Rodney Eugene Althoff
Specialist Four
HHC, 2ND BN, 27TH INFANTRY, 25TH INF DIV, USARV
Army of the United States
York, Pennsylvania
October 24, 1946 to November 04, 1966
RODNEY E ALTHOFF is on the Wall at Panel 12E, Line 17

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Rodney E Althoff
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2 Jul 2002

To my Buddy Rod,
You are with me each and every day and have been since you went away in November 1966.

Your friend , Kirk

SP/5 Kirk D. Stott,
Hq. and Co. A
25th Medical Bn. 25th Infantry Division
Cu Chi, Vietnam

107 Gil Blas Road, Danville, Ca 94526
kdstott@yahoo.com


 
30 Mar 2003

Rod and I both were medics ... we went through jungle training in Hawaii together and shared a 15-day trip on a troop carrier to Vietnam, arriving in February 1966. We were split up then, but I did see and recognize Rod on November 4, 1966. I remember it like it was yesterday.

Mike Wesley
E-mail address is not available.


 
20 Jul 2007

My friend and brother Rod, where has the time gone? It has been 40 years and I think of you every day. Remembering the times in Hawaii and in-country when you and I and Danny Ochoa were in C Co, 25th Med before you left for the 2/27th. The nights we talked about home and when we worked in the aid station, with all the wounded that came through. I talk still with your Mom and Dad in York and your absence still is hard. I miss your smile, old friend. Well, just wanted to let you know that you're in all of our thoughts daily. Until we see each other again, God hold you in his hands.

Your friend and brother vet,
"Doc" Paul Pleticha
C Co, 25th Med Bn, 25th Inf Div
Cu Chi, South Vietnam, 66-67
ringboxer@aol.com


 

A Note from The Virtual Wall

At the beginning of November 1966, operations near the "Black Virgin" Mountain were uncovering very large NVA/VC supply caches. Because the NVA/VC could not afford to lose the supplies, they were forced to fight - and fight they did, beginning with heavy action near Dau Tieng starting on 03 Nov 1966, when 13 US soldiers died in the fighting. It continued on 04 November, with 11 US infantry companies in the field, supported by air and artillery as well as ARVN infantry. By day's end, the NVA/VC commanders realized they could not protect their supply caches and began a withdrawal toward the Cambodian border. Seventeen more US soldiers died in the fighting on 04 Nov 1966:
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