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A VVA STAFF REPORT

Send your Locator and Reunion notices to Locator, The VVA Veteran, 8719 Colesville Road, Suite 100, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Alternately, send an email to veteranlocator@gmail.com or mkeating@vva.org. The Locator and Reunion services are provided without charge.

Looking for anyone who served in or attended Third U.S. Army Soldier Shows in 1962-74. Contact: Mark Keillor, 812-528-4238; markkeillor@inter-mission.us or markkeillor@hotmail.com

Searching for information about my father’s service in Vietnam. He served in 1970-71 and spent time in or near Tay Ninh and Phu Loi. I have his field bag, which is marked 23rd Arty. I also have a Time Life book in which my father is pictured. The photo caption reads: “To raise morale at FSB Wood after a fierce firefight in April 1970, the 1st Air Cav commander has sent in the division band, along with hot food, beer and soda, and newspapers and mail.” Contact: Ed Sims, edwardsims9@sbcglobal.net

Trying to locate Walter M. “Butch” Ermel, Jr., and Charles O. Reid, two veterans from New Jersey whom I wrote to in 1966-67. Contact: Brenda Neff, blndln@comcast.net

Trying to find any members of the original 61st Aviation who went from Ft. Bragg to Vietnam. The 61st replaced the 1st Aviation in Vung Tau. I was with the first group to arrive. Contact: James E. Thompson, 801-773-4409; jetnjean@comcast.net

Looking for anyone who served with my brother, William Riesenberg, in 354th Tactical Fighter Wing, Korat Royal Thai AFB, October 1972-April 1973. Contact: Jim Riesenberg, 34 Marshner St., Plymouth, WI 53073-1121; jriesenberg@wi.rr.com

Looking for Frederick G. Richards. I have his dog tag and would like to return it to him or his family. The tag reads: “Richards; Frederick G; T67 A Pos; Presbyterian.” Contact: Colin Jones, 4 Mallard a Close, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, ST14 8TZ, England; 00444-1889-567179; colinj@talktalk.net  

Looking for SF1 Robert Foster and SF2 James “Hardtime” Hardin, who served aboard U.S.S. Hector (AR-7), 1966-69. Contact: Norris Long, 304-799-6447; hdbassman46@yahoo.com

Looking for the family of William R. Curry, whom I was with when he died in Pleiku on July 6, 1968. We served in the 243rd Field Service Co., but Curry was assigned to the 4th Inf. Div. Curry was either from Columbia, Tenn., or Columbia, Ky. Contact: Ricardo C. Camacho, P.O. Box 21204 GMF, Barrigada, GU 96921-1204; 671-632-7216.

Disabled veteran seeks analog watches (dial, not digital) and some digital watches. Teaching myself watch repair. Will accept non-working watches, watches with missing or broken bands, or watches with broken crystals. Contact: Jeff Moore, 612-718-3752; or Brad Moore, 612-724-3990.

Trying to contact Michael Thomas, who served in Vietnam in 1966-72. Contact: Thomas B. Finnegan, 2458 York Rd., Pennsauken, NJ 08190; T110940@aol.com

Seeking anyone who served with my late cousin, 1st Lt. Robert Bruce Maddox, in Co. C, 2nd Bn. (Airmobile), 7th Cav.. He was a field artillery officer serving as a forward observer, and was directing aerial rocket artillery while engaged with a large enemy force in Bien Hoa on February 11, 1969, when he was killed by enemy small arms fire. Contact: William Maddox #152221, Crossroads Corr. Ctr., 1115 E. Pence Rd., Cameron, MO 64429-8804. 

Looking for John Egan, who is believed to be a Vietnam veteran. Contact: Sheryl Balls, Sheryl.Balls@suffolk.pnn.police.uk

Trying to locate anyone who served with me in 18th Bn., 176th MPs, C Co., Saigon, March 1971-April 1972. I’d like to organize a reunion. Contact: Henry Young, 6518 Eberle Dr., Apt. 303, Baltimore, MD 21215.

Trying to locate Green Berets Coon and Snow, who were at Ft. Gordon, Ga., summer 1967. Contact: JDEEMARGE@aol.com

Looking for Nathaniel Williams, an African American from Philadelphia who served with the Army in Vietnam sometime around 1967. I believe he was born in 1942. Contact: Nathaniel Washington, 267-506-0736.

Trying to locate members of USN K9 Corps, Da Nang and Cam Ranh Bay. Contact: Harry Peterson, Navy Unit Director, Vietnam Dog Handler Association, 3289 Grant Rd., Ridgway, PA 15853; usnk9brandy@yahoo.com

Looking for two Vietnam veterans who worked for my dad at the Tampa Air Center fueling airplanes in 1981-82. One drove a ’79 gold Trans Am and took me to see Star Trek when I was nine. He will know the name of his coworker who changed my life. I have never forgotten what he did the night of the Christmas party with the help of “Uncle Jack.” I would like to have my turn to say, “Welcome Home.” Contact: Jeff Houghton, vtdeucedriver@yahoo.com

Looking for Maj. John Albert Noble, who served with 1st Inf. Div. and MAC-V Advisory Team 42, Binh Dinh Province, 1972-73. I was friends with Noble during that time, when I was a Vietnamese military interpreter. Contact: Nguyen Thanh Nhon, nhon-nguyen1951@yahoo.com.vn or Lung Kn, 602-617-9267. 

Searching for members of 577th Engineer Bn., Vietnam, May 1966-December 1972. Contact: Jim Stevens, 704-363-5358; jrs562@aol.com

Red Hat Capt. Bob Webb is looking for an A-1 pilot who used the call sign Elgin 89 on June 30, 1965, during action near Cheo Reo, Phu Bon Province, II Corps. Red Marker FAC Capt. Paul Windle had been shot down and killed. The Vietnamese Airborne and their Red Hat advisors were surrounded in an ambush without an FAC. An A-1 came up on the Red Hat’s FM frequency, identified himself as Elgin 89, and asked if they would like him to act as an FAC until they got a replacement. Elgin 89 controlled strikes from USAF, VNAF, Navy, and Marine aircraft until the VC withdrew. Webb would like to thank Elgin 89. Contact: Gary Willis, aircommando1@earthlink.net Gene Adcock, gene.adcock@embarqmail.com or Tom Lasser, lassertom@aol.com

Trying to locate William C. McCallum, who served with me aboard U.S.S. Pickaway (APA-222), Vietnam, mid-1965-October 1966. He was the ship’s dentist, and I was his dental assistant. Contact: Ronald Lenis Oleson, 6520 Osceola St., Arvada, CO 80003; 720-884-6141; fjohoch@comcast.net

Seeking former A3C Jack A. Custer, who switched classes with me in Air Force tech school at Keesler AFB on August 15, 1966. Jack went on to be AFSC 30134, and I took his AFSC 30454. Contact: Ted Engelmann, ted_engelmann@yahoo.com

Looking for Frank White, who was with James Prommersberger when he was killed in Vietnam in 1966. Contact: Dennis Bernard, 843-768-9077.

Seeking anyone who served with 336th Aviation Co., Soc Trang, November 1968-March 1970. Contact: James Lee Johnson, 2766 Kinsman Rd. NE, N. Bloomfield, OH 44450; 330-240-3518.

Trying to locate Jane, who was with me at 501st Transportation Co. outside of K-Town in Germany, May 1972. Contact: Bill Mansfield, 2-North-33 / C-45134, San Quentin, CA 94974. 

Searching for retired USAF Staff Sgt. Murray (from Ga.), my supervisor at the DOD School Warehouse at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, 1970-71. Contact: LeRoy Fryer J-14620, A2-101L, 480 Alta Rd., R.J. Donovan CSP, San Diego, CA 92179.

Trying to find SP4 Joseph Galetto (from N.J.),  PFC Robert Withrow (Tenn.), or anyone else who served with 577th Engineer Bn., C Co., 3rd Plt., Artillery Fire Base Apollo, Xi Linh, Tuyen Duc Province. Also looking for Capt. Willingham, SFC Cowan, SSgt. Humphries (from Pa.), or anyone else who served with MACV, Dan Pao, Tuyen Duc Province. Contact: Glen A. Peiffer, Whispering Pines Boarding House, 625 Little Marsh Creek Rd., Bellefonte, PA 16823-4024. 

Looking for Dillenburg, Montgomery, Daly, Moore, Garcia, Pankow, and any other members of 2nd Plt., 11th Engineers who served with 2/5, An Hoa to Hue, 1967-68. Contact: Gary Lamouria, garylamouria@yahoo.com

Looking for Robert Diehl, who was shot in the kidney by a sniper in Vietnam in the late 1960s. I knew his father at Kirknewton AFB, Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1958-61, when he was a Major. I believe Robert was born in 1947. Contact: James L. Secor, hellecchino@inbox.com 

Trying to locate Jimmy Hensley from Ohio, whom I served with at Lowry AFB, 1971-72. Contact: Mark Borman, 435-817-0029.

Looking for a man I saw at the makeshift hospital at Camp Eagle. I was there with a cut hand, and he was brought in off a chopper with a stomach wound. After they looked him over in the hospital, he was put back in the chopper and flown away. I have always wondered if he made it. I served with 82nd Airborne. Contact: Keith Caudle, 23505 Red Oak Dr., Lebanon, MO 65536; 417-588-1161.

Looking for my uncle, David E. Rhodes, who was a tunnel rat in Vietnam. Contact: Rick Bruhn, 509-455-3310 (work); 509-994-3147 (cell); Rick.Bruhn@tsa.dhs.gov

Seeking anyone who served with me in the transportation trucking unit in Chu Lai, 1967-68. We worked at the MAG-13 Air Field in the cargo section. Contact: Robert J. Johnson, 488 Tegarden Rd., Apt. 214, Gulfport, MS 39507; 228-383-6393. 

Looking for anyone who served in Vietnam with Project Counter out of Ft. Lee in 1967, especially those who went over on the advanced flight out of Langley AFB in a camouflaged C-130 with stops in Hawaii, Wake Island, and Clark AFB. Contact: Gary Gantt, P.O. Box 26813, Winston-Salem, NC 27114; 336-425-5931.

Would like to hear from anyone who served with me in 88th Supply Bn., 4th Div., Pleiku/Kontum, 1969. Contact: Holmes Stoner, Jr., 0979-921-031 (mobile); 84-4-627-68-468 (office); hhstoner@gmail.com

Looking for anyone who served with my brother, Jack Ingram, in Charlie Co., 1/8, 1st Air Cav., December 1967-April 1969. He left the field in November 1968 and transferred to Tuy Hoa. Contact: Ron Ingram, Ron.Ingram@colfaxfluidhandling.com

Looking for my son, William Kölbl, who served as a Navy engineer aboard a ship that went from Florida to Charleston, S.C. His birthday is December 21, 1961. I last saw him in 1982 or 1983 when I was living in Fairmont Heights, Md. Contact: Heidemarie A. Plater, 301-562-7930.  

Seeking information about a helicopter crash. In July 1968 a chopper was attempting to take off from an LZ pad on Hill 54. It was loaded with troops, and the tail section became tangled in como wire. The chopper crashed on a 155 gun section of A Btry., 3rd How., 16th Arty. Several men were killed and wounded. Contact: Jack Hobson, rhobson@columbus.rr.com

Looking for 2nd Lt. James Mullenix (unsure of spelling; might be Minick or Muench), who was stationed with the Army at Ft. Lewis, Wash., 1968-69, before he was deployed to Vietnam. He knew Patricia A. Roberson, who worked at the base PX. Contact: George Toriello, gtoriello1@verizon.net

Searching for anyone who served with me in 1st/7th Cav., May 1966-67. I was a machine gunner. My M60 and one other person who carried an M60 came out during the August 8, 1966, battle. The FO, Lt. Tuttle, saved us. I ETSed from Ft. Benning, Ga., in November 1967. Contact: Edward Greene, 843-795-2035; 843-708-7271 (cell); RoGree8@aol.com  

Trying to locate George T. Murphy, who was stationed with me at Yorktown Naval Weapons Station, Skiffs Creek Annex, in Yorktown, Va., 1962-64. He spent two or three tours in Vietnam serving as a staff sergeant and squad leader. Murphy grew up in upstate New York and was married to Rita from Newport News, Va. Contact: Ron Brengartner, 9439 Misty Oakes, Broadview Hts., OH 44147; 440-838-1082; rkb535@aol.com 

Seeking Clifford Stepp. I have his dog tag. Contact: Fernando Esteban, 33 Doris St., North Sydney, NSW, Australia 2060; +61-0-414521430; nodgem@optusnet.com.au 

I am a former Chicago USO volunteer who wrote to many servicemen stationed in Vietnam. I would love to reconnect with those I wrote to in the late 1960s-early 1970s. I have often wondered what happened to the guys I wrote to all those years ago. Contact: Susan Koval, 9819 South Cicero Ave. #5, Oak Lawn, IL 60453; coupon50@hotmail.com 

Looking for my cousin, Rick Parker (middle initial might be “K”), from Lamonte, Mo. He served in the Army, and I believe he served in Vietnam. Contact: Doug Berg, 4037 Dolbil Dr., St. Louis, MO 63125; 314-638-4295.

Trying to locate Willie J. “Bubba” Smith, Jr. (from Beaver Falls, Pa.), who attended boot camp with me at Great Lakes, Ill., 1968. He later served aboard U.S.S. J.F.K. in Jacksonville. Contact: John L. “Pig” Young 842296 (F1109), Cross City Correctional Institution, 568 N.E. 255th St., Cross City, FL 32628.

Seeking vets who participated in organized sports of any kind while in service during the Vietnam Era, in Vietnam or elsewhere (Germany, Thailand, Japan, aboard ships, etc.). The VVA Veteran is interested in stories about sports—teams, leagues, organized competitions. Did we have teams or leagues that competed against ARVN teams? Against German or Russian military teams? Did you experience a memorable event during military service that is linked in some way to sports or athletics? Contact: Richard Currey, richardcurrey@gmail.com.