[GoldenDragon]

These men fell by my side, but not from my heart.

1st Bn 14th Inf 25th Inf Div (GoldenDragons) Pleiku, RSVN 1966.


"Lest we forget, freedom is not free."


1. SP/4 Dwight Basey
Age 19
Anderson, Indiana
Small Arms/AW

2.Sgt Ted Belcher
Age 42
Huntington, West Virginia
Grenade

3. PFC Gregory Bielicki
Age 20
Utica, New York
Small Arms/AW

4. SGT Aaron Blanding
Age 21
Manning, South Carolina
Small Arms/AW

5. SP/4 William Brand
Age 21
Quincy, Washington
Small Arms/AW

6. PFC James W. Brown
Age 19
Campton, New Hampshire
Multi Frag

7. SPF/4 Edward Carolla
Age 23
Sacremento, California
Small Arms/AW

8. SGT Clarence Casto
Age 31
Jefferson, Ohio
Small Arms/AW

9. PFC Miles Cooper
Age 19
Saginaw, Michigan
Small Arms/AW

10. PVT Samuel Danna
Age 21
Temple, California
Small Arms/AW

11. SPF/4 Edmund Dlugokinski
Age 19
Detriot, Michigan
Small Arms/AW

12. CAPT Joesph Grant
Age 26
Arlington, Massachusetts
Small Arms/AW

13. SSGT Jesse Harris
Age 24
Centralia, Washington
Small Arms/AW

14. PFC Robert Hatton
Age 21
Hamilton, Ohio
Small Arms/AW

15. PFC James Kennard
Age 20
Burlington, New Jersey
Small Arms/AW

16. SP/4 Lewis Kirby
Age 19
Detriot, Michigan
Mortor

17. SP/4 William Main
Age 18
Alliance, Ohio
Small Arms/AW

18. PFC James Maxam
Age 21
Paw Paw, Michigan
Not Reported

19. PFC Dennis McKellar
Age 20
Rose City, Michigan
Small Arms/AW

20. 1SGT Yoshiiwa Nagato
Age 37
Los Angeles, California
Small Arms/AW

21. PFC James Northern
Age 19
Fullerton, California
Small Arms/AW

22. PFC James Ohlinger
Age 21
Succasunna, New Jersey
Mortor

23. 1LT Terence O'Brien
Age 22
Vicksburg, Mississippi
Small Arms/AW

24. PFC Louis Potempa
Age 19
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Small Arms/AW

25. SP/4 Frankie Priest
Age 20
Kennett, Missouri
Small Arms/AW

26. 2LT Richard Rand
Age 22
Upton, Massachusetts
Small Arms/AW

27. SP/4 Robert Rudolph
Age 21
Atlanta, Georgia
Multi-Frag

28. SP/4 John Schultz
Age 21
Naugatuck, Connecticut
Small Arms/AW

29. SP/4 Herbert Shupe
Age 24
Caretta, West Virginia
Small Arms/AW

30. SP/4 William Sperry
Age 20
Agusta, Georgia
Small Arms/AW

31. SP/4 Michael Swangin
Age 20
Newark, New Jersey
Multi-Frag

32. 2LT Robert Taylor
Age 23
Takoma Park, Maryland
Accidental Homocide

33. Sp/4 Donald Vaughn
Age 20
Modesto, California
Small Arms/AW

34. SP/4 Ralph Watts
Age 21
Ayer, Maine
Small Arms/AW

35. PFC Terry Weber
Age 20
Albion, Indiana
Small Arms/AW

36. PFC Robert Wells
Age 22
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Drowned Ia Drang River



Sgt. Ted Belcher and Capt. Joesph Grant were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor