Retrieved and treated disabled soldiers on 1 April 1968 at Camp Dak Seang, Quang Duc Province, Vietnam, under heavy fire despite serious wounds.

 

Voluntarily accompanied evacuation force from his forward headquarters on 2 May 1968 and rescued several isolated patrol members in heavy combat near Loc Ninh, Binh Long Province, Vietnam.

*William M. Bryant, Sergeant First Class, Advisor, 321 st CIDG Company, 32d Mobile Strike Force Battalion, Detachment B-36, 5th Special Forces Group. Born 16 February 1933 at Cochran, Georgia. Entered service at Detroit, Michigan.

 

Enabled his surrounded company to escape by charging several Viet Cong positions before he was killed by a rocket on 24 March 1969 in Long Khanh Province, Vietnam.

*Brian L. Buker, Sergeant, Advisor, 513th CIDG Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Mobile Strike Force Command, Detachment B-55, 5th Special Forces Group. Born 3 November 1949 in Benton, Maine. Entered service at Bangor, Maine.

 

Led the attack against a heavily defended mountain fortress on 5 April 1970 at Nui Khet, Chau Doc Province, Vietnam. during which he was mortally wounded assaulting a bunker.

Jon R. Cavaiani, Staff Sergeant, Platoon leader, Task Force I Advisory Element. Born 2 August 1943 in Royston, England. Entered service at Fresno, California.

Defended Hickory Hill Radio Relay site (Hill 953) in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam, on 4-5 June 1971 against a North Vietnamese Army battalion until overwhelmed and captured.

 

Entered service at Denver, Colorado. Helped lead repulse of Viet Cong from Chau Phu, Chau Duc Province, Vietnam, with jeep mounting machine gun from 31 January to I February 1968, single-handedly assaulted building and rescued personnel inside.

 

 

Heroically defended Camp Nam Dong, Thua Thien Province, Vietnam on 6 July 1964 despite serious wounds.

*Loren D. Hagen, 1st Lieutenant, Reconnaissance patrol leader, Task Force I Advisory Element. Born 25 February 1946 in Fargo, North Dakota. Entered service in Fargo, North Dakota.

 

Courageously defended patrol perimeter inside Demilitarized Zone on 7 August 1971 and repelled numerous charges until killed extracting comrades from imperiled bunker.

*Charles E. Hosking, Jr., Sergeant First Class, Advisor, 3d Mobile Strike Force, 5th Special Forces Group. Born 12 May 1924 in Ramsey, New Jersey. Entered service at Fort Dix, New Jersey.

 

Wrestled a Viet Cong prisoner with a live grenade to the ground and saved his men by absorbing the blast on 21 March 1967 in Phuoc Long Province, Vietnam.

Robert L. Howard, Sergeant First Class, Reconnaissance patrol leader, MACV Studies & Observation Group. Born 11 July 1939 in Opelika, Alabama. Entered service at Montgomery, Alabama.

 

Rallied surrounded platoon and covered its aerial extraction despite severe injuries on 30 December 1968 in Laos.

*John J. Kedenburg, Specialist 5th Class, Reconnaissance patrol leader, MACV Studies & Observation Group. Born 31 July 1946 in Brooklyn, New York. Entered service at Brooklyn, New York.

 

Defended landing zone and covered team aerial extraction on 13 June 1968 in Laos, giving his place to another team member, who suddenly came to pickup zone, and remained alone on LZ until overwhelmed and killed.

Franklin D. Miller, Staff Sergeant, Reconnaissance patrol leader, MACV Studies & Observation Group. Born 27 January 1945 in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Entered service at Albuquerque, New Mexico.

 

Repelled several attacks on his patrol despite serious wounds, on 5 January 1970 in Laos.

*George K. Sisler, 1st Lieutenant, Exploitation force leader, MACV Studies & Observation Group. Born 19 September 1937 in Dexter, Missouri. Entered service at Dexter, Missouri.

 

Destroyed machine gun and personally counterattacked into NVA assault, at which point he was killed on 7 February 1967 in Laos.

Charles Q. Williams, 2d Lieutenant, Executive officer, Detachment A-342, 5th Special Forces Group. Born 17 September 1933 in Charleston, South Carolina. Entered service at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

 

Directed defense of beleaguered compound at Camp Dong Xoai, Phuoc Long Province, Vietnam, on 9 and 10 June 1965 despite grievous wounds, destroying numerous key Viet Cong positions.

*Gordon D. Yntema, Sergeant Platoon advisor, Detachment A-431, 5th Special Forces Group. Born 26 June 1945 in Bethesda, Maryland. Entered service at Detroit, Michigan.

 

Carried several personnel to safety from 16 to 18 January 1968 near Thong Binh, Kien Tuong Province, Vietnam, and returned to trenchline, which he defended until ammunition was exhausted, after which he used his rifle as a club until he was killed.

Fred W. Zabitosky, Staff Sergeant Reconnaissance patrol leader, MACV Studies & Observation Group. Born 27 October 1942 in Trenton, New Jersey. Entered service at Trenton, New Jersey.

 

Defended landing zone against determined NVA attack on 19 February 1968 in Laos and rescued pilot from downed helicopter before he passed out because of multiple wounds and burns.

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