- SURNAME
Hallberg
- FORENAME
Roger Cobb
- UNIT
5 SF Group (Company A,Det A-302) (Mike Force)
- RANK
Staff Sergeant
- NUMBER
570564464
- DATE OF DEATH
24th March 1967
- AGE
22
- GRAVESITE
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific,Honolulu,Hawaii Courts of the Missing
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Palo Alto,California
born 18.9.1944 Visalia,California
son of Doris Georgeanne (nee Cobb) and stepson of Lewis Arthur Hallberg,Venezuela
husband of Rosnell (nee Hammons) Hallberg (married 1966)
entered service 11.10.1963 Los Angeles,California
WIA/MIA 7 miles east of Bu Dop,Phuoc Long Province,South Vietnam
body not recovered
declared dead 26.3.1975 as Sergeant First Class
awarded Silver Star 2008
Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 17E Line 35
DATE OF DEATH:
24-Mar-1967AWARD:
https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/hallberg-roger-cobb.34292/CITATION:
Silver Star : The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 8, 1918 (amended by act of July 25, 1963), takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Staff Sergeant Roger Cobb Hallberg, United States Army, for gallantry in action against the enemy on 24 March 1967, in the Phuc Luong Province, Republic of Vietnam, while serving with Detachment A-302, Company A, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces. As an advisor to a company of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. While on a mission near the Cambodian border, Staff Sergeant Hallberg took point and led his recon platoon of South Vietnamese soldiers to a nearby tree line where a superior force of two battalions of North Vietnamese soldiers ambushed them. With only a recon platoon armed with small arms, he exposed himself to intense fire from machineguns, mortars and recoilless rifles to initiate an effective response. At least twice, Sergeant Hallberg ran through a maelstrom of fire to relay critical information to his commander. He then fought his way back to rally his platoon and lead a counterattack. By spurning a fusillade of fire which pinned down most of the friendly forces, Sergeant Hallberg was able to create an opening to allow his unit to break contact and survive until they were able to reach a safe landing zone for pickup the next day. Sergeant Hallberg's courage and disregard for his life saved the platoon. The gallantry displayed by Staff Sergeant Hallberg who became missing in action, was in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflects great credit upon himself, the 5th Special Forces Group, and the United States Army.
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