Locator

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 members of the 101^st Airborne MP Co., 1970-71. Contact: George Mahoney, georgemahoneyjr@yahoo.com

Searching for my sergeant, Bobbie R. Smith, 14^th Security Police Squad., Nha Trang AB, 1966-67. Contact: Gary H. Plep, saplep@aol.com

Looking for Sgt. John Preston from W.Va. who served in the A.F., 1965, and in Vietnam. Billy Noah, from Vaiden, Miss., served with him and wishes to locate him because of the positive impact Sgt. Preston had. Contact: Carly King, cpboyles@crimson.ua.edu

Searching for relatives of Lance Cpl. Richard Alban Gross, 3^rd Marine Div., who died in Vietnam. He has relatives in the Philippines who wish to find his descendants. Contact: Radjie Ortiz, radjieortiz@gmail.com

Looking for any Marines who served at Camp Foster and Camp Butler, Okinawa, 1972-73, who worked in supply as general warehouse workers and can verify storage and use of Agent Orange and other hazardous herbicides as inventory. Contact: Adriel E. Ross, SRF.151619, 9625 Pierce Rd., Freeland, MI 48623.

Searching for veterans who served aboard U.S.S. Shangri-la, 1970. I was a member of the CVQ 129 working on aircraft at the base in Da Nang. I need Agent Orange assistance from VA but must prove boots on the ground. Contact: Mary Maharas, windyknollgirl@live.com

Looking for family members of veterans who died with a compensation claim still pending or veterans who feel their claims have been unlawfully delayed by VA. Contact: Hubert Babb, 217290, Union CI, D2206, P.O. Box 1000, Raiford, FL 32083.

Searching for Phil Lucero from Denver. We served together in H&S Co., H&S Bn., Quantico, 1969, providing communication support for OCS and TBAS. He later visited while I was in 3/1, I Corps, 1970. Contact: Tim Mulloy, tmulloy1950@yahoo.com

Looking for Dennis Hellwig, chaplain’s assistant, who served with me at Binh Thuy, 1971. Contact: Julian Gonzalez, MD, jgalaska21@hotmail.com

Searching for members of the 1^st Bn., 40^th FA to help celebrate the 100^th anniversary of the battalion, June 18-22, Fort Sill. Contact: James Bishop, 209-952-0535; james@jabishop.com

Looking for friends who worked with me at the 3^rd Field Hosp. in Tan Son Nhut, Nov. 1965 to April 1966: Joe Moreo, John Fugate, Dave Riddle, and Junior. Contact: Ted Meadowcroft, subman301@yahoo.com

Searching for anyone with photos of anything pertaining to 602^nd Fighter Sqd. C. We had A-1E, G, H aircraft. Contact: Robert Vincent, rvincent628628@comcast.net

Looking for Tom Smith, an AF pilot who served in Vietnam with Dave Bird. Smith was in Da Nang in 1970-71. He and his brothers, Mike and David, were from Pennsylvania and visited Ireland with his father when I was a teenager. I believe they were from Philadelphia. Contact: Carmel Gilligan, +353 83 3023 745; cgilligan@gmail.com

Searching for witnesses to an incident at the 3^rd Field Hospital PX, Saigon, on or about June 10, 1972. It involved trying to apprehend a large individual. I was on the floor trying to get him under control when a company clerk from the 716^th MP Co. helped handcuff the individual. Looking to verify that the incident took place in support of a VA claim. Contact: Jim Van Hook, hooksbass@aol.com

Looking for witnesses or participants in an incident at Fort Lewis, Wash., on or about Nov. 15, 1971, involving Signal Co. 1, 296^th MP Co., responding to a racially charged incident that resulted in a near riot. Looking to verify that the incident took place in support of VA claim. Contact: Jim Van Hook, hooksbass@aol.com

Searching for anyone assigned to A Co., 2^nd Bn., 30^th Inf., 3^rd Div., at Ledward Barracks, Schweinfurt, Germany, 1971-74. Need a witness who saw the F-4 Phantom jet crash into the M-113 A.P.C. during a reforger exercise. Also a Chinook helicopter that crashed into a power line structure. Attn: Don Oxford of Lead, S.D.; Aubrey Finley of Atlanta; Frank Keene of Alabama. Contact: David Tarxin, E-76518, S.Q.S.P., 2-W-61, San Quentin, CA 94974

Looking for anyone who served in Vietnam in December 1968 with Lima, 3^rd Bn., 1^st Marines, Operation Saline. Contact: Henry L. Allan, 2606 Ridgewood Ave., Charleston, SC 29414, 843-852-9966; 843-324-0070.

Searching for all brothers of the B 4/23 Mechanized, 4^th Bn., 23^rd Inf., 25^th Div.: Capt. John B. Horn (N.J.), Thomas Armstrong (Fla.), William Sheldon (N.C.), Pete Dalton (N.Y.), Dennis Berryman, William Ratty, Raymond Harcourt, Kendrick R. Collins (N.M.), Carl Earl Masters (Calif.), Jack Pittaway, Ron Zink, Ricky Roberts, and Harvey Gagnon. We have had two reunions, planning another for 2019. Contact: Bobby Cheatham, 706-829-8693; rfcswampmaster@comcast.net

Looking for any Air Force AGE mechanic, 1966-76, who can provide a statement that AGE duties caused routine exposure to AVGAS/MOGAS, JP-4, and various solvents and vapor. Also exposure to diesel exhaust fumes from refueling trucks, crew buses, aircraft tow vehicles, AGE tow vehicles, any diesel powered AGE or power production generators. Need help for bladder cancer claim. Contact: Stan Walkowski, 702-327-8406; stan.walkowski@cox.net

Searching for Ed Carrithers from La. and Terry Plough, Mich., who served in the USAF with Jeff Cushman while in Vietnam. Contact: Susan Cushman, suecushman@hotmail.com

My father, Donald Larry Stanfield, is looking for George Francis Deedee and two others whose last names were Schoeb and Bush. They served in the Army from Sept. 1965 to Feb. 1967 in MACV. Contact: Brad Stanfield, 479-757-9495; brad.stanfield@nilfisk.com

Looking for pen pals. I am a veteran incarcerated, USMC, 1969. I am doing life since 1983 and hoping for support from any Marines. Contact: Burl Bilyeu, #D46650, P.O. Box 409090, Ione, CA 95640.

Looking for pen pals. I am an Army veteran, incarcerated. Contact: Dean Bagley, #311347, WSP, B-A-103, 1313 N.13^th Ave., Walla Walla, WA 99362; JPay.com

Searching for George DeCoster and Mike Kincaid who served on the U.S.S. Hull DD-945 in 1966. Contact: Ken (Willy) Williams, 573-864-1337; kenswoodshop@centurytel.net

Looking for a family member who served in the Red Horse Civil Engineering Squadron, at Tra Noc Binh Thuy Airbase in early 1970s. All I have is the last name, Howard. Contact: Stephen Barr, antisbarr@hotmail.co.uk

Searching for an MP whose Jeep was stolen from in front of the Loon Foon Restaurant on Long Binh Post, Oct. 1969. I know who stole your Jeep and what happened to it. Contact: Jim Doyle, 11bravojim@gmail.com

Looking for anyone who served with my uncle, Master Sgt. Joe Don Milliken. He was in Germany from 1958-64. A photo indicates he was with the 8^th Army, Armor Div. He was in Vietnam 1965-67, as an ARVN Ranger advisor assigned to Team 21, and as a linguist who worked with the Montagnards, assigned to the office of the mayor of DaNang. He returned to Germany from 1967-69, and to Vietnam, 1969-71. He died in 2006 from complications from Agent Orange. Contact: Philip Yeatts, pyracer@yahoo.com

Searching for a copy of my Platoon Graduation Book from Parris Island. My plt. was 3006 and 3010, graduation Sept. 1967. Contact: Martin V. D’Giff, 9986 SW 1^st Court, Coral Springs, FL 33071; msemperfi@aol.com

My father is a Vietnam veteran. He often speaks of playing cards in his hooch. I am trying to find out what the actual deck would have been. He said that his buddy from Texas would “liberate” his CO’s playing cards. Can anyone tell me what brand the commissary would have carried? Contact: Chris Dyer, imchrisgoh@gmail.com

Looking for anyone who remembers 1^st Sgt. Charles Marshall and me, Cpl. Jack Murphy, hitting a roadside bomb and being in a firefight. I went to a field hospital to get metal removed in right foot and ankle. I need help with Purple Heart claim. LZ Pony, Oct. or Nov. 1967. 1^st Cav. Div., A Batt., 1^st/77^th Arty. Also in my unit, Ward, Winkler, Herald, and Hamm. Contact: Jack Murphy, Box 302, Harrodsburg, KY 40330.

Searching for anyone who was in Co. A, 3/8 Inf., 1966-67, especially Randy Nordstrom from Nebraska. We took mortar fire in Ban Me Thuot, May 1967. I have a photo. Contact: Jim Reeling, 903-597-1371 or 903-570-9934.

Looking for pen pals. I am a Vietnam veteran, Bien Hoa A.B. and Cam Rahn Bay A.B., 1970-71. I am especially interested in hearing from Walter Osby, Richard Scaggs, Denise Buxton, and Kenneth Smith. Contact: Thomas Rowlie, #063965-d 2101, Zephyrhills Correctional Institution, 2739 Gall Blvd., Zephyrhills, FL 33541-9701.

Looking to connect with John Young, my platoon sgt. in basic training, Fort Knox, Feb.-April, 1965. I was in the 4^th Plt., C-14-4. 2^nd Lt. Hanks was CO during my training. Contact: John Ferguson, 412-922-4687; jmacferg1@yahoo.com

Searching for two Vietnamese interpreters, Nguyen Bao and Pham Vui, with whom I was friends in Phong Dien District HQ. Nguyen Bao joined the S. Vietnamese Navy after March 1970 and trained at the U.S. Navy dental school in San Diego. Contact: Bill Boehm, billindaboehm@gmail.com

Looking for members of my unit, the 383^rd Q.M. Det. AS. We landed in Vietnam on Sept. 1, 1965. Contact: John Edward Richardson, 504-912-2500; jer1945jer@gmail.com

Looking for anyone who served with me in 2^nd Air Delivery, Camp Lejeune, from 1967-70. My name was Floyd Rainey. I was with the 1^st Air Delivery in DaNang from Aug. 1968-Sept. 69. Some in authority: Gunney Floyd, Staff Sgt. Henry, and Sgt. Alvarez. I wish to correspond with any of the men, such as Edo, Alvin Sparrow (my ace), Johnny Botello, James Roberts, Kutu, Valentine, Fritz, Willie Williams, and Savage, and especially, John K. Goss from Pittsburgh. My legal name is now Haneef K. Rashe’d. Contact: Haneef K. Rashe’d, #1064300, Deerfield Correctional Center, 21360 Deerfield Dr., Capron,VA 23829.

Searching for Chief Master Sgt. Frank Smith, retired. He was my hooch mate overseas and at Bergstrom AFB. He was on a team that inspected bases. When he came to mine, he stayed in the barracks with me and used my car. Contact: William Forster, 1549 Elf Stone Dr., Casselberry, FL 32707.

Trying to find the assigned prison number of Thomas Rowlie in Zephyrhills Correctional Institution in Florida. Contact: Kenneth Smith, 740 W. 15^th St., Apt. 3, Merced, CA 95340.

My father, CW2 Richard Michael Smith, joined the Army in 1960, then did three tours in Vietnam. He was in Germany (1961), Korea (1966), and Vietnam (1971 and 1973). He was killed not far from Fort Benning in a boat accident in June 1973. I was two years old. I am still waiting for his medals. Anyone who knew him or knew of him, I would like to hear anything. Contact: Scott Smith, glock8239@gmail.com

Family searching for Zane Lee Stiffler from Altoona, Pa. He entered service in 1966, and was released from active duty in 1969. Last-known address: 1318 N. Martin Luther King, Jr., Blvd., Apt. 7A, Tallahassee, Fla. Family worried. Contact: Allen Welch (brother-in-law), 717-350-1002; CrimDef1@aol.com

Searching for Pvt. Bobby White, Army, from Elyria, Ohio. When I was between 14 and 16, we were pen pals while he was in Vietnam. When he came home, my father would not allow me to meet Bobby. I kept all his letters till they were destroyed in a flood. I would still like to meet him. Contact: Vee Lynn Reed, reed217@buckeye-express.com

Looking for anyone who was at H.H.C. Army, Transcom. Eur., Camp King, Oberursal, Germany, 1972-73, especially, Jim Sweet, mail room, Neal Leonard, morning report clerk, and one other, last name Bray. I worked in the Reproduction Ofc. Contact: John Beal, #0024543, Tillery Correction Center, P.O. Box 222, Tillery, NC 27887-0222.

Searching for anyone who attended Monticello School in East Carroll Parish, La., 1954-68. Contact: Ernest (Bud) Brewer, 407 E. Holly St., Sheridan, AZ 72150.

Looking for members of the 25^th Inf., Cu Chi, 1966-67, who served with Pvt. Calvin A. Ingram, whose best friend was Frenchie. Contact: Danielle Ingram, ingramdanielle1124@gmail.com

Searching for members from 11^th Marine Regt. Supply, early 1969, DaNang, especially John Clarke, Steve Kyrimoto, Rudy Gonzalez. Contact: R. Babbitt, 509-638-3850 or 951-658-1230.

Looking for members of B 1/13, who moved into Dai La Pass, DaNang, and took over FSB Sixshooter in Aug. 1968. Contact: Bob, 509-658-1230.

Searching for Lt. Brian Sullivan, 11^th USMC. Also members of Air Support Radar Team whose men recaptured the radar site, Feb. 23, 1969, Division Ridge area. Contact: Calvin, 509-638-3850 or 951-658-1230.

Looking for Rick Frankowitz, a Capt. in the Army, Non Nuoc, 1967-68. He worked in the Officers Club in DaNang. Contact: Kim Graylin, kimgraylin@yahoo.com

Looking for Vietnam vets diagnosed with ocular melanoma (cancer of the eye). I am filing a claim and need your help finding how many Vietnam vets have this rare cancer. Contact: Jim, brillo7172@yahoo.com

Searching for Gerald Richardson from Torrance, Calif. He served in 1^st Plt., B Co., 3/39 Bn., 9^th Div., 1967. I was with him when he was wounded. He was with the fire dept. in Torrance. Contact: Larry Shelton, 903-767-3470; saranan.shelton@gmail.com

Looking for Marines who went through boot camp with me, April 1970 and ITR, 1970, first at Camp San Onofre, then Camp Horno. We were later in DaNang, 1971, 1^st Marine Div. Please contact me so we can celebrate our friendship. Two boot camp instructors of Plt. 3147 were Gunnery Sgt. Poteet and Staff Sgt. Starr, April 1970. Contact: Benjamin B. Medellin, marathoner52@sbcglobal.net

I am Vice Chair of the Vietnam Veterans Committee of the Jewish War Veterans of the USA. We are gathering an archive of stories of Jews who served during the Vietnam Era (1959-75) for the National Museum of Jewish American Military History. It doesn’t matter whether you were boots on the ground or not. We are looking for 1 to 1½ typed with a “then” and “now” photo. These stories will be entered into our interactive website at the museum and will possibly be published. Contact: Bob Jacobs, 732-691-6139; conrailbob2003@yahoo.com

Looking for Marines around DaNang who served with the Combined Action Program, 1968-70. I was with the 3^rd Bn., 1^st Marines, then CAP Unit 2-1-4. Contact: Roland Wood, 770-356-1606; rwood2151@bellsouth.net

Searching for Lt. Casey or anyone in 3^rd Plt., Co. B, 3^rd Btry., 173 Abn. Bde., 503 Inf., when we were in contact Nov. 1970 in Sui Cau Valley outside Camp Uplift when I was hit and medevaced. Contact: Ralph Manotti, rmanotti@verizon.net

Looking for students from Essex County Boys Vocational & Technical High School in Bloomfield, N.J., who served during the Vietnam War. Contact: Dennis Greco, sticks65@optonline.net

Searching for vets who served at Takhli AFB, Thailand, to support Agent Orange exposure death benefit claim of Thomas “Viking” Korsmo, USN, for his widow. In 1972 LCDR Korsmo was on an exchange tour with the 7^th Tactical Fighter Squad., Holloman AFB, and was sent to Thailand in 1972. Hoping to find someone who can provide either personal knowledge or evidence of Korsmo’s duty at Takhli, including photos or descriptions of him at the perimeter. Also, a description of conditions on the base during 1972. Contact: Thomas Korsmo, 360-720-6684; tigekorsmo@gmail.com

Looking for anyone who served in HHC, 3/12 Inf., 4^th Inf. Div., 1967-68. Contact: Jack Canty, jcanty1@comcast.net

Searching for unit insignia picture of Whiskey Btry., 1^st Bn., 13 Marines, 1966-69. Any photo of that battery’s insignia or one from any other btry. in that bn. would be helpful. It could be a photo of unit vehicle or weapon that has the unit insignia. Contact: Lawrence Green, lrg1949aa@verizon.net

Looking for Richard Brett Huggett, Danny Fisher, David “Blue Bolt” Bobnick, Lee Hipp, or any other Palace Dog members. Contact: Jimmy Pappas, jpappas235@gmail.com

Looking for anyone with the 199^th LIB Bravo 4/12, Feb.-May 1968, in the battle outside Saigon, May 8, 1968. We were in the rice paddies. I was wounded and sent to Evac Hospital in Saigon. I have no memory of this. Any information, especially photos, would help. Contact: Alvin Upton, 240-381-9875; louisvillesteelers1@gmail.com

Searching for my friend, James Nunziato, Jr. He was about nineteen when he served at Dalat in 1967-68 with 352^nd Signal Corps Bn. Contact: Thinh Vu, thinhvu1090@gmail.com

Looking for corpsmen who served with F 2/7 in 1967: Ernie Garcia from Calif., Douglas Redman from Ariz., Roy Glendon Adair from Okla. Also G or H 2/7 corpsman Larry “Smokey” Stover from Tenn. Contact: Jim Cammarata, jimcamma@hotmail.com

Looking for David Michael Chase, b. 1945, Alhambra, Calif. He lived in the Sacramento area in mid-1970s-80s. He has relatives in the Compton/L.A. area. Army Special Forces, 1965-70s. Contact: Cathie (Ruiz) Mortenson, dr_c_m@yahoo.com

Searching for John Redman from Alabama. We served aboard the U.S.S. Repose, 1968-69. We were both cooks. Contact: Jim Lee, jimandgeil@gmail.com 

Looking for anyone who knew Richard N. Leslie while he was at Tan Son Nhut Air Base. He was part of the 549^th Qtrmstr. Co. (ABN), Okinawa, while they were TDY at the air base in Vietnam, March-June 1972, in support of the Easter Campaign in An Loc. He is severely ill, time is limited, and we need help in proving he was in Vietnam. Contact: John Moore, jmoore1540@msn.com

I was at Hue with Delta 1/5 on Feb.13-15, 1968, when we took Dong Ba Tower. After helping many wounded Marines I was shot in the neck during door-to-door combat. I believe I am qualified to receive specific awards, but I need confirmation from those who witnessed my actions. Contact: Richard Prince, 301-567-7760; rprince10@comcast.net

Searching for Capt. James Wykoff, HMM 361 and HMM 163 1^st MAW RVN, 1965-66. I have your photos of Vietnam. Contact: R.M. Farrier, 13741 Thunderbird Dr., 50 J, Seal Beach, CA 90740.

Searching for Ken Monday. I served with him in 199^th Light Inf. Bde., A Co., 5^th Bn., 12 Bde., 1968-69. Contact: Don Rack, 1506 Riesenberg Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45215; 513-821-1150; donlrock@hotmail.com