Albert “Billy” Sonnier of Elton was an infantryman assigned to Lieutenant Colonel Hal Moore’s 450-man force at the Battle of Landing Zone X-Ray in South Vietnam where he later died.

Lt Col Hal Moore, commander of the First Battalion, Seventh Cavalry, is assigned to action in the Drang Valley. Soon, he and his men are cornered in a tiny area by more than 2,000 Viet-Cong, and ...

Albert “Billy” Sonnier of Elton was an infantryman assigned to Lieutenant Colonel Hal Moore’s 450-man force at the Battle of Landing Zone X-Ray in South Vietnam where he later died. His heroism was ...