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Patrick Loughney, Sgt. 05B4S	Robert McDowell, S/Sgt.	Joseph J. Miller, Lt. KIA
Dovan Do Interpreter	O.L. Croom, [Capt. (Ret)]	Tom Reisinger Medic
Jerry L. Krizan Medic	Geoffrey Carlson, SSG 05B4S	Andrew Shepard, [MSG, Ret.] 11B
Herbert Graver, SGT TDY 1st SFGA	William Harvey, E-6	James R. Hunt, 1Lt. 31203 CAPO/XO
Ronald Romancik, SGT 91B4S	Robert Thomas, SFC (Ret) 05B4S	G. Lee Martin, SGT 91B4S

Combat After Action Report: Assault on Loc Ninh
Period 29 October - 4 November 1967

Loc Ninh Camp Diagram from 1967
- Overview
- The Compound

Medal of Honor

BENAVIDEZ, ROY P.

Rank and Organization: Master Sergeant,
Detachment B-56, 5th Special Forces Group, Republic of Vietnam.
Place and Date: West of Loc Ninh on 2 May 1968.
For more information go to the Latino Heritage Site:
http://latinoheritage.org/heroes/benavidez.htm

Links to After Action Reports: Loc Ninh (Click on the PDF icon)
Report - After Action Report: The Battle of Loc Ninh, 4-7 April 1972
Narrative Report on the Battle of Loc Ninh - Support Document from Project CHECO Report

For a list of documents related to Loc Ninh visit Texas Tech's archive.
http://www.virtualarchive.vietnam.ttu.edu/starweb/virtual/vva/servlet.starweb#

unk	Loc Ninh (old)	Binh Long Province	Opened: Mar 63	Closed: unk
A-331	Loc Ninh (new)	Binh Long Province	Opened: 10 Dec 66	30 Sep 70 converted ARVN Ranger *

* CMH Publication 90-23. Department of the Army. Washington, D.C. 1989 (First Printed, 1973); Appendix C
** Green Berets At War, Shelby L. Stanton, pp 62-63

A-434, 1st SFGA

A-434, commanded by Capt Barnett, was located at Loc Ninh, Binh Long Province, III CTZ, during the period 9 October 1964 - 6 April 1965. A-434's mission was to advise, train and equip the CIDG companies assigned to Loc Ninh, and to conduct combat operations against the VC infiltration routes connecting War Zone "D" with War Zone "C" across the souther portion of Loc Ninh.***

*** First Special Forces Group (Airborne) Annual Historical Summary: 1965.
TDY teams '64 and '65

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