Vetknight.com - Fallen But Not Forgotten

This photo of US Army Spec. 4 David Blouin, from South Portland OR with the 1st Air Cavalry Division was taken on 3/23/1967 his head in bandages for a grazing bullet wound, keeps a finger on the trigger as he huddles under ferns and brush as Vietnamese fire is directed his way He was on a recon mission & ran into North Vietnamese force fortified in trenches and bunkers along a tree line. Recon unit (of 1st Battalion 9th Cavalry) pinpointed the enemy positions, pulled back and called in air power to pound the North Vietnamese