15 Aug 2004 Photo courtesy of Darrell Mudd REMEMBERED by his comrades in the 5th Infantry

 

A Note from The Virtual Wall On the morning of 19 August 1968 A Troop, 3/4th Cavalry, was ambushed while moving from Cu Chi to Tay Ninh on Highway 26. Elements of the 1st Bn, 5th Infantry, and 4th Bn, 23rd Infantry, were introduced into the fight. Later in the day, B Company, 1/5 Infantry, was tasked with escorting a unit from the 3/4th Cavalry, into Dau Tieng. Shortly before 7 PM, the combined force was hit by rocket-propelled grenade fire, damaging several APCs and tanks. Supporting arms fires were called in, allowing the force to move through the ambush area, arriving at Dau Tieng just before 8 PM. The 1/5 Infantry lost 9 men during the day, while 3/4 Cavalry lost 5 men: B Co, 1st Bn, 5th Infantry 1LT Terrence E. Butler, Ozone Park, NY SSG Aubrey R. Henley, Japan SP4 Willie S. Fields, Macon, GA SP4 Joe E. Lofton, Mantee, MS SP4 Jack P. Pashano, Polacca, AZ SP4 Arthur Watson, Smithfield, NC PFC Richard Ramirez, McNeal, AZ PFC Frederick V. Seaborne, Merrimac, MA HHC, 1st Bn, 5th Infantry PFC Rene Serrano, New York, NY, with B/1/5 A Trp, 3rd Sqd, 4th Cavalry 1SG John V. Veara, El Paso, TX SGT Terry A. Hodges, Charlotte, NC SGT Dwayne E. Kever, Heber Springs, AR SP4 Roy A. Harbaugh, Dauphin, PA PFC Leonard E. Sexton, Cookstown, NJ

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