Date | Name | Age | Detail | Place | Reference |
1960 | Face | 13 | Hit winning homerun, orphanage league softball championship | Los Angeles, CA | [83] |
1960 | Hannibal | 32 | Lieutenant Colonel, 5th Special Forces Group | Pleiku Province, South Vietnam | [09]; [95] |
1961-01-20 | General Military | | JFK inaugurated | Washington, DC | [108] |
1961-02-06 | General Military | | MACV, U.S. Military Assistance Cmd for Vietnam, is formed | South Vietnam | [108] |
1961-03-07 | Hannibal | 33 | Promotion - Colonel | South Vietnam | [01]; [95] |
1961-09 | Hannibal | 33 | Transfer to 5th Special Forces Group | South Vietnam | [95] |
1961-09-21 | Special Forces Group | | 5th Special Forces activated | Fort Bragg, NC | [103] |
1962-09 | BA | 17 | Captain of the football team | Chicago, IL | [76]; [95] |
1963-05 | BA | 18 | Graduated high school | Chicago, IL | [95] |
1963-08 | BA | 18 | Enlisted in Army | Chicago, IL | [95] |
1963-11-22 | General Military | | JFK assassinated | Dallas, TX | [108] |
1964-01 | BA | 19 | Completed Basic-AIT | Fort Benning, GA | [95] |
1964-01 | BA | 19 | Private 2nd Class | Fort Benning, GA | [95] |
1964-01 | BA | 19 | 1st Air Cavalry Division | Fort Benning, GA | [95] |
1964-01 | BA | 19 | Finds out about TJ Bryant while home on leave | Chicago, IL | [85]; [95] |
1964-06 | HM | 18 | Graduated high school | | [95] |
1964-06-24 | Special Forces Group | | Project Leaping Lean | South Vietnam | [105] |
1964-08 | BA | 19 | Promotion - Private First Class | Fort Benning, GA | [95] |
1964-10 | HM | 18 | Enlisted in Army | | [95] |
1964-10 | Project Delta | | Formed (from Leaping Lena) | Nha Trang, South Vietnam | [106] |
1964-12 | Face | 17 | All City Quarterback - St Mary's High School | Los Angeles, California | [45]; [95] |
1965 | Ray | 21 | Second Lieutenant | Fort Bragg, NC | [95] |
1965-01 | HM | 19 | Completed Basic-AIT | Fort Benning, GA | [95] |
1965-04 | HM | 19 | Began Officer Candidate School | Fort Benning, GA | [95] |
1965-05 | Face | 18 | Graduated St Mary's High School | Los Angeles, California | [45]; [95] |
1965-05 | Face | 18 | Left Angel's Guardian Orphanage | Los Angeles, California | [77] |
1965-09-11 | BA | 20 | 1st Air Cavalry Division | South Vietnam | [95] |
1965-09-11 | First Air Cavalry Division | 44 | Deployed | South Vietnam | [98] |
1965-10 | BA | 20 | Promotion - Corporal | South Vietnam | [95] |
1965-10-21 | Project Delta | | Siege of Plei Me SF Camp - II Corps | Plei Me, South Vietnam | [105] |
1965-10-29 | First Air Cavalry Division | 44 | Pleiku Campaign | Pleiku, South Vietnam | [97] |
1965-11-01 | Project Delta | | Op 20-65 - II Corps | Plei Me, South Vietnam | [105] |
1966-01 | BA | 21 | Father beaten by 3 men, almost dies | | [14]; [95] |
1966-01 | HM | 20 | Completed Officer Candidate School | Fort Benning, GA | [95] |
1966-01-26 | Project Delta | | Masher-White Wing - II Corps | Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam | [105] |
1966-02 | HM | 20 | Second Lieutenant | Fort Benning, GA | [95] |
1966-05 | First Air Cavalry Division | 44 | Operation Masher-White Wing-Thang Phong II | Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam | [98] |
1966-06 | BA | 21 | Promotion - Sergeant | South Vietnam | [95] |
1966-06 | HM | 20 | Completed Phase 1 Flight Training | Fort Wolters, TX | [95] |
1966-09 | BA | 21 | Began SF training | Fort Bragg, NC | [95] |
1966-11 | HM | 20 | Completed Phase 2 Flight Training | Fort Rucker, TX | [95] |
1966-12 | HM | 20 | 118th AHC (Thunderbirds) | Fort Rucker, TX | [01]; [95] |
1967-01 | HM | 21 | 118th AHC (Thunderbirds) | South Vietnam | [95] |
1967-02 | Ray | 23 | Promotion - First Lieutenant | Fort Bragg, NC | [95] |
1967-03 | Hannibal | 39 | Met Ray Brenner | Laos | [13]; [95] |
1967-03 | Project Delta | | Op 4-67 - (An Lao Valley) II Corps | An Khe, South Vietnam | [105] |
1967-03 | Ray | 23 | Completed SF training | Fort Bragg, NC | [95] |
1967-03 | Ray | 23 | Met Hannibal | Laos | [95] |
1967-03-19 | HM | 21 | Wounded first time | Suoi Tre, S. Vietnam | [56]; [95] |
1967-05 | Face | 20 | Completed sophomore year of college | Los Angeles, California | [16]; [95] |
1967-05 | Face | 20 | Leslie Bektall | Los Angeles, California | [16]; [95] |
1967-05 | Face | 20 | Enlisted in Army | Los Angeles, California | [16]; [95] |
1967-10 | Face | 20 | Completed Basic-AIT | Fort Benning, Georgia | [95] |
1967-10 | Face | 20 | 1st Air Cavalry Division | Fort Benning, Georgia | [95] |
1967-11 | HM | 21 | 281st AHC (Intruders) | South Vietnam | [95] |
1967-11 | HM | 21 | Promotion - First Lieutenant | South Vietnam | [95] |
1967-12 | BA | 22 | Deployed - 5th Special Forces Group | South Vietnam | [95] |
1967-12 | HM | 21 | Air America (CIA-Agent Cheney) | South Vietnam | [71]; [95] |
1968-01 | BA | 23 | With Hulk Hogan during Tet Offensive | Da Nang, South Vietnam | [65]; [95] |
1968-02 | Face | 21 | Completed Officer Candidate School | Fort Benning, Georgia | [95] |
1968-02 | Face | 21 | Second Lieutenant | Fort Benning, Georgia | [95] |
1968-02 | Ray | 24 | Promotion - Captain | South Vietnam | [95] |
1968-02-06 | Special Forces Group | | Camp overrun (Marines-Lowndes) | Lang Vei, South Vietnam | [110] |
1968-03 | BA | 23 | Promotion - Staff Sergeant | South Vietnam | [95] |
1968-03 | Face | 21 | Began SF training | Fort Bragg, NC | [95] |
1968-03-11 | General Military | | Battle of Lima Site 85 | Laos | [107] |
1968-03-16 | General Military | | 300 Vietnamese civilians are slaughtered | My Lai, South Vietnam | [109] |
1968-04-04 | General Military | | Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King is assassinated | Memphis, TN | [109] |
1968-04-26 | 281st Assault Helicopter Company | | Special Forces Group A-Teams | Ban Me Thout, South Vietnam | [102] |
1968-06 | 281st Assault Helicopter Company | | MACV Recondo School support (II Corps) - ongoing | Nha Trang, South Vietnam | [102] |
1968-06-05 | General Military | | Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated | Los Angeles, California | [109] |
1968-07-23 | General Military | | Fort Bragg "Rebellion" | Fort Bragg, NC | [111] |
1968-10-13 | Project Delta | | Op 6-68 (WARBONNET) - II Corps | An Hoa, South Vietnam | [105] |
1968-11 | 281st Assault Helicopter Company | | Operation Warbonnet | I Corps, South Vietnam | [102] |
1968-11-03 | 281st Assault Helicopter Company | | Perilous emergency extraction of a team in contact w-enemy | I Corps, South Vietnam | [102] |
1968-11-03 | BA, Ray | 23, 24 | Shot in leg, Ray Brenner got him to Medivac | I Corps, South Vietnam | [13]; [95] |
1968-11-03 | BA | 23 | Capt Fallone saved his life | I Corps, South Vietnam | [42]; [95] |
1968-11-03 | HM | 22 | Ray Brenner "vectored" Murdock in | I Corps, South Vietnam | [102] |
1968-11-03 | Ray | 24 | Met Murdock - Perilous emergency extraction | I Corps, South Vietnam | [13]; [95]; [102] |
1968-12 | HM | 22 | Promotion - Captain (See caveats) | South Vietnam | [95] |
1969-01 | HM | 23 | Escape flight (Bright Light mission) | Hanoi, North Vietnam | [71] |
1969-02 | Captain Curtis | | Joined Colonel Morrison's staff | Nha Trang, South Vietnam | [83]; [95] |
1969-02 | Face | 22 | Ray Brenner gave Face his helmet / Face's 1st firefight | Nha Trang, S Vietnam | [13]; [95] |
1969-02 | Face | 22 | Completed SF training | Fort Bragg, NC | [95] |
1969-02 | Face | 22 | Deployed - 5th Special Forces Group | South Vietnam | [95] |
1969-02 | Ray | 25 | Gave Face his helmet | Nha Trang, S Vietnam | [13]; [42]; [95] |
1969-03 | BA, Face. HM | 24, 22, 23 | Captured VC captain in Núi Thiéu Linh mountains | Phu Bon Province, S Vietnam | [72]; [95] |
1969-03 | Hannibal | 41 | Interrogated Ivan Padavich | Nha Trang, S Vietnam | [72]; [95] |
1969-04 | Project Delta | | Op 1-69 (CASS PARK I) - I Corps | Phu Bai, South Vietnam | [105] |
1969-05 | Face | | St Mary's High School (See caveats) | Los Angeles, California | [45] |
1969-05 | Project Delta | | Op 2-69 (CASS PARK II) - I Corps | An Hoa, South Vietnam | [105] |
1969-06 | Project Delta | | Op 2-69 (CASS PARK II) - I Corps | An Hoa, South Vietnam | [105] |
1969-07 | Team | | Taken by "Charlie"; POW Camp (31 miles from DMZ, north of DaNang) | Quang Tri Prov, S Vietnam | [02]; [15]; [95] |
1969-08 | Project Delta | | Op 3-69 (TROJAN HORSE I) - I Corps | Mai Loc, South Vietnam | [105] |
1969-08 | Team | | Barracks fight | Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam | [22] |
1969-09 | Face | 22 | Scammed a '53 Caddy convertible | Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam | [08]; [95] |
1969-09 | Project Delta | | Op 3-69 (TROJAN HORSE I) - I Corps | Mai Loc, South Vietnam | [105] |
1969-10-13 | Project Delta | | Op 4-69 (TROJAN HORSE II) - I Corps | Mai Loc, South Vietnam | [105] |
1969-10-13 | Project Delta | | Operation 3-69 (TROJAN HORSE) | Mai Loc, South Vietnam | [105] |
1969-11 | BA | 24 | Promotion - Sergeant First Class | South Vietnam | [95] |
1969-11 | Face | 22 | Scammed a villa (pretending to be SV royalty) | Saigon, South Vietnam | [29] |
1969-12-11 | Project Delta | | Op 5-69 (YELLOW RIBBON) - I Corps | Polei Kleng, South Vietnam | [105] |
1969-12-21 | Hannibal, Face | 41, 22 | Six days' leave together | Hawaii | [12]; [95] |