Dillard, Walter, COL

Cavalry
 
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Current Service Status
USA Retired
Current/Last Rank
Colonel
Current/Last Service Branch
Cavalry
Current/Last Primary MOS
12C-Cavalry Officer
Current/Last MOS Group
Cavalry
Primary Unit
1977-1979, 12C, HHT, 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry
Previously Held MOS
1204-Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander
1542-Infantry Unit Commander
Service Years
1961 - 1987
Cavalry Ranger
Colonel
Three Overseas Service Bars

 Official Badges 

Army Staff Identification US Army Retired (Pre-2007) US Army Retired (Post-2007)


 Unofficial Badges 

Cold War Veteran


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
United Services Automobile Association (USAA)Fort Riley-Central Kansas ChapterMilitary Officers Association of America (MOAA)Post 117
  1961, United Services Automobile Association (USAA) - Assoc. Page
  1974, Association of United States Army (AUSA), Fort Riley-Central Kansas Chapter (Member) (Junction City, Kansas) - Chap. Page
  1986, Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) - Assoc. Page
  2011, American Legion, Post 117 (Member) (Reedville, Virginia) - Chap. Page


 Additional Information
What are you doing now:

Officially retired priest of the Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Virginia, but have been asked to be the long term supply priest for the mountain missions of St George, Stanley, and St Paul, Shenandoah, both on the western slopesof the Blue Ridge Mountains in the Shenandoah Vallley of Virginia.  I wasn't made for retirement.

   Other Comments:

Miss the Army every day.

   

 Tributes from Members  
SGT Willie Tyler VN KIA posted by MD McJimsey, Gary, SP 6 168


Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase II Campaign (1966-67)/Operation Junction City II
From Month/Year
March / 1967
To Month/Year
April / 1967

Description
During Phase II, II Field Force elements would focus their attention on the eastern portion of War Zone C, conducting search and destroy operations against COSVN, Viet Cong, and North Vietnamese forces and installations. The Saigon River was to be bridged at its intersection with Route 246 west of An Loc. At that site a Special Forces and Civilian Irregular Defense Group camp with an airstrip for C-130's was to be built. Establishment of fire support bases along Route 13 from Lai Khe to Quan Loi (east of An Loc).
   
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
March / 1967
To Month/Year
April / 1967
 
Last Updated:
Mar 16, 2020
   
Personal Memories
   
My Photos From This Battle or Operation
No Available Photos

  57 Also There at This Battle:
 
  • Alexandrou, Alex, SP 5, (1966-1969)
  • Barnes, Donald, SGT, (1966-1968)
  • Barth, Ray, SP 4, (1965-1967)
  • Brosnan, George, SGT, (1966-1969)
  • Cagle, Bobby, SSG, (1966-1974)
  • Costa, Charles, SGT, (1966-1968)
  • Courtwright, Robert, SP 5, (1966-1973)
  • Doolittle, Michael, SSG, (1962-1970)
  • Greene, Stephen, CW2, (1965-1969)
  • Hall, Dennis, SP 5, (1966-1969)
  • Harhart, John, SP 4, (1965-1967)
  • Holley, Thomas, SP 4, (1966-1968)
  • Hoskinson, Charles, LTC, (1957-1991)
  • Kahn, Gary, SGT, (1966-1968)
  • Karczynski, Joseph, SP 4, (1966-1968)
  • Koral, Richard, PFC, (1965-1967)
  • [Name Withheld], (1966-1977)
  • Marcin, Edward, CW2, (1965-1986)
  • Middleton, Bryant, CPT, (1964-1985)
  • Molnar, Ronald, SGT, (1966-1967)
  • Ovitt, Bert, SFC, (1965-1985)
  • Parks, Harry, CW3, (1966-1993)
  • Rogers, Ed, SSG, (1965-1972)
  • Rooks, William, 1LT, (1965-1979)
  • Scott, John, SP 4, (1965-1967)
  • Swickard, Jack, CW2, (1965-1969)
  • Tatum, Joseph DeShazo, 1LT, (1964-1967)
  • Ventura, Frank, SP 4, (1966-1967)
  • Wolfe, Kenneth, SP 4, (1966-1968)
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