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Andre Cavaro Lucas (October 2, 1930 – July 23, 1970) was killed in action while serving as the commanding officer, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, United States Army, at Fire Support Base Ripcord in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam.
Sgt. Osborne and Cpl. Maurer were among the last US Army infantrymen killed by enemy action in the war. [1] [12] [2] [13] [14] H Company ceased combat operations by mid-July 1972. A month later, on August 15, it was inactivated, the last US Ranger unit to serve in Vietnam. Over 1,000 men served in the First Cav LRRP/Rangers in Vietnam.
Total South Vietnamese losses were 392 men killed and missing. [11]: 51 On the afternoon of 10 June 1965 during the Battle of Đồng Xoài, the 52nd Ranger Battalion was landed by helicopter 3 kilometres south of Đồng Xoài. While the lead company was ambushed by VC suffering heavy losses, the unit pushed on into Đồng Xoài reinforcing ...
All of the Rangers' weapons were personally owned, not military-issue. [11] The gunfight began at 9:20 PM, after sunset. [8] [7] It is unclear which side fired first; both claim it was the other. [c] In the ensuing battle, people fired toward Foulk's house from behind parked cars and Rangers fired back as one partygoer (herself armed) called 9 ...
In the firefights during the withdrawal 4 more Rangers were killed, but even these bodies were carried on to An Lộc. [ 2 ] : 98 Following an intensive artillery preparation, a ground attack of infantry and tanks was launched against the camp, but the defenses were so heavily mined that the PAVN was unable to get through the defenses until the ...
Gary Lee Littrell (born October 26, 1944) is a retired United States Army command sergeant major who, while serving as an adviser to Army of the Republic of Vietnam's Ranger units during the Vietnam War, acted with extraordinary courage during a four-day siege on his battalion, for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor.
7-10 June. A 2,000 strong ARVN Ranger force conducted a sweep of southeastern Cambodia killing 90 PAVN/VC for 11 Rangers killed. [133] 9 June. PAVN forces attacked the U.S. trained 1st and 7th ANK Regiments at Prey Thom in the Vihear Suor marshes 12 miles (19 km) east of Phnom Penh killing more than 80 ANK. [134]
At 07:00 on 18 September 1965 the 2/502nd Infantry and an Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) Ranger company deployed by helicopter into an area near An Ninh, a hamlet 30km east of An Khê and about 14km north of Highway 19. Intelligence sources suggested the presence of an enemy unit in the mountains nearby.