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Who's Who from Detachment A-323 (Trang Sup/Trai Bi/Thien Ngon) (Partial Draft)
The following is a listing of all personnel in our database, assigned to Detachment A-323 (Trai Bi/Thien Ngon). If you were assigned to A-323 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 .
Narrative Information: A5/331 replaced TDY Team A1/411 at Trang Sup o/a 3/20/65. The camp was redesignated A-323. Several detachments were concentrated at Trang Sup which conducted CIDG training for IIICTZ. The resident Trang Sup detachment was reassigned to the Mike Force as A-301 o/a 9/01/65. The first Detachment to open Trai Bi was Sheldon's team, which had come through Nha Trang, via Trang Sup to open Trai Bi o/a/ 3/1/66. The Yellow Highlight Band indicates personnel whose tours included both camps. Trai Bi was located in Phuoc Ninh District, Tay Ninh Province. Trai Bi was closed o/a 12/22/67 and Thien Ngon was opened o/a/ 12/08/67. The Silver Highlight Band indicates personnel whose tours included both of these camps. Thien Ngon was converted to 73rd Border Ranger o/a 09/30/70. Thien Ngon was located in Phuoc Ninh District, Tay Ninh Province.
LAST NAME | FIRST NAME | SFX | RNK | FROM DATE | TO DATE | DUTIES | REMARKS | STAT |
DETACHMENT COMMANDER | ||||||||
Fortier | Joseph E | III | CPT | 03/20/65 | 09/01/65 | DET CO | A5/111 | DEC |
Smallwood | Donald B | 2LT | 04/01/65 | 06/01/65 | DET CO | DEC | ||
Arsenault | Philip N | CPT | 06/01/65 | 12/26/65 | DET CO | TRANG SUP | DEC | |
Sheldon | William W | CPT | 12/26/65 | 07/19/66 | DET CO | VIA TRANG SUP | YE. | |
Burroughs | Dale A | CPT | 06/22/66 | 08/10/66 | DET CO | DEC | ||
Parks | William I | Jr | CPT | 08/10/66 | 03/23/67 | DET CO | DEC | |
Biddle | Robert S | CPT | 04/01/67 | 06/01/67 | DET CO | DEC | ||
McLendon | Louie H | CPT | 05/06/67 | 11/01/67 | DET CO | DEC | ||
Croom | Oliver L | Jr | CPT | 06/01/67 | 09/13/67 | DET CO | DEC | |
Lopez | Louis | Jr | CPT | 09/20/67 | 01/23/68 | DET CO | medevaced | Y. |
Vogel | Harold E | CPT | 01/01/68 | 01/17/68 | DET CO | YE. | ||
Smith | Rodney G | CPT | 01/24/68 | 04/27/68 | DET CO | DEC | ||
Clarke | William E | Jr | CPT | 04/27/68 | 09/27/68 | DET CO | DATES? | DEC |
Winchester | Jerry R | CPT | 09/28/69 | 03/27/69 | DET CO | DEC | ||
Stuart | Gary R | CPT | 01/07/69 | 06/01/69 | DET CO | DEC | ||
Sutton | Clifford E | CPT | 02/14/69 | 11/22/69 | DET CO | DEC | ||
McClain | Robert | "Bob" | CPT | 08/15/69 | 03/14/70 | DET CO | YE. | |
Wrona | Richard M | CPT | 06/10/70 | DET CO | Y, | |||
Dillon | Eugene C | CPT | 11/07/69 | 09/30/70 | DET CO | DEC | ||
DETACHMENT EXECUTIVE OFFICER | ||||||||
Rittenhouse | David L | 2LT | 03/20/65 | DET XO | A5/111 | YE. | ||
Smallwood | Donald B | 2LT | 06/01/65 | 04/01/66 | DET XO | DEC | ||
Chirico | Frank M | 1LT | 04/12/66 | 10/01/66 | DET XO | YE. | ||
Condon | James J | 1LT | 08/10/66 | 03/01/67 | DET XO | YE. | ||
Harvey | Frederick W | Jr | 1LT | 12/18/66 | 03/07/67 | DET XO | A0Y, | |
Miller | James E | III | 1LT | 05/01/67 | 07/21/67 | DET XO | YE. | |
Berry | Roy D | Jr | 1LT | 07/17/67 | 11/06/67 | DET XO | DEC | |
Moore | Charles R | 'Roger' | 1LT | 10/18/67 | 10/04/68 | DET XO | DEC | |
Van Ness | Gerrit P | 1LT | 02/02/68 | 06/10/68 | DET XO | Y*R | ||
Winslow | Michael J | 1LT | 06/16/68 | DET XO | YE. | |||
Calvert | Ronald M | 1LT | 11/17/68 | 10/16/69 | DET XO | YE, | ||
Fetters | David M | 1LT | 03/06/69 | 09/01/69 | DET XO | YE. | ||
Siciliano | David F | 1LT | 08/01/69 | 11/26/69 | DET XO | YE. | ||
Dillon | Eugene C | 1LT | 11/07/69 | 05/13/70 | DET XO | DEC | ||
CIVIL AFFAIRS/PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS | ||||||||
Winslow | Michael J | 1LT | 05/01/68 | 06/16/68 | CAPO | YE. | ||
Lepak | Alexander L | Jr | 1LT | 05/02/68 | 09/27/69 | CAPO | YE. | |
Velez | Edwin M | 1LT | 12/21/68 | 03/01/69 | CAPO | Y, | ||
Calvert | Ronald M | 1LT | 03/01/68 | 07/16/69 | CAPO | to B-32 S-4 | YE, | |
Bowman | Joseph M | 2LT | 07/06/69 | 10/24/69 | CAPO | YE. | ||
Barnes | Ervin K | 1LT | 11/15/69 | 06/01/70 | CAPO | to S-3, C-3 | YE. | |
Haworth | Roderic L | "Rod" | 2LT | 06/01/70 | 07/01/70 | CAPO | to S-4, C-3 | A0Y, |
TEAM SERGEANT | ||||||||
Ladd | Oren D | MSG | 03/20/65 | 03/01/66 | TM SGT | A5/111 | DEC | |
Hoff | Herbert L | MSG | 06/01/65 | 11/01/65 | TM SGT | to B-32 S2 NCOIC | DEC | |
Prewitt | Teddy G | MSG | TM SGT | DEC | ||||
Picklesimer | Billy A | SFC | 11/01/65 | 06/01/66 | TM SGT | A-302? | DEC | |
Matthews | Roy L | MSG | 06/01/66 | 02/01/67 | TM SGT | DEC | ||
O'Keefe | John J | MSG | 01/01/67 | 10/01/67 | TM SGT | DEC | ||
Larimore | James L | MSG | 11/01/66 | 11/01/67 | TM SGT | DEC | ||
Gollihugh | Donald K | MSG | 03/27/67 | 03/26/68 | TM SGT | DEC | ||
Beatty | James D | MSG | 10/10/67 | 10/10/68 | Also B-36? in 66? | DEC | ||
Tagart | Charles W | Jr | SFC | 03/01/68 | TM SGT | YZ | ||
Moss | Richard H | MSG | 10/23/68 | 10/22/69 | TM SGT | DEC | ||
Brown | Donald B | 'DB' | SFC | 10/22/69 | 01/03/70 | TM SGT | & Intel | YE. |
Davenport | Howard L | MSG | 01/01/70 | TM SGT | dates? | DEC | ||
Abrams | Willis D | Jr | SFC | 03/01/70 | 09/30/70 | TM SGT | & MEDIC | YE. |
INTELLIGENCE | ||||||||
Hargraves | James E | SSG | 03/20/65 | INTEL | A5/111 | DEC | ||
Kauffman | Ronald E | SFC | 07/20/65 | 07/20/66 | INTEL | DEC | ||
Beasley | James E | SFC | 01/29/67 | 03/05/67 | INTEL | YE. | ||
Gross | Richard R | "Moose" | SFC | 05/01/67 | 01/01/68 | INTEL | DEC | |
Ferola | Paul G | Sr | SFC | 10/08/67 | 10/07/68 | INTEL | DEC | |
Lind | Darrell J | SFC | 09/07/68 | 11/03/68 | INTEL | DEC | ||
Brown | Donald B | 'DB' | SFC | 01/04/69 | 10/22/69 | INTEL | & TM SGT | YE. |
Flores | Moises L | SFC | 08/07/69 | 08/06/70 | INTEL | DEC | ||
Childress | Carl R | SP5 | 10/01/69 | 01/05/70 | INTEL/A | YE. | ||
Hart | Robert J | "Big Bob" | SFC | 08/21/69 | 08/20/70 | INTEL | to B-32 | DEC |
McCrea | Richard G | SGT | 12/18/68 | 12/17/69 | INTEL/A | Y. | ||
Powell | Michael L | SP5 | 01/01/70 | 12/01/70 | INTEL/A | YE. | ||
WEAPONS | ||||||||
Brock | David R | SGT | 03/20/65 | 09/01/65 | HVY WPNS | A5/111 | Y* | |
Breen | John P | SGT | 03/20/65 | LT WPNS | A5/111 | DEC | ||
Campbell | Ollie G | SSG | 01/01/66 | 07/01/66 | LT WPNS | medevaced | DEC | |
Webb | William W | SFC | 01/13/66 | HVY WPNS | ||||
Smith | Joseph A | Samoa | SP4 | 01/01/66 | HVY WPNS | Trai Bi | ||
Toth | Dennis K | SSG | 04/01/67 | 03/01/67 | LT WPNS | twice medevaced | YE. | |
Collarile | Robert V | SP5 | 05/01/67 | 12/15/67 | LT WPNS | to B-32 | YE. | |
Hernandez | Samuel D | SFC | 04/01/67 | 04/01/68 | HVY WPNS | medevaced | YE. | |
Cranford | Howard F | SFC | 01/01/68 | HVY WPNS | YE. | |||
Bain | Ronald L | SFC | 03/01/68 | 05/15/68 | HVY WPNS | medevaced | DEC | |
Putnam | Spencer W | SSG | 07/01/68 | HVY WPNS | DEC | |||
Richards | Jose | SGT | 01/01/69 | LT WPNS | Y. | |||
Lambert | Franklin D | SFC | 01/03/69 | 10/20/69 | LT WPNS | DEC | ||
Massey | Carl E | SFC | 09/01/69 | 09/22/69 | LT WPNS | DEC | ||
Fratus | Raymond L | Jr | SFC | 09/13/69 | 11/01/69 | LT WPNS | YE. | |
Elledge | Christopher C | SGT | 01/01/70 | HVY WPNS | DEC | |||
RADIO OP | ||||||||
Taylor | Fred | SFC | 03/20/65 | 06/01/65 | RAD OP | A5/111 | MIA | |
Lambacher | Terry L | SFC | 03/20/65 | 03/19/66 | RAD OP | A5/111 | DEC | |
O'Kelley | James O | SSG | 04/01/65 | 02/09/66 | RAD OP | DEC | ||
Counts | Clarence | SFC | 05/01/66 | 05/01/67 | RAD OP | & TM SGT | A0Y | |
Magsby | Ray D | SGT | 06/01/66 | 09/01/66 | RAD OP | DEC | ||
Taylor | Donald J | SSG | 06/18/66 | 07/15/68 | RAD OP | YE? | ||
McArdle | Francis J | SSG | 06/17/67 | 01/01/68 | RAD OP | DEC | ||
Perry | James E | SSG | 08/01/67 | 03/01/68 | RAD OP | DEC | ||
Holland | Ronald F | SGT | 01/01/68 | RAD OP | YE? | |||
Long | Gregory T | SP4 | 03/01/68 | 09/04/68 | RAD OP | |||
Anderson | Phillip J | SGT | 05/01/68 | 08/27/68 | RAD OP | Y. | ||
Holguin | Elias | SGT | 06/01/68 | 10/01/68 | RAD OP | YE. | ||
Cooper | Charles | SSG | 07/21/68 | 07/20/69 | RAD OP | DEC | ||
Fregoso | Emilio I | SFC | 08/23/68 | 07/28/69 | RAD OP | A0Y? | ||
Pierce | Coy L | SFC | 01/07/68 | 01/06/69 | RTT OP | YE. | ||
Ingram | Ronald G | SGT | 09/19/68 | 08/24/69 | RAD OP | YE. | ||
Smith | Robert G | Jr | SGT | 08/01/69 | 07/01/70 | RAD OP | YE. | |
Dressler | Richard F | SGT | 01/01/70 | 03/15/70 | RAD OP | YE. | ||
Hall | Jon | SGT | 07/01/70 | 09/30/70 | RAD OP | DEC | ||
DEMO | ||||||||
Callaghan | John F | SP5 | 03/20/65 | DEMO | A5/111 | |||
Covell | Charles R | SSG | 03/20/65 | 09/01/65 | DEMO | A5/111 | Y. | |
Breon | Richard A | SSG | 07/01/65 | 02/19/66 | DEMO | DEC | ||
Henderson | William | SFC | ||||||
Nuqui | Roland | SSG | 08/23/66 | 11/01/66 | DEMO | TRAI BI | YE. | |
Patterson | Charles J | SP5 | 09/01/67 | DEMO | DEC | |||
Weber | Marvin R | SP5 | 01/15/68 | 09/20/68 | DEMO | A0Y, | ||
Alexander | Tony E | SP5 | 09/22/68 | 08/01/69 | DEMO | YE. | ||
Holck | Norman W | SP5 | 01/01/69 | 09/10/69 | DEMO | medevaced | DEC | |
Hargrove | Colin M | SSG | 09/21/69 | 09/17/70 | DEMO | to B-32 S-3 | DEC | |
MEDIC | ||||||||
Mims | Leonard A | SSG | 03/20/65 | MEDIC | A5/111 | DEC | ||
Sapper | Douglas A | SP4 | 03/20/65 | MEDIC | A5/111 | DEC | ||
Goff | Wendell D | SGT | 02/01/66 | 10/01/66 | MEDIC | TRANG SUP | YE. | |
Etler | David C | SP5 | 02/10/66 | 10/26/66 | MEDIC | DEC | ||
Holt | James W | SFC | 03/01/66 | 02/01/67 | MEDIC | KIA | ||
Ruiz | Robert P | SP4 | 04/01/67 | 10/01/67 | MEDIC | YE. | ||
Parker | David A | SP5 | 01/01/67 | 01/01/68 | MEDIC | KIA | ||
Holdorf | Charles | SGT | 01/01/67 | MEDIC | DEC | |||
Marshall | John S | SGT | 03/01/67 | 07/19/68 | MEDIC | to B-36 4/68? | YE | |
Burr | Jerome O | SGT | 01/01/67 | MEDIC | to MSF | DEC | ||
Briggs | Milton E | SGT | 08/19/67 | 06/27/68 | MEDIC | to B-36 4/68? | A0Yr, | |
Brock | Daniel B | SGT | 02/01/68 | 05/01/68 | MEDIC | YE. | ||
Contreras | Benito | Jr | SGT | 02/12/68 | 09/01/68 | MEDIC | KIA | |
Canepa | David J | SGT | 01/01/68 | 09/15/68 | MEDIC | YE, | ||
Needle | David L | SGT | 10/19/68 | 02/05/69 | MEDIC | Y, | ||
Monce | Ronald B | SGT | 11/09/68 | 11/10/68 | MEDIC | A0Y, | ||
Manning | Reginald T | SSG | 01/14/69 | 04/01/69 | MEDIC | DEC | ||
Bozeman | Clarence M | SFC | 01/16/69 | 09/01/69 | MEDIC | DEC | ||
Miller | William P | SGT | 03/01/69 | 09/16/69 | MEDIC | Medevaced | YE. | |
Shanes | Richard G | SP4 | MEDIC | DEC | ||||
Abrams | Willis D | Jr | SFC | 03/01/70 | 09/30/70 | MEDIC | & Tm SGT | YE. |
ASSIGNMENT UNKNOWN | ||||||||
Reece | Lecil R | SGT | 03/20/64 | Dropped | RAD OP | A5/111 | Y*, | |
Roberts | Bennie B | SFC | 01/01/68 | 07/20/68 | INTEL | A0, | ||
Collins | Gerald E | SFC | 01/01/70 | 10/06/70 | DEC | |||
Book of Interest: A Love Story by DB Brown | ||||||||
MAP of A-323 (Trang Sup) | ||||||||
MAP of A-323 (Trai Bi) | ||||||||
MAP of A-323 (Thien Ngon) | ||||||||
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