Thomas Bonderer 5/1/68, Bravo Co. Bernard Mazursky 5/4/68, Alpha Co. Thomas McCormick Jr 5/4/68, A Co Douglas Smith 5/4/68, Alpha Co. Richard Barber 5/7/70, Alpha Co. Wayne Bebo 5/7/70, Alpha Co. Arthur Kangas 5/7/70, Alpha Co. John McCarthy 5/7/70, Alpha Co. Richard Noble 5/9/68, Charlie Co. John Vernon 5/11/70, HHC James Olson 5/11/70 Charlie Co. Troy Flint 5/12/70, Bravo Co. Robert Thompson 5/12/70, Bravo Co. Thomas Sherry 5/12/70, Bravo Co. Keith Franklin 5/12/70, HHC Philip Bennett 5/13/70, HHC Thomas Petela 5/14/70, Alpha Co. Silvestre Rivera 5/14/70, Alpha Co. Leroy Wallace 5/14/70, Alpha Co. George Heatherly 5/14/69, 4th Eng
James Ames 5/16/68, Echo Co. David Hendle 5/16/68, Echo Co. Anund Roark 5/16/68, Charlie Co. Albert Romine 5/16/68, Charlie Co. John Rotonneli 5/16/68, HHC William Jones 5/21/68, Charlie Co. Clyde Himes 5/26/68, Echo Co. Sterling Hill 5/26/68, 4th Engineers Larry Caravetta 5/27/68 43nd Arty Tom Galvez 5/27/68 43nd Arty Frank Garapolo 5/27/68 43nd Arty John Lindel 5/27/68 43nd Arty James McKelvey 5/27/68 43nd Arty Gary Fassel 5/27/69, Charlie Co. James Francis 5/27/69, Charlie Co. Keith Gibson 5/27/69, Charlie Co. Garey Grubbs 5/27/69, Charlie Co. Robert Carter 5/27/69, HHC Kenneth Seward 5/27/69, HHC Matthew Lozano Jr. 5/27/69, C Co.
Harold Warmsley 5/27/69, C Co. George Carr 5/29/67, 42nf Arty Richmond Luce 5/29/67, 42nf Arty Ananias Boyd 5/29/68, Echo Co. Milton Flowers 5/29/68, Echo Co. Van Norris 5/29/68, Echo Co. Joaquin Tello 5/31/69, Alpha Co. Ralph Zeringue 5/31/69, Alpha Co. Byron Calkins 5/31/69, HHC Jimmie Jones 5/30/67, Charlie Co. Alfred Ellis 5/30/67, HHC Partick Hagerty 5/31/69, Bravo Co. Prentiss Harris 5/31/69, Bravo Co. Michael Heath 5/31/69, Bravo Co. James Leonard 5/31/69, Bravo Co. Kenneth Scurr 5/31/69, Bravo Co. William Sewell 5/31/69, Bravo Co. Stephen Turzilli 5/31/69, Bravo Co. Philip Weir 5/31/69, Bravo Co.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them."
ELECTIONS FOR 4TH INFANTRY DIVISION ASSOCIATION
TO: 4th Dvision Memebers - 4th Infantry Division Association
FROM: Roger R Dufek, Nominations Chair rrdufek2244@comcast.net / 920-860-1630 Call for Officer Nominations
The election of the 4th Infantry Division Association’s National Officers will take place at the National Reunion to be held in Kansas City the week of July 25th, 2022
. The following officers shall be elected and installed at the 2022 National Meeting: National Senior Vice President, Vice President–Planning, Vice President–Communications, Vice President–Finance, Vice President–World War II & Cold War, Vice President–Vietnam, and Vice President–War on Terror.
A complete list of responsibilities and requirements for each position can be found in the Constitution and Bylaws on the website ‘About Us' page.
Contact me if you have qualified candidates you would like to place in nomination.
Each member in good standing of this Association who is in attendance at such meeting shall be entitled to one (1) vote. The National President will serve the second year of his two year term. All other elected and appointed officers shall serve a term of one (1) year.
We are also looking for members to serve on the various Committees of the Association. Contact the committee chairman directly if you are willing to serve.
We are in need of an Ivy Leaves Editor as Rusty Armstrong is stepping down this year. Contact Rusty or National President, Bob Babcock if you are interested in the position.
Thank you, Roger
BATTLE BURIAL SITES INFORMATION SOUGHT
ADMINISTRATORS NOTE: Just as Americans today continue to search for MIA's, so to do the Vietnamese for their war era soldiers. Thus efforts on their part continue: It is a noteworthy and just endeavor. With this I pass on a message from RW Ed Northrop who forwards this appeal, especially for those who served in the 1966 time frame.
"Fellow Red Warriors -- I received a call today from a Richard Magner ( rwmagner@gmail.com ) 860-836-4638. He was a Cobra pilot in Vietnam. Was wounded. For the past several years he has been involved with several Vietnamese ex-soldiers or civilians, both North and South, discussing various battles that were fought. As a result , Richard, has spent considerable time researching different battles and trying to locate BURIAL sites , which resulted from these battles. Typically, as some of you may recall, a bulldozer may have come in and dug a trench and the bodies were then buried . Richard is trying help these Vietnamese locate these sites and possibly recover the remains. One of the Battles is LZ Red Warrior, Nov. 1966. If any of you are willing to call / email and discuss this with Richard, please consider doing so.
REGIMENT MONUMENT AS PROMOTION BACKDROP
Our Regimental Monument continues to get attention.
On Sunday 1 May 2022 , LTC Tim Palmer, past BN CO 1/12 IN, is shown promoting 3 1/LTs to Captain at the NIM 12th Infantry Monument.
These 3 new Captain were previously assigned to the 1/12IN at Ft Carson. They are currently attending the Manuever Career Course at Ft Benning.
LTC Palmer said: " All 3 of these young officers make me more and more confident and comfortable that the US Army and its Soldiers are and will remain in excellent hands".
The promotion event was attended by many family members. Several commented to LTC Palmer that it was a perfect setting to conduct the ceremony
L to R: Cpt Nick Alatza, Cpt Jack Schanep, Cpt Pat Wall and LTC Palme
VIDEO - RARE 8MM VIDEO TAKEN BY TERRY JUDD, DELTA CO. 1967/6
Terry Judd served as Sgt in Delta Company from early 1967 to February of 68. He brought along his 8mm camera and took hours of video of his years spent as a Delta Dog. Terry sadly passed away in 2009, but his son Michael recently transferred the 55 year old film to YouTube for all to see.
The silent film shows what most of us saw, and records mountains, convoys, choppers, unloading C' Fire bases, jungle, crossing streams and rivers, perimeter chow lines,patrols and the every day life of his time in the filed, and some of surrounding Vietnamese towns and villages. If your are a Delta Dog of that era, you may see some familiar faces and surroundings. It certainly brought back familiar sights to this writer of Charlie Company.
The film comes in two parts. Click below to view each movie. Part # is 31 minutes long, Part two is 26 minutes There's a lot to see. This film is shot by a Red Warrior and is a rare glimpse of everyday life that we all experienced. There's even a fire fight scene and grunts retrieving the wounded....not sure if staged or real, but makes for good viewing.
RED WARRIORS DIARY PAGES LINK TO MAPS WHERE EVENTS OCCURRED
Our Red Warrior 1967-70 Diary Pages (see menu button to the left) now has links to the military maps where events occurred. Check it out. Find the year, date, description. If a coordinated is mentioned there should be a link to the map on our map pages.
FUN ARMY HISTORICAL QUIZ
By clicking the link below you can take a fun historical Army quiz. Red Warrior Ed Northrop provided this ands it was published inteh June 2021 edition of Military Officer. CLICK HERE FOR QUIZ.
1966-70 DIARY LOGS UPDATED - LINKS ADDED TO COORDINANTS & KIA bios
We've gone through our 1966-1970 Daily Diary logs and updated information, especially for the years 1969 & 1970. We have gone through the entire five year daily diary logs and linked every casualty to their bio so that readers can quickly identify the men lost during on tose particular dates. Likewise, we have linked every grid coordinate mentioned to the map in which the coordinate is mentioned. Thus if a location is identified, you can, with the click of a button, find the map.
The Red Warrior Vietnam association is always improving the data we have, and making it easier to access. If any Red Warrior has information as to names of those wounded on a particular date, and they are not mentioned in the diaries, please inform us. Email: JIM
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