WILLARD BOSTON WALLACE CPL ?- E3 - Army - Regular 9th Infantry Division 20 year old Single, Caucasian, Male DOB Sep 23, 1947 From PEEBLES, OHIO Length of service 1 year. In country on May 15, 1967 (188 days) KIA on Nov 23, 1967 in DINH TUONG, SOUTH VIETNAM HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS Body was recovered Religion PROTESTANT

THEODORE ALOYIS DOUGHERTY SGT - E5 - Army - Regular 9th Infantry Division 41 year old Single, Caucasian, Male DOB Nov 11, 1926 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA Length of service 18 years. In country on May 21, 1967 (188 days) KIA on Nov 24, 1967 in DINH TUONG, SOUTH VIETNAM HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS Body was recovered Religion ROMAN CATHOLIC

Yes Doc, I do remember Thanksgiving Day 67, they had split the company up, and we all had to search different checkpoints.Can`t remember which PLT go hit with command detonated mines, but we lost 4 guys. The one I remember is Sgt Dougherty. He was older than all of us. Some one told me he had fought in the Korean War. A mine got the first 3 and wounded him .They told him to walk in the rear with the LT but he said he was alright. He had only walked a short distant when the second mine went off and took him. In my mind to me that was the beginning of the TET OF 68 for the 3/60th. Pat Reyes P.S. Sgt Dougherty was 40 yrs old.

Doc, I got my slow reaction award ( Purple Heart ) that day. Sgt. Dougherty was the one that had told another before we left on the mission that he was not coming back alive. I wish I could remember the medics name that was wounded that same day. We were told that dinner would be served in the field that afternoon, but for some reason I knew I was going to have dinner in Dong Tam. To this day I remember Capt. Jenkens calling the PH a slow reaction award and just handed me a cardboard box with the Medal in it--no big deal. John Adame

Ssg. Quintero was leading his 3rd platoon across some rice paddies toward a tree area nothing seemed out of the ordinary until there was a sudden explosion from the trees.  Several of his people were hit in that initial blast but soon they recovered and were returning fire.  Ssg. Quintero found Dougherty Theodore Aloyis (67-11-24) wounded and laying near a rice paddy dike.  Quintero sat him up and asked him if he was OK, Dougherty said yes, he was OK. suddenly there was a second blast and Sergeant Quintero said that he actually saw a large chunk of metal strike Dougherty in the chest as he held him.  Dougherty never saw what hit him.  Dougherty was an old man and was close to Quintero.  We used to drink at a beer tent behind the 4.2 motor and Bandido Charlie's (C-5th/60th mech) tents.  Echo and Bandido Charlie would party until wee hours of the morning laying on the warm sand. Sgt David Lopez