1969 Graduate of the USMA at West Point, New York. Ranger and Airborne Qualified. Platoon Leader. Recipient of the Silver Star for his actions at FSB Mary-Ann.
PERSONAL DATA
Home of Record: Detroit, Michigan
Date of birth: Tuesday, 06/17/1947
MILITARY DATA
Service: Army (Regular)
Grade at loss: O2
Rank: First Lieutenant
ID No: 372487105
MOS: 1542 Infantry Unit Commander
LenSvc: Not recorded
Unit: A CO, 1ST BN, 46TH INFANTRY, 196 INF BDE
CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: Sunday, 08/02/1970
Cas Date: Sunday, 03/28/1971
Age at Loss: 23
Remains: Body recovered
Location: Quang Tin, South Vietnam
Type: Hostile, died outright
Reason: Artillery, rocket, or mortar - Ground casualty
ON THE WALL Panel 04W Line 088
On the night of 27/28 March 1971 Fire Support Base (FSB) Mary Ann was occupied by 209 Americans from several units of the Americal Division:
HHC 1/46th Infantry;
C Co 1/46th Infantry;
a Recon Platoon;
elements of a Mortar Platoon;
two 155mm howitzer sections, 3/16th Arty; and
twenty ARVN artillerymen.
At approximately 0230 hours, 28 March 1971, the VC mounted a coordinated mortar and sapper attack. Almost simultaneously with the mortar attack, sappers employed satchel charges and rocket propelled grenades (RPG) to penetrate the FSB's perimeter. Americans in the perimeter bunkers hunkered down until the explosions from the mortar rounds, satchel charges, and RPGs had subsided, but by then the sappers had breached the trench line and were inside the base. Once inside FSB Mary Ann, the sappers struck over half the bunkers. By the time the VC withdrew, 30 American soldiers were dead and 76 wounded.
PERSONAL DATA
Home of Record: Detroit, Michigan
Date of birth: Tuesday, 06/17/1947
MILITARY DATA
Service: Army (Regular)
Grade at loss: O2
Rank: First Lieutenant
ID No: 372487105
MOS: 1542 Infantry Unit Commander
LenSvc: Not recorded
Unit: A CO, 1ST BN, 46TH INFANTRY, 196 INF BDE
CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: Sunday, 08/02/1970
Cas Date: Sunday, 03/28/1971
Age at Loss: 23
Remains: Body recovered
Location: Quang Tin, South Vietnam
Type: Hostile, died outright
Reason: Artillery, rocket, or mortar - Ground casualty
ON THE WALL Panel 04W Line 088
On the night of 27/28 March 1971 Fire Support Base (FSB) Mary Ann was occupied by 209 Americans from several units of the Americal Division:
HHC 1/46th Infantry;
C Co 1/46th Infantry;
a Recon Platoon;
elements of a Mortar Platoon;
two 155mm howitzer sections, 3/16th Arty; and
twenty ARVN artillerymen.
At approximately 0230 hours, 28 March 1971, the VC mounted a coordinated mortar and sapper attack. Almost simultaneously with the mortar attack, sappers employed satchel charges and rocket propelled grenades (RPG) to penetrate the FSB's perimeter. Americans in the perimeter bunkers hunkered down until the explosions from the mortar rounds, satchel charges, and RPGs had subsided, but by then the sappers had breached the trench line and were inside the base. Once inside FSB Mary Ann, the sappers struck over half the bunkers. By the time the VC withdrew, 30 American soldiers were dead and 76 wounded.
1969 Graduate of the USMA at West Point, New York. Ranger and Airborne Qualified. Platoon Leader. Recipient of the Silver Star for his actions at FSB Mary-Ann.
PERSONAL DATA
Home of Record: Detroit, Michigan
Date of birth: Tuesday, 06/17/1947
MILITARY DATA
Service: Army (Regular)
Grade at loss: O2
Rank: First Lieutenant
ID No: 372487105
MOS: 1542 Infantry Unit Commander
LenSvc: Not recorded
Unit: A CO, 1ST BN, 46TH INFANTRY, 196 INF BDE
CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: Sunday, 08/02/1970
Cas Date: Sunday, 03/28/1971
Age at Loss: 23
Remains: Body recovered
Location: Quang Tin, South Vietnam
Type: Hostile, died outright
Reason: Artillery, rocket, or mortar - Ground casualty
ON THE WALL Panel 04W Line 088
On the night of 27/28 March 1971 Fire Support Base (FSB) Mary Ann was occupied by 209 Americans from several units of the Americal Division:
HHC 1/46th Infantry;
C Co 1/46th Infantry;
a Recon Platoon;
elements of a Mortar Platoon;
two 155mm howitzer sections, 3/16th Arty; and
twenty ARVN artillerymen.
At approximately 0230 hours, 28 March 1971, the VC mounted a coordinated mortar and sapper attack. Almost simultaneously with the mortar attack, sappers employed satchel charges and rocket propelled grenades (RPG) to penetrate the FSB's perimeter. Americans in the perimeter bunkers hunkered down until the explosions from the mortar rounds, satchel charges, and RPGs had subsided, but by then the sappers had breached the trench line and were inside the base. Once inside FSB Mary Ann, the sappers struck over half the bunkers. By the time the VC withdrew, 30 American soldiers were dead and 76 wounded.
PERSONAL DATA
Home of Record: Detroit, Michigan
Date of birth: Tuesday, 06/17/1947
MILITARY DATA
Service: Army (Regular)
Grade at loss: O2
Rank: First Lieutenant
ID No: 372487105
MOS: 1542 Infantry Unit Commander
LenSvc: Not recorded
Unit: A CO, 1ST BN, 46TH INFANTRY, 196 INF BDE
CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: Sunday, 08/02/1970
Cas Date: Sunday, 03/28/1971
Age at Loss: 23
Remains: Body recovered
Location: Quang Tin, South Vietnam
Type: Hostile, died outright
Reason: Artillery, rocket, or mortar - Ground casualty
ON THE WALL Panel 04W Line 088
On the night of 27/28 March 1971 Fire Support Base (FSB) Mary Ann was occupied by 209 Americans from several units of the Americal Division:
HHC 1/46th Infantry;
C Co 1/46th Infantry;
a Recon Platoon;
elements of a Mortar Platoon;
two 155mm howitzer sections, 3/16th Arty; and
twenty ARVN artillerymen.
At approximately 0230 hours, 28 March 1971, the VC mounted a coordinated mortar and sapper attack. Almost simultaneously with the mortar attack, sappers employed satchel charges and rocket propelled grenades (RPG) to penetrate the FSB's perimeter. Americans in the perimeter bunkers hunkered down until the explosions from the mortar rounds, satchel charges, and RPGs had subsided, but by then the sappers had breached the trench line and were inside the base. Once inside FSB Mary Ann, the sappers struck over half the bunkers. By the time the VC withdrew, 30 American soldiers were dead and 76 wounded.
