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Home Town Fort Bliss, Texas
Last Address Williamsburg, Virginia
Date of Passing Oct 10, 2004
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
Commissioned in the Cavalry from West Point in 1939. Duty with Allied Force Headquarters in 1942-43. Commander of 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division from 1943-44 during World War II, earning the Silver Star. Graduated from the National War College in 1956. Served with the Military Assistance Advisory Group in Vietnam, 1960-61. Assistant Commandant, the Armored School, Fort Knox as a Brigadier General in 1962. As a Major General, served as Chief of Legislative Liaison from 1964 to 1966. From 1966-1967 was the Commanding General, 7th Infantry Division in Korea. Served as Chief of Staff, Central Treaty Organization, in Ankara, Turkey from 1967-69. Completed his military service as Chief, Office of Personnel Operations in Washington, D.C.
Retired in1971. Decorations included the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Distinguished Unit Citation, and eight campaign stars on his European Theater Service Ribbon.
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Vietnam War/Tet Counteroffensive Campaign (1968)
From Month/Year
January / 1968
To Month/Year
April / 1968
Description This campaign was from 30 January to 1 April 1968. On 29 January 1968 the Allies began the Tet-lunar new year expecting the usual 36-hour peaceful holiday truce. Because of the threat of a large-scale attack and communist buildup around Khe Sanh, the cease fire order was issued in all areas over which the Allies were responsible with the exception of the I CTZ, south of the Demilitarized Zone.
Determined enemy assaults began in the northern and Central provinces before daylight on 30 January and in Saigon and the Mekong Delta regions that night. Some 84,000 VC and North Vietnamese attacked or fired upon 36 of 44 provincial capitals, 5 of 6 autonomous cities, 64 of 242 district capitals and 50 hamlets. In addition, the enemy raided a number of military installations including almost every airfield. The actual fighting lasted three days; however Saigon and Hue were under more intense and sustained attack.
The attack in Saigon began with a sapper assault against the U.S. Embassy. Other assaults were directed against the Presidential Palace, the compound of the Vietnamese Joint General Staff, and nearby Ton San Nhut air base.
At Hue, eight enemy battalions infiltrated the city and fought the three U.S. Marine Corps, three U.S. Army and eleven South Vietnamese battalions defending it. The fight to expel the enemy lasted a month. American and South Vietnamese units lost over 500 killed, while VC and North Vietnamese battle deaths may have been somewhere between 4,000 and 5,000.
Heavy fighting also occurred in two remote regions: around the Special Forces camp at Dak To in the central highlands and around the U.S. Marines Corps base at Khe Sanh. In both areas, the allies defeated attempts to dislodge them. Finally, with the arrival of more U.S. Army troops under the new XXIV Corps headquarters to reinforce the marines in the northern province, Khe Sanh was abandoned.
Tet proved a major military defeat for the communists. It had failed to spawn either an uprising or appreciable support among the South Vietnamese. On the other hand, the U.S. public became discouraged and support for the war was seriously eroded. U.S. strength in South Vietnam totaled more than 500,000 by early 1968. In addition, there were 61,000 other allied troops and 600,000 South Vietnamese.
The Tet Offensive also dealt a visibly severe setback to the pacification program, as a result of the intense fighting needed to root out VC elements that clung to fortified positions inside the towns. For example, in the densely populated delta there had been approximately 14,000 refugees in January; after Tet some 170,000 were homeless. The requirement to assist these persons seriously inhibited national recovery efforts.