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Individual Collection
Location: Individual Collections-R

List of members and statements from Kenneth Risley's Mortar Squad and Platoon from Company D, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Air Cavalry Division from 15 November 1965. The collection also contains a diagram of the fire mission used by Risley in support of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry on the morning of 16 November 1965.

Sergeant Kenneth C. Risley was the third mortar gunner for Company D, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry during the Ia Drang campaign of November 1965.

Location	Box	Folder	Contents
Individual Collections-R	1	1	List of members of Mortar Platoon of Company D, Second Battalion, Fifth Cavalry, First Air Cavalry Division in November 1965
			Statement signed by Kenneth Risley stating he was a member of Mortar Platoon of Company D, Second Battalion, Fifth Cavalry, First Air Cavalry Division in November 1965
			Statement establighing eligibility for participation in Ia Drang Scholarship Fund of descents of Mortar Platoon of Company D, Second Battalion, Fifth Cavalry, First Air Cavalry Division in November 1965
			Diagram of fire mission used by #3 Mortar Gunner on the morning of November 16, 1965

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