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Who's Who from Detachment A-253 (Duc Co) (Partial Draft)
The following is a listing of all personnel in our database, assigned to Detachment A-253 (Duc Co). If you were assigned to A-253 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 "Assignment Unknown," or if you have any rosters, please let me know by e-mail at (sherman1@flash.net) or by phone at (713) 683-9076 or I need a copy of the PCS orders for the original PCS team.
Narrative Information: The first PCS Detachment A5/215 took over the Duc Co camp from from A-752, a 7th SFGA TDY team. Duc Co had been established in August, 1963 by A-736 and advised by teams from the 1st SFG(A) and 7th SFG(A). A-215 was redesignated A-253 o/a March 1966. Duc Co was converted to 81st Border Ranger o/a 10/31/70. Duc Co was located in Le Thanh District, Pleiku Ngai Province.
LAST NAME | FIRST NAME | SFX | RNK | FROM DATE | TO DATE | DUTIES | REMARKS | STAT |
DETACHMENT COMMANDER | ||||||||
Richards | Edward T | CPT | 04/16/65 | 09/01/65 | DET CO | A5/124 | DEC | |
Johnson | Richard B | CPT | 09/01/65 | 11/01/65 | DET CO | A5/215 | DEC | |
Conway | James B | CPT | 10/11/65 | 04/12/66 | DET CO | A-215 | MIA | |
Cunningham | Wells E | CPT | 03/05/66 | 08/17/66 | DET CO | KIA | ||
Pendleton | Raymond A | CPT | 08/01/66 | 11/21/66 | DET CO | DEC | ||
Ponzillo | Mark | Jr | CPT | 11/18/66 | 01/10/67 | DET CO | medevaced | DEC |
Amon | Lawrence R | CPT | 01/01/67 | 07/16/67 | DET CO | YE. | ||
medevaced | ||||||||
Sandstrom | Kenneth R | CPT | 09/05/67 | 09/09/68 | DET CO | YE | ||
Harper | Henry E | "Earl" | 1LT | 04/15/68 | 07/05/68 | DET CO | YE. | |
Stollings | Ronald W | 1LT | 06/10/68 | 09/09/68 | DET CO? | DEC | ||
Lavaty | James D | 1LT | 08/01/68 | 10/24/68 | DET CO | DEC | ||
Gouchoe | David C | CPT | 10/25/68 | 09/01/69 | DET CO | YE. | ||
Harvey | Gary E | CPT | 07/01/69 | 10/30/69 | DET CO | medevaced | DEC | |
Britton | Frederick E | CPT | 10/25/69 | 03/21/70 | DET CO | YE. | ||
Johnson | Clarence E | CPT | 02/11/70 | 08/14/70 | DET CO | DEC | ||
Nesbit | Charles O | III | CPT | 07/01/70 | 10/31/70 | DET CO | DEC | |
DETACHMENT EXECUTIVE OFFICER | ||||||||
Grogan | Bryan E | 2LT | 04/16/65 | 07/01/65 | DET XO | A5/124(A-215) | KIA | |
Caravalho | Sario J | 1LT | 07/01/65 | 11/01/65 | DET XO | YE, | ||
Kube | Joseph B | 2LT | 09/03/65 | 06/01/66 | DET XO | A-215 | KIA | |
Stewart | Charles W | III | 1LT | 01/25/66 | 06/10/66 | DET XO | DEC | |
Austin | Arthur R | 2LT | 06/30/66 | 12/06/66 | DET XO | DEC | ||
Zlotnik | Donald E | 1LT | 11/19/66 | 01/01/67 | DET XO | medevaced | YE, | |
Jenkins | Willard M | 1LT | 02/05/67 | 05/26/67 | DET XO | DEC | ||
Sutter | Vernon K | 1LT | 05/12/67 | 11/04/67 | DET XO | YE. | ||
Gritz | John P | 1LT | 10/31/68 | 01/25/69 | DET XO | YE. | ||
Korey | Richard A | 1LT | 01/01/69 | 04/01/69 | DET XO | DEC | ||
Dempsey | Warren R | III | 1LT | 02/02/69 | 06/30/69 | DET XO | DEC | |
Harvey | Gary E | CPT | 05/01/69 | 07/01/69 | DET XO | DEC | ||
Gonzales | Dennis R | 1LT | 07/01/69 | 09/01/69 | DET XO | YE. | ||
Smith | Dawson F | 1LT | 08/30/69 | 11/27/69 | DET XO | YE. | ||
Chamberlin | Gary G | 1LT | 09/27/69 | 07/01/70 | DET XO | YE. | ||
Henderson | Sammy D | 1LT | 06/01/70 | 09/15/70 | DET XO | YE. | ||
Shelsta | Stanley D | 1LT | 09/15/70 | 10/31/70 | DET XO | YE. | ||
CIVIL AFFAIRS/PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS | ||||||||
Yarborough | William L | "Lee" | 1LT | 02/01/66 | 07/07/66 | CAPO | From 101st | YE. |
Fleming | Richard T | 1LT | 09/01/66 | 10/01/66 | CAPO | Dates? | A0Y | |
Terrell | Neil W | 1LT | 10/19/67 | 01/10/68 | CAPO | DEC | ||
Hall | John W | Jr | 1LT | 01/11/68 | 12/07/68 | CAPO | ||
Place | Elon A | 1LT | 11/28/68 | CAPO | DEC | |||
Grose | John F | 1LT | 02/21/69 | 10/31/69 | CAPO | DEC | ||
Dacosta | Jack R | 2LT | 09/15/69 | 12/02/69 | CAPO | DNH | ||
Henderson | Sammy D | 1LT | 12/10/69 | 05/31/70 | CAPO | YE. | ||
Shelsta | Stanley D | 1LT | 06/01/70 | 09/15/70 | CAPO | YE. | ||
Harris | Barron M | Jr | SGT | 11/09/65 | 06/01/66 | CAPO | ||
Owensby | Glenn R | Jr | SP4 | 12/14/66 | 12/13/66 | MEDIC/CAPO | ||
TEAM SERGEANT | ||||||||
Grandy | James H | MSG | 04/16/65 | 09/01/65 | TM SGT | A5/124 (A-215) | DEC | |
Seyer | Joseph F | MSG | 09/04/65 | 03/01/66 | TM SGT | DEC | ||
Williamson | Mac | MSG | 01/16/66 | 01/16/67 | TM SGT | DEC | ||
Lyke | Clarence | Jr | MSG | 02/04/66 | 09/01/66 | TM SGT | DEC | |
Parmentier | Gerald V | MSG | 10/01/66 | 01/01/67 | TM SGT | KIA | ||
Helton | James C | MSG | 01/01/67 | 02/01/67 | TM SGT | or C-4? | KIA | |
Jensen | George J | MSG | 02/01/67 | 09/01/67 | TM SGT | DEC | ||
Flores | Doroteo V | MSG | 01/01/68 | 07/05/68 | TM SGT | DEC | ||
Rockholt | Eugene | MSG | 07/25/68 | 11/01/68 | TM SGT | DEC | ||
Taylor | James A | MSG | 10/30/68 | 10/05/69 | TM SGT | DEC | ||
Trout | Ralph A | Jr | MSG | 10/01/69 | 02/02/70 | TM SGT | DEC | |
Rule | Claude P | MSG | 01/01/70 | 10/31/70 | TM SGT | DEC | ||
INTELLIGENCE | ||||||||
Allickson | Henry O | SSG | 04/16/65 | 09/01/65 | INTEL | A5/124 (A-215) | DEC | |
Stevens | Howard A | SFC | 04/16/65 | 12/01/66 | INTEL | A5/12x | DEC | |
Gann | William S | SFC | 08/01/66 | 12/03/66 | INTEL | DEC | ||
INTEL | ||||||||
Lawson | Jackie D | SFC | 01/01/69 | INTEL | DEC | |||
Dry | Stanley J | SFC | 07/09/69 | 10/20/69 | INTEL | from B-22 | DEC | |
Bumgardner | William H | SFC | 07/14/69 | 09/13/70 | INTEL | left 8/70? | DEC | |
Dell | Raymond C | SP4 | 08/30/65 | 08/29/66 | INTEL/A | DEC | ||
Wood | Barry A | SSG | 11/01/69 | 05/01/70 | INTEL/A | DEC | ||
Daschke | Carl L | SSG | 05/01/70 | 09/28/70 | INTEL/A | YE. | ||
WEAPONS | ||||||||
Maynard | Merley J | "Chief" | SSG | 04/16/65 | 09/01/65 | LT WPNS | A5/124 (A-215) | DEC |
Blalock | Aulton E | SFC | 04/16/65 | 04/01/66 | HVY WPNS | A5/124 (A-215) | DEC | |
McCann | Eugene C | Jr | SP4 | 07/01/65 | 10/31/65 | WPNS | DEC | |
Smith | Charles R | SFC | 07/01/65 | 06/01/66 | LT WPNS | DEC | ||
Lawson | Jackie D | SSG | 09/01/65 | 09/01/66 | HVY WPNS | DEC | ||
Espinosa | Robert | SGT | 06/01/66 | 10/10/66 | HVY WPNS | DEC? | ||
Caro | Carlos D | SGT | 09/01/66 | 12/14/66 | LT WPNS | DEC | ||
Cherry | Booker T | SFC | 07/16/67 | 11/01/67 | WPNS | from A-245 | YE. | |
Evans | David J | SP4 | 12/01/67 | 09/01/68 | HVY WPNS | medevaced | YE. | |
Hill | Robert W | SGT | 06/15/70 | 10/15/70 | HVY WPNS | YE. | ||
Jay | Charles D | SGT | 08/01/70 | 10/31/70 | HVY WPNS | YE. | ||
RADIO OP | ||||||||
Kalicki | Victor W | SSG | 04/15/65 | 04/01/66 | RAD OP | A5/124 & A-232 | DEC | |
St George | Herbert J | SSG | 04/16/65 | 01/01/66 | RAD OP | A5/124 (A-215) | YE. | |
Hunt | Phillip W | SGT | 04/01/65 | 09/01/65 | RAD OP | from A-254 | DEC | |
Palmer | Harold T | Jr | SGT | 06/01/65 | RAD OP | DEC | ||
Solberg | John H | SP4 | 04/12/66 | 09/01/66 | RAD OP | DEC | ||
Cobb | Jack B | SSG | 05/01/66 | 08/01/66 | RAD OP | |||
Nelson | Jerry L | SSG | 07/19/66 | 07/18/67 | RAD OP | |||
Rich | Freddy L | SGT | 08/01/66 | 03/21/67 | RAD OP | YE. | ||
Woods | David A | SSG | 09/01/66 | 01/01/67 | RAD OP | KIA | ||
Marler | Lawrence D | "Larry" | SP4 | 03/08/67 | 07/04/67 | RAD OP | YE. | |
Rondini | Roger A | SGT | 06/01/67 | 12/01/67 | RAD OP | YE. | ||
Cabarrus | Joaquin G | SGT | 12/01/67 | 06/20/68 | RAD OP | YE. | ||
Shaw | Donald W | SFC | 01/01/68 | RAD OP | ||||
Albracht | Robert D | SP4 | 06/01/68 | 06/01/69 | RAD OP | DEC | ||
SFC | ||||||||
Chaney | Bobby A | SSG | 04/01/69 | 10/01/69 | RAD OP | DEC | ||
Dombrovski | Randolph P | "Randy" | SGT | 09/14/69 | 05/01/70 | RAD OP | YE. | |
Place | Michael S | SP4 | 10/21/69 | 10/22/70 | RAD OP | DEC | ||
Smith | Jeffrey R | SGT | 05/01/70 | 10/31/70 | RAD OP | YE. | ||
DEMO | ||||||||
Lane | Harold L | SP5 | 04/16/65 | DEMO | A5/124 (A-215) | A0Y | ||
Hernandez | Eulalio | 'Lalo' | SSG | 04/16/65 | 01/01/66 | DEMO | A5/124 (A-215) | DEC |
Garner | Willard R | Jr 'Pete' | SSG | 07/01/65 | 10/31/65 | DEMO | DEC | |
Jones | Thomas A | III | SSG | 09/26/65 | 04/01/67 | DEMO | DEC | |
Mickelson | Michael? | SP4 | 01/13/68 | DEMO | ||||
Reister | Garry L | SP5 | 09/12/68 | 07/06/69 | DEMO | YE. | ||
MEDIC | ||||||||
Smith | Loyd E | SFC | 04/16/65 | MEDIC | A5/123 (A-215) | |||
Stepanov | Robert D | SP4 | 04/16/65 | 07/05/65 | MEDIC | A5/124 (A-215) | KIA | |
Britt | Douglas N | SFC | 04/16/65 | 12/31/65 | MEDIC | DEC | ||
Decker | Kelly P | SGT | 07/10/65 | 11/16/65 | MEDIC | A5/234 | YE, | |
Parker | Murray H | SSG | 07/01/65 | 01/01/66 | MEDIC | YE. | ||
McNiff | Thomas G | SSG | 09/24/65 | 09/25/66 | MEDIC | |||
Pozorski | Paul J | SSG | 01/01/66 | 10/19/66 | MEDIC | YE, | ||
Martin | William Paul | SGT | 07/28/66 | 01/01/67 | MEDIC | KIA | ||
Barker | Thomas L | SSG | 01/01/67 | 02/24/67 | MEDIC | DEC | ||
Ardleigh | Carl D | SP4 | 02/01/67 | 08/12/67 | MEDIC | YE. | ||
Dover | David C | SP5 | 11/01/67 | 01/28/68 | MEDIC | YE. | ||
Roland | Daniel L | SGT | 01/01/68 | MEDIC | YE | |||
Jones | Thomas A | SGT | 08/20/68 | 05/31/69 | MEDIC | YE. | ||
Pozorski | Paul J | SFC | 04/30/69 | 04/08/70 | MEDIC | YE, | ||
Paladino | David C | SGT | 01/01/70 | 10/31/70 | MEDIC | DEC | ||
Gritzinger | Douglas F | SSG | 03/01/70 | 10/31/71 | MEDIC | YE. | ||
RADAR AUGMENTATION TEAM | ||||||||
Collins | Roy L | SP4 | 01/01/66 | RADAR | ATTD RADAR | |||
Newman | Bernard W | SFC | 06/01/66 | 12/01/66 | RADAR | PPS-5 TEST | DEC | |
Stapp | Kirk A | PFC | 01/01/67 | RADAR | medevaced | YE. | ||
Johnson | Robert E | SGT | 01/01/67 | RADAR | ||||
unknown | ||||||||
ASSIGNMENT UNKNOWN | ||||||||
Wells | Allen G | SP4 | 06/01/66 | 08/17/66 | INTEL/A | B-25 | KIA | |
Kelley | Harold | SSG | 01/01/69 | |||||
Maschin | Robert | SP5 | 06/01/69 | Y, | ||||
Other Augmentation | ||||||||
Cramer | Alan T | "Tom" | CPT | 08/01/65 | 08/20/65 | Surgeon | from Co. B | YE. |
31st Engineer Det KB Team #4 (August 1970, TOC, Team House renovated, FDC and ammo bunker constructed) | ||||||||
B-57 Augmentation | ||||||||
Forsythe | Glenn R | SSG | 08/01/66 | 06/01/67 | @A-253 | after Jan 67? What earlier? FN: | DEC | |
Hargus | Carl A | SSG | 09/01/66 | 04/01/67 | @A-253 | CASE OFF & RAD OP | YE. | |
Stevens | Howard A | SFC | 12/01/66 | 02/20/67 | @A-253 | FN: | DEC | |
Garrison | James H | SFC | 06/01/66 | 06/01/67 | @A-253 | A/CASE OFF | DEC | |
Cumings | Thayer | CPT | 01/12/67 | 06/28/67 | @A-253 | CASE OFF | YE. | |
Counts | Clarence | SFC | 06/02/67 | 06/01/68 | @A-253 | Y | ||
Cooper | Patrick A | SGT | 06/08/67 | 06/08/68 | @A-253? | 588MI (floater) | Y | |
Adams | Hugh W H | CPT | 06/29/67 | 07/28/67 | @A-253 | RAD OP FN:Roy Moore | DEC | |
Delashaw | Robert L | Jr | SSG | 06/01/67 | 02/01/68 | @A-253 | FN: "B C" | YE. |
Krommenhoek | Pieter J | 1LT | 02/01/68 | 05/30/68 | @A-253 | FN: Peter Hook | Y | |
Koebbe | Carroll J | 1SG | 08/01/68 | 07/29/69 | @A-253 | DEC? | ||
Montgomery | William D | SGT | 09/24/68 | 07/09/69 | @A-253 | FN: William Montjoy | ||
Davis | Thomas B | III | CPT | 01/13/69 | 01/07/70 | @A-253 | AREA INTEL | A0Y |
Kayanan | Daniel N | SGT | 03/26/69 | 03/25/70 | @A-253 | FN:Daniel Keeno | DEC | |
Pronier | Robert A | MSG | ?10/15/69 | 02/15/70 | or @A-239? | FN: Robert Price | YE. | |
Godin | Robert H | SSG | 11/18/68 | 11/17/69 | @A-2XX? | YE, | ||
MAP of A-253 (DUC CO) |
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