Joseph the son of Tucker and Margaret Herron of Jackson MS enlisted in the US Marine Corps on May 2o, 1964 he was serving with H&S Company, 2d Battalion, 7th Marines, 3d MARDIV (Rein) FMF when the unit engaged NVA forces on Operation UTAH.
The first wave of Marines were taken under fire but managed to secure the landing zone and begin to move towards their objectives. Advancing in a general easterly direction, the Marines pushed forward for a few hundred meters before that were taken under heavy enemy fire. Company G penetrated the enemy positions in two places but couldn't take advantage of these minor gains because of the lack of reserves. Company H on the right, made some progress until the NVA counterattacked in force.
The attack was repulsed with the use of 81 mm mortars on the NVA troops pouring across open rice paddies. The NVA then stuck Company F with a heavy volume of fire; casualties were piling up from the devastating enemy fire for all the Marine units battling the hardened enemy troops they encountered in the open paddies, in the hedgerows and tree lines. The NVA attack was finally repulsed by air strikes, using bombs, rockets and napalm that were dropped on the NVA until the Marines reached their night defensive positions near the hamlet of Chau Nhai.
PFC Herron died as a result of an enemy gunshot wound, one of forty-four Marine casualties from the 2d Battalion killed in action by the enemy during the battle. Five Marines from Company B, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines were also killed.
Casualties: H&S Company
Michael Anthony Gilson
Joseph Samuel Herron
Johnny Ray Holloway
Frank Lopez Jr.
Thomas Wardrop III
Attached to Company G
Daniel Patrick Birch
Attached to Company H
Lawrence Everett Johnson
William Wesley Brown
Samuel Gizzi Orlando
Casualties:
Company F: Twelve men killed in action, one Died of Wounds
Company G: Four men killed in action
Company H: Sixteen men killed in action
The first wave of Marines were taken under fire but managed to secure the landing zone and begin to move towards their objectives. Advancing in a general easterly direction, the Marines pushed forward for a few hundred meters before that were taken under heavy enemy fire. Company G penetrated the enemy positions in two places but couldn't take advantage of these minor gains because of the lack of reserves. Company H on the right, made some progress until the NVA counterattacked in force.
The attack was repulsed with the use of 81 mm mortars on the NVA troops pouring across open rice paddies. The NVA then stuck Company F with a heavy volume of fire; casualties were piling up from the devastating enemy fire for all the Marine units battling the hardened enemy troops they encountered in the open paddies, in the hedgerows and tree lines. The NVA attack was finally repulsed by air strikes, using bombs, rockets and napalm that were dropped on the NVA until the Marines reached their night defensive positions near the hamlet of Chau Nhai.
PFC Herron died as a result of an enemy gunshot wound, one of forty-four Marine casualties from the 2d Battalion killed in action by the enemy during the battle. Five Marines from Company B, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines were also killed.
Casualties: H&S Company
Michael Anthony Gilson
Joseph Samuel Herron
Johnny Ray Holloway
Frank Lopez Jr.
Thomas Wardrop III
Attached to Company G
Daniel Patrick Birch
Attached to Company H
Lawrence Everett Johnson
William Wesley Brown
Samuel Gizzi Orlando
Casualties:
Company F: Twelve men killed in action, one Died of Wounds
Company G: Four men killed in action
Company H: Sixteen men killed in action
Joseph the son of Tucker and Margaret Herron of Jackson MS enlisted in the US Marine Corps on May 2o, 1964 he was serving with H&S Company, 2d Battalion, 7th Marines, 3d MARDIV (Rein) FMF when the unit engaged NVA forces on Operation UTAH.
The first wave of Marines were taken under fire but managed to secure the landing zone and begin to move towards their objectives. Advancing in a general easterly direction, the Marines pushed forward for a few hundred meters before that were taken under heavy enemy fire. Company G penetrated the enemy positions in two places but couldn't take advantage of these minor gains because of the lack of reserves. Company H on the right, made some progress until the NVA counterattacked in force.
The attack was repulsed with the use of 81 mm mortars on the NVA troops pouring across open rice paddies. The NVA then stuck Company F with a heavy volume of fire; casualties were piling up from the devastating enemy fire for all the Marine units battling the hardened enemy troops they encountered in the open paddies, in the hedgerows and tree lines. The NVA attack was finally repulsed by air strikes, using bombs, rockets and napalm that were dropped on the NVA until the Marines reached their night defensive positions near the hamlet of Chau Nhai.
PFC Herron died as a result of an enemy gunshot wound, one of forty-four Marine casualties from the 2d Battalion killed in action by the enemy during the battle. Five Marines from Company B, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines were also killed.
Casualties: H&S Company
Michael Anthony Gilson
Joseph Samuel Herron
Johnny Ray Holloway
Frank Lopez Jr.
Thomas Wardrop III
Attached to Company G
Daniel Patrick Birch
Attached to Company H
Lawrence Everett Johnson
William Wesley Brown
Samuel Gizzi Orlando
Casualties:
Company F: Twelve men killed in action, one Died of Wounds
Company G: Four men killed in action
Company H: Sixteen men killed in action
The first wave of Marines were taken under fire but managed to secure the landing zone and begin to move towards their objectives. Advancing in a general easterly direction, the Marines pushed forward for a few hundred meters before that were taken under heavy enemy fire. Company G penetrated the enemy positions in two places but couldn't take advantage of these minor gains because of the lack of reserves. Company H on the right, made some progress until the NVA counterattacked in force.
The attack was repulsed with the use of 81 mm mortars on the NVA troops pouring across open rice paddies. The NVA then stuck Company F with a heavy volume of fire; casualties were piling up from the devastating enemy fire for all the Marine units battling the hardened enemy troops they encountered in the open paddies, in the hedgerows and tree lines. The NVA attack was finally repulsed by air strikes, using bombs, rockets and napalm that were dropped on the NVA until the Marines reached their night defensive positions near the hamlet of Chau Nhai.
PFC Herron died as a result of an enemy gunshot wound, one of forty-four Marine casualties from the 2d Battalion killed in action by the enemy during the battle. Five Marines from Company B, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines were also killed.
Casualties: H&S Company
Michael Anthony Gilson
Joseph Samuel Herron
Johnny Ray Holloway
Frank Lopez Jr.
Thomas Wardrop III
Attached to Company G
Daniel Patrick Birch
Attached to Company H
Lawrence Everett Johnson
William Wesley Brown
Samuel Gizzi Orlando
Casualties:
Company F: Twelve men killed in action, one Died of Wounds
Company G: Four men killed in action
Company H: Sixteen men killed in action
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