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Casualty Info
Home Town Lexington
Last Address Route 6, Lexington, NC
Casualty Date Nov 17, 1965
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Multiple Fragmentation Wounds
Location Pleiku (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Becks Lutheran Church Cemetery - Lexington, North Carolina
Vietnam War/Defense Campaign (1965)/Operation Silver Bayonet I/Battle for LZ Albany
From Month/Year
November / 1965
To Month/Year
November / 1965
Description 400 men of 2-7 Cav ambushed by fresh troops of 8/66th PAVN. US. 151 KIA, 121 WIA, 4 MIA (recovered Apr 66). PAVN 403 KIA, est 150 WIA. US survivors withdrawn 20 Nov.