A Trp 3/4 Cav Vietnam

Individual Awards

All of our Cavalrymen served with bravery, valor, and distinction during their time with A Troop. We are proud of their service to our country. This page honors the courage of some of the soldiers who served in A Troop. This list is not complete. Email us to add names or to correct an entry. Thanks! Note: A highlighted name indicates a posthumous award.

	Distinguished Service Cross: SSG Gernot Bender.
	Silver Star: SGT James B. Ayres Jr, SP4 Joe Bracone, SGT Doug Clapp, SGT James T Feeney, SGT William Frickey, SP4 Vincent Iacono, SSG Elacy Junious, SSG Frank J. Kistler, SSG James M. Mason Jr, PFC Chalmers McElroy, SP5 Ronald P. McTaggart, SGT William Minchew, CPT Mel Moss, SP4 James O’keeffe, PFC Rueben C. Puphal, SGT Charles E. Roland, 1LT Roger See, SGT Bobby D. Weldon, CPT James M. Weller, 1LT Peter D. Wells, & SGT Earl E. Williams.
	Bronze Star for Heroism: SP4 Estevan Alvarado, SSG James D. Austin, 1LT Charles H. Ayres, SGT Henry J. Bales, SGT Gary W. Barlow, 1Lt John L. Barovetto, 1LT Gary W. Barnes, 1SG Calvin Barney, SP4 Leon Black, SP4 Ronald N. Boyd, SSG Tommy Brewington, SP4 Timothy L. Broswell, SSG Levern C. Brown, PFC Herman T. Butler, SP4 Robert J. Calhoun, SGT Jerry Carver, SGT Louis Castillo, PSG Richard C. Christy, SP5 Floyd L. Choate, SP5 Lloyd A. Coombs, SSG Robert S. Correia, 1LT Geoffrey Cushing-Murray, CPL Larry J. Davenport, SP5 Vito R. Davis, SP5 Donald E. Deck, PSG Chet Dowling, SP4 Henry R. Erber, SP4 Spiro Farrugia, PFC Jose Fejeran, SP5 Robert J. Fitzgerald, SGT Minter Garvin, SSG Clifton E. Gosser, PFC Joseph D. Graham, SSG Frederick W. Hallman, SP5 Charles H. Harbold, SP4 Lawrence Hayes, SP4 Larry Heath, SP4 Albert J. Herbert, SP4 Albert Hicks, PFC Phillip L. Hicks, PFC Douglas L. Hogan,1LT Leroy E. Hoemeyer, SSG Ronald D. Hughes, SP4 John A. Johnson, SSG James E. Joslyn, SFC Elacy Junious, SSG Harold K. Kinabrew, SGT Frank J. Kistler, 2LT Jerome P. Klar, Sp4 Ronald S. Klonowski, SGT John W. Knight, PFC George W. Kumpe, PFC Raymond C. Landa, SP4 Geofrey Landerkin, SP4 Doug Langdon, SSG Willie M. Lee Jr., SGT Thomas R. Leetz, SSG Charles E. Martin, SSG William T Marthers, SP4 Jimmy E. McDonald, SGT Ronald D. McIlravy, SP4 Ronald P. McTaggart, SP4 Hobart M. Matcalfe, SP4 Stephen W. Marriman, SP4 Hobart M Matcalfe, SP4 Richard C. Millis, CPT Joseph R. Monihan, SSG Manny Montanez, 1LT John R. Moore, SP4 Ronald K. Moore, SSG Nelson Morales-Irizarry, SGT Felix Moreno, CPT Mel Moss, Karl C. Mueller, 1LT Rodney S. Nishimura, SP4 James O’keeffe, SP4 Robert O'kelly, SSG Jerry E. O'Malley, Robert M. O'Rourke, SP4 Daniel C. Paschal, SGT Charles C. Patterson, PFC Allen A. Peel, SP4 Jerald C. Peterson, SGT James Roth, SP4 John R. Scriven, SFC James Smith, SP4 Donald L. Statun, SSG Manuel R. Tafoya, SP4 Marvin L. Thomson, PSG Samuel Turner, MSG Charles L. Vanover, SP4 Stephen A. Vanrie, 1SG John V. Veara, SGT Miguel Villarreal, Robert Wagner, SP4 Harry A. Watson, SGT William J. Webb, CPT John T. Wells, 1LT Peter D. Wells, PFC Robert J. White, SP4 Larry P. Wilson, PFC Floyd D. William, Harold D. Witherspoon, 1LT John R. Work, & 1LT Grant Yee
	Bronze Star for Meritorious Service: SP4 James A. Baiocchi, SGT Edward Bates Jr., SP5 William E. Beatty, SP4 William D. Blessman, SGT Walter R. Blalock, SSG Edgar G. Campbell, SGT Jerry Carver, SP4 John E. Carmack, SGT Doug Clapp, SGT Lonnie Dotson, David Duhon, SGT James T Feeney, PFC Raymond A. Gibbs, Sp4 Billy Guyton, SSG Carroll Hawkins, Trent (Butch) Lingafelter, Homer B. Louya, SSG William T Marthers, 1LT John R. Moore, SP4 Joseph O'Rourke, SGT Howard Phillips, SGT Robert Rahnefeld, SP5 Ronald Ratnecht, SP4 Charles Salas, SP4 Terry L. Shaw, SGT Stephen B. South, SP4 John R. Tanner, SP4 Raymond Taylor, SP4 Larry J. Taylor, PFC Charles, E. Thomas, SGT Bobby D. Weldon, CPL Milford H. Wensel & Harold D. Witherspoon.
	Bronze Star (degree unknown): CPT Kirkland I Alford, 1LT Terry C Amos, SP4 Frank Apollo, SP4 Lester L Beaty, SP4 George Bullard, SP4 Floyd E Childress, SP4 Billie W Colburn, SP4 Paul d Crug, SP4 Richard H Denison, SSG Chester C Dowling, SP4 Charles W Grayson, PFC Terrance Huettner, SP4 Roger P Johnson, SGT Aloysius J Lavelle, SP4 Elmer E Letcher, SP4 David P Maloney, 1LT Philip E McMahon, CPT Arthur R Melton, SP4 James Parker, SGT Fredick Rzempalla, SGT Bruce G Tindall, SP4 Melvin Wink, PSG Freddie E Wood, & SP4 Andrew J Zwalesky.
	Purple Heart: SFC Leslie R. Abrams, SP4 Oren Albright, CPL Francis B Amoroso, CPL Marion B Andler, SP5 Richard L. Avant, 1LT Charles H Ayres, SGT James B Ayres, 1LT Gary W. Barnes, PFC Robert A. Barnes, SGT Edward Bates Jr., PFC Bill Baum, SSG Gernot Bender, Sgt. Walter Blalock, E4 Ronald Bowen, CPL Randy C Brackin, SP4 Richard Bradley, PFC Theodore J Bradshaw, PFC Ervil T Bray, SGT Donald C Brown, SSG James D Brown, PFC George E Browning, PFC Richard P Caputo, SP4 John E Carmack, SGT Jerry Carver, SGT Louis Castillo, SGT Doug Clapp, SGT David P. Cohn, SP4 William T Conley, SP4 David L. Cox, PFC Roger D. Crawford, 1LT Geoffrey Cushing-Murray, SP4 Bob Dandridge, CPL Larry J. Davenport, CPL James M Davis. SSG Heriberto R. De Leon, SGT William E. Donnelly, SSG Richard A Dornellas, SGT Lonnie Dotson, PSG Chet Dowling, David Duhon, CPT Earle A Drake, CPL Gary L Elia, SP4 Richard Ellsworth, PFC Henry R. Erber, PFC John E Esten, PFC Rockford G Everett, SGT James T Feeney, PFC Mario Gabriele, SGT Andy Garnica, SGT Minter Garvin, PFC Raymond A Gibbs, PFC James T Griffin Jr, Sp4 Billy Guyton, SP5 Ronald G. Hack, PFC Adolph B Hamm Jr, SP4 Raymond D. Hansen, SP4 Roy A Harbaugh, SP4 Clarence L. Harwell, SGT Carroll Hawley, SP4 Larry Heath, PFC David A. Hensley, PFC Aaron W. Hickle, SP4 Eugene Hilton Jr, PFC Gary L Hobbs, SGT Terry A Hodges, PFC Earl W. Hornung, SP5 Michael Hunter, SGT Clarence R Husk, PFC Billy R. Johnson, SP5 Bill Johnson, SSG Thomas A Johnson, SSG James E. Joslyn, SSG Elacy Junious, PFC Freddie J Keeley, SGT Dwayne E Kever, SGT David J Klippel, PFC Gilbert King, SP4 Lewis King, SSG Frank J. Kistler, SP4 Richard Korth, SP4 Gene M Kosel, PFC Peter F Kovach, PFC George W. Kumpe, PFC Raymond C. Landa, SP4 Alvin H. Langford, SP4 Larry W. Lick, Trent (Butch) Lingafelter, SSG Donald L Lloyd, Homer B. Louya, SP4 John F Maloney Jr, SP4 Herbert L. Manley, SP5 Cabell G. Martin, PFC Felipe O. Martinez, PFC Clarence L McKinnon, SGT Roland D McLlravy, Sgt. Sipunu McMoore Jr, PFC Thomas M McVay, SP5 Ronald P. McTaggart, PFC Hugh W. Merrill, PFC Gary J. Messmer, PFC Joe E Michaud, SGT William Minchew, SSG Manny Montanez, SP4 John J Moore, 1Lt John R. Moore, CPT Mel Moss, Karl C. Mueller, SP4 Ronald F Neal, SP4 James O’keeffe, Robert M. O'Rourke, SSG Luther J Page Jr, PFC James W Parham, PFC Paul E Parker, SGT Charles O Penney, PFC Gene Peters, SGT Layton K. Pfost, SGT Alton R Phillips, SGT Howard Phillips, SGT Michael L Poggi, PFC Rueben C. Puphal, PFC Alan R Ramsey, SGT David N Rasmussen, SSG David Layman Ray, SGT John Regul, PFC Mikel D. Rhodes, CPL John S Rick, SGT Thomas H. Robertson, SSG Charles E Roland, SP4 John M. Ruiz, PFC Steven D Rugar, PFC Robert B Sanders, SP4 George A. Sarrica, PFC Merrel G Sarvela, PFC Ollie L Sauls Jr, Robert G. Schneider, PFC Jack Sciarabba, SP4 Donald E. Sellars, PFC Wilbur F. Selsor, PFC Leonard E Sexton, SP4 Kenneth E. Shrum, SGT Stephen B. South, SP4 Raymond P Spinler, SP4 Robert E Swalley, SP5 Frederick W Taylor, SP4 Marvin L. Thomson, PFC Arthur C Tijerina, SSG Bruce G Tindall, SSG Vernon S Tscherter, 1SG John V Veara, SP4 Harry A. Watson, 1LT Peter D. Wells, CPL Milford H Wensel, PFC Donald E White, SP4 Larry P. Wilson, SGT Melvin R Wink, 1LT Edwin T Winter, Harold D. Witherspoon, SGT Shojiro Yamashita, SP4 Gene Yonke & SP4 Robert R. Zareski.
	Air Medal for Valor: 1LT Don Appler
	Army Commendation Medal for Valor: 2nd Lt. Donald E. Appler, SGT Edward Bates Jr., PFC Richard W. Carter, PFC Walter J. Christy, PFC Alfred Ray Coe, SSG Robert S. Correia, SP5 Luke S. Dease, SSG Heriberto R. De Leon, PFC Billy W. Disheroon, SP4 Richard M. Hawk, SP4 Larry Heath, SSG Edward W. Johnson,1LT Dale Julian, SP4 Gary W. La Barge, Trent (Butch) Lingafelter, 1LT John R. Moore, PFC Melvin R. Moore, Robert M. O'Rourke, SP4 Michael B. Pyland, SGT Robert Rahnefeld, SP4 Mikel D. Rhodes, SP4 John E. Regul, SP5 Wulde W. Schiurring, PFC Alan L. Spurling,PFC Dennis C. Steinke, SP4 Robert E. Swalley, & SP5 Brian Trum.
	Army Commendation Medal for Meritorious Service: Sp4 Harold E. Alexander, SSG Thomas L. Anderson, PFC Arthur T Bartlett, SP4 Leslie Beaty, George T. Carter, SGT Doug Clapp, PFC Alfred Ray Coe, PFC Billie M Colburn, SGT Lonnie Dotson, David Duhon, PFC Benton D. Edwards, PFC Edward F. English, PFC John Hall, SSG Frederick Hallman, SP4 James Hardwick, SP4 Albert Hicks, SGT Aloysius Lavell, PFC Andrew M. Jazwieck, PFC Elmer Letcher, Trent (Butch) Lingafelter, PFC William A. Maruca, SSG William T Marthers, PFC James M. McEnaney, SP5 Ronald P. McTaggart, SP4 David Montgomery, SP4 John Morrelli, SP4 Joseph O'Rourke, SGT Robert Rahnefeld, SP4 Frederick Richardson, SP4 Frederick Rzempala, SP4 Terry L. Shaw, PFC Issac Smith, SP4 John R. Tanner, SP4 Raymond Taylor, SP4 Larry J. Taylor, PFC Charles E. Thomas, PFC Michael Torress, SGT DAvid G. Verges, SP4 Melvin R. Wink, PFC Lawrence Yaworski, & PFC Andrew Zwalesky.
	Combat Infantryman Badge: SP4 David Abblitt, PFC Richard S. Albert, SGT William L. Allinger, SP4 Harrison C. Anderson, SFC Guss O. Andrews, SP4 Ralph E. Apo, SP4 Edward L. Apodaca, PFC John E. Armstrong, SSG Sakaria L. Auelua, PFC Jesse R. Auttonberry, PFC Charles N. Avery, PFC Sam C. Baison, PVT Allen L. Barcus, PFC Tony Barrera, PFC William Bazemore, PVT Danny R. Bazor, SP4 Charles L. Belvin, PFC Rick N. Beardsley, PFC Wilbert F. Benjamin, SGT Leon Black, SGT Arthur C. Bonevich, E4 Ronald Bowen, SP4 Richard R. Bradley, SFC Thomas E. Brito, SGT James L Burnon, SP4 Edward Burns, PFC Percy Byrd, SP4 Roger L. Caltrider, PFC Elias B. Campos, PFC Danny G. Carlisle, PFC Robert A. Clemena, SP5 James R. Clement, PFC James F. Cleveland, SP4 Rex M. Clevenger, SP4 David L. Cox, PFC Jose L. Cruz-Colon, PFC David L. Cypert, SFC Robert C. Cyr, SP5 Robert H. Daniels, SSG Dallas D. Dake, SP4 Bob Dandridge, 1SG Max B. Davenport, PFC Robert R. Dent, SP4 Clifford F. Detweiler, PFC Roberta Diaz-Maldonado, SP4 James W. Diehl, PFC Albert D. DiGiacomo Jr., SGT Lonnie Dotson. SGT Gary W. Dugan, MSG Leo I. Dudley, PFC Hal S. Eatchel, PFC Lloyd E. Edgett Jr., SGT David R. Eidson, PFC, Alexander Elkins, SP4 John Elliott Jr., PFC Herbert R. England, SP4 Hector M. Escarzega, PFC Harvey N. Feldtman, SP4 Larry L. Francis, SGT Bertil B. Franzen, PFC Rober M. Gertken, PFC Ronald E. Giles, PFC Anthony J. Giordano, PFC Robert K. Glasper, SP4 Marshall W. Goins, SP5 Richard D. Gramigna, PFC Larry M. Grider, PFC Ronald G. Hanlin, PFC Raymond L. Hargrove, SP4 Conley R. Hash, PFC Roger Hatch, SP4 Larry Heath, SP4 James O. Helms, PFC Jose A. Herrera, SP4 Charles Hoffman, SP5 Istvan Hollos, PFC Dyane O. Holt, PFC Earl W. Hornung, PFC Lyle Houseright, PFC James R. Huey, SP4 Steve Huff, PFC George Hutchinson, SP4 William R. Imriz, PFC Charles Ivery, PFC Vancito Jennings, PFC Robert S. Jensen, SP5 Bill Johnson, PFC Billy R. Johnson, PFC Charles E. Johnson, PFC Howard E. Johnson, PFC Rosco T. Johnson, SP4 Roy L. Jones, SSG James E. Joslyn, SSG Herman K. Kamai, PFC Robert G. Kandra, PFC James Kane, SGT Harold K. Kinabrew, SP4 Ronald S. Klonowski, SP4 Michael J. Kramarczyk, SGT Joseph R. LaBonte, SP4 Victor LaChance, SP5 Larry R. Lampson, SP4 Jerry C. Lee, PFC John F. Lepope, SFC Homer B. Louya, PFC Robert J. Lovell, PFC Nathaniel Malone, SP4 John W. Martin, SP5 Ronald P. McTaggart, PFC Gene Peters, SGT John Regul, SP4 Charles Salas, SGT Stephen B. South, SP5 Brian Trum & CPL Milford H Wensel*.
	Combat Medic Badge: Jerry Fangman, Alvin Langford, Larry "Doc" Lick", Charles "Doc" Jones, James Brian O'Keeffe, & Robert Wagner. Webmaster's Note: The medics who rode with our platoons and Troop were among the most admired and respected members of the unit. They were actually assigned to Headquarters Troop. They supported us with great valor, courage, and sacrifice.

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