Roger the son of Atlas L. Stroud and Patsy R. Stroud of Corpus Christi TX enlisted in the US Marine Corps on April 24 1967 in San Antonio TX. He arrived in Vietnam on March 27 1968 where he was assigned for duty and was serving with
Company C, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st MARDIV (Rein) FMF.
In the beginning of July, the Battalion was operating in the Huong Hoa District of Quang Tri Province, and on July 6 displaced to Hill 689 west of the Khe Sanh Combat Base. During the landing of Marines they came under NVA mortar fire and some of the casualties could not be recovered. At first light the next day, with low cloud cover restricting any air support Company C moved through the tactical wire on the southern perimeter to recover the bodies of their fallen comrades. Mortared once again by the NVA and under intense enemy rifle fire they had to withdraw leaving behind three more of their dead all to be recovered later. One of the casualties was Cpl Stroud; he was killed in action by fragmentation wounds by the hostile mortar fire.
Casualties:
John Antonance Jr.
Robert Gerald Dodson
John Rosalez Galabiz - Died of Wounds
Robert Bernard Horton
Gregory Keith Reeves
Sharber Mayfield Rowe
Roger Lee Stroud
Company C, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st MARDIV (Rein) FMF.
In the beginning of July, the Battalion was operating in the Huong Hoa District of Quang Tri Province, and on July 6 displaced to Hill 689 west of the Khe Sanh Combat Base. During the landing of Marines they came under NVA mortar fire and some of the casualties could not be recovered. At first light the next day, with low cloud cover restricting any air support Company C moved through the tactical wire on the southern perimeter to recover the bodies of their fallen comrades. Mortared once again by the NVA and under intense enemy rifle fire they had to withdraw leaving behind three more of their dead all to be recovered later. One of the casualties was Cpl Stroud; he was killed in action by fragmentation wounds by the hostile mortar fire.
Casualties:
John Antonance Jr.
Robert Gerald Dodson
John Rosalez Galabiz - Died of Wounds
Robert Bernard Horton
Gregory Keith Reeves
Sharber Mayfield Rowe
Roger Lee Stroud
Roger the son of Atlas L. Stroud and Patsy R. Stroud of Corpus Christi TX enlisted in the US Marine Corps on April 24 1967 in San Antonio TX. He arrived in Vietnam on March 27 1968 where he was assigned for duty and was serving with
Company C, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st MARDIV (Rein) FMF.
In the beginning of July, the Battalion was operating in the Huong Hoa District of Quang Tri Province, and on July 6 displaced to Hill 689 west of the Khe Sanh Combat Base. During the landing of Marines they came under NVA mortar fire and some of the casualties could not be recovered. At first light the next day, with low cloud cover restricting any air support Company C moved through the tactical wire on the southern perimeter to recover the bodies of their fallen comrades. Mortared once again by the NVA and under intense enemy rifle fire they had to withdraw leaving behind three more of their dead all to be recovered later. One of the casualties was Cpl Stroud; he was killed in action by fragmentation wounds by the hostile mortar fire.
Casualties:
John Antonance Jr.
Robert Gerald Dodson
John Rosalez Galabiz - Died of Wounds
Robert Bernard Horton
Gregory Keith Reeves
Sharber Mayfield Rowe
Roger Lee Stroud
Company C, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st MARDIV (Rein) FMF.
In the beginning of July, the Battalion was operating in the Huong Hoa District of Quang Tri Province, and on July 6 displaced to Hill 689 west of the Khe Sanh Combat Base. During the landing of Marines they came under NVA mortar fire and some of the casualties could not be recovered. At first light the next day, with low cloud cover restricting any air support Company C moved through the tactical wire on the southern perimeter to recover the bodies of their fallen comrades. Mortared once again by the NVA and under intense enemy rifle fire they had to withdraw leaving behind three more of their dead all to be recovered later. One of the casualties was Cpl Stroud; he was killed in action by fragmentation wounds by the hostile mortar fire.
Casualties:
John Antonance Jr.
Robert Gerald Dodson
John Rosalez Galabiz - Died of Wounds
Robert Bernard Horton
Gregory Keith Reeves
Sharber Mayfield Rowe
Roger Lee Stroud
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