Alpha Company Scrapbooks
Scrapbooks on this page are organized by year and individual contributor. Please scroll down to view all contributors and click on their scrapbook to view their photo collection. Photos, images and collections remain the intellectual/personal property of the contributor. The Steel Thread Project is displaying photos, images and collections with the contributors permission or for research and educational purposes only.
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1968 - 1971
Speak Their Names
Alpha Company suffered their first soldier killed in action on January 29, 1968. The final loss of life for the company occurred on May 28, 1971.
This gallery is dedicated to the Alpha Company soldiers who did not make it home. They will not be forgotten.
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1967 - 1968
December 1967 to August 1968
Christian, Vernon Webb
GOLD STAR FAMILY
Vernon deployed with the 3/187th in December of 1967 during Operation Eagle Thrust. Vernon was killed in action on August 20, 1968 during a combat operation near Phuoc Vinh. Photos provided courtesy of his sister, Marlene Christian Bumgardner.
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1967 - 1968
December 1967 to Septenber 1968
Fuscone, Joseph
Joseph Fuscone deployed with the 3/187th in December of 1967 during Operation Eagle Thrust. He served with Alpha Company. Joe was wounded in action in the early morning hours of September 6, 1968 outside the village of Ap Trang Dau.
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1967 - 1968
December 1967 to November 1968
Lucius, John
John Lucius deployed with the battalion in December of 1967 during Operation Eagle Thrust. He served with HHC/Alpha Company After his first tour in Vietnam, John became a helicopter pilot and served a second tour.
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