Calvin Webb Biles
Lance Corporal
K CO, 3RD BN, 1ST MARINES, 1ST MARDIV, III MAF
United States Marine Corps
Little Rock, Arkansas
June 26, 1947 to December 27, 1967
CALVIN W BILES is on the Wall at Panel 32E, Line 69

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07 May 2002

Some people live an entire lifetime and wonder if
they have ever made a difference in the world ...
but the Marines don't have that problem.
-- Ronald Reagan --

From someone who remembers.
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A Note from The Virtual Wall

When Battalion Landing Team 3/1, built around the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, landed at Than Tham Khe during Operation Badgertooth they ran into a buzz-saw. At day's end on 27 Dec 1967, 3/1 had lost 49 men, most of them from Lima Company:
  • H&S Company: 3 men
  • K Company: 6 men
    • Cpl Ronald L. Kesling, Baltimore, MD
    • LCpl Calvin W. Biles, Little Rock, AR
    • LCpl Shellie J. Reed, Jackson, MS
    • LCpl Steven E. Shekell, Daleville, IN
    • Pfc Donald L. Applegate, Loveland, OH
    • Pfc Richard E. Lewis, Los Angeles, CA
  • L Company: 28 men
  • M Company: 12 men
The final casualty from Than Tham Khe was Corporal David O. Kamp, rendered a quadraplegic by small arms fire; he died on 19 March 1997 of complications from his injuries.

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