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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!
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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