Richard A. Damschen, Jr
Private First Class
C CO, 1ST BN, 5TH INFANTRY, 25TH INF DIV, USARV
Army of the United States
Bremerton, Washington
January 29, 1948 to August 21, 1968
RICHARD A DAMSCHEN Jr is on the Wall at Panel W47, Line 17

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Richard A Damschen
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23 Jul 2003

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Photos courtesy of Jaime Damschen

kittensandroses@webtv.net


 

REMEMBERED

by his comrades in the
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5th Infantry

randy@bobcat.ws

 

Notes from The Virtual Wall

Shortly before 7 AM on 21 August 21 1968 C Company 1/5 Inf departed Dau Tieng for a reconnaissance in force operation through the Ben Cui Rubber Plantation. C Company was to operate approximately 1 kilometer south of Highway 239, while the 1/5 Recon Platoon, the 3rd Brigade CRIP Platoon, and one twin 40mm "Duster" were to sweep the highway itself, paralleling C Company's movement through the rubber plantation.

Just after 11 AM C Company began receiving sniper fire, followed by increasingly heavy automatic weapons and RPG fire. At 1140 the Recon Platoon sighted hundreds of enemy soldiers moving south to engage C Company. The Recon force engaged the enemy with .50 caliber machine guns and the Duster's 40mm cannons but were unable to break up the attack against C Company.

In the heavy fighting which ensued, C Company suffered 17 men killed in action and 21 wounded in action. Staff Sergeant Marvin R. Young received the Medal of Honor and SP4 Michael R. Mangan the Distinguished Service Cross for their efforts in support of their comrades. Additional information regarding the fighting, which continued on 22 and 23 August, is available on the 5th Infantry site .

The men who died that day were

SFC Mainor D Lang
    Savannah GA
SSG Marvin R Young (MoH)
    Odessa TX
Cpl James L Bowden
    Louisburg NC
Cpl Edward V Coffey
    Richmond Hill NY
Cpl Jose R Colon-Rivera
    Cayey PR
Sp4 Jerry W Combest
    Wylie TX
Cpl James L Harbottle
    Flagstaff AZ
Sp4 Michael R Mangan (DSC)
    Costa Mesa CA
PFC Richard A Damschen
    Bremerton WA
PFC Bruce E Bartlett
    Fort Lauderdale FL
PFC Gary L Dobbins
    Akron OH
PFC Edward J Dull
    Taunton MA
PFC David W Ledbetter
    Piedmont AL
PFC Hubert W Martin
    Oakman AL
PFC Jesus Rivera
    New York NY
PFC James E Rush
    Preston MS
PFC Delbert R Stogsdill
    Detroit MI

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