Rank: First Lieutenant
Unit: G Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 1204 – Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Reserve
Date of birth: 14-Jul-1947
Hometown: Decatur, Texas
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 24-May-1969
Start of tour: 1-Nov-1970
Incident date: 8-Jan-1971
Date of casualty: 8-Jan-1971
Age at death: 23
Cause of death: Non-hostile, died of other causes. Accident. Other accident. Other Accident.
At night defensive position, checking automatic ambush, which accidentally detonated. / Individual was leading a dismounted reconnaissance patrol to check a mechanical demolition charge which had been set out by his platoon. Individual accidentally detonated the charge and was killed instantly from shrapnel wounds.
Location of fatality: Long Khanh, South Vietnam, YT 757 018
Place of interment: Oaklawn Cemetery, Decatur, Texas, USA
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