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Killed in action 4/503d = 51 

Very brave men lost their lives and they will never be forgotten!     

 Alpha = 7     Bravo = 16     Charlie = 22     Delta = 6

 

4/503D KIA June 6, 1966 - June 5, 1967                                   2008 Reunion

 

NAME, RANK, AGE, HOME OF RECORD                                 NAME READ BY

 

June 6, 1966 – departure from Ft Campbell, KY

 

June 25, 1966 – Arrival at Vung Tau, RVN

 

July 27, 1966

Joseph Francis Hunt, C Co, SSG, age 25, Lewisburg, PA                           

Joe David Kegley, C Co, PFC. age 24, Great Falls, MT                               

Carlos David Moore, Medic, C Co, PFC, age 18, Harlan, KY                     

James Larry McCrystal, C Co, PFC, age 19, Little Rock, AR                     

Melvin Warren McDowell, C Co, PFC, age 18, Delhi, CA              

Jerry L Schemel, C Co, PFC, age 19, Drayton Plains, MI                            

August 14, 1966

Daryl Raymond Corfman, A Co, PFC, age 21, Sycamore, OH                  

August 23, 1966

Rayfon Lofton, B Co, PFC, age 21, Chattanooga, TN                                

September 15, 1966

Joseph Lloyd Miller, C Co, SGT, age 22, Denver, CO                                

September 16, 1966

Edward Garry Rankin, A Co, PFC, age 19, Waynesboro, VA                    

October 24, 1966

George Belanger, C Co, PFC, age 19, Waterville, ME

October 29, 1966

Thomas Respress, B Co, PFC, age 22, Toledo, OH                                     

October 31, 1966

Eleftherios Pantel Pappas, B Co, SP4, age 23, NYC, NY                           

January 11, 1967

Eugene Cabbegestalk, C Co, PVT, age 20, Pittsburgh, PA                        

January 14, 1967

Lonnie Allen Floyd, C Co, SP4, age 19, Chattanooga, TN                         

January 15, 1967

Frank Howard Laskin, D Co, PFC, age 19, Washington, DC                   

John R. Prince, D Co, SSG, age 41, Chattanooga, TN                              

January 16, 1967

Mario Ramirez, D Co, SGT, age 23, Oakland, MI                                     

Frank Lee Smith, B Co, PFC, age 25, Stanwood, WA                              

Arthur Wayne Wilkie, B Co, SP4, age 23, Hendersonville, NC                 

Jerome Vincent Zerfass, B Co, PFC, age 20, Bethlehem, PA                    

January 22, 1967

Ronald Lynn Pendergist, A Co, CPL, age 21, Augusta, AR                                 

March 6, 1967

Ronald Wayne Lyerly, A Co, PFC, age 20, Salisbury, NC                        

March 7, 1967

Bennie Lee Cross, D Co, SGT, age 23, Cairo, IL                                       

Charles F. Kennedy, D Co, SGT, age 32, Blytheville, AK                        

James Kelly Keith, III, B Co, PFC, age18, Chattanooga, TN                    

March 9, 1967

Gerald Edward Bartram, Medic, B Co, PVT, age 19, Chicago, IL          

Freddie Lynn Friar, B Co, PFC, age 22, Blytheville, AK                         

Willis Lee Furney, B Co, SGT, age 20, Macon, GA                                  

March 26, 1967

Ivy Thomas Anderson, A Co, SSG, age 36,West Palm Beach, FL              

John Henry James, Jr, A Co, SP5, age 24, NYC, NY                                

Stephen Michael Minick, A Co, SGT, age 19, Salisbury, PA                      

March 27, 1967

David Allen Drown, C Co, SP4, age 18, Fairhaven, MA                           

March 29, 1967

David Lewis Glasscock, C Co, SP4, age 22, Rockwall, TX                       

April 7, 1967

Henry Hwey Gamble, B Co, CPL, age 22, West Palm Beach, FL             

Ross Allen Gaston, B Co, PFC, age 22, Fairfield, AL                                  

Jerry Robert Miller, B Co, CPL, age 19, Baldwin Park, CA                      

Thomas Patterson, B Co, SGT, age 20, Savannah, GA                             

April 8, 1967

Don Leslie Michael, C Co (CMH), SP4, age 19, Lexington, AL             

Higinio Ovalle Oviedo, C Co, PFC, (SS) age 22, Raymondville, TX               

May 14, 1967

Joseph L.Duckett, Jr, C Co, PFC, age 19, Washington, DC                                      

May 17, 1967

Winfree Alderman, C Co, age 20, Burgaw, NC                                      

Edward Oran Claeys, C Co, PFC, age 20, Fremont, CA                          

George Ray Edwards, C Co, SP5, age 25, Pontiac, MI                           

Steven Michael Haniotes, C Co, PFC, age 19, East Liverpool, OH         

William Coy Turner, C Co, SP4, age 21, Chance, KY                            

May 20, 1967

David Lee Fennessey, D Co, SSG, age 22, Buffalo, NY                         

Gerald Charles Hague, B Co, PFC, age 21, Maiden Rock, WI                

Norman Perry Howie, Jr, C Co, PFC, age 20, Concord, NC                        

David Joseph Johnson, C Co, PFC, age 20, Los Angeles, CA                    

May 22, 1967

Samuel Proctor, Jr, B Co, CPL, age 21, St Simons Island, GA               

 

KIA from 4/503d = 51 

A Co =    7

B Co =  16

C Co =  22

D Co =    6

 

June 5, 1967 – returned to CONUS