29 May 2006 REMEMBERED by his sister. E-mail address is not available.

 

A Note from The Virtual Wall On 11 October 1967 Charlie 1/3 Marines engaged a larger North Vietnamese Army force in the Hai Lang Forest southwest of Quang Tri City, losing eight men. One of the dead was the Charlie 1/3 Commanding Officer, Captain William A. Neuss, who was awarded a posthumous Silver Star. Charlie 1/1 Marines entered the fight on 12 October; they lost nine men including a combat photographer, Corporal William T. Perkins, attached from HQ Battalion, 3rd Marine Division. Cpl Perkins received a posthumous Medal of Honor. Delta 1/3 was not as heavily engaged as the other two companies, losing one man on 12 October. The American dead were Svc Co, HQ Bn, 3rd MarDiv Cpl William T. Perkins, Sepulveda, CA (Medal of Honor) C Co, 1st Bn, 1st Marines Sgt Salvador Bazulto, Los Angeles, CA Cpl John R. Lee, Creswell, OR LCpl Kevin A. Cahill, Lynn, MA Pfc William S. Blessing, Denver, CO Pfc Gerald J. Brothers, San Diego, CA Pfc John J. Castillo, Saginaw, MI Pfc James M. De Abre, Morgan Hill, CA Pfc Roger E. Walton, East Springfield, NY C Co, 1st Bn, 3rd Marines Capt William H. Neuss, Yaphank, NY (Silver Star) 2ndLt Abram J. Welker, Wyncote, PA Cpl Reese A. Jones, Quakake, PA Cpl William V. Penny, Jacksonville, FL LCpl James E. Flickinger, Concord, CA LCpl David J. Ucker, Palo Alto, CA LCpl Jerry D. Varner, Los Angeles, CA Pfc Vernon L. Hartman, Norfolk, VA D Co, 1st Bn, 3rd Marines Cpl Frank N. Holsomback, Lecompte, LA

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