Recovery of KIA at FSB Illingworth
A very close friend of mine, Michael Kilgore, has posted a comment about the recovery of bodies on Illingworth. Here is the comment that Mike posted:
After mortars left LZ Illingworth the next day who recovered the remains of
Casey Waller from Recon or was he ever found. I left from LZ Mary in February.
SSG. Mike D. Kilgore
E Company/2nd. btn./8th Air Cav
1969-1970
Recon/Heavy Weapons
Casey Waller from Recon or was he ever found. I left from LZ Mary in February.
SSG. Mike D. Kilgore
E Company/2nd. btn./8th Air Cav
1969-1970
Recon/Heavy Weapons
For years we thought that Casey Waller was listed as missing in action. I had always thought that he was buried under the large pile of dirt from the 8 inch ammo explosion. If you were involved in the recovery of bodies at Illingworth or if you know of someone who was involved with this, please contact me and let me know what took place. Also, I would love to include the story of the recovery of bodies in the book that Jerry Granberg and I are writing about the battle on FSB Illingworth.
Posted by Randall at 4/29/2011 9:19 AM 
Categories: E, 1st Cavalry Airmobile, 1970, 2nd Battalion, Firebase Illingworth, 2/8, Vietnam, Echo Company, Mortar Platoon, Mortar, 1st Cav, 8th Cavalry, US Army
Categories: E, 1st Cavalry Airmobile, 1970, 2nd Battalion, Firebase Illingworth, 2/8, Vietnam, Echo Company, Mortar Platoon, Mortar, 1st Cav, 8th Cavalry, US Army
am i the only one that remembers the mass grave
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i am the present quartermaster of vfw post 1733 if u or any existing veterens have any desire to join up with us or evn to talk about illingworth im here
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The 77th FA Regiment Association is having a reunion in Fernandina Beach, FL 13-15 Sep 2012. All 77th FA Regiment members and all those that we supported are invited to attend. Information is available at 77fa.org. I served as the B/1/77 FA forward observer in 65-66 to A/1/5 Cav and in 69-70 served as the 2/19th FA battalion fire direction and was on duty in support of Illingsworth. We have some of the artillery guys from B/1/77 FA on Illingsworth coming to the reunion. Sure hope some of you guys will join us!I know my artillery guys would like to meet you. My email address is: jjb77faregt@aol.com.
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