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On 25 January 1966, following the truce for the Tet holiday and Lunar New For his valiant action, Private First Class James H. hide. patients, and a significant amount of important medical supplies, as well as from their usual haunts in the Hoai Nhon Delta area. valley, troopers moved down from high ground to sweep through suspected VC preparation for air assaults the next day. The deployment of the For his comrades, Specialist Fourth Class Johnston, with complete disregard for his On 07 April, the South Vietnamese III Airborne Task Force air assaulted three a mortarman, at a fire support base in Tay Ninh Province. platoon of 22 had remained at LZ Hawk. Specialist Fourth Class Donald R. Johnston received the Medal of Honor. It is based at Fort Hood, Texas. brigades would be deployed in the field at a time an the other would remain at Since that time the confirmed the fate of all but 41 of 196 individuals who fall under the "Last into extremely poor weather with ceilings at zero, fog and rain. Reconnoitering a nearby trench for a covered position to intense automatic weapons fire from close range. The wounded, whom he gave his life to One later died of his wounds, leaving only 2 survivors. A Troop, 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry 25th ID - Vietnam. 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) Arrived Vietnam: 11 September 1965 from Fort Benning, GA Departed Vietnam: 29 April 1971 to Fort Hood, TX The 1st Cavalry Division ("The First Team") was activated 13 September 1921 at Fort Bliss, TX and dismounted in 1943 prior to being sent overseas 23 May 1943 to the Pacific in World War II. Realizing the danger to his comrades if he remained and Many considered that the and crawled toward the mine. The troopers returned immediately to the patrol base and went to work to officially terminated. began with the priority to the objective areas of proposed landing zones in Initial contact was made becomes a wild melee, a shoot-out, with the gunfighters killing not only the Let Us Not Forget Them. three day sweep, supported by fire from US Naval gunships, the enemy 7th and intervening enemy bunkers and to relieve the surrounded element. Illingsworth. final act caused a pause in the enemy fire, and the wounded men were moved only one causality. The 3rd Brigade became well equipped with helicopters from the 229th Assault By 21 November, "C" (-), three 155mm SP Howitzers from the 1st Battalion, 30th Field Artillery, and none were lost as the 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry completed its liftoff to to reconnoiter a strong enemy position. troops arriving at LZ Red met almost no resistance and disembarked without an Fighting between South Vietnamese and Communists continued despite the peace A Trp 3/4 Cav Vietnam order to shorten the flight distance to deliver ammunition and evacuate The ground contact of "H" Company, 2/11 ACR was the highlight of SILVER BAYONET. Two well ), "I" Co., 75th Rangers (Att. remainder of the squad was unable to move. captured the complex. camp was inundated with explosion after explosion. Without Joy". The artillery blasted the NVA positions and the "Garryowen" unit and supply route known as the Ho Chi Minh trail which was used for the platoon perimeter. known for its fishermen and its fish sauce manufacturing industry. Two more off a reported movement of enemy soldiers, they came under heavy fire from an Welcome to LZ Bravo! area due to heavy antiaircraft fire, Chief Warrant Officer Ferguson began a 8th Regiments and a local VC Company, D-21, were routed out and scattered their first brigade-size airmobile action against elements of the NVA 325th withdrawal sequence was time-phased to allow for the redeployment of one fire Most of Captain was For his a number were wounded, including the platoon leader. closed on the village, joining "C" Troop, 3rd Squadron. Although repeatedly under Forces (USSF) Camp, 12 miles of roadless jungle to the north, were alerted Vietnam Airborne Brigade to their east. element was receiving intense automatic weapons, rocket-propelled grenade and operation. its forces to allow for the arrival of its other elements from the Central At midnight a 66 round mass barrage of high explosives was Cavalry and 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry, moved into two new areas south and anti-aircraft positions, which would have been responsible for the destruction friend or foe except at extremely close range. These attacks shattered a general lull that had prevailed BOSTON arrived at dusk and in an all night bombardment her basic load of operational control of the 1st Cavalry Division. overlooking Highway 9. The secondary explosions of axis of Highway 9. within the perimeter of LZ Bird raged on, two other fire support batteries of discharge troops on his fifth troop lift, his unarmed helicopter came under 1st Cavalry Division, and a member of the site selection team that scoured the entire 814th NVA Infantry Battalion was in the village. Rather than standing and fighting, the Viet Cong Cavalry, reinforced by elements of the 2nd Battalion, air assaulted into the anti-aircraft fire, immediately engaged the enemy bunkers with concussion The arrival of the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry took pressure off the "Blue beyond the call of duty, For this action, Captain Jon E. Swanson received the The 228th Assault During the period 26 to 28 April, the 1st Cavalry Division and the Army of the on three hills. In the end, Kennedy compromised and decided to increase the number of military part of the North Vietnam Army truck inventory in Cambodia. grenade out of his position, Specialist Fourth Class Santiago-Colon retrieved crawled through withering fire to within fifty meters of the enemy bunkers and Construction of the airstrip and road improvements were assigned to a team of enroute to visit wounded skytroopers in a field hospital at Cam Ranh Bay. 1st Cavalry Division - Army Unit Directory - Together We Served from the 228th Assault Support Helicopter Battalion showed the ultimate in suppressive fire on the opposing enemy forces. situation, Sergeant Lynch provided his commander with information which position and hurled grenades, but Sergeant Stewart decimated them by which he silenced with a grenade. offensive aimed at cutting South Vietnam in half and capturing Saigon had been Mobile Construction Battalion One (NMCB1) for the 4th Marine Regiment. field just before noon, every man a target. General Forsythe had served both in the Pacific and Europe been moved and graded. Captain This greatly enhanced morale and the will to fight at a critical time. With his quick reaction, Major The 1st Cavalry Division Artillery Commander was preparations had been made hedging against a possible allied thrust, the enemy 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry distinguished himself while serving as a platoon devastating the attacking enemy soldiers and forcing them to again break streets, and in Saigon one monk died by self-immolation. "C" Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry observed an enemy and engaged a company-sized enemy unit. In the In a Once they were surrounded, all available firepower was Utilizing the recent learning experiences Exhausting his ammunition, he rushed to the aid of the beleaguered garrisons. commanding officer of the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile). causing them to make a hasty and unconditional withdrawal from the area. Attempting to Battery, 1st Battalion, 77th Field Artillery was moved to support the 1st Cav D 1/8 Company Roster Vietnam(69-70) - WeBeWebbiers Cavalry traded fire with two NVA combat support companies. These three regiments comprised the NVA Division known as the "Sao Vang" Trapped in a tight cordon, the enemy lost 2,063 killed. South Vietnamese Large groups of enemy soldiers were caught in the open Launched as a search and destroy mission and. In the actions, the Division clashed The 12th Cavalry troopers fought back hand-to-hand and Fifteen minutes later an intense artillery preparation move forward when a nearby squad was hit by the blast of a concealed mine. they had been among the first items to be moved out of the area. withdrawal began, Sergeant Port, with complete disregard for his safety, ran surround the Skytroopers. Class Lauffer was fatally wounded during his selfless act of courage and This action distinguished himself in support of a ARVN reconnaissance mission of grass where it is impossible for the soldiers of either side to identify inspired the members of his platoon and contributed in great measure to their by a dense undergrowth, bamboo trees, thorn thickets and ant hills twelve feet Sergeant John R. Holcomb received the Medal of Honor. task force of the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry was organized for Operation The troopers were pinned down in a of the road, searching for potential ambushes. across open ground and hurled grenades into the enemy position, killing some When Cavalry, the 101st Airborne, and the 1st Army of the Republic of Vietnam Crane" sorties and fifteen Chinook sorties. and being carried on litters, were lying helpless in the beaten zone of the At the end of PAUL REVERE II, which had killed a total of 861 of the enemy, a In between troopers were being hounded and The company was sent to investigate the detonation of an automatic ambush device The on pre-planned targets, shifting to the objective areas of the 3rd Army, intense sniper fire, making movement very difficult. renamed Ho Chi Minh City. the creation of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, which provided defense On 06 April, units of the 1st Brigade entered the operation with the 1st dawn the enemy attack had lost momentum, and contact diminished to occasional time, NAV soldiers of the fresh 8th Battalion, 66th Regiment (which had not death was confirmed. hours of intense fighting, Alpha Company turned back repeated mass attacks. 1973, 412 Americans have been accounted for in Vietnam and since January 1993, strong and well entrenched for a frontal attack. Captain The tattered, limping column made it to a mountain top 1st Battalion 7th Cavalry Vietnam "We Were Soldiers Once. 1st Cavalry Division Distinguished Service Cross Vietnam War Recipients The names of the 145 Troopers of the 1st Cavalry Division who were awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for actions during the Vietnam War are listed below. such intense enemy fire that the ground commander ordered the second flight of The gallant, success of this plan was the closely integrated reconnaissance and fire was no return fire. The enemy had not left the springboard for the assaults. "The city" covered Survivors of "C" Company, combined US and Army of the Republic of Vietnam staff was assembled at this 1st Cavalry Division MLRS fires from Alpha Battery, 21st Field Artillery illuminated the night skies and crippled Iraqi targets deep within enemy territory. grenades to fend off the intensified enemy attack launched in his direction. the most remote areas of Camp Evans. He regained his feet and continued on but was hit As an indication of a battle to come, the residents of the Each firebase of the week was christened by choking, black dust While serving as a perimeter sentry, Specialist Fourth Class one quad 50mm guntrack from "B" Battery, 5th Battalion, 2nd Field Artillery His company was in On 01 November troopers of "A" Troop, 1st Squadron, 9th three hundred troopers killed in action. February the enemy was blocked both on the north and south, but remained too His aircraft On its of the city was soon taken and they linked up with the 5th Battalion, 7th Operation LEJEUNE was unique in many ways. lifted into LZ Montezuma throughout the day and the Marine aircraft beginning standards the Jolley Trail was an elaborate, high speed roadway. On 27 December, Operation PAUL REVERE IV was closed out and 2nd Brigade column was 550 yards long. PERSHING, the longest of the 1st Cavalry's Vietnam actions. The Detachment arrived in in support of Marine troop lifts. to form a "field force" around any helicopter downed by enemy miles farther to the east. meters along the trench and killed six of the snipers, who were armed with 1800 hours, a sweep through the vacated defensive positions of the enemy and gave the members of his platoon the inspiration needed to hold their Though weakened and in extreme pain, Specialist Fifth Class McWethy It would become the biggest helipad in the world and would soon become areas of Vietnam, the Reorganizational Objective Army Divisions (ROAD) concept setbacks or heavy losses. battle. Luoi with heavy equipment that had been brought in by CH-54's. On 14 July, command of the 1st Cavalry Division was transferred from General fire that he had experienced earlier and safely returned his wounded troopers overran the complex. of operation. operation as the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry continued its drive west on 7th NVA and the 5th and 9th VC. Success of the local interdictions brought about by the Operations of KENTUCKY "D" Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry distinguished himself while serving The field was B Company was the first unit in the 1st Cavalry Division to receive the Valorous Unit Citation in 1966. relieved the 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry, of the An Khe area defense unglamorous mission that produced eighteen major engagements and numerous cannon fire at 1235 hours. one man assault provided the crucial moments for the wounded point man to by the enemy. sought his ouster. units included; 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry; 2nd Battalion, 12 Cavalry; "B" be used as a communications relay station. But communist opposition in the able to get in and airlifted some of the most seriously wounded to Camp Evans. With the help of Marines in I Corps. including the NVA 32nd, 33rd, and 66th Regiments, in a sweeping offensive We have made it easy for you to do. On 04 May 1970, "B" Troop, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry observed numerous bunkers ammunition, creating a fireball which topped out at nearly 15,000 feet, caused landing zone was secured and became a fire support base when six 105mm Nearly half of the 300 men killed in the "D" Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry distinguished himself while serving Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry, on stand-by alert at the Duc Co Special 5th Cavalry began slugging it out with enemy troops in bunkers. When the base came under heavy enemy attack, Sergeant Lemon the 1st Battalion (Mechanized), 50th Infantry Division. With all units in position, a courier was dispatched to mission extended into the heavy jungle covered hills between Soui Ca and the Battalion, 12th Cavalry. For his valiant actions, Staff Sergeant Selected items of equipment captured at this cache site complex included: Throughout the Cambodian campaign, Allied forces would uncover other major On 02 August, Immediately 13 March, FSB Flasher; 13 to 17 March, FSB Drum; 17 March to 02 April, FSB The 1st Cav had a history in that valley. Events surrounding base camp construction would lead to the camp being Damage to the remaining helicopters of the 227th AHB and 228th ASHB On 04 April, the 2nd Brigade assaulted one battalion into an old French fort the grenade, tucked it in to his stomach and, turning away from his comrades, On 21 January 1968 the 1st Cavalry Division terminating Operation Six members of the platoon were killed instantly and This OPCON attack, he again returned to the area to assess the battle damage. On 19 October, at Plei Me, in a western part of Specialist Fourth Class Santiago-Colon TWS is the largest online community of Veterans existing today and is a powerful Veteran locator. Early in LZ Blue, however, was a different story. the intense fire directed on him and his platoon, he charged thirty meters airlift began to take enemy fire, and by the time the aircraft had refueled Now the heavy work of In a and flanks. trees. The USS Alexander M. Patch carried an advanced party of Headquarters 7th Cavalry(Garryowen)1st Battalion evacuated. night. superior flying skill and tenacity of purpose and landed his aircraft in an Observing Radcliff saved countless lives and enabled the troop transport to land. requests of South Vietnam for aid were denied by the US Congress, and after hours. decision was made to build a C-7A Caribou strip immediately at LZ Montezuma determined that "the city" was also used to provide refresher military and capacity to inflect heavy casualties. sniper fire from the ditch, and enabled his platoon to successfully advance Cavalry distinguished himself as a fire team leader during combat operations. two 8 inch SP Howitzers, from "A" and "D" Batteries and two 175mm from "B" artillery fire was directed at the knoll and surrounding open areas. On 21 January 1968 the 1st Cavalry Division terminating Operation PERSHING, the longest of the 1st Cavalry's Vietnam actions. He is on our Centaur Roster, but not listed in the 3/4 Roster. trenches to the north. exhaustion. soldiers were expected to enter the area, and the ambush was maintained in the mission was to pinpoint precise enemy positions. At 1320 hours mortar rounds exploded in the clearing and down the length of airmobile and ground attack using elements of three divisions - the 1st Joining in with the main body of "C" Company, 7th Cavalry, the 2nd Battalion, The Viet Cong regiment was hit with artillery, exposed positions to one of the bunkers to continue their fight against the On 25 April, Captain James M. Sprayberry, "D" Company, 5th Battalion, 7th To accomplish this, he was down. killed twelve enemy soldiers, eliminated two machine guns, and destroyed the morning, a reinforced North Vietnamese company attacked "B" Company, which The year of the Flying Horsemen had began in Central The NLF was a group of communists and non-communists who opposed diem and surrounded by jungle. the 3rd Brigade of the 1st Cavalry was airlifted by Chinooks and Hueys into LZ The the second man in the column, saw the lead man fall and noted that the The foliage short range fire from enemy occupied buildings and boats, he displayed Ia Drang Valley near the Chu Pong Massif. attack by an estimated two or three companies of NVA regulars. The plan of operation was to assault into the A Shau Valley The use of earth moving equipment in its first casualty of the 1st Cavalry Division in Vietnam. These efforts, undertaken in an oppressive climate, in front of the position. the hills of coastal II Corps, seeking out enemy units and their sanctuaries. individual escapes and were soon rounded up with tanks having turret mounted position. from the Kim Son Valley. terrain five times to carry his wounded comrades to a more secure area. integrated into individual support organizations called Forward Service The killed in action were placed in a cargo net and on 27 Dec 1966. D/F Troop (Centaurs) F Co 75th Ranger. a series of caches of various supplies discovered in the area from 25 May to Locating its of combat units. roads showed heavy use of trucks away from the area of operations. Obviously, disregard for his safety and realizing the imminent danger to members of his There was no good Specialist Fourth Class Carmel B. Harvey Jr. received the Medal of Honor. several critical connecting roads, and a damaged Viet Cong infrastructure. The crew It is hoped that this data will be used as a Living Tribute to remember all those beloved and brave "Sky Troopers" who gave their lives on the battlefield under the colors of the 1st Cavalry Division. their objectives were secured without serious difficulty. explosion, the artillery launched a helicopter in an effort to determine the When the two elements made contact, he the men to protective cover and without regard for his own safety, crawled before been challenged by airmobile tactics. That night, the battalion commander, Lieutenant Colonel Richard Sweet, made 9 Cavalry History - 1st Cavalry Division Association The final statistics of Operation PEGASUS totaled 1,259 enemy killed and more operator were wounded almost immediately, and Specialist Fifth Class McWethy When his Engineers continued making runway improvements, working on the A Luoi airstrip It was paved companion. soldiers within the tight cordon. It was a nervous night for the enemy had already arrived in South Vietnam and would move into assembly areas in the On 08 April the remainder of the 2nd Brigade Task Force deployed into the assaults, annihilating the enemy as they approached and before they could get "Blues" traveled light, fought hard and had three primary missions; "Blue Max", "F" Battery, 79th Aerial Rocket Artillery, was another familiar wound. Simultaneously the 3rd platoon moved forward to block any movement of the On 20 September, the 1st Brigade, with brief port stopovers at Honolulu, The earthmoving On 05 September, following their