Calendar of Events Involving the Bandido Charlie Company
1940's to the Present

Names of soldiers in all caps indicate they will killed in action on that day

January 1
1969 - Operation Iron Danger ended.

January 6
1967 - Operation Duck ended

January 7
1979 - Vietnamese forces captured the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, overthrowing Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge government.

January 8
1967 - Operation Palm Beach began
1967 - Operation Cedar Falls occured. It was the largest combined offensive to date and involved 16,000 American and 14,000 South Vietnamese soldiers clearing out Viet Cong from the 'Iron Triangle' area 25 miles northwest of Saigon

January 9
1969 - SP4 TESSARO, MICHAEL JOHN

January 12
1970 - announced that the Big Red One colors would be returning to Ft Riley

January 16
1970 - PFC BLOWERS, RICHARD LYLE

January 17
1968 - SFC AYER, HERLEY JR
1968 - PFC BELSAR, KENNETH RAY
1968 - PFC STROOMER, RONALD LEE
1991 - Operation Desert Storm began (18)

January 20
1967 - Operation Eldorado began

January 21
1968 - The battle of Khe Sanh begins

January 24
1967 - PFC VAN HOUTEN, THOMAS EDWARD

January 26
1967 - Operation Eldorado ended

January 27
1973 - Paris Peace Accords signed

January 29
1968 - Intelligence reports were received indicating that VC would Violate the TET truce

January 30
1968 - Viet Cong guerillas and North Vietnamese soldiers launched the Tet (New Year) offensive

January 31
1968 - The Tet Offensive began
1968 - VC attack US embassy in Saigon, Tan Son Nhut Air Base and Bear Cat

February 1
1968 - 5/60 became first 9 ID unit to conduct combat operations in Saigon
1968 - In Saigon during Tet, a suspected Viet Cong guerrilla is shot in the head by South Vietnam's police chief Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan, in full view of an NBC news cameraman and an Associated Press still photographer. The haunting AP photo taken by Eddie Adams appears on the front page of most American newspapers the next morning. Americans also observe the filmed execution on NBC TV.
1968 - Bandido Charlie Company departed Binh Chanh and arived at Phu Tho Race Tracks

February 2
1968 - President Johnson labels the Tet Offensive "a complete failure."

February 4
1941 - The USO was chartered

February 5
1968 - CPL GOLON, WAYNE LEONARD
1968 - SGT TORRES, ROBERT

February 7
1965 - VC attacked Pleiku and Camp Holloway

February 8
1968 - SP4 CHAMBERS, JAMES THOMAS

February 11
1919 - Society of the First Infantry Division established, Montabaur, Germany

February 12
1973 - Operation Homecoming began

February 14
1968 - CPL STOVALL, CHARLES ALLEN

February 15
1996 - 1st Division deployed to Germany

February 16
1968 - Largest weapons caches of TET found on Bo Bo Canal

February 24
1991 - Operation Desert Storm ground forces attack Iraq

February 25
1968 - Fire Support Base Jaeger overrun by VC
1968 - CPL ACKERMAN, MAXIE EDWARD
1968 - CPL HERRERA, MANUELITO LEOPOLD
1968 - 2LT HUGHES, GORDON KAY
1968 - SP4 JOHNSON, STANLEY
1968 - PFC LEWIS, LESLIE ROSS
1968 - PFC MC DANIEL, RICHARD BYERS
1968 - PFC SHEAHAN, MICHAEL DAVID
1968 - SP4 SINGLETON, EDWARD JR
1968 - PFC TOUSEY, GEARWIN PHILLIP
1968 - PFC WILLIAMS, FREDERICK THOMAS
1968 - SP4 ZELLER, MICHAEL CHARLES

February 26
1968 - SGT WATTS, ROBERT LEE
1991 - Division battled with the Tawakalna Division Republican Guard and the 37th Brigade of the 12th Iraqi Tank Division

February27
1968 - Influential CBS TV news anchorman Walter Cronkite, who just returned from Saigon, tells Americans during his CBS Evening News broadcast that he is certain "the bloody experience of Vietnam is to end in a stalemate."
1973 - Operation Homecoming ended

February 28
1991 - Division had taken up positions along the main highway leading north out of Kuwait, barring the Iraqis' escape
1991 - Desert Storm offensive operations end At 8 a.m. after a cease-fire was called

March 1
1968 - PFC ALTHOUSE, EARL IRVIN
1968 - PFC OLIVER, GARY LEE
1968 - PFC THOMPSON, WALTER LEE
1991 - Division secured Safwan Airfield for peace negotiations

March 2
1946 - Ho Chi Minh was elected president of North Vietnam
1965 - Rolling Thunder Began
1968 - CPL THOMPSON, NEIL STEWART

March 3
1970 - Cessation of combat activities in the Republic of Viet Nam for the 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry

March 7
1968 - 1LT BAHR, RICHARD DUNCAN
1968 - SGT CORDEAU, EDWARD RICHARD
1968 - SP4 HOGAN, KRAIG SEWELL
1968 - PFC LEO, THEODORE THOMAS
1968 - PFC MC COULLOUGH, BEN JR
1968 - PFC WILSON, LEWIS BRACY

March 8
1965 - First U.S. combat troops reach South Vietnam

March 9
1965 - President Johnson authorizes the use of Napalm
1967 - SGT WALKER, ROSS JEROME

March 11
1968 - Operation Quyet Thang begins a 28 day offensive by 33 U.S. and South Vietnamese battalions in the Saigon region
1968 - CPL HIRSCHLER, RALPH DEAN JR

March 16
1968 - The My Lai massacre occurred in Vietnam

March 18
1969 - Operation Atlas Wedge began

March 19
1969 - PFC DAVISON, JACKIE LEE

March 24
1969 - Michelin Rubber Plantation - Bandido Charlie operating out of FSB Mons attacked by 82mm mortar and 122mm rockets - heavy casualties.
1969 - SGT MILLER, ALLEN ROBERT

March 27
1968 - SP4 SINTONI, JOSEPH EUGENE

March 29
1965 - Viet Cong terrorists bomb the U.S. embassy in Saigon
1973 - Last U.S. combat troops leave Vietnam

April 1
1973 - Hanoi realeased the last 591 acknowledged American POWs

April 9
1968 - SSG POITROW, EMERY NORMAN

April 14
1968 - Attack at Fire Support Base Lambert

April 15
1970 - Colors returned to Ft. Riley, Kansas from Vietnam
1970 - 1st Infantry Division redesignated 1st Infantry Division (Mechanized)

April 21
1991 - US established office in Hanoi to determine MIA's fate

April 24
1965 - President Johnson announces Americans in Vietnam are eligible for combat pay

April 29
1973 - Last U.S. combat troops left Vietnam
1975 - Saigon fell

April 30
1970 - U.S. Army invaded Cambodia
1975 - The Vietnam War ended with South Vietnam's surrender to North Vietnam

May 2
1967 -Assualt at Ap Bac

May 3
1965 - The first U.S. Army combat troops arrive in Vietnam

May 5
1968 - Second Communist Offensive (Mini Tet) began

May 6
1969 - PFC ELAM, WALTER ALAN

May 7
1945 - VE Day
1954 - French Army defeated at Dien Bien Phu
1968 - VC platoon assaulted the Y Bridge in Saigon

May 8
VE (Victory in Europe) Day

May 10
1968 - Second Seige of Siagon, Y Bridge
1968 - Peace talks begin and then delay in Paris
1969 - The battle for Hamburger Hill began
1968 - SP4 BEHAN, WILLIAM GERALD
1968 - CPL FLORES, RICHARD JAVIER
1968 - SGT KOSAR, RICHARD DENNIS
1968 - CPT SCARBOROUGH, EDMUND BAGWEL
1968 - CPL VIERAS, JOSE LOUIS
1968 - PFC WILKINS, RANDOLPH RECARDO
1991 - 1st Infantry Division returned to Ft. Riley, Kansas from Saudi Arabia

May 11
1949 - Siam changed its name to Thailand

May 13
1968 - Second Communist Offensive ended
1968 - CPL STEIN, ARMOND JOSEPH JR

May 18
1971 - GOLDENSTEIN, GREG

May 19
1890 - Ho Chi Minh born

May 20
1968 - 9th Division honored soldiers of Y Bridge
1968 - 1Lt. Lee B. Alley awarded Distinguished Service Cross for actions on on 18 November, 1967
1969 - The battle for Hamburger Hill ended
1969 - The Paris peace talks began

May 26
1967 - SP4 SKELTON, PAUL DARRELL II

May 29
1969 - Attack on Bandido Charlie during Rome Plow security on Thunder Road

May 31
1967 - End of Operation Palm Beach

June 5
1965 - US Troops Officially Engaged In Combat

June 8
1917 - 1st. Infantry Division was officially organized under the command of Brig. Gen. William L. Sibert.
1969 - President Nixon announced his Vietnamization policy

June 14
1775 - U.S. Army founded
Flag Day

June 16
1963 - Buddhist monk commits suicide in Saigon

June 17
1965 - First B-52 Raids Launched

June 24
1968 - SGT GARRETT, ERNEST WILLIAM
1968 - SGT LAFFERTY, JOHN ARTHUR
1968 - CPL PEDRICK, CHARLES C II

June 25
1967 - PFC RHAMY, RAYMOND DALE

June 26
1968 - PFC JACKSON, LAWRENCE

June 28
1965 - First Major US Offensive

July 1
1968 - General Westmoreland is replaced as U.S. commander in Vietnam by General Creighton W. Abrams

July 2
1976 - North and South Vietnam were reunited as one country with Hanoi as the capital

July 8
1959 - First American combat death in Vietnam
1969 - President Richard Nixon announced withdrawals from South Vietnam

July 12
1862 - Congress authorized the Medal of Honor

July 20
1954 - The Geneva Conference on Indochina declared a demilitarized zone at the 17th parallel

July 27
1969 - Attacks on Bandido Charlie Company during operations north of Phuoc Vinh

July 28
1968 - SGT KRUPINSKI, FREDERICK JOSEP

July 29
1967 - PFC HUNT, MARTIN MOSHER

July 30
1967 - 1LT GARNER, LARRY ARTHUR

August 1
1942 - 1st Division was reorganized and re-designated as the 1st Infantry Division

August 2
1964 - first attack on USS Maddox in the Gulf of Tonkin
1990 - Iraq invaded Kuwait

August 3
1954 - U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group arrived in Saigon.
1967 - SGT BENTLEY, BORIS ROMAN BENJAMIN

August 4
1964 - second attack on USS Maddox and USS C. Turner Joy in the Gulf of Tonkin

August 5
1964 - President Lyndon Johnson asked Congress for a resolution against North Vietnam

August 7
1964 - Congress passed the Tonkin Gulf Resolution
1969 - Operation Kentucky Cougar began (13)
1990 - Operation Desert Shield began

August 9
1969 - Battle with NVA near An Loc during Operation Kentucky Cougar

August 10
1969 - MG A. E Milloy assumed command of the Division

August 11
1969 - Colonel Cassels assembled the 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry at FSB Allons II north of An Loc

August 12
1969 - Battle of Binh Long Provence - Northwest of An Loc

August 15
1969 - Radio Hanoi (Hanoi Hanna) falsely claimed Bandido Charlie Company had been wiped out on Aug. 12 by the 272 NVA Regiment

August 16
1968 - PFC BRANNON, CLAYTON CHARLES

August 21
1969 - Ambush on Bandido Charlie Company on Highway 13 - 11 NVA killed

August 23
1967 - PFC MOSBACH, MICHAEL P

August 27
1969 - Army 9th Inf Div leaves Vietnam without its 3rd Bd

September 2
1945 - Ho Chi Minh read the Declaration of Independence and established the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in Hanoi

September 3
1967 - Nguyen Van Thieu was elected president of South Vietnam
1969 - Ho Chi Minh died

September 5
1969 - Battle at FSB Allons II
1969 - SP4 WOJAHN, ARTHUR EDWARD

September 7
1967 - SP4 HAMILTON, CHARLES GARY

September 9
1945 - Govt. of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam founded by Ho Chi Mihn

September 12
1967 - Operation Coronado V began

September 13
1967 - 5/60 Battle at Rach Ba Muong River
1968 - 5/60th Go Devils, 9th ID make trip to Lie Khe base camp to become 1/16th Iron Rangers, 1st ID

September 14
2004 - The 1st Brigade redeployed from Iraq to Fort Riley, Kansas after having been attached to the 82 Airborne Division the first six months, and the 1st Marine Division for the last six months.

September 15
1967 - Battle of Rach Ba Rai (Snoopy's Nose)
1967 - Binh Phuoc attacked
1967 - Thanh Phu Long attacked

September 20
1969 - Operation Kentucky Cougar ended
1968 - PFC MORLEDGE, WILLIAM RALPH

September 21
1969 - Colonel David C. Martin assumed command of the 1st Battalion from Colonel Cassels
1968 - SP4 BARON, DOUGLAS KEN

September 24
2002 - STANFILL, GARY K

September 26
1945 - OSS Lieutanant Dewey killed in Saigon, first American to be killed in Vietnam

September 27
1969 - Operation Iron Danger began
1969 - First time in 1969 the entire 1st Battalion operated together

October 5
1968 - PFC FLOHR, GEORGE JR

October 8
1967 - Operation Coronado V ended

October 10
1965 - 1st Battalion 16th Infantry (Rangers) arrived in Viet Nam

October 12
1970 - 5th. Battalion, 60th. Infantry departed Vietnam

October 13
1968 - PFC MARTIN, WILLIAM GEORGE

October 20
1996 - 1st Division forces moved into Bosnia - Operation Joint Endeavor

October 21
1968 - 5/60th Go Devils, 9th ID officially re-designated 1/16 Iron Rangers, 1st ID

October 22
1969 - 1st Battalion efforts refocused to the Trapezoid area south of the Thi Tinh River
1997 - 1st Infantry Division transferred mission in Bosnia to 1st Armored Division

October 24
1954 - President Eisenhower pledged support to Diem's government and military forces

November 1
1963 - South Vietnamese President Diem assassinated
1965 - 1st Infantry Division operational in Vietnam

November 3
1967 - Bloody Battle Near Dak To began

November 8
1990 - 1st Infantry Division was alerted for deployment to Saudi Arabia

November 10
1990 - 1st Infantry Division deployment to Saudi Arabia was announced
1996 - 1st Infantry Division took command in Bosnia, Tuzla Base

November 11
Veterans Day
Annual Memorial Service at 1st Division Monument in D.C.

November 13
1982 - The Vietnam Veterans Memorial dedicated

November 18
1967 - Attack of Fire Support Base Cudgel
1967 - SGT REED, WILLIE
1967 - CPL STONE, HARMON S JR

November 22
1967 - Bloody Battle Near Dak To ended

December 11
1961 - First US Helicopters Arrived in Vietnam

December 19
1969 - SGT CARRICO, CLYDE ROBERT

December 20
1966 - 5th. Battalion, 60th. Infantry arrived in Vietnam from Ft. Riley, Ks.

December 27
1966 - The U.S. mounts a large-scale air assault against suspected Viet Cong positions in the Mekong Delta using Napalm and hundreds of tons of bombs

December 30
1966 - Operation Duck began