ALPHA

The U. S. Army's written designation for A Company is A/1-11. This would be used in official reports and correspondence. A (Alpha) Company as part of the 1st Battalion, 11th Infantry Regiment arrived in Quang Tri Province in July 1968. The last elements of the 5th Infantry Division departed Vietnam in August 1971. The company included; a company commander (CO), executive officer (XO), first sergeant (1SG), platoon leaders, platoon sergeants, squad leaders, riflemen, mortarmen, radiotelephone operators (RTO), platoon medics 2, artillery forward observers (FO) 2, dog handlers 2, company clerk, communications NCO, armorer and supply sergeant... During A Company's time in Vietnam its members participated in numerous combat operations, principally against units of the North Vietnamese Army (NVA). While every combat operation was important to individual soldiers, some of the operations the company participated in were; Pioneer I (1968), Montana Mauler (1969), York Market (1970), and Dewey..