Roy Benavidez Memorial
Photo Albums
 

Michael Craig - Killed in action, May 2, 1968, Cambodia. Photo: RPB.Larry Sims McKibben, killed in action, May 2, 1968, Cambodia, while attempting extraction of trapped recon team and Roy Bneavidez. Commemorative Coin - USNS Benavidez Commissioning. Photo: 240th AHC.Lloyd Mousseau, killed in action, May 2, 1968, Cambodia. Died with Roy Benavidez at his side as the medevac helo landed in Saigon after escaping from Cambodia.Leroy Wright and his two sons. Wright was killed in action when his 12 man reconnaisance team was landed in a clearing controlled by a regiment of North Vietnamese Army regulars. At first Wright skillfully avoided the enemy and was attempting to complete his mission but at last the enemy located his position and began to surround him. During the ensuing battle Wright rolled himself onto a hand grenade to shield his teammates from its blast. Although he was mortally wounded, he survived the blast and continued to fight, firing a rifle from his exposed position for a time before being killed by enemy fire. He received the Distinguished Service Cross posthoumously. Photo: RPB.Roger Waggie successfully extracted the survivors of Leroy Wright's recon team, survivors of Larry McKibben's crew, and Roy Benavidez. Unfortunately Waggie died of possible service related illness in 1998 before learning that he was at last to receive the Silver Star for his part in the May 2, 1968 action. Photo: RPB. General William Westmoreland congratulates MSG Roy Benavidez on receiving the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC). The award was subsequently upgraded to the MOH. Photo: RPB.
Official photo of Master Sergeant Roy P. Benavidez, US Army Special Forces, Medal of Honor recipient. Benavidez is credited with the rescue of eight men trapped in the midst of an overwelming enemy force. Photo: US Govt.Roy Benavidez(right) and Brian O'Connor. O'Connor was the only American member of Wright's team to survive. He was critically wounded and medically retired from the service. He only learned that Benavidez had survived his wounds many years later. O'Connor's ten page account of the action confirmed the reports of other witnesses and resulted in the award of the MOH to Benavidez in 198. Photo: RPB.USNS Hope. First in the Hope Class of roll-on/roll-off transport ships of which the new USNS Benavidez is a member. Photo: Northrup Grumman.Governor Rick Perry presents the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor posthumously to Roy Benavidez represented at the ceremony by his widow Hilaria who is pictured here receiving the medal before a joint session of the Texas Legislature in Austin, Tx. MABS photo.2002 - Benavidez's Legacy. Retired Sergeant Major Benito Guerrero salutes the memory of Roy Bneavidez as he assists in the presentation of an official replica Medal of Honor to the San Antonio elementary school named in Roy's memory. MABS photo.

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View the Main Photo Albums by clicking on the links below:

The christening of the USNS Benavidez, New Orleans, 2001
 Texas Legislative Medal of Honor Ceremony, Austin, 2001
 Benavidez Elementary School Dedication, San Antonio, 2002
240th Assault Helicopter Co. Photo Album, Vietnam/Cambodia, 1967
 Casting 1st bronze Roy Benavidez statue, Dallas/Arlington, TX 2001

 
 

                          


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