01 Jul 2007 Remembered by a high school friend who survived. Wayne Clark E-mail address is not available.

 

A Note from The Virtual Wall On 16 Feb 1967 the 1st Platoon, C Company, 2/8th Infantry, was ambushed while conducting a reconnaissance patrol in the Plei Trap Valley, Kontum Province, SVN. Surrounded on three sides by enemy forces and under murderous machinegun and mortar fire, the platoon formed a hasty defensive perimeter and fought for their lives. Although the platoon was relieved, 23 men died in the fighting. Then-Staff Sergeant Elmelindo R. Smith was awarded both a posthumous promotion and a posthumous Medal of Honor for his personal courage in rallying his troops and warding off a complete catastrophe. The 23 dead Americans were PSGT Elmelindo R. Smith, Wahiawa, HI (Medal of Honor) SSG Robert W. Coffey, Coatesville, IN SSG William A. Thomas, Branwell, WV SGT Giuseppe Giannelli, Oakland, CA SGT William D. Holden, Sommerville, MA SP4 Richard L. Adams, Cincinnati, OH SP4 Carlton Amerson, Darien, GA SP4 William L. Andrews, Center, TX SP4 Jeffrey L. Beaty, Blair, WI SP4 George E. Dickerson, Grayson, KY SP4 Chester W. Eden, Carter, KY SP4 Joseph P. Foran, Milwaukee, WI (medic, HQ Co w/ C/2/8) SP4 Thomas V. Ford, Lowell, MI CPL Jesse W. Ivy, Chicago, IL CPL Lemen E. Jones, Tatum, TX SP4 Richard L. Kollmann, Stonington, IL CPL J L. Lyles, Rockford, IL SP4 Maurice J. Marier, Montreal, PQ PFC Michael O. Batson, Lamarque, TX PFC James L. Elliott, Fayetteville, NC PFC Robert E. Holcomb, Minneapolis, MN PFC Lionell Powell, Patterson, LA PFC John E. Quam, Mason City, IA

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