★ Remembrances On This Day ★
"All gave some. These gave all."
July 6
1 DIC • 1 Award
DICs July 6
Donald Carr
Major · Infantry · Class 2 (1964)
Major Donald Gene Carr IN 2-64 died in the crash of a fixed-wing aircraft on 6 July 1971 while serving with Mobile Launch Team 3, Military Assistance Command Vietnam-Studies and Observation Group, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), RVN. The number of days he had been in country was unreported.
Major · Infantry · Class 2 (1964)
Major Donald Gene Carr IN 2-64 died in the crash of a fixed-wing aircraft on 6 July 1971 while serving with Mobile Launch Team 3, Military Assistance Command Vietnam-Studies and Observation Group, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), RVN. The number of days he had been in country was unreported.
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Awards July 6
★ MEDAL OF HONOR ★
Roger Donlon
Captain · Infantry · Class 3 (1959)
Colonel (then Captain) Roger Hugh Charles Donlon IN 3-59 received the Medal of Honor for actions on 6 July 1964 near while commanding Special Forces Detachment A-726 at Camp Nam Dong, Vietnam. This was both the first Medal of Honor awarded for service in Vietnam and the first award to a Special Forces officer. He was inducted into the OCS Hall of Fame in 1965.
Captain · Infantry · Class 3 (1959)
Colonel (then Captain) Roger Hugh Charles Donlon IN 3-59 received the Medal of Honor for actions on 6 July 1964 near while commanding Special Forces Detachment A-726 at Camp Nam Dong, Vietnam. This was both the first Medal of Honor awarded for service in Vietnam and the first award to a Special Forces officer. He was inducted into the OCS Hall of Fame in 1965.
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Data sourced from Army OCS Graduate records and official military archives.