Nogales * Pearl Harbor * Guadalcanal * Nam River * Northern Solomons * Luzon * Masan-Chinju * Munsan-Ni * Pleiku * Dak To* Kontum * Ban Me Thout * Duc Lap
 

  
History
The 35th Infantry Regiment was organized on 13 July 1916 in Arizona of men from the 11th, 18th and 22nd Infantry. These units dated back to The War Between the States and their insignia from that era is represented on the 35th Infantry Crest. The 11th Infantry was part of the Union 2d Division, V Corps represented by a white Maltese Cross. The 18th Infantry served in the 1st Division, XIV Corps, their badge was a red acorn. The 22d Infantry is symbolized by the embattled partion line of the canton. The cactus symbolizes theoriginal service of the 35th Infantry along the Mexican Border. The Cacti served with distinction in WWII, Korea and Vietnam. WWII awards included two U. S. Presidential Unit Citations and the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation. In Korea, the Cacti earned three Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citations. In Vietnam where the Cacti fought with both the 4th and 25th Divisions. Company A (2-35) earned a Valorous Unit Award.
Company B (2-35) earned a Presidential Unit Citation.
The Regiment was awarded two awards of the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Palm and the Vietnamese Civil Action Honor Medal First Class.
     

Those Inscribed Here Fell in The Republic of Vietnam While Serving With The 35th United States Infantry Regiment

They Were Known as Cacti Blue of the 2d Battalion and Will Forever Remain So


May God Bless Their Souls

Code Explanations

Cause Code

Province Code
B5 Helicopter Crew Member 03 Quang Nam
B6 Helicopter Passenger 04 Quang Tin
D Small Arms, AW Fire 05 Quang Ngai
E Mortar 06 Pleiku
G Mine/Grenade 07 Bin Dinh
H Multi Fragment 08 Kontum
HL Fragment 13 Quang Duc
I Accident/Misadventure
T Accidental Homocide
8U Unknown Explosive Device (Booby Trap)

2nd Battalion Casualties

Bn Co Rank Name Date Cause Place or Details Prov Wall Loc
2 B Sp4 Dorman, Darrel G 29-May-66 D LZ 10 Alpha 08 7E 117
2 B Pfc Evans, Donald J 29-May-66 D LZ 10 Alpha 08 7E 118
2 B Pfc Gonzalez-Perez, Aramis 29-May-66 D LZ 10 Alpha 08 7E 118
2 B Sgt Peacock, Leonard B 29-May-66 D LZ 10 Alpha 08 7E 121
2 B Pvt Rodriguez, Roger E 29-May-66 D LZ 10 Alpha 08 7E 122
2 A Pvt Simbola, Jose S 17-Jun-66 D - - 8E 58
2 A Sp4 Burgess, Garry L 19-Jun-66 E - - 8E 62
2 A Sgt Carter, Kenneth R 31-Jul-66 D - - 9E 91
2 A S/Sgt Garcia, Gregono 31-Jul-66 D - - 9E 91
2 A SFC Hopkins, Alvin Jr 31-Jul-66 D - - 9E 91
2 A Sp4 Stewart, James Jr 31-Jul-66 D - - 9E 92
2 C Sp4 Cowan, Aaron D 28-Oct-66 B6 Medevac Helicopter Hit by RPG - 11E 121
2 C Pfc Leek, Thomas Jr 28-Oct-66 B6 Medevac Helicopter Hit by RPG - 11E 123
2 C Sp4 Martinez, Robert L 28-Oct-66 B6 Medevac Helicopter Hit by RPG - 11E 123
2 C Sgt Wilson, Wendell L 28-Oct-66 D Medevac Helicopter Hit by RPG - 11E 125
2 C Pfc Young, Glen H 28-Oct-66 H Medevac Helicopter Hit by RPG - 11E 125
2 C Sp4 Smith, Charles W 30-Oct-66 8U - - 11E 131
2 HQ Sp4 Rhoads, Danny 3-Mar-67 H - 06 16E 70
2 A Sp4 Perez, Daniel F Jr WIA 12-Mar-67 D - - 16E 96
2 B Sp4 Barrett, Charles W 12-Mar-67 D - 08 16E 68
2 B Sp4 Burlingame, Stephen F 12-Mar-67 D - 08 16E 67
2 B Pfc Home, Lamar 12-Mar-67 D - 08 16E 68
2 B Pfc Hutchinson, Richard Jr 12-Mar-67 D - 08 16E 68
2 A 2lt Karopazyc, Stephen 13-Mar-67 D - - 16E 69
2 A Pfc Major, LaMarre A 13-Mar-67 D - - 16E 69
2 A Pfc Ruggero, Victor J 13-Mar-67 D - - 16E 70
2 A Pfc Stegall, Douglas 13-Mar-67 D - - 16E 70
2 A Sp4 Castelda, Andrew T 13-Mar-67 D - - 16E 71
2 A Sp4 Miranda, Filberto 13-Mar-67 D - - 16E 71
2 A Sp4 Perrone, James P 13-Mar-67 D - - 16E 71
2 C Sp4 Aviles-Aviles, Juan P 21-Mar-67 - - - 16E 125
2 C Sp4 Anthony, Carl T 21-Mar-67 - - - 16E 127
2 C Pfc Bowcutt, Scott C 21-Mar-67 - - - 16E 129
2 C Sp4 Champion, Joseph 21-Mar-67 - - - 16E 130
2 C Pfc Easley, Timothy 21-Mar-67 - - - 17E 1
2 C Pfc Hopson, James H 21-Mar-67 - - - 17E 5
2 C 1lt Sudborough, Michael C 21-Mar-67 - - - 17E 7
2 C Pfc Lund, William E 21-Mar-67 - - - 17E 7
2 C Sp4 Matthews, Henry R 21-Mar-67 - - - 17E 8
2 C Pfc Mayo, Johnnie M 21-Mar-67 - - - 17E 8
2 C Pfc Milam, Lewis E 21-Mar-67 - - - 17E 8
2 C Pfc Minogue, Thomas F 21-Mar-67 - - - 17E 8
2 C Sgt McLemore, David E 21-Mar-67 - - - 17E 9
2 C Pfc Newman, Daniel J Jr 21-Mar-67 - - - 17E 10
2 C Pfc Kaster, Robert L 21-Mar-67 - - - 17E 10
2 C Sp4 Odierno, John W 21-Mar-67 - - - 17E 11
2 C Sp4 Owens, Percie E 21-Mar-67 - - - 17E 11
2 C Pfc Reinke, Robert H 21-Mar-67 - - - 17E 12
2 C Pfc Stockwell, Dennis B 21-Mar-67 - - - 17E 14
2 C Sp4 Turner, Hayzell C 21-Mar-67 - - - 17E 15
2 HQ 1lt Davis, Harry L 4-Apr-67 B6 - - 17E 98
2 HQ Sp4 Smith, Jimmy Joe 4-Apr-67 B6 - - 17E 100
2 A Pfc Mercado-Santos, Wilfredo 11-Apr-67 - - - 18E 16
2 C Sp4 Wright, Kenneth H 2-May-67 G - - 19E 20
2 B Pfc Moore, Ralph E 3-May-67 G - 05 19E 29
2 A Pfc Watson, Carnell E 19-May-67 D - - 20E 51
2 B Pfc Scherrer, Lawrence F 19-May-67 H - 05 20E 49
2 C Pfc Bean, Kenyon E 19-May-67 D - - 20E 39
2 C Sp4 Ellington, Herbert L 19-May-67 D - - 20E 39
2 C Pfc Geiger, Walter T 19-May-67 D - - 20E 42
2 C Sgt Wagner, Edward J Jr 19-May-67 D - - 20E 51
2 A Pfc Corona, Rudolph R III 20-May-67 D - - 20E 58
2 A Pfc Duncan, Walter E 20-May-67 D - - 20E 57
2 A Sp4 Harrison, Richard E 20-May-67 D - - 20W 60
2 A Pfc Peters, Josh 20-May-67 D - - 20W 66
2 A Sp4 Nagengast, Carl D 20-May-67 D - - 20W 68
2 B Pfc Rush, Roland E 20-May-67 D - 05 20E 67
2 C Pfc Killian, Gary M 20-May-67 H - - 20E 61
2 C Pfc Ledesma, Joseph Jr 20-May-67 H - - 20E 62
2 C Pfc Rush, Roland F 20-May-67 H - - 20E 67
2 B Sp4 Elshire, Terry M 21-May-67 T - 05 20E 73
2 B Pfc Booth, Roy R 27-May-67 D - 05 20E 128
2 B Pfc Dotson, Michael L 29-May-67 H - 05 21E 11
2 B Sgt Silva, William G 29-May-67 H - 05 21E 16
2 B Capt Walker, Ralph B II 29-May-67 H - 05 21E 16
2 A Pfc Gonzalez, Juan J 15-Jun-67 H - - 21E 105
2 B Pfc Lee, Alan J 21-Jun-67 D - 05 21E 95
2 C Sp4 Hamilton, Ronald L 23-Jun-67 H - 05 22E 53
2 C Pfc Peterson, Jack W 23-Jun-67 H - 05 22E 55
2 A Pfc Allen, Freddie L 29-Jun-67 H - - 22E 82
2 C Pfc Anthony, Asher A 11-Jul-67 D - 05 23E 49
2 C Sp4 Jeffers, John L 25-Jul-67 D - 05 23E 119
2 C Sp4 Campbell, George S 26-Jul-67 H - 05 24E 2
2 C Sp4 Wise, Edward J 27-Jul-67 D - 05 24E 11
2 A Sp4 Ferdig, Richard C 4-Aug-67 H - - 24E 77
2 A Sp4 Parrilla-Calderon, Jaime 4-Aug-67 H - - 24E 78
2 B Pfc Brandenburg, Charles F 5-Aug-67 H - 05 24E 79
2 HQ Sp5 Mccauley, Dennis J 6-Aug-67 G - - 24E 84
2 C Sp4 Miller, Leon P 30-Nov-67 G - 05 31E 13
2 A Sp4 Lee, Clyde M (to 4 Av) 4-Dec-67 D - 05 31E 36
2 A Pfc Haefner, David R 26-Dec-67 D - 05 32E 63
2 B Pfc Illman, William S 2-Jan-68 D Que Son Valley 05 33E 19
2 B Sp4 Smith, David R. 2-Jan-68 D Que Son Valley 05 33E 23
2 B Sp4 Williams, Eugene M 11-Jan-68 H - 05 34E 33
2 C Pfc Ripel, John Kenneth 16-Feb-68 - - - 39E 65
2 A Sp4 Herschbach, Paul D 21-Feb-68 H - 05 40E 52
2 C Sp4 Jacobs, Dennis W 27-Feb-68 D - 03 41E 50
2 C Sp4 Kravchak, Michael A 27-Feb-68 D - 03 41E 50
2 C Pfc Miller, Paul J 27-Feb-68 D - 03 41E 51
2 C Pfc Herod, Arthur Weinmann 27-Feb-68 - - - 41E 50
2 C Sp4 Day, Edward 3-Apr-68 H Hill 1062 08 47E 48
2 C Sp4 Frey, William J 3-Apr-68 H Hill 1062 08 47E 50
2 C Sgt Konigsfeld, Philip L 3-Apr-68 H Hill 1062 08 47E 51
2 C S/Sgt Thomas, David C 3-Apr-68 H Hill 1062 08 47E 57
2 A Pfc Williams, Robert L 30-Apr-68 I - 06 53E 26
2 B Sgt Gambotto, Larry L. 13-Sep-68 H Hill 691 13 44W 47
2 B Sp4 Ortiz, Manuel G. 13-Sep-68 H Hill 691 13 44W 52
2 B Cpl Planck, Everett A. 13-Sep-68 H Hill 691 13 44W 53
2 C Sp4 Burrola, Sammy Jr 25-Sep-68 D - 13 42W 9
2 C 1lt Fulkerson, Roger A (FO) 25-Sep-68 D - 13 42W 11
2 C Sgt Jenkins, John A III 25-Sep-68 D - 13 42W 12
2 C Pfc Johnson, Terry J 25-Sep-68 D - 13 42W 12
2 A Sp4 Ambrosio, Joseph C 27-Sep-68 D - 13 42W 25
2 A Pfc Banek, Lawrence B 27-Sep-68 D - 13 42W 26
2 A Pfc Barnes, Mark A 27-Sep-68 D - 13 42W 26
2 A Pfc Bowman, Tommy R 27-Sep-68 D - 13 42W 26
2 A Sgt Brown, Derris 27-Sep-68 D - 13 42W 26
2 A 1lt Chahoc, David K 27-Sep-68 D - 13 42W 27
2 A Pfc Jones, Richard L 27-Sep-68 D - 13 42W 29
2 A Sgt Knoll, Robert B 27-Sep-68 D - 13 42W 30
2 A S/Sgt Quick, Isham I 27-Sep-68 D - 13 42W 32
2 A Pfc Rickert, Roger A 27-Sep-68 D - 13 42W 32
2 A Pfc Soto, Efrain Sr 27-Sep-68 D - 13 42W 33
2 A Sgt Wright, Bradford D 27-Sep-68 D - 13 42W 34
2 A Sp4 Stozek, Gerald 28-Sep-68 D - 13 42W 37
2 C Pfc Fuller, Johnny T 30-Sep-68 HL - 13 42W 46
2 C Pfc Golda, Edward 30-Sep-68 HL - 13 42W 46
2 C Pfc Hamilton, Ulys F 30-Sep-68 HL - 13 42W 47
2 C Pfc Hernandez-Velez, Alberto 30-Sep-68 HL - 13 42W 47
2 C Pfc Holbrook, Charles A 30-Sep-68 HL - 13 42W 47
2 C Pfc Mesa, James G 30-Sep-68 HL - 13 42 w 48
2 C Pfc Miller, Kenneth W 30-Sep-68 HL - 13 42W 48
2 C Pfc McClain, Richard L 30-Sep-68 HL - 13 42W 49
2 C Pfc Shauger, Harrison B 30-Sep-68 HL - 13 42W 50
2 C Sp4 Sines, Tomothy D 30-Sep-68 HL - 13 42W 50
2 C Sp4 Stucky, Ronald 30-Sep-68 HL - 13 42W 51
2 C Pfc Zornes, Hamp E 30-Sep-68 HL - 13 42W 52
2 B Sgt Spencer, Eugene 31-Oct-68 D - 13 40W 68
2 A Pfc Jefferson, Jerry W 30-Nov-68 D - 13 37W 12
2 A Pfc Porden, Lee V Jr 30-Nov-68 D - 13 37W 14
2 B Sgt Plummer, Newton R 1-Dec-68 D - 13 37W 18
2 C Pvt Aquino, Raymond J 19-Jan-69 D - 07 14W 45
2 C Pfc Forsythe, Dale R 19-Jan-69 D - 07 14W 46
2 C Pfc Fret-Comacho, Juan A 19-Jan-69 D - 07 14W 46
2 C Sp4 Wiggins, Aubrey A 19-Jan-69 D - 07 14W 46
2 C 2lt Salazar, Mel B Jr 19-Jan-69 D - 07 14W 47
2 HQ Sgt Noeldner, Daniel M 6-Mar-69 - - - 30W 55
2 B Pfc Troxel, Marlon W 16-Mar-69 H - 08 29W 57
2 B 1lt Bazzinotti, Charles A 13-May-70 I - 08 10W 31
2 B Pvt Davis, Wesley W 28-Sep-70 D - 09 7W 97