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Re: Seeking records on BANDIDO CHARLIE & Purple Heart
1 person found this helpfulRocky,
If you were evacuated for wounds I would check the General Orders issued by the HQ 3rd Surgical Hospital (Mobile Army). You may have been issued purple heart within their General Orders. Also have you requested your Military records. You probably also have the CIB that you were issued as well.
V/r
Elliot Schneider
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Re: Seeking records on BANDIDO CHARLIE & Purple Heart
Rebecca Collier
Nov 5, 2019 1:21 PM
2 people found this helpfulDear Mr. Susshine,
Thank you for posting your request on History Hub!
We searched the National Archives Catalog and located a series titled Infantry Unit Records, 1965 - ca. 1973 in the Records of the U.S. Forces in Southeast Asia (Record Group 472) that includes daily journals, after action reports, situation reports, command reports, operation planning files, and general records of the 1st/16th Infantry. We were unable to locate information about how the name Bandido was attached to Company C.
We also located General Orders, 1965 - 1965 of the 1st Infantry Division, also in Record Group 472, that may include your Purple Heart citation. Unfortunately, the series is arranged by general order number and a name index to the approximately 85,500 pages of general orders is not available.
The staff of the National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference (RDT2) will be pleased to make the finding aids to these records available to you or your representative in the Textual Research Room located 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, near the University of Maryland--College Park campus. The Textual Research Room (Room 2000) hours are 8:45 a.m. to 5:45 p.m., Monday through Friday, except legal holidays. The RDT2 consultation room hours are 8:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except legal holidays. No appointment is necessary. Prior to your visit, please consult College Park websites at https://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/college-park/, https://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/self-service-copying.html, and https://www.archives.gov/research/start/getting-started.pdf.
For additional information, please review the 16th Infantry Association Regimental History and the Army’s lineage and honors for the 1st/16th Infantry Regiment.
We hope this is helpful. Best of luck with your research!