Bob Hudson Posted July 23, 2017 Share #1 Posted July 23, 2017 This young Californian had been in Vietnam less than two months when he was killed in action while swerving with Company A, 2d Battalion (Airmobile), 501st Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile), at Fire Support Base GRANITE on April 29, 1970. He had just turned 19 and had been in South Vietnam 56 days. The documents and photo were found online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted July 23, 2017 Author Share #2 Posted July 23, 2017 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted July 24, 2017 Author Share #3 Posted July 24, 2017 Click here for a PDF file about this battle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted July 24, 2017 Author Share #4 Posted July 24, 2017 Here's another article about FSB Granite: http://www.alphaavengers.com/firebase-granite.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocsfollowme Posted July 24, 2017 Share #5 Posted July 24, 2017 Thanks for sharing. Neat to read about a local guy where I am from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blacksmith Posted July 24, 2017 Share #6 Posted July 24, 2017 Nineteen... man, that is sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louie Posted July 26, 2017 Share #7 Posted July 26, 2017 Nineteen to twenty was the average age. Most of us were that age when we either got drafted, or joined. You registered on your eighteenth, and if you weren't in school, or had bone spurs like someone, you got the letter. Greeting from the president! Time for your physical, and off you went. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted July 27, 2017 Author Share #8 Posted July 27, 2017 Nineteen to twenty was the average age. Most of us were that age when we either got drafted, or joined. You registered on your eighteenth, and if you weren't in school, or had bone spurs like someone, you got the letter. Greeting from the president! Time for your physical, and off you went. 19 was on the young side even for Vietnam. The average age of Army Infantrymen (MOS 11B) serving in Vietnam was 22 and the average age of those killed in action was slightly above that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turko Posted July 31, 2017 Share #9 Posted July 31, 2017 What would have been on that other nametape that's above his name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted July 31, 2017 Author Share #10 Posted July 31, 2017 What would have been on that other nametape that's above his name? I don't know - but one of our members surely does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David D Posted July 31, 2017 Share #11 Posted July 31, 2017 Very somber uniform to a young hero. Thanks for sharing his memory with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted July 31, 2017 Author Share #12 Posted July 31, 2017 Very somber uniform to a young hero. Thanks for sharing his memory with us. His younger brother was pleased to share these with the collecting community through the forum in order to preserve this legacy. They have the medals and decorations but he wanted good homes for the utility uniforms, which are not something you often find in a family's possession so many years later. I have handled some interesting uniforms that evoked responses of "Cool uniform!," but I've never had one that moved me as much as these simple fatigues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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