A VVA STAFF REPORT

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Looking for Ben Brown and Jerry Santell. I was a Fort Benning parachute instructor, 505 A, Division 3, Co. 2, who served from 1964-68 and in Vietnam from 1965-66. Need help verifying service. Contact: Tommy Cooper, 951-736-1714 (H); 951-264-0762 ©; dogresort@sbcglobal.net

I’m trying to locate Airman Michael Graham from Lackland AB 1969-70. Contact: Sheila, shibrgss@gmail.com

I’m looking for anyone who may have trained or served with my father-in-law, Harold Hughes, retired LTC. He served in Vietnam between 1967-70. He was a FAC flying an O-2 after training at Eglin AFB. Dad is in the final stages of cancer and it’s imperative I complete this project in a timely manner. Contact: Anne (Andrews Arens) Hughes, anneemchughes@gmail.com

Looking for anyone who remembers a young Native American killing a banded krait snake with a shower shoe in Lai Khe base camp in 1968 (summer). He got a little hell over the incident. Contact: Arrick Jhonston, minecraft.king21@outlook.com

Trying to find anyone who knew Lawrence Denny, Glenn Eisenhour, Lawrence Grass, John Lankford, Terry Pensoneau, Philip Smith, William Thompson, Allen Gray, Pete Hammond, Thomas Irwin, James Neumeyer, Ronald Roberts, Joseph Wylie III, or Charles Geller. Neil Wegrzyn, a Boy Scout, is raising money for his Eagle Scout project to dedicate a memorial to these local Illinois men who died during the Vietnam War. It will consist of two pieces of black granite, echoing the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington. Contact: Neil Wegrzyn, 618-235-4291; bellevillevm@yahoo.com

Looking for Daniel Ragsdale from Redondo Beach, Calif. He suffered brain damage when a mine exploded. He was a West Point graduate in 1967. He was also a Lt. Contact: Alan Schlukbier, 336-270-6922; 336-437-8949 ©.

I’m trying to locate my brother, Ceastillo Ashmoore. He was born in McKinney, Texas. He served in the Air Force during the Vietnam War and changed his last name to Rodriguez. Contact: Rosa Ashmoore, jump4joy226@yahoo.com

Trying to locate Charles Jefferson Miller from Butler, Pa., who served in the Air Force at Udorn, Thailand, in the 14 TRS, July 1970-71. I was an Australian correspondent. Contact: Ron Douglas, 320-290-5841 or 320-255-8851; sdjukebox@charter.net

Trying to find anyone who served with me in E Co., 4th Inf. Div., in 1972. Contact: David Murphy, Unit 501, 118 N. Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls, SD 57104; 605-310-2277.

I’m looking for information on my father, Leonard Martin Lundquist, Gun. Sgt. in the Marines, who was stationed at Chu Lai in 1969. He may have been there as early as ’67. Contact: Scott Lundquist, 904-731-6434; xteriors2003@yahoo.com

Looking for anyone who served with the 173d Airborne in Iraq, Afghanistan, or Vietnam, all MOSs, all dates and years, for an oral history interview. Contact: Paul Reed, webmaster@173d.com; or go to www.173d.com, click on The Herd History Project and Join the Herd History Project Today to schedule your phone interview.    

I’m looking for Steve Hayes, Robert Contero (Tex.), Rick Emanus (Hawaii), Mike Flanigan also known as Stephan Michael Flannigan (Pa.), Theodore Robinson (N.Y.), Larry Huff, Steve Seiseman (Ohio), Roger Worga, and Wayne Harper. I served with these men in Vietnam in 1969 as a part of Co. D, 2nd Battalion/7th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division. Contact: Vaughn Hood, 802-748-0386; dahoods@charter.net

I’m looking for “Top” Koprowski, who I served under from 1975-76 in Vietnam in the 2nd Recon Bn. Contact: Clair Nassen, 507-388-9305 (work); 507-382-6013 ©; clair@gesmankato.com

Looking for veterans who served in 1970 in Quan Loi. Contact: Earl Montgomery, earlmontgomery5@gmail.com

I’m looking for a cousin of mine, John Brewer, who lost his identical twin brother in Vietnam when a grenade went off. John escorted his brother’s body back to the States. He would remember me by the name Karen Hoschar, his grandmother’s maiden name. Contact: Karen Hoschar Lewis, hoschar@hotmail.com

I’m trying to find anyone who may have served with Phillip Barrow, Naval CPO, who served 27 years in the Navy, a portion of that in Vietnam. He recently passed away. My boyfriend, a deployed soldier, was very close to him and I want to put a book together of interviews about his grandfather. Contact: Hannah Fleace, hfleace@gmail.com

Trying to find information about the unit my cousin, Sammy Ray Smith, served in during Vietnam. He was part of Co. D, 501st, 101st Airborne, Vietnam. Contact: Bill Hefner, bh2838@yahoo.com

I’m looking for photographs of Vietnam veterans for the Wall of Faces project for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial: Kenneth Eugene Aznoe, Army, from Calif.; Gary Nolan Bass, USMC, from Calif.; John Parm Carr, Army, from Calif.; Thomas James Daniels, Army, HHC, 2nd Bn., 34th Armor, 25th Inf. Div., from Ga.; Charles Edward Davis, Army, from Calif.; Alger Edgar Durell, Jr., Army, from Calif.; James Robert Godwin, Army, from Calif.; Jerry Lee Houser, Army, 11th Armored Cav., from Calif.; John Richard Humphrey, USAF, 388th Tactical Fighter Wing, from Kans.; Gerald Clarence Hunsbarger III, USMC, 1st Marine Div.; Richard J. Johnston, 173rd Airborne, from Wisc.; Rodney Dean Martinez, USMC, from Ariz.; Talmadge C. Stevens, USMC, from Okla.; Dennis Ray Stewart, Army, from Calif.; Jackie Don Weatherly, Army, from Wash. Contact: Lynne Roberts, comment@lynnesgenealogy.com

Looking for anyone I served with as part of the 34th Tactical Fighter Group, Air Police Squadron, Bien Hoa, South Vietnam, especially Tom Johnson, Roger Huemann, Tom Jablon, Ken Arneson, Richard Watkins, and Bob Boswell. On Oct. 31- Nov. 1, a Viet Cong squad attacked our base and destroyed the majority of our planes, killing four and wounding more than seventy. Contact: Daryl Skare; 805-962-3966; dwskare@cox.net

Looking for members of the “Fighting Deuce” 272nd MP Co. who served in Vietnam 1965-72. It was a small company that ran convoy gun jeeps and POW camps throughout Vietnam under the 1FFV patch, usually attached to the 101st Airborne and the 1st Cav. We also have a reunion planned for Oct. 16-17, 2016. Contact: Ron Raccioppi, 828-508-2724; Vietnam272nd@gmail.com

I’m looking for former Marines who served on OP Jones west of Da Nang in 1970-71, either from 3/1, HDQ, or the 11th in 1969-71. Also looking for former personnel who served on or near LZ Vegas or LZ Topeka in 1971-72. Contact: Robert Bobbia, 775-351-7087; 951-658-1230.

Looking for anyone who served with me in the 35th Security Police Sq. at Phan Rang AB from Dec. 1966 to Feb. 1969, especially anyone who was involved in the attack on the base on the early morning of Jan. 26, 1969. I was the one who was blown off the top of the APC. Contact: William Iles, c/o William R. Cruse, 2201 Southwood Dr., Apt. 5, Appleton, WI 54915.

Trying to find anyone who was in Marine Air Support Squadron 3 (Mass-3) C, from Oct. 1966 to Nov. 1967 at Chu Lai. Lt. Col. Donald Fenton was our CO; Maj. Dixon, XO. Contact: Tom Skarbek, 2 Kelly Ave., Wethersfield, CT 06109.

Looking for anyone I served with in Graves Registration in Cu Chi, Co. A, 25th S&T Bn., 25th Inf. Div. from July 1968-69. Contact: Robert Speybroeck, 51288 Whitewater Ln., South Bend, IN 46628; 574-271-9557; speybs@aol.com

Looking for anyone who has a photo of Jayne Mansfield and me from when she visited wounded soldiers in Cam Ranh Bay in 1966. Contact: Ron Rice, 747 E. Belmont Ln., Maplewood, MN, 55117; 651-778-8460.

Trying to locate TSGT Hatcher, SAC, Vietnam, 2078 COMM SQ, AFCS, Tareu, Korea, SMST, and Pete Carney, 1st Sgt., Mobile Communications GP Pet/AFCS. Contact: Paul Cahill, 235 N. Main St., A 207, Canandaigua, NY, 14424; 585-969-1747.

Looking for members of 3/26, 5th Marines, Lima Co. who served between 1968-69. I’m also trying to find any friends of Merle Fagerlein (KIA), Sgt. Kenneth Muse, and my foxhole buddy, Michael Murphy, whom I believe is from N.J. Contact: Wylie Henry, 702 Live Oak Ln., Pinole, CA 94564.

Looking for Nathaniel Fillmore, who went through AIT with me at Ft. Polk, LA. We were both in Alpha Co., 4th Battalion, 3rd Training Brigade from Dec. 1966 to Jan. 1967. Contact: Mike Miller, 740-797-2030; mmille79@columbus.rr.com

On April 30 the Jacksonville, Arkansas, Museum of Military History will have a Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day. Contact: Danna Kay Duggar, 501-241-1943; jaxmilmuseum@gmail.com

Looking for Cpl. Jim Keith (left), who looked after me on a patrol out of Danang in March 1966. Jim was attached to the Danang Press Center. Contact: Tim Bowden, P.O. Box 75, Pacific Palms, NSW 2428; AUSTRALIA 61 2 6554 0688; tim.bo@ozemail.com.au

I’m trying to find my buddy, Tim Evans, who served with me in the Navy in 1988 in San Diego. His great-great-grandmother, Helen Failing, came west in wagons with my great grandma. I’ve got photos I’d like to share with him. Contact: Shawn “Gun Dog” Smith, 503-358-2930.

I’m looking for anyone who was assigned or attached to the 359th Transportation Co. in Vietnam between 1966-72. Contact: John “Crowbar” Porter, 432-267-1733; crowbar.1@comcast.net

Trying to locate all Echo 2/1 Marines and Corpsman who served in Vietnam between 1966-67 with Captain Tom Pratt. In April 2016 we will celebrate our fifth reunion and we would like to locate more of our guys. Contact: Dale Kehoe, 530-401-1185 ©; dfkehoe@wavecable.com

Trying to locate Frank Honderich. We were both in Charlie Co., 2/35 Inf. Reg., 25th Inf. Div., between 1967-68. Contact: Larry Prater, prat23Lry@gmail.com

Looking for William Rehwalt and Douglas King who were both from Springfield, Ore. Our boot camp started in September 1969 and our company commander was Chief Forester. You guys went to the Nuclear Power School in Idaho Falls sometime in 1970. From there, you were deployed on submarines out of Virginia. Contact: Curt Gallaher, vonna123@gmail.com

Need help for a claim. I was a field medic with Hq. 3rd Bde., USARU (Med Co., 1st CSSR, 3rd Bde.), 1969-71. I was with the 1st Cav. We were a “mini cap” in the field for one night. Need verification that I got very sick the next night. Contact: William C. Stotler, 3515 Florence Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45211; 513-661-6981 (H); 513-675-8145 ©.

Trying to locate anyone who served at the Army 91st Evac. Hosp. at Chu Lai, February-April 1971. I received life-saving treatment there, and would like to locate an ICU nurse who visited me after I was removed from the unit. She was short with dark hair, and was from Ohio. During her visit, I started to hemorrhage, and her visit saved my life. I would like to thank her. Contact: Joe, Americal196@sbcglobal.net

Trying to locate 1st Lt. John P. Albers, C Co., 3/47th, 9th Inf. Div., who was injured in Vietnam on June 12, 1969. Contact: Daniel P. Bonner, Jr., 610-459-1411; danielbonnerjr@hotmail.com

I’m looking for anyone who can identify these two gentlemen who served with me from Nov. 1967-68 with the Americal Div., 198th LIB. Contact: Walter J. Hooper, rcktman2002@yahoo.com