Some sobering combined statistics from the unit include 4,955 killed in action, 16 missing in action and 15 prisoners of war. ... “Let us never forget the Americal Division, ...

A monument placed at Rock Island National Cemetery to honor the 23rd Infantry Division, known as the Americal Division, will be dedicated during a ceremony at 10 a.m. Wednesday.

McCloughan, a medic and a Vietnam veteran, was one of 89 Soldiers in Company C, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 196th Infantry Brigade, Americal Division who fought on Nui Yon Hill, near ...