James Earnest Shuyler Private First Class C CO, 2ND BN, 502ND INF RGT, 101 ABN DIV Army of the United States 15 October 1945 - 09 June 1966 Buffalo, Oklahoma Panel 08E Line 029 A Note from The Virtual Wall In May 1966 the remote CIDG camp at Toumorong, some 18 miles northwest of Dak To, came under siege by North Vietnamese Army forces. A relief effort was staged by elements of the 101st Airborne and 1st Cavalry Divisions, leading to heavy fighting during the first part of June 1966. Between 03 and 10 Jun 1966 the 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry, and the 2nd Battalion, 501st Infantry, fought several engagements against the 24th NVA Regiment in the area around the Dak Tan Kan Valley. 2/502 lost twelve men on 09/10 June while fighting on the Ngok Run Ridge which formed one border of the valley: A Company: SGT George A. Morningstar, Ocala, FL PFC Lawrence J. Deisher, Reading, PA PFC Melvin Reeder, Silverstreet, SC B Company: PFC Will P. Barton, Spokane, WA C Company: 1LT James H. Baker, Baltimore, MD SFC Robert Hanna, Philadelphia, PA SP4 Walter Williams, Cincinnati, OH PFC Joseph R. Ellman, Spokane, WA PFC Edward T. Frodsham, Seattle, WA PFC Edward Garcia, New York, NY PFC Michael T. Murphy, St Petersburg, FL PFC James E. Shuyler, Buffalo, OK, medic HQ Co with C/2/502 Visit John Dennisons Medics on the Wall memorial which honors the Army Medics and Navy Corpsmen who died in Vietnam
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