A Note from The Virtual Wall At the beginning of November 1966, operations near the "Black Virgin" Mountain were uncovering very large NVA/VC supply caches. Because the NVA/VC could not afford to lose the supplies, they were forced to fight - and fight they did, beginning with heavy action near Dau Tieng starting on 03 Nov 1966, when 13 US soldiers died in the fighting. It continued on 04 November, with 11 US infantry companies in the field, supported by air and artillery as well as ARVN infantry. By day's end, the NVA/VC commanders realized they could not protect their supply caches and began a withdrawal toward the Cambodian border. Seventeen more US soldiers died in the fighting on 04 Nov 1966: 2nd Bn, 1st Infantry SSG John P. Frankel, Santa Clara, CA, C Co SGT Edward J. Merritt, Philadelphia, PA, B Co SGT Howard L. Walker, Boomer, NC, C Co PFC Carmen P. Cartonia, Buffalo, NY, C Co 1st Bn, 27th Infantry SGT John D. Beltz, St Louis, MO, A Co SP4 Eugene F. Goeckner, Dieterich, IL, A Co PFC Bruce E. Kerndl, Miller Place, NY, A Co 2nd Bn, 27th Infantry LTC William C. Barott, Philadelphia, PA, HQ Co (Silver Star) CPT Gerald F. Currier, Lawrence, MA, C Co 2LT Robert L. Adams, Carlisle, PA, C Co SGT Howard C. Barker, Madison, FL, C Co SP4 Rodney E. Althoff, York, PA, HQ Co (Silver Star) SP4 Aaron L. Thomas, Philadelphia, PA, A Co PFC Lawrence E. Besson, Alexandria, LA, C Co PFC Luis A. Perez-Cruz, Arecibo, PR PVT Jose L. Fontanez-Velez, Rio Piedras, PR, C Co PVT Bobby Young, Viper, KY Visit John Dennison's Medics on the Wall memorial which honors the Army Medics and Navy Corpsmen who died in Vietnam.

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