Doc Doyle as KIA by a single GSW on a very bad day for 1/3. He left a wife and child, Sherry Ann and Gregory. His last resting place is not known at this writing.

HILL 110, 4 KM NORTH OF QUE SON 19670510
Bravo Company, 1/3 Marines, lost 12 men in extremely heavy fighting at Hill 110, just north of Que Son, on 10 May 1967. The Marines traditionally hold very high standards for awards for valor in combat, but on this day there was one posthumous Navy Cross and four posthumous Silver Stars:
SSgt Elpidio A. Arquero, Honolulu, HI (Navy Cross)
Sgt Dannie D. Jacobs, Luray, TN
Cpl Sterling S. Woods, Virginia Beach, VA (Silver Star)
Pfc Allan F. Berweger, Ashland, WI
Pfc Thomas L. Foy, Coolidge, GA (Silver Star)
Pfc Randall R. Grueber, Nelson, NE
Pfc Brian C. Hewitt, Mayo, FL
Pfc Kenneth W. McGee, Detroit, MI
Pfc Russell P. Miller, South Bend, IN (Silver Star)
Pfc Donald A. Pittenger, Los Angeles, CA
Pfc James C. Riley, Pleasant Hill, CA (Silver Star)
HN Steven D. Chambers, Fresno, CA
There were a total of 30 Marines and sailors killed in the action at Hill 110 - the 12 named above, 9 from other BLT 1/3 units, eight from the 1/5 Marines, and one Forward Observer from A Battery, 1/12 Marines. The enemy lost 181 confirmed dead, 136 probably killed, and 66 taken prisoner.

There is some confusion with respect to the operation name. To Battalion Landing Team 1/3 it was "Operation Beaver Cage", but that name applied only to 1/3's contribution to the larger "Operation Union" during the period 02-12 May 1967.

Union (Beaver Cage) lasted 27 days of almost constant and fierce fighting in the Que Son Valley, the VC/NVA breadbasket where they had reined unmolested since the start of the war. The cost would be high with Marines and Corpsman suffering 110 KIA and 473 WIA over that 27 days. They killed 865 enemy of which 486 were NVA 2nd Division. Many historians believe that the 2nd Division was slated to attack Danang during Tet (making it another Hue) but was instead decimated in the Que Son Valley during Union and Union II in May and June.

Chambers, Steven Doyle, HN