OCTOBER 3-4, '93
Mogadishu, HOA
(basically, (1) day.
OPERATION GOTHIC SERPENT.
Take a moment friends, hoist your beverage in salute
Some were dear Friends, All were BROTHERS IN ARMS, ALL ARE HERO’S!
GOD bless you WARRIORS I am so PROUD OF YOU AND YOUR SERVICE.
'Especially Randy and Gary, I MISS YOU TWO.
| Name | Action | Medal(s) Awarded (Posthumously) |
|---|---|---|
| Operators of the 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta | ||
| MSG Gary Ivan Gordon | Killed defending Super Six-Four 's crew | Medal of Honor, Purple Heart[128] |
| SFC Randy Shughart | Killed defending Super Six-Four 's crew | Medal of Honor, Purple Heart[128] |
| SSG Daniel Darrell Busch | Sniper on crashed UH-60 Helicopter Super Six-One, mortally wounded defending the downed crew | Silver Star, Purple Heart[194] |
| SFC Earl Robert Fillmore, Jr. | Killed moving to the first crash site | Silver Star, Purple Heart[195] |
| MSG Timothy Lynn Martin | Mortally wounded by an RPG on the Lost Convoy, died while en route to a field hospital in Germany | Silver Star, Purple Heart[196] |
| SFC Matthew Loren Rierson | Killed by stray mortar shell that landed near him 6 October, two days after the initial raid | Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart[197] |
| Soldiers of the 3rd Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment | ||
| CPL James “Jamie” E. Smith | Killed around crash site one | Bronze Star Medal with Valor Device and Oak leaf cluster, |
| Purple Heart[198][199] | ||
| SPC James M. Cavaco | Killed on the Lost Convoy | Bronze Star with Valor Device, Purple Heart[200] |
| SGT James Casey Joyce | Killed on the Lost Convoy | Bronze Star with Valor Device, Purple Heart[200] |
| CPL Richard “Alphabet” W. Kowalewski, Jr. | Killed on the Lost Convoy by an RPG | Bronze Star with Valor Device, Purple Heart[201] |
| SGT Dominick M. Pilla | Killed on Struecker’s convoy | Bronze Star with Valor Device, Purple Heart[201] |
| SGT Lorenzo M. Ruiz | Mortally wounded on the Lost Convoy, died en route to a field hospital in Germany | Bronze Star with Valor Device, Purple Heart[201] |
| Pilots and Crew of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment | ||
| SSG William “Wild Bill” David Cleveland, Jr. | Crew chief on Super Six-Four, killed | Silver Star, |
| Bronze Star, | ||
| Air Medal with Valor Device, Purple Heart[202] | ||
| SSG Thomas “Tommie” J. Field | Crew chief on Super Six-Four, killed | Silver Star, |
| Bronze Star, | ||
| Air Medal with Valor Device, Purple Heart | ||
| CW4 Raymond “Ironman” Alex Frank | Super Six-Four 's copilot, killed | Silver Star, |
| Air Medal with Valor Device, Purple Heart[203] | ||
| CW3 Clifton “Elvis” P. Wolcott | Super Six-One 's pilot, died in crash | Distinguished Flying Cross, |
| Bronze Star, | ||
| Air Medal with Valor Device, Purple Heart[202] | ||
| CW3 Donovan “Bull” Lee Briley | Super Six-One 's copilot, died in crash | Distinguished Flying Cross, |
| Bronze Star, | ||
| Air Medal with Valor Device, Purple Heart[204] | ||
| Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division | ||
| SGT Cornell Lemont Houston, Sr. | ||
| 1st Platoon, C Company, 41st Engr BN | Member of the “Lost Platoon”. Wounded by shrapnel from an RPG whilst recovering a severely wounded Malaysian soldier on the rescue convoy.[205] Also shot in the leg and chest.[206] Died of wounds at Landstuhl Army Regional Medical Center.[207] | Bronze Star with Valor Device, |
| de Fleury Medal, Purple Heart[208] | ||
| PFC James Henry Martin, Jr. | Member of 2nd Squad, 2nd Platoon, Company A.[209] Killed on the rescue convoy by a bullet to the head.[206] | Purple Heart[210] |
