Joe Alan Whitby

The database page for Joe Alan Whitby

08 Jun 2001 REMEMBERED ACROSS THE YEARS by his niece, Jennie Gunter jennie_gunter@hotmail.com

A Note from The Virtual Wall On 05 March 1967 Charlie and Delta Companies, 1/9 Marines, assaulted NVA forces emplaced around Phu An. The NVA were defeated at the cost of at least eleven Marines killed in action: Charlie 1/9: SGT Refugio J. Cantu, San Antonio, TX SGT Pedro Leon, Kansas City, MO LCPL Anthony M. Orlando, Selden, NY PFC Dewey H. Brown, Houston, TX PFC Roy A. Schaefer, Fond Du Lac, WI Delta 1/9: LCPL Magdaleno Tarango, Lordsburg, NM PFC Carl F. Mowery, Springfield, OH PFC Edward G. Ray, Detroit, MI PFC David A. Taylor, Thomaston, GA Mortars, H&S 1/9: SGT Joe A. Whitby, Pasco, WA CPL Ronald A. Williams, Philadelphia, PA

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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Channing Prothro, former CAP Marine
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