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May/June 2017

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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. Or email veteranlocator@vva.org or mkeating@vva.org. The Locator and Reunion services are provided without charge.

Looking for buddies from Ft. Knox, Ft. Carson, and Ft. Bliss, 1973-75. Contact: Andrew Meli, 586-212-8296; andrew.melisr72@gmail.com

Searching for members of 383rd Qm. Det., 1965. Contact: John Richardson, jer1945jer@gmail.com

Looking for anyone who served with Spec.5 Lester L. Johnson, 548th Maint. Co., 277th S&S Bn., 29th GS Group, Army SPT Cmd., Saigon, 1st Cmd., USARV base camp, Tay Ninh City, near Nui Ba Dinh Mt. inside Cambodia, Jan. 1969-70. Contact: Lester L. Johnson, 615-613-2604; lstrjhnsn@yahoo.com

Searching for anyone who served with Stephen W. Hansell from Guilford, Ind., a heavy equipment operator with an engineering group in Vung Tau. Steve passed away suddenly in 2010. Contact: Eugene Lane, 300 Stony Point Rd., spc 436, Petaluma, CA 94952; 707-347-6800; eugenelane@gmx.com

Looking for anyone from 523rd Eng. Co. Pc., 1969-70, especially George Fleming from Powhatan, Va., Willoughby from Chicago, and Randy, a welder from Kentucky or Tennessee, to whom I own a very big apology. Contact: Fritz Walters, waltersjf1947@gmail.com

Writer looking for anyone who had an experience of Divine Intervention in Vietnam who saved a life. Please send a brief account. Contact: Mike Burns, P.O. Box 187, Clifton, TX 76634

Searching for anyone with information about the 1969 Rolling Thunder recon insertion team, which was attacked by forty NVA south of Hanoi. A seven-member team from 1st Plt. Kilo, ¾ Third Marine Div. was flown in by a CH53. We covered the team while they ran to the helicopter. The team leader was shot in the leg and another member was shot in his shoulder and upper arm. Contact: Jeff Campbell, 2193 West Blvd., Cleveland, OH 44102; 216-939-9484; scjc123@att.net

Looking for anyone who was in the 178th Maint. Co., An Khe, April 1967-68. Contact: Mike Gaskin, 423-605-7156; MDG8705@gmail.com

Searching for anyone who saw me fall from a C130, Nov. 24, 1969, and land with no parachute. Looking especially for Kasakowski. I was stationed at Ft. Bragg and was in Co. B, 82nd Sig. Bn., 82nd Airb. Div. Contact: Michael Barker, 210-445-4956; josiebarker1@gmail.com

Looking for Mark Wood, born Feb. 19, 1950. Contact: Peggy Sanders sanders.pj@att.net

Trying to find Eugene Perry, a Simon Gratz High School graduate. He is a friend I recruited in Philadelphia. He lost a leg in Vietnam. Contact: Alvin R. Shealey, 301-599-1080; superspade37@verizon.net

Looking for people who would like to attend a reunion of White Star Mobile Training Team (WSMTT)/MAAG Laos. Date and place have not been determined. Contact: Herb Siegel, 352-751-2385; lrchseigel@gmail.com

Searching for anyone in my HQ unit, 2-11, 1st Mar. Div., An Hoa, 1970.  Looking for stories about the Duc Duc village. I was battalion interpreter. Contact: Tim Slayton, tslayton32@gmail.com

Seeking a Montagnard/Hmong named “Clint” who supported U.S. forces in Laos in the spring and summer of 1962 or summer of 1963. He was senior civilian or military. We were ambushed. Much of my memory of the incident is gone. Contact: Murrell (“Hank” or Mac”) McLeod, 521 W. Longmeadow Rd., Greenville, NC 27858; 252-531-3672; murrellmcleod@aol.com

Looking for Ronald Parker, Navy who enlisted around 1966, from Shreveport, La., born 1945 or ’46. He was a graduate of Fair Park H.S. and a professional musician and singer in the group Avantis. Contact: Greg Burns, greg.p.burns@gmail.com

Palomares “Broken Arrow” responders, Spain, 1966. Recent changes of VA dosage reconstruction guidelines could affect your status for radiation risk service. See New York Times, June 20, 2016. If you (U.S.A.F., U.S. Navy, other entities) worked this contaminated and dangerous site, please contact me. Contact: Mike Lieb, 413-567-7763; msgtmikel@yahoo.com

Searching for Steve Howell, USMC, from Eagle Grove, Iowa, born Feb. 14, 1950 or ’51. Linda Griffin is looking for you to catch up and, unfortunately, to say goodbye. Contact: John Griffin, John.Griffin@turner.com

Looking for Skip Sutton, who was discharged from George A.F. Base in early 1969. I owe him some money for his 1957 Chevy. Contact: Jim Niemeyer, 8459 SW 62nd Court, Ocala, FL 34476; 352-509-4646; tdhdnme@aol.com

Searching for Ronald E. Roth, who served with me in I Corps when he earned a Purple Heart. Contact: James Bourgeois, csmjabemk32@gmail.com

Looking for anyone who served with me, 1st Inf. Div., 2nd Bn., 16th Inf. near Saigon, 1969-70. VA lost my service records. I need a letter to verify my claim that I was in RVN and in combat. Contact: Howard Hull, P.O. Box 464, Bandon, OR 97411; 541-297-7450.

Trying to find anyone who knew Michael Conrad Roell, who served in C Co., 3rd Bn., 8th Inf., 4th Div., 1967. He died on the day he was a replacement. He arrived by helicopter around 8:30 and died around 11:15 a.m., fifty miles outside of Pleiku, having taken out a machine-gun position single-handedly during Operation Francis Marion, April 15-31, the Battle of Plei Doc. A letter was sent to his parents, along with a dozen anthuria purchased from Rusty’s Florist, signed by the men whose lives he saved. Contact: Edward J. Roell, 112 Broadway, Hillsdale, NJ 07642-2024; E082458@aol.com

Searching for SSgt. Simmons (Mass.), discharged early in 1970, and Sgts. Stonecipher (Indiana) and Van Breden from the 779th Tactical Airlift Squad, (C-130E) at Pope AFB, 1969-70. We worked in Phase Dock. Contact: John Tatspaugh, 540-247-1126; JWTats4010@verizon.net

Looking for a Green Beret who guided me as a junior leader, Erik Eckhart. He was a Sgt., explosive specialist, then a jump master, Pathfinder, and Ranger. I would like to thank him for preparing me for the 31 years in active duty serving our great nation, here and abroad. Contact: Jose Marrero, jmarrero@columbustech.edu

Searching for the Marine L.F. or L.P. Martinson. I have his dog tags with his service number and Lutheran status. Contact: Orxan Quseynov, 0507249200orxan91@gmail.com

Looking for any Marines who knew my cousin, Sgt. Alan Voges, Kaneohe Bay Marines, 1967. He died in Hawaii, May 1967. Contact: Mike Voges, offdiesel@aol.com

I was in the 2nd Armored Div. (Hell on Wheels) B Co., 1st Arbn., 50th Inf., 1961, Fort Hood. Looking for the following who served in Vietnam in 1963: Robert Barnett, Sidney Butler, Earl Camese, Lee Criswell, Raymond Geary, John Hinton, Harvey Jackson, Leroy Joswell, James Landerth, James McDonald, Frank Peterson, Otha Pringle, William Scott, Joe Therance, Jim Veazie, Albert Walker, Louis Washington, Ben Harvey, Andrew Titus. Contact: Milton James Jones, Jr., minnie.cannon@att.net


Looking for buddies from the 4/42ndArty. The Sandbaggers. Wes, Pineapple, Eyes, AJ, The Von, Spike Red, Slick, and Ol’ Gus. Pleiku, Kontum, Dak To, Ban Me Thuot, 1968-69. Contact: Tony, amfevs@comcast.net

Searching for Ricky Grimes or information of his whereabouts. He is from Oklahoma. We served Basic and AIT at Fort Polk, 1969, 4th Plt., A-2-5 for AIT. Contact: Rod Beem, rowdy0079@aol.com

Looking for anyone from Missile Operations Section, 4392nd Combat Defense Squad., Vandenberg AFB, 1966, especially Jack Carrol, Joe Grimes, Dobby Gillis, Berry K. Harris, and Jerry Martin. Contact: Bill Iles, cruzecntl@gmail.com

Searching for John Ralph Thompson, Basic Training, Ft. Campbell, AIT, Ft.

Lewis, jump school, Ft. Benning. 173rd Bde., 2/503/Inf., D Co., 3rd Plt., 1968-69. Contact: Billie B. Wade, 323 Hays Ave., Trenton, TN 38382; 731-618-6950 (cell), 731-855-2950 (home).

Looking for Cpl. Brady and Cpl. Sanchez who were my squad leaders with Kilo, 3/27 Marines, 1968. Contact: Tom Smith, 941-320-9594; tomsmithfla@yahoo.com

Thomas Hice, deceased, served with the 33rd Ord. Co., 1967-68. He may have fathered one or more children in Vietnam. His attorney is trying to locate anyone who served with him and may know about a possible Vietnamese spouse or partner. Contact: Kathleen K. Hamilton, Attorney, 6 McKnight Ave., Bordentown, NJ 08505; 609-424-0173; hamiltoncc@earthlink.net

Looking for someone in B Co., 1st Aviation Btn., 1st Inf. Div., 1968, who

took the only photo of me in Vietnam, in Phu Loi. I was in A Co., in a deuce and a half with “Ellen” painted on the front, filled with weapons and ammo. I was known as “Chuck” or “Ammo Man.” My family and I would love a copy of this photo. Contact: Nathan C. Sollish, #14470340, 777 Stanton Blvd. (SRCI), Ontario, OR 97914.

Searching for Gary L. Sims, Army Eng., 523rd PC, 1970-71, from Mile City, Mont. Contact: Jeff Pignato, 815-369-2261; sportster42001@yahoo.com

Looking for J. A. Bomysood with whom I was a lifeguard in Vietnam, 1967-68. He did a painting of China Beach that would be great to enter into an upcoming show in California. Contact: Richard Arnold, 970-729-0681; richardtelluride@gmail.com

Searching for anyone who was in the Dao Tieng Bridge Plt., Oct/Nov 1969. Contact: Rick, 435-590-2254; psisimon@gmail.com

Looking for Don “Nowhere Man” Burgess, Alan Bryant, and John Meyers. We were in the 321st Trans. Co. “Can Do” in Long Binh, 1968-69. Contact: S.E. Musch, 559-338-2000.

Searching for pen pals, as I am without family or friends. I was in the USAF, Bien Hoa Airbase and Cam Rahn Bay, 1970-71. I’d like to hear from anyone who served with me on flight lines of both air bases. Also Walter Osby, Richard Skaggs, Denise Burton. Contact: Thomas Rowlie, #06396-E1213L, Zephyrhills Corr. Inst., 2739 Gall Blvd., Zephyrhills, FL 33541-9701.

Searching for Mark Marsili, 2nd Lt., Fort MacArthur, 1968-69. In 1969 we went to Jungle School in the Canal Zone. He went to Special Forces and Vietnam, 1969-70 with CCS South. Contact: Bob Holmes, 1324, The Strand, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266, 310-545-8318; bob@CRHomes.com

Robert Malloy, 69th Signal, 1966, at Tan Son Nhut. Harry Coleman is looking for you. Contact: Charlotte Johns, 910-318-2424; Charlottejohns@windstream.net

I wish to talk to Mr. Lawrence and Fr. Adkins. Did either of you know Navy Chaplain Fr. Vincent R. Capodanno who served with the 3rd and 7th Marines, 1966-67? Contact Ann Marie Roberts, 816-469-0271; annroberts977@gmail.com See www.Capodannoguild.org/Archdiocese for Military Services of the USA

Searching for anyone from 198th, D Co., 1/52, 1968-69, especially Thomas Edwards, Anthony Talone, David “Shorty” Kramer, James Ball, Robert Perkins, Jr., George McLaurin, and Plt. Sgt. Williams. Contact: Nancy Caradonna, ncaradonna@shaw.ca

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