1Lt JAMES A. GARDNER HHC, 1st Bn (Airborne), 327th Infantry, 1st Bde, 101st Airborne My Canh, RVN 7 February 1966 1st Lt. Gardner’s platoon was moving forward to support a company from 1st Bn who had been pinned down for several hours by a numerically superior enemy force was occupying the village of My … Continue reading 7 February
6 February
SP/4 THOMAS JAMES KINSMAN Company B, 3d Battalion, 60th Inf 9th Infantry Division Vinh Long, Republic of Vietnam 6 February 1968 SP/4 Kinsman’s squad was leading the Company as they moved up a narrow canal in a line of M-ii3 Armored Personnel Carriers. The column came under attack by a well-entrenched Viet Cong ambush force … Continue reading 6 February
5 February
LCPL THOMAS P. NOONAN, JR. Co. G, 2d Bn, 9th Marines 3d Marine Division Vandergrift Combat Base A Shau Valley, RVN 5 February 1969 LCPL Noonan was leading a fireteam from Company G, during combat operations in Quang Tri Province. His company was ordered to move from a position on the southeast of the Vandergrift … Continue reading 5 February
4 February
MSG STANLEY T. ADAMS Company A, 19th Infantry Regiment. Sesim-ni, Korea 4 February 1951 MSG Adams’ platoon was holding an outpost some 200 yards ahead of his company, when, at approx. 0100hrs, they came under attack by an estimated force of 250 enemy troops. Intense small-arms, machine gun, and mortar fire from both flanks and … Continue reading 4 February
3 February
1Lt. WILLIBALD C. BIANCHI 45th Infantry, Philippine Scouts Bagac, Bataan Province, Philippine Islands 3 February 1942 When another rifle platoon was ordered to wipe out 2 strong enemy machinegun nests. 1Lt. Bianchi voluntarily and of his own initiative, advanced with the platoon taking command of a detachment. Bianchi was leading from the front when he … Continue reading 3 February
2 February
CPL LARRY LEONARD MAXAM D, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines 3d Marine Division (Rein), FMF Cam Lo District, Quang Tri Prov. RVN 2 February 1968 Cpl. Maxam was leading a fireteam in defense of the Cam Lo District Headquarters when it came under heavy rocket, artillery, mortar, and recoilless rifle fire from a numerically superior enemy … Continue reading 2 February
1 February
1Lt JOHN VINCENT POWER 4th Marine Division Namur Island, Kwajalein Atoll 1 February 1944 1Lt Power was severely wounded in the stomach while setting a demolition charge on a Japanese pillbox, In spite of his wounds 1Lt. Power stayed in the fight, holding his wound with his left hand and firing with his right, … Continue reading 1 February
31 January
SSG DREW DENNIS DIX U.S. Senior Advisor Group, IV Corps, Military Assistance Command Chau Doc Province, RVN 31 January and 1 February 1968 SSG Dix was assigned to MAAG as Senior Unit Advisor in Chau Doc Province, RVN. An enemy force comprised of at least two heavily armed Viet Cong battalions attacked the capital city … Continue reading 31 January
30 January
SSG JESSE R. DROWLEY Co. B, 132nd Infantry Americal Infantry Division Bougainville, Solomon Islands 30 January 1944 SSG Drowley was serving as squad leader with orders to hold the perimeter and act as a reserve force for the attack if the need arose. He saw 3 members of the assault company fall badly wounded. Intense … Continue reading 30 January
29 January
1Sgt LEONARD A. FUNK JR. Co C, 508th PIR, 82d Airborne Holzheim, Belgium 29 January 1945 1Sgt Funk was leading his company on a 15 mile forced march in a driving snowstorm. The Company prepared to attack through waist-deep snowdrifts, the Officer in Charge was an immediate casualty – and 1Sgt Funk took command of … Continue reading 29 January
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