1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

 

The Battle of Kontum

 

Killed In Action

 

 


The official revised total of casualties for Task Force 1-22 in the Battle of Kontum.
The total of Killed In Action for 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry should read 17 not 16.
The total of Killed In Action for C/1/12th Inf should read 4 not 3.
The total of enemy killed by Task Force 1-22 is 374.
The total of enemy killed by ARVN forces is 205.

 

 

During the 14 days of the Battle of Kontum, 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry
lost seventeen Soldiers Killed In Action. They are listed below:

 

     

SP4 Albert R. Fogg III

Company A 1/22 Infantry

KIA 02/06/1968

         
         
         

     

PFC John H. Jackson

Company A 1/22 Infantry

KIA 02/05/1968

         
         
         

     

SSG Duane E. Litzinger

Company A 1/22 Infantry

KIA 02/06/1968

         
         
         

     

PFC Jose A. Travieso

Company A 1/22 Infantry

KIA 02/06/1968

         
         
         

     

SP4 James L. Wise

Company A 1/22 Infantry

KIA 02/06/1968

         
         
         

     

PFC Gary L. Campen

Company C 1/22 Infantry

KIA 02/05/1968

         
         
         

     

SP4 Larry V. Claspill

Company C 1/22 Infantry

KIA 02/05/1968

         
         
         

     

SSG Rembert Crawford Jr.

Company C 1/22 Infantry

KIA 02/05/1968

         
         
         

     

PFC Timothy J. Dineen

Company C 1/22 Infantry

KIA 02/05/1968

         
         
         

     

SP4 Lawrence G. Grassi

Company C 1/22 Infantry

KIA 02/05/1968

         
         
         

     

2LT Harold A. Kram

Company C 1/22 Infantry

KIA 02/05/1968

         
         
         

     

PFC Thomas A. Marchut

Company C 1/22 Infantry

KIA 02/05/1968

         
         
         

     

PFC James E. Stover

Company C 1/22 Infantry

KIA 02/05/1968

         
         
         

     

2LT John P. Culp

Company D 1/22 Infantry

KIA 02/02/1968 *

         
         
         

     

SP4 Delbert L. Reese

Company D 1/22 Infantry

KIA 02/02/1968

         
         
         

     

SSG Emmett L. York

Company D 1/22 Infantry

KIA 02/02/1968

         
         
         

     

1LT William E. West

HHC 1/22 Infantry

KIA 02/05/1968

 

 

* 2LT John Paul Culp was assigned to Battery B, 4th Battalion, 42nd Artillery, 4th Infantry Division.
He was killed in action while serving as a Forward Observer with Company D, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry.

 

 

During the 14 days of the Battle of Kontum, while attached to Task Force 1-22,
Troop A 2nd Squadron 1st Cavalry lost seven Soldiers Killed In Action. They are listed below:

 

     

SP4 Glenn R. Brust

Troop A 2/1 Cavalry

KIA 01/30/1968

         
         
         

     

SP4 Robert W. Forkl

Troop A 2/1 Cavalry

KIA 01/30/1968

         
         
         

     

PFC Paul E. Gerlach

Troop A 2/1 Cavalry

KIA 01/30/1968

         
         
         

     

PFC Jan R. Gillham

Troop A 2/1 Cavalry

KIA 02/02/1968

         
         
         

     

SP4 Louis C. Grove

Troop A 2/1 Cavalry

KIA 01/30/1968

         
         
         

     

SP5 Dennis B. Kouhns

Troop A 2/1 Cavalry

KIA 01/30/1968

         
         
         

     

SP4 Richard F. Rial

Troop A 2/1 Cavalry

KIA 01/30/1968

 

 

During the 14 days of the Battle of Kontum, while attached to Task Force 1-22,
Company C 1st Battlion 12th Infantry lost four Soldiers Killed In Action. They are listed below:

 

     

PFC Russell Bryant

Company C 1/12 Infantry

KIA 02/03/1968

         
         
         

     

SP4 Leon Hamner

Company C 1/12 Infantry

KIA 02/03/1968

         
         
         

     

PFC David L. Rickels

Company C 1/12 Infantry

KIA 02/03/1968

         
         
         

     

SP4 Joseph Santos

Company C 1/12 Infantry

KIA 02/03/1968

         
         
         

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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