Many did a second tour and others left the service and returned home to their families. Finally, after 10 months, had some makeshift buildings. This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. ADAMS, Russell, fifty-one, machine gunner, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Cav in the Ia Drang, helps run the family dairy farm on five hundred acres outside Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania. The North Vietnamese enjoyed numerical superiority in the valley. Lt. Don Cornett along with 154 Troopers from 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment were killed in the Ia Drang Valley, Nov. 17, 1965, at a small clearing known as Landing Zone Albany. Gen. Westmoreland, commander of the U.S. "They (the PAVN) were everywhere on our right flank, even in the trees. I thought to myself. Things were quiet, but in the morning, the North Vietnamese attacked. Setelin is president of the Major General George W. Casey chapter of the 1st Cavalry Division Association and a member of the national associations board of trustees. A fresh unit, the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry, was ordered to march from LZ X-Ray to LZ Albany a few miles away. PARKER, Neal G., a Naval Academy graduate who transferred to the U.S. Army and was a Huey pilot in Bravo Company 229th in the Ia Drang, retired a colonel after thirty years service. WALLACE, Bruce M. Jr., sixty-one, Air Force A-IE Skyraider pilot over the Ia Drang, served two more tours in Vietnam and retired a colonel in 1976. Lacking confidence in the South Vietnamese, Gen. William C. Westmoreland ordered the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division, which had been in country about a month, to pursue the enemy, using newly minted airmobile tactics. The airstrike broke the North Vietnamese siege and enabled reinforcements to reach the LZ. God rest you, George. The problem was it had to be applied by a country that was much more willing for it to be applied for the long haul. He and his wife live in Sag Harbor, New York, where they operate a summer season shop that deals in contemporary original art. He retired from the battlefield only after all possible service had been rendered to the infantry battalion. RIDDLE, Bill, fifty-two, artillery forward observer with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, completed his Army service in the summer of 1966. U.S. airpower lifted the siege and drove back the North Vietnamese. DEAL, Dennis, fifty, platoon leader, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Cav in the Ia Drang, left the Army as a captain in 1968 and returned to his native Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. NYE, George (China Joe), demolition-team leader, 8th Engineers, attached to the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry in Landing Zone X-Ray, died of an apparent heart attack at age fifty-one on December 8, 1991, at his home in Bangor, Maine. Shortly thereafter, US units began . Lt. Don Cornett, along with 154 troopers from 2/7 Cav, were killed in the Ia Drang Valley at a small clearing known as Landing Zone Albany. He says he did a lot of praying during the Persian Gulf War, when his son, his brother, and his old friend Galloway were all on the battlefield. He didn't know that he was the one in charge at that time. Together, they flew in supplies, water, and ammunition needed for the troops. With only 700 effective soldiers left of the original 2,200, the 33d Regiment needed help. Later, after he was evacuated the doctors thought his spine was severed, but discovered later that he had a severely bruised spine from the force of the bullets whipping his head back. Since then he has taught industrial arts, electronics, and mathematics, has flown for the U.S. Forest Service, and for a time was a crop duster pilot. CRANDALL, Bruce, fifty-nine, who commanded the helicopters in the Ia Drang Valley, returned to Vietnam for a second tour in 1967. "The XO let out a low moan, and his head sank. WINKEL, Paul Patton, Jr., sixty, Orange 1 flight leader, Bravo Company, 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion in the Ia Drang, served a second combat tour in Vietnam. That spring, the Saigon government had begun collapsing under the combined. HASTINGS, Charlie W., fifty-three, forward air controller at LZ X-Ray, retired as a colonel from the U.S. Air Force on March 1, 1992, after thirty years service. Then he somehow managed to crawl away, saying that he was going to organize the troops. I didn't do as I should have.". Nebraska, Hear three personal perspectives from men who survived. YOUNG, James, fifty-one, rifleman, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry in LZ Albany, made it home to the family farm outside Keysville, Missouri, on Christmas Eve, 1965, with an Army discharge in his pocket and a quarter-size hole in the side of his skull. Today he lives in Riverside, Rhode Island, is in the photo business, and is active in veterans affairs. Together, we can make sure our heroes will get the reverence they deserve and the stories and sacrifices of our heroes will never be forgotten. Shadden lives on a seven-acre farm outside Tellico Plains, Tennessee, and works part-time at odd jobs. CASH, John, fifty-six, assistant operations officer in 3rd Brigade Headquarters, later commanded a rifle company in the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry for more than six months in 1966. Alley is general manager of a box factory in Dayton, Tennessee. He and his wife, Deurice, live in Columbus, Georgia, where he is president of the 1st Cavalry Division Association local chapter and an occasional quail hunter. TOWLES, Robert, forty-seven, rifleman, Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry, spent five months in Valley Forge General Hospital in Pennsylvania, recovering from twenty-eight shrapnel wounds he received at LZ Albany. It featured a question-and-answer session with some of the battle's key players, including retired Lt. Gen. Hal Moore. They have a son, who is in college, and a daughter, still in high school. He told me that if he didn't make it, I was to write her and tell her that he loved her. On March 2, 1969, thirty-two-year-old Buse Tully was killed in action. For the next four years he was executive vice president of the company that developed the Crested Butte, Colorado, ski area. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. Diduryk is buried at the Fort Benning cemetery; his widow, Delores, lives in Jacksonville, Florida. That same month, the United States began bombing North Vietnam in Operation Rolling Thunder. from around the world. They have four children and three grandchildren. He co-authored the book We Were Soldiers Once And Young with Hal Moore. A Chicago native, Doc Carrara returned home, changed his specialty to pathology. 3 /5. PAOLONE, Ernest E., Bob Edwardss radio operator, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, died of a massive heart attack on March 30, 1992, at the age of fifty. His last known address was Miami, Florida. Cash retired from active duty as a colonel in September of 1992 and lives in the Washington, D.C., area. The outcome convinced the North Vietnamese that they could reduce the threat of U.S. firepower by engaging the Americans at close quarters where U.S. airstrikes would prove risky and then melt away into the jungle or across the border into sanctuaries in Cambodia. Early Ia Drang Valley 1965 KIA group - 2/8 Calavary - LZ Cavalair Early Ia Drang Valley 1965 KIA group - 2/8 Calavary - LZ Cavalair. Our town is only ten thousand people and we lost eleven young men from here killed in Vietnam, says Purp. Since I cant have that, I would like a job working as closely with the Army as possible. He is married and the father of four children. He earned a doctorate in education and is personnel director for the Cooperative Extension Service at the University of Georgia in Athens. A battalion of the U.S. 1st Air Cavalry Division was ambushed while marching from the jungle clearing where the Ia Drang Valley fighting started on November 14, 1965. Of Mrs. Mapsons five brothers, three served in the Army, one made a career in the Air Force, and one is a lawyer. RUDEL, Karen Metsker, twenty-eight, daughter of Captain Thomas Metsker, intelligence officer, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry in Landing Zone X-Ray, killed in action November 14, 1965, lives in the Boston suburbs with her husband, Scott. Her mother, who never remarried, died in 1986. The two-part battle took place between November 14 and November 18, 1965 west of Plei Me, in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam. He and his wife, Louise, live in San Antonio, Texas, and Brown plays a round of golf most days. He checked in with the nearest Veterans Administration hospital; they sent him home, telling him they would call him back for an operation to place a plate over the hole. Assigned as the operations officer of the 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry, Diduryk was killed in action on April 24, 1970, in a Huey helicopter at an abandoned fire base near the Cambodian border. KENNEDY, Glenn F., first sergeant, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, was killed in action on May 6, 1966, during Operation Davy Crockett in the Bong Son plain. Moore continues to fight, returning home to Julia after a year. They were unaware that two battalions of fresh PAVN soldiers had been camped out along the Ia Drang River on the other side of the landing zone. We have set your language to After he flew the men back to base, he knew the soldiers on the ground were running short of ammunition, so he decided to fly back in. I think this battle pushes Johnson further into Westmorelands corner. The remainder of the 2nd was left waiting in a communication blackout. He now manages the quartermaster laundry at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and lives in Clarksville, Tennessee. 2 Ia Drang also served as a test for the U.S. military of its new air mobility tactics. He studied to be a tool-and-die machinist and worked at that job for several years until the strain of long hours standing on his bad leg severely affected his hip and back. He moved back to his hometown of Tucson, Arizona. 5 cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. (Skip), fifty-three, commander of Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cav in the Ia Drang, is still on active duty. Although survivors had been trickling in during the morning they thought the 2/7th had been annihilated in the fighting at Albany. He lives in Columbus, Georgia, and is a serious collector of firearms and active in a local shooting club. Hear Bruces story. Poley, a bachelor, lives alone on his farm outside Ackley, Iowa, and in a 1990 letter explained himself far better than we could: Some might ask why havent I forgotten about Vietnam after all these years. The Pleiku Campaign took place from 20 October to 26 . ROBINSON, Edward Charles, fifty-five, Huey pilot at LZ X-Ray, served a second combat tour in Vietnam. The former arrives in Vietnam in November 1965, and, soon after, is tasked with leading his 400 men in an effort to take out the enemy troops who attacked one of the bases in the Ia Drang Valley. He is a freelance commercial artist in Harrisburg and occasionally turns his hand to fine-art drawings of his war experiences. SETELIN, John, forty-eight, squad leader, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry, left Vietnam with three Purple Hearts and left the Army a sergeant. Merchant retired a lieutenant colonel in 1982. The plane hit several tombstones and flipped over. Today he is vice president for group security at a major stock-brokerage house in New York City. One killed, 15 injured after clashes erupt at Afghan border again December 16, 2022. Of the 500 men, 150 were killed and only 84 were able to return to immediate duty. He had just turned thirty-six years old. The four day battle in the Ia Drang Valley began on the morning of November 14, 1965 when the 1st battalion of the 7th Cavalry, my sister battalion, landed in a clearing at the foot of Chu Pong Mountain. BARKER, Robert L., fifty-five, artillery-battery commander in LZ Falcon, served a second tour in Vietnam with the 1st Cavalry Division in 1969-1970 and later served a third combat tour. The bulk of the fighting was centered around two vital helicopter landing zones: LZ X-Ray and Albany. The late Lt. Gen. Hal Moore, author of We Were Soldiers Onceand Young, is said to have closed every speech with the phrase, "Hate the war, love the American warrior." Forces, was Time magazines Man of the Year. (Joe), fifty, platoon leader, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry and the only man to receive the Medal of Honor, Americas highest decoration for valor, in the Ia Drang campaign, is a colonel and still on active duty after twenty-eight years. I think McNamara knew, deep down; I think Johnson knew, Wiest said. On 27 October Westmoreland committed a brigade of the 1st Air Cavalry to search-and-destroy operations. This battle took place from 11-14-1965, thru 11-18-1965. Somebody grabbed him under his arms and dragged him toward the trees, but dropped him in the clearing where air support was dropping napalm. "I always end my talk with telling my audience 'When people go to the wall [Vietnam Veterans Memorial], they see 58,000 names. JOHNS, Barbara Geoghegan, fifty, widow of Lieutenant John Lance (Jack) Geoghegan of the 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, killed in action in X-Ray, married Lieutenant Colonel John Johns in 1969. The battle at the landing zone X-RAY (LZ X-RAY) in the Ia Drang River Valley occurred from 14 November to 16 November 1965. On February 26, 2007, President George W. Bush presented Crandall with the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Ia Drang Valley. Your donation to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund will help expand our mission to honor, educate and heal. They have three children, daughters Abigail and Alison and a son, Thomas Alexander. This praise is largely due to the heavy emphasis director Randall Wallace put on ensuring what he created was as accurate to the real events of the Battle of Ia Drang as possible. They were interrogated by McDade, who, along with most of the commanding officers and radio operators, were called into a meeting to discuss the intel. His friends completed the tree for him and dedicated it to Sergeant China Joe Nye. EDWARDS, Robert, fifty-four, commander of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Cav, served a second tour in Vietnam as an adviser. Box 159 Spc. This is the tale of the Battle of the Ia Drang Valley in Vietnam in 1965. RACKSTRAW, Jim, forty-nine, recon-platoon leader, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry at X-Ray, served a second tour in Vietnam as a rifle-company commander in the 25th Infantry Division. I still have my leg, and I can walk on it. The North Vietnamese attempt one final attack, but are soon overrun and ordered to evacuate the headquarters they took only a few days prior. Winkel retired a colonel in 1986, with over thirty-one years of Army service. Alpha company along with most of the command group had setup a perimeter in the trees, but the rest of the battalion was cut off. Too Tall Ed retired from that job on January 3, 1991. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. It was the signal for all available American aircraft to converge and provide aid to the American unit. These are survivors of an ambush against U.S. 1st Cavalry Battalion three miles north of the Ia Drang Valley the previous day, with intense firefights throughout the day and night. The survivors of the Ia Drang on November 14, 1965 to Nov 1965 on Nov. 14 with men. But Westmoreland believed the battle validated the airmobile tactic of quick strikes to catch the enemy off guard, kill as many as possible and withdraw back to base. . In the same way, the story of his experiences at LZ Albany is a story that could be told by the nearly 400 Troopers of 2/7 Cav who fought and died at LZ Albany, or the 1/7 Cav Troopers at LZ X-ray or the more than 2.6 million US personnel who served in Vietnam. LOMBARDO, Riccardo, sixty-one, Huey pilot in X-Ray and Albany and Pop Jekels good buddy, was retired on one hundred percent disability after a serious back injury in 1967, when he was thirty-six. (U.S. Army). The majority of the battle was fought in the valley of Ia Drang, Vietnam by 3rd Battalion, 7th Calvary and was the first major test of air . I think of all those guys killed in action, wounded in action, and their friends, their relatives and all those altered lives. He and his wife live in St. Charles, a suburb of Chicago. (67 votes) Very easy. Ia Drang set the blueprint for the Vietnam War with the Americans relying on air mobility, artillery fire and close air support, while the PAVN neutralized that firepower by quickly engaging American forces at very close range. HAZEN, Robert D., fifty, Lieutenant Bob Tafts radio operator in Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Cav, retired from the Army a master sergeant in 1988 after twenty-seven years service. But UPI sent him back to Vietnam in 1971, in 1973, and again in 1975 for the final chapter. SHUCART, William, M.D., surgeon, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry in the Ia Drang, had nearly completed his tour in Vietnam in the summer of 1966, when he suffered a broken back in the crash of a Chinook helicopter. In his spare time Wal-lenius draws, paints, and does etchings and prints, sometimes of Vietnam War scenes. In January 1968, over the Bong Son plain, Crandalls Huey was blown out of the sky by an air strike while flying a nap-of-the-earth search for a downed helicopter. LZ Albany is essentially two clearings with a large copse of trees in the middle. WINTER, Pete, fifty-one, rifleman, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, was discharged in December 1965. KLUGE, Fred J., fifty-nine, platoon sergeant, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry in Albany, retired in 1973, as a first sergeant, after a total of twenty-two years service. (Photo Credit: US Army / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain) The real life Battle of Ia Drang took place between November 14-19, 1965. I attended every one of those funerals., LEFEBVRE, L. R. (Ray), fifty-nine, commander of Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, spent eighteen months at Martin Army Hospital, Fort Benning, recovering from the wounds he suffered at X-Ray. It was the first major battle of the Vietnam War, and Lawrence and . Since August 1990, he has been the dean of students and basketball coach at St. Mary Rynken Catholic High School in Leonardtown, Maryland, his hometown. Among the many survivors of the ambush was 1st Lt. Rick Rescorla, a platoon chief who died Sept. 11, 2001, rescuing individuals from the World Commerce Heart's south tower till it crashed round him. That is the theme of Lawrence's book and of his talks. Jeanette spent the better part of a year in a military hospital while his shattered leg was repaired. 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