Calvin Webb Biles

Lance Corporal
K CO, 3RD BN, 1ST MARINES, 1ST MARDIV
United States Marine Corps
26 June 1947 - 27 December 1967
Little Rock, Arkansas
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1ST MARDIV

1ST MARINES
Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for Calvin Webb Biles

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.


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7 May 2002



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