Echo & Delta Co 3rd/60th 9th Div WIA (wounded in action)

This page is an attempt to list those who were wounded in action. It will be almost impossible to get this complete as I do not believe there are any records on the wounded who were not hospitalized, but we will try. If you have any Purple Heart orders let me now the names. If you are aware of anyone missing from this list please e-mail me at DocMcClain@webtv.net

There are 198+ names on this list so far. Jim Toney is responsible for most of this list. He was able to get morning reports for the entire year he was in RVN and took the hospitalized names off the reports. Those who were not hospitalized will only appear on this list if you notify me about them.

The first section is chronological. The second list has no dates as yet.

July 25, 1967 Nussell, Gonzalez, White, Dougherty, Hall, Matos and Russell. Wounded in motar attack on DongTam.

Sept 13, 1967 Pearson, gunshot wound left arm. Cathy, scorpion bite.

Sept 18 Hollis

Oct 17 4 from Echo with leg injuries.

Oct 31 Roger Kochstetler and Adam Dillenger

Nov 4 Matthews, back, and Hayworth, frag wound foot.

Nov 11 John Simons jr, multiple frag wounds, head chest, arms. Raymond Schmidt, FW arms. James Sexton mfw, Bradley Franks, FW left leg.

Nov 23 (Thanksgiving Day) Gordon Stockton, FW eye, forehead. John Adame, FW L Arm, L. leg. Barry Fidukl, FW left arm. James Merritt, FW both legs.

Nov 26 Henry Roland dusted off - centipede bite.

Feb 2 Lt. Dennis McDougall shot in chest, Phillip Page, James O`Conner, Jimmy Jones, Alan Dillinger, Nicholas Gientke and Alfred Griffith and 4 others wounded by short artillary round in MyTho.

Feb 6,1968 Myself,John Mcmanus, Bloedsoe and approx half a dozen others were hit on the Tango's in an amubush 6 feb 68. this is talked about in Cpt Johnson's book. Can't remember all the particulars but the medical boat came in picked us up an later a dustoff took us back to the hospital ship. Can't remember any of the other names of those hit but i do remember we all layed in the bottom of our barracks ship for a week or so. John Mcnanus

Feb 16, 1968 Claude Verkudle and David Veffredo   Feb 17, 1968 Dennis Haynes, Alvis Kirk and Rafael Rivera   Feb 19, 1968 Bobby Little, James Pettett, Will Merryweather and 31 others   Feb 26, 1968 Al Meadows, Doc Faverty, Henry Rolen and Tuttle   Feb 27, 1968 Buenaventua Batobate, George Freadhoff, John Oions, John Sherlock, Donald Gaohrin, Melvin Los, Thomas Murphy and Marion Vincent    March 3, 1968 Robert J.Jenks   March 4, 1968 Robert Tate, Thomas Forbes, Win Hutchinson, Daniel Burda, Johnny Williams, Charles Peterson and Claude Verkuilen     March 9, 1968 Michael DeSario and Robert Comstock   March 12, 1968 Charles Peterson and Johnny Williams   March 16, 1968 Eddie Dease, Jimmy Douglas, Anthony Mecca, Dallas Abbott, John Wyatt, James Deck, Michael Wamser, Richard Bondreske and Drewie Hall   March 17, 1968 Vernon Allen, Gacey Finckbone, Charles Maddox, Roger Stoker and Allen Wilcox   March 19, 1968 Carlton Reed and Lt Robert Tucker    March 25, 1968 Frank Grammer   April 7, 1968 Eddie Green, Jimmy Jones, Benjamin Champion, Gary Colon and Mang Leung   April 10, 1968 David Ramsey   April 20, 1968 George Freadhoff and John Giallombardo   April 27, 1968 William Pyatte   May 1, 1968 Ron Doc McClain, James Dunnington and Bobbie Little   May 4, 1968 Edwardo Vasques   May 19, 1968 William Alexander,Jack Bussard and George Jackson   June 1, 1968 Harold Doc Tooley and 4 to 8 others   June 8, 1968 Keston Williams and Randy Leigate   June 11, 1968 David Whipple   June 12, 1968 Lt Larry Grant   June 21,1968 James Greenough, Dexter Kaytis and Ronald Mourey   June 25, 1968 Larry Bartee     July 15, 1968 Jon Kio, Michael Boyett, Curtis Hofsteiter and Richard Augustyniak (or the 17th)   July 21, 1968 Rudy Eay and Carl Reese   July 24, 1968 Charles Grinath and John Giallombardo   August 2, 1968 Jose Vazques   August 6, 1968 Lester Denhan   August 10, 1968 Alfred Griffith   August 18, 1968 John Doc Ryan   August 30, 1968 Richard Augustyniak   Sept 3, 1968 Angel Benavides. Also there is a report of a new company commander getting hit in the stomach by a boobytrap on the 3rd or 4th.   Sept 9, 1968 Ronald Havens, Halford Fore, Anthony Honahnie and Lewis Delk   Sept 11, 1968 Michael Anderson, Robert Kline, James Berry, Curtis Alfenso and William Murname   Sept 15, 1968 Robert Ludwig and John Hughes and ? several others.   Sept 17, 1968 Lester Denham   Sept 22, 1968 Lester Ashworth   Oct 2, 1968 Mark Rambo   Oct 21, 1968 Gary Miller and Walter Johnson   Oct 23, 1968 Drewie Hall, Don Liles, Richard Hopkins and Gerado Mores   Oct 30, 1968 Theophilu Franklin, Ronald Lopp, Charles Lane and Charles Rainville   Nov 9, 1968 Lewis Delk   Nov 12, 1968 Coy B. Edwards   Nov 28, 1968 Carl F. Allen and Melvin Pope   Dec 28, 1968 James A. Hockaday   Jan 4, 1969 James R. Fore   Feb 1,1969  Milton Rich

Harold "Doc" Tooley lost his foot after being wounded on June 1, 1968. Bobby Little

Looking over your wounded list.some of the stuff I remember is the day Keston Williams was wia Randy Leigate was also. The day Doc Tooley was wounded there were several others maybe between 4 & 8 others Doc Tooley was last one to step on booby trap that day. The day John Greenough was wounded I think maybe Lt Wolf others from 2nd or 3rd plt was wounded I think a black guy called sidekick was shot under the nose that day I remember him walking around that day saying this mf got the milliondollar wound and is going home. The day Curtis Hofster was wounded Auggie was also wounded, you are showing him a day after Curtis was wounded. Maybe that's because he didn't show up at the hospital. Also, the day Ludwig and I got wounded I think there were a few others wounded that day. The week before Ludwig and I were wounded there were some people from the third platoon that were also wounded. Do you remember the new company commander around the last of August until the 3rd or 4th of september. He was wounded by booby trap in the stomach area. John Hughes

List of WIA`s with no date Lee Gamberdela and Joe Barbosa. Doc Schmidt ?hit by a mine. ?triple amputee.

"Big John" Grinough shot in arm on V.C. Island, ?Lt Wolf, Sidekick, and several others from the 2nd and 3rd platoon may have all been wounded on the same day.

If you have any additions or corrections to this list, please e-mail me at DocMcClain@webtv.net