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1st Cavalry Division

Gulf War Book of Honor
(Operation Desert Storm)


  These patriots, members of the 1st Cavalry Division and the Tiger Brigade of the 2nd Armored Division, answered the challenge to safeguard liberty and democracy.  With selfless devotion, they have bought justice and freedom with their own blood, the price paid as the vanguard of our Nation's principles. 

  They answered the call to defend freedom 10,000 miles from home in the deserts of Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Kuwait.  With all its uncertainty, sacrifice, and danger, it was a life with purpose and mission, hope and accomplishment.  It was a life of comrades moving forward together, individuals bound into teams and tempered in the heat of war, as so many before them.

  And as before, we remember those among us who did not return, who made the very highest sacrifice.  These fine Troopers, our comrades, will live in our memory and in the legacy of the Cavalry.  They will never be forgotten!

Rank

Name

Unit

Date of Death

SPC Steven D. Clark HHC, 3rd Battalion, 32nd Armor 7 Nov 1990
PFC Ardon B. Cooper A Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry 20 Feb 1991
PV2 Michael L. Fitz D Company, 27th Main Support Battalion 27 Feb 1991
SSG Jimmy D. Haws C Battery, 4th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery 20 Feb 1991
SPC James P. Heyden E Company, 27th Main Support Battalion 12 Mar 1991
SPC David C. Hollenbeck E Company, 27th Main Support Battalion 25 May 1991
SPC William Palmer 1st Platoon, 502nd Military Police Company 25 Feb 1991
SGT Ronald M. Randazzo A Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry 20 Feb 1991
PFC Roger E. Valentine A Battery, 3rd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery 2 Mar 1991
PFC David M. Wieczorek C Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry 2 Mar 1991
SGT Scott L. Wittenburg D Company, 27th Main Support Battalion 27 Feb 1991
SFC Harold P. Witzke, III HHC, 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor 26 Feb 1991

"The loss of these gallant warriors tears at our hearts; yet we can all take great pride in their valiant stand against injustice and tyranny.  Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of these true American heroes."  General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, U.S. Army Retired