11th Armored Cavalry's Veterans of Vietnam & Cambodia
Together Then - Together Again

                        1966                                                   Welcome Home                          1972

Blackhorse

This Month in 11th Armored Cavalry History

FEBRUARY

1	1969 1970	11th ACR rolling 100KM in 8 hours to defend Long Binh & Bien Hoa during the Tet Offensive WO1 Alfred E Santoro  Air Cav Trp, earns DFC  (1OLC)
2	1901	11th US Cavalry Formed
3	1968 1969	CPT Robert C Palmer E Trp 2/11 earns SS CPT Francis R Scharpf A Trp 1/11, earns SS  PSG Martin G SChenck E Trp 2/11, earns SS (1OLC) WO1 Michael D Bates, Air Cav Trp earns DFC (5OLC) ARP, reinforced by E Trp 2/11 kills 18 NVA, capture 7 in action northeast of Lai Khe MAJ John C Bahnsen HHT 1/11, earns SS (2OLC) SP4 Otis James Darden Air Cav Trp earns SS
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7	1969 1970	SFC Richard B Garrett K Trp 3/11, earns SS * 1LT William L Nash A Trp 1/11, earns SS CPT John B Poindexter A Trp 1/11, earns SS
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12	1968	PSG Hobert M Parker I Trp 3/11 earns SS
13	1969	MAJ Andrew P O'Meara Jr HHT Regt, earns SS MAJ Andrew P O'Meara Jr HHT Regt, earns DFC (ACHVMNT)
14	1967 1968 1970	Operation Kitty Hawk begins 1LT Charles W Locklin I Trp 3/11, earns SS SGT Vitalio Vela Jr I Trp 3/11, earns SS * 1LT Michael Huff HHT 1/11, earns DFC (3OLC) 1SG William R Chambers C Trp 1/11, earns SS SP4 Leslie S Lincoln C Trp 1/11, earns SS (1OLC) CPT George E Patch C Trp 1/11 earns SS SP4 Thomas L Perkins C Trp 1/11, earns SS  SSG Clarence C Young M Co 3/11, earns SS
15	1970	11th ACR & attached units awarded Vietnam Cross of Gallantry w/Palm 1 May 69 - 15 Feb 70
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17	1970	1LT David L Porter  Air Cav Trp, earns DFC  (3OLC) 1LT William J Sidebottom F Trp 2/11, earns SS
18	1968	L Trp kills 24 Viet Cong SSG Charles H West Jr L Trp 3/11, earns SS
19	1969 1970	SGT Robert Irwin Meeker L Trp 3/11, earns SS(1OLC) * CW2 Douglas W Farfel, HHT 2/11 earns DFC (3OLC) 1LT Carl B Marshall Air Cav Trp, earns DFC (2OLC) MAJ Frederick M Franks HHT 2/11, earns SS  SP5 Johnny M Lamontia HHT 2/11, earns SS
20	1969	1LT Randall R Gray HHT 3/11, earns DFC MAJ Thomas R Middaugh HHT 3/11, earns SS
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22	1967 1969	Army approves Blackhorse patch Operation Junction City begins Tet Offensive begins
23	1967 1968 1969	MAJ Rodney D Wolfe HHT Regt, earns DFC  CPT Gerald E Thomas HHT Regt, earns DFC  WO1 John R. Ballweg HHT Regt, earns DFC 1LT John R Pearson HHT Regt, earns DFC L Trp kills 37 Viet Cong PSG Donald W Kelly B Trp 1/11, earns SS  MAJ William G Privette  HHT 1/11, earns SS
24	1967 1969	CW2 Richard M Louderback Air Cav Trp earns DFC CW2 Thomas J Ward Air Cav Trp, earns DFC (1OLC) Tet Counter Offensive Begins
25	1969	SP4 Billy Dofflemyer Air Cav Trp, earns SS  SP4 Lewis L Sowder Air Cav Trp, earns SS  SSG David W Stout  A Trp 1/11, earns SS
26	1967 1969	SP4 Rodger Dale Lewis B Trp 1/11, earns SS * SP4 Jesse L Brandon A Trp 1/11, earns SS * CPT Wilbert R Menix  A Trp 1/11, earns SS CPT Thomas M Montgomery H Co 2/11, earns SS
27	1969	CPT Jerry W Thurman HHT 2/11, earns DFC
28	1967 1968 1969	WO1 Thomas J Evans Jr, Air Cav Trp earns DFC CSM Donald E Horn HHT Regt, earns SS SP4 Jerry D Mcafee F Trp 2/11, earns SS ** WO1 David H Irby HHT 2/11, earns DFC CPT Thomas Arthur Mcadams F Trp 2/11, earns SS *
29	1968	SP4 Jerry D Mcafee F Trp 2/11, earns DSC PSG Oscar G Dawson F Trp 2/11, earns SS

                                        * Posthumous Award
                                      ** Upgraded to Distinguished Service Cross
                                    *** Upgraded to Medal of Honor
                                OLC - Oak Leaf Cluster
                                            All awards for heroism except where noted by
                                            (ACHVMNT) - extraordinary or meritorious achievement
                                            Soldier's Medal