17 Days with Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment – December 1st – 17th, 1967.
December 1st – Bravo Company occupies a position on the 3-12 Infantry Battalion Firebase atop Hill 1030. The company sends out several short range patrols during they day. One Bravo Company patrol finds body of NVA soldier KIA by arty 4-5 days previously at 816086. All Bravo Company patrols return to the firebase before dark, […]
Gravesite Visit #40 – Specialist Fourth Class Robert J Larson – Minneapolis, Minnesota
After visiting the grave of SP4 John Lobsinger at Lakewood Cemetery, I headed southeast toward my next stop. Ft. Snelling National Cemetery, located on the south side of Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, is a sprawling National Cemetery, filled with tens of thousands of military markers. There were two 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry soldiers to visit […]