James Arnold Mardis, Jr

Private First Class
C CO, 1ST BN, 5TH INF RGT, 25 INF DIV
Army of the United States
09 January 1949 - 05 June 1969
Vandenberg Afb, California
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25 INF DIV 5TH INF RGT
Combat Infantry

Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for James Arnold Mardis, Jr

17 Jun 2004

Photo from the 1969 Yearbook.

REMEMBERED

by his comrades in the
5th Inf Rgt
5th Infantry

A Note from The Virtual Wall

At about 1300 on the afternoon of 05 June 1969, A and C Companies of the 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry, engaged a large enemy force in fortified positions northwest of Trung Lap. Supporting fires, both artillery and air, were called in to reduce the fortifications, but one Huey gunship was shot down and three armored personnel carriers were destroyed in the fighting. By day's end, six men from the 5th Infantry and four men from the Huey were dead:
  • 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry
    • 2LT James D. Walker, Santa Maria, CA, A Company
    • SGT Charles M. Ramsey, New Boston, TX, HHC (medic)
    • CPL Robert E. Langston, Tampa, FL, A Company
    • CPL Patrick E. Poppenga, Chicago, IL, A Company
    • SP4 David P. Callahan, Erie, PA, C Company
    • PFC James A. Mardis, Vandenberg AFB, CA, C Company

  • UH-1C tail number 66-00552, 116th Assault Helicopter Company
    • 1LT Jimmy W. Crisp, Menard, TX
    • WO Richard J. Holman, Astoria, OR
    • SP4 Ronald R. Baker, Concord, CA
    • SP4 Steven W. Herring, Freedom, CA




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