20 Aug 2007 David was a classmate. He had a twin brother who was also in the Marine Corps. I wanted him to be remembered. From a friend, Ron Taylor rtnmsp@aol.com

 

A Note from The Virtual Wall The 2nd Bn, 7th Marines' Operations Log for 05 Oct 1967 contains the following entry: "051120H [11:20 am, 05 Oct] - 7E6 [Company Commander, Echo Company, 7th Marines] and security team were going north to Hai Van Pass when they were ambushed. Ambush was initiated by a 250-pound bomb, B-40 rocket, with automatic weapons, AK-47, light machinegun, and possibly a BAR. 7th Engineer sweep team and bridge security 8A came to aid of 7E6 - firing 250 [rounds] M16 and 10 M79. VC broke contact. Med-evac was called for 5 KIA and 7 WIA. After medevac was completed, air strike was called in - negative results. 5 USMC KIA, 4 from E Co, 1 from 1st Engr Bn. 7 WIA - 3 from E Co, 3 from 1st Engr Bn, and 1 ARVN." The five Marines who were killed in the engagement were C Co, 1st Engineer Bn LCpl John T. Wertman, Cumberland, MD E Co, 2nd Bn, 7th Marines Capt Lyle A. Johnson, Great Falls, MT, Company Commander LCpl Harold C. Doss, Gretna, LA LCpl William E. Rees, Anamosa, IA Pfc David R. Malins, Las Cruces, NM

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