06 Jul 2006 Richie, you are missed and constantly thought of these days as I grow older. I often wonder what you would think of Iraq? of the state of our country? I know you would, if you were able, be there fighting right beside your soldier brothers and sisters. You were one of those "One for all and all for one" types and for that reason you will always be my hero. You always took such good care of your family whether related (us) or not (your Army brothers). Love and God bless you, tell we meet again, Your sister, Susie McFadden From his younger sister, Susie Ramirez McFadden E-mail address is not available.

 

A Note from The Virtual Wall On the morning of 19 August 1968 A Troop, 3/4th Cavalry, was ambushed while moving from Cu Chi to Tay Ninh on Highway 26. Elements of the 1st Bn, 5th Infantry, and 4th Bn, 23rd Infantry, were introduced into the fight. Later in the day, B Company, 1/5 Infantry, was tasked with escorting a unit from the 3/4th Cavalry, into Dau Tieng. Shortly before 7 PM, the combined force was hit by rocket-propelled grenade fire, damaging several APCs and tanks. Supporting arms fires were called in, allowing the force to move through the ambush area, arriving at Dau Tieng just before 8 PM. The 1/5 Infantry lost 9 men during the day, while 3/4 Cavalry lost 5 men: B Co, 1st Bn, 5th Infantry 1LT Terrence E. Butler, Ozone Park, NY SSG Aubrey R. Henley, Japan SP4 Willie S. Fields, Macon, GA SP4 Joe E. Lofton, Mantee, MS SP4 Jack P. Pashano, Polacca, AZ SP4 Arthur Watson, Smithfield, NC PFC Richard Ramirez, McNeal, AZ PFC Frederick V. Seaborne, Merrimac, MA HHC, 1st Bn, 5th Infantry PFC Rene Serrano, New York, NY, with B/1/5 A Trp, 3rd Sqdn, 4th Cavalry 1SG John V. Veara, El Paso, TX SGT Terry A. Hodges, Charlotte, NC SGT Dwayne E. Kever, Heber Springs, AR SP4 Roy A. Harbaugh, Dauphin, PA PFC Leonard E. Sexton, Cookstown, NJ

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