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Who's Who from Detachment A-107 (Tra Bong) (Partial Draft)
The following is a listing of all personnel in our database, assigned to Detachment A-107 (Tra Bong). If you were assigned to A-107 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) 879-5688 or join the team discussion at the Green Beret Forum.
Narrative Information: Tra Bong was opened and closed by TDY teams from 1st SFG(A). The camp was reopened by a team from the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) o/a 8/28/65. Mixed AATTV, USASF teams ran the camp until the first PCS Detachment (which had been A7/03 until it was transferred to 5th SFGA) took over the camp in January 1966. It was redesignated A-107. Tra Bong was converted to 61st Border Ranger o/a 08/31/70. Tra Bong was located in Tra Bong District, Quang Ngai Province.
LAST NAME | FIRST NAME | SFX | RNK | FROM DATE | TO DATE | DUTIES | REMARKS | STAT |
DETACHMENT COMMANDERS | ||||||||
Skardon | Geoff C | CPT | 08/25/65 | DET CO | AATTV | |||
Fazekas | Felix | CPT | 09/01/65 | 01/01/66 | DET CO | AATTV | DEC | |
Fewell | John P | Jr | CPT | 01/07/66 | 01/28/66 | DET CO | A7/03 | KIA |
Gregory | Richard M | 1LT | 02/01/66 | 08/10/66 | DET CO | DEC | ||
Horan | Earl C | Jr | CPT | 06/01/66 | 01/01/67 | DET CO | DEC | |
Schreer | Robert O | CPT | 01/07/67 | 03/03/67 | DET CO | YE, | ||
Callahan | James E | CPT | 02/20/67 | 07/19/67 | DET CO | From 1/20/66-2/20/67? | YE, | |
Goldstine | James A | CPT | 06/23/67 | 11/05/67 | DET CO | DEC | ||
Quesada | Gonzalo | Jr | CPT | 11/05/67 | 03/31/68 | DET CO | to C-1 S-2 | DEC? |
Newkirk | Henry F | Jr "Hank" | CPT | 04/01/68 | 05/02/68 | DET CO | medevaced | YE. |
Bailey | Dennis B | "Skip" | 1LT | 05/03/68 | 12/12/68 | DET CO | DEC | |
Newkirk | Henry F | Jr "Hank" | CPT | 06/01/68 | 08/07/68 | DET CO | medevaced | YE. |
Mellon | John W | III Bill' | CPT | 12/15/68 | 11/06/69 | DET CO | YE. | |
Torborg | Steven G | CPT | 07/31/69 | 04/01/70 | DET CO | YE, | ||
Henwood | William T | CPT | 04/04/70 | 08/31/70 | DET CO | YE. | ||
Driver | Albert R | "Richard" | 1LT | 09/01/70 | 11/12/70 | DET CO | MACV ADV | DEC |
DETACHMENT EXECUTIVE OFFICERS | ||||||||
Walker | Edward G | "Gordon" | CPT | 09/15/65 | 01/23/66 | DET XO | YE. | |
Morris | Raymond C | 2LT | 01/07/66 | DET XO | A7/03 to MGF | YE. | ||
Davidson | Neil J | 1LT | 02/01/66 | 04/04/66 | DET XO | DEC | ||
Jochims | James E | CPT | 06/01/66 | 09/01/66 | DET XO | YE. | ||
Solis | Pete | Jr | 1LT | 09/01/66 | 02/22/67 | DET XO | DEC | |
Austin | Jerry J | 1LT | 01/01/67 | 03/04/67 | DET XO/CO | DEC | ||
Francoeur | Paul E | 1LT | 01/15/67 | 03/13/67 | DET XO/CO | DEC | ||
Katz | Darrell W | 1LT | 04/29/67 | 09/01/67 | DET XO/CO | YE. | ||
Hektor | Helmut | CPT | 05/18/67 | 10/15/67 | DET XO | DEC | ||
Newkirk | Henry F | Jr | 1LT | 09/18/67 | 04/01/68 | DET XO | YE. | |
Fullen | Geoffrey E | 1LT | 02/12/68 | 03/15/68 | DET XO | DEC | ||
Fitzgerald | Stephen E | 1LT | 07/18/68 | 06/29/69 | DET XO | YE. | ||
Torborg | Steven G | 1LT | 07/01/68 | 07/30/69 | DET XO | YE, | ||
Cowles | Robert L | 1LT | 08/01/68 | 09/01/69 | DET XO | YE. | ||
Dupay | Arthur P | 1LT | 02/01/69 | 01/15/70 | DET XO | A0Y, | ||
Newsome | Roosevelt | 1LT | 01/15/70 | 06/15/70 | DET XO | YE. | ||
Beach | John M | 1LT | 06/15/70 | 11/01/70 | DET XO | Y, | ||
CIVIL AFFAIRS/PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS OFFICERS | ||||||||
Bussey | David B | 1LT | 08/12/65 | 08/12/66 | CAPO | DEC | ||
Griner | Wayne L | 1LT | 10/28/66 | 10/15/67 | CAPO | YE. | ||
Newkirk | Henry F | Jr | 1LT | 08/19/67 | 09/18/67 | CAPO | YE. | |
Carr | David J 'Lonesome Dave' | II | 1LT | 09/18/67 | 02/01/68 | CAPO | YE. | |
Fullen | Geoffrey E | 1LT | 02/12/68 | 03/15/68 | CAPO | or XO | DEC | |
Cowles | Robert L | 1LT | 09/01/68 | 09/01/69 | CAPO | PRU | YE. | |
Torborg | Steven G | 1LT | 12/18/68 | 07/01/69 | CAPO | YE, | ||
Newsome | Roosevelt | 1LT | 07/12/69 | 01/15/70 | CAPO | YE. | ||
Kirby | Wickliffe B | III | 1LT | 01/01/70 | 05/27/70 | CAPO | YE. | |
Driver | Albert R | 1LT | 07/08/70 | 08/31/70 | CAPO/XO | DEC | ||
Smith | Dwight W | SP5 | 12/18/67 | 10/18/68 | CAPO NCO | DEC | ||
TEAM SERGEANTS | ||||||||
Dowsett | Lester J | 'Les' | WO1 | 08/28/65 | 10/01/66 | |||
Herman | Lewis C | MSG | 01/07/66 | 06/01/66 | TM SGT | A7/03 | DEC | |
Fox | Douglas | "Snake" | MSG | 06/01/66 | 08/01/66 | TM SGT | DEC | |
Holman | Roger T | MSG | 08/01/66 | 08/01/67 | TM SGT | DEC | ||
Prewitt | Teddy G | MSG | 06/01/67 | 10/01/67 | TM SGT | DEC | ||
Shepherd | Jerry A | MSG | 08/01/67 | 12/01/67 | TM SGT | DEC | ||
Carroll | James V | MSG | 02/01/68 | 04/14/68 | TM SGT | DEC | ||
Slavey | Robert J | SFC | 04/01/68 | 11/10/68 | TM SGT | Y. | ||
Gummow | James R | SFC | 11/10/68 | 12/01/68 | TM SGT | DEC | ||
Leonard | Wayne M | MSG | 10/22/68 | 09/01/69 | TM SGT | DEC | ||
Erp | James G | SFC | 09/01/69 | 11/01/69 | TM SGT | DEC | ||
Kokosza | Franciszek | "Frank" | MSG | 12/14/69 | 08/31/70 | TM SGT | DEC | |
INTELLIGENCE | ||||||||
Reifschneider | Elmer J | SFC | 12/15/65 | 01/29/66 | INTEL | KIA | ||
Carroll | James V | SFC | 01/07/66 | 01/06/67 | INTEL | A7/03 | DEC | |
Brassfield | Andrew T | SP6 | 08/01/66 | 02/08/67 | INTEL | MIA | ||
Whittington | Eschol R | "Ray" | SFC | 09/01/66 | 12/05/66 | INTEL | DEC | |
Bowen | Stanley E | SP4 | 10/05/66 | 08/16/67 | INTEL/A | med-evaced | DEC | |
Steptoe | William L | SFC | 01/01/67 | 03/01/67 | INTEL | DEC | ||
Dakins | Harold S | SFC | 03/01/67 | 11/01/67 | INTEL | DEC | ||
Slavey | Robert J | SFC | 11/11/67 | 04/01/68 | INTEL | Y. | ||
Faust | James D | SP5 | 07/08/67 | 07/07/68 | INTEL/A | Y, | ||
Shepherd | Gordon L | SFC | 6/01/68 | 6/01/69 | INTEL | DEC | ||
Erp | James G | SFC | 04/01/69 | 09/01/69 | INTEL | DEC | ||
Pounder | Ernest R | SFC | 09/06/69 | 09/05/70 | INTEL | |||
WEAPONS | ||||||||
Jacobsen | Donald J | SSG | 01/07/66 | 01/29/66 | HVY WPNS | A7/03 | KIA | |
Olivarez | Pablo | SGT | 01/07/66 | 01/06/67 | LT WPNS | A7/03 | DEC | |
Hunter | Willie J | SFC | 02/01/66 | 08/01/66 | HVY WPNS | |||
Sheppard | Paul E | SFC | 01/07/66 | 03/01/66 | LT WPNS | A7/03 | DEC | |
Tevepaugh | Willie L | SFC | 06/01/66 | 02/08/67 | LT WPNS | YE. | ||
Trout | Edward A | SGT | 06/01/66 | 01/25/67 | HVY WPNS | YE. | ||
Pascual | Ronald R | SSG | 01/20/67 | 12/14/67 | HVY WPNS | Y, | ||
Malone | Douglas W | SGT | 01/01/67 | LT WPNS | DEC | |||
Whitaker | James E | SFC | 11/11/67 | 11/10/68 | HVY WPNS | DEC | ||
Vines | Grady C | SSG | 11/09/67 | 11/08/68 | HVY WPNS | Y | ||
Lee | Earl R | SSG | 02/01/68 | 06/01/68 | LT WPNS | YE. | ||
Lundquist | Michael L | SGT | 04/22/69 | 04/02/70 | LT WPNS | YE, | ||
Williams | Robert N | SFC | 07/14/69 | 07/01/70 | HVY WPNS | DEC | ||
Duffield | Lawrence P | SGT | 09/17/69 | 09/16/70 | LT WPNS | YE. | ||
Silver | Douglas M | SGT | 09/15/69 | 09/14/70 | HVY WPNS | Y, | ||
RADIO OP | ||||||||
Gamble | Cam M | Jr | SGT | 01/07/66 | 06/01/66 | RAD OP | A7/03 | DEC |
Gray | Edward M | SFC | 12/17/66 | 12/16/67 | RAD OP | DEC | ||
Manigault | Lehman | SGT | 01/01/67 | RAD OP | DEC | |||
Dorynek | John J | SGT | 10/12/67 | 10/11/68 | RAD OP | Y, | ||
Brevelle | James L | Jr | SGT | 02/22/68 | 02/23/69 | RAD OP | DEC | |
Heber | Allan R | SSG | 09/21/67 | 04/20/68 | RAD OP | DEC | ||
Doame | Arthur L | SSG | 06/01/68 | RAD OP | A0Y | |||
Canny | William B | "Brian" | SP5 | 06/01/68 | 08/01/68 | RAD OP | YE. | |
Garner | Kenneth R | SFC | 06/24/68 | 06/02/69 | RAD OP | YE, | ||
Bernas | Thomas J | SGT | 10/01/68 | 04/12/70 | RAD OP | YE. | ||
Delong | Billy R | SFC | 07/15/69 | 07/15/69 | RAD OP | A0Y | ||
Gibbs | Clifford W | SGT | 09/12/69 | 09/11/70 | RAD OP | DOSOA | YE. | |
Reed | Kenneth R | SGT | 04/01/70 | 09/14/70 | RAD OP | MACV | YE, | |
DEMO | ||||||||
Barnes | Homer L | "Lee" | SP5 | 01/07/66 | 01/06/67 | DEMO | A7/03 | YE. |
Ferguson | James F | SSG | 10/01/66 | 04/01/67 | DEMO | INTEL/A | YE. | |
Moscato | Gerald R | SP5 | 10/01/67 | 04/01/68 | DEMO | ZY | ||
Steinfeld | John M | SP5 | 06/01/68 | DEMO | DEC | |||
Obermeyer | William T | SP5 | 01/01/69 | 01/01/70 | DEMO | YE. | ||
Johnson | Alan D | SGT | 11/07/69 | 12/15/69 | DEMO | YE. | ||
MEDIC | ||||||||
Luthy | Henry D | 'Hank' | SSG | 09/01/65 | 08/01/66 | MEDIC/CAPO | Y. | |
Brown | Earl F | SSG | 01/07/66 | 01/29/66 | MEDIC | A7/03 | KIA | |
Norwood | Richard H | Jr | SGT | 01/07/66 | 09/01/66 | MEDIC | A7/03 | DEC |
Gritzmaker | Aaron | SGT | 05/01/66 | 09/01/66 | MEDIC | YE. | ||
Zuments | Janis I | SGT | 08/01/66 | 01/01/67 | MEDIC | YE. | ||
Johnson | Robert A | Jr | SP4 | 01/01/67 | MEDIC | KIA | ||
Zimmerman | Steven F | SGT | 01/01/67 | MEDIC | DEC | |||
Monnot | James M | SGT | 02/23/67 | 02/22/68 | MEDIC | Y | ||
Barber | David M | SP4 | 10/09/67 | 05/05/68 | MEDIC | to MAT | DEC | |
Lee | Dale | SGT | 12/16/67 | 05/05/68 | MEDIC | to MAT | ||
Johnson | Joel A | SGT | 04/01/68 | 06/01/68 | MEDIC | YE. | ||
Glynn | Edward L | III | SSG | 01/03/68 | MEDIC | C-3? | DEC | |
Dumais | Richard E | SGT | 03/01/68 | 09/22/68 | MEDIC | YE. | ||
Wyson | Kurt | SSG | 04/01/68 | 12/01/68 | MEDIC | to 1MSF | YE, | |
Allen | Richard H | SGT | 06/01/68 | 01/01/69 | MEDIC | YE. | ||
Plotts | Gregory S | SGT | 08/01/68 | 08/01/69 | MEDIC | YE. | ||
Dryer | William J | Jr | SGT | 10/01/68 | 10/01/69 | MEDIC | DEC | |
LeBlanc | Joseph C | Jr | SP4 | 08/01/69 | 10/15/69 | MEDIC | medevaced | DEC |
Breczewski | Andrew S | SGT | 09/21/69 | 03/20/70 | MEDIC | DEC | ||
Fisher | Edward J | SGT | 10/08/69 | 10/07/70 | MEDIC | YE. | ||
Manning | Stephen R | SGT | 01/01/70 | 08/15/70 | MEDIC | YE. | ||
Spears | Michael R | SGT | 01/01/70 | 07/10/70 | MEDIC | DEC | ||
Garnett | Leroy E | SGT | 09/01/70 | 12/01/70 | MEDIC | to MACV Adv | DEC | |
ASSIGNMENT UNKNOWN | ||||||||
Wheatley | Kevin A | WO2 | 01/01/65 | 11/13/65 | AATTV | KIA | ||
Antsee | M G | SGT | 06/01/65 | AATTV | DEC | |||
Arnold | Andrew J | WO2 | 06/01/65 | 10/01/65 | AATTV | DEC | ||
Gordon | John | WO2 | 08/28/65 | 10/01/66 | AATTV | DEC | ||
Hawksworth | Don I | WO2 | 08/28/65 | 10/01/66 | AATTV | DEC | ||
McFadzean | Jim H | WO2 | 08/28/65 | 10/01/66 | AATTV | DEC | ||
Hoyne | Peter J | WO2 | 09/01/65 | WIA | AATTV | DEC | ||
Palmer | Donald M | WO2 | 09/01/65 | AATTV | DEC | |||
Witten | Ralph H. | W01 | 09/01/65 | AATTV | ||||
Green | William C. | "Bill" | WO2 | 09/01/65 | AATTV | DEC | ||
Lake | Jack W | 'John' | WO2 | 01/01/67 | AATTV | YE. | ||
MacPherson | Kevin J | WO2 | 01/01/70 | AATTV | ||||
Broadway | Emanuel | SFC | 07/20/70 | Y | ||||
Harris | Robert E | SSG | 06/01/65 | 12/01/65 | DEC | |||
Jones | Coleman | SP5 | 01/01/68 | |||||
Books of interest: H. Lee Barnes, When We Walked Above the Clouds. |
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Map of A-107 Tra Bong |
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