Webpage Dedication

This webpage is a collective effort of many who served with Detachment A-109 at Thuong Duc District, Quang Nam Province , Vietnam from 1966 through 1970. The webpage is dedicated to them and especially to all those who paid the ultimate sacrifice in combat operations on site or in the surrounding area of operations. It is dedicated to the U.S. Army and Vietnamese Special Forces members as well as the CIDG (Civilian Irregular Defense Group). All served with such great skill, honor, loyalty and courage.  

It was by far the best assignment in the U.S. Army to have the privilege to serve on a Detachment “A“team for any Special Forces soldier. The opportunity to serve with a team of American and Vietnamese professional soldiers under very challenging circumstances was truly unique. In retrospect, I am awestruck by the required skills and depth of understanding it takes by everyone on the team to make the primary mission a success.

A-109 Thuong Duc camp was built to monitor and assess enemy activity between the rural areas of the west and the more populated coastal plain. The camp lay west and south of Da Nang . It helped protect Da Nang from an attack from the west. Additionally, it was positioned in a key river valley that enabled its patrols to monitor critical enemy activity.  

Det A-109, Thuong Duc , Vietnam Casualties

The listing is at: http://www.sfahq.com/reg

1967 02 13 E-7 SFC Wolfram W. Bischof 91B4S KIA SVN; A-109, Thuong Duc, Quang Nam Prov., mine, with Goodman

1967 02 13 E-4 SP4 Barry J. Goodman 11B2S KIA SVN; A-109, Thuong Duc, Quang Nam Prov., mine, with Bischof

1967 11 04 E-6 SSG Leroy A. Hayes 11B4S KIA SVN, A-109, Thuong Duc, Quang Nam Prov.

1968 03 8 E-4 SP4 John M. Tomkins 91B4S KIA, DOW SVN; A-109, Thuong Duc, Quang Nam Prov., convoy returning from Da Nang , w/ Beals

1968 03 12 E-7 SFC Estel D. Spakes 05B4S KIA SVN; A-109, Thuong Duc, Quang Nam Prov., his CIDG patrol was overrun

1968 05 2 E-6 SSG Lawrence J. Englander 05B4S MIA-PFD SVN; A-109, Thuong Duc, Quang Nam Prov., ZC040450, heliborne 16k SW of camp

1969 10 11 E-5 SGT John J.W. Roden 11B4S DNH, drowned/suffocated SVN, A-109, Thuong Duc, Quang Nam Prov.,

1967 12 7 E-7 SFC Richard D. Osborn 12B4S KIA, DWM SVN; 1 MSFC, 112 Company, just outside A-109 Thuong Duc, Quang Nam Prov., with Von Kleist  (Note:  SFC Von Kleist DOW on 16 Dec.)

1967 12 16 E-7 SFC Austin Von Kleist 11F4S KIA, DOW SVN; 1 MSFC, 112 Company, near A-109 Thuong Duc, Quang Nam Prov., with Osborn WIA on 07 Dec

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1968 02 25, E-7 SFC Lawrence F. Beals, 11F4S KIA SVN, 1 MSFC, Quang Nam Prov., convoy returning from Da Nang, w/ Tomkins

1968 05 30 WO-2 John T. Durrington AATTV KIA SVN; 1 MSFC, at A-109, Thuong Duc, Quang Nam Prov.

1968 05 30 WO-2 Fred G. Hammersley AATTV KIA SVN; 1 MSFC, at A-109, Thuong Duc, Quang Nam Prov.

1968 05 30 E-5 SGT Michael A. Joseph 11B4S KIA SVN; 1 MSFC, at A-109, Thuong Duc, Quang Nam Prov., shrapnel from a B-40

Det A-109, Thuong Duc , Vietnam

IN MEMORIAM

Adamski, Gerald, M., E-8 MSGT, Team Sergeant, 1970

Blais, Gerald, J., E-7 SFC, Intel , 1969-1970

Hernasy, Kenneth, W., “Chief”, SGT, Weapons, 1969-1970

Harlan, Timothy, S., SP5, Demo, 1969-1970