Listed below are the Unit Awards earned by the 3d Squadron 4th Cavalry and those also earned by C Troop
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General Westmoreland's message to A & C Troop May 27, 1968
- General Westmoreland, Commander, US Military Assistance Command,
Vietnam (COMUSMACV) sent the following congratulatory message, a copy of which
is in the 25th Division Foundation archives.
"Fighting west of Phu Tho Race Track night of 26 May
and continuing through 27 May has taken a heavy toll of enemy forces. Hearty
congratulations to 4/23 Inf and to A and C Troops, 3/4 Cav for outstanding
combat professionalism."
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Note: Service stars are worn on the
VSM to denote participation in campaigns. 3/4 Cav Campaigns
in RED.
The Following Awards listing is far from completion, If you belong listed here E-Mail the Webmaster.
SSG Gary D. Brewer Sp4 Ralph A Ball
Distinguished Service Cross
Cpt Gary W. Carlson
Sp4 Roger B. Crowell
PFC Joe W Grigsby
SFC Lon D Nicol
Sgt Fred J Ogas Jr.
1st Lt. Richard A Thomas
Silver Star ![]()
Sp5 Dwight W. Birdwell **
PFC George E. Butler
Cpt Gary W. Carlson
Sgt Phillip Castillo
SFC Alvia M. Cooper
SSG Richard D Dolan
SSG George E. Eaton
Sp4 Russell A. Gearhart
1Lt Dean H Guynes **
Sgt John D Johnson
SSG Roy W Kennard
SSG Henry R Lambert
Sp4 Keith W Larimer
1LT Richard L Larcom
Sgt Walter P. Morris
SSG John E Moyer
Cpt Ronald W Penn
Sgt Fred J Ogas Jr
Cpl Michael J Randolph.
PFC Louis V Sanchez
SSG Richard J Schwichow
Sp4 George M Shaffer
Cpt William E Shaffer
Sp4 Paul J Soares
Sgt Patrick J. Strayer
1Lt James Swinney
PFC Vallis G. Thacker
Sp4 James L Thompson
Sp4 John Steven Uram
Cpt Leo B. Virant II
PFC Datus M. Ward
SSG Michael W. Webster
PSG John J Weiss
SSG John C. White
Sgt Floyd D Wimer **
Sp5 Stanley Wysocki
Soldiers
MedalCpt Arther A Schultz
Bronze
Star for Heroism
Cpt William E Shaffer, 1Lt Homer G Adams, 1Lt Lodwich K Alford, 1Lt
Jeffery S Babb, 1Lt Robert H Gardner, 1Lt Dean H Guynes, 1Lt Theo F Hardies, 1Lt Michael D Jackson, 1Lt Michael T Opie, 1Lt James P
Pinto, 1Lt George R Owens, 1Lt Harry W Sandhusen, 1Lt James Swinney, 2Lt Kim H Olmstead, SFC Alvia M Cooper, SFC James F Horn, SFC
Robert C Lewis, SFC Mitchell V Rader, SFC John J Weiss, SFC Frank E
Williams, SSG George J Bleichert, SSG Richard D Dolan, SSG Jimmy D
Greer, SSG Anthony D
Masi, SSG Richard P Murphy, SSG James P Hale, SSG Herbert Ruger, SSG Aaron Thompson Jr, SSG John C
White, Sgt Lee R Barron, Sgt Anthony R Camello, Sgt Dennis G Carpenter, Sgt Victor R
Davis, Sgt Kenneth L Devor, Sgt James A Bobikevich, Sgt Danny Chrisler,
Sgt duane L Clouse, Sgt Leonard Gonzales Jr, Sgt Harry W Heckart, Sgt Anthony E
Ippolito, Sgt Richard D Jobe, Sgt Bob C Lagana, Sgt Martin G Lalli, Sgt Jimmy O Layton,
Sgt Earl J Leroy, Sgt Randy L Mason, Sgt
Carl R Matson, Sgt Alan R Matta, Sgt Michael Mendoza, Sgt Herbert J Miller,
Sgt James E Mills, Sgt Walter P Morris, Sgt Barry E Moyer, Sgt Joseph S Newbury,
Sgt Fred J Ogas Jr., Sgt Randall Osborne,
Sgt Russell W Seep, Sgt David Stewart, Sgt William J Wark, Sgt Frank C Willoughby,
Sgt Robert D Wolford, Sp5 George H Aday, Sp5 Van R Collins, Sp5 Art R Fritz, Sp5 Randall T Klump, Sp5 Martin G Lalli, Sp5 Glenn L LaRoche, Sp5 Walter P Morris, Sp5 Patrick
E Ossenkop, Sp5 Lloyd Reeves, Sp5 Steven J Runnels, Sp5 Thomas E Ruschkewitcz, Sp5 Lee E
Sellers, Sp5 Vallis G Thacker, Sp5 Peter J Wyshneff, Sp5 Larry
F Young, Sp4 Ralph A Ball, Sp4 Ralph E Bess, Sp4 Edward A Bodzinski, Sp4 James B Buchan, Sp4 Winston
Cunningham, Sp4 Thomas M Curtis, Sp4 Micheal T Dempsey, Sp4
Jose R Erazo, Sp4 Mark J Feller, Sp4 Jerry L
Holbrook, Sp4 Gerald N Howard, Sp4 Richard A John, Sp4 Karl W
Koch, Sp4 Michael F Koegel,
Sp4 Darrell J McDonald, Sp4 George W Messer, Sp4 Billy D Miller, Sp4 Raymond G Morie,
Sp4 William E Moore, Sp4 Arthur G Ramirez, Sp4
Phillip T Randazzo, Sp4 William D Ruff, Sp4 Wayne A Rice, Sp4 William D Ruff, Sp4 Jimmy
Sanford, Sp4 Gordon L Schmitz, Sp4 George M Shaffer, Sp4 Alfred D Smith, Sp4 Douglas Snider,
Sp4 Michael M St Auburn, Sp4 David R Sjogren, Sp4 Walter P Stamper, Sp4 James L Thompson, Sp4
Harry D Travis, Sp4 Richard M Trovato, Sp4 Steven West, Sp4 Kenneth B
Wetsel, Sp4 David L White, Sp4 Larry F Young, PFC John A Busto Jr,
PFC Craig Candage, PFC Patrick A Devanie, PFC George H Jarrett, PFC Luther Mason, PFC Terry J
Noonan, PFC Domingo
Rodriquez, Pvt Millard Levi
Bronze
Star for Meritorious Achievement
Cpt Arthur A Schultz, 1Lt Richard Brodbeck, 1Lt Theo F
Hardies, 1Lt Thomas J Morgan, 1Lt
Harry W Sandhusen, MSG Lonnie M Swinson, SFC Theodore Smith,
PSG John J Weiss, SSG John H
Childers, SSG Richard D Dolan, SSG Douglas Evans, SSG Lester G Fulk, SSG Everette E Longland, SSG Fred Manske,
SSG Harry Wahl, SSG Frederick Washington, SSG John C White, Sgt Duane L
Clouse, Sgt Bernard L Fox, Sgt Jimmie D Gandy, Sgt George S
Hall, Sgt Jesse
Hunter, Sgt Thomas Jackson, Sgt Martin G Lalli, Sgt Robert L Lumpkin, Sgt Carl R Matson, Sgt Edmundo Mireles Jr., Sgt Eddie R Nix, Sgt
Elvin Page, Sgt Steven J Runnels, Sgt William J Wark, Sp5 Dwight W
Birdwell, Sp5 Edward W DeLaney, Sp5 Michael T
Dempsey, Sp5 Donald Johnson, Sp5 Kenneth W Rijock, Sp5 Peter J Wyshneff,
Sp5 David L Young, Sp4 Paul Armstrong, Sp4 Ralph A Ball, Sp4 Kenneth D Bouey, Sp4 Roger Bowman, Sp4 George Burnette, Sp4 Stephen
Cabrera, Sp4 Louis Cardona, Sp4 Kenneth W Chouccoli, Sp4 Leo R Conlon, Sp4 Thomas M
Curtis, Sp4 Gary Dearringer, Sp4 John E Fahey,
Sp4 Kenneth W Hanley, Sp4 Roger Hatton, Sp4 Willie G Hudson, Sp4 Karl Koch,
Sp4 Richard E Krames, Sp4 Willis Kruger,
Sp4 Tone Larkens, Sp4 Fredrick Lukasavitz, Sp4 Frank R Manello, Sp4 Noel Martinez, Sp4
Michael Martinez, Sp4 Arthur Ramirez, Sp4 Leonard Reggie, Sp4 William D Ruff, Sp4 Ronald Scott, Sp4 Terry
Sperry, Sp4 Roger Strait, Sp4 John Steven Uram, Sp4 Alford L Walker, Sp4 Stephen L Walker,
Sp4 Frank C Willoughby, PFC
Marc R Brill, PFC Craig Candage, PFC Thomas Clark, PFC Felix Cobos, PFC
Michael Conklin, PFC George AC Dillon, PFC John H Sturges
Purple
Heart
Cpt Gary W Carlson, Cpt Ronald W Penn, Cpt William E Shaffer,
Cpt Leo B. Virant II, 1Lt Chester W Fetner, 1Lt Robert H Gardner, 1Lt Dean H Guynes, 1Lt Theo F
Hardies, 1Lt. Richard L Larcom, 1Lt James P Pinto, 1Lt Donald J Russin, 1Lt James
Swinney, 1Lt Gary L Waer, 2Lt Kim H Olmstead, MSG Edward K Kea, MSG Lonnie
M Swinson, SFC James N Dean, SFC William Jenkins, SFC Robert D Owen Jr, SFC Frank E
Williams, SSG Richard D Dolan, SSG George E Eaton, SSG James R Fisher,
SSG James P Hale, SSG Robert Jackson,
SSG Henry R Lambert, SSG Franciso Luna, SSG Anthony D Masi, SSG James M McDonough, SSG John
E Moyer, SSG Louis J Orison, SSG Arnold Pairis, SSG Herbert Ruger, SSG Aaron B Ryan, SSG Richard J Schwichow,
SSG Dennis L Smith, SSG Lonnie L Smith, SSG Albert E Sombelon, SSG Patrick J Strayer, SSG
Thomas G Tuttle, SSG Michael W Webster, SSG John C White, SSG Richard K
Whitfield, Sgt Francis I Arnett, Sgt David R Berkley, Sgt Dennis G Carpenter, Sgt Phillip Castello, Sgt Danny Chrisler, Sgt Henery P Clark, Sgt Duane L Clouse,
Sgt Daniel W Czepiel, Sgt Victor R Davis,
Sgt David G DeVries, Sgt Kenneth L Devor, Sgt Klous D Egolf, Sgt William J Endress,
Sgt Thomas J Flaherty, Sgt
Bernard L Fox, Sgt Jimmie D Gandy, Sgt Andrew Giordano, Sgt Ronnie L Gros, Sgt Warren G Harding Jr, Sgt Billy R
Holmes, Sgt Martin W Holub, Sgt John D Johnson, Sgt Robert E Johnson, Sgt Bob C Lagana, Sgt Jimmy O Layton, Sgt Troy A Littlejohn,
Sgt Robert L Lumpkin, Sgt Richard Marzo, Sgt Ivy M McCarroll
Jr, Sgt James E Mills, Sgt Steve L Morey, Sgt Walter P Morris, Sgt Terrance M Null,
Sgt Fred J Ogas Jr., Sgt John T Pettit Sr,
Sgt Robert Pringle, Sgt Ben J Richardson, Sgt David Stewart, Sgt Gerald D Sullivan, Sgt
Valentino Tauaesse, Sgt John B Testruth, Sgt Thomas C Warner, Sgt William J Wark, Sgt Floyd D Wimer, Sp5 Lawrence Albala,
Sp5 Dwight W Birdwell, Sp5 Will D
Billings, Sp5 Timothy M Breen, Sp5 Larry A Courtright, Sp5 Johnnie W Davis,
Sp5 Edward L Day Jr, Sp5 Michael A Fluharty, Sp5 Art
R Fritz, Sp5 Arlan D Gable, Sp5 Richard M Gardner,
Sp5 Randall T Klump, Sp5 James R McDonough, Sp5 Walter P Morris, Sp5
Hubert S Myron, Sp5 Ronald M Noble, Sp5 Patrick E Ossenkop, Sp5
Daniel L Penson, Sp5 Lloyd Reeves, Sp5 Chester W Rice Jr, Sp5 Charles R Rosenbusch,
Sp5 Steven J Runnels, Sp5 Lee E
Sellers, Sp5 Harold R Stafford, Sp5 Vallis G Thacker, Sp5 Tom Tobler, Sp5 Larry W Tomovick, Sp5 Alger L White
Jr, Sp5 David C Williams, Sp5 Stanley Wysocki, Sp5 David L Young, Cpl Robert W Hunt, Cpl Frank G Navarro, Cpl Michael J Randolph, Cpl
Thomas M Schalk Sr, Cpl Kurt L Starkey, Cpl Stephen D Van Dyke, Sp4
Robert L Aday, Sp4 Milford E Archibald, Sp4 Ralph A Ball, Sp4 Paul Bowman Jr, Sp4 Reginald A Bowman, Sp4 William A
Cargill, Sp4 Donald E Clark, Sp4 Charles M Crosby, Sp4 Roger B Crowell, Sp4 Paul J Dennis, Sp4 Micheal T Dempsey, Sp4
Timothy M Flammer, Sp4 John A Grabbe, Sp4 Basil N Hareford, Sp4 Gerald N
Howard, Sp4 Fred A Kelly, Sp4 David C Klose, Sp4 Keith W Larimer, Sp4
David D Lawe, Sp4 Benjamin E Lennard, Sp4 William J Levett, Sp4 Barry W
Lewis, Sp4 Norman L Long Jr, Sp4 Michael J Longabardi, Sp4 Max A Lopez,
Sp4 Robert R Lord, Sp4 Frank R Manello, Sp4 Larry J Maxwell, Sp4 Joseph
F McCarthy Jr, Sp4 Darrell J McDonald, Sp4 John Medeiros, Sp4 Charles J Milbrandt,
Sp4 Archibald E Milford, Sp4
Donald C Page, Sp4
Thomas B Paynter, Sp4 John Pizzuti, Sp4 Eddie L Pleasant, Sp4 Steven B
Porter, Sp4 Bruce A Potter, Sp4 Phillip T Randazzo, Sp4 Richard J Rhodes, Sp4 Joseph H Riffle,
Sp4 Gary Roller, Sp4 Kenneth B Schilling, Sp4 David R Sjogren, Sp4 Alfred D Smith,
Sp4 Bennie A Smith, Sp4 David C Sportel, Sp4 Dennis H Thompson, Sp4 Billy L Tobias, Sp4 Harry
D Travis, Sp4 John Steven Uram, Sp4 Anthony F Vanhulle Jr, Sp4 Murray L Veron, Sp4 Morris L
Weyant, Sp4 Vincent J Wickes, Sp4 Joseph C Wilmoth, Sp4 Joseph G Wimberley, PFC Barry L Adam,
PFC Charles A Bauer Jr, PFC John A Busto Jr, PFC George E Butler, PFC Craig Candage, PFC Dan E Charles, PFC James M Darby, PFC George AC
Dillon, PFC Cecil F Dewey, PFC Robert M Finnegan, PFC Juan J Gonzalez, PFC Joe W Grigsby,
PFC George Guerra Jr, PFC Bud A Guillory, PFC Charles C Hale Jr, PFC
John E Hampton, PFC Richard A House, PFC Richard T Huggett, PFC Victor
Johnson Jr, PFC Aviata T Malufau, PFC Roy H McClain, PFC Martin G McDonnell, PFC Jack B
Meacham, PFC Claude P Miller, PFC Micheal C Miller, PFC Larry R Moore,
PFC David W Moseley, PFC Peter J Nickowal, PFC John R Oglesby, PFC Micheal R Ojilo, PFC Ronald
A Osinski, PFC Albert L Roby, PFC Louis J Purdy, PFC Vincent R Salemi, PFC Larry J Samples,
PFC James Scuitier, PFC Steven A Sommers, PFC Homer E Tischler, PFC
Gerald W Toomey, PFC Ronald J Vellucci, PFC Joseph Verycken, PFC
Hollis A Walker, PFC William E Watts, PFC Johnny R Webb, PFC Daniel J
Werner, PFC Rudolph
Whitaker, PFC Herbert Wigfall Jr, PFC Arthur M Wood, PFC Robert M Woods,
PFC James L Wymer, PFC Guadalupe N Zuniga, Pvt Larry K Hocutt, Pvt Ralph
Sanchez Jr
Army
Commendation Medal for Heroism
1Lt Harry W Sandhusen, SFC Robert C Lewis,
PSG John J Weiss, SSG
Richard D Dolan, SSG James P Hale, SSG Anthony D Masi, SSG John C
White, Sgt Lee R Barron, Sgt Dennis G Carpenter, Sgt Gary E Clayton, Sgt David G DeVries, Sgt John D Johnson,
Sgt Bob C Lagana, Sgt Martin G Lalli, Sgt Jimmy O Layton, Sgt Russell J Lee,
Sgt Earl J Leroy, Sgt Randy L Mason, Sgt Carl R Matson, Sgt Alan R Matta, Sgt Herbert J Miller, Sgt Steve L Morey, Sgt Terrance M Null,
Sgt Fred J Ogas Jr., Sgt William J Wark, Sgt Larry Worzella, Sp5 Robert A Acosta, Sp5 Edward Q Bell II,
Sp5 Roy W Cheatwood, Sp5 Martin G Lalli, Sp5 Glenn LaRoche,
Sp5 Anthony D Masi, Sp5 Bruce D Paulsen, Sp5 Lloyd Reeves, Sp5
Max R Thornsley, Sp5 Tom Tobler, Sp4 Jose F Aviles, Sp4 Ralph A Ball,
Sp4 Ralph E Bess, Sp4 Marion T Collins, Sp4 Norvell D
Daniels, Sp4 Ronald W Demontmollin, Sp4 Micheal T Dempsey, Sp4 Harold J Donnelly, Sp4 Winston
Guillory, Sp4 Stephen R Heberling, Sp4 Jerry L Holbrook, Sp4 Gerald N
Howard, Sp4 Charles H Jessup, Sp4 Richard A John, Sp4 Roger Kinnunen, Sp4 David C Klose,
Sp4 Frank R Manello, Sp4
William Marshall, Sp4 Darrell J McDonald, Sp4 John Medeiros, Sp4 Albert J Porter, Sp4 Bruce
A Potter, Sp4 Ismael Ramon, Sp4 Carlos A Ruiz, Sp4 George M Shaffer, Sp4 Giles G St Pierre,
Sp4 Harry D Travis, Sp4 David L White, Sp4 Garry Wood, PFC Terry J Noonan,
PFC William E Trueblood, PFC James L Wymer
Army
Commendation Medal for MeritSSG Kenneth Spadley
Sp5 Van R Collins,
Sp5 Kenneth W Rijock,
Sp4 Stafford H Burns
Sp4 William Marshall
Sp4 John Medeiros
Sp4 Richar Tomaszewski
Sp4 Joseph G Wimberley
PFC Darrell M Maultsby
PFC William E Trueblood
PFC Karl A Wise
Combat Infantryman Badge
1Lt James P Pinto, 1Lt George R Owens, SFC Alvia M Cooper, SFC George M Lehaman, PSG Jeremiah J Bryant,
PSG John J Weiss, SSG Pasquale Castaldo, SSG Joseph W Clock, SSG Tommie V Coronado, SSG John R Danylchuck,
SSG Richard D Dolan, SSG Wallace R Gould, SSG James P Hale, SSG James
M McDonough, SSG Richard P Murphy, SSG Aaron B Ryan, SSG Curtis A Ryans,
SSG David J Skibba, SSG Thomas G Tuttle, SSG Michael W Webster, SSG John C
White, Sgt Lee R Barron, Sgt James A Bobikevich, Sgt Dennis G Carpenter,
Sgt Mike Christie, Sgt Winston Cunningham, Sgt Daniel W Czepiel, Sgt Victor R Davis,
Sgt Mitchell DeArmond, Sgt Thomas E Freymann, Sgt Jimmie D Gandy, Sgt Andrew Giordano, Sgt Larry J Goulet,
Sgt Martin W Holub, Sgt Richard D Jobe, Sgt John D Johnson, Sgt Robert E Johnson, Sgt Bob C Lagana, Sgt Martin G
Lalli, Sgt Carl R Matson, Sgt Jimmy O Layton, Sgt Russell J Lee,
Sgt Earl J Leroy, Sgt Marc L Lewis, Sgt Alan R Matta, Sgt Jon W Maves, Sgt Michael Mendoza, Sgt James E Mills, Sgt Edmundo Mireles Jr., Sgt Steve L
Morey, Sgt Walter P Morris, Sgt Barry E Moyer, Sgt Ben J Richardson, Sgt
John L Riche, Sgt Vic R Schafer, Sgt Dwayne A Shepard, Sgt David Stewart,
Sgt Michael D Torze, Sgt William J Wark, Sgt Frank C Willoughby,
Sgt Robert D Wolford, Sp5 Maurice C Dunmore, Sp5 Michael A Fluharty, Sp5
Richard M Gardner, Sp5 Martin G Lalli, Sp5 Gerry G Lanuza, Sp5 Glenn L LaRoche, Sp5 Walter P Morris,
Sp5 Hubert S Myron, Sp5 Paul R Page, Sp5 Kenneth W Rijock, Sp5 Lonnie J Studstill, Sp5 Stanley
Wysocki, Cpl Thomas Dwyer, Sp4 Milford E Archibald, Sp4 Jose F Aviles, Sp4 Ted R Bajos, Sp4 Ralph A Ball,
Sp4 Ralph E Bess, Sp4 Larry A Bleeker, Sp4 William A
Cargill, Sp4 Marion T Collins, Sp4 Leo R Conlon, Sp4
Charles M Crosby, Sp4 Jose R Erazo, Sp4 Ron H Eva, Sp4 Mark J Feller,
Sp4 Jimmie D Gandy, Sp4 James O Heflin III, Sp4
Jerry L Holbrook, Sp4 Lawerance Horner, Sp4 Gerald N Howard, Sp4 Robert
D Huebner, Sp4 James L Kent, Sp4 Scott M
Keller, Sp4 David D Lawe,
Sp4 Edward J Makransky, Sp4 Larry J
Maxwell, Sp4 George W Messer, Sp4 Archibald E Milford, Sp4
Billy D Miller, Sp4 William E Moore,
Sp4 Robert J Nichols, Sp4 Darrell Palmer,
Sp4 Steven B Porter, Sp4 Arthur G Ramirez, Sp4 Phillip T Randazzo,
Sp4 William D Ruff, Sp4 Carlos A Ruiz, Sp4 Kenneth B
Schilling, Sp4 George M Shaffer, Sp4 David R Sjogren, Sp4 Joe L Sloan,
Sp4 Alfred D Smith, Sp4 Virgil L Smith, Sp4 Douglas Snider, Sp4 David C Sportel,
Sp4 Malcolm D Stewart, Sp4 Kenneth
W Stuck, Sp4 Harry D Travis,
Sp4 John Steven Uram, Sp4 Kenneth B Wetsel, Sp4 Steven J Wheeler, Sp4 David L White,
Sp4 Vincent J Wickes, Sp4 Frank C Willoughby, Sp4 Joseph C Wilmoth, Sp4 Joseph
G Wimberley, Sp4 Garry Wood, Sp4 Richard M Zettle, PFC Charles A Bauer Jr., PFC Ronald R
Brinsfield, PFC George E Butler, PFC Theodore W Davis, PFC George AC Dillon,
PFC Cecil F Dewey, PFC Ricky Edgeston, PFC John S
Gyergyov, PFC Robert L Hardin, PFC Vincent Hernandez, PFC George H Jarrett, PFC Alan L Lerson,
PFC Earl J Leroy, PFC Bill J Marshall, PFC Patrick H Moll,
PFC David F Murray, PFC Terry J
Noonan, PFC Charles W Pierce, PFC George H Pumphrey, PFC Gerald J
Saunders, PFC James C Smith,
PFC Solomon Smith, PFC Dwaine J Stroh, PFC Ronald J Vellucci, PFC Daniel J Werner
Combat Medical Badge
Sp4 Michael T Dempsey
Sp5 James L Freeland
Sp5 Theodore Hitchcock
Sp5 Oliver R Jones
Sp5 Raymond L Shaffer
Sp4 Jack D Massey
Sp5 Patrick E Ossenkop
Sp4 Russell A Gearhart
Sp5 Larry F Young
** Multiple Award of the Silver Star.
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