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A Note from The Virtual Wall On 05 May 1968 a convoy was ambushed on Highway 14 about 8 kilometers south of Kontum City. At least eight, and by one account nineteen, soldiers died in the fighting. The nineteen men were SP4 John W. Eckell, Isabel, KS, 4th MP Co SGT Raymond L. Gee, Mount Pulaski, IL, 4th MP Co SP4 Michael S. Osteen, Gulf Hammock, FL, 4th MP Co PFC Gary L. Bounds, Salisbury, MD, B Co, 4th S&T Bn PVT Ronald Middleton, New York, NY, C Co, 4th S&T Bn PFC William T. Smiley, Fresno, CA, A Troop, 1/10 Cavalry PFC John L. Downing, Phoenix, AZ, C Co, 43rd Sig Bn SP4 Harold T. Henesy, St Petersburg, FL, C Co, 43rd Sig Bn PFC Larry D. Williams, Minneapolis, MN, C Co, 43rd Sig Bn CPL Darrius W. Adams, Ivydale, WV, A Co, 1/22 Infantry PFC Nicholas S. Conaxis, Franklin, MA, A Btry, 6/29th Artillery SP4 John R. Knorr, Manitowoc, WI, A Btry, 6/29th Artillery PFC Samuel E. Watkins, Tooele, UT, A Btry, 6/29th Artillery SP4 Lynley L. Rash, Longview, WA, B Btry, 6/29th Artillery SP4 Jerry A. Wyman, Livonia, MI, 563rd Trans Co, 124th Trans Bn SP4 Donald A. Campbell, Detroit, MI, 64th Trans Co, 124th Trans Bn SP4 John R. Crouse, Hillsboro, OH, 88th Trans Co, 124th Trans Bn SP4 William J. Safrit, South Bend, IN, D Co, 299th Engineers SP4 Tommy L. Shehorn, Decatur, IL, D Co, 299th Engineers

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