Twelve americans from Companies A and D, 1st Battalion, 8th Calvary Regiment, 1st Air Cavaldry Division (Air Mobile) were killed during day long combat near that village. They were: Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1/8th Cav CPL Louis Magin Garcia, age 19, Albuquerque, New Mexico SP5 Michael James Kelley, age 20, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin Company A SP4 David Thomas Orwig, age 20, Niles, Ohio SP4 Donald Harold Schmidt, age 20, St. Paul, Minnesota SP4 Dennis Karl Showers, age 20, Fair Oaks, California SP4 Ronald Sockey, age 20, Red Oak, Oklahoma SP4 Floyd Nicholas Thoman, age 19, Mountain Grove, Missouri PFC Leonard E. Borchard, age 19, Langdon, Iowa PFC Broadus Alfred Whitt, age 21, Honea Path, South Carolina Company D SSG Doward Leroy Jones, age 23, Greensboro, North Carolina (Silver Star) PFC Robert Douglas Robinson, , age 20, Houston, Texas PFC Joseph Thomas Tangarie, age 22, Hillside, New Jersey SSG DOWARD LEROY JONES Jr SSG DOWARD LEROY JONES Jr SSG DOWARD LEROY JONES Jr SSG DOWARD LEROY JONES Jr SSG DOWARD LEROY JONES Jr SSG DOWARD LEROY JONES Jr SSG Rick Jones died as a result of gunshot wounds to the body. He is buried in Elmwood Memorial Park, Abilene, Taylor County, Texas - - The Virtual Wall, 8 February 2024

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