1968
ECS Yearbook
1968
ECS Yearbook
LAST NAME: CADY
FIRST NAME: BRIAN THOMAS IDNO:
51591637 SVC: A COMP: Y RANK: SP4 GRADE: E4
MOS: 11B20 AGE: 20 HOME: EDMESTON
ST: NY CASDATE: 19680115 CAS1: A1 CAS2: D CAS3: 7 BODY: ---
CTRY: VS PROV:
23 LSVC: 01 BIRDATE: 19470807 RACE: C REL: BO MAR: S SEX: M CIT: 1 TOURD:
670421
PANL: 34E LINE: 051 REFNO: 9956 PDATE: 6801
Last name: CADY First name: BRIAN THOMAS Home
of Record (official): EDMESTON State (official): NY
Date of Birth: Thursday,
August 7, 1947 Sex: Male Race: Caucasian Marital Status: Single
Branch: Army Rank: SP4 Serial Number: 51591637
Component: Selective Service Pay grade: E4 MOS
(Military Occupational Specialty
code): 11B20
Start of Tour: Friday, April 21, 1967 Date
of Casualty: Monday, January 15, 1968 Age
at time of loss: 20
Casualty type: (A1) Hostile, died Reason: Gun, small
arms fire (Ground casualty)
Country: South Vietnam Province: Binh Duong
The Wall: Panel 34E - Row 051
Army - SP4 - E4 25th Infantry Division
Age - 20
Date of Birth - Aug 07, 1947
Graduated Edmeston Central School - 1965
*During the Vietnam War 240 men received the
nation's highest military award . . . The Medal of Honor.
Of those 240
brave men, 149 received the Medal of Honor posthumously.
This man was a
recipient of the Medal of Honor.
LAST NAME: GRAVES FIRST NAME: TERRENCE COLLINSON
IDNO: 0101090 SVC: M COMP: R
RANK: 2LT GRADE: O1 MOS: 0302 AGE: 22 HOME:
GROTON ST: NY CASDATE: 19680217
CAS1: A1 CAS2: D CAS3: 7 BODY: --- CTRY:
VS PROV: 01 LSVC: 00 BIRDATE: 19450706
RACE: C REL: PN MAR: S SEX: M CIT:
1 TOURD: 671210
PANL: 39E LINE: 071 REFNO: 6197 PDATE: 6802
Last name: GRAVES First name: TERRENCE COLLINSON
Home of Record (official): GROTON
State (official): NY Date of Birth: Friday,
July 6, 1945 Sex: Male Race: Caucasian
Marital Status: Single
Branch: Marine Corps Rank: 2LT Serial Number:
0101090 Component: Regular Pay grade: O1
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty
code): 0302
Start of Tour: Sunday, December 10, 1967 Date
of Casualty: Saturday, February 17, 1968
Age
at time of loss: 22 Casualty type: (A1) Hostile, died Reason: Gun, small
arms fire (Ground casualty)
Country: South Vietnam Province: Quang Tri
The Wall: Panel 39E - Row 071
Press reports from Oneonta Star and Binghamton Press
Marine Corps - 2LT - O1
Age - 22
Date of Birth - Jul 06, 1945
From - GROTON , NEW YORK
Graduated Edmeston Central School - 1963
Organization:
U.S. Marine Corps
3rd Force Reconnaissance Company
3rd Reconnaissance Battalion
3rd Marine Division (Rein),
Place and date: Quang Tri Province, Republic of Vietnam
16 February 1968
Entered service at: New York
Born: 6 July 1945, Corpus Christi, Texas
Citation:
| For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty as a platoon commander with the 3rd Force Reconnaissance Company. While on a long-range reconnaissance mission, 2nd Lt. Graves' 8-man patrol observed seven enemy soldiers approaching their position. Reacting instantly, he deployed his men and directed their fire on the approaching enemy. After the fire had ceased, he and two patrol members commenced a search of the area, and suddenly came under a heavy volume of hostile small arms and automatic weapons fire from a numerically superior enemy force. When one of his men was hit by the enemy fire, 2nd Lt. Graves moved through the fire-swept area to his radio and, while directing suppressive fire from his men, requested air support and adjusted a heavy volume of artillery and helicopter gunship fire upon the enemy. After attending the wounded, 2nd Lt. Graves, accompanied by another marine, moved from his relatively safe position to confirm the results of the earlier engagement. Observing that several of the enemy were still alive, he launched a determined assault, eliminating the remaining enemy troops. He then began moving the patrol to a landing zone for extraction, when the unit again came under intense fire which wounded two more marines and 2nd Lt. Graves. Refusing medical attention, he once more adjusted air strikes and artillery fire upon the enemy while directing the fire of his men. He led his men to a new landing site into which he skillfully guided the incoming aircraft and boarded his men while remaining exposed to the hostile fire. Realizing that one of the wounded had not embarked, he directed the aircraft to depart and, along with another marine, moved to the side of the casualty. Confronted with a shortage of ammunition, 2nd Lt. Graves utilized supporting arms and directed fire until a second helicopter arrived. At this point, the volume of enemy fire intensified, hitting the helicopter and causing it to crash shortly after liftoff. All aboard were killed. 2nd Lt. Graves' outstanding courage, superb leadership and indomitable fighting spirit throughout the day were in keeping with the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the U.S. Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country. |
Thanks to Guy A. Pete GuyA.Pete@Svedala.com for the above photograph;
which was taken in January, 1968.
The location was at Dong Hai, 3rd Force
Reconnaissance company base camp area. In the picture from left to right
are:
The Marine holding the AK47 is 1st Lt. G.W.T. (Digger)
O'Dell, now LtCol USMC (Ret).
1st Lt. O'Dell was the author of Terrence
C. Graves' Medal of Honor Citation.
Looking directly at the camera is Terrence C. Graves.
Next is Capt. John Shebel 3rd Force Operations Officer.
Behind Capt. Shebel is 2nd Lt. Jim Dusenbury, Platoon Commander.
Next is Major Anderson, Commanding Officer of 3rd Force Reconnaissance Company.
On the extreme right is an unidentified member of the Patrol which just returned.
--- General / Personal ---
Last name: GRAVES
First name: TERRENCE COLLINSON
Home of Record (official): GROTON
State (official): NY
Date of Birth: Friday, July 6, 1945
Sex: Male
Race: Caucasian
Marital Status: Single
--- Military ---
Branch: Marine Corps
Rank: 2LT
Serial Number: 0101090
Component: Regular
Pay grade: O1
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 0302
--- Action ---
Start of Tour: Sunday, December 10, 1967
Date of Casualty: Saturday, February 17, 1968
Age at time of loss: 22
Casualty type: (A1) Hostile, died
Reason: Gun, small arms fire (Ground casualty)
Country: South Vietnam
Province: Quang Tri
The Wall: Panel 39E - Row 071
In Memory of a Hero of Marines
Medal
of Honor - Grave, Terrence Collinson
Biography
1965 ECS Yearbook
LAST NAME: MILLER FIRST NAME: ALLEN ROBERT IDNO:
51624414 SVC: A COMP: Y RANK: SGT
GRADE: E5 MOS: 11B40 AGE: 21 HOME: EDMESTON
ST: NY CASDATE: 19690324 CAS1: A1
CAS2: H CAS3: 7 BODY: --- CTRY: VS PROV:
23 LSVC: 01 BIRDATE: 19471010 RACE: C REL: BO
MAR: S SEX: M CIT: 1 TOURD:
681203 PANL: 28W LINE: 026 REFNO: 20847 PDATE: 6903
Last name: MILLER First name: ALLEN ROBERT
Home of Record (official): EDMESTON
State (official): NY Date of Birth:
Friday, October 10, 1947 Sex: Male Race: Caucasian
Marital Status: Single
Branch: Army Rank: SGT Serial Number: 51624414
Component: Selective Service
Pay grade: E5 MOS (Military Occupational Specialty
code): 11B40
Start of Tour: Tuesday, December 3, 1968 Date
of Casualty: Monday, March 24, 1969
Age at
time of loss: 21 Casualty type: (A1) Hostile, died Reason: Multiple fragmentation
wounds (Ground casualty)
Country: South Vietnam Province: Binh Duong The
Wall: Panel 28W - Row 026
Army - SGT - E5 1st Infantry Division
Age - 21
Date of Birth - Oct 10, 1947
Graduated - 1966
Obituary
1965
ECS Yearbook
LAST NAME: ROSE FIRST NAME: ANDREW CLAYTON IDNO:
51625352 SVC: A COMP: Y RANK: PFC
GRADE: E3 MOS: 11B10 AGE: 19 HOME: BURLINGTON
FLATS ST: NY CASDATE: 19690603 CAS1: A1
CAS2: H CAS3: 7 BODY: --- CTRY:
VS PROV: 02 LSVC: 00 BIRDATE: 19491113 RACE: C REL: BO
MAR: S SEX: M CIT:
1 TOURD: 681117 PANL: 23W LINE: 057 REFNO: 22635 PDATE: 6906
Last name: ROSE First name: ANDREW CLAYTON
Home of Record (official): BURLINGTON FLATS
State (official): NY Date of
Birth: Sunday, November 13, 1949 Sex: Male Race: Caucasian
Marital Status:
Single
Branch: Army Rank: PFC Serial Number: 51625352
Component: Selective Service Pay grade: E3
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty
code): 11B10
Start of Tour: Sunday, November 17, 1968 Date
of Casualty: Tuesday, June 3, 1969 Age at
time of loss: 19
Casualty type: (A1) Hostile, died Reason: Multiple fragmentation
wounds (Ground casualty)
Country: South Vietnam Province: Thua Thien The
Wall: Panel 23W - Row 057
Army - PFC - E3 5th Infantry Division Mechanized
Age - 19
Date of Birth - Nov 13, 1949
BURLINGTON FLATS , NEW YORK
Graduated 1967
Obituary
Vietnam Veterans of America
VVA Chapter #85
9-11 Ford Avenue
Wilber Mansion
Oneonta, New York 13820
References:
50,000 NAMES (Carved in the Wall)-George Jones-(written by Jamie O'Hara)
In Memory of a Hero of Marines
Medal of Honor - Grave, Terrence Collinson
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Page
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