Doc Sellers in Quang Tri
February 1968
Doc Sellers joined 3rd Recon Battalion in December
of 1967 and was assigned to Delta Company. He moved with the battalion
to Quang Tri during January of 1968.
Doc was a member of Delta Company Reconnaissance
Teams HUNGARIAN and DALLAS GIRL . He was medevac'd on 5 April
1968 following contact with the NVA on Dong Ma Mountain.
Doc is looking for any remaining members of DALLAS
GIRL and other Corpsmen from 3rd Recon Battalion. He can be contacted
at navsrdoc@aol.com using this automatic
email form.
This gallery contains several pictures taken by Lt.
Bruce Wilson, E Company who led a four man patrol up to the site to try
and locate Lt. Don Matocha' remains.
These pictures were taken on an overflight prior
to the recovery attempt. Lt. Wilson's patrol was ambushed on approaching
the site and they took several casualties and were forced to withdraw.
Bruce Wilson will be writing more on this patrol later on.
Some pictures from Doc's collection are below
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1 Picture of Doc Sellers at Quang Tri
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2 Same picture but with larger view
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3 Doc Sellers dressed like a sailor (not a Marine corpsman)
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4 Field Medical School at Camp Pendleton emblem
the
plaque Delta Company plaque, wood carving commissioned by Doc
Sellers in Quang Tri
larger
version of the plaque
