In Memory of
May 21 1970 SP/4 Tom Gowers and SP/5 Stan Hansen ....KIA in an ambush south of Da Lat.
The ambush near Dalat happened while the convoy was going up the pass toward Dalat. It happened about 9-10 o'clock in the morning. The convoy commander was in the lead gun jeep. They didn't know the ambush was going on for some time because of the winding roads on the mountain pass where it occurred. When they got word, they came back to support. All four of the persons on the gun jeep were wounded (mostly shrapnel). The convoy commander called in artillery (155s). If I remember correctly, there were 24 wounded, 2 kia's and 1 captured, all from the 102nd Engr. Co. and D Co. 815th Engr. Bn.. Some of the wounded were choppered out by medivac. The ones with minor wounds came back with the convoy. One of the more seriously wounded was Greg Hedges. He was driving the 2 1/2 ton that was hit with the B-40. Not only was he wounded by the shrapnel from the rocket, he caught a AK round through his knee. Dave Dunlevy was wounded while dragging Greg to safety. That convoy made the trip to Dalat about every 3rd day to pick up rations and mail. Check out the pictures under 815th to see Greg Hedges (WIA) and Keith Albert (POW) at our 102nd reunion.
Onrie Brown
Feb 18 1968 SP/4 Gene Lammey
Well it was a bad deal...
that was handed to Gene Lammey. Gene transfered into
the 815th as they were trying to shuffle us around so
we didn't Deros out at same time. We became buddies, I
TDYed at Blackhawk, Ahn Khe and at Pleijerng. Anyway, he
came back to basecamp at Pleiku to Deros back to the states, supposedly to be in secure area, we didn't know that they were storing grenades in sandbags. Lammey pulled guard the night of 17 Feb 68. In the morning he picked up the bag and 5 grenades went off. We were all pissed at the armorer.. almost killed him. Not a way to go...just ignorance....and a good young man and father gone. He had a wife and young daughter at home.
Thanx for listening...Max
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December 26, 1970 PFC Marshall Miller C Co 815th Engr Bn
Home of record: Vest, KY Sex: Male
Date of birth: May 2, 1942 Race: Caucasian
Marital status: Single Branch: US Army
Serial #: 404546928 Component: Regular Army
Pay grade: E3 MOS: None reported
Start of tour of duty: April 24, 1970 Date of Casualty: Dec 26, 1970
Age: 28 Casualty type: C2 non-hostile, died
of illness/injury
Reason: Malaria Country: South Vietnam
Province: Lam Dong The Wall: Panel 05W - Row 009
Miller injured his leg with an axe while clearing brush on the QL20 job site. Refused medical treatment and the wound became badly infected. Medevaced out.
Miller loved to party and partied hard.
Dick Bowman
May 3 1967 Charles Leonard Doom
Charles was a great guy,21 years old from Dycusburg, Kentucky. He was with B Co when we went overseas on the Walker. On May 03 ,1967 he was riding shotgun on bobtail 290M tractor when they swerved to miss a truck load of Vietnamese and turned over, killing Charles.
His name is on the wall panel 19e---line23
J.Jones
March 10 1968 Charles Dale Flood
He was 18 years old from Ridgeville, OH. He began his tour August 10, 1967. He was killed March 10,1968 when the VC attacked the quarry. He was killed from the concusion from a hand grenade while on guard duty. I dont remember much about him, too many years ago but he was a good guy.
His name is on the wall panel 44e- -line6
JJones
Jan 9 1968 Wilton Ray Pickett
Wilton was 26 years old from Santa Cruz,CA. He went overseas with B co on the Walker. He was a dump truck driver, and was killed at Connell Quarry January 09 1968. He was killed while going for a bunker from an explosion. One thing that I remember about him was that he told me that he had got out of the draft by moving around as a crop duster that it took awhile before they caught up with him.He was a great guy,gone but not forgotten.
His name is on the wall panel 34---e line10
J Jones
October 22 1970 SFC Milo Clinton Isaacs
Born 28 may 1930...KIA 22 oct 1970. When the truck he was riding in took a rocket to the cab in a ambush outside DI Linh on QL-20..Bco mess Sgt..wall info..06W-016..
Home of record: Temple, Texas.
Gene
