11th Armored Cavalry's Veterans of Vietnam & Cambodia
Together Then - Together Again

                        1966                                                   Welcome Home                          1972

 

            

 

Blackhorse

This Month in 11th Armored Cavalry History

JANUARY

1 1969 SFC Rodney Yano, Air Cav Trp earns Metal of Honor  * 
2 1970 1LT David L Porter  Air Cav Trp, earns DFC  (1OLC)[The Distinguished Flying Cross Medal]
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6 1968 Cpl Jerry Wickam, F Trp earns Metal of Honor  * 
SSG Donald A Carter F Trp 2/11, earns SS [The Silver Star Medal]
1LT Kent H Hillhouse H Co 2/11, earns SS [The Silver Star Medal]
CPT Donald R Saari H Co 2/11, earns SS [The Silver Star Medal]
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8 1967 Operation Cedar Falls Begins in the Iron Triangle
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1969

SGT Patrick R Smith L Trp 3/11, earns DSCusmm0041.gif (17775 bytes)
WO1 Charles C Watkins HHT Regt, earns DFC[The Distinguished Flying Cross Medal]
1LT Harold Fritz, A Trp earns Metal of Honor
 
1LT Harold Fritz A Trp 1/11, earns SS (1OLC) *** [The Silver Star Medal]
SP4 Herbert Fabian A Trp 1/11, earns SS [The Silver Star Medal]
LTC Merritte W Ireland HHT 1/11, earns SS [The Silver Star Medal]
SSG Donald L Larson A Trp 1/11, earns SS [The Silver Star Medal]
SSG William H Lister HHT 1/11, earns SS [The Silver Star Medal]
SSG Don D Richter H Co 2/11, earns SS [The Silver Star Medal]
SGT Brett W Tuttle A Trp 1/11, earns SS [The Silver Star Medal]
12 1967

1968

SGT Augus N Jackson L Trp 3/11, earns SS [The Silver Star Medal]
1LT Carl Allen Harris M Co 3/11, earns SS [The Silver Star Medal]
13 1967 PFC Keith A Loso I Trp 3/11, earns SS [The Silver Star Medal]
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1970

SP4 Lucien E Young I Trp 3/11, earns SS [The Silver Star Medal]
1LT William J Schwent HHT 3/11, earns DFC [The Distinguished Flying Cross Medal]
SGT Richard A Belcher A Trp 1/11, earns SS [The Silver Star Medal]
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1970

SSG John Ortiz H Co 2/11, earns SS * [The Silver Star Medal]
CPT James B Schaffer Air Cav Trp, earns DFC [The Distinguished Flying Cross Medal]
18 1968 SSG Edward P Kazarian E Trp 2/11, earns SS [The Silver Star Medal]
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20 1970 WO1 Vito Bubell Air Cav Trp, earns DFC[The Distinguished Flying Cross Medal]
WO1 Stephen Eldridge Cav Trp, earns DFC[The Distinguished Flying Cross Medal]
CPT Carl B Marshall Air Cav Trp, earns DSCusmm0041.gif (17775 bytes)
 
2/11 ACR routs 209th NVA Regt near Bo Duc 27 VC/NVA KIA
CPT Paul W Dickinson G Trp 2/11, earns SS [The Silver Star Medal]
CPT William A Paris Air Cav Trp, earns SS (1OLC)[The Silver Star Medal]
WO1 Roger Lee Scott Air Cav Trp, earns SS [The Silver Star Medal]
1LT Arthur E Smith Air Cav Trp, earns SS [The Silver Star Medal]
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1970
Operation Fargo ends
Operation Attala/Casey begins

1LT Michael Huff HHT 1/11, earns DFC (2OLC)[The Distinguished Flying Cross Medal]
CPT Ronald G. Caldwell HHT 1/11, earns DFC [The Distinguished Flying Cross Medal]
WO1 Walter J Knight, Air Cav Trp earns DFC [The Distinguished Flying Cross Medal]
1LT Carl B Marshall Air Cav Trp, earns DFC (1OLC)[The Distinguished Flying Cross Medal]
SSG Floyd J Brooks C Trp 1/11, earns SS [The Silver Star Medal]
SP4 Bobby E Byrd C Trp 1/11, earns SS [The Silver Star Medal]
SP4 William A Faulkner B Trp 1/11, earns SS [The Silver Star Medal]
SP5 Leslie S Lincoln C Trp 1/11, earns SS [The Silver Star Medal]
PSG William L Mcguire C Trp 1/11, earns SS [The Silver Star Medal]
SGT John Charles Reitwiesner C Trp 1/11, earns SS * [The Silver Star Medal]
SP5 Brent H Tanner C Trp 1/11, earns SS [The Silver Star Medal]
1LT Stephen W Vince B Trp 1/11, earns SS (1OLC)[The Silver Star Medal]
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1973
MAJ John C Bahsen Air Cav Trp, earns DSCusmm0041.gif (17775 bytes)
1LT Richard T Todd Air Cav Trp, earns DFC (1OLC) [The Distinguished Flying Cross Medal]
WO1 Michael D Bates, Air Cav Trp earns DFC (4OLC) [The Distinguished Flying Cross Medal]
CW2 James T Hall Air Cav Trp, earns DFC (1OLC) [The Distinguished Flying Cross Medal]
WO1 George S Barnes Air Cav Trp, earns DFC (1OLC)[The Distinguished Flying Cross Medal]
WO1 Robin A Bromne Air Cav Trp, earns DFC [The Distinguished Flying Cross Medal]
WO1 Raymond J Lanclos, Air Cav Trp earns DFC [The Distinguished Flying Cross Medal]
1LT William E Maestretti Jr, Air Cav Trp earns DFC [The Distinguished Flying Cross Medal]
WO1 Paul R Soderlund  Air Cav Trp, earns DFC [The Distinguished Flying Cross Medal]
1LT Daryl Spann Air Cav Trp, earns DFC [The Distinguished Flying Cross Medal]
MAJ Edward R Underwood Air Cav Trp earns SS [The Silver Star Medal]
1LT David L Porter  Air Cav Trp, earns DFC  (2OLC)[The Distinguished Flying Cross Medal]

Agreement to end War in Vietnam

24 1968 WO1 Gary A. Divincenzo Air Cav Trp, earns DFC [The Distinguished Flying Cross Medal]
1LT Thomas H Timmons Air Cav Trp, earns DFC [The Distinguished Flying Cross Medal]
Operation Cedar Falls ends
25 1969 Paris Peace Talks begin
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1973

SP5 Julius William Morris Jr HHT 1/11, earns SS * [The Silver Star Medal]
1LT Frederic B Sargent L Trp 3/11, earns SS [The Silver Star Medal]
SSG Larry Hunter Marshall I Trp 3/11, earns SS * [The Silver Star Medal]

Vietnam Peace Packs signed in Paris
27 1973 Vietnam Cease Fire
28 1968



1970
CW2 Douglas F Eggerth Air Cav Trp, earns DFC [The Distinguished Flying Cross Medal]
SSG Ronald C Mixon C Trp 1/11, earns SS [The Silver Star Medal]
Operation Kentucky Cougar 2/11 Cav Ends
29 1968
 

1969

SP5 Jimmy Tootle A Trp 1/11, earns SS [The Silver Star Medal]
MAJ Edward R Underwood Air Cav Trp, earns DFC [The Distinguished Flying Cross Medal]
SGT Bruce A Hiller F Trp 2/11, earns SS [The Silver Star Medal]
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1968

1LT Richard E Kelly Jr HHT Regt earns DFC [The Distinguished Flying Cross Medal]
COL William W Cobb HHT Regt, earns SS [The Silver Star Medal]
1LT Michael R Kenney HHT Regt earns DFC [The Distinguished Flying Cross Medal]
Tet Offensive begins with attacks in Nha Trang
31 1968 Operation Casey ends
Operation Adairsville begins

                                       * 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