Donald Lee Smith
Lance Corporal
D CO, 1ST BN, 4TH MARINES, 3RD MARDIV, III MAF United States Marine Corps Ino, Virginia February 24, 1948 to June 06, 1968 DONALD L SMITH is on the Wall at Panel W59, Line 15 |
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REMEMBEREDby a friend,Steve Markovich holcomb_91@yahoo.com |
A Note from The Virtual WallThe 1st Bn, 4th Marines' Command Chronology for June 1968 contains the following paragraph:
The 06 June ground attack on Charlie and Delta Companies at Landing Zone LOON, which was 8 kilometers south-southeast of the Khe Sanh airfield, cost the lives of 13 Marines and sailors. Continuous mortar and 130mm artillery fire made LZ LOON untenable and a decision was made to evacuate the place. As noted in the exerpt, a CH-46 was shot down as it departed LZ LOON, killing another 13 Marines. Within an hour and a half, a search and recovery (SAR) team was inserted into the crash site. They were able to recover the bodies of eight men, but lacked the equipment needed to extract the other five men from the wreckage. Another effort later in June led to the recovery of another body, but four men had to be left entombed in the CH-46. The 26 men killed in the actions at LZ LOON on 06 June were
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