RVN Vets Roll Call
This is a thread I saw on another site and it was great.
Simply state when and where you were assigned and your MOS(s).
It makes it easy to see who is full of BS.
It would be nice to see if we can see where our paths may have crossed. On the other site I found two others who were at the same place at the same time![8D]
I will start.
November 1967, entered the Army (WOFT) basic at Ft Polk, C-2-2, but due to astigmatism in my right eye I was not allowed to complete Flight Training (The single biggest disappointment in my life[:(])
1968-1969, 87th Engr Co (CBT), 199th Light Infantry Brigade 12B40 (Demolition Spec) (Near Bien Hoa and then Black Horse)
Break in service.
1971, 282nd Assault Helicopter Co (Black Cats), 212th Combat Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Brigade (Marble Mountain, Da Nang)67N2F
Transferred to the 71st Assault Helicopter Co (Rattlers), 23rd Infantry Div (Americal) (Chu Lai) 67N2F (Huey Crew chief)
I sent my last three months in country with the 565th Maintenance Co when the 71st stood down.
I spent the last two years active at Ft. Carson.
I jointed the Army NG in 1980, B Co, 5th Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (A521, 12B4S) in Pueblo, Co. I left the NG in 1988
Have we crossed paths???[;)]
Simply state when and where you were assigned and your MOS(s).
It makes it easy to see who is full of BS.
It would be nice to see if we can see where our paths may have crossed. On the other site I found two others who were at the same place at the same time![8D]
I will start.
November 1967, entered the Army (WOFT) basic at Ft Polk, C-2-2, but due to astigmatism in my right eye I was not allowed to complete Flight Training (The single biggest disappointment in my life[:(])
1968-1969, 87th Engr Co (CBT), 199th Light Infantry Brigade 12B40 (Demolition Spec) (Near Bien Hoa and then Black Horse)
Break in service.
1971, 282nd Assault Helicopter Co (Black Cats), 212th Combat Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Brigade (Marble Mountain, Da Nang)67N2F
Transferred to the 71st Assault Helicopter Co (Rattlers), 23rd Infantry Div (Americal) (Chu Lai) 67N2F (Huey Crew chief)
I sent my last three months in country with the 565th Maintenance Co when the 71st stood down.
I spent the last two years active at Ft. Carson.
I jointed the Army NG in 1980, B Co, 5th Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (A521, 12B4S) in Pueblo, Co. I left the NG in 1988
Have we crossed paths???[;)]
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Hello Troopers. Was drafted in 12-68 did basic at Ft.Gordon and AIT the same 12-68/6-69. Went to RVN in 6-69 and ETS out of RVN 7-70. Was assigned to 1/505 82nd airbourne until Oct.69 and then went to the 25th infantry 4/9 Manchus out of Tay Ninh ( Rocket City )Was with 4 duce, Worked the Parrots Beak, Iron Triangle, Ho Bo Woods.
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Fort Knox 1966 (A-15-4) Lhe Khe/ Chu Chi/ Tain Nin 67-68. I was first in B co 2nd of 2nd 1st div mech infantry then they temporarily, then permanently transferred me to B co 2nd 34th armor 25th division,
the story we were told was that a lot of tankers were killed and they needed replacements and I volunteered because it was my MOS and partially because the tankers were getting their allotted 2 beers a day and some mess Sargent from my old unit (B2/2 1)was selling all our beer on the black market and we never got any0 -
Basic at fort polk 8-63, ait Fort jackson 12-63. Fort leonardwood 1-64-8-65, Quinhon 8-65,8-66. 58th transportation co. Hauled cargo and troops from quinhon to Ankhe and plekiu. Worked alot with 173rd around binh dinh,and 101st 502 all over. Was also on desert strike out in california 1-64- 4-64. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by strawberry
Hello Troopers. Was drafted in 12-68 did basic at Ft.Gordon and AIT the same 12-68/6-69. Went to RVN in 6-69 and ETS out of RVN 7-70. Was assigned to 1/505 82nd airbourne until Oct.69 and then went to the 25th infantry 4/9 Manchus out of Tay Ninh ( Rocket City )Was with 4 duce, Worked the Parrots Beak, Iron Triangle, Ho Bo Woods.
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Were you at Camp Crockett for your AIT?0 -
Basic at Ft. Polk La 1969. Primary flight class 70-11 Ft. Wolters. Advanced flight Class 70-13 Ft Rucker. 282nd Assault Helicopter Company (Alleycats UH-1C Guns) Marble Mt. DaNang. 48th Assault Helicopter Company (Joker UH-1C Gunships) Dong Ha, Khe Sahn. Ft. Hood (1st Cav), Germany (11th ACR) border flight unit. Ft. Carson Colorado (Medivac) 571st. Korea 2nd Infantry Division. Ft Wainright Alaska. Honduras South America. Retired CW4(P) July 1991. Flew Commercially for 16 years in high altitude rescue and now fly no more. 0 -
Spent 12 1/2 months at Vinh Long AAF, Mar 70-Apr 71 in the Mekong Delta with the 114 AHC as a 71P20 Flight Operations Coordinator. Attended Army training at Ft. Campbell, Ft. Huachuca and Ft. Rucker.
Presently cataloging in-country Army copter "names" (Iron Butterfly, Cheap Thrills, etc) for a future book. Have so far documented 2,850 "names" to date. Would like to know if any forum members have knowledge of the subject matter presented. All contributions & input welcomed.0 -
August 1966 to September 1967
I Corps - MACV - Infantry Battalion Advisor to ARVN 2nd Infantry Division - Quang Ngai and Tam Ky from South China Sea to Laos
I am on the left with folding stock M2 Carbine
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basic fort polk aug'68-fort eustus(spl),va oct'68, 67n20 huey machanic-hunter army airfield, savanah, ga. mar'69-bear cat rvn, a co, 228th av bn, 1st cav oct'69-may'70 chinook mechanic. gary owen 0 -
Drafted:23Sep65
Basic Ft Dix NJ
AIT Ft Sill OK
Jump School Ft Benning GA
3/319 Arty 173rd Abn Bde(Sep)Bien Hoa May66/May67 RTO FO sect.
Ft Sill OK
REFRAD 22Sep67
Hon. Discharge 22Sep710 -
Basic at Ft. Polk Jun 68-Aug 68. AIT at Ft. Sill. Artillery Combat Leadership training (6 mos) at Ft. Sill. Attended University of VietNam May 69 thru Mar 70. Started with 1st/7th Artillery as FDC chief May 69-Nov 69. Became liaison sargeant with 2nd/16th Infantry after that. Visited tourist attractions such as FSB Jim, FSB Holiday Inn, FSB Harper's Ferry, FSB Thunder 1 and 2, FSB Dominate, and finished up at FSB Oklahoma. 0 -
early 1965 PI
MOS 0848 and 0849
1965 - 1966 Cuba, etc.
early 1967-late 1968 Nam, Bravo 1/13, towed 105s, I corps .....
early 1969 cross country chaser
late 1969 out0 -
Basic Ft Campbell Ky May of 68
AIT Ft Leonardwood 68 -69
Ft Hood Tx 69
VN Zom Tom & Zion Sep 69 - Nov 70
MOS 71H20
Not nearly as exciting as a lot of you guys, just a plain old soldier0 -
US Army, Jan 68 - Dec 71.
Basic: Ft. Leonard Wood MO
AIT: Ft. Devens MA
MOS 05H20
RVN: 175th USASA Operations Company, 303rd Bn, 509th Gp., II Field Force Vietnam, IIICTZ 1969-19700 -
...Ft. Jackson SC..Ft. Gordon GA..Ft Leonard Wood Misery..Ft Riley Kansas..9th Inf Div..11th Engineer Bn..feb-jun 1966..bearcat VN...196th Lt Inf Bde..tay ninh..chu lai. Jul 67-Oct 67..Ft bragg NC Nov 67-ETS 8 feb 68 0 -
Ft. Bragg 1967; Ft. Belvoir 1968; 3/8 CAV 1968; 178th Maint. 68-69; Ft. Lee 70-71; Ft. Jackson 72-73; 561st Maint 73-77; 19th Maint Bn Bad Kissingen Det. to 2/11 ACR 77-79; 5/32d Armor 79-82; 3/16 FA 82-86; 3d Eng. Bn CBT 86-87; HQHQ 5th Corp 87-88. MOS's 64C; 63D; 63H; 630C, D, E; 915E. Retired Dec 1988 0 -
0800 --105's in I Corps attached to 1-26 0 -
basic FT. Bliss Texas, 2-68 to 4-68
67n20 SRTHR Ft. Rucker, Ala, 5-68 to 8-68
sent to Ft. Meade Md. 6th ACR
volunteered to the 237 medical detachment, (Helicopter Ambulance)
September 68
deployed as a unit from Ft. Meade to RVN, assigned to northern I corp Camp Evans, call sign DMZ dustoff associated with the 18th surgical hospital and attached to the 3rd brigade, 5th mechanized infantry division. Also flew missions for anyone else in the AO here from 11-68 to 11-69 especially the marines up in the fire bases along the DMZ the SF guys who were in the A Shau valley and an Austrialian advisor group to the ARVN. I was assigned crew chief on army huey 67-17673 and flew combat support mission until I stopped flying to DEROS in Novmeber 69.
DEROS november 69 assigned to FT Hood, Robert Gray army airfield, and flew another year with the 55th Aviation Bn. Early out January 71 to go to school.0 -
Don't know if this is just Army but here goes: U.S. Air Force
1964-Basic at Lackland AFB, Texas
Nov1964-Apr-1965- Airframe Technical School, Amarillo, Texas
May-Jul
1966-1967-- Arrived RVN Phan Rang AB- Assigned 366th Tac Fighter Wing (F-4 aircraft). 366th reassigne to DaNang. Assigned 35th Tac Fighter Wg (F-100 Aircraft). Shop Overage,Flew door gunner for 30 days, Gunner for Convoys to Cam Rahn AB,temp duty to Security forces, Air Police Augmentee. Didn't get to work many aircraft, only in shop for about 2 months, loaned out most of the time because of shop overage.
Assigned Nellis AFB Nevada.
1968-1969-- Arrived RVN Phan Rang AB- Assigned 310th Consolidated Aircraft Maint. Sq. Also assigned Heavy Weapons Section, Air Police as Augmentee (assigned to motar Pit and APC gunner.
1969 Assigned Travis, AFB. California
Served 21 years in Air Force and Retired in 1985.0 -
Basic, Lackland, 1960.
Russian Language School, Bloomington, IN, 1961-62.
6915th, Hof Air Station, West Germany, 1962~64.
Further Russian Language School, Syracuse NY, 1964~65.
Viet Nam Language School, Monterey, 1965~66.
6924TH Security Squadron, Da Nang Viet Nam, 1966~68.
Discharged to Fort Wayne hospital, with multi-phasic, anti-social, passionate, self-destructive, sociopathic personality disorder, constant elopement fantasies, Thorazine and Lithium treatment. So far, so good. And then Agent Orange .......0 -
Ft Jackson SC Basic, AIT and PP Instructor Jan 68 - Dec 68.
HQ 704th Maint BN, 4th Infantry Div, Jan 69 - Dec 69
MOS 74B BN Clerk No Combat, just INCOMING.....0 -
Haven't been on this site in a year. This is an interesting topic.
A little guessy on the dates, but here goes,
U.S. Navy basic training, San Diego, September 1971.
Damage Control "A" School, Treasure Island, December 1971.
USS Oriskany, CVA 34, 1971-3
TDY to TF 117, Binh Thuy VN, 19720 -
quote:Originally posted by VinhlongVet71
Not beyond the realm of possibility of one of us here crossing paths
from what I've read. Good post Jim Rau[;)]
Basic at Ft. Jackson, S.C. Aug-Sept 1970
Did AIT at Ft. Rucker, AL 67N20 UH-1 maintenance/door gunner.
Deployed for RVN July 1971. Ended up in the Mekong Delta in province
of Vinhlong. 1st Avn. Brig/114th AHC.
I returned with all my parts and spent my final year in the Army at
Ft. Carson, CO 4th Inf. Div. 1/19th Field Artillery. I was a clerk
in the Battalion Headquarters.
I was assigned to the 4th Engineers, A Co but I was elected as post chairman for the Enlisted Men's Council while John Bennett (MG) was the post commander. I Did go to the 1/19th on occasion.Small world.[8D]0 -
1969 - 1970 VN:
Nha Trang
Pleiku
Ban Me Thuot: B-23 and surrounding A-s0 -
Basic 1957-58 Ft Jackson,SC
Advanced Inf Ft Dix 1958
Jump School Ft Campbell 1958
501st Sig,101st Abn Ft Campbell 58-60
Ft Benning 2nd ID 61-62
Germany 62-67
Ft Gordon Sept 67-Jan 68
RVN Nha Trang 459th Sig ,1st Sig Bde 68-69
Germany 69-76
Ft Gordon 31m Course Instructor,Plt Sgt and Operations Sgt76-78
Retired Sept 780 -
RVN Nha Trang 459th Sig ,1st Sig Bde...now that sounds like some good duty.
Can you imagine being stationed at an in-country R&R center with beaches full of nurses from Australia, New Zealand and the U.S..[:p]
I guess some guys have all the luck..[8D]
Welcome Home.0 -
Army Infantry 1542
1968 Ft Dix Basic and AIT
1969 OCS
1969 Ft Carson 137th Inf, 5th/10th Mech Inf
1970-71 Di An Advisor School, Adv Tm #86 Long An, MAT III #26 Can Douc District
Trained the RF/PF/PSDF
1971 District Senior Advisor
1971-75 100th Training Div0 -
Answer for 70-101, yes I was at Camp Crockett and what a S#### Hole that was. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by strawberry
Answer for 70-101, yes I was at Camp Crockett and what a S#### Hole that was.
Worst training facility in the Army, the place should have been condemned by the IG.0 -
I took basic at Ft Polk jan 63,then went to Ft Huachuca az.to End platoon 8612 till 65,then to Ft Belvoir for 4 months, then 123rd Trans Co TS in VN spent almost all my time in Phan Rang as the detachment motor sgt.From there to Ft Leonard Wood Mo for 18 months then 3 years in Germany in 23rd Eng Bn 3AD.Then 3 years in 92nd Eng Bn at Ft Stewart Ga.Finally gave up active duty,but joined the SeaBee reserve for another 16 years. 0 -
Basic & AIT at Ft Leonard Wood
RVN Chu-Lai & DaNang
23rd Inf Div Americal
196th LIB0
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