Drafted at 20 years old, Erick W. Miller had his whole life ahead of him when the U.S. Army sent him deep into the jungles of Vietnam in 1969.Assigned to B Company, 1st Platoon, 1st Battalion ...

June 15, 2024 Army names the M-SHORAD after Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient May 20, 2024 Media Roundtable with Maj. Gen. Brett Sylvia, 101st Airborne Division commander ...

Born on April 3, 1946, the Army chief warrant officer died on Sept. 3, 1969, in Quang Nam, South Vietnam. His type of casualty is listed as "nonhostile" while being surrounded by a hostile situation.

Dong Ap Bia, Vietnam, Aug. 4, 1969: From left, Pvt. Ed Hayes, 28, and Pfc. Charles Dobard, 26, in front of a bunker fortification on top of Hill 937 of Dong Ap Bia, better known to Americans as ...

Retired Army Vietnam Vet to Receive the Medal of Honor. ... 101st Airborne Division, ... His second tour of duty in Vietnam lasted from October 1969, through October 1970.

Military service: U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division, 1967-1969, including one year in Vietnam. Military honors: Bronze Star and Purple Heart. Family: Wife Phylis, died in 2008; ...

The Army's most recognizable unit has a storied ... 1969 - The battle of Hamburger Hill takes place in the A ... Post-Vietnam. Oct. 4, 1974 - The 101st was officially designated an “Air Assault ...

He enlisted on March 20, 1968, and joined the 101st Airborne Division. Strickland was killed tragically by friendly fire in February 1969 while serving in the 502nd Infantry Division. He was 19 ...

Born in Girard, Ohio, on Jan. 21, 1950, Kenneth David went from Boy Scout to Eagle Scout, a progression similar to what followed when he was drafted into the U.S. Army in August 1969.