THE WALL OF FACES

Your sacrifice is not forgotten.

HOOAH

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.

Operation MacArthur was a U.S. Army military operation conducted by the 4th Infantry Division in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam from October 1967 to January 1969. The division was responsible for the defense of the provincial and district capitals that lay along National Highway QL-14, an interprovincial paved road that ran north to south through the middle of the Central Highlands. The general mission was to conduct surveillance and offensive operations along the Cambodian border and destroy North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong units within the assigned area of operations. At 4:56 PM on October 2, 1968, a short-range patrol (SRP) from D Company, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry was operating in an area eleven miles north of Ben Het in Kontum Province when they detected sounds believed to be from an enemy unit. A fire missions was adjusted on the suspected enemy position; however, the mortar rounds impacted on an SRP from Reconnaissance Platoon, E Company, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry, killing PFC Curtis O. Miller and wounding three others. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and “Lessons Learned, Operational Report of the 4th Infantry Division for the period ending 31 October 1968” at ttu.edu]

You will forever remain in our hearts and prayers

PFC Curtis O'Neil Miller served with Recon Platoon, E Company, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division, US Army Vietnam (Coffelt Database).

Your sacrifice is not forgotten.

HOOAH