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Casualty Info
Home Town Wellsville
Last Address Wellsville, OH
Casualty Date Jul 04, 1967
Cause KIA-Died of Wounds
Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location Quang Nam (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Spring Hill Cemetery - Wellsville, Ohio
Wall/Plot Coordinates Panel 23E Line 005/Section 18 Lot 47
Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase II Campaign (1966-67)/Operation Union I / Lien Ket 102
From Month/Year
April / 1967
To Month/Year
May / 1967
Description Apr 21 – May 17; 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines and ARVN 1st Ranger Group search and destroy operation in the Que Son Valley, Quảng Nam and Quảng Tín Provinces.