11^th United States Cavalry - 11^th Armored Cavalry Regiment 

100  Years  of   Service  to  the Nation  

NEWS RELEASE
11  July 2001


NOTABLE PERSONS WHO SERVED IN THE 11^{TH CAVALRY}

ATTENDANCE CONFIRMED

GENERAL THOMAS E. WHITE, ^{USA (Ret) CURRENT SECRETARY OF THE}

ARMY 18 JUNE 2001. EARLY CAREER BEGAN IN VIETNAM WITH THE 11TH

ACR 1968 - 1969. SERVED AS DIRECTOR OF ARMOR/ANTI-TANK SPECIAL

TASK FORCE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF.

FIRST SERGEANT ROSALAIO MONTELONGO, USA (Ret.) - 11TH ACR. 1966-1967, 1968-1969. RECEIVED A TOTAL OF TEN PURPLE HEART MEDALS FOR BEING WOUNDED AS MANY TIMES. MONTELONGO SERVED TWO TOURS WITH THE 11TH ACR IN VIETNAM AND SAW COMBAT IN KOREA AND WWII.

GENERAL DONN STARRY, USA (Ret) - 11TH ACR COMMANDER 1970. HONORARY COLONEL OF THE REGIMENT. LED THE ATTACK INTO CAMBODIA 1970. ARMOR TACTACS CONSULTANT AND HISTORIAN. THE HISTORY CHANNEL. BOOK CREDITS INCLUDE ARMORED COMBAT IN VIETNAM. HE COMMANDED THE ARMOR CENTER AT FORT KNOX, THE U.S. V CORPS IN USAREUR, TRADOC, AND THE U.S. READINESS COMMAND.

MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM W. COBB, USA (Ret) - LED THE 11TH ACR ASHORE IN VIETNAM ON SEPTEMBER 7TH 1966.

MAJOR GENERAL ^{George S. Patton IV, USA (Ret.) - 11TH ACR COMMANDER 1968-1969. SON OF ONE OF OUR MOST FAMOUS NATIONAL MILITARY HEROES. (SON WILL ATTEND)}

GENERAL FREDRICK FRANKS JR, USA (Ret.) - 11TH ACR MAJOR 1970. WAS WOUNDED IN THE CAMBODIAN INCURSION AND LOST THE LOWER PORTION OF HIS LEG. LATER WAS COMMANDER OF ARMORED FORCES IN THE GULF WAR THAT PURSUED AND ENGAGED THE ELITE REPUBLICAN GUARD AS THEY FLED KUWAIT. THIS WAS THE LARGEST ARMORED FORCE EVER UNDER THE COMMAND OF ONE MAN. CO-AUTHORED BOOK WITH TOM CLANCY, “INTO THE STORM”.

LIEUTENANT HAROLD FRITZ - 11TH ACR PLATOON LEADER 1968-1969. AWARDED THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR FOR HIS ACTION IN REPELLING AN AMBUSH BY NORTH VIETNAMESE AGAINST A CONVOY ON 11 JANUARY 1969.

ACTOR RICADO MONTALBAN VISITED HIS SON, MARK, WHO WAS A MEDIC IN VIETNAM IN 1969.

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Attending but did not serve with the 11th US Cavalry.

Sergeant Major of the Army, Jack L. Tilley will also address the veterans.

His medals were recovered from an eBay auction by 11th Cavalry veterans and returned to the family recently.