September 18th – This day in 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment history 1966 thru 1970

September 18th, 1966 The Battalion was split into three major elements. Bravo Company and elements of Headquarters Company (HHC) were in Tuy Hua, Vietnam. Charlie Company was on Camp Enari helping to expand the construction of the Division headquarters. Alpha Company and the remainder of HHC were aboard the USNS General Gordon, three days out […]

Robert John Santoro

John Robert Santoro Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry RegimentAttached to Alpha Company, 3-12 Infantry 4th Infantry Division Age: 22Date of Birth: 5/19/1946From: Long Island, New YorkMarital Status: Single Specialist Fourth Class, E-4, Selective Service Military Occupation Specialty: 91B – Medical NCOEnlistment Date – 10/26/1967Length of Service – Less than one year (293 days) His […]

Robert Irwin Brown

Robert Irwin Brown Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment 4th Infantry Division Age: 20Date of Birth: 11/4/1947From: New York, New YorkMarital Status: Married Corporal, E-4, Selective ServicePay Grade at Loss – E-3. Posthumous promotion Military Occupation Specialty: 11B – InfantrymanEnlistment Date – 12/12/1967Length of Service – Less than one year (246 days) His tour […]

Roy L Edelstein

Roy L Edelstein Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment 4th Infantry Division Age: 20Date of Birth: 8/25/1947From: Superior, WisconsinMarital Status: Single Private First Class, E-3, Selective Service Military Occupation Specialty: 11B – InfantrymanEnlistment Date – 12/3/1967Length of Service – Less than one year (255 days) His tour began on May 25, 1968Casualty was on […]

Seferino Albarez Jr.

Seferino Albarez Jr. Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment 4th Infantry Division Age: 21Date of Birth: 2/24/1947From: Lockhart, TexasMarital Status: Single Private First Class, E-3, Selective Service Military Occupation Specialty: 11B – InfantrymanEnlistment Date – 12/13/1967Length of Service – Less than one year (183 days) His tour began on May 25, 1967Casualty was on […]

Gravesite Visit #42 – PFC Roy L Edelstein – Superior, Wisconsin

Minneapolis, Minnesota In October of 2022 I found myself in Minneapolis, Minnesota for work. On Monday the 17th I had visited the gravesites of three men who were serving in the 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment in Vietnam when they were killed in action. Once I finished up at the cemeteries, I picked up a […]