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A-402 (To Chau/Moc Hoa) (Partial Draft)
[B-40][A-401/1st Bn][A-402/2nd Bn][A-403/3rd Bn][A-404/4th Bn][A-405/Airborne TC]
The following is a listing of all personnel in our database, assigned to Detachment A-402 (To Chau/Moc Hoa). If you were assigned to A-402 or you can correct any errors or can add any names or put people in the appropriate companies or [ESPECIALLY HELPFUL] identify the assignments for the names at the bottom of this page 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 think that for A-402, it might be worthwhile to note company and platoon assignments in the remarks section, but maintain the listing by MOS. Any Comments?
Narrative Information: Detachment A-431 was established as a Mobile Guerilla Force o/a 02/01/67 at To Chau. It was redesignated A-402 o/a/ 06/01/67. The MGF was relocated to Moc Hoa o/a 03/08/68 and redesignated 2nd Battalion, IV Corps Mobile Strike Force Command on 05/23/68. Moc Hoa was converted to RF/PF o/a 10/31/70. To Chao was located in ?? District, Kien Giang Province. Moc Hoa was located in Chau Thanh District, Kien Tuong Province.
LAST NAME | FIRST NAME | SFX | RNK | FROM DATE | TO DATE | DUTIES | REMARKS | STAT |
DETACHMENT COMMANDER | ||||||||
Initially, the Det CO was CO of A-431/A-402, A-432/A-403 and the Mobile Guerilla Force (MGF) (see A-403) | ||||||||
Hendricks | Dan | CPT | 04/01/67 | 11/07/67 | DET CO | A-431/ MGF | DEC | |
Daniels | Thomas M | III | CPT | 01/30/68 | 04/01/68 | DET CO | MGF medevaced | YE. |
Harvey | Michael R | 1LT | medevaced | Y, | ||||
Garcia | Reynaldo A | CPT | 05/01/68 | 10/15/68 | DET CO | DEC | ||
Titsworth | James E | Jr | CPT | 10/10/68 | 02/28/69 | DET CO | DEC | |
Cook | Henry J | III | CPT | 10/27/69 | 03/17/70 | BN/DET CO | 2 MSF BN | DEC |
Southworth | John A | CPT | 02/01/70 | 08/07/70 | DET CO | 2 MSF BN | DEC | |
Burch | John R | CPT | 07/05/70 | 10/18/70 | DET CO | DEC | ||
Smith | Calvin L | CPT | 08/01/70 | 10/24/70 | DET CO | DEC | ||
DETACHMENT EXECUTIVE OFFICER | ||||||||
Collins | Brien T | CPT | 03/01/67 | 07/02/67 | DET XO | A-431 MGF m/e | DEC | |
Dubois | Francois N | "Frank" | 1LT | 07/30/67 | 11/01/67 | DET XO | DEC | |
Matelic | Gale B | 1LT | 12/17/67 | 04/19/68 | DET XO | DEC | ||
Johns | Lawrence D | 1LT | 05/05/68 | 08/03/68 | DET XO | YE; | ||
Damrill | George W | 1LT | 06/01/68 | 06/27/68 | DET XO | medevaced | YE, | |
McFarland | James M | 1LT | 06/15/68 | 12/01/68 | DET XO | 442? | YE. | |
Jackson | Robert H | III | 1LT | 11/11/68 | 12/28/68 | DET XO | medevaced | YE. |
Hughes | Charles F | 1LT | 11/22/68 | 02/19/69 | DET XO | KIA | ||
Regan | John M | 1LT | 12/01/68 | 01/01/69 | DET XO | DEC | ||
Berry | Charles S | 1LT | 01/01/69 | 04/10/69 | DET XO | 4/13/68-5/12/68 | YE. | |
Mathews | John G | 1LT | 01/21/69 | 12/29/69 | DET XO | DEC | ||
Hayes | Robert H | 1LT | 01/29/69 | 12/31/69 | DET XO | DEC | ||
Owens | Roger W | 1LT | 07/05/70 | DET XO | DEC | |||
Smith | Calvin L | 1LT | 10/30/69 | 08/01/70 | DET XO | 2 MSF BN 1 CO | DEC | |
CIVIL AFFAIRS/PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS | ||||||||
Regan | John M | 1LT | 05/03/68 | 12/01/68 | CAPO | DEC | ||
Chavez | Robert L | 1LT | 04/09/69 | 07/02/69 | CAPO | YE. | ||
Bierbaum | Tibor | 1LT | 05/29/69 | 01/08/70 | CAPO | YE; | ||
TEAM SERGEANT | ||||||||
Lane | Glenn E | MSG | 01/01/67 | 03/21/67 | TM SGT | A-431 medevaced | YE | |
Shepherd | Eugene | Jr | MSG | 04/02/67 | 05/01/67 | TM SGT | Emergency leave | YE. |
Kittleson | Galen C | MSG | 05/01/67 | 04/30/68 | TM SGT | DEC | ||
Clark | Clifford M | MSG | 04/15/68 | TM SGT | DEC | |||
Shelnut | Roy | "Brows" | SFC | 05/16/68 | TM SGT | medevaced | DEC | |
Hasson | Harry J | MSG | 06/15/68 | 10/11/68 | TM SGT | DEC | ||
Staggs | Herbert B | MSG | 09/02/68 | 09/01/69 | TM SGT | DEC | ||
McMillin | Larry S | MSG | 10/19/69 | 01/01/70 | TM SGT | YE; | ||
Kerr | Charles C | MSG | 05/31/70 | TM SGT | No orders | DEC | ||
Jackson | John W | SFC | DEC | |||||
Judd | Eugene H | MSG | 10/31/69 | 10/30/70 | TM SGT | DEC | ||
Kerr | Charles C | MSG | 05/31/70 | TM SGT | No orders | DEC | ||
INTELLIGENCE | ||||||||
Godsey | Jack C | SFC | 04/27/67 | 01/01/68 | INTEL | DEC | ||
Fielder | Donald L | SSG | 03/01/68 | 11/01/68 | INTEL/A | YE. | ||
Gonzalez | Gaspar R | SFC | 11/16/67 | 11/10/68 | INTEL | CRP ADV | DEC | |
Cesani | Randolfo | 'Randy' | SSG | 03/01/68 | 08/05/68 | INTEL | YE. | |
Roberts | John E | SFC | 04/16/68 | INTEL | DEC | |||
Hughes | Bruce M | SFC | 01/01/69 | 12/31/69 | INTEL | DEC | ||
Elliott | William G | SSG | 01/01/69 | 04/23/69 | INTEL/A | YE. | ||
WEAPONS | ||||||||
Michaud | Paul X | SFC | 01/01/67 | 03/15/67 | PL/LT WPNS | A-431 medevaced | YE. | |
Ross | Kenneth J | SSG | 02/01/67 | 07/01/67 | HWY WPNS | 06/15/68? | DEC | |
Florez | Jesus | SFC | 04/30/67 | 01/01/68 | LT WPNS | DEC | ||
Medrano | Oscar | SFC | 05/01/67 | 10/15/67 | HVY WPNS | Y. | ||
Simpson | Ronald E | SSG | 07/16/67 | 07/16/68 | LT WPNS | DEC | ||
Phillips | Virgil D | SFC | 09/01/67 | 02/22/68 | LT WPNS | DEC | ||
Scott | Dave R | SP4 | 09/01/67 | 01/24/68 | LT WPNS | KIA | ||
Carlson | John V | SSG | 06/15/68 | 07/03/68 | P/L WPNS | medevaced | YE. | |
McDonald | Owen C | SFC | 03/01/68 | 12/15/68 | LT WPNS | 3rd Co CDR | DEC | |
Lopez | Manuel T | SFC | 03/01/68 | 06/27/68 | HVY WPNS | 3rd, PLT LDR | KIA | |
Black | Charles H | SFC | 07/02/68 | 07/02/69 | HVY WPNS | DEC | ||
Carpenter | John A | SGT | 09/01/69 | LT WPNS | DEC | |||
Watson | Tom W | SSG | 10/09/69 | 04/08/70 | HVY WPNS | 2nd CO | YE. | |
King | Richard L | SSG | 04/01/70 | 09/07/70 | LT WPNS | YE. | ||
RADIO OP | ||||||||
Shultz | Charles E | SGT | 12/21/66 | 12/21/67 | RAD OP | KIA | ||
Morin | Frank E | SSG | 04/30/67 | 04/30/68 | RAD OP | A0U | ||
Panoke | George W | SSG | 05/03/67 | 05/03/68 | RAD OP | YE. | ||
Mygan | Thomas M | Jr | SGT | 10/12/67 | RAD OP | YE; | ||
Rose | Richard N | SGT | 02/14/68 | 05/01/69 | PLT LDR/RO | 3rd Co | DEC | |
Williams | Ray A | SGT | 06/01/68 | 08/01/68 | RAD OP | or A-404 | YE. | |
Thomas | Robert D | SSG | 09/13/67 | 09/13/70 | RAD OP | A-402 | YE. | |
Keenan | Jay L | SSG | 09/18/69 | 09/17/70 | RAD OP | fm B40 | YE. | |
Andressen | William C | SP4 | 04/27/70 | RAD OP | Bn? | DEC | ||
Turcotte | Gilbert R | SSG | 02/01/70 | 12/01/70 | RAD OP | & INTEL | DEC | |
DEMO | ||||||||
Shubin | William E | SP5 | 02/01/68 | 06/16/68 | DEMO | YE. | ||
Fairchild | Daniel E | SP5 | 02/19/68 | 01/01/69 | DEMO | YR | ||
MacMichael | William E | SP5 | 03/01/68 | DEMO | DEC | |||
Herreid | Robert D | SP5 | 07/01/68 | 10/10/68 | DEMO | MIA | ||
Doty | Douglas E | SSG | 08/16/69 | 08/15/70 | LT WPNS | Co 423rd CO | YE. | |
MEDIC | ||||||||
Thornburg | Jimmy D | SFC | 08/01/66 | 05/24/68 | MEDIC | DEC | ||
Fitzgerald | John W | Jr | SFC | 03/14/67 | MEDIC | A-413? | KIA | |
Burdish | John P | III | SGT | 02/27/67 | 01/10/68 | MEDIC | YE. | |
Ley | George J | "John" | SP4 | 06/15/68 | 01/11/69 | MEDIC | 3rd co | DEC |
Stec | Robert M | SGT | 08/21/68 | 01/03/69 | MEDIC | 3rd co | KIA | |
Jensen | Ernest A | SSG | 01/29/69 | 11/11/69 | MEDIC | 3rd co | YE; | |
Partin | Rickey C | SSG | 11/01/69 | 03/01/70 | MEDIC | no orders | YE. | |
Dees | Robert C | SGT | 01/01/70 | 10/31/70 | MEDIC | to C-4 12/1/70 | YEr, | |
1st COMPANY | ||||||||
Steinhardt | Allyn L | SSG | 04/28/69 | 01/26/70 | CO ADV/MEDIC | 2 MSF BN 1 CO | YE; | |
Smith | Calvin L | 1LT | 10/30/69 | 08/01/70 | DET XO | 2 MSF BN 1 CO | DEC | |
2nd COMPANY | ||||||||
Alexander | Andrew S | III | SSG | 01/26/68 | 02/16/70 | RAD OP | 2 MSF BN 2 CO | DEC |
Simpson | Ronald E | SFC | 08/30/69 | 08/29/70 | CO ADV | 2 MSF BN 2 CO | DEC | |
Mierle | Gerald | SSG | 03/23/69 | 09/22/70 | PLT ADV/MD | 2 MSF BN 2 CO | YE. | |
Martin | Stephen R | SP4 | 10/08/69 | 10/07/70 | MEDIC | 2nd Co | YE. | |
Slate | Gerald L | SFC | 10/07/69 | 03/07/70 | RAD OP | 2 MSF BN 2C/3 | DEC | |
Jackson | John W | SFC | 11/24/69 | 01/27/70 | WPNS | 2 CO ADV | DEC | |
Goldstein | Richard M | SGT | 01/01/70 | 2 PLT ADV | 2 MSF BN 2 CO | YE. | ||
Jackson | John W | SFC | 01/27/70 | 09/28/70 | INTEL | 2 CO ADV | DEC | |
3rd COMPANY | ||||||||
Bostley | Ranse P | SSG | 09/01/69 | 04/09/70 | DEMO | 3rd CO | Y, | |
ASSIGNMENT UNKNOWN | ||||||||
Dollar | Gary W | SSG | 01/01/68 | DEC | ||||
Layton | Jon W | III | 2LT | 05/01/68 | 06/27/68 | @Cao Lanh | KIA | |
Website of Interest: Tibor Bierbaum LOC Oral History Interview | ||||||||
MAP of A-402 (To Chao) | ||||||||
MAP of A-402 (Moc Hoa) |
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