Listed below are the Unit Awards earned by the 3d Squadron 4th Cavalry and those also earned by C Troop
Presidential Unit Citation
Valorous Unit Award
Department of the Army General Order 39,70
Department of the Army General Order 43,72
RVN Gallantry Cross w/Palm
Department of the Army General Order 48,71
Department of the Army General Order 43,70
Department of the Army General Order 55,71
1970 & 29 Jun. - 30 Sep
1970
Department of the Army General Order 5,73
Department of the Army General Order 3,70
Department of the Army General Order 48,71
RVN Civil Actions Honor Medal, FC
Department of the Army General Order 51,71
Department of the Army General Order 53,70
Department of the Army General Order 51,71
Note: Service stars are worn on the
VSM to denote participation in campaigns. 3/4 Cav Campaigns
in RED.
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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 Ogas Jr.
1st Lt. Richard A Thomas
Silver Star ![]()
Sp5 Dwight W. Birdwell **
PFC George E. Butler
Cpt Gary W. Carlson
SFC Alvia M. Cooper
SSG Richard D Dolan
SSG George E. Eaton
Sp4 Russell A. Gearhart
Sgt John D Johnson
SSG Roy W Kennard
Sp5 Walter P. Morris
SSG John E Moyer
Sgt Fred Ogas Jr.
PFC Louis V Sanchez
Sp4 George M Shaffer
Cpt William E Shaffer
Sp4 Paul J Soares
Sgt Patrick J. Strayer
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
PFC 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 Theo F Hardies, 1Lt Michael D Jackson, 1Lt Michael T Opie, 1Lt James P
Pinto, 1Lt Harry W Sandhusen, 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 Anthony D
Masi, 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 Leonard Gonzales Jr, Sgt Harry W Heckart, Sgt Anthony E
Ippolito, Sgt Bob C Lagana, Sgt Martin G Lalli, Sgt Jimmy O Layton,
Sgt Randy L Mason, Sgt
Carl R Matson, Sgt Alan R Matta, Sgt Michael Mendoza, Sgt Herbert J Miller, Sgt Richard D Jobe,
Sgt James E Mills, Sgt Barry E Moyer, Sgt Joseph S Newbury, Sgt Randall Osborne,
Sgt Russell W Seep, Sgt David Stewart, Sgt Frank C Willoughby,
Sp5 Art R Fritz, 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 Edward A Bodzinski, Sp4 James B Buchan, Sp4 Winston
Cunningham, Sp4 Thomas M Curtis, Sp4 Micheal T Dempsey, 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 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 Steven West, Sp4 David L White, Sp4 Larry F Young, PFC John A Busto Jr,
PFC Craig Candage, PFC Patrick A Devanie, 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 Everette E Longland, SSG Fred Manske,
SSG Harry Wahl, SSG Frederick Washington, SSG John C White, Sgt Duane L
Clouse, Sgt George S
Hall, Sgt Jesse
Hunter, Sgt Thomas Jackson, Sgt Martin G Lalli, 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 John H Sturges
Purple
Heart
Cpt Gary W Carlson, Cpt Ronald W Penn, Cpt William E Shaffer,
Cpt Leo B. Virant II, 1Lt Robert H Gardner, 1Lt Theo F
Hardies, 1Lt James P Pinto, 1Lt Donald J Russin, 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 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 Aaron B Ryan, SSG Richard J Schwichow,
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 Dennis G Carpenter, Sgt Phillip
Castello, Sgt Henery P Clark, Sgt Duane L Clouse, 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 Andrew Giordano, Sgt Ronnie L Gros, Sgt Warren G Harding Jr, Sgt Billy R
Holmes, Sgt John D Johnson, Sgt Bob C Lagana, Sgt Jimmy O Layton, Sgt Troy A Littlejohn, Sgt Ivy M McCarroll
Jr, Sgt James E Mills, Sgt Steve L Morey, Sgt Terrance M Null, Sgt John T Pettit Sr,
Sgt Robert Pringle, Sgt
Clyde J Stephens, Sgt David Stewart, Sgt Gerald D Sullivan, Sgt
Valentino Tauaesse, Sgt Thomas C Warner, 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 Art
R Fritz, Sp5 Arlan D Gable, Sp5 Richard M Gardner,
Sp5 James R McDonough, Sp5 Walter P Morris, 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, 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 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 Phillip T Randazzo, Sp4 Richard J Rhodes, Sp4 Joseph H Riffle,
Sp4 Gary Roller, 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 Joseph C Wilmoth, Sp4 Joseph G Wimberley, PFC Barry L Adam,
PFC Charles A Bauer Jr, PFC George E Butler, PFC Craig Candage, PFC Dan E Charles, PFC James M Darby, PFC George AC
Dillon, 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 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 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 Randy L Mason, Sgt Carl R Matson, Sgt Alan R Matta, Sgt Herbert J Miller, Sgt Steve L Morey, Sgt Terrance M Null, Sgt Larry Worzella, Sp5 Robert A Acosta, Sp5 Edward Q Bell II,
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 Ralph A Ball, 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 James L Wymer
Army
Commendation Medal for MeritSSG Kenneth Spadley
Sp5 Kenneth W Rijock,
Sp4 Stafford H Burns
Sp4 William Marshall
Sp4 John Medeiros
Sp4 Joseph G Wimberley
Combat Infantryman Badge
1Lt James P Pinto,
SFC Alvia M Cooper, 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 James
M McDonough, SSG Aaron B Ryan, SSG Curtis A Ryans, 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 Victor R Davis, Sgt Andrew Giordano, Sgt Larry J Goulet,
Sgt Richard D Jobe, Sgt John D Johnson, Sgt Bob C Lagana, Sgt Martin G
Lalli, Sgt Carl R Matson, Sgt Jimmy O Layton, Sgt Russell J Lee,
Sgt Marc L Lewis, Sgt Alan R Matta, Sgt Michael Mendoza, Sgt James E Mills, Sgt Edmundo Mireles Jr., Sgt Steve L
Morey, Sgt Barry E Moyer, Sgt Vic R Schafer, Sgt David Stewart, Sgt Frank C Willoughby,
Sp5 Maurice C Dunmore, Sp5
Richard M Gardner, Sp5 Martin G Lalli, Sp5 Gerry G Lanuza, Sp5 Glenn L LaRoche, Sp5 Walter P Morris,
Sp5 Paul R Page, Sp5 Kenneth W Rijock, Sp5 Lonnie J Studstill, Sp5 Stanley
Wysocki, Sp4 Milford E Archibald, Sp4 Ralph A Ball, Sp4 William A
Cargill, Sp4 Marion T Collins, Sp4 Leo R Conlon, Sp4 Ron H Eva, Sp4 Mark J Feller, Sp4 James O Heflin III, Sp4
Jerry L Holbrook, Sp4 Gerald N Howard, Sp4 James L Kent, Sp4 David D Lawe, Sp4 Larry J
Maxwell, Sp4 George W Messer, Sp4 Archibald E Milford, Sp4 William E Moore,
Sp4 Robert J Nichols, Sp4 Darrell Palmer,
Sp4 Steven B Porter, Sp4 Phillip T Randazzo,
Sp4 William D Ruff, Sp4 Carlos A Ruiz, Sp4 George M Shaffer, Sp4 David R Sjogren, Sp4 Joe L Sloan,
Sp4 Alfred D Smith, Sp4 Virgil L Smith, Sp4 David C Sportel, Sp4 Kenneth
W Stuck, Sp4 Harry D Travis,
Sp4 John Steven Uram, Sp4 Steven J Wheeler, Sp4 David L White,
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 Theodore W Davis, PFC Ricky Edgeston, PFC John S
Gyergyov, PFC Alan L Lerson, 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 James C Smith,
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
Sp5 Patrick E Ossenkop
Sp4 Russell A Gearhart
Sp5 Larry F Young
** Multiple Award of the Silver Star.
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