2ND
BATTALION 94TH ARTILLERY
‘FLEXIBLE’
WOUNDED IN ACTION
A list is being compiled for those 2/94th members wounded in action. List is being prepared from data gathered at the National Archives, History, and remembrances from former members.
Any help is greatly appreciated
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On 19 December 1966, a 2˝-ton truck from Service Battery received moderate damage when it hit a Viet Cong mine north of Dong Ha, while being used to haul sand to the Battery area. Eight men aboard the truck escaped serious injuries, two of which were thrown from the truck with injuries.
PFC Daniel Kempton of Service Battery was one of the first two wounded in the 2/94th. PFC Daniel Kempton would return after operation and rehabilitation to be wounded the second time in May or June of 1967 during a rocket attack while serving in Service Battery at Dong Ha
The other solder wounded in the first combat event of 19 December 1966 was PFC Robert C. Lopp of Service Battery.
There was one of our Sergeant (E5)'s up there with me taking pictures. He got down low to hug the sandbags on the tower floor. I told him to sit up and look for muzzle flashes because the shells hitting the ground could not hurt us up that high and if one hit the tower (which it did a week later) hugging the floor would not help. During the first lull, he decided to go down the ladder. A shell hit at the tower base while he was on the top step, putting about a quarter-sized piece of fragment right into the fat part of his butt. SGT is unknown at this time.
From 1 Feb 1967 to 30 April 1967 there were 17 WIA's in the Battalion:
9 of the 17 were wounded at Gio Linh.
20 March 1967, the Number 3 Gun Chief, Staff Sergeant Neal received shrapnel wounds to the head.
Sergeant Seale, Specialist’s Kramb, and Specialist Lindsey Kerns were awarded the Purple Heart. Date of Action on or about 21 March 1967 while serving at Gio Linh.
Specialist Lindsey Kerns was to receive a second Purple Heart on 12 May 1967 while in the hospital in Da Nang. Specialist Kerns was wounded the second time at ??? serving with Service Battery?
Lieutenant Charles Lincoln, D Battery (B/6/27), was wounded at Gio Linh, date is not known at this time.
4 WIA are unknown while serving at Gio Linh.
On 9 April 1967, Lieutenant Barry DeVita was seriously wounded and evacuated as a result of wounds received from hostile action while on patrol. GO 2125, Dated 11 May 1967
On 9 April 1967, Private First Class Richard W. Mackrenroth was also wounded as a result of wounds received from hostile action while on patrol. GO 2125, Dated 11 May 1967
On 9 April the following men were wounded in a two gun incident in C Battery:
Private First Class Bruce E. Cheske
Private First Class Jerry E. Coble
Specialist James E. Cox
Private William W. Glaser
Private First Class Rufus L. Hare
Private First Class Gordon L. Howard
Private First Class Carmelo M. Jimenez
All of these men received a Purple Heart by GO 2125, Dated 11 May 1967
There were numerous wounded from 1 May 1967 to 31 July 1967
while the battalion rotated Batteries in and out of Gio Linh in 1967. It looks like the total is around 36 with 26 being wounded at Gio Linh.
On 3 June 1967, Private First Class Honkon, Service Battery was seriously wounded at Gio Linh while off-loading ammunition.
These is all the data I have. I would assume that most of the WIA's would have been from C, D, and Service Batteries.
In October of 1967, a breechblock exploded wounding two personnel in A Battery
Wounded are unknown at this time.
On 24 October 1967, Battalion Award Ceremony, C Battery personnel received four Purple Hearts: Specialists Duke, Funk, Gann, and McGill.
From 1 Nov 1967 to 31 Jan 1968, 9 WIA's are reported.
On 9 December 1967, Specialist Curtis R. Dowling was wounded while serving as RECON SGT with a forward observer party on search and destroy operation vicinity coordinates YD1975.
On 27 December 1967, at a Battalion Awards Ceremony, C Battery, one Purple Heart: Specialist Chip Bachtell.
On 23 January 1968, an unknown force ambushed a C Battery quarter ton truck, returning from Dong Ha to Camp JJ Carroll, vicinity coordinates YD0857. Three C Battery personnel were seriously wounded and evacuated to Dong Ha by helicopter.
Wounded are unknown at this time.
On 24 January 1968, the enemy ambushed an ammunition train enroute from Dong Ha Combat Base to JJ Carroll. Two men from B Battery, along with several Marines, were wounded and Medevac’d.
Wounded are unknown at this time.
Two accounts not accounted for.
On 14 February 1968, Corporal Mike Jacobson of B Battery was WIA on Camp Carroll. Corporal Jacobson was wounded as a result of incoming rocket fire.
GO Number 7, 20 April 1968, 108th Group - Purple Heart awarded to:
Captain John E. Corbett - 2/94th
Date of Action: 8 March 1968
Specialists Marvin E. Gramm - 2/94th
Date of Action: 10 March 1968
PFC Anthony Hollins - 2/94th
Date of Action: 10 March 1968
SFC Pete A. Morrison - 2/94th
Date of Action: 21 Feb 1968
PFC Melvin S. Stevenson - 2/94th
Date of Action: 28 April 1968
PFC Dennis I. Warren - 2/94th
Date of Action: 28 April 1968
Captain William Trinidad-Dominguez - 2/94th
Date of Action: 19 Feb 1968
GO Number 14, 10 July 1968, 108th Group - Purple Heart awarded to:
PFC ROBERT CAMPOS - 2/94th
Date of Action: 30 May 1968
SSG BOBBY S. CARLISLE - 2/94th
Date of Action: 21 Feb 1968
Specialists earl l. toromtalli - 2/94th
Date of Action: 25 May 1968
GO Number 15, 18 July 1968, 108th Group - Purple Heart awarded to:
PFC Larry j. hale - 2/94th
Date of Action: 30 June 1968
Specialists Robert j. cleberg - 2/94th
Date of Action: 29 June 1968
Specialists Peter p. gniazdowski - 2/94th
Date of Action: 29 June 1968
PFC William R. hodroski - 2/94th
Date of Action: 29 June 1968
lt jackie d. cairnes - 2/94th
Date of Action: 27 June 1968
Specialists James a. flores - 2/94th
Date of Action: 29 June 1968
lt Jeffrey p. Newton - 2/94th
Date of Action: 30 June 1968
sgt Ronald H. godfrey - 2/94th
Date of Action: 27 June 1968
sgt Richard w. heath - 2/94th
Date of Action: 29 June 1968
GO Number 15, 7 April 1970, 108th Group - Purple Heart awarded to:
SP5 Kevin P. Kearney - B Battery, 2/94th
Date of Action: 6 April 1970
Captain William J. Hudson - B Battery, 294th
Date of Action: 6 April 1970
Captain Joseph Pazdureck WIA towards the end of 1969.
Patrick O. Hillis - who was WIA in early '68. I talked to him before he was medivac'd from the LZ on Carroll. It looked like he was going to be OK -I think his injury was an arm. He did not return to Carroll as his time was already short. I know he was from Seattle, WA.
Lieutenant Chris Monteleon 2/94 in 1969 as FO, FDO, and XO. Per GO 22 of 5 MAY 1970, received the PH for action on 28 FEB 1970, while assigned to the 108th, S-2.
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