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Joe Amos, KIA Vietnam as a S/Sgt, 1st Bn 18th Inf 1st Inf Div October 30 1967.  He was in the 187th RCT in Korea, his 187th RCT patch looks like its Japanese made, with a scroll attached to it, the ends of the scroll maybe saying 187th on the one end and RCT on the other, and AIRBORNE in the center.

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On 12/8/2021 at 10:12 PM, patches said:

A 12th Armd Div GI, curious to why the French Rope, no units in the 12th were awarded it.

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Well, who is to say he served the whole war with the 12th. Could well have come from a unit like the 2ndAD due to a lack of rotation points and stayed on with the 12thAD for occupation duty after the 2ndAD left for the states. Would have been a personal award if he served in the unit at the time of the award, and the 2ndAD received that French award.  
just speculating. 

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One Anthony Palmer, 381st Infantry Regiment 96th Infantry Division, stateside, before shipping out to the Pacific, he is a Seminole Indian actually from Oklahoma, see's action with the DEADEYE Division in the Leyte Campaign and on Okinawa.

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The SUNOCO Patch on one Randall Ching, Ching was in the B Company 5th Ranger Battalion, D Day till the end. Portrait maybe taken in England before Overlord.

 

 

Last Name:CHING

First Name, MI:RANDALL

Battalion:5

Company:B

Rank:Pfc.

Service Number:39128334

Date of Death:

Place of Death:

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Officers and NCOs of the 48th Infantry Brigade and 24th Infantry Division (M) get set for a FTX at Fort Stewart Georgia in July 1983, men from both units wear either the new BDUs or the old OGs

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On 12/15/2021 at 7:54 PM, patches said:

The SUNOCO Patch on one Randall Ching, Ching was in the B Company 5th Ranger Battalion, D Day till the end. Portrait maybe taken in England before Overlord.

 

 

Last Name:CHING

First Name, MI:RANDALL

Battalion:5

Company:B

Rank:Pfc.

Service Number:39128334

Date of Death:

Place of Death:

randall ching rangers 5th batt.jpg

Here's a more recent photo of Private Randall Ching.  If he's still alive would be in his late 90's now.VOD_Randall_Ching_FB-1536x870.jpg.74e4aa50e07264069c2449d8606acfa9.jpg

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Western Defense Command SSI worn by a private of the 140th Infantry Regiment. The 140th had been federalized with the 35th Infantry Division in December 1940 and had served on active duty with the division until January 1943 when it was relieved of its assignment to the 35th and assigned directly to the Western Defense Command.

Western Defense Command.5.140th Infantry Regiment.jpg

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