Richard John Boehm
Sergeant
2ND PLT, C CO, 1ST BN, 46TH INFANTRY, AMERICAL DIV, USARV
Army of the United States
Mandan, North Dakota
June 23, 1951 to March 28, 1971
RICHARD J BOEHM is on the Wall at Panel W4, Line 85

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Richard J Boehm

SGT RICHARD JOHN BOEHM

 
18 Aug 2005

REMEMBERED

by Tom Rader
thrader@btinet.net

 

A Note from The Virtual Wall

On the night of 27/28 March 1971 Fire Support Base (FSB) Mary Ann was occupied by 209 Americans from several units of the Americal Division:
  • HHC 1/46th Infantry;
  • C Co 1/46th Infantry;
  • a Recon Platoon;
  • elements of a Mortar Platoon;
  • two 155mm howitzer sections, 3/16th Arty; and
  • twenty ARVN artillerymen.
At approximately 0230 hours, 28 March 1971, the VC mounted a coordinated mortar and sapper attack. Almost simultaneously with the mortar attack, sappers employed satchel charges and rocket propelled grenades (RPG) to penetrate the FSB's perimeter. Americans in the perimeter bunkers hunkered down until the explosions from the mortar rounds, satchel charges, and RPGs had subsided, but by then the sappers had breached the trench line and were inside the base. Once inside FSB Mary Ann, the sappers struck over half the bunkers. By the time the VC withdrew, 30 American soldiers were dead and 76 wounded.

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