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Who's Who from Detachment A-101 (Khe Sanh/Lang Vei/Mai Loc) (Partial Draft)
The following is a listing of all personnel in our database, assigned to Detachment A-101 (Khe Sanh/Lang Vei/Mai Loc). If you were assigned to A-101 or you can correct any errors or can add any names or [ESPECIALLY HELPFUL] identify the assignments for the names at the last page of the list shown as "Assignments Unknown," or if you have any rosters, please let me know by e-mail at (sherman1@flash.net) or by phone at (281) 979-5688 or
Narrative Information: The first PCS Detachment A5/122 took over the Khe Sanh camp from A1/323, 1st SFG(A). It was redesignated A-101. Khe Sanh was turned over to III MAF and the camp was relocated to Old Lang Vei o/a 12/19/66. A year later, o/a 12/27/67 the camp was relocated to a new site at Lang Vei. That camp was over-run by an armored assault on 02/07/68. The team was reconstituted and relocated to Hill 52 as an FOB of A-109 Thong Duc and relocated shortly thereafter to Mai Loc. Mai Loc was closed o/a 08/27/70. Khe Sanh and Lang Vei were located in Huong Hoa District, Quang Tri Province. Earlier TDY teams came from the 1st SFGA and 7th SFGA's, listed in previously published monographs.
LAST NAME | FIRST NAME | SFX | RNK | FROM DATE | TO DATE | DUTIES | REMARKS | STAT |
Bostic | Ralph C | CPT | 04/05/65 | 11/01/65 | DET CO | A5/122 | DEC | |
Waghelstein | John D | CPT | 10/05/65 | 03/10/66 | DET CO | YE. | ||
Moffitt | Carrow L | CPT | 03/10/66 | 04/15/66 | DET CO | ill to 6/1/66 | DEC | |
Hutton | Paul C | III | CPT | 04/15/66 | 01/27/67 | DET CO | YE. | |
Davis | Medley M | CPT | 11/21/66 | 03/15/67 | DET CO | YE | ||
Duffy | John J | CPT | 01/14/67 | 05/01/67 | DET CO | YE. | ||
Crenshaw | William A | CPT | 05/01/67 | 05/04/67 | DET CO | KIA | ||
Cox | Dallas L | CPT | 03/09/67 | 09/04/67 | DET CO | YE. | ||
Willoughby | Frank C | CPT | 07/17/67 | 02/07/68 | DET CO | DEC | ||
Bailey | Dennis B | "Skip" | 1LT | 02/28/68 | 05/03/68 | DET CO | Hill 52 | DEC |
Wilkins | Miles R | 1LT | 04/15/68 | 12/01/68 | DET CO | Y, | ||
Buckley | Charles B | CPT | 11/27/68 | 03/01/69 | DET CO | med-TB | YE. | |
Sheehan | William M | CPT | 03/01/69 | 06/01/69 | DET CO | YE. | ||
Newkirk | Robert L | CPT | 06/01/69 | 10/21/69 | DET CO | DEC | ||
Hostikka | Richard A | CPT | 09/17/69 | 03/02/70 | DET CO | DNH | ||
Hopkins | Stephen F | CPT | 02/28/70 | 07/15/70 | DET CO | |||
08/27/70 | DET CO | |||||||
DETACHMENT EXECUTIVE OFFICERS | ||||||||
Pincock | Louis B | 2LT | 04/05/65 | 10/01/65 | DET XO | A5/122 | YE. | |
Thomas | James A | Jr | 1LT | 10/12/65 | 10/11/66 | DET XO | NOR before 8/15/66, then C-4 | DEC |
Cox | Carl D | 1LT | 03/02/66 | 03/01/67 | DET XO | Acting CO | ||
Stallings | Franklin D | 1LT | 01/09/67 | 05/04/67 | DET XO | KIA | ||
Schroff | William F | 1LT | 06/01/67 | 01/29/68 | DET XO | DEC | ||
Wilkins | Miles R | 1LT | 12/08/67 | 02/07/68 | DET XO | Y, | ||
Vanhoy | Francis S | 1LT | 03/01/68 | 05/11/68 | DET XO | HILL 52 | YE. | |
Davis | Kenneth E | 1LT | 04/01/68 | 05/18/68 | DET XO | |||
Lancey | Clarence R | Sr | 1LT | 07/16/68 | 02/11/69 | DET XO | DEC | |
Sheehan | William M | 1LT | 09/02/68 | 03/01/69 | DET XO | YE. | ||
McDill | Paul J | 1LT | 05/01/69 | 10/04/69 | DET XO | DEC | ||
Lord | Robert B | 1LT | 11/12/69 | 06/29/70 | DET XO | |||
Taylor | Damon T | 1LT | 01/12/70 | 09/15/70 | DET XO | DEC | ||
CIVIL AFFAIRS/PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS OFFICERS | ||||||||
Carroll | Charles A | 2LT | 05/04/65 | 11/05/65 | CAPO (TDY) | 97th CA | DEC | |
Perkins | William M | 1LT | 09/01/66 | 01/14/67 | CAPO | YE. | ||
Schroff | William F | 2LT | 01/29/67 | 06/01/67 | CAPO | DEC | ||
Austin | Samuel F | CPT | 03/04/67 | 03/21/67 | CAPO | 29 CA DET | YE. | |
Gaddis | Myron C | PSG | 03/04/67 | 03/21/67 | CAPO | 29 CA DET | DEC | |
Sheppard | Earl | SP5 | 03/04/67 | 03/21/67 | CAPO | 29 CA DET | ||
Falbo | Angelo B | PFC | 03/04/67 | 03/21/67 | CAPO | 29 CA DET | DEC | |
Richel | John T | PFC | 03/04/67 | 03/21/67 | CAPO | 29 CA DET | DEC | |
Wilkins | Miles R | 2LT | 08/19/67 | 12/07/67 | CAPO | Y, | ||
Bailey | Dennis B | 2LT | 12/01/68 | 02/27/68 | CAPO | DEC | ||
Siefert | James B | "Broc" | 1LT | 06/10/68 | 11/01/68 | CAPO | YE. | |
Misitis | Jan H | 1LT | 09/13/68 | 06/01/69 | CAPO | & CO & XO | DEC | |
Andre | Louis E | III | 1LT | 06/04/69 | 11/12/69 | CAPO | YE. | |
Marable | Renard H | 2LT | 10/01/69 | 04/01/70 | CAPO | YE. | ||
Wolfgramm | Richard G | 1LT | 10/30/69 | 06/19/70 | CAPO | YE. | ||
TEAM SERGEANTS | ||||||||
Morakon | Peter | SFC | 04/05/65 | TM SGT | A5/122 | DEC | ||
Biddle | Charles C | Jr | SFC | 01/01/66 | 05/01/66 | TM SGT | medevaced | DEC |
Waters | Edwin J | Sr | MSG | 03/01/66 | 01/25/67 | TM SGT | to C-3? | DEC |
Steptoe | William L | MSG | 03/01/67 | 05/04/67 | TM SGT | medevaced | DEC | |
Chamra | Richard A | SFC | 05/04/67 | 01/24/68 | TM SGT | DEC | ||
Adams | Harmon D | MSG | 09/01/67 | 10/01/67 | TM SGT | DEC | ||
Craig | William T | SFC | 10/01/67 | 02/08/68 | TM SGT | DEC | ||
Burt | William A | SFC | 03/01/68 | 05/04/68 | TM SGT | hospitalized | DEC | |
Coble | Donald L | SFC | 06/01/68 | 11/10/68 | TM SGT | Mai Loc | DEC | |
Lampkins | Lloyd R | MSG | 09/01/68 | 01/01/69 | TM SGT | Y. | ||
Corriveau | Robert A | MSG | 01/01/69 | 09/01/69 | TM SGT | DEC | ||
Douglas | Harry C | SFC | 09/01/69 | 03/30/70 | TM SGT | & HVY WPNS | DEC | |
Stopher | Gale | Jr | MSG | 03/01/70 | 04/10/70 | TM SGT | KIA | |
Bailey | Raymond C | SFC | 05/01/70 | 09/10/70 | TM SGT | YE? | ||
INTELLIGENCE | ||||||||
Rule | Claude P | SSG | 04/01/65 | INTEL | A5/122 WIA | DEC | ||
Spivey | Bobby | SFC | 06/01/66 | INTEL | DEC | |||
Chamra | Richard A | SFC | 01/25/67 | 05/04/67 | INTEL | DEC | ||
Irwin | Charles V | SFC | 07/05/67 | 12/07/67 | INTEL | YE. | ||
Burt | William A | SFC | 11/20/67 | 01/25/68 | INTEL | hospitalized/ renlistment leave |
DEC | |
Tiroch | Peter | SSG | 03/01/68 | 03/26/69 | INTEL | Hill 52 & C-1 | DEC | |
Vyers | Thomas W | SFC | 09/12/69 | 09/11/70 | INTEL | & TM SGT | DEC | |
Krowska | Robert W | SP4 | 11/27/65 | 02/01/66 | INTEL/A | DEC | ||
Morris | Stephen S | SP5 | 01/01/66 | 01/01/67 | INTEL/A | & LT WPNS medevaced? | YE. | |
Faust | James D | SP5 | 01/01/67 | INTEL/A | Y. | |||
Tiroch | Peter | SSG | 06/21/67 | 02/07/68 | INTEL/A | & INTEL | DEC | |
Anderson | Calvin K | "Kent" | SP5 | 09/16/69 | 09/15/70 | INTEL/A | & A-100? | YE, |
Trimm | Frederick T | SP5 | 10/01/69 | 10/01/70 | INTEL/A | YE | ||
WEAPONS | ||||||||
Black | Charles H | SSG | 04/01/65 | HVY WPNS | A5/122 | DEC | ||
Higgins | Richard P | SFC | 08/01/65 | 02/01/66 | WPNS | DEC | ||
Bodlak | Jaroslav | SFC | 01/01/66 | HVY WPNS | No Orders | DEC | ||
McGuire | Patrick E | SGT | 01/01/66 | 08/20/66 | LT WPNS | A0Y, | ||
Pa'u | Mua'au | SFC | 01/26/66 | 01/25/67 | HVY WPNS | A7/06 | DEC | |
Pendergrass | Burt A | SGT | 02/01/67 | 01/01/68 | LT WPNS | DEC | ||
Gonzales | ||||||||
Lindewald | Charles V | Jr | SFC | 06/01/67 | 09/01/67 | HVY WPNS | MIA | |
Brooks | Arthur | SSG | 10/10/67 | 02/07/67 | LT WPNS | medevaced | YE. | |
Hanna | Kenneth | SFC | 02/07/68 | HVY WPNS | MIA | |||
Young | John A | SP4 | 01/01/68 | 02/07/68 | LT WPNS | captured | ||
Guerrero | Juan J | SGT | 03/01/68 | 06/01/68 | HVY WPNS | |||
Pool | Julius E | SSG | 06/01/68 | 06/01/69 | HVY WPNS | & TM SGT | DEC | |
Holt | Dickle B | "Dick" | SP5 | 08/01/68 | 05/01/69 | LT WPNS | Y, | |
Douglas | Harry C | SFC | 04/13/69 | 03/30/70 | HVY WPNS | DEC | ||
Windley | William H | SFC | 05/01/69 | 05/01/70 | LT WPNS | DEC | ||
Peters | Michael S | SGT | 01/01/70 | 12/01/70 | LT WPNS | DEC | ||
RADIO OP | ||||||||
McFadden | Franklin | SSG | 04/05/65 | RAD OP | A5/122 | vhpa | ||
Wells | Lewis H | Jr | SGT | 04/05/65 | 12/01/65 | RAD OP | A5/122 | DEC |
Vince | James P | SGT | 10/09/65 | 11/01/65 | RAD OP | YE. | ||
Siejwa | George J | SSG | 12/05/65 | 11/24/66 | RAD OP | DEC | ||
Takeuchi | Richard M | SGT | 01/02/66 | 09/01/66 | RAD OP | Y | ||
Chambers | Gerald L | SSG | 03/01/66 | 03/01/67 | RAD OP | Y | ||
Lechleiter | John C | SP4 | 08/01/66 | 01/01/68 | RAD OP | at C-1 2 mos | YE. | |
Blalock | Nathan W | SGT | 09/01/66 | 02/01/67 | RAD OP | YE. | ||
Andreas | Stephen G | SP4 | 11/01/66 | 02/01/67 | RAD OP | DEC | ||
Berk | Joseph P | SGT | 12/01/66 | 10/01/67 | RAD OP | YE. | ||
McMurry | William G | Jr | SP4 | 01/01/67 | 02/07/68 | RAD OP | Captured | |
Adams | Elmer D | "Dave" | SGT | 03/01/67 | 07/06/67 | RAD OP | YE. | |
Thompson | Dennis L | SSG | 06/01/67 | 02/07/68 | RAD OP | YE. | ||
White | David R | SGT | 09/01/67 | 12/01/67 | RAD OP | vhpa | ||
Shook | Douglas E | SP4 | 01/01/68 | RAD OP? | yfb | |||
Phillips | Emanuel E | SFC | 10/01/67 | 02/07/68 | RAD OP | DEC | ||
Dooms | Franklin H | SP4 | 12/23/67 | 02/07/68 | RAD OP | YE. | ||
Dooms | Franklin H | SP4 | 03/01/68 | 06/01/68 | RAD OP | Hill 52 | YE. | |
Phillips | Emanuel E | SFC | 03/01/68 | 06/01/68 | RAD OP | DEC | ||
Kern | Richard L | SFC | 04/01/68 | 6/01/68 | RAD OP | Only Apr-Jun? | DEC | |
Adams | Elmer D | "Dave" | SGT | 03/01/68 | 03/01/69 | RAD OP | YE. | |
Clifton | Orville V | SFC | 06/01/68 | RAD OP | DEC | |||
Sooter | Richard E | SGT | 01/01/69 | 12/01/69 | RAD OP | YE. | ||
Ballmer | Ward C | SGT | 09/01/69 | 09/01/70 | RAD OP | YE? | ||
Lusterman | Gary H | SSG | 09/28/69 | 03/10/70 | RAD OP | DEC | ||
Linskey | Robert J | 'BJ' | SGT | 01/01/70 | 08/27/70 | RAD OP | YE? | |
Sandaine | Robert G | SGT | 01/01/70 | 05/01/70 | RAD OP | Y? | ||
DEMO | ||||||||
Keating | Henry A | SSG | 04/05/65 | 01/01/66 | DEMO | A5/122 | ? | |
Webber | Frank R | Jr | SSG | 04/05/65 | 01/01/66 | DEMO | A5/122 | DEC |
Ingalls | Gerald | SP4 | 04/05/65 | DEMO | A5/122 | YE. | ||
Brown | Horace C | SSG | 10/27/65 | 06/01/66 | DEMO | Emergency Leave | YE? | |
Robinson | Jon N | SSG | 12/25/65 | 04/01/65 | DEMO | Y. | ||
Osborn | Richard D | SFC | 01/01/67 | DEMO | KIA | |||
Phillips | Daniel R | SP5 | 01/01/68 | 02/07/68 | DEMO | MIA | ||
Dudley | William M | SP5 | 03/01/68 | 06/16/68 | DEMO | DEC | ||
Bicknell | Howard R | SP5 | 06/01/68 | DEMO | ||||
Yongen | Raymond T | SSG | 01/01/69 | DEMO | YE? | |||
Bruscino | Michael M | SP4 | 05/01/69 | 08/12/69 | DEMO | No Orders Medevaced | YE, | |
Kuhlman | Bruce W | SSG | 06/13/69 | 04/11/70 | DEMO | YE. | ||
Grice | John F | Jr | SP5 | 09/09/69 | 05/01/70 | DEMO | DEC | |
Leonard | Gary L | SP4 | 06/01/70 | 08/27/70 | DEMO | YE. | ||
MEDIC | ||||||||
O'Leary | Thomas M | SSG | 04/05/65 | 04/05/66 | MEDIC | A5/122 | DEC | |
Roberts | Sam R | SP4 | 04/05/65 | 01/01/66 | MEDIC | A5/122? | ||
Wilbanks | Roy S | SP5 | 01/01/66 | MEDIC | Roy R? | DEC | ||
O'Barr | James A | SGT | 06/01/66 | 01/01/67 | MEDIC | YE. | ||
Neidlein | Thomas W | SSG | 11/01/66 | 01/01/67 | MEDIC | YE. | ||
Batrez | Archie | Jr | SSG | 01/01/67 | MEDIC | DEC | ||
Coleman | Don G | SGT | 11/01/67 | 06/01/67 | MEDIC | DEC | ||
Low | Paul E | Jr | SFC | 06/01/67 | 01/12/68 | MEDIC | YE. | |
Fragos | Nicholas I | SGT | 08/07/67 | 08/06/68 | MEDIC | DEC | ||
Johnson | Montgomery B | SGT | 08/27/67 | 12/01/67 | MEDIC | YE, | ||
Mullowney | Richard D | Jr | SGT | 09/01/67 | 12/01/67 | MEDIC | YE. | |
Goranson | William P | SP5 | 09/01/67 | 11/01/67 | MEDIC | DEC | ||
Johnson | Joel A | SGT | 12/17/67 | 02/07/68 | MEDIC | medevaced | YE. | |
Holt | James W | SFC | 01/01/68 | 02/07/68 | MEDIC | MIA | ||
Ashley | Eugene | Jr | SFC | 01/12/68 | 02/07/68 | MEDIC | KIA | |
Swicegood | Harold M | SFC | 03/01/68 | 04/01/68 | MEDIC | from? | Y? | |
Allen | Richard H | SGT | 03/01/68 | 06/01/68 | MEDIC | Hill 52 | YE. | |
Helm | James J | SSG | 06/01/68 | MEDIC | Mai Loc | YE. | ||
Horton | Allen J | SGT | 01/01/69 | MEDIC | YE. | |||
Bailey | Raymond C | SFC | 01/01/70 | 05/01/70 | MEDIC | YE? | ||
Johnson | Edgar M | SGT | 01/01/70 | 12/01/70 | MEDIC | YE? | ||
Attached Personnel | ||||||||
Seabee | 01/01/67 | |||||||
Seabee | 01/01/67 | |||||||
DOD civilian | 01/01/67 | |||||||
Hughes | Clifford E | SSG | 01/01/69 | F/O | ATTD | |||
Pruitt | James E | SGT | 01/01/69 | F/O | ATTD | YE, | ||
Revels | Jonathan D | SGT | 01/01/65 | RAD OP | TM C-1 at A-101 | |||
Assignment Unknown | ||||||||
Williams | Floyd L | SP4 | 01/01/65 | 12/31/65 | No orders | A5/122? | ||
Stephens | James R | SSG | 01/01/69 | DEC | ||||
Camp | Walter T | SFC | 06/01/69 | 12/01/69 | DEC | |||
Books about or by: Craig, William T, Team Sergeant, A Special Forces NCO at Lang Vei and Beyond, Ivy Books, 1998 Phillips, William R, Night of the Silver Stars, The Battle of Lang Vei, Naval Institute Press, 1997 Stockwell, David B, Tanks in the Wire: The First Use of Enemy Armour in Vietnam, 19xx Links: MAP of A-101 Khe Sanh
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