On 21 November 1966, C Company, 1/5th Cavalry, was engaged by enemy forces while operating along the Cambodian border in Kontum Province, SVN. Charlie 1/5 lost 32 men killed in action in the battle: 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 SP4 Louis Castillo, Chicago, IL (Medic, HHC with C/1/5) 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 Edward J. Scahill, Randolph, MA 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 George A. Turner, Mulga, AL (Arty FO, B/1/77th Arty with C/1/5) PFC John F. Waden, Malden, MA George Allen Turner was survived by his mother, Dorothy Dean (Silas) Turner (1924-2005), father John "Jack" Hart Turner (1915-1992) and brother John A Turner, (1945-1973). They are all interred at the First United Methodist Church Cemetery, Sylvan Springs, Jefferson County, Alabama, along with several generations of their kinfolk. - - The Virtual Wall, 9 May 2021

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