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Former Bear Cat security guard Allen
D. Howard needs help verifying a shrapnel wound but also
wants to meet and share memories. Would particularly like
to find old friend “Tiny.” Any
help appreciated. Contact: Allen D. Howard, 4040 W. Peoria
St., Apt. 2081, Phoenix, AZ 85029.
Seeking John Rodriguez,
Jr., and Jerry Cruz who served with C Btry., 7/15th Arty.
John was at LZ Oasis and was part of a convoy hit by a landmine
on Nov. 16, 1968. He formerly lived at 1257 Sanchez St.,
San Francisco. Jerry also served at LZ Oasis, as well as
Diamondhead, Jenny, Linda, and others. He drove a Jeep for
Cpt. Strasser and may have originally been from N.J. He once
lived in Lorain, Ohio. Contact: Dave Holdorf, 9343 W. Capitol
Dr., Milwaukee, WI 53222; 414-464-2939; hidavo@earthlink.net
Looking for veterans of the 175th Assault
Helicopter Co. who served with me July 1968-69. I was known
as “Big
Ron.” I also served with the 611th Trans. Co. Contact:
Ronnie W. Marple, 252 W. Fairview St., Piedmont, WV 26750;
304-355-2068.
Planning reunion in Sept. of Co. E, 709th Maintenance
Bn. (1966-67) and need help locating Robert Becker, Richard
Moore, John Outland, Lionel Graves, Jerry Witte, Ray Price,
Dean Ayers, Ewens, and the cook from Salina, Kansas. Contact:
Kenneth Bowen, tinman44622@yahoo.com or Dave Diauto, desertdawg911@aol.com
Seeking
friends from USMC boot camp days in Plt. 3117, K Co., 3rd
Bn., Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, Oct. 1971-Jan.
1972. Also would enjoy seeing our platoon graduation book.
Contact: Frank Smith, A-83283, P.O. Box 711, Menard, IL 62259.
Looking for former members of 1 Bn., 83rd Arty. Visit our
website at http: //billtaggs.home.comcast.net
Seeking info
on water purification or air ducts and herbicide exposure
aboard ships serving in coastal waters of RVN. I serviced
ships, now have prostate cancer, and suspect herbicide exposure
is involved, but cannot find data or records on herbicides
in air ducts or water systems of Vietnam Era ships. Contact:
Richard A. Outlaw, 3800 Yates Mill Pond Rd., Raleigh, NC
27606.
Searching for Vincent Dema. We served
together with the 58th Trans. Co., Qui Nhon, 1967-68. Last
info I have: Vincent’s
wife’s name is Sandy and they live in New Brunswick,
N.J. Contact: Joseph Swyston, 60 River St., Apt. 516, Rochester,
NY 14612; 585-581-5604.
Looking for USMC 3/26 (1966-67) veterans
Kenneth J. Muse, Rhinehart (from the 81’s), and Norman
Messier. Also seeking John Grebas, MP & Guard Co., Camp
Lejeune, 1968. John may now be a Pennsylvania state trooper.
Contact: Charlie Carter, 72196 Dogwood Rd., Abita Springs,
LA 70420; 985-640-3166.
Need
help with a PTSD claim. Seeking anybody who served with PB
22 Squadron flying out of Utapau, Thailand, in 1974 and has
knowledge of the Orion aircraft. Particularly seeking anyone
who witnessed crashes or other operations. Contact: Chuck
Warren, 917 W. Markham, Suite A, Little Rock, AR 72201; 501-324-2889.
Seeking anyone who served with C Co.,
1/505, 3rd Bde., 82nd Airborne; B Co., 1/8, 1st Air Cav.,
or O Co., 1/75 Rangers, 1968-70.Particularly seeking Larry “OJ” Venus,
Fred Belt, and Ron Atkinson. Contact: Cliff Servetti, P.O.
Box 31355, San Francisco, CA 94131; 415-519-3187; customengine5@aol.com
Looking
for Sam Smith. We were stationed together at Camp Lejeune
(Montford Point), 1966-67. Last-known info: Sam was a reporter
for a Cleveland newspaper. Contact: Robert U. Lowe, H-33065,
CSP-SAC, C8222, P.O. Box 290066, Represa, CA 95671.
Searching for Eric Frankenfeld (born
April 21, 1953), drafted in Long Beach, Calif. Eric’s
girlfriend at the time was Julie Bixby. Also seeking draftee
James Deemer, whose birthday was Christmas Day. Contact:
L. Campbell Nelson, 4010 E. 8th Ave., Anchorage, AK 99508;
907-333-2866.
Searching
for anyone who served at Dong Ha Airbase, 1966-68. “Remember
Sweet Pea.” Air Force and Marines worked side by side.
My nickname was “Lucky.” Contact: Leon J. Fields,
3128 Richard Ave., N.E., Roanoke, VA 24012; 540-342-6313;
540-312-7782.
Seeking former Marines Paul Scaglione and Maurice
Vorasco. They helped me treat a badly wounded Marine during
a rocket attack at Cam Lo Hill on Feb. 4, 1968. Together
we were able to move the wounded man to safety in nearby
bunkers. I have never forgotten Paul and Maurice and have
tried to find them for years. Contact: Dr. Jon Schiff, 2918
RR 620 N., Apt. 295, Austin, TX 78734.
Looking for Danny Assit. We were together
in the “tent
city” at Ft. Gordon in 1966 or 1967. I was en route
to Germany. Not sure where Danny was headed. Contact: Mark
A. Griffin, 10704 George Grimsley Hwy., Columbia, AL 36319;
gmarka@yahoo.com; 334-696-3400.
Searching for Harold Folk
(Pa.), Emilio Nieto (Texas), Mario Ruialdi (Utah), Dennis
Strehlman (Calif.), all from H&S
Co., 2nd Bn., 3rd Marines, 3rd Mar. Div., 1968. Contact:
Tom Scearcy, 1590 Big Horn Bay Rd., Alexandria, MN 56308;
320-834-3737.
Need help with PTSD claim. Looking for shipmates
from the U.S.S. Washburn (AKA-108) WESPAC cruise, 1967-68.
Contact: James A. Lewis, 3106 Hodges Rd., Kinston, NC 28504;
252-523-0719.
Seeking
John George Johnson (born Dec. 3, 1938), who served with
S3 Sector, Advisory Team 71. On his return home, he was stationed
in Kentucky and visited his mother in Michigan every weekend.
Contact: Doug McLean, ttenis@netspace.net.au
Looking
for anyone who knew Randel Pruett, a cook with Co. B, 168th
Engr. Combat Bn. , Lai Ky Base Camp, 1967-68. Contact: Jimmy
Keas, jdkeas@grnco.net
Searching for former lieutenant
Wayne Shipman. I am the son of Col. Kim Pham, formerly of
the 10th Regiment, 7th Div., Army of the Republic of Viet
Nam. Lt. Shipman was my father’s
adviser in Kien Hoa (Ben Tre) Province, 1968-69. My father
now lives in Atlanta and speaks often of Lt. Shipman’s
courage. I would like to re-connect these two veterans. Contact:
Long Pham, phamlong@bellsouth.net
Seeking Steve Owens, air
traffic controller with the 345th, Can Tho, 1969-70. Contact:
Alex Kutcher, indochine1@verizon.net
Looking
for Ernest Friedel, former electronics technician, Phan Rang
AB. I am a veteran of the Royal Australian Air Force, No.
2 Squadron, based at Phan Rang from Feb. 1969 to Feb. 1970.
I believe Ernest was from Port Arthur, Texas. I have tried
to locate him over the years without success. Contact: Peter
Ruston, rustonfamily@bigpond.com
Want to hear
from anybody who served with B Co., 1st Tank Bn., 1st MARDIV
at Hill 55, 1967-68. Contact: Donald W. Chester, Sr., 329-A
Bayou Blue Rd., Houma, LA 70364; 985-851-6971.
Searching
for anyone who served with D Co., 1st Bn., 1st Inf. Div.
Also anybody who served with or supported the 1st Inf. Div.
mine sweep team. Contact: Charles V. Chapman, Sr., 1232 S.
Mesa St., San Pedro, CA 90731; 424-901-9164.
Seeking
Charles Norman, Ken Sieves, Phil E. Butler, Rector, and others
from 32nd ADA Bde. Also 84th Ord. Bn., Kaiserslautern, Germany.
We all hung out at the Stadtwein and PX Vogelweh, 1960-65.
Contact: Vincent Perrera, 20 South Broadway, Yonkers, NY
10701; 914-841-0183.
Trying to locate anyone who served
in Giessen with the Signal Corps (radio repair), 1961-62.
Contact: Jerry Patterson, 3920 Haynes Rd., Bartlett, TN 38133;
901-372-1661; 901-461-7030.
Searching
for William Sheriff who was with C Co., 864th Engr. Bn.,
Nha Trang, 1966-67. Sheriff’s last-known address
in Macon, Ga. Contact: John “Cap” McKeighan,
334-445-1014.
Seeking information about Richard D. Conklin
(former PFC), died June 15, 1968, and Joseph P. Braun (former
LCPL), died Apr. 28, 1967. Conklin Field in Milford, Conn.,
is named for Richard. Contact: Fred Van Pala, 11 Sperry St.,
Milford, CT 06460; 203-877-3038; fredvp@myway.com
Need help verifying
stressors for VA claim. Trying to find (former E-5) Mulvanie
or anybody else who served in Btry. D, 56th Arty., above
Bien Hoa airport. I did a lot of convoys to the Long Binh
ammo dump and out to the base camps. Contact: Leslie Henry,
1070 State Rd., Manistique, MI 49854; 906-341-8100.
Looking
for Willie J. Ward who was an Army MP, 1969-71. He was at
the Yuma Proving Grounds. We lost touch when I went to RVN.
Ward was from either Bessemer or Selma, Ala. Contact: Ronald
J. Doering, W3026 N. Lake Ln., White Lake, WI 54491.
Seeking
J. Zito (N.J.), J. Edgar, Battaglia (N.Y.), R. Truesdale
(Xenia, Ohio), from RT-29 Radio Telegraph School, San Diego,
1966-67. We all went to Vietnam. Contact: Fred C. Wood, 4184
Altair Course, Liverpool, NY 13090; 315-622-3323.
Anyone out
there who served with HHB, Div. Arty., 1st Cav., 1966-67?
I was the company clerk with Vern Johnson at Camp Radcliff,
An Khe. Contact: Al Litman, 571 Trailside Way, Mesquite,
NV 89027.
Want to contact radar technicians assigned
to Task Forces Pike/Slawson, 3rd Marine Div., 12th Field
Arty., Dong Ha, June 1967-68. Our team repaired the AN/MPQ4A
Counter Mortar/Artillery Radars among the DMZ (Gio Linh,
Con Thien, Camp J.J. Carroll, Khe Sanh, etc.). Contact: Don
Groner, 129 E. 8th St., Benson, AZ 85602; 520-586-9404; dgyg1938@cox.net.
Looking for members
of the band called “Unrep a Go-Go” aboard
U.S.S. Cacapon (AO-52), 1965-67, including Butch Mitchell,
Dalman, and Bertucci. Contact: Louis Pardo, 244 Cascade Rd.,
Warwick, NY 10990; 845-988-0844.
Seeking anyone who was in
the 31st Trans. Sqdrn., Tuy Hoa AB, June-Dec. 1970. Also
anyone who was a mechanic with 483rd Tactical Airlift Wing,
Cam Ranh Bay, Dec. 1970-June 1971. Contact: Michael A. (Murph)
Murphy, bubumurph@cableone.net; 208-227-6399.
Searching for Richard E. Holden (former Sgt,
USAF) from Georgetown, Mass. We were stationed together in
South Dakota, Spain, and Germany, 1966-70. Contact: David
J. Delemme, 220 W. River St., Otsego, MI 49078; 269-692-3169.
Looking for old friends
from USN Recruit Trng. Co. 103, Great Lakes Naval Training
Ctr., April 1957. Contact: Carl D. Barber, 417-588-4383.
Incident verification needed. Does anybody recall
when Clarence W. Bynum attempted suicide by drinking Pine-Sol
while confined to the base stockade at Ft. Polk? Contact:
Clarence W. Bynum, 501 S. Persimmon St., Pine Bluff, AR 71602;
870-489-0205.
Seeking
Randal P. LeBlanc (Baton Rouge) of Co. A, 1st Cav., 2/12.
Dave (“Deadeye”) Bonczyk and Tony (“Mr.
Quick”) Katz have been looking for him for years. Contact:
Dave Bonczyk, 10098 W. 25 Rd., Rapid River, MI 49878; 906-474-9485;
djbonczyk@yahoo.com
Searching for any airman who served with 319th Combat Support
Grp., Bien Thuy, 1967-68. Contact: Dan Lowery, 7498 Hwy.
248 West, Branson, MO 65616; 318-613-5385.
PTSD claim assistance
needed. Seeking Marines who served with me in MAG-12, Chu
Lai, Nov. 1965-April 1966. Contact: John Carvotta, 151 School
St., Groveland, MA 01834; 978-462-8171, ext. 5119; 617-285-4268;
jcarvotta@trsd.net
Looking for anyone
who served with me on Advisory Team #73 in Chuong Thien Province,
IV Corps, in early 1970, particularly members of the MAT
Team I was assigned to in My Long. The C.O. was Major Lewis,
and I worked with Sgt. Kelsey and a 2nd Lt. possibly named
Nesbit. I was replaced by Sgt. Walker who was killed two
weeks after I left. Contact: Joseph Leavens, 500 Mermaid
Ave., Beachwood, NJ 08722; 732-344-3072.
Seeking friends from Co. E, 709th Maintenance Bn., 1966-67,
including Jerry Witte, Robert Becker, Johnny Outland, Richard
Moore, Tom Ewers, Ray Price, and the cook from Salina, Kansas.
Contact: Kenny Bowen, 913-426-0290; tinman44622@yahoo.com
Would
love to hear from old friends I served with in K Co., 3rd
Bn., 7th Marines, up to Oct. 15, 1965, then G Co., 2nd Bn.,
4th Marines, Oct. 16, 1965-Mar. 17, 1966. Contact: Meril
Johnson, 505-313-4796; jmeril@yahoo.com
Looking for Edward
Shuster (San Luis Obispo), electronics technician (navigation)
and Robert Brown (Florida), air wing, U.S.S. Constellation
(CVA-64), 1965-67; Dewey A. Niconish (Neopit, Wisc.), U.S.S.
Oriskany (CVA-43), 1965-67. Contact: Tim Duble, Sr., 268
Main St., Leetonia, OH 44431; 330-717-3669.
Affidavit
needed for VA Agent Orange-related cancer claim from anyone
who might recall leaving the U.S.S. Cleveland (LPD-7) with
me in Da Nang, April 23, 1971. I was assigned to working
parties bringing the Marines on board for the trip to Okinawa.
Was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
last year but claim is pending. Contact: Pete Flannery, 920-650-6606;
fortflan@yahoo.com
Trying to locate anyone attached to P.B.R.
Mobile Base #1, Tan My, May 1970-April 1971. Looking for
a shoulder patch from this unit. Contact: Joe Coullard, jcoullard@edisonsault.com
Need
help with a DIC claim on behalf of my late husband Jerry
Oakley. Want to locate veterans who served with him. He was
in the 3rd Mtn. Bn., Para 7 AR 635, March 1962-March 1965,
but I need more confirmation of dates and places of service
for a DIC claim. Contact: Lucy Oakley, lucyoakley513@aol.com
Searching
for members of the 328th Army Band, transfered to Ft. Wolters
in Oct. 1966 from Brooklyn Army Terminal. I played the tuba.
Names I remember: Robert McElwee (trumpet), Ken Vanzanbergen,
Fred Schuller, Frank Chirellc, Risenhour, Schneider, Keiser,
Skillern, Matos, Shank. Contact: Eddie Carpenter, eddie0623@gmail.com.
I am a Vietnamese veteran
who was wounded in action and treated at the 95th Evac. Hospital,
Da Nang, Oct. 1972. I was treated very well by Dr. James
Greenberg, home state Wisconsin, duty tour in RVN, 1972-73.
Want to reconnect. Contact: Do Minh Duc, mustang1983@gmail.com
Trying to locate anyone who served
with my brother Robert A. Burzynski, AKA “Bob” or “Ski,” with
3rd Bn., 1st Marines, 1st MARDIV in the following units:
Mike Co., 3rd Plt.; Kilo Co., 2nd Plt., and H&S Co.,
1966. Bob participated in Operations Double Eagle (Phases
1 and 2), Utah, Texas, Hot Springs, Wyoming, Kansas, Liberty,
Buck, and Teton. He was wounded on Sept. 5, 1966, in the
Da Nang area. Bob passed away on March 14, 1984. Gathering
information for his children and grandchildren. Contact:
Larry Burzynski, 609-641-4107; poppop0304@hotmail.com
Seeking
anybody who served with Bill Lamberson, Marine rifleman with
1st FSR/FLC, Da Nang, 1968-1969. He may have been a graves
registration specialist. Contact: Joe T. Reams, 770-998-1876;
tedreams@hotmail.com
Searching for John Koontz, whose life
was saved by platoon-mate Robert David Biggerstaff. Koontz
lost a leg, was very tall, and was originally from Indiana
or Illinois. Both men were part of 5th Special Forces based
in Tan Son Nhut, 1967-68. Contact: Britni Podskarby, britnipodskarby@yahoo.com
Looking
for anyone who was in the 62nd SAG, Chu Lai, 1970-71. Or
anyone stationed near the 62nd Signal Co. in Chu Lai. I recall
Harvey Avery, Kiko and Gray (whom we called “Stump”).
I worked in the motor pool, was in charge of the PLL Dept.,
and went on a lot of trips to Da Nang with 37th Signal Bn.
Need to get in touch with the past. Contact: Bob Dietenhofer,
dorisandbob@verizon.net
Need help with a VA claim. Seeking
anyone who served with me in C/1/12, 3rd MARDIV and remembers
the friendly fire incident in July or August 1968. I was
on Gun 5. The crew chief was Sgt. Garcia and the corpsman
who helped me was nicknamed “Red” or “Carrot
Top.” Contact:
Happy Dyer, 706-322-8123; dyerhappy@bellsouth.net
I want to
learn more about Patrick A. Deck, whose name is on The Wall.
Would like to find out if we are related. Deck was a Lt.
from Chevy Chase, Md., born March 1, 1941, and died February
1977. I also want to say thank you to all veterans for everything
you have done for us. Contact: Jenny (Deck) Holford, JennyHolford73@MSN.COM
Looking for the family of
Christopher O’Sullivan, who
was an adviser to a Vietnamese Ranger Bn. and was killed
May 30, 1965. The flagpole at Immaculate Conception Church
in Astoria, Queens, is named in his honor. The area around
the flagpole is about to be refurbished, and we would like
to contact the family. Unfortunately, they left Astoria several
years ago. Contact: Mario Massa, 20-71 33rd St., Astoria,
NY 11105; 917-673-2805.
Looking for Guillermo Federico Reyes
who left our school in Guatemala City in the late 1960s,
and came to America where he joined the Army and served in
Vietnam. Contact: Dora Velazquez-Asturias, doraeuveas@yahoo.com
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