Welcome to the unofficial homepage for A (Alpha) 1 Company, 1st Battalion, 11th Infantry Regiment of the 1st Brigade of the 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized), APO San Francisco 96477. The primary Area of Operation (AO) was northern I Corps (1CTZ), In Quang Tri Province, from near coastal areas, to the DMZ, and into Laos. This website is dedicated to the soldiers that were assigned or attached to A Company.
The U. S. Army's written designation for A Company is A/1-11. This would be used in official reports and correspondence. A (Alpha) Company as part of the 1st Battalion, 11th Infantry Regiment arrived in Quang Tri Province in July 1968. The last elements of the 5th Infantry Division departed Vietnam in August 1971. The company included; a company commander (CO), executive officer (XO), first sergeant (1SG), platoon leaders, platoon sergeants, squad leaders, riflemen, mortarmen, radiotelephone operators (RTO)
During A Company’s time in Vietnam its members participated in numerous combat operations, principally against units of the North Vietnamese Army (NVA). While every combat operation was important to individual soldiers, some of the operations the company participated in were; Pioneer I (1968), Montana Mauler (1969), York Market (1970), and Dewey Canyon II which evolved into Lam Son 719 (1971) and the last operation before final stand down was Montana Mustang (1971). For a more complete list of combat operat