Curated action · Vietnam War

Battle of Ia Drang

Spc. 6 Billy A. McBride, U.S. Army. Public domain. Photograph source.

ConflictVietnam War

WhenNovember 14–18, 1965

WhereIa Drang Valley, Pleiku Province, South Vietnam

Recipients3

In November 1965 the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) fought North Vietnamese Army units in the Ia Drang Valley. The best-known fighting was at Landing Zone X-Ray and Landing Zone Albany. This hub lists recipients whose citations name the valley or those landing zones.

Who stood there

Bruce P. Crandall

Gave his life

Major · U.S. Army

Ed W. Freeman

Captain · U.S. Army

Walter Joseph Marm Jr.

First Lieutenant (then 2d Lt.) · U.S. Army

Articles, footage, books, films

article Battle of Ia Drang
Wikipedia. Collaborative article. Text is CC BY-SA. This archive links to it and does not copy it.
book We Were Soldiers Once… and Young
Open Library. Book by Harold G. Moore and Joseph L. Galloway, 1992.
film We Were Soldiers (2002)
IMDb. Feature film based on the Moore and Galloway book.