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Neil Wegrzyn is a junior at Belleville East High School in Illinois. For his Eagle Scout Project, he is raising money to dedicate a memorial to local men who died during the Vietnam War. Fourteen names will be inscribed on the memorial: 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, and Charles Geller. If you know any of these men, contact: Neil Wegrzyn, 618-235-4291; bellevillevm@yahoo.com

Searching for Sgt. Mays with whom I served on December 3, 1968, in Tuy Loan. I was with him when he was shot in the leg. I carried him to medevac. He was on his third tour with the Combined Action Group. He spoke Vietnamese fluently. Contact: Roland Wood, rwood2151@bellsouth.net

Searching for Joe Thompson from Georgia, who served with Bravo Co., 1^st Bn., 8^th Cav., 1966-67. Lots of your buddies are looking for you. Contact: James (Doc) Hancock, 361-277-8869; james_maryhancock@yahoo.com

Looking for anyone stationed at Nakhon Phanom AFB, who served as a 56^th SP 1969-70. Trying to get concurrence of records for training or duty rosters. This is related to Agent Orange claims. Contact: Roger Davis, goirishred@gmail.com

Seeking members of Seabees Detachment Zulu, Udorn AB, June-September 1962, to help substantiate an Agent Orange claim. Contact: Ronald Hirak, 702-666-4930.

Searching for anyone in the 56^th Trans. Co. (ADS)  at Tan Son Nhut and Saigon Heliport near Cholon. We were a helicopter recovery and fourth echelon maintenance unit. Contact: William Maddox 152221, Cross Roads Correctional Center, 1115 E. Pence Road (3A116), Cameron, MO 64429.

Looking for Honda, Spooky, Whitey, and Kelly from 2/4. Contact: The Gunny, Frank Bolen, frankieb@mchsi.com

Looking for Jerry Spade, Coatsville, Pa.; Don Harvey, Claitor, Pa.; Mike Spearman, Ohio; Arney Cush, Ky.; Glen Head, Ky.; Ken Ewing, Ky.; Roy Moon, Tex.; and Warrant Officer McCallister (pictured). Contact: Lawrence Selick, 29 Orchard Drive, Baden, PA 15005; 724-869-9421 (weekends)

Searching for Doc Ward, a medic who served with the 2^nd/60^th, 9^th Inf. Div. with A Co., 1967-68. Contact: Floyd Stamper, 937-515-2469 or Ron Frey, ronkfrey@gmail.com

Looking for anyone, especially Maj. Ben Meyers or Pvt. McGowan, who worked with the LOH Program at the U.S. Army Aviation Test Board, Carin Field, Alabama, 1966-67, who remembers a crash landing in Louisiana when a bubble windshield imploded while we were flying back to Hughes Tool Co. Contact: Ed Daly, P.O. Box 251, Malo, WA 99150; eddieboywa@lookout.com

Need verification for support of VA disability claim. I was stationed on the U.S.S. Oriskany off Vietnam, 1967. My vessel contained 55-gallon drums of Agent Orange. We also were exposed to drift from on-shore spraying. Contact: Dale Boyd, c/o James Stanley, james@jwstanleylaw.com

Searching for shipmates on the U.S.S.  Hermitage (LSD-34,) Little Creek, Virginia, 1974-75. Need help with VA claim re: hearing loss. Contact: John McRay 286505, 2828 AL Highway 143, (82/228), Elmore, AL 36025.

Searching for anyone who served with my father, Sgt. Earl A. Godman, Sr.. He was killed on May 28, 1969, was awarded two Bronze Stars and one Silver Star. I wish to know about his service and how he died. Contact: Earl A. Godman, Jr., DOC # Hs-4711, P.O. Box 256, Waymart, PA 18472.

Looking for Don Anderson, 86 Trans. Co., 1968-69; Dewey W. Collins, 543 Trans. Co., 1970; John W. Cooper, Basic Training at Fort Bragg, 1968, AIT Fort Jackson. Contact: Larry Roberts, 131 Henry Roberts Ln., Jackson Springs, NC 27281; 910-652-5335 or 910-690-4013 (cell).

Searching for friends of Robert Kent Mattson, I Co., 3^rd Bn., 9^th Marines, 3^rd Mar. Div., III MAF, Mount Jackson, Virginia. Bobby was KIA in Con Thien, Quang Tri Province, September 12, 1967. Contact:  jweston347@gmail.com or mr.markw2011@gmail.com

Looking for anyone who served in Cu Chi Province, April 1968-69, Co. D, 1/505 Inf., 82^nd Airborne. Contact: Dennis “Smooth” Fernandez, dfwar23@yahoo.com

Searching for Gary Shumway, Navy VA 106 Squadron, who was on an aircraft carrier near Vietnam, 1966-67. Contact: Walter (Tony) Byrd, 304-456-4543; cardinalob@gmail.com

Looking for Robert Greenlee, from Pittsburgh, who joined the Marines in 1966. We attended West Virginia University until May 1966. Contact: Walter (Tony) Byrd, 304-456-4543; cardinalob@gmail.com

Searching for Col. Dale Randal,  34^th Engineering Bn.,1970. Contact: Roman Selig, roman.selig@gmail.com

Looking for Franklin Lionel Schmidt from Philadelphia, who had an R&R in Sydney, December 1968 to January 1969. Contact: Maureen Lowe, ml.bumpyash@gmail.com

Searching for David W. (Quezz) Quesenberry, Draper, Va., and Richard (Rat) A. Taylor, North Little Rock, Ark. Contact: “Bergie” Wayne A. Bergren, 5216-149^th Street W., Apple Valley, MN 55124; 612-968-1669.

Looking for Ed Beson from Bay City, Mich. Basic Training, 1967, Fort Knox, 1^st Bde., 101^st Airborne Div., Vietnam. Contact: Dick Hampsher, 2431 U.S. Hwy. 23 S., Alpena, MI 49707; 989-354-3555.

Searching for anyone who served on assault craft. Photo: far left Henry Salazar, California; second from right, back, Rodger L. Kincaid, San Francisco. Contact: Robert Garcia, 118 Highland St., Mannington, WV 26582; 364-986-3620; gunner1615@aol.com

Searching for shipmates on U.S.S. Pollux (AKS-4) from 1964-65, stationed in Yokosuka, Japan. Please help me with my claim. Contact: Michael H. Hintze, 12313 SW 11^th St., Yukon, OK 73099; 405-487-7109.

I need to verify personnel who performed perimeter guard duty at U Tapao, 1968-69, for claim. 635^th  Service Squadron. Contact: Eddie Mitchel, c/o James W. Stanley, 917 W. Markham, Little Rock, AR 72201; 501-324-2889 or  James@JWStanleylaw.com

Looking for anyone in Headquarters Troop Maintenance of the ¾ Cavalry, 25^th Inf., 1968-69. Contact: Darrell “Kat” Katovsich, 804-512-0477; katovsich@aol.com

Searching for J.J. Johnson from California and Tom Warwick from New York, 12^th Civil Engineers, 12^th Tactical Fighter Wing at Cam Rahn Bay, December 1966-67. Contact: Donald Cicconi Gopa2ps@verizon.net

Looking for the name of the specialist who ran the motor pool at the 9^th MI Detachment in the 9^th Div., 1969-70. I have pictures of Spec.5 Anderson, SSG Robinson, Spec.5 Mabry. Contact: Dick Parcels, bparcels173@comcast.net

Searching for anyone who knew Michael Conrad Roell in C Co., 3^rd Bn., 8^th Inf., 4^th Div., 1967. He was killed fifty miles outside of Pleiku, having taken out a machine gun position single-handedly, hoisted and fastened to a tree, on a search and destroy mission titled Operation Francis Marion. The men he saved sent a letter and a dozen anthuriums to his parents. Contact: Edward J. Roell, 112 Broadway, Hillsdale, NJ 07642-2024; E082458@aol.com

Looking for Eugene Soulia, Newport, R. I., who served aboard U.S.S.  Cadmus, discharged April 1967; William David Adams, Waycross, Ga., discharged April or May 1967; Ralph Rhyne, Newark, Ohio, U.S.S. Wood, formerly of the Seabees; Michael Seager, Miami, Fla., decommission crew in Norfolk; Kevin O’Conner, Austin, Tex., U.S.S. Wood. Contact: Gary Ray Clark, 1226 15^th St. SE, Roanoke, VA 24013; 540-278-3832.

Searching for PC Al Lewis, PC J. Palombaro, or anyone from MNPO-1 who was with me in 1972 at Danang Air Base, about Agent Orange exposure. Contact: Jack (Faustino Jacinto), 702-439-2297.

Looking for the owner of a Zippo lighter I found many years ago. The inscription reads “Doc Gubar” on the top line, with the seal of medic below that. The reverse side has “Vietnam 70-71.” Contact: Richard L. Hawkins, 908 W. Franklin St., P.O. Box 338, Buffalo, IA  52728-0338.

Looking for anyone who served with James Schrank, especially Brad Christopherson or Cmdr. Quinn. Need help with widow’s claim, proof he was in Vietnam. 1^st Naval Advisory helicopter gunner, worked on helicopter shells, 1971-72. Had Miramar Navy Top Gun card after Vietnam. Contact: Lynn Schrank, jimschrank@sio.midco.net

Unheralded Hero As we approach the 50th anniversary of my Vietnam experience, I continue to search for an African-American Army sergeant who was wounded but whom I cannot identify. He was with the 3rd Platoon, Co. D., 4/47 Inf. Bn., 9th Inf. Div. Within the first twenty seconds of an ambush, Armor Troop Carrier 112-11 took three rockets in the well deck, incapacitating a full platoon. The sergeant climbed from the well deck up into a .50 caliber machine-gun mount that had been abandoned. A few moments after he got into the mount, a B-40 rocket burned through one-inch armor, and the sergeant was severely wounded. Two rockets struck the boat. The first tore the bar armor aside. The second burned through, spraying me and the radioman with shrapnel. I was medevaced that day. Some say the sergeant was wounded but lived and received the Silver Star. Others say he died. Cpl. Hector Lugo-Mojica from Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, E Co., 4 /47th Inf. was KIA on our boat that afternoon. The African-American trooper was a hero, and I’m quite certain that in the chaos of the ambush, nobody else knew what he did. I was Navy; I drove the boat we were on. Forty-five years have passed since that Sunday afternoon. This evening I sit in my meadow and reflect on the years I’ve been given. Evening rays pierce gray clouds as dry west winds rattle red canary seed heads. In the distance two eagles spiral on thermals high above an Angus carcass decomposing in the neighbor’s pasture. And again I wonder why I am here when men a few feet away were maimed or killed. It was just another monotonous operation, traveling up another narrow river, searching for the elusive Viet Cong. Contact: Wendell Affield, afffarm@paulbunyan.net