20 May 2008 REMEMBERED by his wife's in-law, Tony Mullinax Talking Rock, Georgia y2k9man@yahoo.com

 

A Note from The Virtual Wall In late 1967, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, and reinforcing elements formed Battalion Landing Team 3/1 embarked in the amphibious warfare ships of Task Force 76.5 [(USS Valley Forge (LPH 8), USS Navarro (APA 215), USS Alamo (LSD 33), USS Whetstone (LSD 27), and USS Vernon County (LST 1161)]. BLT 3/1 provided an amphibious and airmobile ready reserve force for the 3rd Marine Amphibious Force and found themselves heavily committed during the TET 68 offensive. During operations ashore between 25 Jan and 08 Feb 1968, the 3/1 Marines lost at least 49 men; of these, 14 were killed on 31 Jan in a bitter fight at Mai Xa Thi on the Cua Viet River: SSgt Combly H. Henrickson, San Diego, CA, Lima Company Cpl James A. Brennan, Creve Coeur, MO, Lima Company Cpl Callen J. Courtemanche, La Crescenta, CA, Mike Company LCpl Larry R. Clemons, Kissimmee, FL, Mike Company LCpl Charles L. Gregory, Ormsby, PA, Mike Company LCpl Charles V. Hampton, Livingston, LA, Mike Company LCpl Robert L. Whitley, New York, NY, Mike Company Pfc Arthur J. Roberts, Dayton, OH, H&S Company Pfc Robert W. Jenkins, Gray, GA, India Company Pfc Thomas G. D Eustachio, New York, NY, Lima Company Pfc Dennis T. Cunnane, Levittown, PA, Mike Company Pfc Dubois R. Jones, Baltimore, MD, Mike Company Pvt Michael C. Lindsay, Tacoma, WA, Mike Company Pfc Anthony G. Maldonado, Los Angeles, CA, Mike Company

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