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Body="onload="cls()""> The Walking Dead 1st Battalion 9th Marines

To Go to the 1st Bn 9th Marine Firebase click above

This Page is Dedicated to all the Brave men who served with The Walking Dead in Viet Nam 1965-1969

My name is James Stogner and I served with Charlie Co. 1st Bn 9th Marines Weapons Platoon attached to 1st Platoon as a 3.5 Rocket Gunner. As the 3.5 was phased out I was reassigned to a M-60 Gun Team which is where I spent thr remainder of my tour with The Walking Dead. I participated in Operations Deckhouse V,Chinook II, Prairie II, Prairie III, Bighorn, and Prairie IV While with 1/9. I was wounded during Prairie IV and medivaced to Dong Ha while attempting to help out the resupply otters that were ambushed By NVA Forces on 5 April 1967 I served with 1st Platoon until May 1967 at which time myself and others were transfered to Lima Co. 3rd Bn. 26th Marines where I spent the remainder of my tour of Duty Participating in operations Shawnee,Choctaw, Crockett,Ardmore,Kingfisher and Fremount in and around the DMZ and Khe Sanh where I remained until my Final rotation from Khe Sanh on October 28 1967