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>Howdy Ruby; > >USMC PFC George W. Weldy, Jr.'s MOS was 0341 >(Mortarman) and his unit was Headquarters and Supply >Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd >Marine Division. The 2nd/4th Marines' website at >http://www.i-mef.usmc.mil/DIV/5mar/2bn4/ has some >information, but no guestbook. The 2nd/4th Marines' >homepage at >http://unitpages.military.com/unitpages/unit.do?id=5000 >20 has 719 former members on their roster many of whom >have dates of service which overlap those of PFC Weldy. > >There is a tribute to PFC Weldy left by a buddy on the >Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Wall as follows: > >"gary buck >buckgary@webtv.com >fellow combat marine >7169 north ballew rd. >columbia, mo. 65255 >george we went to boot camp all of our training >together and to vietnam . i want every one to know >that you were a true marine and that you were afraid >of nothing. i miss you and i know that you sore with >the angels. i will never forget you or the good times >we had. nor will i forget the bad times. we kicked >those communist bastards asses that night. we fought >hard that night.i dont know why i made it and you did >not but i guess god had his reasons.you will not be >forgotton. i want your kids to know that there dad was >a true hero. i miss you and i know we will see each >oyher again some day. i miss you and loved you like a >brother. sleep well my friend you earned it and i miss >you. your brother in arms gary w. buck ! see you soon. >Sunday, June 01, 2003" > >And under PFC Robert Alan McCarthy (USMC) on the >Virtual Wall is the following: > >"A Note from The Virtual Wall >Fire Support Bases NEVILLE and RUSSELL were west of >Cam Lo, with NEVILLE the westernmost of the two. In >late February 1969, NEVILLE was occupied by Golf Btry >3/12 with Hotel Company, 2/4 as a security force. Five >miles to the east, FSB RUSSELL had Hotel and Mortar >Btries, 3/12, and elements of 2/4 as a security force >- primarily Echo 2/4, but also elements of H&S >Company. >In the early morning hours of 25 Feb 1969 both bases >were hit hard by NVA sappers - about 200 from the >246th NVA Regiment at NEVILLE and an equal number from >the 27th NVA Regiment at RUSSELL. In each case the >attacks began with heavy mortar fire and supporting >artillery fire from within the DMZ, followed by a >ground attack clearly intended to destroy the >artillery pieces in their gun pits. In each case the >enemy partially overran the base, and in each case the >Marines drove them out again. When the sun rose, the >Marines had over three dozen dead and 100+ wounded, >while there were 61 enemy bodies inside the two >perimeters - but the guns had sustained no serious >damage and were firing. > >The 27 Americans killed at FSB NEVILLE were > >H Btry, 3rd Bn, 12th Marines >LCpl Kenneth R. Gilliam, Lexington, KY >LCpl Norman W. Kellum, Corpus Christi, TX >LCpl Donald R. Lewis, Maysville, KY >Pfc Marion W. Lyons, Brentwood, AR >Pfc James D. Peschel, Boulder, CO >LCpl Gerald Przybylinski, Buchanan, MI >Pfc David L. Rutgers, Marshalltown, IA >LCpl Larry J. Sikorski, Fairmount, ND > > >Mortar Btry, 3rd Bn, 12th Marines >HM2 Kenneth Davis, Zanesville, OH > > >E Co, 2nd Bn, 4th Marines >2ndLt William H. Hunt, Merritt Island, FL (Silver >Star) >Cpl Tommy N. Miller, Bethalto, IL >LCpl James D. Logan, Flint, MI >LCpl Bruce A. Saunders, Roanoke, VA >Pfc Robert A. Coffey, Greensburg, KY >Pfc Michael L. Jenkins, Covington, VA >Pfc Randolph R. Ramsey, Williamsfield, OH >Pfc Allen M. Sharp, Covington, KY > > >H&S Co, 2nd Bn, 4th Marines >Pfc Robert H. Brogan, Cincinnati, OH >Pfc Odell Dickens, Whitakers, NC >Pfc Douglas B. Forsberg, Minneapolis, MN >Pfc Juan Gaston, New York, NY >Pfc Robert A. McCarthy, Alden, NY >Pfc Norman R. Surprenant, Plainfield, CT >Pfc Robert H. Trail, Baltimore, MD >Pfc James E. Tucker, Miami, FL >HN Donald K. Walsh, East Lyme, CT >Pfc George W. Weldy, Amarillo, TX >There were 14 dead Marines at FSB RUSSELL - 11 >infantrymen from 2/4 and 3 artillerymen from 3/12." > >Quang Tri Province is the northern-most province of >South Vietnam (next to the DMZ), but I forgot to get >the URL for the 1:250,000-scale map of the area. If >you're interested, then get back to me.
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