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Men of the 173rd Airborne Brigade dig foxholes on Hill 875 near Đắk Tô, 22 November 1967.

November 3, 1967 – November 23, 1967 · names from Kon Tum Province

The Battle of Đắk Tô

Around Đắk Tô in the Central Highlands (3–23 November 1967), the 4th Infantry Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade fought North Vietnamese regiments for the hills along the border, ending with the assault on Hill 875 on Thanksgiving Day.

Men of the 173rd Airborne Brigade dig foxholes on Hill 875 near Đắk Tô, 22 November 1967. Photo: SSG Alfred Batungbacal, U.S. Army, public domain.

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This roll lists the 297 names whose official records place the death in Kon Tum Province between November 3, 1967 and November 23, 1967. The records give the province and the date, not the exact place, so not everyone listed fell in the battle itself.

November 4, 1967 4

November 5, 1967 1

November 6, 1967 18

November 7, 1967 9

November 8, 1967 11

November 9, 1967 5

November 10, 1967 8

November 11, 1967 35

Ralph Harry Barlett JRPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 11, 1967 · Mt Carmel, ILBillie Wayne BrightPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 11, 1967 · Gaylesville, ALThomas James CarterSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 11, 1967 · Sacramento, CAJames Allen CollierPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 11, 1967 · Carthage, NCJohn James CollinsSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 11, 1967 · Vandergrift, PAGregory John DellamandolaPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 11, 1967 · Stockton, CAHarold DickersonPlatoon Sergeant · U.S. ArmyNovember 11, 1967 · Poland, INJohn Paul Falcone JRCaptain · U.S. ArmyNovember 11, 1967 · Hampton, NHGeorge Bruce GunnPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 11, 1967 · Schenectady, NYEdward Benjamin HarperStaff Sergeant · U.S. ArmyNovember 11, 1967 · Jackson, MSRobert Emmett HaynesSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 11, 1967 · Pittsburgh, PARaymond Richard HollopeterSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 11, 1967 · Gary, INCalvin Clifford HudsonSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 11, 1967 · Abbeville, GAJesse JohnsonPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 11, 1967 · Benton, LAVernon Joe JohnsonSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 11, 1967 · Del City, OKGlenn Dirk KernsPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 11, 1967 · Lumberton, NCLarry MartinSergeant · U.S. ArmyNovember 11, 1967 · Chicago, ILEdwin J Martinez-MercadoPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 11, 1967 · New York, NYJames Henry McCraePrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 11, 1967 · Miami, FLDennis Craig McPhersonPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 11, 1967 · Gregory, SDWeldon John MilesPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 11, 1967 · Cinnaminson, NJWilliam Guy MuirPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 11, 1967 · Eugene, ORCharles Franklin RileyPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 11, 1967 · St Joseph, MOJimmie Dale RogersStaff Sergeant · U.S. ArmyNovember 11, 1967 · Mesquite, TXCharles Douglas SawyersStaff Sergeant · U.S. ArmyNovember 11, 1967 · Yukon, WVGary Francis ShawPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 11, 1967 · Toledo, OHJohn Steiner Stuckey JRPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 11, 1967 · Cloverdale, INGerald K TaylorSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 11, 1967 · Cocoa, FLJerome ThompsonSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 11, 1967 · Washington, DCNathaniel Anthony ThompsonPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 11, 1967 · Tulsa, OKJohn Joseph TiscorniaSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 11, 1967 · San Carlos, CAEdward UrbaniakSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 11, 1967 · Chicago, ILLarry WadeFirst Lieutenant · U.S. ArmyNovember 11, 1967 · Pottstown, PABruce Allen WagnerPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 11, 1967 · Lansing, MICharles James WilliamsPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 11, 1967 · Oakland, CA

November 12, 1967 15

November 13, 1967 25

James Craig BerryPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 13, 1967 · Royal Oak, MIDavid Elvin BunkerSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 13, 1967 · Kingston, NHNathaniel ChatmanPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 13, 1967 · Pittsburgh, PAHorace W Cowdrick JRPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 13, 1967 · College Point, NYGregory Lynn DunnPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 13, 1967 · Santa Rosa, CALamont George EppsPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 13, 1967 · Baltimore, MDRobert Samuel FerrullaPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 13, 1967 · Lynwood, CALafrancis HardimanPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 13, 1967 · Wyandanch, NYZan HessSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 13, 1967 · Wichita Falls, TXVanester Lamar HesterSpecialist Five · U.S. ArmyNovember 13, 1967 · Ft Pierce, FLMilford JonesPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 13, 1967 · St Petersburg, FLRay Morgan Keith JonesSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 13, 1967 · Jonesboro, TNFrancis Leroy MaplesSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 13, 1967 · La Feria, TXWilliam Othello McKoyPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 13, 1967 · Wilmington, NCVernon MeansSergeant · U.S. ArmyNovember 13, 1967 · Cordele, GAWayne Paul MurrayPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 13, 1967 · Potsdam, NYRichard Vaughn MyersSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 13, 1967 · Glenmoore, PAJames E Raffensperger JRSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 13, 1967 · Des Moines, IARobert Lee RossPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 13, 1967 · Waterproof, LALeroy Alphus RostPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 13, 1967 · Moline, ILRichard Alan ScheiberSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 13, 1967 · Huntington, INEdward Anthony ScullySpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 13, 1967 · West Point, NYWillie James SimmonsSergeant · U.S. ArmyNovember 13, 1967 · Detroit, MIVernon Patrick SprinklePrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 13, 1967 · Portland, ORLarry Keith WilliamsPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 13, 1967 · Torrance, CA

November 14, 1967 2

November 17, 1967 10

November 18, 1967 14

November 19, 1967 43

Michael Edward AdamsSergeant · U.S. ArmyNovember 19, 1967 · Granite City, ILJames Allen BelvealPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 19, 1967 · Sacramento, CARoy James Blackwell JRSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 19, 1967 · Clinton, SCMario Alvarez CisnerosPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 19, 1967 · Riverbank, CAGary Robert CooperSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 19, 1967 · Bosworth, MOJack Lee Croxdale IISpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 19, 1967 · Lake Charles, LADavid John DeckerCaptain · U.S. ArmyNovember 19, 1967 · Yardley, PABenjamin David DeherreraPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 19, 1967 · Colorado Springs, COMichael Le Roy EllisSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 19, 1967 · Valinda, CAJames William Flynt IIISpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 19, 1967 · Pittsboro, NCWilliam Holt Fowler IIISpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 19, 1967 · San Jose, CAJames Carl FrederickSergeant First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 19, 1967 · Margate, FLGerald Lee George JRSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 19, 1967 · Colorado Springs, COJoseph Gene GreggPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 19, 1967 · London, OHPrelow GrissettePrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 19, 1967 · Shallotte, NCMark Richard HeringSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 19, 1967 · North Tonawanda, NYThomas Pate HuddlestonSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 19, 1967 · Newnan, GADonald IandoliSergeant · U.S. ArmyNovember 19, 1967 · Paterson, NJRonald Dean KingPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 19, 1967 · Vaughn, WAJeffrey Wayne KoonceSergeant · U.S. ArmyNovember 19, 1967 · Union, NJRoger Allen KrosPrivate · U.S. ArmyNovember 19, 1967 · Lake Village, INRobert C Lavallee JRPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 19, 1967 · Middletown, RIJoe L LyonsStaff Sergeant · U.S. ArmyNovember 19, 1967 · Terrell, TXTyrone Cecil MarsdenSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 19, 1967 · New York, NYPedro Rodriguez MontanezPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 19, 1967 · Lovell, WYCharles Carter NelsonFirst Lieutenant · U.S. Air ForceNovember 19, 1967 · Minneapolis, MNThomas OlearnickSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 19, 1967 · Mt Carmel, PAAndrew John OroszSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 19, 1967 · New York, NYLesley Wayne ReedStaff Sergeant · U.S. ArmyNovember 19, 1967 · Buckhannon, WVWalter Ray RiddlePrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 19, 1967 · Anadarko, OKRonald Nelson RodreickSecond Lieutenant · U.S. ArmyNovember 19, 1967 · Fresno, CAWilliam Allen RossPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 19, 1967 · Columbus, GARobert James SandersSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 19, 1967 · Philadelphia, PAJack Henry Shoop JRSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 19, 1967 · Rural Ridge, PADonald Eugene SmithFirst Lieutenant · U.S. ArmyNovember 19, 1967 · Columbus, GALewis Benjamin SmithSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 19, 1967 · Camden, NYJames Ronald SpellerPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 19, 1967 · Windsor, NCHarry Edward StephensSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 19, 1967 · Richmond, VARichard W ThompsonFirst Lieutenant · U.S. ArmyNovember 19, 1967 · Atchison, KSRichard Walker JRPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 19, 1967 · Chicago, ILRudolph Nathinal WardPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 19, 1967 · Portsmouth, VACharles Joseph WattersMajor · U.S. ArmyNovember 19, 1967 · Berkeley Heights, NJRemer Garth WilliamsStaff Sergeant · U.S. ArmyNovember 19, 1967 · Raleigh, NC

November 20, 1967 72

Louis George Washi ArnoldPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Detroit, MIGregory Charles BauerPrivate · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Central Bridge, NYBruce Martin BenzingPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Miami Springs, FLNeal Ira BestPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Myrtle Beach, SCDavid Brooks BetchelSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Los Angeles, CARobert Tildon BlySpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Toledo, OHHarvey Lee Brown IIISpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · St Louis, MORichard Thomas BusenlehnerFirst Lieutenant · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Rowena, TXManfred Francis CamaroteSergeant · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Philadelphia, PAErnesto Soliz CantuSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Encino, TXThomas Louis CorbettSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Hampton, VAClaude Lee CrawfordPrivate · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Los Angeles, CACharles Richard CrewsPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Starke, FLBruce Wayne CunninghamSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Denver, COJohn DagostinoPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · New York, NYRobert Paul DegenPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Vancouver, WALarry Aime DentremontPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Kittery Point, MECasimiro DiandaPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Yuma, AZJohn Michael DunbarSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Villa Park, ILJames Cabell FarleyPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Cookeville, TNMichael William FerencePrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Chicago, ILAngel Ramo Flores-JimenezPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · New York, NYTroy Alexander GalyanSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Concord, NCJuan Manuel GarciaPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Mammoth, AZMichael Jay GladdenSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Odessa, TXHerbert Hoover GrayPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Gray, GADennis GreenwaldPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Southfield, MIWilliam Thomas HagertySpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Vineyard Haven, MAClarence HallSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Newport, KYBobby Gene HastingsPlatoon Sergeant · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Trumann, ARWilliam Allen HawthornePrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Eureka, KSWilliam Donald Herst JRSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · El Paso, TXAaron Kamala HervasSpecialist Five · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Mobile, ALKenneth James JacobsonSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Winslow, WAHarold James KaufmanCaptain · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Spring Valley, NYMichael James KileyCaptain · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Long Beach, CAWeston Joseph LangleySpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Houlton, MECarlos James LozadaPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · New York, NYRoger Dale MabePrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Haymarket, VAGeorge Michael MattinglyPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Oxon Hill, MDTracy Henry MurreyFirst Lieutenant · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Miles City, MTJosh Cain NoahSergeant · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Hugo, OKJames William Nothern JRSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Clarendon, ARWallace Lee OgeaSergeant · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Bossier City, LAJohn Manuel OrtizPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Chicago, ILRobert Edward PaciorekSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Ravenna, OHJoseph PannellPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · East St Louis, ILJames Robert PattersonPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Orlando, FLRoy Charles Payne JRSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Saginaw, MIArnold PinnPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Jamaica, NYSteven Reed PowellPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Danville, VAWalter Donald RaySpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Belmont, MALeonard Jeffrey RichardsPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Mt Vernon, ILJesse SanchezSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Union City, CAJerome Charles ShomakerFirst Lieutenant · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Newport Beach, CAJohn William SmithPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Celina, OHErvin SpainSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Chicago, ILHarry Herbert SpencerPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Cleveland, OHFrank Edward StokesPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Monticello, NYRobert Thomas SzymanskiSergeant · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Milwaukee, WIErnest Ray Taylor JRSpecialist Five · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Loveland, OHNathaniel ThompsonPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · St Louis, MOArthur Turner JRSergeant · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Mt Pleasant, SCLester TylerPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · New York, NYErnesto VillarrealPrivate · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Detroit, MIThomas Joe WadePrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Antlers, OKEarl Kennon WebbSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · New Orleans, LAMerrel P WhittingtonSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Toppenish, WALemuel Taylor WilliamsSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · St Louis, MOJohn Roby WolfPrivate First Class · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Renton, WAJohn Wesley WootenStaff Sergeant · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Garten, WVRonald Wayne YoungSpecialist Four · U.S. ArmyNovember 20, 1967 · Tulsa, OK

November 21, 1967 10

November 22, 1967 7

November 23, 1967 8