Red Warriors Home Page

This website was developed to preserve the history of Task Force Warrior’s Vietnam service. (The Task Force was composed of members of the 1/12 Infantry (Red Warriors); B Battery, 4/42^nd Artillery (Straight Arrows); and 1^st Platoon, B Company, 4^th Engineers.) Our key goals are to develop comprehensive company manning rosters that are searchable, accurate casualty reports, and a day-to-day history of Task Force Warrior’s activities. You can help us achieve these goals by sharing additional names or missing information. We hope that veterans’ recollections of activities on a given day or during a particular operation will help fill in gaps in the War Diary.

We also invite veterans and their families to use our website to reach out to each other. We have some contact information for former members of the Task Force, but have not made it public. If you would like to reach a specific man, please contact Roger Hill, Association Historian, and he will forward your message, if possible.

We suggest that you begin your journey through the website by starting in the "Roster" folder, finding your own name and checking to see if everything we have listed for you is correct. (Instructions on how to have problems fixed are at the bottom of your page). After that you might want to look under the years indicated in the “War Diary” folder for your tour of duty. If you find that something is missing or is incorrect, please let Roger Hill, Battalion historian, know. For those who are looking for information about the men who made the ultimate sacrifice, we have the Task Force losses broken down by company in the “Casualty Reports” folder.

Use the “Roster” search engine to see if your buddies are included, and let us know of any updates or corrections needed. We have added a "Deceased" (Advance Party) page to recognize those who, after the war, are no longer with us. Please also sign our Guest Book as you pass our way, and use it for searching for Red Warrior buddies.

Our next reunion is scheduled for September 2010, so please visit the News page for the latest Red Warrior Events and stories of interest, past and present. And don't forget to check out the “PX” folder. New items will be added periodically as they become available.

We are now a formal association with a President, Treasurer, Secretary and webmaster. They are all volunteers.. We have an Association meeting at each reunion and keep minutes. Every man who served in our battalion task force in Vietnam has automatic lifetime Association membership with no dues. We have only one bylaw, and that is to live as long as possible. We also urge all Task Force members to join the 4^th Infantry Division Association (see the “Links” folder).

Automated rosters have not been updated since October 2009. Moving forward, we hope to be able to update it at least twice a year. The "News" page updates frequently, so check it often. Thank you for your patience.

If you are not the veteran or next of kin, you must also complete the Standard Form 180 (SF 180).