Calvin Webb Biles

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07 May 2002 Some people live an entire lifetime and wonder if they have ever made a difference in the world ... but the Marines don't have that problem. -- Ronald Reagan -- From someone who remembers. nukum@hotmail.com

A Note from The Virtual Wall When Battalion Landing Team 3/1, built around the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, landed at Than Tham Khe during Operation Badgertooth they ran into a buzz-saw. At day's end on 27 Dec 1967, 3/1 had lost 49 men, most of them from Lima Company: H&S Company: 3 men K Company: 6 men Cpl Ronald L. Kesling, Baltimore, MD LCpl Calvin W. Biles, Little Rock, AR LCpl Shellie J. Reed, Jackson, MS LCpl Steven E. Shekell, Daleville, IN Pfc Donald L. Applegate, Loveland, OH Pfc Richard E. Lewis, Los Angeles, CA L Company: 28 men M Company: 12 men The final casualty from Than Tham Khe was Corporal David O. Kamp, rendered a quadraplegic by small arms fire; he died on 19 March 1997 of complications from his injuries.

The point-of-contact for this memorial is one who remembers. nukum@hotmail.com  7 May 2002

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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
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