A Note from www.VirtualWall.org C Company, 1/16th Infantry, was engaged in heavy fighting on 11 December 1966 following an ambush on Route 13 north of Lai Khe. Seventeen US soldiers were killed in the engagement: 1LT Benny A. Starr, Seattle, WA SSG Elmer W. Dickens, Wahiawa, HI SSG Dennis Harper, Amigo, WV SGT Michael C. Kirby, Miami, FL SGT Antonio A. Solis, Philadelphia, PA SP4 Alvin E. Kurtz, Hillman, MN SP4 John E. Lawler, McNabb, IL SP4 Jimmie C. Poe, Charleston, SC PFC Ludin Bermudez-Quinones, Rio Piedras, PR PFC Vito V. Bruno, Toledo, OH, medic (HQ Co with C/1/16th Infantry) PFC Robert E. Jones, Redwood Falls, MN PFC Donald L. Lee, Orlando, FL PFC Michael R. McCommons, Anaheim, CA PFC Tommie L. Mooney, Jackson, MS PFC James H. Smith, Milton, FL PFC Joshua Welch, Alachua, FL PFC John E. Widener, Ventura, CA

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