24 May 2005 It was a pleasure to be a friend of yours at Walnut Ridge HS and a teammate of yours on the wrestling team. Thanks for your service. Rest in peace, JD

 

A Note from The Virtual Wall The 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry, history reports that "February 14, 1966 was a busy day for the medics and the Dust-offs. At 0530 hours, Company A prepared to depart the base camp area and to move across the Ben Muong on a dismounted Reconnaissance in Force (RIF) of the area beyond the stream. Company A crossed their line of departure at 0630 hours. At 0935 hours Company A was making slow but steady progress on their sweep, destroying houses and tunnels and finding rice caches. By 1100 hrs they had sustained 10 wounded. Then two Chicom Claymores were command detonated by the Viet Cong, killing 8 and wounding 3 in the vicinity of XT643176. Four of those killed were from Company A. Two were forward observers from Battery C, 1st Bn 8th Artillery, and two were non-combatant photographers. At 1430 hours, Company A began their return back to the base camp." Seven of the servicemen killed can be identified. They were A Co, 1st Bn, 5th Inf Rgt CPT William A. Hoos, East Chicago, IN SSG Gene C. Milligan, Dallas, TX SP4 Walter N. Ammons, Chester, VA PFC Ira C. Boggs, Columbus, OH C Btry, 1st Bn, 8th Arty Rgt SGT John W. Groover, Farmington, MI PFC Bobby J. Braswell, Paris, TX 25th Admin Co, 25th Inf Div PFC Terry J. Reed, Spirit Lake, IA

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