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December 1967 - December 1968 - a brief outline of the accomplishments of the 2/501st.
Photo of Chapel, believed to have been at LZ Sally.
| Members of the Advance Party departed between the 17th and 24th of November 1967. The battalion deployed to Vietnam on 13 December with the exception of a twelve-man rear detachment which followed on the 16th and 28th of the month. The battalion flew into Bien Hoa and then moved to Cu Chi by truck convoy. They remained at the 25th Infantry Division base camp for thirty days of in-country training |
2/501st sign at LZ Sally
| Battalion Commander - Colonel Richard Tallman Command Sergeant Major - Sergeant Major John Dobransky |
| Brigadier General Richard Tallman Died: July 9, 1972 An Loc, South Vietnam due to hostile fire. |
Battalion Senior NCO photo
Chaplain - Captain William W. Erbach