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This Month in 11th Armored Cavalry History

NOVEMBER

1	1969	Regt attached to 9th US Inf Div initiates Operation Santa Fe
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4	1969	I Trp comes under heavy ground attack at FSB Buttons 172 NVA KIA
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8	1967 1968	WO1 Edwin E. Day Air Cav Trp, earns DFC  WO1  Michael J Knapp  Air Cav Trp, earns DFC  WO1  Richard F McCoy  Air Cav Trp, earns DFC  CPT John Hulsey B Trp 1/11 earns, DSC * 1LT Donald L Cochran B Trp 1/11 earns,SS SP4 Waldo A Hagen B Trp 1/11, earns SS 1LT Robert O Harris B Trp 1/11 earns,SS SGT Robert W Johnson B Trp 1/11 earns,SS
9	1968	CPT Jarrett J Robertson B Trp 1/11 earns,SS
10	1968	SP4 Larry R Locke B Trp 1/11, earns SS
11	1918	World War I Ends VETERANS DAY
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13	1968	SP4 Dale D Weber, HHT 1/11 earns DFC SP4 Richard A Foht, HHT 1/11 earns DFC 1LT Thomas G Hayes HHT 1/11 earns DFC WO1 Richard C Maraglio, Air Cav Trp earns DFC
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19	1966	WO1  James B Michie  HHT Regt, earns DFC  CPT Berndt J Pilz  HHT Regt, earns DFC
20	1968	WO1 Michael D Bates, Air Cav Trp earns DFC (2OLC) WO1 Horace F Morton Air Cav Trp, earns DFC
21	1966	1LT Neil L Keltner C Trp 1/11 earns, DSC CPT George E Kinback Jr HHT Regt earns, DFC C Trp ambushed by two NVA battalions CPT Robert W Garrett Jr C Trp 1/11 earns,SS SP4 Jimmy Linwood Rhodes C Trp 1/11, earns SS * CPT Turner L Nelson HHT 1/11, earns DFC CPT Frank Y Sasaki HHT Regt, earns DFC
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24	1968 1969	PFC Otis J Bailey I Trp 3/11 earns, DSC SP4 Gareth G Burgmann C Trp 1/11, earns SS SGT Eugene M Burns Jr I Trp 3/11, earns SS SGT Robert Irwin Meeker L Trp 3/11, earns SS* SSG Reed K Richens L Trp 3/11, earns SS 1LT James J Steele I Trp 3/11, earns SS SFC Bill E Steele L Trp 3/11, earns SS 3/11 Initiated Operation Texas Traveler CSM John A Carlson HHT 3/11, earns SS
25	1968   1969	1LT Johnny William Benton Air Cav Trp earns, DFC * CPT William W Hansen C Trp 1/11 earns,SS 1LT Deward B Rice  Air Cav Trp, earns DFC  CPT Gerald T Cole HHT 3/11 earns,SS LTC David K Doyle HHT 3/11, earns SS(1OLC)
26	1969	SSG Arthur John Rambo How 3/11, earns SS * SFC Habakkuk Taylor, L Trp 3/11, earns SS 1LT George W Gomoll Air Cav Trp, earns DFC  (2OLC) WO1 Gary M Gingrich HHT Regt earns, DFC CP 3/11 & How 3/11 Attacked by indirect and direct fire resulting in 4 US KIA, 34 US WIA and 4 NVA KIA
27	1968	SSG Daniel E Benham C Trp 1/11, earns SS 1LT Frank E Krause C Trp 1/11, earns SS 1LTWilliam F Mills C Trp 1/11, earns SS 1LT Dennis E Welch C Trp 1/11, earns SS CPT Earl F Moore Air Cav Trp earns, DFC
28	1969	Operation Texas Traveler Ends
29	1972	11th ACR awarded Valorous Unit Award for the period 1 May - 29 June 1970
30	1967	Regt terminates Operation Santa Fe

                                       * 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