13 Nov 2007 REMEMBERED by a friend and Vietnam vet, Michael Carlucci mcarlucci4@aol.com

 

A Note from The Virtual Wall The Battle for Dak To covered a period of 30 days, from 01 November to 01 December 1967, pitting elements of the 4th Infantry Division and 173rd Airborne Brigade against the North Vietnamese Army's 24th, 32nd, 66th, and 174th Regiments. The casualty database lists 314 hostile-fire deaths in Kontum Province during the period, with the great majority resulting from the heavy fighting around Dak To. Between 04-11 November the 3rd Bn, 8th Infantry lost 40 men at Hill 724, with 21 of those deaths resulting from the final major engagement on 11 November. The first engagement on Hill 724, 12 kilometers southwest of Dak To, cost the battalion nine men: A Co, 3rd Bn, 8th Infantry, 4th Inf Div, USARV SSG Henry H. McGee, Hollis, NY SP4 James O. Thomas, Fieldon, IL PFC Dennis E. Moore, Riverside, CA PFC Krag B. Roydes, Norwalk, OH PFC William R. Russ, Elizabethtown, NC PFC Secundino G. Sosa, Dallas, TX D Co, 3rd Bn, 8th Infantry, 4th Inf Div, USARV SP4 Donald R. Campbell, Reno, NV PFC Gregory W. McFadden, Jersey City, NJ PFC Jesse J. Pearson, Davis Station, SC

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