This (outdated) FSB Hill 4-11 Roster for E Troop, 1st Cavalry was used to list all known veterans in the unit who supported the 3rd Battalion, 1st Infantry during the Vietnam War, regardless of time and place.
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Last Name | First Name | Middle Name | Nickname | Rank | Specialty | Platoon | Squad | Date Arrived | Events | Date Departed | Home Town | Home State |
Benoist, II | William | F. | SP4 | 23-Oct-69 | KIA 2-Sep-70 | Winnetka | IL | |||||
Blankenship | James | A. | SP4 | 3rd | 2-Sep-70 | 2-Sep-71 | Riddle | OR | ||||
Bryant | Harold | Gene | Gene | SP4 | M-60 Gunner Track 20 | 2nd | 2nd | 18-Aug-68 | I arrived in country just as most of the original guys were DEROSing home. Rode on and created the " Happimess is a Warm Gun " track. | 17-Aug-69 | Plymouth | MI |
Capistran | Richard | W. | Dick | SP4 | APC Driver/Gunner | 1st | 69 | WIA 10-Nov-69 in an ambush during a morning mine sweep between LZ Charlie Brown and Lo Boy. | 70 | Woonsocket | RI | |
Clark | John | Thomas | SP4 | Tank Gunner | 2nd | 26-Oct-69 | Gunner for Tank 25 in SGT Orum's platoon. Involved in action around Hill 4-11 in August and September. Wounded on September 2,1970. Tank took an RPG hit. Sent to Hawk Hill. | 17-Oct-70 | Philadelphia | PA | ||
Corbett | Tom | F. | SP4 | APC Driver and Gunner | 1st | 5-Jun-69 | WIA Jun-69 when an APC hit a mine on a sweap near Mo Duc. On Hill 4-11 when sappers first hit. | 5-Jun-70 | Darby | PA | ||
Cowles | Robert | K. | SGT | E | 2nd | 3-Mar-68 | 27-Feb-69 | Springfield | IL | |||
Cronkwrite | James | L. | Sparky | SP4 | 11D10, M-113 Driver/Gunner | 1st | 5-Jun-69 | 7-Jul-70 | Elmira | NY | ||
Crow | Rodger | Pinkney | SP4 | 11D20 | 20-Aug-69 | KIA 30-Aug-70 | Decatur | AL | ||||
DiMatteo | Guy | Anthony | SP4 | M-60 Machine Gunner | HQ | 4th | 21-Dec-67 | Quang Ngai Province/My Lai on Feb 9-12, 1968: Ed Walters' track hit by 2 recoiless rifle rounds; barely got out of there. | 6-Jan-69 | Pittsburgh | PA | |
Gillette | Jack | W. | SP4 | Left Gunner on Platoon Leader Track | 1st | 1st | 30-Jun-68 | Spent 1st part of tour with 5th INF DIV. Wounded-in-Action on 6/9/69. Our LT was on his first day of combat. He was KIA on this date. Met him around 0930 he and he was gone at around 1350, when we charged an NVA Regiment size of troops. We took 2 rounds from a RPG or recoiless rifle. I would like to thank you grunts who came down the hill and helped us out of the track. | 9-Jun-69 | Huntington | WV | |
Gonzales | Sam | S. | E-4 | M-60 Sr. Gunner w/Platoon Leader | 2nd | E-20 | Apr-69 | Night perimeter security, east side and daily security for marine engineers who cleared land with bulldozers as far as the eye could see around FSB 4-11. | Apr-70 | Monrovia | CA | |
LaFollette | Michael | H. | Mike | SP4 | 11D20 | 2nd & HQ | 5-Jan-69 | 5-Jan-70 | Lawrenceburg | IN | ||
Hamm | Richard | Raymond | Dick | SP4 | 11D20 | 3rd | Apr-68 | May-69 | Hastings | MI | ||
Keena | Michael | C. | SP4 | 11D20 | 1st | 24-Oct-68 | 24-Oct-69 | Brooklyn | NY | |||
Lees | Paul | Eric | CPL | 3-Aug-69 | KIA (Died of wounds on 5-Feb-70) | Cuyahoga Falls | OH | |||||
Lord | Kenneth | P. | (LTC, Retired) | Troop Commander | 1204/31 | Jun-70 | Commanded E Troop from June-August 1970. Participated in opening road to Minh Long. Reassigned Bde S4. Participated Lam Son 719 as Bde S4. Closed FSB Bronco. | Jun-71 | Williamsport | TN | ||
Mead, Jr. | Sammy | Louis | SP4 | 11B20 | 28-Aug-68 | KIA 3-Jun-69 | Pleasant Hope | MO | ||||
Meynardie | Larry | Leon | SP4 | Jun-69 | 11-Jun-70 | Virginia Beach | VA | |||||
Moutschka | Steve | Ray | Blue | PFC | Rifleman | Recon | 1-Jan-69 | Jan-70 | Portland | OR | ||
Phillips | Ralph | Harold | Pappy | SP4 | Machine Gunner | 3rd | 25-Mar-69 | 25-Aug-69 | Shelby | OH | ||
Polzin | Henry | Clarence | CPL | 10-May-69 | KIA 31-Jul-69 when his APC hit a mine | New Ulm | MN | |||||
Schulte | Alvin | Clayton | 1LT | 2nd | 15-Nov-68 | KIA 28-Mar-69 | Louisville | KY | ||||
Sheldon | Ronald | Joseph | Thumper | 1st | 22-Jan-69 | 21-Jan-70 | San Leandro | CA | ||||
Simmons | Jimmie | D. | 1st | Dec-67 | Sep-68 | |||||||
Stewart | Neil | M. | Short Timer | SGT | 11D40 | 2nd | Oct-70 | TC of E-23, FUJIMO or SHORT TIMERS INC. Wounded at Horseshoe Sept 2, 1970. Among the first sent to Hawk Hill. | 10-Oct-70 | CA | ||
Tobiassen | Eric | SP4 | M60 Gunner | Dec-67 | Pearl Harbor to Qui Nhon boat ride with the typhoon remnants in the Philippines.&nbps; "Road Running" Highway around the clock during TET 1968. | Dec-68 | Melrose | MA | ||||
Vasil | Henry | Hank | SP4 | 11D20 | Mar-69 | WIA 10-Nov-69 in an ambush during a morning mine sweep between LZ Charlie Brown and Lo Boy. | Brook Park | OH | ||||
Walburn | Dan | W. | Stretch | SGT | Tank Commander | 2nd Platoon | 2-Feb-70 | 15-Jan-71 | Midland | MI | ||
Watson | Richard | F. | Platoon Leader, XO | 20-Jan-70 | Involved in action around Hill 4-11 in August and September 1970. | 15-Dec-71 | Greenville | SC | ||||
Woodham | Larry | |||||||||||
Wosick | Dennis | Stanley | SP4 | 8-Dec-68 | KIA 6-Jun-69 | Grand Forks | ND | |||||