Addison,, Richard Edward, Jr., PFC

Other Memories
The 1st Bn, 13th Marines had an artillery firing position located on the Cao Dei peninsula, a thumb of land which protrudes into Cau Hai Bay about 4 kilometers northwest of Phu Loc. Just before 2 am on 18 August 1968 the firing position was taken under attack, first by mortars and then by sappers who penetrated the perimeter and caused considerable damage with satchel charges before the Marines ejjected them and restored the perimeter. Two platoons from Alpha 1/26 had been sent from their respective positions as reaction forces - and by chance intercepted the enemy force as they withdrew from the peninsula. In a night engagement, the Alpha 1/26 Marines took the VC under fire before the enemy force broke contact and disappeared into the nearby mountains. Seventeen Marines were killed in the two enaggements: Hq Btry, 1st Bn, 11th Marines Pfc Kenneth M. Baldwin, Grafton, IA Hq Btry, 1st Fld Arty Group, 11th Marines Pfc Norman L. Eversgerd, Germantown, IL Mortar Btry, 1st Bn, 13th Marines Sgt Robert Arnold, Tampa, FL LCpl Daniel Cardenas, Fullerton, CA LCpl Sherman L. Walters, Philadelphia, PA Pfc Charles T. Belasco, New York, NY Pfc John C. Bieneman, Wheeling, IL Pfc Robert A. McAllister, Tinley Park, IL (Silver Star) Pfc Lewis W. Page, Carmi, IL A Co, 1st Bn, 26th Marines Cpl Thomas A. Leigh, Flushing, NY LCpl Ruston L. Baker, Mendon, MI LCpl James Caudill, Marion, OH LCpl John Saneda, Bryan, OH LCpl David M. St John, Milford, MA Pfc Richard E. Addison, New York, NY Pfc Philip A. D'Amico, Philadelphia, PA Pfc Paul Velez, New York, NY