MUSINGS OF A SOUTHERN WOMAN: November 2010

Honoring the Brave Men Who Proudly Served

Making the Ultimate Sacrifice

Company A, 3rd 39th Infantry,
9th Infantry Division
U.S. Army

Vietnam
Memorial Day 2011

SOME GAVE ALL

SP4 Russell Keith Blatz
September 10, 1946 – January 8, 1968

Lynchburg, Virginia

MOS: 11B20: Infantryman

Length Service: 01

Start Tour: 03/10/1967

Casualty Date: 01/08/1968

Age at Loss: 21

Location: Long An Province, South Vietnam

Remains: Body recovered

Casualty Type: Hostile, died while missing

Casualty Reason: Ground casualty

Casualty Detail: Gun or small arms fire

2^nd LT Davis James Boardman
Port Washington, New York

April 11, 1941 – February 1, 1968

MOS: 1542: Infantry Unit Commander

Length Service: 00

Start Tour: 01/07/1968

Incident Date: 02/01/1968

Casualty Date: 02/01/1968

Age at Loss: 26

Location: Long An Province, South Vietnam

Remains: Body recovered

Identified: 02/08/1968

Casualty Type: Hostile, died while missing

Casualty Reason: Ground casualty

Casualty Detail: Artillery, rocket, or mortar

SP4 Joseph Mario Cagnacci
July 26, 1946 – March 8, 1967

Pleasanton,California

MOS: 11C20: Indirect Fire Infantryman

Length Service: 00

Start Tour: 12/12/1966

Incident Date: 03/08/1967

Casualty Date: 03/08/1967

Age at Loss: 20

Location: Long An Province, South Vietnam

Remains: Body recovered

Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright

Casualty Reason: Ground casualty

Casualty Detail: Artillery, rocket, or mortar

CPL Jimmy Lee Fisher
August 23. 1947 – November 15, 1967

Calistoga, California

Grade at loss: E3

Rank: Corporal

Note: Posthumous Promotion as indicated

MOS: 11B10: Infantryman

Length Service: 01

Start Tour: 02/27/1967

Incident Date: 11/15/1967

Casualty Date: 11/15/1967

Age at Loss: 20

Location: Long An Province, South Vietnam

Remains: Body recovered

Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright

Casualty Reason: Ground casualty

Casualty Detail: Gun or small arms fire

2^nd LT David Nathaniel Green, Jr.
April 2, 1941 – July 24, 1967

Sumter, South Carolina

MOS: 1542: Infantry Unit Commander

Length Service: 01

Start Tour: 05/01/1967

Incident Date: 07/24/1967

Casualty Date: 07/24/1967

Age at Loss: 26

Location: Province not reported, South Vietnam

Remains: Body recovered

Casualty Type: Non-hostile, died of other causes

Casualty Reason: Ground casualty

Casualty Detail: Other Causes

SP4 Wilbert James Gresham
May 23, 1946 – March 8, 1967

Hoffman, Oklahoma

MOS: 11C10: Indirect Fire Infantryman

Length Service: 00

Start Tour: 12/12/1966

Incident Date: 03/08/1967

Casualty Date: 03/08/1967

Age at Loss: 20

Location: Long An Province, South Vietnam

Remains: Body recovered

Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright

Casualty Reason: Ground casualty

Casualty Detail: Gun or small arms fire

PFC Erwin John Haarwaldt
January 18 , 1947 –March 20, 1967

Trenton, New Jersey

MOS: 11B10: Infantryman

Length Service: 00

Start Tour: 12/12/1966

Incident Date: 03/20/1967

Casualty Date: 03/20/1967

Age at Loss: 20

Location: Long An Province, South Vietnam

Remains: Body recovered

Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright

Casualty Reason: Ground casualty

Casualty Detail: Multiple fragmentation wounds

1^st LT Elwood Randall Hendrix

April 9, 1943 – September 12, 1967

Fulton, Missouri

Note: Posthumous Promotion as indicated

MOS: 1542: Infantry Unit Commander

Length Service: 02

Start Tour: 06/09/1967

Incident Date: 09/12/1967

Casualty Date: 09/12/1967

Age at Loss: 24

Location: Long An Province, South Vietnam

Remains: Body recovered

Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright

Casualty Reason: Ground casualty

Casualty Detail: Other explosive device

PFC Lathan Houston
March 17,1948 – December 10, 1968

De Kalb, Mississippi

MOS: 11B10: Infantryman

Length Service: 00

Start Tour: 09/11/1968

Incident Date: 12/10/1968

Casualty Date: 12/10/1968

Age at Loss: 20

Location: Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam

Remains: Body recovered

Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright

Casualty Reason: Ground casualty

Casualty Detail: Artillery, rocket, or mortar

PSGT Paul Edward Jackson
July 2, 1940 – May 10, 1968

Richmond,California

MOS: 11B40: Infantryman

Length Service: 10

Start Tour: 11/26/1967

Incident Date: 05/10/1968

Casualty Date: 05/10/1968

Age at Loss: 27

Location: Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam

Remains: Body recovered

Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright

Casualty Reason: Ground casualty

Casualty Detail: Multiple fragmentation wounds

CPL Robert Milton Jacobs

June 15, 1946- May 10, 1968

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

MOS: 11B10 Infantryman

LenSvc: Less than one year

Note: E3 at loss. Posthumous Promotion

Start Tour: Sunday, 12/03/1967

Cas Date: Friday, 05/10/1968

Age at Loss: 21

Remains: Body Recovered

Location: Gia Dinh, South Vietnam

Type: Hostile, Died

Reason: Multiple Fragmentation Wounds - Ground Casualty

SSGT Freddie David Jones Sr
January 13,1936 – March 20, 1967

Louisville, Kentucky

MOS: 11B40: Infantryman

Length Service: 10

Start Tour: 12/12/1966

Incident Date: 03/20/1967

Casualty Date: 03/20/1967

Age at Loss: 31

Location: Long An Province, South Vietnam

Remains: Body recovered

Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright

Casualty Reason: Ground casualty

Casualty Detail: Gun or small arms fire

CPL Donald Wayne Keep
March 24, 1947- January 8, 1968

Freeport,Illinois

Note: Posthumous Promotion as indicated

MOS: 11B10: Infantryman

Length Service: 00

Start Tour: 10/07/1967

Incident Date: 01/08/1968

Casualty Date: 01/08/1968

Age at Loss: 20

Location: Long An Province, South Vietnam

Remains: Body recovered

Casualty Type: Hostile, died while missing

Casualty Reason: Ground casualty

Casualty Detail: Multiple fragmentation wounds

Donald Wayne Keep SP4 Albert Korona
January 28, 1947 - May 18, 1967
Trenton, New Jersey
MOS:            11B20 Infantryman
Length Service: 1 - 2 years
Start Tour:         12/12/1966
Casualty Date:   05/18/1967
Age at Loss:      20
Remains:           Body recovered
Location:            Long An, Province
Type:                Hostile, died of wounds
Reason:            Gun or small arms fire - Ground casualty

SGT Patrick Jerome Long
May 5, 1944 – November 16, 1967

Poughkeepsie, New York

Rank: Sergeant

MOS: 11B40: Infantryman

Length Service: 02

Start Tour: 10/03/1967

Incident Date: 11/16/1967

Casualty Date: 11/16/1967

Age at Loss: 23

Location: Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam

Remains: Body recovered

Casualty Type: Hostile, died while missing

Casualty Reason: Ground casualty

Casualty Detail: Gun or small arms fire

SSGT Robert Davis Long
October 13, 1944 – August 5, 1968

Cincinnati, Ohio

MOS: 11B40: Infantryman

Length Service: 02

Start Tour: 10/04/1967

Casualty Date: 08/05/1968

Age at Loss: 23 (based on date declared dead)

Location: Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam

Remains: Body recovered

Casualty Type: Hostile, died of wounds

Casualty Reason: Ground casualty

Casualty Detail: Artillery, rocket, or mortar

PFC Billie Clifford Loomis
July 19,1936 – June 3, 1968

Palermo, California

MOS: 11C10: Indirect Fire Infantryman

Length Service: 08

Start Tour: 04/25/1968

Incident Date: 06/03/1968

Casualty Date: 06/03/1968

Age at Loss: 31

Location: Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam

Remains: Body recovered

Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright

Casualty Reason: Ground casualty

Casualty Detail: Other causes (undefined)

SP4 James Edward Lothman
May 18, 1947 – October 4,1968

Euclid, Ohio

MOS: 11B20: Infantryman

Length Service: 01

Start Tour: 03/04/1968

Incident Date: 10/04/1968

Casualty Date: 10/04/1968

Age at Loss: 21

Location: Long An Province, South Vietnam

Remains: Body recovered

Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright

Casualty Reason: Ground casualty

Casualty Detail: Artillery, rocket, or mortar

SP4 Allen Theodore Makin II
October 11, 1946 – March 15,1967

Buckeye, Arizona

MOS: 17C20: Field Artillery Target Acquisition Specialist

Length Service: 00

Start Tour: 12/12/1966

Incident Date: 03/09/1967

Casualty Date: 03/15/1967

Age at Loss: 20 (based on date declared dead)

Location: Long An Province, South Vietnam

Remains: Body recovered

Casualty Type: Hostile, died of wounds

Casualty Reason: Ground casualty

Casualty Detail: Multiple fragmentation wounds

SSGT Charles Elvin Mc Dowell
January 9, 1940 – February 11, 1968

Rock Hill, South Carolina

Note: Posthumous Promotion as indicated

MOS: 11B40: Infantryman

Length Service: 06

Start Tour: 12/10/1967

Incident Date: 02/11/1968

Casualty Date: 02/11/1968

Age at Loss: 28

Location: Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam

Remains: Body recovered

Casualty Type: Non-hostile, died of other causes

Casualty Reason: Ground casualty

Casualty Detail: Accidental homicide

PFC Clarance Allen Mooney
November 8, 1944 – March 16,1967

Medina, Ohio

MOS: 11B10: Infantryman

Length Service: 00

Start Tour: 01/01/1967

Incident Date: 03/16/1967

Casualty Date: 03/16/1967

Age at Loss: 22

Location: Long An Province, South Vietnam

Remains: Body recovered

Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright

Casualty Reason: Ground casualty

Casualty Detail: Gun or small arms fire

PFC Luis Guillermo Mora
January 28, 1942 – February 2, 1967

New York, NY

MOS: 11B10: Infantryman

Length Service: 00

Start Tour: 12/12/1966

Incident Date: 02/02/1967

Casualty Date: 02/02/1967

Age at Loss: 25

Location: Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam

Remains: Body recovered

Identified: 02/13/1967

Casualty Type: Hostile, died while missing

Casualty Reason: Helicopter - Noncrew

Casualty Detail: Air loss or crash over land

SGT Rainer K Morgan
September 1, 1944 – January 8, 1968

McGuire AFB, New Jersey

MOS: 11B40: Infantryman

Length Service: 02

Start Tour: 10/04/1967

Incident Date: 01/08/1968

Casualty Date: 01/08/1968

Age at Loss: 23

Location: Long An Province, South Vietnam

Remains: Body recovered

Casualty Type: Hostile, died while missing

Casualty Reason: Ground casualty

Casualty Detail: Gun or small arms fire

PFC Dennis Richard Morrell
September 2, 1946 – March 20, 1967

Fort Wayne, Indiana

MOS: 11B10: Infantryman

Length Service: 00

Start Tour: 12/12/1966

Incident Date: 03/20/1967

Casualty Date: 03/20/1967

Age at Loss: 20

Location: Long An Province, South Vietnam

Remains: Body recovered

Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright

Casualty Reason: Ground casualty

Casualty Detail: Multiple fragmentation wounds

SP4 Charles Ray Moudry
July 20, 19496 – March 8, 1967

Houston, Texas

MOS: 11C20: Indirect Fire Infantryman

Length Service: 00

Start Tour: 12/12/1966

Incident Date: 03/08/1967

Casualty Date: 03/08/1967

Age at Loss: 20

Location: Long An Province, South Vietnam

Remains: Body recovered

Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright

Casualty Reason: Ground casualty

Casualty Detail: Artillery, rocket, or mortar

PFC Oscar Franklin Nicewander
March 7, 1946 – March 20, 1967

Dundee,Ohio

MOS: 11B10: Infantryman

Length Service: 00

Start Tour: 12/12/1966

Incident Date: 03/20/1967

Casualty Date: 03/20/1967

Age at Loss: 21

Location: Long An Province, South Vietnam

Remains: Body recovered

Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright

Casualty Reason: Ground casualty

Casualty Detail: Gun or small arms fire

SP4 Gerald Francis Novak
December 28,1946 – March 2, 1967

Villa Park, Illinois

MOS: 11B20: Infantryman

Length Service: 00

Start Tour: 12/12/1966

Incident Date: 03/02/1967

Casualty Date: 03/02/1967

Age at Loss: 20

Location: Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam

Remains: Body recovered

Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright

Casualty Reason: Ground casualty

Casualty Detail: Multiple fragmentation wounds

SP4 James Robert Novotny
February 2, 1947 – March 20, 1967

Morton Grove, Illinois

MOS: 11B20: Infantryman

Length Service: 00

Start Tour: 12/12/1966

Incident Date: 03/20/1967

Casualty Date: 03/20/1967

Age at Loss: 20

Location: Long An Province, South Vietnam

Remains: Body recovered

Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright

Casualty Reason: Ground casualty

Casualty Detail: Gun or small arms fire

PFC Bruce Gordon Ockey
April 5, 1947 – June 30, 1967

Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania

MOS: 11C10: Indirect Fire Infantryman

Length Service: 00

Start Tour: 03/07/1967

Incident Date: 06/30/1967

Casualty Date: 06/30/1967

Age at Loss: 20

Location: Long An Province, South Vietnam

Remains: Body recovered

Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright

Casualty Reason: Ground casualty

Casualty Detail: Multiple fragmentation wounds

PFC David Paul Oker
February 18, 1945 – January 20, 1969

Isanti, Minnesota

MOS: 11B10: Infantryman

Length Service: 00

Start Tour: 12/18/1968

Incident Date: 01/20/1969

Casualty Date: 01/20/1969

Age at Loss: 23

Location: Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam

Remains: Body recovered

Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright

Casualty Reason: Ground casualty

Casualty Detail: Gun or small arms fire

PFC David Michael Powell
October 25, 1947 – May 10, 1968

Bellevue, Michigan

MOS: 11B10: Infantryman

Length Service: 00

Unit: 2ND PLT, A CO, 3RD BN, 39TH INFANTRY, 9TH INF DIV, USARV

Start Tour: 03/01/1968

Incident Date: 05/10/1968

Casualty Date: 05/10/1968

Age at Loss: 20

Location: Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam

Remains: Body recovered

Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright

Casualty Reason: Ground casualty

Casualty Detail: Multiple fragmentation wounds

SGT Howard Emerson Querry
July 6, 1944 – May 10, 1968

Downers Grove, Illinois

MOS: 11B40: Infantryman

Length Service: 01

Unit: 2ND PLT, A CO, 3RD BN, 39TH INFANTRY, 9TH INF DIV, USARV

Start Tour: 03/02/1968

Incident Date: 05/10/1968

Casualty Date: 05/10/1968

Age at Loss: 23

Location: Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam

Remains: Body recovered

Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright

Casualty Reason: Ground casualty

Casualty Detail: Gun or small arms fire

CPT James Eddie Reed
December 4, 1942 – February 1, 1968

Kingsport, Tennessee

MOS: 1542: Infantry Unit Commander

Length Service: 03

Start Tour: 07/21/1967

Incident Date: 02/01/1968

Casualty Date: 02/01/1968

Age at Loss: 25

Location: Long An Province, South Vietnam

Remains: Body recovered

Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright

Casualty Reason: Ground casualty

Casualty Detail: Artillery, rocket, or mortar

PFC Paul William Risinger

October 3, 1942 – November 8, 1967

  Arlington, Virginia

  MOS:             11B10: Infantryman

  Length Service:  01

  Start Tour:      03/11/1967

  Incident Date:   11/08/1967

  Casualty Date:   11/08/1967

  Age at Loss:     25

  Location:        Long An Province, South Vietnam

  Remains:         Body recovered

  Casualty Type:   Hostile, died while missing

  Casualty Reason: Ground casualty

  Casualty Detail: Other explosive device

SP4 Robert Longoria Salinas
September 19, 1945 – May 15, 1967

Pettus, Texas

MOS: 11B20: Infantryman

Length Service: 01

Start Tour: 12/12/1966

Incident Date: 05/15/1967

Casualty Date: 05/15/1967

Age at Loss: 21

Location: Long An Province, South Vietnam

Remains: Body recovered

Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright

Casualty Reason: Ground casualty

Casualty Detail: Gun or small arms fire

2^nd LT John Francis Sevick
December 22, 1942 – February 1, 1968

Kansas City, Kansas

MOS: 1542: Infantry Unit Commander

Length Service: 01

Start Tour: 11/15/1967

Incident Date: 02/01/1968

Casualty Date: 02/01/1968

Age at Loss: 25

Location: Binh Long Province, South Vietnam

Remains: Body recovered

Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright

Casualty Reason: Ground casualty

Casualty Detail: Artillery, rocket, or mortar

PFC Anthony John Sivo
June 6, 1947 – July 24, 1968

Cranston, Rhode Island

MOS: 11B10: Infantryman

Length Service: 00

Start Tour: 04/21/1968

Incident Date: 07/24/1968

Casualty Date: 07/24/1968

Age at Loss: 21

Location: Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam

Remains: Body recovered

Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright

Casualty Reason: Ground casualty

Casualty Detail: Other explosive device

1^st LT Donald Bruce Small
September 1, 1944 – February 1, 1968

Mount Vernon, New York

MOS: 1542: Infantry Unit Commander

Length Service: 02

Start Tour: 01/07/1968

Incident Date: 02/02/1968

Casualty Date: 02/02/1968

Age at Loss: 23

Location: Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam

Remains: Body recovered

Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright

Casualty Reason: Ground casualty

Casualty Detail: Artillery, rocket, or mortar

CPL Robert Louis Smith
May 27, 1947 – March 8, 1967

Angier, North Carolina

Note: Posthumous Promotion as indicated

MOS: 11C10: Indirect Fire Infantryman

Length Service: 00

Start Tour: 12/19/1966

Incident Date: 03/08/1967

Casualty Date: 03/08/1967

Age at Loss: 19

Location: Long An Province, South Vietnam

Remains: Body recovered

Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright

Casualty Reason: Ground casualty

Casualty Detail: Gun or small arms fire

CPL Joseph Sosinski
December 30, 1949 – October 23, 1967

New York, New York

MOS: 11B10: Infantryman

Length Service: 00

Start Tour: 07/18/1967

Incident Date: 10/06/1967

Casualty Date: 10/23/1967

Age at Loss: 18 (based on date declared dead)

Location: Long An Province, South Vietnam

Remains: Body recovered

Casualty Type: Hostile, died of wounds

Casualty Reason: Ground casualty

Casualty Detail: Multiple fragmentation wounds

SP4 Stephen James Stewart
July 13, 1947 – January 8, 1968

Clinton, Missouri

MOS: 11B20: Infantryman

Length Service: 01

Start Tour: 03/08/1967

Incident Date: 01/08/1968

Casualty Date: 01/08/1968

Age at Loss: 20

Location: Long An Province, South Vietnam

Remains: Body recovered

Casualty Type: Hostile, died while missing

Casualty Reason: Ground casualty

Casualty Detail: Gun or small arms fire

PFC Robert Frank Vernes
September 9, 1945 - February 16, 1967

Anaheim, California

MOS: 11B10: Infantryman

Length Service: 00

Start Tour: 12/12/1966

Incident Date: 02/16/1967

Casualty Date: 02/16/1967

Age at Loss: 21

Location: Long An Province, South Vietnam

Remains: Body recovered

Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright

Casualty Reason: Ground casualty

Casualty Detail: Gun or small arms fire

CPL Robert Earnest Young
May 17, 1948 - January 8, 1968
Silverbell, Arizona
MOS:    11B10 Infantryman
Len Svc: Less than one year
Note:    E-3 at loss. Posthumous promotion
Start Tour: 09/19/1967
Casualty Date: 01/08/1968
Age at Loss:    19
Remains:    Body recovered
Location: Long An, South Vietnam
Type: Hostile, Died
Reason:    Gun, Small Arms Fire - Ground Casualty

MAY OUR BRAVE SOLDIERS REST IN PEACE.

08 Jan 1968 the 3^rd/39^th Infantry lost 15 men in an engagement west of Rach Kien:

A Company:

SGT Rainer K. Morgan, McGuire AFB, NJ
P4 Russell K. Blatz, Lynchburg, VA
SP4 Robert L. Crawley, Baraboo, WI
CPL Donald W. Keep, Freeport, IL
SP4 Stephen J. Stewart, Clinton, MO
CPL Robert E. Young, Silverbell, AZ

· B Company:

SP4 William E. Tieman, Delanco, NJ
PFC Jarold E. Humphrey, Greenville, CA
PFC Paul J. Lively, Cynthiana, KY
PFC Ronnie D. Pendergraft, Clovis, CA
PFC Daniel Reese, Bassfield, MS
PFC Donald Wooley, Siluria, AL
PFC Robert L. Wright, Gardner, IL

· HQ Company:

PFC Daniel R. Bowman, Elberton, GA
PFC Roger C. Foxworth, Dearborn, MI

01 February 1968 Company A, 3^rd/39^th Infantry, lost 4 men in a heavy artillery attack
at Don Rach Cat (Fort Courage).

CPT James Eddie Reed, Kingsport, Tennessee
1^st LT Donald Bruce Small, Mount Vernon, New York 2^nd LT Davis J. Boardman, Port Washington, New York
2^nd LT John Sevick, Kansas City, Kansas

Please notify me in the event that one of our brave men who died while serving with Company A does not appear and I will gladly make any corrections.

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