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Robert Mason Journell, III
Specialist Four
3RD PLT, A CO, 2ND BN, 506TH INFANTRY, 101ST ABN DIV, USARV Army of the United States Salem, Virginia October 13, 1949 to July 22, 1970 ROBERT M JOURNELL III is on the Wall at Panel W8, Line 42 |
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Robert "Sparky" Journell was a high school classmate of mine. I've often wondered why I was spared and he wasn't.
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A Note from The Virtual WallHill 927 was located 20 miles due west of Hue and about 7 miles northeast of the northern end of the A Shau Valley. The 1st Cavalry Division built Fire Support Base Carol on Hill 927 in 1968, and it was used by elements of the 101st Airborne as early as January 1969. The position was of considerable importance because it lay only 5 miles north of Hill 1615, also known as Co Pung Mountain or "The Warehouse", wherein was hidden a major logistics complex which supported the North Vietnamese Army's 29th and 803rd Regiments.Hill 927 was abandoned, then reopened by ground assault on 11 Apr 1970. Elements of the 101st Airborne took up residence in what was now known as Fire Support Base Ripcord and proceeded to make life miserable for the NVA commands in and around the Co Pung. This situation elicited a violent response from the NVA leading to the "Siege of FSB Ripcord" in June-July 1970. The three-week period covering the siege cost the 101st Airborne 75 killed and 345 wounded in action before FSB Ripcord was again abandoned on 23 July 1970. Hill 805, which lies 1.5 kilometers east-southeast of FSB Ripcord, was the location of heavy fighting throughout much of July. On 21-22 July, the 1st and 2nd Bns, 506th Infantry lost twenty men there:
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