Kenneth C. Risley Collection (1713) Finding Aid
Collection Item Number: 17130000000
- Collection
- Kenneth C. Risley Collection
- Association
- Pleiku-Ia Drang Veterans
- Title
- Finding Aid
- Linear Feet
- 0.1
- Pages
- 1
- Language(s)
- English
- Dates
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Creation: 06 January 2006
Scope and Contents
List of members and statements from Kenneth Risley's Mortar Squad and Platoon from Company D, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Air Cavalry Division from 15 November 1965. The collection also contains a diagram of the fire mission used by Risley in support of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry on the morning of 16 November 1965.Biographical / Historical
Sergeant Kenneth C. Risley was the third mortar gunner for Company D, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry during the Ia Drang campaign of November 1965.- 1
- Oral History
OH0467 Interview with Kenneth Charles Risley
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- Box 1: [Barcode: 1] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D059.3 ]]
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List of members of Mortar Platoon of Company D, Second Battalion, Fifth Cavalry, First Air Cavalry Division in November 1965
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Statement signed by Kenneth Risley stating he was a member of Mortar Platoon of Company D, Second Battalion, Fifth Cavalry, First Air Cavalry Division in November 1965
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Statement establighing eligibility for participation in Ia Drang Scholarship Fund of descents of Mortar Platoon of Company D, Second Battalion, Fifth Cavalry, First Air Cavalry Division in November 1965
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Diagram of fire mission used by #3 Mortar Gunner on the morning of November 16, 1965
- Perma Link
- https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=17130000000
- Citation
- Kenneth C. Risley Collection (1713) Finding Aid, Kenneth C. Risley Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=17130000000, Accessed 17 Mar 2026.
- Pub Credit Line
- 17130000000, Kenneth C. Risley Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
- Added: 05 Jan 2006 [Updated: 02 Oct 2019]
Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive
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