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HONORED ON PANEL 55W, LINE 17 OF THE WALL
LE ROY FRED ARELLANO
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LE ROY F ARELLANO
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POSTED ON 3.25.2021
POSTED BY: John Fabris
honoring you...
Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. Rest in eternal peace.
POSTED ON 8.5.2018
POSTED BY: Dennis Wriston
I'm proud of our Vietnam Veterans
Sergeant Le Roy Fred Arellano, Served with Company C, 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division.
POSTED ON 9.23.2016
POSTED BY: Lucy Conte Micik
Remembered
DEAR SERGEANT ARELLANO,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS AN ARMY GRUNT WITH THE 12TH CAVALRY, 1ST CAVALRY. A FRIEND'S BROTHER WAS ALSO 12TH CAV, 1ST CAV. SAY HI TO MIKE SMITH IN HEAVEN. REST IN PEACE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS AN ARMY GRUNT WITH THE 12TH CAVALRY, 1ST CAVALRY. A FRIEND'S BROTHER WAS ALSO 12TH CAV, 1ST CAV. SAY HI TO MIKE SMITH IN HEAVEN. REST IN PEACE.
POSTED ON 6.22.2016
POSTED BY: Curt Carter [email protected]
Remembering An American Hero
Dear SGT Le Roy Fred Arellano, sir
As an American, I would like to thank you for your service and for your sacrifice made on behalf of our wonderful country. The youth of today could gain much by learning of heroes such as yourself, men and women whose courage and heart can never be questioned.
May God allow you to read this, and may He allow me to someday shake your hand when I get to Heaven to personally thank you. May he also allow my father to find you and shake your hand now to say thank you; for America, and for those who love you.
With respect, Sir
Curt Carter
As an American, I would like to thank you for your service and for your sacrifice made on behalf of our wonderful country. The youth of today could gain much by learning of heroes such as yourself, men and women whose courage and heart can never be questioned.
May God allow you to read this, and may He allow me to someday shake your hand when I get to Heaven to personally thank you. May he also allow my father to find you and shake your hand now to say thank you; for America, and for those who love you.
With respect, Sir
Curt Carter
POSTED ON 11.17.2013
POSTED BY: Robert L Nelson
Remembering Our Own
Sergeant Arellano extended his tour in Vietnam at the
cost of his life.
LeRoy Fred Arellano was born on August 5, 1947, in Ely,
Nevada. His mother’s name was Lucy Arellano. Joining him
in the family were his brothers Richard and Robert and his
sister, Barbara. He spent his formative years in Ely, where he
completed elementary school and entered high school. In
1964 the Arellano family moved to Santa Cruz and LeRoy
transferred into Santa Cruz High School. He only attended
classes at SCHS for about a year.
In 1965 LeRoy Arellano enlisted in the US Army. Following
his basic and advanced individual training, he served
tours of duty in Germany and Korea. In 1967 he received
orders assigning him to Company C, 1st Battalion, 12th
Cavalry Regiment of the 1st Cavalry Division serving in the
Bong Song Plain of Binh Dinh Province of Vietnam.
Arellano arrived in Vietnam on May 17, 1967, and joined
his regiment that was engaged in Operation Pershing. When
the Tet New Year Offensive began, the 12th Cavalry Regiment
moved to Quang Tri Province in the northern sector
of South Vietnam. The regimental history of the 12th
Cavalry chronicles the period of Arellano’s service with it
in Vietnam.
On April 19 1968, Operation Delaware was launched
into the cloud shrouded A Shau Valley, near the Laotian
border and 34 kilometers west of Hue. None of the Free
World Forces had been in the valley since 1966, which was
now being used as a way station on the supply route known
as the Ho Chi Minh Trail. The first engagement was made
by the 1st and 3rd Brigades. Under fire from mobile, 37mm
cannon and 0.50 caliber machine guns, they secured several
landing zones. For the next month the brigades scoured
the valley floor, clashing with enemy units and uncovering
huge enemy caches of food, arms, ammunition, rockets, and
Russian made tank and bulldozers.
During the first quarter of 1968, Arellano made the
Fateful decision to extend his Vietnam tour for an additional
Twelve months. On June 22, 1968, while wrap-up
Operations were still underway, Sergeant LeRoy Fred Arellano
Was killed in action. His body was returned to Santa
Cruz and buried in Holy Cross Cemetery. He was posthumously
Awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart in military
ceremonies conducted at Fort Ord on February 13, 1969.
Source
Remembering our Own
The Santa Cruz County Military Roll of Honor 1861-2010
By Robert L Nelson
The Museum of Art & History @ The McPherson Center
2010
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