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

                        1966                                                   Welcome Home                          1972

Blackhorse

This Month in 11th Armored Cavalry History

OCTOBER

1	1971	CPT John W. Cambell Air Cav Trp, earns SS CPT Guillermo F Gandara Air Cav Trp, earns DFC  CPT George L Woolsey Air Cav Trp, earns DFC
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5	1968 1969	WO1 Marshall W Purcell Air Cav Trp, earns DFC  CSM Daniel J. Mulcahey HHT Regt, earns SS SP4 William J Carrara HHT Regt, earns DFC  SP4 Cecil E James Air Cav Trp, earns DFC   1LT Stephen Moushegian Air Cav Trp, earns DFC (3OLC)
6	1965	Col William Cobb assumes command as 34th Colonel of the Blackhorse
7	1966	Operation Hickory Begins
8	1969 1971	CW2 Clarence P Burkett Jr HHT Regt, earns DFC (1OLC) SGT John Sexton is repatriated after two years, two months as POW
9	1966	PFC John Pierce, I Trp, is first Blackhorse Trooper KIA in Vietnam
10	1968 1969	SP4 Karl A Warner  Air Cav Trp, earns SS  WO1 Michael D Bates, Air Cav Trp earns DFC CW2 Tom L Davis Air Cav Trp, earns DFC SP4 Claude E Horton HHT 1/11, earns_DFC  1LT Michael Huff HHT 1/11, earns DFC (1OLC)
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14	1966	PFC Darrell ASA Jackson K Trp 3/11, earns SS * CPT Walter Karpinia, HHT 3/11 earns DFC
15	1966 1968 1970	Operation Hickory Ends WO1 Ronald F Fast HHT 1/11 earns DFC (ACHVMNT) CWO2 Peter Q Bales, HHT 3/11 earns DFC MAJ Robert W Demont HHT 3/11, earns DFC WO1 Glenn D Holmes HHT 1/11 earns DFC (ACHVMNT)
16	1968	1LT James Allen Crowley II  Air Cav Trp, earns SS * WO1 Justin G Ballou III , Air Cav Trp earns DFC SP5 Richard L Hambly  Air Cav Trp, earns DFC 1LT Gary L Worthy Air Cav Trp, earns  DFC
17	1957 1967 1968	13 Americans wounded by terrorist at US installations in Saigon, First US casualties of the Vietnam War. 2/11 released from OPCON to TF Oregon in Chu Lai MAJ John C Bahnsen HHT 1/11, earns SS (1OLC)
18	1966	Operation Atlanta Begins
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20	1966 1967 2009	Blackhorse Basecamp at Long Giao occupied Operation Valdosta II Begins President Obama awards A Troop PUC at White House
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23	1966 1967	11th ACR Rear Det. arrives at Vung Tau on USNS Eltinge Operation Valdosta II Ends
24	1969	11th ACR Long Giao Basecamp given to ARVN
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28	1968	LTC John W Mcenery HHT 3/11, earns SS (1OLC)
29	1968 1971	MAJ John C Bahnsen HHT 1/11, earns DFC (1OLC) WO1 Douglas Mercer HHT 1/11, earns SS WO1 Michael D Bates, Air Cav Trp earns DFC (1OLC) WO1 Steven K Farmer Air Cav Trp earns DFC SP4 Richard L Fry  Air Cav Trp, earns DFC CW2 James T Hall Air Cav Trp, earns DFC WO1 George M Korycinski Air Cav Trp earns DFC SP5 James E Manley Air Cav Trp, earns DFC WO1 James A Noe Air Cav Trp earns DFC WO1 Wayne H Rouson Air Cav Trp earns DFC 1LT Daryl Spann Air Cav Trp earns DFC WO1 David M Shinn Air Cav Trp earns DFC
30	1970	11th ACR awarded Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry w/Palm for the period 1 March - 30 Oct
31	1969	WO1 Stephen E Gardipee Air Cav Trp, earns DFC(1OLC)

                                       * 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