Fellow Black Lions Who Gave All
During the Battle of
Loc Ninh
11 June 1966
Friends Who Gave All
SGT Elmer J Taylor 30 March 1966--booby trap
SP4 Craig S Vaught 22 Feb 1967
PFC Joseph W Harrison 26 Nov 1966
SP4 Stanley D Pfrommer 06 Sept 1966
HHC Recon Platoon Members
SP4 Kenneth A Babb
PFC Dannie G Braswell
PFC Thomas S Cameron
PFC Ronald J Brissett
PFC Thomas W Chatburn
SP4 Willie Cole Jr
SSG Ernest L Duran
SGT Grady L Elder
PFC Charles E Ford
PFC James E Hill
PFC Louis A Jefferson
SSG Glen D Lofton
PFC Richard A Mitchell
PFC Jack R Price
PFC Jessie E Shannon
PFC Michael T Sukara
PFC John R Thompson
PFC J C Williams
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A COMPANY
CPL James L Asher
SP4 Michael R Brotzman
SP4 Henry Burch
SGT John E Miller
PFC Roy S Pitt
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B COMPANY
SP4 Charles H Shelton
2nd Platoon
11 JUNE 1966 Battle of LOC NINH
PFC Dennis E Brown
PFC David G Bryan
PFC Michael A Garris
SP4 Donel R Johnson
PFC Jerry Looney
PFC Herman R Meneely
PFC Tim A Noe
PFC Clay T Norman
SSG James W Phair
PFC Harvey Profitt
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SSG Edward E Greene 2 Jan 1967 ambushed
SP4 Garland Fugate 2 Jan 1967
PFC Elmer F Spina 2 Jan 1967
SP4 Ervin C Stranberg WIA 2 Jan died 3 Jan 1967
SSG Green was my replacement December 29th, these four men were killed just a few days later walking into what was thought to be a deserted base camp, it has often been a thought that if I had stayed just a few days longer these four names would not be on this page
The soldier is not a man of violance, he carries arms and risks his life for mistakes not of his making.
He has the merit of being unflinchingly true to his word to the end, while knowing he will be forgotten
