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Last Address OCALA, FL
Date of Passing Feb 19, 2010
Location of Interment Lakelawn Memorial Park - Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania
SFC Richard Darrell Hinderliter, 72, of Ocala, Florida died on Friday, February 19, 2010 after a long illness. Mr. Hinderliter Retired after 231/2 years with The United States Army. He is survived by his wife, Margaret O.; of Ocala, Mother, Twilla Enterline of PA; sister, Maxine Bish of PA; brother Kenneth Hinderliter of PA; seven children, many Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren. He has gone home to be with his step-dad, Sam, his two daughters and his great granddaughter.
Other Comments:
I am presently retired from the U.S. Army and on Social Security Disability. I cannot do a lot but i enjoy my retirement as much as possible. After my 23 1/2 years in the military, i worked in Plastic Injection molding in Pa, Ohio, and Florida where i now reside. I worked in plastics for another 20 years before the plastic fumes finally got to me and i had to retire.I used to ride motorcycles but can not do that anymore also i like to travel and love animals. I was a big time bowler while in the military and bowled on th ft Gordon bowling team. I also have many bowling patches and trophys for bowling in the PBA in Germany and countries around there in competition.
While in the military, I served in the following states and areas:
100th Inf - Ft Know Ky, 101st Abn Ft Jackson SC before they moved to Campbell,Stu Co 10 Ft Gordon Ga (Crypto School), 7781 Sig Svc Bn Berlin Germany, 7774 Sig Bn Heidelberg Germany, Btry A 776 FA Bn Punxsutawney Pa, Ft Jackson Replacements Depot SC,304th Sig Bn Seoul Korea,14th Sig Det Ft Lee Va,595th Signal Co Ft Monmouth NJ, 595th Signal Co Ft Devens Mass, All over VietNam with the 1st Inf DiAn, 11ACR Xuan Loc, 196th Inf Tay Ninh, 25th Inf at CuChi, and attached to other units. Then to the Pentagon TCC USASTRACOM, Ft Bragg NC Special Warefare School and Laotian Language, Vientaine Laos SECRET Assignment,, The Pentagon USASTRACOM again,267th Sig Co, 73rd Sig Bn Pirmasens Ger,Signal School for Tactical Communications Ft Gordon where i retired in 1977.
Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase VII Campaign (1970-71)
From Month/Year
July / 1970
To Month/Year
June / 1971
Description This campaign was from 1 Jul 1970 to 30 June 1971. Fighting continued in Cambodia during early February before and after South Vietnam began its U.S.-aided drive in Laos, Lam Son 719, the most significant operation during this campaign.
Lam Son 719 was conducted out of I Corps by Vietnamese troops with US fire and air support. Their object was to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail and to destroy enemy bases at Techepone, Laos. The operation consisted of four phases. In Phases I, called Operation DEWEY CANYON II, the 1st Brigade, US 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized) occupied the Khe Sanh area and cleared Route No. 9 up to the Laotian border. In the meantime, the US 101st Airborne Division conducted diversionary operations in the A Shau Valley. The US 45th Engineer Group had the mission of repairing Route No. 9 up to the Laotian border. This lasted from 30 January to 7 February 1971. During Phase II US forces continued to provide fire support, helilift, and tactical and strategic air support for ARVN units. This phase was 8 February to March 1971. Phase III ran from March to 16 March 1971; Phase IV was the withdrawal phase.
Faced with mounting losses, Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Lam, the commander of the invasion forces, decided to cut short the operation and ordered a withdrawal.
Lam Son 719, though it was less than a signal success, forestalled a Communist offensive in the spring of 1971. Enemy units and replacements enroute south were diverted to the scene of the action.
