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Location of Interment Stillman Valley Cemetery - Stillman Valley, Illinois
Wall/Plot Coordinates 69W 001
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Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase IV Campaign (68)/Operation Mameluke Thrust
From Month/Year
May / 1968
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May / 1968
Description May 18 – Oct 23; 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Battalion, 13th Marines, 1st and 3rd Battalions, 26th Marines clear and search operations around the central Quảng Nam Province.
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
May / 1968
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May / 1968
Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020
Personal Memories
Memories On Operation MAMELUKE THRUST, Company L and a CIDG (Civilian Irregular Defense) Company established blocking positions north of Tai Son Village in "Happy Valley" to trap the enemy that was reported in the area. Company B was deployed to move towards their blocking position in order to flush out the NVA into the open. As the Marines began to cross wide open rice paddies on the valley floor towards Tai Son the lead platoon was met with a hail of fire pinning down the men in the open with little or no protective cover. Utilizing small arms, artillery fire and fixed wing bombing runs the Marines attacked the enemy force eventually clearing the area and forcing them to withdraw. The days clearing action in the valley resulted in the death of six Marines including their Corpsman, HN Campbell who died in the action as a result of hostile rifle fire, fourteen additional men were wounded.
Casualties: Company B
James Edward Bates James Clifford Butler Jr. Lonnie James Gay William Royal Lindsey Leroy Palmer Jr. Kenneth Ronald Semon
