Kenneth Gene Blanton
Specialist Four
B CO, 3RD BN, 22ND INFANTRY, 4TH INF DIV, USARV
Army of the United States
Florissant, Missouri
August 16, 1945 to March 21, 1967
KENNETH G BLANTON is on the Wall at Panel 16E, Line 129

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 Kenneth G Blanton
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Killed during human wave attack at FSB Gold (Battle of Soui Tre) 3/21/1967. His courage and sacrifice will never be forgotten by the men of Bravo Company.

THE ACTION AT FSB GOLD

On 21 March 1967, at Soui Tre in Tay Ninh Province, 400 men of the 3/22nd and the 2/77th Arty stood off an attack by a reinforced regiment of North Vietnamese regulars until relieved by elements of the 2/22nd and the 2/34th Armor.

The North Vietnamese lost the battle. The men of 3/22, 2/77, 2/22, and 2/34 lost friends and comrades.

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Presidential Unit Citation 3/22nd

 
A memorial from his comrade-in-arms,
John Otte
BRAVO6XRAY@aol.com 
25 Apr 2001

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