Harold Lee Schreckengost

Private First Class
L CO, 3RD BN, 9TH MARINES, 3RD MARDIV
United States Marine Corps
26 September 1947 - 13 January 1968
Rural Valley, Pennsylvania
Panel 34E Line 045

3RD MARDIV

9TH MARINES
Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for Harold Lee Schreckengost

23 Mar 2008

Taking a walk on memory lane

Taking a walk on memory lane
isn�t all that gray.
Taking a walk on memory lane
I see the sunrays.

Taking a walk on memory lane
isn�t all full of tears.
Taking a walk on memory lane
I have no fear.

Taking a walk on memory lane
not a drop of rain in sight.
Taking a walk on memory lane
Every thing is all right.

Taking a walk on memory lane
is where I want you to come along.
Taking a walk on memory lane
is where we belong all life-long.

- Lost Sierra -

From his great-neice,
Ariel
devils_women6969@yahoo.com

Shortly before noon on 13 Jan 1968 a convoy enroute from Thon Son Lam to Ca Lu in Quang Tri Province encountered an estimated company of North Vietnamese, who promptly attacked the convoy with mortar fire, rocket propelled grenades, and small arms fire.

In the initial moments of the contact one of the trucks carrying 81mm mortar ammunition exploded, scattering smoldering ammunition along the road and surrounding area. Simultaneously, another truck was disabled by a rocket propelled grenade, blocking the road and halting the rear portion of the convoy. The convoy escort, India 3/9, dismounted and engaged the enemy force. The forward part of the convoy continued to Ca Lu, picked up Lima 3/9, and returned to the site of the meeting engagement. Artillery and air strikes were directed against the NVA, while additional ground forces began moving toward the area. As the Marine firepower built up, the NVA withdrew into the hills on either side of Highway 9 but by the time the fighting stopped eighteen Marines and one sailor were dead:

  • C Co, 3rd Shore Party Bn
    • Pfc Charles S. Sickler, Ewan, NJ

  • D Co, 9th Eng Bn
    • LCpl Robert J. Molossi, Daly City, CA

  • H&S Co, 3rd Bn, 9th Marines
    • 2ndLt Michael T. George, Erie, PA
    • LCpl Arthur Bustamante, San Fernando, CA
    • HN Dennis K. Rice, Phoenix, AZ

  • I Co, 3rd Bn, 9th Marines
    • 1stLt Alfred B. Russ, Peterborough, NH
    • Cpl Robert A. Jackson, Providence, RI
    • Cpl Lewis J. Parker, Gates, NC
    • LCpl Edward Sanchez, Los Angeles, CA
    • Pfc Rudolph J. Bielek, North Braddock, PA
    • Pfc Ernest Howard, Memphis, TN
    • Pfc Bruce A. Morrison, Proctor, VT
    • Pfc William O. Saunders, Tulare, CA

  • L Co, 3rd Bn, 9th Marines
    • LCpl Jackie R. Mc Elwee, Sidney, IL
    • Pfc Mark A. Lamprecht, Douglas, AZ
    • Pfc Harold L. Schreckengost, Rural Valley, PA

  • M Co, 3rd Bn, 9th Marines
    • Pfc Gerald A. Hiukka, Albany, OR
    • Pfc Eugene Law, Linden, NJ

  • Trans Co, 9th Motor Trans Bn




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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 23 Mar 2008
Last updated 08/10/2009