11th Armored Cavalry's Veterans of Vietnam & Cambodia
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Blackhorse

This Month in 11th Armored Cavalry History

APRIL

1	1968 1969 1970	SP4 George Lee Myers I Trp 3/11, earns SS * I Trp, 3/11 battles VC Company resulting in 2 US KIA, 4 US WIA, 5 ARVN WIA, 73 VC KIA, 5VC POW 1LT William R Suhre I Trp 3/11, earns SS COL Donn A Starry HHT Regt, earns SS
2	1969	WO1 Robin A Browne Air Cav Trp, earns DFC (2OLC)
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4	1969	WO1 Horace F Morton Air Cav Trp, earns DFC (2OLC)
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6	1969 1972	COL James Leach assumes command as 40th Colonel of the Blackhorse 2/11 Departs RVN completing 2,040 days of 11th ACR service in Vietnam
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8	1970	CW2 John H Mallette HHT 2/11, earns DFC (1OLC)
9	1970	2/11 ACR repels NVA attack at FSB Defiance 1SG Paul S Curran H Co 2/11, earns SS SP4 William F Montgomery Jr HHT 2/11, earns SS
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11	1969 1971	SSG Cary Hubert Siler I Trp 3/11, earns SS * CW2 Herbert A Berry Jr Air Cav Trp, earns DFC WO1 Theodore J Offutt Air Cav Trp, earns DFC
12	1969 1970	OPCON of 11th ACR passes from 1st ID to 1st Cav Div (Airmobile) Operation Montana Raider begins 1LT George Hartwell Adams Air Cav Trp, earns DFC (1OLC) CPT James Mitchell Atchison Air Cav Trp, earns DFC * WO William Wesley Davis Air Cav Trp, earns DFC * WO1 Duncan Wortman Air Cav Trp, earns DFC CW2 Stephen Gardipee Air Cav Trp, earns SS
13	1969 1970	1st Sq ARPS, 2 KIA: A Trp goes to rescue, 7 KIA Sp4 Ronald Poingratz, A Trp, earns DSC * SGT Donald E Anderson A Trp 1/11, earns SS SP4 Robert Jay Brinkman How 1/11, earns SS * SP4 Dennis K Driessen Air Cav Trp, earns SS * SP4 Kenneth Vern Jensen Air Cav Trp, earns SS SGT Joseph Anthony Oreto Air Cav Trp, earns SS * SP4 Donald F Southwell Air Cav Trp, earns SS CPT John C F Tillson A Trp 1/11, earns SS (1OLC) MSG Robert Louis Bolan HHT 2/11, earns DFC * WO1 Billy L Hunziker HHT 2/11, earns DFC
14	1969	1LT August Daub Jr HHT 1/11, earns SS CPT Theodore A Duck HHT 1/11, earns SS SSG  Kenneth R Smith D Co 1/11, earns SS
15	1969 1985	SP4 Daniel Nedolast, HHT 2/11, earns DSC MAJ John C Gilbreath HHT 2/11, earns DFC CPT Jerry W Thurman HHT 2/11, earns DFC (1OLC) MAJ James L Dozier HHT Regt, earns SS 1LT Harold B Palmer III E Tpr 2/11, earns SS 11th ACVVC formed
16	1969 1970	SSG Edward Sandobal H Co 2/11, earns SS SP4 Sidney T Walden HHT 2/11, earns SS MAJ Donald L Smart Air Cav Trp, earns DFC
17	1969 1971	2LT Michael D Bates HHT 1/11, earns SS 1LT George A Greene 919th Engr Co, earns SS 1LT Edward L Horton Air Cav Trp, earns SS MAJ Don F Snow HHT 1/11, earns SS SSG Arthur Ronald Strahin 919th Engr Co, earns SS * CPT Floyd D McGough HHT 2/11, earns DFC  WO1 Preston V Miller HHT 2/11, earns DFC  SGT Mike John Aguilar F Trp 2/11, earns SS SP5 John A Balas F Trp 2/11, earns SS MAJ Donald F Borden HHT 2/11, earns SS SSG James H Davis F Trp 2/11, earns SS CPT Thomas W Fagan E Trp 2/11, earns SS SP4 Paul M Graney F Trp 2/11, earns SS CPT John T Gray E Trp 2/11, earns SS SP4 David M Sifuentes E Trp 2/11, earns SS
18	1968 1969	PSG Cleveland Britton K Trp 3/11, earns SS WO1 Thomas F Clifton Air Cav Trp, earns DFC SSG Charles Diamond A Trp 1/11, earns SS 1LT George W Gomoll Air Cav Trp, earns SS 1LT William N Hannah B Trp 1/11, earns SS CPT Claude K Hudson G Trp 2/11, earns SS PFC Stephen H Jacobs A Trp 1/11, earns SS WO1 Steven C Little Air Cav Trp, earns SS SGT Thomas B McGee A Trp 1/11, earns SS SSG Billy J Sams B Trp 1/11, earns SS CPT Henry F Simon HHT Regt, earns SS CPT John C F Tillson A Trp 1/11, earns SS SGT Dillard E Trimble A Trp 1/11, earns SS SP4 Joseph Wasdovitch D Co 1/11, earns SS
19	1969	PSG Donald Kelly, B Trp, earns, DCS
20	1969	SSG Francisco Rodriquez D Co, earns DSC
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22	1967	Operation Manhattan begins
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24	1967 1969 1971	OPCON to TF Oregon in Chu Lai SGT Marvin Lewis Noe I Trp 3/11, earns SS * 1Lt Robert George, G Trp, earns DSC 1LT Blaine S Ball G Trp 2/11, earns SS 1LT Robert A George G Trp 2/11, earns SS PSG Kieth L Walls G Trp 2/11, earns SS
25	1967 1968	CPT Leonard E Greenly Air Cav Trp, earns DFC Operation Allons, 925 ft. floating bridge built over the Dong Nai River in 48 hrs. Regt crosses this date
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27	1969 1970	CPT Bertrand Dacey, Air Cav Trp, earns DSC * WO1 Dennis A Drake HHT 3/11, earns DFC SP4 Jeffery Arnold Harvey Air Cav Trp, earns DFC * SP5 Lorne Jay Sipperley Air Cav Trp, earns DFC * CW2 Audra R Stern Jr Air Cav Trp, earns DFC (1OLC) MAJ James W Bradin Air Cav Trp, earns SS CW2 Phillip Sherman Mohnike Air Cav Trp, earns SS * WO1 Richard L Mathews HHT 1/11, earns DFC
28	1967 1970	CPT James Calvin Stephens L Trp 3/11, earns SS * CPT Ronald G Berry Air Cav Trp, earns DFC (1OLC)
29	1967 1969 1970 1971	1LT Ronald K Noble HHT Regt, earns DFC  CW James A Small Air Cav Trp, earns DFC PSG Everage T Clardy C Trp 1/11, earns SS SP4 James L Dunlop 919th Engr Co, earns SS 1LT Francis E Egan M Co 3/11, earns SS CPT Lemos L Fulmer C Trp 1/11, earns SS PFC William W Hadix G Trp 2/11, earns SS SGT John W Kimble 919th Engr Co, earns SS PSG Victor A Parrish C Trp 1/11, earns SS SSG Michael J Share G Tpr 2/11, earns SS MAJ Robert N Treadway Air Cav Trp, earns DFC  3/11 completes 150 KM road march prior to Cambodian invasion SSG Calvin B Cathcart E Trp 2/11, earns SS SSG Henry G Cestnik E Trp 2/11, earns SS PFC Charles A Gunn E Trp 2/11, earns SS
30	1967 1970 1975	PSG David L Wolff L Trp 3/11, earns SS Operations begin in Cambodia Saigon & South Vietnam fall to Communist forces, Vietnam War Ends

                                       * Posthumous Award
                                      ** Upgraded to Distinguished Service Cross
                                    *** Upgraded to Medal of Honor
                                OLC - Oak Leaf Cluster
                                            All awards for heroism except where noted by
                                            (ACHVMNT) - extraordinary or meritorious achievement
                                            Soldier's Medal