He was a lieutenant of the 173rd Airborne Brigade in the U.S. Army, and served in the Vietnam War.
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Firebase Phoenix was also featured in the National Geographic movie Restrepo focusing on the Second Platoon, B Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team in the Korangal Valley.
On July 4, 2003, soldiers from the United States Army's 173d Airborne Brigade raided a safehouse in the Kurdish-held Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah.