Gordon “Gordy” Bent, a 20-year-old Michigan soldier with the 1st Infantry Division, died in Vietnam on November 13, 1969. He is honored on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
14th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Udorn Royal Thai Air Base November 13, 1970
Born on Veterans Day in rural Wisconsin, John Leis carried the quiet strength of a farmer into the jungles of Vietnam. Serving with A Co, 1/77th Armor, he was killed on Father’s Day 1971—weeks before going home. The Ridge still remembers.
Headquarters Company, 3rd Ordnance Battalion, 1st Logistical Command Bien Hoa Province, Republic of Vietnam – November 7, 1970
3rd Marine Division, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, G Company Operation Shasta – Quảng Nam Province, South Vietnam November 7, 1966
Final Mission of Corporal William R. Embry Jr. Company B, 7th Engineer Battalion – 1st Marine Division Quang Nam Province, Republic of Vietnam – November 6, 1968
