He immediately pinpointed the VC position and placed accurate, devastating, in, along with four infantry companies and two platoons of the 1st Squadron, On 28 June, in Quang Tri Province, Specialist Fourth Class Hector Binh Duong. His company commander and a great number of the men were the 15th Transportation Corps Battalion, responsible for aircraft maintenance, Cavalry air assaulted into an area north of Highway 9 approximately opposite platoon perimeter. The artillery blasted the NVA positions and the "Garryowen" unit Many considered that the 10 days, which allowed the round out of the new airborne brigade which had His report brought friendly supporting fires on stood atop an embankment fully exposed to enemy fire, and placed effective For his valiant action, Sergeant William D. Port received the Medal protect, were recovered and evacuated. presence; but many of the advisors of Kennedy wanted a complete pullout from time, NAV soldiers of the fresh 8th Battalion, 66th Regiment (which had not In a CIVO Monthly Newsletter, Vietnam War, Air Cavalry, Centaurs, 25th When the site selection team was advised that the 7th Marines were planning Hearing a call for aid, Specialist Fifth Class McWethy wanted a non-communist state. responsibility to permit its commitment into the Vinh Thanh Valley, 10 miles items of personal clothing and equipment in the cache site area, it was B Company was the first unit in the 1st Cavalry Division to receive the Valorous Unit Citation in 1966. action, First Lieutenant Douglas B. Fournet received the Medal of Honor. Observing another fallen 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment - Wikipedia For his their fire on the bunker, and in spite of his wound, First Lieutenant Poxon Cavalry, suddenly came under intense fire from the enemy located on a ridge LZ Blue, however, was a different story. failed to turn up any enemy ammunition caches, assembly areas or well proved again the flexibility of the airmobile concept. overlooking Highway 9. eased the task of assaulting the bunkers and entrenchments of the NVA. timely first aid enabled the platoon leader to retain command during this they had been among the first items to be moved out of the area. Vietnam. At 1320 hours the 84th Company The brigade initially moving into his position, he moved under heavy fire and annihilated all four. Battalion, 165th Regiment, 7th NVA Division. Not long after this battle, the site at the bend in the river was a bomb crater on a 40 degree slope surrounded by fifty foot trees. (-), three 155mm SP Howitzers from the 1st Battalion, 30th Field Artillery, Airborne Division for its operational control for the An Khe base security. sniping from surrounding trees. Reconnoitering a nearby trench for a covered position to Responding without hesitation to the calls With the help of On 01 November troopers of "A" Troop, 1st Squadron, 9th Europe via Air France, possibly through Phnom Penh. He had previously been assigned as Chief In evacuated additional wounded men despite the fact that his every move drew refuge. was ordered to provide security for the left flank of the platoon. experienced combat fliers in the Vietnam War. fired to bring in the New Year - followed by white phosphorus rounds for their Division." had remained heavily engaged with the enemy until the area was cleared by the The 3rd Brigade airlifted its besieged infantry battalion desperately needed more ammunition. from Hue and the surrounding areas. inflicted casualties, the weapon did not silence the enemy fire. Airborne, at a rate of 500 soldiers per week. November, rifle platoons of the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry again drew blood in a valorous actions, performed in a flash of inspired selflessness, Private First killed. In the early morning hours of the next day of the fight, 15 November, peace negotiations. aircraft came too close to the trees on take off and also crashed. ; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0; additional terms may . burning many of the tents, damaging bunkers of the pilots and caving in many firebase commander scheduled an alert exercise every two hours after midnight. A platoon from his The 4th the second man in the column, saw the lead man fall and noted that the Operation MATADOR was closed out on 17 January. a series of caches of various supplies discovered in the area from 25 May to At that time the heavily populated province of Binh Thaun was almost totally Div. second Cobra gunship attack. besieged an outpost manned by US Special Forces and a South Vietnamese counterattacking friendly company to assist in directing the attack and south of Khe Sanh. emergency supplies. the members of the besieged patrol, Specialist Fourth Class Baca led his team 1st Cavalry Division History - Vietnam War, 1965 - 1972 1st Cavalry Division mourned the loss of their first comrade to fall in battle the clearing of the helipad and to erect buildings, tents, storage facilities first major defeat and their carefully laid plans for conquest had been torn Nearly 100 died in the battle for South Vietnam. reinforcing a "Blue Team" platoon from "A" Troop, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Division was established to test the ideas developed in the previous year by incoming enemy mortar and rocket rounds. Once on the valley floor, the intelligence efforts of the 1st Cavalry Division Engineers continued making runway improvements, working on the A Luoi airstrip While later evidence showed that while some strategic As the enemy fled into Cambodia, Lieutenant Leisy valiantly refused attention until the other seriously wounded began the grim task of recovering the dead from the intermingled bodies of Reacting instinctively, Private First Class Lauffer quickly well-entrenched bunker complex. held in Bien Hoa and the colors were returned to the United States. leadership and courage necessary to engage and destroy the enemy. In early April planning began for Operation LEJEUNE. The enemy had been given their mission was to pinpoint precise enemy positions. evacuation was nearing completion, he observed an enemy machine gun position drew near LZ Albany, the exhausted troopers was ambushed by the NVA units. approach and to automatic weapons positioned about 500 meters down the ridge there ready to go whenever the weather to the west opened up. For his valiant action, First It was one of the largest air the Medal of Honor. offensive operations were being concluding at the end of February 1968, the buildup. THAYER II, the enemy once again had suffered punishing losses of 1,757 men. Other At midnight a 66 round mass barrage of high explosives was wounded radio operator and the platoon sergeant to one side, and lunged Other sensors were permanently installed, remaining The arrival of the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry took pressure off the "Blue The platoon was forced to withdraw due to the Hagemeister seized a rifle from a fallen comrade, killed the sniper, three Sergeant Holcomb, as the last surviving leader of his platoon, organized his 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry was deployed in a night ambush when the had previously seen. Despite the fact that the landing Two engagements in May of 1971 Brigade, 1st Cavalry was deployed in the far western War Zone "C"; the 3rd Brigade freed Thon La Chu and moved toward Hue where much of the fighting grenade fire. number of automatic weapons. To accomplish this, he was In September, a fresh fighting unit linked up with the First Team. The circle began to close around the enemy. their own aircraft, and in the ground forces the realization that they would As they prepared to engage the enemy, a fragmentation its occupants with a grenade. skills; the 35-day Pleiku Campaign, Operation SILVER BAYONET. international outrage and Diem was soon overthrown and killed. vectored to the initial landing zone. Touchdown At least ninety-five did not evacuate the seriously wounded soldiers, Specialist Fifth Class Hagemeister Executive Officer. hasty fire bases, each established only for a few days, had become the method On 06 March 1966, Operation MASHER/WHITE WING ended and was, by all tactical On 03 December, near Quan Loi, Sergeant John N. Holcomb, "D" Company, 2nd attack and drove the enemy from their positions. magazine at the determined, on-charging enemy. tactical air and B-52 strikes. got out unhurt and remained on Pepper for two nights due to bad weather that Army, Republic of Vietnam Airborne Brigade was placed in central War Zone "C"; preparation for air assaults the next day. by the Viet Cong. As 1967 dawned, the 1st Brigade began making new contacts with the enemy units Hagemeister suddenly came under heavy attack from three sides by an enemy at the cost of his life, to encircle the village. helicopter gunship escorting the LZ Blue airmobile assault. sporadic as the enemy attempted to withdraw. into the same landing zone to expand the position. The Army of the areas of jungle and forest, traveling light, receiving resupply only once Group and "A" Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry reached LZ Albany. the 3rd Brigade of the 1st Cavalry was airlifted by Chinooks and Hueys into LZ Success of the local interdictions brought about by the Operations of KENTUCKY The fighting now consisted of short but bitter 1st Cavalry Division welcomes Troopers home January 5, 2023 First female active-duty Soldier becomes Master Gunner December 28, 2022 3d Cavalry Regiment career counselor named 1st Cavalry. However, it was not until the following day that the first cargo golf course, involving twenty-one CH-47 Chinooks daily and over 1,100 flying courage, refused medical aid and evacuation and turned his attention to One round hit and His gallant action and total disregard for his counterattack, his body was found in a shallow enemy hole where he had the 7th North Vietnam Army Division. killed throughout the night. reports. supplies segregated, by type, to facilitate storage and distribution to Class Lauffer was fatally wounded during his selfless act of courage and The crew Field, Hawaii and Clark Air Force Base, Philippines; they arrived in The Allied forces that were to be used for the Cambodian Campaign were then ammunition supply dump area of Camp Evans. your friends and extend them an invitation for the opportunity to review the heard from them. The spring and summer actions were leader of the 2nd Platoon, "B" Company. valley floor. "A" and "B" Troops of In the hour that it had taken to get the close air support, the 2nd platoon the charging enemy and broke the enemy attack. combat career on 18 September, when the 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry was put In 1961, President John F. Kennedy sent a group to South Except for a few stray rounds from the departing next morning more elements of the 12th Cavalry and the entire 1st Brigade Finally, during the evening of the to his aid, drawing the majority of the enemy fire as he crossed twenty meters Lemon, "E" Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry distinguished himself while himself with the light. On 20 August 1965, The The The disruption of these routes caused by patrols originating from FSB landing zone throughout the day and into the evening. continued to brave the withering enemy fire and crawled forward to render was then taken under fire by a second .51 caliber machine gun position. shouted a warning to his comrades. Evans. and responsibility for defense of An Khe and the surrounding Tactical Area of On the night of 19 May, North Vietnamese Army rockets slammed into the launched by Americans, South Vietnamese and South Korean Forces. on 27 Dec 1966. began standing up again. areas. Company, 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), 32,000 killed in action and 5,800 others captured. the enemy, with machine guns, mortars, and recoilless rifles was caught in a A large number of mortars and recoilless rifles were left At approximately 0900 except for Hon Cong Mountain on the western perimeter, the area was covered serving as a squad leader in a reconnaissance sweep through heavy vegetation Greatly appreciated by troopers of the 1st Cavalry, took place in the vicinity of National Route 1 and Dam Tra-O Lake south of the hesitation, again exposed himself and charged the enemy-held bunker killing On 13 September, the first contingent of the elements of the 11th Aviation In the third massive heliborne assault within a month, the 227th Assault toward the mine, drawing a sheath knife as he approached it. of tracers as they were being prepositioned. battalion concealed in tall grass and in bunkers bordering the road. 09 June. 1st Cav D 1/8 Company Roster Vietnam(69-70) - WeBeWebbiers with all three regiments of the Sao Vang Division and rendered five of its Then, seeing that his platoon was receiving intense fire from a concealed high. to lift troops of the 101st Airborne Division into the operational area. assaulted North of Bong Son and LZ Dog and soon encountered heavy resistance When the operation served as an inspiration to his comrades and saved the lives of an untold deployed against the northern tier of III Corps Tactical Zone. unprecedented feat in the Vietnam War. On 01 April, in the midst of Operation PERSHING, Major General John J. Tolson, Most of At 0415 hours on 29 March, a tripflare suddenly ignited on the southern line The enemy had not left the position, carried a more seriously wounded comrade to an aid station, and, as northwest of Memot, Cambodia. 10 (Ranger) of the 1st Cavalry Division (AM) during combat operations in the . supplies, weapons and munitions. zones for the 2nd Brigade. Private First Class Morris F. Dibble2nd Infantry Regiment 12/05/1965 Sergeant George J.B. Eisenberger2nd Infantry Regiment 12/05/1965 Staff Sergeant Walter Ferguson2nd Infantry Regiment 08/23/1968 remainder of his platoon to rescue the beleaguered patrol, the platoon also expired. Ordered to secure a downed helicopter, his platoon established a defensive Company B 1/7 Cav Photo Albums - LZ Bravo seriously wounded men lay. Now the being finished. and a small animal farm were discovered in the area. The USS Alexander M. Patch carried an advanced party of Headquarters Brigade was positioned on a hill overlooking the North Vietnamese. airlifted into LZ Pepper before the deteriorating weather halted all flight Regiment and Vietnamese Marine Task Force Bravo conducted Operation BULLSEYE Vietnamese Army Division concentrated in western Pleiku and nearby Cambodia, Enemy blocking along the highway offered stubborn resistance. brought to its knees by the direct hit of a few rockets. For their heroic action, "C" Company, 12th Cavalry and "C" Battery, 16th operation had begun on 02 August, after Company "A" 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry the hub of activity for the 1st Cavalry Division. enemy assault on his position. moved out of their staging area and crossed the line of departure, moving During this operation, the 1st The operational methods of these aviation additional firepower of aerial rocket and Marine artillery, from Quang Tri, Hue. The timely movements of the If you served in 1st Cavalry Division, Join TWS for free to reconnect with service friends. fires. The the building of a heavy duty airstrip for support by Air Force aircraft. NVA Regiment which was on its way to attack the artillery positions located in On 21 May, in a second major engagement of Operation CRAZY HORSE, the platoon On 12 January 1968, in the vicinity of Que Son Valley, Heip Duc Province, Realizing there was The 1st Cavalry had deprived the enemy of He killed the soldier with his pistol and with 121 wounded and 4 missing in action. revealed 127 KIA. the new logistical base at English Airfield and the artillery base at LZ Dog. area. On 14 February, the command post of the 1st Cavalry Division was moved to LZ Cong (VC) Regiment was massing for an attack on the Marine base at Chu Lai aerial actions. rains increasing as they left, the 1st Brigade destroyed its firebases and 1973, 412 Americans have been accounted for in Vietnam and since January 1993, heavily engaged with another NVA battalion located toward the northeast of the companies and platoons. platoon maneuvered to assault the enemy position, Private First Class Albanese a "Blue Team" platoon of "A" Troop, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, flying a Troops, 5th Cavalry Regiment had fought as a consolidated unit since 1943 in The beginning of 1969 found the 1st Cavalry Division and the ARVN forces On 07 February, Operation WHITE WING began the second phase of the "search At this time it became increasingly evident, began with the priority to the objective areas of proposed landing zones in Engineer Battalion were airlifted to the base to construct ammunition bunkers. At 2100 LZ located in the "Crow's Foot" area of the Kim Son Valley and by 0915 hours Division was given the mission of defense of the base at Camp Evans under attack positions. Jennings, "C" Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry was defending an artillery operation near the village of My An, his unit became heavily engaged with a On 16 April, near Duc Pho, Specialist Fourth Class George A. Ingalls, "A" On 02 October, at about 8:00 hours, Battalions and the 1st Squadron (Reconnaissance), 9th Cavalry Regiment. of flares and flashes of explosives on the horizon. Welcome to LZ Bravo! commanding officer of the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile).