Larry White’s 5th Special Forces Group (ABN), Project Omega end of tour plaque. The award has two chromes plates that are engraved: DETACHMENT B-50, 5th SPECIAL FORCES GROUP (AIRBORNE), 1ST SPECIAL FORCES, REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM. And the bottom plate read: PRESENTED TO, SSG LARRY M WHITE, FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE RENDERED TO PROJECT OMEGA DURING THE PERIOD 1 NOV 67 – 4 JUNE 68.
Larry M. White served three tours in Vietnam. His first tour was in 1967 with Military Assistance Command Vietnam Studies and Observations Group (MAC V SOG), Forward Operational Base #2 (FOB#2), Recon Company and was later reassigned to 5th Special Forces Group (ABN), Project OMEGA, Recon Company with Recon Team Plane. His second tour was in 1968 with MAC V SOG, Command and Control Central (CCC), Recon Company where he was Wounded In Action (WIA) and medevaced to CONUS. Larry’s third tour was in 1970 with MAC V SOG, CCC, Recon Company, assigned to Recon Team Hawaii and later reassigned to the Launch Site Office as a Covey Rider. The veteran returned to Vietnam several times in 1973-1975 with the Joint Casualty Resolution Center (JCRC) to investigate Target Loss Sites.
Sergeant Major (E-9) White retired from the Army in 1987 after twenty-six years’ service with fifty-two months in Vietnam.