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Who's Who from Detachment A-342 (Dong Xoai) (Partial Draft)
The following is a listing of all personnel in our database, assigned to Detachment A-342 (Dong Xoai). If you were assigned to A-342 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 (281) 879-5688 or
Narrative Information: The first PCS Detachment A5/414 established the Dong Xoai camp o/a/ 05/26/65 after staging through Bu Ghia Map. At Bu Ghia Map, it replaced A1/234 from 1st SFG(A) o/a 02/24/65 and it was designated A-313. Those personnel shown as A5/313 were present at Bu Ghia Map. The team was redesignated A-342 when B-34 was established and the team was relocated to Dong Xoai. The camp was overrun on 06/10/65 and rebuilt by A-xxx from ???. That team was redesignated A-342 and the remaining members of the original A-342 (A5/414) went to Trang Sup and then were re-assigned throughout Company A. Ambrose Brannan's team went to open Bunard in April 1967 and his team was replaced at Dong Xoai by Robert O'Malley's team from Xom Cat. Dong Xoai was converted to RF/PF o/a 01/31/70. Dong Xoai was located in Don Luan District, Phuoc Long Province.
LAST NAME | FIRST NAME | SFX | RNK | FROM DATE | TO DATE | DUTIES | REMARKS | STAT |
DETACHMENT COMMANDER | ||||||||
Stokes | William M | III | CPT | 05/26/65 | 06/10/65 | DET CO | A5/313 | YE. |
Acre | Lawrence D | CPT | 06/01/65 | 08/01/65 | DET CO | KIA | ||
Taylor | Hurl R | Jr | CPT | 10/20/65 | 04/01/66 | DET CO | YE. | |
Steinmetz | Charles W | CPT | 06/01/66 | 10/11/66 | DET CO | to Song Be | DEC | |
Brennan | Ambrose W | CPT | 11/16/66 | 04/01/67 | DET CO | to Bunard | YE. | |
Brennan's team opened A-344 and was replaced by O'Malley's team. | ||||||||
O'Malley | Robert M | CPT | 03/26/67 | 07/15/67 | DET CO | from Xom Cat | DEC | |
Hartmann | Vincent N | CPT | 07/16/67 | 12/31/67 | DET CO | A0Y | ||
Ford | Wesley W | CPT | 08/27/67 | 10/01/67 | DET CO | DEC | ||
Drollinger | Bill C | CPT | 01/01/68 | 02/24/68 | DET CO | DEC | ||
Mack | Robert J | CPT | 01/09/68 | 04/09/68 | DET CO | YZ | ||
Rickman | Jay D | 1LT | 05/01/68 | 06/01/67 | ACTING CO | YE | ||
Prior | Anthony G | CPT | 04/01/68 | 05/27/68 | DET CO | KIA | ||
Morrissey | Stephen R | CPT | 07/02/68 | 02/09/69 | DET CO | YE. | ||
Sigler | Samuel W | CPT | 11/20/68 | 03/14/69 | DET CO | YE. | ||
Bludau | Colin E | CPT | 03/14/69 | 07/03/69 | DET CO | Hepatitus | YE. | |
Bradigan | Bruce H | CPT | 04/01/69 | 10/13/69 | DET CO | Medevaced? | YE. | |
Wein | Joel R | CPT | 10/17/69 | 01/31/70 | DET CO | DEC | ||
DETACHMENT EXECUTIVE OFFICER | ||||||||
Williams | Charles Q | 2LT | 05/26/65 | 06/10/65 | DET XO | A5/313 | DEC | |
Lackey | John G | "Tony" | CPT | 06/15/65 | 09/01/65 | DET XO | 441INTC | YE, |
Freeman | Donald V | 1LT | 10/18/65 | 02/01/66 | DET XO | DEC | ||
Hurst | James L | 1LT | 03/30/66 | 09/01/66 | DET XO | YE. | ||
Rittenhouse | David L | 1LT | 09/01/66 | 03/19/66 | DET XO | YE. | ||
Hun | Nicholas J | "Nick" | 1LT | 10/22/66 | 04/01/67 | DET XO | to Bunard | YE. |
James E | Wilde | 1LT | 03/26/67 | 05/30/67 | DET XO | from Xom Cat | YE. | |
Van Haecke | Richard L | 2LT | 05/22/67 | 01/21/68 | DET XO | Y, | ||
Graham | Daniel A | Jr | 1LT | 01/20/68 | 05/01/68 | DET XO | DEC | |
O'Leary | James F | Jr | 1LT | 11/13/68 | 02/27/69 | DET XO | A0Y, | |
Pascucci | Nicholas J | 1LT | 11/29/68 | 03/01/69 | DET XO | DEC | ||
Hodges | Jesse J | 1LT | 02/20/69 | 01/26/70 | DET XO | DEC | ||
Morimoto | Dale | 2LT | 01/26/70 | 01/31/70 | DET XO | YE. | ||
CIVIL AFFAIRS/PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS | ||||||||
Portela-Rodriguez | Juan | 1LT | 05/04/65 | 11/05/65 | CAPO | 18PSYWAR | ||
Smith | Michael D | 1LT | 02/11/66 | 01/10/67 | CAPO | |||
Graham | Daniel A | Jr | 1LT | 10/12/67 | 01/19/68 | CAPO | DEC | |
Hinz | Kenneth W | 1LT | 01/11/68 | 05/01/68 | CAPO | to A-344 | YE. | |
O'Leary | James F | Jr | 1LT | 03/06/68 | CAPO | A0Y, | ||
Sherman | Roger P | 1LT | 09/16/68 | 12/29/68 | CAPO | YE, | ||
George | Louis H | 'Skip' | 1LT | 12/04/68 | 12/03/69 | CAPO | YE. | |
Morimoto | Dale | 2LT | 11/15/69 | 01/26/70 | CAPO | YE. | ||
TEAM SERGEANT | ||||||||
Enriquez | Manuel Z | MSG | 05/26/65 | 06/10/65 | TM SGT | A5/414 | Y, | |
Enriquez | Manuel Z | MSG | 06/19/65 | 02/24/66 | TM SGT | A5/414 | Y, | |
Bridges | Marvin T | MSG | TM SGT | No Orders | ||||
Carnagey | Richard D | MSG | 03/26/67 | 04/07/67 | TM SGT | from Xom Cat | DEC | |
Browning | Robert M | MSG | 11/01/66 | 04/01/67 | TM SGT | to Bunard | DEC | |
Kurzendoerfer | Charles R | MSG | 06/01/67 | 10/01/67 | TM SGT | DEC | ||
Britt | Douglas N | MSG | 09/01/67 | 01/31/68 | TM SGT | DEC | ||
Herring | William C | SFC | 02/01/68 | 07/01/68 | TM SGT | to A-341 | YE. | |
Snyder | Ronald E | MSG | 07/02/68 | 07/01/69 | TM SGT | R | ||
Ochoa | Severo O | MSG | 10/24/68 | 03/01/69 | TM SGT | or B-36 | DEC | |
Alexander | Edwin H | MSG | 03/01/69 | 06/01/69 | TM SGT | @A-342? | DEC | |
Smith | Bert M | MSG | 06/01/69 | TM SGT | DEC | |||
Van Camp | William | MSG | 09/01/69 | 01/30/70 | TM SGT | DEC | ||
INTELLIGENCE | ||||||||
Johnson | Dallas W | SFC | 05/24/65 | 06/10/65 | INTEL | A5/414 | DEC | |
Van Camp | William | SFC | 08/01/65 | 04/01/66 | INTEL | DEC | ||
Pittman | Vernon J | SFC | 04/01/67 | INTEL | to Bunard | YE. | ||
Crapps | William G | Jr | SSG | 03/26/67 | 12/17/67 | INTEL | from Xom Cat | DEC |
Claps | Peter M | SGT | 08/10/67 | 08/06/68 | INTEL/A | DEC | ||
Herring | William C | SFC | 10/24/67 | 02/01/68 | INTEL | & TM SGT | YE. | |
Turner | Jonah R | SFC | 01/01/68 | INTEL | Y, | |||
Hanley | Bruce W | SSG | 04/01/68 | 01/24/69 | INTEL/A | DEC | ||
Sumner | Oliver N | "Neil" | SFC | 09/01/68 | 03/14/69 | INTEL | Houston? | Y |
Smith | Gary L | SFC | 08/13/69 | INTEL | ||||
Cash | David L | SP5 | 05/01/69 | 11/01/69 | INTEL | YE. | ||
Azorandia | Peter A | SFC | 09/22/69 | 01/30/70 | INTEL | YE. | ||
WEAPONS | ||||||||
Dedmon | Donald C | SSG | 05/26/65 | 06/10/65 | HVY WPNS | A5/414 | KIA | |
Jenkins | Charles O | Jr | SGT | 05/26/65 | 06/10/65 | LT WPNS | A5/414 | KIA |
Russell | Bobby J | SFC | 06/07/65 | 06/10/65 | WPNS | B5/120 | KIA | |
Ryder | David F | SGT | 06/01/65 | 01/01/66 | LT WPNS | to A-302 | YE. | |
Christianson | Charles V | SFC | 08/01/65 | 04/01/66 | WPNS | from B-34 S-1 | YE. | |
Walker | Billy M | SFC | 04/02/67 | LT WPNS | ||||
Ponce | Ernest | SFC | 04/15/67 | HVY WPNS | ||||
Wisniewski | Jerry T | "Ski" | SFC | 03/26/67 | 04/01/67 | HVY WPNS | to Bunard | DEC |
Rader | Larry B | 'Stik' | SSG | 11/11/66 | 04/02/67 | LT WPNS | to MGF | DEC |
Calk | Leo G | Jr | SSG | 03/26/67 | 04/19/67 | LT WPNS | from Xom Cat | DEC? |
Bevans | Glendon L | SFC | 03/26/67 | 10/08/67 | HVY WPNS | from Xom Cat | DEC | |
McBride | Herman A | SFC | 04/01/67 | 09/01/67 | HVY WPNS | KIA | ||
Berlin | Charles T | SGT | 09/25/67 | 09/24/68 | LT WPNS | or RAD OP | Y, | |
Juhasz | Laszlo | Jr | SSG | 01/22/68 | 01/21/69 | HVY WPNS | DEC | |
Recio | Antonio | SSG | 04/29/68 | 09/01/68 | HVY WPNS | Y | ||
Lara | Raymond | SFC | 01/24/69 | 07/01/69 | LT WPNS | to ? | ||
Stetter | Charles G | SGT | 11/01/69 | 01/30/70 | LT WPN | B-34 | DEC | |
Robbins | David L | SSG | 06/29/69 | 01/30/70 | HVY WPNS | B-34 & B36 | YE. | |
RADIO OP | ||||||||
Kohuth | Robert J | SGT | 05/26/65 | 02/23/66 | RAD OP | A5/414 | DEC | |
Hand | Michael J | PFC | 05/26/65 | RAD OP | A5/414 | DEC | ||
Crowe | Harold G | SSG | 05/26/65 | RAD OP | A5/414 | Y, | ||
Betterton | Gary M | SSG | 08/01/65 | 11/01/65 | RAD OP | A-314 | DEC | |
Jackson | Larry K | SGT | 01/01/66 | 04/01/67 | RAD OP | to Bunard | DEC | |
Crowell | Philip E | SGT | 09/01/66 | 04/01/67 | RAD OP | to Bunard | YE, | |
Gilmer | Gary R | SP5 | 03/26/67 | 03/21/67 | RAD OP | from Xom Cat | DEC | |
Jaramillo | Charles A | SP4 | 03/26/67 | 12/01/67 | RAD OP | from Xom Cat | DEC | |
Anderson | Jimmie G | SFC | 01/26/67 | 07/10/67 | RAD OP | DEC | ||
to Bu Dop | ||||||||
Blue | Richard E | SFC | 04/01/69 | 01/30/70 | RAD OP | DEC | ||
DEMO | ||||||||
McLaughlin | Daniel P | PFC | 05/26/65 | DEMO | A5/414 | DEC | ||
Sova | Vincent A | 'Tony' | SSG | 05/26/65 | 06/10/65 | DEMO | A5/414 | DEC |
Sova | Vincent A | 'Tony' | SSG | 07/01/65 | 02/24/66 | DEMO | DEC | |
Marlow | John D | SSG | 03/26/67 | 04/01/69 | DEMO | DEC | ||
Gilbertson | William R | SP5 | 10/24/67 | 10/23/68 | DEMO | YE. | ||
Polston | Ben | 01/30/70 | DEMO | to B-36 | ||||
MEDIC | ||||||||
Sale | Lafayette L | III | SGT | 05/26/65 | 06/10/65 | MEDIC | A5/414 | YE. |
Taylor | James T | SFC | 05/26/65 | 06/10/65 | MEDIC | A5/414 | DEC | |
Sale | Lafayette L | III | SGT | 06/19/65 | 07/27/66 | MEDIC | A5/414 | YE. |
Koch | Paul L | SSG | 01/01/66 | MEDIC | DEC | |||
Tillery | John D | SGT | 06/01/66 | 04/04/67 | MEDIC | to Bunard | DEC | |
O'Neal | Edward J | SFC | 10/18/66 | 04/02/67 | MEDIC | to B-34 | DEC | |
Gallant | Thomas G | SP4 | 10/01/66 | 04/01/67 | MEDIC | to Bunard | YE. | |
Browder | Jimmie R | SGT | 09/01/66 | 04/04/67 | MEDIC | DEC | ||
Berry | Ronald G | SGT | 03/01/67 | 04/02/67 | MEDIC | DEC | ||
Current | Reece C | SP5 | 03/26/67 | 04/19/67 | MEDIC | from Xom Cat | YR, | |
Jimenez | Pedro | SP5 | 03/26/67 | 06/20/67 | MEDIC | from Xom Cat | YE. | |
Winchester | Joseph D | SGT | 04/01/67 | 01/01/68 | MEDIC | DEC | ||
Boaz | John T | SSG | 07/27/67 | 07/26/68 | MEDIC | YR, | ||
Stewart | David O | SP4 | 05/01/68 | 12/01/68 | MEDIC | YE. | ||
Gifford | George F | SFC | 01/06/69 | MEDIC | DEC | |||
MEDIC | ||||||||
Matz | Douglas H | SSG | 07/01/69 | 01/30/70 | MEDIC | to B-34 | DEC | |
ASSIGNMENT UNKNOWN | ||||||||
Dikes | Billie N | CPT | 05/25/65 | Dropped | DET CO | A5/414 | DEC | |
Ferguson | William G | SSG | 01/01/66 | 05/01/66 | KIA | |||
Book of Interest: Budapest to Vietnam by Nicholas J Hun | ||||||||
Book of Interest: Dong Xoai, Vietnam 1965 by Joe Kubert | ||||||||
MAP of A-342 (Dong Xoai) |
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