01 Jan 2007 Louie and I went through Medics training at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He was a kind and gentle spirit who only wanted to help those in trouble. We came together again in September, 1966 in Vietnam. I was in A Company and he was in C Company. I will always remember him and always feel a great loss when I think of him. God Bless you, Louie. Your Brother in Arms, Charles "Doc" Nordan cnordan55@nc.rr.com

 

A Note from The Virtual Wall On 21 November 1966, C Company, 1/5th Cavalry, was engaged by enemy forces while operating along the Cambodian border in Kontum Province, SVN. Thirty-four Americans were killed in action in the battle: C Co, 1st Bn, 5th Cavalry SFC Bobby W. Letbetter, Goldthwaite, TX SSG Charles K. Malone, Danville, PA SSG Max M. Woodsmall, Elnora, IN SGT Theodore A. Alkire, Ridgeley, WV SP4 Norman C. Farris, Springfield, MA (Bronze Star "V") SP4 Eugene E. Mitchell, Scottsboro, AL SP4 James E. Smythe, Reeds Spring, MO SP4 Wilbert Stewart, Baltimore, MD SP4 Lester E. Unger, Centerville, OH SP4 Donald G. Vernon, Ocala, FL PFC Gary D. Byford, Roundup, MT PFC Eduardo Chavez, Santa Paula, CA PFC John M. Dalton, Chicago, IL (Silver Star) PFC Carlito L. Dorsey, Seaside, CA PFC John L. Godfrey, Ligonier, IN PFC Ralls Hawkins, Macon, GA PFC Charles L. Hicks, Hazard, KY PFC Harvey Johnson, Madison Heights, VA PFC Marion E. Johnson, Milledgeville, GA PFC Carroll H. Jones, Richmond, VA PFC Arnold R. Krasnoff, New York, NY PFC Gamaliel Marcano-Diaz, Bayamon, PR PFC Larry D. Naasz, Roundup, MT PFC Joseph L. Rabon, Charleston Heights, SC PFC Jerry D. Sabens, Salem, IN PFC Edward J. Scahill, Randolph, MA PFC Joseph Scicutella, New York, NY PFC Samuel W. Smith, Baltimore, MD PFC Andrew L. Stephens, Livingston, TX PFC Clifford R. Stout, Trenton, NJ PFC Alvin B. Tucker, Nashville, NC PFC John F. Waden, Malden, MA HHC, 1st Bn, 5th Cavalry SP4 Louis Castillo, Chicago, IL (medic with C/1/5 Cav) B Btry, 1st Bn, 77th Artillery PFC George A. Turner, Mulga, AL (F/O with C/1/5 Cav) Visit John Dennison's Medics on the Wall memorial which honors the Army Medics and Navy Corpsmen who died in Vietnam.

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