Rank: Platoon Sergeant
Unit: H Company, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11E – Armor Crewman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal with Valor Device, Purple Heart Medal, Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 20-Aug-1930
Hometown: Chattanooga, Tennessee
Marital status: Married to Eva L. Medley, three sons, two daughters
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 4-Oct-1948
Start of tour: 26-Aug-1967
Incident date: 16-May-1968
Date of casualty: 16-May-1968
Age at death: 37
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Small Arms Fire. Gun or small arms fire.
Homer Landus Medley died from gunshot wound received while on combat operation when engaged hostile force in firefight. / (Individual transported to 7th Surgical Hospital, Blackhorse base camp, Long Giao.)
Location of fatality: Phuoc Tuy, South Vietnam, YS 540 960*
Place of interment: Mountain View Cemetery, McMinnville, Tennessee, USA
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BRONZE STAR MEDAL
WITH VALOR DEVICE
POSTHUMOUS
PLATOON SERGEANT HOMER LANDUS MEDLEY
16 MAY 1968
H COMPANY, 2nd SQUADRON
11TH ARMORED CAVALRY REGIMENT
Platoon Sergeant Medley distinguished himself by valorous actions on 16 May 1968, while serving as a Platoon Sergeant with Company H, 2d Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, on a reconnaissance-in-force mission in the Republic of Vietnam. Elements of Company H and Troop G, 2d Squadron came under heavy antitank and automatic weapons fire from a well concealed enemy force. One armored cavalry assault vehicle was heavily hit, and its crew seriously wounded. Sergeant Medley immediately maneuvered his tank against the enemy and placed devastating suppressive fire on the insurgents. In the process, he was mortally wounded by enemy fire. Platoon Sergeant Medley’s personal bravery and devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his Unit and the United States Army.
Headquarters, 9th Infantry Division General Orders No. 5125 (25 June 1968)
BRONZE STAR MEDAL
WITH VALOR DEVICE
PLATOON SERGEANT HOMER LANDUS MEDLEY
6 JANUARY 1968
H COMPANY, 2nd SQUADRON
11TH ARMORED CAVALRY REGIMENT
Platoon Sergeant Medley distinguished himself by valorous actions on 6 January 1968, while serving as a Platoon Sergeant with Company H, 2d Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, during a search and destroy mission southwest of Loc Minh, Vietnam. Despite intense hostile fire, Sergeant Medley showed aggressive determination in the successful defense of his position and the repulsion of the determined insurgent force. Platoon Sergeant Medley’s personal bravery and devotion to duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army.
Headquarters, 9th Infantry Division General Orders No. 2032 (1 April 1968)