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Casualty Info
Home Town Culver City, CA
Last Address Culver City, CA
Casualty Date May 22, 1966
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Other Explosive Device
Location Vietnam, South (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Forest Lawn Cemetery - Hollywood Hills, California
Wall/Plot Coordinates 07E 104/External Love, Map E22, Lot 4624, Space 3
Description Operation Crazy Horse; also called Operaton Bun Khe 66-7; May 16 through June 5, 1966; fought in Binh Dinh province between Vinh Thanh and Soui Ca Valley on the Bong Son Plain by the 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division USA, the Capitol ROK Division and the ARVN; objective: spoiling VC attack on Vinh Thanh CIDG Camp followed by a search and destroy operation.
LZ Hereford was also the center of fierce fighting that began seven days earlier on May 15, 1966. When word of that battle filtered down to the 1st Cavalry leaders, they decided the next day to conduct a major operation in the area. The 1st Brigade, under the command of Colonel John Hennessey, was ordered to deploy its three battalions to "find, fix and destroy" the enemy force. The operation was named Crazy Horse. In the days since then, above Hereford on the ridge, the Americans had been waging fierce and costly combat against the 9th NVA Regiment and the 97th VC Regiment.
