Over 300 guests attended the Celebration of Life for Col. (ret.) Roger Donlon April 10, 2024, on For t Leavenworth, ... In 1964, Donlon was a Green Beret captain stationed at Camp Nam Dong, ...

Roger H.C. Donlon, the first American to receive the Medal of Honor in the Vietnam War, ... Donlon and other Green Berets of the 5th Special Forces Group were part of Operation Switchback, ...

Roger Donlon, a Saugerties native and the first American to receive the Medal of Honor in the Vietnam War, died Thursday at the age of 89. ... 1964. A Green Beret, ...

Roger Donlon Born: January 30, 1934 War: Vietnam Rank: Captain, US Army Special Forces Detachment A-726 Location of action: Near Nam Dong, Republic of Vietnam Date of action: July 6, 1964 Medal ...

After completing Officer Candidate School, he earned his Green Beret and deployed with the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne). In July 1964, ... Col. Roger Donlon: ...

Feb 1, 2024 Feb 1, 2024 Updated Apr 5, 2024 CATSKILL – The first recipient of the Medal of Honor for the Vietnam War, Roger H. C. Donlon, was honored at a memorial service held at the Catskill ...

“The Green Beret was originally designated in 1953 by Special Forces Major Herbert Brucker, a veteran of the OSS,” records note.. “Later that year, 1st Lt. Roger Pezelle adopted it as the ...

However, the print headline, “Roger Donlon, won Medal of Honor; at 89,” was somewhat misleading. While it may seem a trivial point, the Medal of Honor is not won; rather, it is awarded.

Roger Hugh Charles Donlon was born in Saugerties, N.Y., on Jan ... He enlisted in the Army in 1958 and earned the green beret of the Special Forces at the Army Special Warfare School at Fort ...

Roger Donlon, the first American to receive a Medal of Honor for heroism during the Vietnam War, died Thursday in Leavenworth, Kansas, according to the Congressional Medal of Honor Society.He was 89.

The first round of incoming fire set a roof ablaze at Camp Nam Dong, an outpost of South Vietnamese forces along with a 12-member U.S. Special Forces detachment near the ...