November Company Memorial

Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul. – Michel de Montaigne

Please click on the name to view photos of each soldier. I am missing several photos and some photos are of poor quality. If you have any photos of these men that you would like to share, please email them to: soulranger@miltonbarnpress.com

JUAN SANTOS BORJA
SSGT – E6 – Army – Regular
173rd Airborne Brigade, N/75Ranger
Date of Birth: 11/13/1940
Tour began on Oct 4, 1970
Date of Casualty: 4/28/1971
Casualty Province: BINH DINH
Home of Record: Agana, Guam
Honored on Panel 3W, Row 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

ARTHUR FREDERICK BELL
CPL – E4 – Army – Regular
173rd Airborne Brigade, N/75Ranger
Date of Birth: 3/25/1946
Tour began on Mar 18, 1969
Date of Casualty: 5/12/1969
Casualty Province: BINH DINH
Home of Record: Greenville, MS
Honored on Panel 25W, Row 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Greenlawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Greenville, Mississippi

BRUCE CHARLES CANDRL
SGT – E5 – Army – Regular
173rd Airborne Brigade, N/75Ranger
Date of Birth: 10/2/1946
Tour began on Jun 18, 1969
Date of Casualty: 7/14/1970
Casualty Province: BINH DINH
Home of Record: St. Louis, MO
Honored on Panel 8W, Row 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Resurrection Cemetery, Affton, St Louis County, Missouri

WILLIAM ELICE COLLINS JR
SP4 – E4 – Army – Regular
173rd Airborne Brigade, 173 LRRP
Date of Birth: 12/22/1947
Tour began on Jul 31, 1965
Date of Casualty: 1/23/1967
Casualty Province: BINH DUONG
Home of Record: Houston, TX
Honored on Panel 14E, Row 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Houston National Cemetery, Houston,Texas

VICTOR DEL GRECO JR
SGT – E5 – Army – Selective Service
173rd Airborne Brigade, N/75Ranger
Date of Birth: 8/23/1948
Tour began on Aug 30, 1969
Date of Casualty: 3/2/1970
Casualty Province: BINH DINH
Home of Record: Manchester, CT
Honored on Panel 13W, Row 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Saint James Cemetery, Manchester, Connecticut

JAMES ELLIOTT DEWEY
CPL – E4 – Army – Regular
173rd Airborne Brigade, 173 LRRP
Date of Birth: 9/24/1946
Tour began on Nov 27, 1966
Date of Casualty: 4/4/1967
Casualty Province: KHANH HO
Home of Record: Glencoe, PA
Honored on Panel 17E, Row 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Cedar Hill Cemetery, Franklin, West Virginia

MICHAEL ANTHONY GEROME
SGT – E5 – Army – Selective Service
173rd Airborne Brigade, 74 LRP
Date of Birth: 1/9/1947
Tour began on Oct 16, 1967
Date of Casualty: 5/7/1968
Casualty Province: BINH DINH
Home of Record: Reseda, CA
Honored on Panel 56E, Row 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Ft Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, California

WAYNE LYNN HARLAND
SGT – E5 – Army – Regular
173rd Airborne Brigade, 74 LRRP
Date of Birth: 8/4/1947
Tour began on Feb 15, 1968
Date of Casualty: 5/1/1968
Casualty Province: BINH DINH
Home of Record: Texarkana, TX
Honored on Panel 53E, Row 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Chapelwood Cemetery, Texarkana, Texas

JOSEPH D HAYES
SP4 – E4 – Army – Regular
173rd Airborne Brigade, N/75Ranger
Date of Birth: 12/16/1949
Tour began on Jul 27, 1970
Date of Casualty: 6/13/1971
Casualty Province: BINH DINH
Home of Record: Weed, CA
Honored on Panel 3W, Row 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Winema Cemetery, Weed, Sisiyou County, California

RONALD STEVEN HOLEMAN
PFC – E2 – Army – Regular
173rd Airborne Brigade, N/75Ranger
Date of Birth: 9/20/1950
Tour began on June 16, 1969
Date of Casualty: 7/13/1969
Casualty Province: BINH DINH
Home of Record: Santa Monica, California
Honored on Panel/Row:21W, 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, Section 268 Row Z Site 17

CHARLES JAMES HOLLAND
SFC – E7 – Army – Regular
173rd Airborne Brigade, 173 LRRP
Date of Birth: 7/27/1939
Tour began on May 5, 1965
Date of Casualty: 8/18/1967
Casualty Province: KONTUM
Home of Record: Elizabeth, NJ
Honored on Panel 25E, Row 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Graceland Memorial Park, Kenilworth, New Jersey

RAYMOND HOYT HUDSON
SGT – E5 – Army – Regular
173rd Airborne Brigade, 173 LRRP
Date of Birth: 5/16/1935
Tour began on Sep 26, 1965
Date of Casualty: 6/15/1966
Casualty Province: PR & MR UNKNOWN
Home of Record: San Antonio, TX
Honored on Panel 8E, Row 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Lafayette Memorial Park, Fayetteville, North Carolina

JOHN WILLIAM SIDNEY G KELLY
CPL – E4 – Army – Regular
173rd Airborne Brigade, N/75 Ranger
Date of Birth: 5/19/1945
Tour began on Feb 25, 1969
Date of Casualty: 2/15/1970
Casualty Province: QUANG NGAI
Home of Record: Detroit, MI
Honored on Panel 13W, Row 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
St. John’s Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

JOHN RICHARD KNAUS
SGT – E5 – Army – Regular
173rd Airborne Brigade, N/75 Ranger
Date of Birth: 1/17/1950
Tour began on May 21, 1969
Date of Casualty: 5/7/1970
Casualty Province: BINH DINH
Home of Record: Newark, New Jersey
Honored on Panel 11W, Row 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

CLIFFORD W LEATHERS JR
SP4 – E4 – Army – Regular
173rd Airborne Brigade, 173 LRRP
Date of Birth: 1/19/1948
Tour began on Mar 8, 1967
Date of Casualty: 6/21/1967
Casualty Province: KONTUM
Home of Record: Wright City, OK
Honored on Panel 22E, Row 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Joe Slater Memorial Cemetery, Wright City, Oklahoma

CAMERON TRENT MCALLISTER
Army – SSGT – E6
173rd Airborne Brigade, N/75 Ranger
Date of Birth: 1/30/1941
Tour began on Jun 24, 1968
Date of Casualty: 9/7/1969
Casualty Province: BINH DINH
Home of Record: Omaha, NE
Honored on Panel 18W, Row 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Mt Hope Cemetery, Omaha, Nebraska

THEODORE MENDEZ SR
SSGT – E6 – Army – Regular
173rd Airborne Brigade, N/75 Ranger
Date of Birth: 7/5/1935
Tour began on May 17, 1967
Date of Casualty: 7/14/1969
Casualty Province: LAM DONG
Home of Record: Antwerp, OH
Honored on Panel 21W, Row 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Maumee Cemetery, Paulding Co, Ohio

ROBERTO LERMA PATINO
SGT – E5 – Army – Regular
173rd Airborne Brigade, N/75 Ranger
Date of Birth: 2/20/1940
Tour began on Feb 11, 1970
Date of Casualty: 10/22/1970
Casualty Province: BINH DINH
Home of Record: Corpus Christi, TX
Honored on Panel 6W, Row 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

LAWRENCE RAY PEEL
SP4 – E4 – Army – Regular
173rd Airborne Brigade, N/75 Ranger
Date of Birth: 12/11/1951
Tour began on Aug 1, 1970
Date of Casualty: 4/28/1971
Casualty Province: BINH DINH
Home of Record: Kansas City, KS
Honored on Panel 3W, Row 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Ft. Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Kansas

LAZLO RABEL, MEDAL OF HONOR
SSGT – E6 – Army – Regular
173rd Airborne Brigade, 74th Infantry Detachment, 74 LRP
Date of Birth: 9/21/1939
Tour began on June 6, 1966
Date of Casualty: 11/13/1968
Casualty Province: BINH DINH
Home of Record: Minneapolis, MN
Honored on Panel 38W, Row 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Arlington National Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia

PAUL LAJADA RAMOS JR
SGT – E5 – Army – Regular
4th Infantry Division, N/75 Ranger
Date of Birth: 1/5/1950
Tour began on Jun 5, 1969
Date of Casualty: 5/13/1970
Casualty Province: PLEIKU
Home of Record: Ft. Bragg, NC
Honored on Panel 10W, Row 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Cypress, California

RAYMOND STANLEY REEVES JR
SGT – E5 – Army – Regular
173rd Airborne Brigade, 74 LRP
Date of Birth: 9/15/1947
Tour began on Mar 24, 1968
Date of Casualty: 11/19/1968
Casualty Province: BINH DINH
Home of Record: St Paul, MN
Honored on Panel 38W, Row 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

STEVEN THOMAS SCHOOLER
SP4 – E4 – Army – Regular
173rd Airborne Brigade, N/75 Ranger
Date of Birth: 12/16/1949
Tour began began on June 17, 1969
Date of Casualty: 11/13/1969
Casualty Province: BINH DINH
Home: East Wenatchee , Washington
Honored on Panel 16W, Row 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Evergreen Cemetery, East Wenatchee, Washington

JOSEPH EDWARD SWEENEY
CPL – E4 – Army – Selective Service
173rd Airborne Brigade, N/75 Ranger
Date of Birth: 8/25/1949
Tour began on Mar 2, 1971
Date of Casualty: 5/29/1971
Casualty Province: BINH DINH
Home of Record: Philadelphia, PA
Honored on Panel 3W, Row 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Beverly National Cemetery, Edgewater Park, New Jersey

RONALD GENE THOMAS
PFC – E3 – Army – Regular
173rd Airborne Brigade, N/75 Ranger
Date of Birth: 12/15/1950
Tour began on June 9, 1969
Date of Casualty: 7/14/1969
Casualty Province: QUANG NGAI
Home of Record: Denver, CO
Honored on Panel 21W, Row 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Elmwood Cemetery, Brighton, Colorado

JOHN WALTER THOMPSON
SSGT – E6 – Army – Regular
4th Infantry Division, 74 LRRP
Date of Birth: 4/30/1936
Tour began on Oct 5, 1967
Date of Casualty: 1/3/1968
Casualty Province: QUANG NAM
Home of Record: Brinklaw, MD
Honored on Panel 33E, Row 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia

ALAIN JOSEPH TREMBLAY
SFC – E7 – Army – Regular
173rd Airborne Brigade, 74 LLRP
Date of Birth: 1/23/1937
Tour began on Jun 28, 1968
Date of Casualty: 7/7/1968
Casualty Province: BINH DINH
Home of Record: Hempstead, NY
Honored on Panel 53W, Row 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

DONALD GILES WAIDE
SSGT – E5 – Army – Regular
173rd Airborne Brigade, 74 LRP
Date of Birth: 11/18/1945
Tour began on Apr 30, 1967
Date of Casualty: 5/7/1968
Casualty Province: BINH DINH
Home of Record: Clayton, NM
Honored on Panel 56E, Row 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Clayton Memorial Cemetery, IOOF Section, Clayton, New Mexico

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