You, are not forgotten, Thomas and now all who see, the memorial will know you, were here. Sep 17, 2008.
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Thomas H. Courson, Best Friend, 539 N. Old Pacific Hwy. Myrtle Creek, Or. 97457. Your still my best friend. Tom and I went through High School together and although he was a year older, we had some real good times. He joined the Army before me and the last time we spoke was at a small grocery store down the street from our houses. I lost track of him during those hectic times and never knew we served in Vietnam at the same time and so close to each other. With his passing a part of me went with him. I will always remember him and wish I could have seen him one more time. God bless this young man.
Friday, March 22, 2002
Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase V Campaign (1968)
From Month/Year
July / 1968
To Month/Year
November / 1968
Description This campaign was from 1 July to 1 November 1968. During this period a country-wide effort was begun to restore government control of territory lost to the enemy since the Tet offensive. The enemy attempted another such offensive on 17-18 August but his efforts were comparatively feeble and were quickly overwhelmed by Allied forces.
In the fall of 1968 the South Vietnamese government, with major U.S. support, launched an accelerated pacification campaign. All friendly forces were coordinated and brought to bear on the enemy in every tactical area of operation. In these intensified operations, friendly units first secured a target area, then Vietnamese government units, regional forces/popular forces, police and civil authorities screened the inhabitants, seeking members of the Viet Cong infrastructure. This technique was so successful against the political apparatus that it became the basis for subsequent friendly operations. Government influence expanded into areas of the countryside previously dominated by the Viet Cong to such an extent that two years later at least some measure of government control was evident in all but a few remote regions.