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September/October 2014 Locator A VVA STAFF REPORT
Trying to locate Homer Brooks Walls or anyone else who served with me at 1st Aviation Brigade Headquarters, May 1968-69. Walls and I worked at Awards and Dec. Contact: Jim Martin, jimmydm28@gmail.com Looking for Michael Medford, who served with me in 561st CSGS, 88th S&S Bn., Camp Holloway, Pleiku, October 1966 and after. His last-known location was San Jose, Calif. We are having a reunion soon, and I’ve found more than forty guys from our unit. Contact: Edwin S. Yaw, 585-889-4726; 585-520-9342; esy1947@yahoo.com Searching for retired Marine Frederick Peterson, who is last known to have moved from Freedom, N.H., to Long Island. He worked at Seton Hall. Also searching for Lt. Bruce Anderson, who retired from U.S. Customs at JFK. The last I heard, he had moved to Ariz. Contact: Rich Finkenberg, 561-498-3255; rfinkenb@gmail.com Trying to locate James Sakowski (unsure of spelling), who served with me in 716th Military Police Bn., Co. B, Saigon, 1967-68. I believe he is from the Cleveland area. Contact: Thomas McCann, 276-944-5493; dardar9@bvu.net Looking for Edward P. Thibodeau, who served with 36 Evac Hospital, Vung Tau, 1966-67. I served with the Australian unit 2 Field Ambulance. We lost contact after he returned to the U.S. Contact: Rodger Eyles, 5 Albert Chappell Dr., Korora Bay, Coffs Harbor, NSW 2450, Australia; vampire66@internode.on.net Trying to locate Eddie Rogers, Bill Ross, and John Clark, who served with C Btry., 7th Bn., 13th Arty., 1968. Contact: Tom Colquhoun, colquhoun289@verizon.net Looking for Fried Willy, Petersen, Lewis, Andy, Barney, Blackie, Bruce, and anyone else from 101st MP Co., Camp Eagle. Contact: Saw, 724-834-7089; jeffrey_ferretti@yahoo.com
Seeking Joe Bartholomew, John “Wally” Washburn, Jones, McNeil, R.G. Toy, John Labishak, Smechel, Harry Franzen, Dan Sager, Fishback, McGregor, Charles Seitz, Cook, John Jett, Donnie Carson, and any other members of Beachmaster Unit One Lifeguard Co. who witnessed the rescue of the surfer at Hotel del Coronado beach, May 1968. The two of us who rescued the surfer are eligible for the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for Heroism. Also seeking anyone who remembers the twenty-foot tidal wave that overturned a Mike boat (LCM-8) at the Naval amphibious base beach at Coronado, Calif., in June or July 1968. A company of Marines, a Marine officer or sergeant, and three sailors were on board the landing craft. I am the one who fired the flare, alerted the crew, and waved them to land. I called for backup, and ten Beachmaster Unit One lifeguards and a Navy SEAL responded in a LARC. Everyone in Lifeguard Co. is eligible for the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for Heroism. Contact: Lowell Don Colvin #531628, Estelle Unit Geriatric Center #59, 264 FM 3478, Huntsville, TX 77320-3322. Looking for anyone who served with Bravo Co., 7th Motor Transport Bn. (Vietnam). We would like you to join us at future reunions. Contact: Tim Weddington, 2527 S. Glen Ln., Independence, MO 64052; 816-808-2357; timweddington@comcast.net Trying to find information about my high school buddy, Gary E. Judy, from Phoenix. He was a Sgt. with the Army, and was wounded in Vietnam in 1971. He earned the Bronze Medal and Purple Heart. Judy died in July 2004, and I would like to know if his death was related to the loss of his legs. I need to know his unit and when and where he was wounded. Contact: Jerry Borchert, jerryborchert@gmail.com Trying to locate Jerry Alan Hayes (from N.C.), who served as an Army officer at Ft. Rucker, Ala., in 1969, and was 24 years old at the time. Contact: James Alan Hayes, 480-255-2039. Trying to locate anyone who went through Basic Training with me in Nov. Co., 3rd BCT Bde., Ft. Dix, N.J., graduation March 31, 1966. SSG Haynes was my DI. I have never seen our yearbook. Contact: Andy Barcellona, andys64chevy@aol.com Seeking Marine buddies from B Co., 3rd Engineers, 3rd Marine Div., Vietnam, 1968-70. Contact: Daniel Waters, 7 Chapman Ave., Auburn, NY 13021-4701; 315-252-1295. Looking for any Marines at Base Photo Lab, Camp Pendleton, 1975-78. Contact: Domenica Dunnigan, domenica.dunnigan@gmail.com Would like to hear from anyone who served with my father, Carmelo Navarro, in Bravo Co., 1/1 Marines, May-November 1968. He was wounded on November 20, 1968, five kilometers west of Dien Bat, Quang Nam Province. He died the following day. The incident also killed two other men, Paul W. Smithson (from Bethesda, Md.) and Claude Cole (Galveston, Texas). Am especially interested in hearing from anyone who was with my father when he was wounded. Contact: Karl J. Kahn, 7211 SW 5th St., North Lauderdale, FL 33068; 954-802-4328; combinedoperations@comcast.net Need help for Agent Orange claim to confirm that a transient USAF C-130 used in spraying operations was parked overnight on the ramp for the 552D recon aircraft, EC-121-R sometime in 1967 or 1968. This newly established wing was the home of the USAF 388th Tactical Fighter Wing at Korat, Thailand. Agent Orange leaked onto me when I was assigned to the Engine Shop as an aircraft engine mechanic in charge of inspecting all aircraft on the flight line. During the month of the parking incident the same C-130 was parked again overnight next to a Navy C-119. Both aircraft were gone by daylight. Contact: John P. Williams #712408, Estelle Unit Geriatric Center #20, 264 FM 3478, Huntsville, TX 77320-3322.
Need help for a claim. I was assigned to the 314th Support Group (AF) and arrived at Kadena, Okinawa, in February 1975. Need verification that I went on several flights from Kadena to Da Nang and Cam Ranh Bay in March-April 1975. Contact: John Holland c/o James W. Stanley, Jr., 917 W. Markham, Suite A, Little Rock, AR 77205; james@jwstanleylaw.com Looking for Thomas P. McElhinney (from Long Island), who served with me in 820th Red Horse, Da Nang, 1967-68. Contact: Dick Olson, 651-325-7274; djolson1705@hotmail.com Looking for Navy Lt. or Capt. Robert Star Maddox. He may have been from Louisiana. I wrote to him as a student at Ole Miss. My uncle, Bobby Maddox, was an Army captain in Vietnam at the same time. Contact: Marilyn Blakeney Bray, mbray@umc.edu Looking for Bohonnon, Mathison, and any other shipmates from U.S.S. Oriskany, B Div. oil shack, 1965-67. Contact: Carl Scott, SunshineRoe1@aol.com Would like to hear from Thomas White, who served with me at the Marine Barracks at Hunters Point, Calif., 1969. Contact: Sgt.Maj. Lem, gladys1@centurytel.net Looking for my brother, Dennis (Orville) Martinez, whose birthday is October 13. According to his records he was inducted into the Army on November 23, 1965; was a SP4 on June 16, 1967; and was honorably discharged on November 22, 1967. When my brother Daniel Espinoza last spoke with him in 1973, he was driving a taxi cab in Denver. Contact: Jeanette Valencia, 661-208-2633. Trying to locate anyone who served with my brother, Bob Halbert, a LRRP in the Americal Div., 1968-69. Contact: Sam Halbert, 770-231-6021. Would like to correspond with anyone who served in South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia in the 1960s and 1970s for my MA thesis. When and where did you serve? In what capacity? What was your opinion about the war? In what way did the war affect you after your return to the U.S.? All information will be treated confidentially, and nothing will be published without explicit permission. Contact: Johnny Roald Nielsen, Raadhusvaenget 7, second floor to the right, 3600 Frederikssund, Denmark, +45 29 40 24 80; roald@ofir.dk or jrnielsen@sol.dk Searching for Earnest Mims (or Mimms), who was wounded during an attack at Phan Rang AB sometime in 1969-70. He had a brother, Robert. Also searching for Calvin Singletary, who served with 821st Safeside, Phan Rang AB, 1969-70. We were stationed together at Oxnard AFB, Calif. Contact: Amador Garcia, Jr., 2935 N. Central Ct., Visalia, CA 93291-7106; 559-372-7323; garnik7062@yahoo.com Trying to locate Glenn Watson (from Greenfield, Ohio), who served with the FDC section, A Btry., 3/16 Arty., Chu Lai, 1967-68. Contact: Jack Hobson, rhobson@columbus.rr.com 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. Looking for anyone who served with 15th Armored Cav. Regt., 3rd Armored Cav. Bde., Vietnam, 1971-72. Contact: Noah LaPan, nlapan@myfairpoint.net Seeking anyone who served aboard U.S.S. Trippe (FF-1075) or Capodanno (FF-1093). We would like you to join us at future reunions. Contact: Ray Kalweit, rkalweit@yahoo.com Trying to locate Douglas Miller (from Cleveland) and William Duncan, who served with me in 218th/630th Convoy Platoon, January-September 1970. We were assigned to the same V-100 crew. Contact: Robert “Harry” Harris, 740-703-7832; harrisrt@roadrunner.com Searching for anyone who served with me in 819th Red Horse Sq., Phu Cat, June 1968-69. Contact: Victor M. Melendez, victormelendez@sbcglobal.net Looking for anyone who served with me in 14th Air Police Sqdrn., Nha Trang Air Base, 1966-67. Contact: Michael Thomas, dmti.com@gmail.com Looking for anyone who served with Co. A, 13th Signal Bn., Phouc Vinh, 1969-70. Contact: Larry Thrash, thrashman48@att.net or Mike Schlemer, mslmr@charter.net Trying to locate PFC James G. McGuire (from Chicago), who served in Vietnam in 1965-66. He was stationed in Cam Ranh Bay for a while. We cor-responded for more than a year, and I have some underwater film that he took and sent to me. We lost touch in 1967. Contact: Linda Ostrand, ih@mail128-132.atl41.mandrillapp.com Trying to locate James Ray, a boyhood friend I grew up with in Brooklyn. He lived on Himrod St., and I lived around the corner on Wyckoff Ave. I believe Ray joined the Air Force in 1962 and sometime later was sent to Nha Trang. I joined the Air Force in 1963 and went to Takhli RTAFB in 1966. Contact: Chuck Watts, cwatts9375@comcast.net Looking for anyone who served in 8th Inf. Div., 1/39th Inf., B Co., Baumholder, Germany, 1980-82. Contact: Cecil Dailey, Sharkcollar@aol.com I have a pewter stein engraved: “To 1st Lt. David Taylor. Presented by the officers of 6th Bn., 97 FA, Camp Essayons, Korea, June 1981.” The stein has a blue shield with a five-pointed white star and an American Indian wearing a full war bonnet. It also has a rectangular shield with a banner across the bottom that says: “On the Minute.” There is a red lion in the upper right quadrant and a fleur de lis on a red background in the bottom left. The stein was found in the drawer of an antique dresser bought at an auction in Apache Junction, Ariz. I would like to return the stein to Taylor or his family. Contact: Leo G. Hernandez, 602-359-9628; leohernan@yahoo.com Trying to contact the pilot and crew of the CH-47 that had to jettison all material and crew into the ocean during the transport of a wounded Marine to a hospital ship in July or August 1968. The bird caught sniper fire over a beach, which damaged the oil or hydraulic line. The pilot radioed the ship, and a boat was dispatched to pick us up. Contact: Doc, corpsmandocup@aol.com Searching for anyone who served with VMFA-232, El Toro, Chu Lai, and Iwakuni, 1968-70. Contact: Gus Fitch, 186 Long Shadow Dr., Aiken, SC 29803; 803-649-6446; pncfzfn@gmail.com Looking for John or Larry Gammon (unsure of spelling), who was based at Long Binh, 1965-November 1967. He has a flower tattoo on his arm. He and my mother worked as cooks at the officers’ mess. Contact: Dung Nguyen, amaury@dsmcommunications.net
Looking for anyone who served on O.P. Sunrise, Hill 425 and Hill 400, overlooking Phu Loc Valley, 1969. Also looking for Rudy Gonzales, John Clarke, and Harold Fleet from HD Co., 11th Mar. Regt., 1969. Contact: Bob, 1st Mar. Div., Box 2074, Hemet, CA 92546; 951-658-1230. I work with a film company called 43Films. We are producing a two-hour special for the American Heroes Channel about Apollo 11 and the inspiration that event brought to America when the nation was being torn apart by the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights movement. We want to focus on how the moon landing brought people together during those tumultuous times. We are looking for veterans to share their stories with us about the war and about the moon landing. Contact: Lauren Boudreau, lboud27@gmail.com Need verification of service. Trying to contact any Marines who served with my brother, Navy Corpsman Ed Scott, in Pioneer Bn., 3rd Marine Div., Thailand, January-June 1962. While there the unit cleared jungle brush using Agent Orange to prepare airstrips. Contact: Abby Cutright, ncutright@woh.rr.com Searching for anyone who served with me in Headquarters, 3rd Marine Div., at Camp Butler, Okinawa, September 1969-70, after pulling out of Vietnam. Contact: Bob Butler, 800 N. Kilgore, Portales, NM 88130; 575-607-5282; bobbyRbutler@hotmail.com Seeking Mike Bynum, who served aboard U.S.S. Isle Royale and Long Beach, 1969-70. Also seeking the four sailors from the Long Beach who went with me to Da Nang in August or September 1972. Contact: John Lord, 1040 North Four Mile Run Rd., Austintown, OH 44515; 330-509-9441. Trying to locate David “Zirk” Zerkil (from Bloomington, Ill.), who served with me in 3rd Sqdrn., 5th Cav. “Black Knights,” 9th Inf. Div., Quang Tri, summer-autumn 1971. Contact: Gordon Ritchie, 1106 Main St., Safety Harbor, FL 34695; 727-726-1563. Vietnam veteran writer looking for combat-related stories of spiritual intervention through feeling, voice, or dream that saved a life or lives. Stories would be considered for in-progress work for future publication. Include name, location and time of service, and email address. Contact: Michael Burns, P.O. Box 187, Clifton, TX 76634. Seeking anyone who served with me in Platoon 207, Parris Island, January-May 1959; C-1-6, Camp Lejeune, June 1959-December 1961; A-1-4, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, 1962-63; and HAMS-36 in CH-46A helicopters, Marble Mountain, Da Nang, August 1965-September 1966. Contact: Keith Earnhardt, 1165 Sandlake Rd., St. Augustine, FL 32092; 904-940-6006. Looking for Vernon Moore, a Vietnam veteran who was born in Germany and grew up in Texas. He had a son named Rusty or Russell. Contact: Gary Iacuone, 860-866-6734. My fiancé, Louis Thomas, is trying to find SFC Delgado of Panama, his friend who served with him in 1st Bn., Kisser Slawter, Germany. Contact: Marjorie Pye, 1959piecrust@gmail.com
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