Donald Walter Sperl

DONALD WALTER SPERL 3rd Platoon, Delta Company, 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment 4th Infantry Division Killed In Action – 5/8/1968 Age: 21Date of Birth: 01/12/1947From: Juneau, AlaskaMarital Status: Single Corporal, E-4, Selective ServicePay grade at loss E-3. Posthumous promotion Military Occupation Specialty: 91B20 – Medical NCOEnlistment Date – 8/16/1967Length of Service – Less than one […]

Fred Lamar Whiles Jr.

FRED LAMAR WHILES JR Age: 20Date of Birth: 08/27/1947From: Tulsa, OklahomaMarital Status: Single Private First Class, E-3, Selective Service Military Occupation Specialty: 11B20 – InfantrymanEnlistment Date – 10/24/1967Length of Service – Less than one year (194 days) His tour began on April 5, 1968Casualty incident was on May 8, 1968Died of wounds on May 9, […]

Albert Franklin O’Bannon Jr.

ALBERT FRANKLIN O’BANNON JR Delta Company, 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment 4th Infantry Division Killed In Action – 5/8/1968 Age: 20Date of Birth: 6/3/1947From: Redlands, CaliforniaMarital Status: Single Sergeant, E-5, Selective ServicePay grade at loss E-4. Posthumous promotion Military Occupation Specialty: 91B20 – Medical NCOEnlistment Date – 1/10/1967Length of Service – One year and four […]

History Blog Post #5 – Phu Yen Province – December 1966

The soldiers of the 3-12 Infantry were also encountering an enemy that was the master of the booby trap.  Punji stake traps, filled with wooden stakes sharpened and smeared with human excrement were common, and landmines and explosive devices littered the battlefield.  But for Bravo Company, 3-12, and one soldier in particular, a peculiar and […]