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The Ranger mission had been an expensive success - the presence of a large body
of VC/NVA and base camp facilities had been confirmed. Over the next five days,
Companies A, B, and C, 2/27th Inf, and Companies A and B, 2/22nd Inf, conducted
operations against a well-equipped, trained, and entrenched enemy, ultimately
forcing them from the area while destroying the base camp facilities, capturing
large quantities of supplies and weapons, and killing at least 101 VC/NVA soldiers.
The enemy forces involved were the 2nd and 3rd Battalions, 271st VC/NVA
Regiment.

Eleven U.S. troops were killed in the action and 35 wounded (18 treated and
released to duty). The difficulty of the fighting was reflected in the awards granted
to the men involved:

x 4 Distinguished Service Cross recommendations;
x 22 Silver Stars;
x 6 Distinguished Flying Crosses;
x 84 Bronze Stars; and
x 51 Army Commendation Medals.

Of the seriously wounded soldiers, one died of wounds received - Sergeant Donald
W. Tinney.

The twelve men who died as a result of the Renegade Woods operations were:

x 2nd Bn, 27th Inf Rgt
o CPL Dwight H. Ball, Sardis, OH, A Company (KIA 04/03/1970)
o SGT John J. Lyons, Yonkers, NY, B Company
o SSG William T. Smith, Marshfield, WI, B Company
o SGT Mickey E. Griffith, San Gabriel, CA, C Company
o SSG Melvyn H. Kalili, Hauula, HI, C Company
o 1LT Ronald V. Kolb, Washington, DC, C Company
o SGT John E. Rarrick, Beaver Dams, NY, C Company (Dist Svc Cross)
o CPL Severiano Rios, Oak Creek, WI, C Company
x F Co, 75th Inf Rgt
o SFC Alvin W. Floyd, Augusta, GA, (Dist Svc Cross)
o SSG Michael F. Thomas, Louisville, KY
o SGT Donald W. Tinney, New York, NY (DoW 04/14/1970)
x B Btry, 2nd Bn, 77th Arty Rgt
o 2LT Orville E. Kitchen, Dayton, OH
o

Sergeant Donald Tinney also is remembered by his brothers from
Fox Company, 75th Infantry

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