AIR DEFENSE SOLDIERS KILLED IN ACTION IN VIETNAM
Duster, Quad 50, and Searchlight crews in Vietnam provided perimeter defense, served as convoy escorts and supported ground combat operations with direct and indirect fire. U.S. Hawk surface-to-air missile batteries defended South Vietnam from potential North Vietnamese air attacks.
RANK NAME Unit Date of Birth KIA Hometown Panel No. Line No.
PFC Joshua A. Atkins III C/1-44 5 Jul 47 26 Apr 67 Washington, D.C. 18E 89
PFC Thomas H. Baker   28 Sep 45 21 Feb 67 Stanton, Michigan 15E 67
SP4 Lindsay D. Baldoni C/1-44 21 Aug 46 22 Aug 67 Detroit, Michigan 25E 67
PFC Keven W. Bowdish G/29th 31 Oct 47 26 May 68 Reedsport, Oregon 66W 1
PFC James P. Boyd A/5-2 12 Feb 46 7 May 67 New London, Texas 17E 115
SGT Rhonnie L. Clark 5-2 30 Sep 47 17 Nov 68

Maxton, North Carolina

 39W 78
1LT Robert E. Coats D/1-44 31 Mar 43 7 Feb 68 New York, New York 37E 80
SP4 Robert l. Conley C/1-44 22 Jan 48 1 Feb 68 South Bend, Indiana 36E 47
CPL Charles Ricky Cope D/71st

25 Feb 48

 11 Aug 69 Houston, Texas 19W 1

A Duster, at left, on convoy escort duty in South Vietnam, 1968. 

SP4

 James W. Cribbs B/1/44 5 May 46 8 May 67 Dallas, Texas 19E 57
SP4 Rufus R. Croom A/1-44 22 Dec 45 20 Apr 67 Donaldsonville, Georgia 18E 52
SGT Larry E. Crow G-29th 18 Feb 49 11 Oct 69 Kirksville, MO 17W 66
SP4 Johnny J. Cureton, Jr. C/1/44 1 Sep 48 11 Aug 68 Williamston, South Carolina 19W 1
SP4 Major R. Dalton, Jr.   17 Feb 46 2 Jan 67 Morgantown, West Virginia 13E 107
SGT Mark F. Daniels   29 Sep 46 18 Mar 69 Perriton, Michigan 29W 66
SGT Laurier Derosier C/1-44 21 Jan 46 3 Dec 67 Lewiston, Maine 31E 28
SSGT Thomas C. Evans C/1-44 1 May 41 7 May 67 Bessemer, Alabama 19E 51

SSGT

Rodrigo Velazquez Feliciano Jr.

B/1-44

 23 Nov 37 3 Mar 68 Penuelas, Puerto Rico

42

 55
SP4 Charles W. Ford A/1-44 25 Nov 47 6 Apr 67 Dothan, Alabama 17E 110
SP4 Gary R. Fox A/1-44 14 May 45 20 Apr 67

Gatlinburg,Tennessee

 18E 55
SP4 Chester L. Freeman C/5-2 7 Sep   45 4 Dec 66 Little Rock, Arkansas 13E 10
1LT James F. Fuhrman B/5-2 14 Aug 45 4 Jan 68 Larslan, Montana 33E 36
SP4 Gerald L. Gassman C/5-2 12 Sep 46 14 Oct 67 Fostoria, Ohio 27E 109
SGT Leroy L. Geerber C/1-44 22 Jun 46 21 Aug 67 Dalton, Ohio 25E 23
SP4 Steve A. Guthrie G/65th 5 Jun 45 31 Jan 68 Rialto, California 36E 12
SSGT Hollis R. Hale G/65th 14 Oct 35 2 Feb 68 Dallas, Georgia 36E 67
SGT Cleophis Harrison 1/29th 2 Nov 47 3 Nov 67 Prichard, Alabama 29E 15
SGT Dwight Hayes G/29th 21 Aug 51 6 Feb 70 Oregon City, OR 14W 107
SP4 Dennis T. Hayworth B/2-2 8 May 40 28 Sep 66 Lenoir City, Tennessee 11E 25
PFC Roy L. Henley C/1-44 27 Jun 47 22 Sep 68 Columbus, Mississippi 43W 62
SGT Robert J. Henry B/1-44 9 Feb 46 26 Apr 67 Las Vegas, Nevada 18E 98
SP4 Carl E. Holbrook D/71st 10 Mar 41 25 Jun 67 Lewisville, Georgia 22E 62
SGT Joseph E. Hurney G/29th 14 Nov 42 19 Jan 69 Sioux Falls, South Dakota 34W 7
SP4 Frank L. Freedle 5-2 8 Mar 47 19 Apr 68 Fort Ord, California 50E 46
SSGT Frederick L. Jackson C/5-2 23 May 33 15 Oct 67 Washington, D.C. 28E 5
PFC David L. Johnson   23 Dec 46 6 Jan 69 Flemingsburg, Kentucky 35W 43
PFC Gerald Johnson A/1-44   25 Feb 71 New York, New York    
PFC Matthew Johnson Jr. I/29th 23 Mar 43 3 Nov 67 New York, New York 29E 16
               
SGT Franklin C. Lewis C/1/44 3 Nov 45 7 May 67 Canton, New York 19E 53
PFC Roger C.Lewis   14 Feb 46 21 Aug 67 Caledonia, Minnesota 25E 24
PFC Phillip M. Long C/1/44 24 Oct 49 10 Apr 70 Radford , Virginia 12W 118
SGT Manuel F. Martinez A/1/44 12 Dec 45 9 Jun 68 Denver, Colorado 58W 11
SP4 Michael O. Maybee   26 Apr 46 28 Nov 71 Fowler, Maine 2W 77
SGT Pactrick E. McDanie   24 Dec 48 30 May 70 Easton, Pennsylvania 10W 122
SP4 Terry L. Moser C/1/44 4 Sep 48 12 Mar 70 Barto, Pennslyvania 13W 119
WO David R. Noll   24 Aug 46 1 Sep 70 Sheridan, MI 7W 31
SP5 James E. O'Toole Jr.   15 Dec 48 20 Jul 68 Boston, MA 51W 20

A truck-mounted Quad .50, Khe Sanh Combat Base, South Vietnam, 1968.
PFC Cipriano J. Pantoja A/5-2 16 Mar 46 7 Apr 67 Houston, TX 17E 118
SGT Robert L. Pendergast   1 Apr 50 13 Apr 70 Norwich, Connecticut 11W 1
SSGT Willie C. Pendergrass B/1-44 27 Jun 37 12 May 67 Gravelly, Arizona 19E 99
PFC Timothy C. Reithman A/5-2 25 Aug 47 3 Feb 68 Valley Stream, New York 37E 12
PFC Talmadge Rhoden   21 Jan 45 7 May 67 Jacksonville, Florida 19E 54
SP4 Ronald Robbins C/1-44 9 Mar 48 11 Aug 69 Trenton, New Jersey 19W 4
PFC Clarence Robinson G-29th 26 Jul 44 3 Jan 68 Helna, Arizona 33E 31
PFC Jesse Bea Rose D-71st 9 Dec 45 21 Mar 67 Tillar, Arizona 17E 13
SGT Nathaniel R. Rose B-5/2 25 May 45 4 Jan 68 Los Angeles, California 33E 41
SGT Joseph E. Royster C/1-44 6 Jun 39 25 Apr 67 Martin, Tennssee 18E 88
PFC Gerald J. Schneider B/1-44 21 Nov 45 8 May 67 New York, New York 19E 65
SP4 Walter J. Seidel   8 Oct 46 1 Nov 68 Merced, Calfornia 39W 4
SP4 Johnnie N. Sheares Jr. G-65th 6 Feb 44 2 Feb 68 Brooklyn, New York 36E 87
SP4 Steven G. Shirk C/1-44 7 Oct 47 22 Sep 68 Auburn, Indiana 43W 66
SP4 John C. Sims Jr. C/1-44 5 Feb 50 11 Aug 69 Corpus Cristi, Texas 19W 5
SGT Kyle Smiddy D-71 12 Apr 42 26 Jun 67 Lebanon, OH 22E 67
SP4 Michael L. Smith   22 Sep 48 12 Apr 69 Sumner, Michigan 27W 66
SP4 Vincent M. Soranno B/5-2 11 Sep 46 18 Feb 68 New York, New York 40E 15
SP4 Terry L. Staman   10 Sep 48 22 Mar 69 Myrtle Point, Oregon 28W 14
PFC Billy L. Strictland B/1-44 22 Nov 46 24 Jan 68 Hendersonville, North Carolina 35E 28
SGT Mitchell W. Stout C/1-44 24 Feb 50 12 Mar 70 Knoxville, Tennessee 13W 121
SP4 James E. Tankersley   18 Dec 49 10 May 69 Taylor, Wisconsin 25W 42
SSGT Garrel L. Teatsworth A/1-44 22 Feb 31 20 Apr 67 Keokuk, IA 18E 55
SP4 Larry B. Thomas G/29th 6 Aug 47 15 Jan 69 Atmore, AL 34W 11
SP4 Leonard D. Thompson C/1-44 10 Dec 45 25 Apr 67 Madison, WI 18E 89
SGT James Lee Tweed G/65th 31 Dec 45 9 Sep 67 Findley, Ohio 26E 40
SP4 Billy F. Watson C/1-44 13 Aug 45 21 Aug 67 Sherman, Texas 25E 26
SP4 Larry R. Wiegert C/1-44 2 Feb 47 21 Aug 67 McCloud, Oklahoma 25E 27
PFC Lary W. Wilkerson A/1-44 22 Dec 47 20 Apr 67 Beaumont, Texas 18E 54
CPT John J. Wilson   23 Aug 46 16 Dec 70 Davenport, Iowa 6W 126
CPT John S. Wilson 1stVulcan Combat Team 11 Jan  41 23 Feb 69 Belen, New Mexico 31W 30
PFC Johnny Mack Wood B/5-2 24 Mar 46 2 Apr 67 Houston, Texas 17E 94
SP4 Larry T. Wood A/5-2 27 Jul 46 26 Dec 66 Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee 13E 82
SP4 Arthur Wright ** B/1-44 17 Feb 36 21 Feb 67 Lansing, Michigan 15E 72

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Medal of Honor winner Sergeant Mitchell W. Stout, a Duster squad leader, died in a bunker similar to this sandbagged searchlight position at An Khe, South Vietnam.