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Sr. Combat Medic under the command of
Capt. James Dabney
I spend my tour with Company D, 4th Bn. 12th, from Jan. 1,
1968 to May 1968, the date at the end is lost due to the
fact my replacement, Havey Lynn Cooley, was KIA on May 6, 1968 and I
returned and replaced him.
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Co. D, 4/12 sometime in the Spring of 1968.
L to R, kneeling: Sgt. Chavalo, Raymond Witzig, unknown;
L to R, standing: Wilson, Doc. Chavez (Me), McFaden, Otis Wells,
Johnson, Bob Denver "Gilligan", Unknown, Lt. Arlen Wayne Smith, Capt. James Dabney.
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Landing Zone
Me, Doc Chavez, and Johnson after
a long operation sometime in the Spring 1968. |
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12th Infantry Regiment
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered SAIGON (company D 4th Battalion 12th Infantry cited )I was a member of D Company, 4th Battalion, 12th Infantry from January 2, 1967 to May 16-20,1968, Capt. James Dabney, Co. Commander.
I served with A Company of the 4th Battalion from December 6, 1967 to January 1, 1968, and in D Company 4th Bn. 12th. Inf. from Jan. 1, 1968 to May 12 or 16th 1968. It was a hard time at the end and I just don't remember the last day on the field.
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Ram at Belhamy Orphanage
Ram is holding one of the orphans
whose parents were killed by the VC.
The date, March 6, 1967. |
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Lt. Arlan Wayne Smith with a child, Cholon, VN.
Lt. Smith with a young child, found in a home in Cholon on February 23, 1968. Doc Chavez took this picture after he cleaned up the children, there were two more children, later that after noon the platoon came under fire. |
The children of Cholon during TET
These three children were found in one of the houses
of Cholon near Saigon, during TET on February 23, 1968.
I bathed and fed the children, then took pictures of them
with Lt. Arlen Wayne Smith. |
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D Co. 4th Bn. 12th Inf. 199th Finest Who Ever Served.
Chuck McGrown, Pasqual Ramirez, Otis Wells, and Raymond Witzig, some of the finest people I have ever had the pleasure to meet and served with. Chuck and Raymond, and my replacement Harvey Lynn Cooley lost their lives on the field of battle on May 6, 1968, but we, who served with them will never forget them
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Caption of US Army Photo
The caption to the right is from an US Army
Photo of Ram Chavez, taken in the Spring of
1968. The date on the photo is 1 Apr. 68.
The photo is below |
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D Co 4th Bn. 12th Inf. at base camp.
Ram with three friends during a three-day stand
down. These are a few of my favorite photographs
from my tour in Vietnam. |
Ram Chavez - US Army Photo
8. Keeping a watchful eye is senior Medic Sp4 Ramiro Chavez, of D Company, 4th Battalion, 12th Infantry, 199th Infantry Brigade, as members of his company push - through dense jungle, in a battalion recon force operation, which netted 18,000 pounds of enemy rice and the destruction of enemy bunkers and tunnel complexes.
1 Apr. 68
Photo by: PFC N. Gonzales Jr. 199th Infantry Brigade. |
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Jim Hiser and I, 1968.
Jim Hiser and I were decorated by General Davison
in August 1968, about three weeks before we left
Vietnam. |
A friend and I at RR center
Please help me remember my fellow Redcatcher. If you know who he is, let me know. We are on our way to an RR, somewhere in the Spring of 1968. |
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199th Light Infantry Brigade
Redcatchers |
Medical Badge
The Combat Medical Badge is earned by a combat medic under fire. |
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