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August 21
5 DIC • 1 Award
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DICs August 21

Thomas Petramalo
Thomas Petramalo
Second Lieutenant · Infantry · Class 2 (1967)
Second Lieutenant Thomas Petramalo IN 2-67 died from multiple fragmentation wounds 21 August 1967 while serving with Company B, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, RVN. He had been in country 64 days.
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Danny Blake
Danny Blake
First Lieutenant · Infantry · Class 27 (1967)
First Lieutenant Danny Lee Blake IN 27-67 died from multiple frgmentation wounds 21 August 1968 while serving with Company A, 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, RVN. He had been in country 107 days.
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John Russell
John Russell
First Lieutenant · Field Artillery · Class 29B (1967)
First Lieutenant John Ernest Russell FA 29B-67 died from gun or small arms fire 21 August 1968 while serving with Battery C, 7th Battalion, 11th Artillery, 25th Infantry Division, RVN. He had been in country 86 days.
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Willard Richardson
Willard Richardson
First Lieutenant · Field Artillery · Class 35A (1967)
First Lieutenant Willard D. Richardson, Jr. FA 35A-67 died from a non-hostile air crash 21 August 1969 while serving as a Cobra helicopter pilot with Company D, 158th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 101st Aviation Group, 101st Airborne Division, RVN. He had been in country 293 days.
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Joe Shaw
Joe Shaw
Captain · Infantry · Class 34 (1967)
Captain Joe Carl Shaw IN 34-67 died from a non-hostile air crash 21 August 1969 while being given a flight demonstration of a Cobra helicopter while serving with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 101st Aviation Battalion, 101st Aviation Group, 101st Airborne Division, RVN. He had been in country 262 days.
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Awards August 21

Robert Henglein
Distinguished Service Cross Ribbon
✦ DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS ✦
Robert Henglein
Second Lieutenant · Infantry · Class 74A (1942)
Colonel (then Second Lieutenant) Robert J. Henglein IN 74A-1942 was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for actions on 21 August 1944 while serving Company A, 1st Battalion, 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division, France. He was inducted into the OCS Hall of Fame in 1970.
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Data sourced from Army OCS Graduate records and official military archives.