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Who's Who from Detachment A-502 (Nha Trang Security Forces) (Partial Draft)
The following is a listing of all personnel in our database, assigned to Detachment A-502 (Nha Trang Security Forces) at Dien Khanh (Camp Trung Dung or "Bunkhouse?"), Binh Thanh, Suoi Dau, Tuong Phat ("Graveyard"?), Nui Chut, and MSS Da Hanh ("Rock Pile"). Can someone clarify the geography and/or identify the company assignments? If you were assigned to A-502 or you can correct any errors or can add any names 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: A-502 was set up to man outposts in the Nha Trang area. This was separate from the Mobile Reaction Force at Trung Dung by earlier TDY teams which was designated A-503. [Further details required.] These camps were under the control of B-51 (Dong Ba Thin) RF/PF advisors and the Nha Trang Area Defense Command (ADC/IDC). The CO of Trung Dung was the Deputy Commander of the IDC beginning in 1969. Presumeably, these assets were converted, but I have no information about the details. A-502 billed itself as the largest A-team in the World. There is a website of interest at:
DETACHMENT COMMANDER | ||||||||
Day | Kenneth J | CPT | 01/01/65 | 12/26/65 | DET CO | |||
Cincotti | Joseph G | CPT | 11/26/65 | 04/01/66 | DET CO | |||
Johnson | Dean B | CPT | 06/01/66 | 10/24/66 | DET CO | |||
Deason | Robert L | CPT | 10/01/66 | 06/04/67 | DET CO | |||
Andree | Martin E | CPT | 04/27/67 | 10/28/67 | DET CO | |||
Lee | Wilbur L | MAJ | 09/13/67 | 09/12/68 | DET CO | |||
Dubovick | Richard R | MAJ | 08/14/68 | 01/22/69 | DET CO | NOR | Y | |
Phillips | Billy J | MAJ | 01/29/69 | 05/24/69 | DET CO | |||
Dubovick | Richard R | LTC | 05/01/69 | 08/13/69 | DET CO | ABOVE OR THIS | Y | |
McBride | John B | MAJ | 05/19/69 | 01/31/70 | DET CO | DATES? | ||
DETACHMENT EXECUTIVE OFFICER | ||||||||
McMenamy | Charles W | 2LT | 01/10/66 | DET XO | ||||
Jordan | Richard W | 1LT | 07/14/66 | 12/07/66 | DET XO | |||
Chase | James E | Jr | 1LT | 12/04/66 | 08/09/67 | DET XO | ||
Sturm | Henry B | 1LT | 01/01/67 | 10/15/67 | DET XO | |||
Ross | Thomas A | 1LT | 06/01/68 | DET XO | BUNK HOUSE | |||
Capra | James R | 1LT | 01/01/69 | 4/14/69 | DET XO | |||
Overby | Morris C | 1LT | 03/10/69 | 12/18/69 | DET XO | |||
Wilson | Thomas E | CPT | 04/04/69 | 07/10/69 | DET XO/A | |||
Hearst | John R | CPT | 08/20/69 | 01/28/70 | DET XO | |||
CIVIL AFFAIRS/PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS | ||||||||
Gardner | Norman H | Jr | 1LT | 01/01/66 | 8/01/66 | CAPO | YE | |
Sturm | Henry B | 2LT | 10/16/66 | 01/01/67 | CAPO | |||
Sweeney | Robert T | 1LT | 04/10/67 | 04/10/68 | CAPO | |||
Sullivan | Michael E | 1LT | 11/21/67 | 10/18/68 | CAPO | CRP | ||
Robertson | Juan P | 1LT | 06/26/68 | 01/05/69 | S-5 | & A-503 | ||
Kirby | Wickliffe B | III | 2LT | 05/28/69 | 09/01/69 | CAPO | ||
TEAM SERGEANT | ||||||||
Field | Arthur T | Jr | MSG | 01/01/65 | 08/01/65 | TM SGT | A5/323 | YE |
McClellan | Henry G | MSG | 06/01/65 | TM SGT | or SIGCO | |||
Clow | James L | MSG | 01/15/66 | 01/15/67 | TM SGT | |||
Vasquez | Jose E | MSG | 10/30/67 | 10/30/68 | TM SGT | |||
Kerestes | Paul A | MSG | 09/24/68 | 01/01/69 | TM SGT | |||
Sellers | Lawrence P | MSG | 01/04/69 | 09/01/69 | TM SGT | |||
Kemmer | Thomas J | MSG | 02/01/69 | 01/30/70 | TM SGT | |||
S-2/S-3 | ||||||||
Ross | Thomas A | 1LT | 02/07/68 | S-2/S-3 | ||||
Caldwell | Herschel E | CPT | 11/15/68 | 08/05/69 | S-2 | BUNK HOUSE | ||
Ross | Thomas A | 1LT | 01/01/69 | 12/16/69 | S-2 | |||
Roush | James E | 2LT | 10/04/69 | 03/19/70 | S-2 | |||
Sheridan | William E | 1LT | 10/07/69 | 02/27/70 | S-2/S-3 | |||
Tocci | Mark A | SFC | 01/01/66 | 08/01/66 | INTEL | DEC | ||
Johnston | Charles W | SFC | 09/05/66 | 09/04/67 | INTEL | |||
Cottrell | John R | SSG | 05/16/69 | 11/16/69 | INTEL | |||
Pope | Lonzo | SP4 | 07/29/68 | 09/27/68 | INTEL/A | Dien Khanh | ||
King | Roy | SFC | 11/15/67 | 06/15/68 | S-3 NCO | BUNK HOUSE | ||
S-4 | ||||||||
Blake | John H | III | 1LT | 06/01/68 | 12/16/68 | S-4 | ||
Crabtree | Donald L | CPT | 02/01/69 | 12/01/69 | S-4 | |||
Estrada | Pedro B | 'Pete' | SFC | 08/18/69 | 02/07/70 | S-4 NCO | Y | |
WEAPONS | ||||||||
Mallare | Gerald E | SGT | 01/01/65 | HVY WPNS | ||||
Wilson | Gerry W | SGT | 01/01/65 | LT WPNS | A5/323 | |||
Berg | Charles L | SSG | 03/01/65 | 12/01/65 | LT WPNS | |||
Batteford | Frank P | Jr | SP4 | 06/01/65 | 02/22/66 | LT WPNS | ||
Chestnut | John | SGT | 12/12/65 | 12/13/66 | HVY WPNS | |||
Grady | Clyde E | Jr | SSG | 12/18/65 | 12/17/66 | LT WPNS | ||
Rouse | Glenn R | SFC | 02/17/66 | 02/16/67 | WPNS | |||
Shriver | Jerry M | SFC | 03/01/66 | 10/01/66 | LT WPNS | MIA | ||
Stewart | Mitchell G | SFC | 11/28/67 | 11/26/68 | HVY WPNS | BUNK HOUSE | ||
Barnes | James M | SFC | 12/01/67 | 07/01/68 | HVY WPNS | YE | ||
Jackson | Hugh P | SSG | 01/01/68 | LT WPNS | ||||
Gigliotti | John L | SGT | 01/01/69 | 04/13/69 | LT WPNS | Y | ||
Lindsey | Gene B | SGT | 08/06/69 | 01/31/70 | LT WPNS | YE | ||
Gebhardt | John L | SP4 | 09/18/69 | 01/31/69 | HVY WPNS | YE | ||
RADIO OPERATORS | ||||||||
Miner | Louis F | SSG | 01/01/65 | RAD OP | A5/323 | |||
Foxworth | Lewis G | SGT | 01/01/65 | 12/26/65 | RAD OP | A5/323 | ||
Hughes | James E | SGT | 01/01/65 | RAD OP | KIA | |||
Wilson | Carl L | SSG | 01/01/65 | RAD OP | A5/323 | |||
Schreiber | Robert D | SSG | 02/01/65 | 02/01/66 | RAD OP | |||
Young | James W | Jr | SGT | 03/01/66 | 10/27/66 | RAD OP | YE | |
Rice | Homer L | SFC | 12/03/65 | 12/02/66 | RAD OP | |||
Charest | Robert A | 'Bob' | SGT | 01/01/66 | 09/15/66 | RAD OP | ||
Salsman | Berney | Jr | SFC | 09/05/66 | 09/04/67 | RAD OP | ||
Lavaud | Jean P | SSG | 01/01/68 | 01/01/69 | RAD OP | |||
Poelman | Earl E | SP4 | 01/01/68 | RAD OP | ||||
Hawley | Robert L | SSG | 02/15/68 | 02/11/70 | RAD OP | |||
Sheppard | Andrew D | SSG | 03/01/68 | 07/25/68 | RAD OP | YE | ||
Strong | Tully F | SFC | 04/01/68 | 10/01/68 | RAD OP | |||
Ballou | Richard D | SSG | 05/24/68 | 05/06/69 | RAD OP | ALSO C-2? | ||
Guerrero | Francisco T | SGT | 01/01/69 | RAD OP | ||||
Cottrell | George A | Jr | SSG | 06/27/69 | 01/31/70 | RAD OP | ||
Tolbert | James E | SFC | 01/01/70 | RAD OP | ||||
ENGINEERS/DEMO | ||||||||
Weller | Richard O | 1LT | 07/10/68 | 09/03/69 | ENG OFF | |||
Combs | Harold J | SSG | 01/01/65 | DEMO | ||||
Johnston | James M | SSG | 01/01/65 | DEMO | A5/323 | |||
Grabey | Stanley G | SP5 | 01/01/65 | DEMO | A5/323 | |||
Armstrong | Edwin D | SFC | 04/20/68 | 02/20/69 | DEMO | |||
Crockett | Charles D | SFC | 03/03/69 | 09/01/69 | DEMO | 550 CIDG CO | ||
MEDICS | ||||||||
Chastain | Joyce F | SSG | 01/01/65 | MEDIC | A5/323 | Y | ||
Spradlin | Ernest J | SP4 | 01/01/65 | 12/26/65 | MEDIC | A5/323 | ||
Foshee | Edgar E | SSG | 01/01/65 | MEDIC | Fm C-1?/C-4 2 SRP | YE | ||
Chaplin | Robert W | Sr | SGT | 02/09/66 | MEDIC | Y | ||
Gumper | Victor W | SSG | 03/14/66 | 03/13/67 | MEDIC | DEC | ||
Funk | George C | SSG | 02/17/69 | 01/31/70 | MEDIC | |||
Palmer | Charles P | SGT | 03/01/69 | 09/23/69 | MEDIC | |||
Short | Harlow C | SP4 | 07/26/69 | 01/31/70 | MEDIC | Y | ||
Merletti | Lewis C | SGT | 09/20/69 | 01/01/70 | MEDIC | Y | ||
FUNDS OFFICER | ||||||||
Shutley | George F | Jr | CPT | 05/21/69 | 03/07/70 | FUNDS OFF | ||
Payne | Thomas R | 1LT | 07/13/69 | 07/14/70 | FUNDS OFF | |||
BINH THANH | ||||||||
Batchelor | Hardy E | Jr | 1LT | 05/03/68 | 10/18/68 | FOB CO | BINH THANH | Y |
Hubbard | Lyman L | Jr | 1LT | 11/16/68 | 11/15/69 | FOB CO | BINH THANH | |
Kentopp | James M | SSG | 12/01/66 | 11/01/67 | OP/INTEL | BINH THANH | Y | |
Puckett | Wayne R | SFC | 09/01/67 | TM SGT | BINH THANH | |||
Hines | Robert M | Sr | SFC | 05/15/68 | 01/01/69 | TM SGT | BINH THANH | Y |
Munoz | Ferdinand | SFC | 10/01/68 | FOB NCOIC | BINH THANH | YE | ||
Shreck | Raymond D | SFC | 09/01/66 | 06/01/67 | HVY WPNS | BINH THANH | ||
Noe | Frank R | SFC | 01/01/67 | 11/01/67 | WPNS | BINH THANH | KIA | |
Daly | John J | SP5 | 01/01/67 | DEMO | BINH THANH | |||
Noe | Frank R | SFC | 01/01/67 | 11/01/67 | MEDIC | BINH THUAN | KIA | |
Goodwin | Donald J | SP5 | 12/01/67 | 05/01/68 | MEDIC | BT - to MAT | YE | |
Sipots | Carl A | SP4 | 01/01/68 | MEDIC | BINH THANH | |||
Olt | Timothy F | SP5 | 05/21/68 | 05/20/69 | MEDIC | BINH THANH | ||
Webb | Carlton E | SGT | 09/24/68 | 09/13/69 | RAD OP | w/CRP 72 @BT | ||
Beeler | David E | SGT | 11/11/68 | 11/09/69 | w/CRP 71 | YE | ||
Madera | Eddie | Jr | SGT | 01/01/67 | DUTY UNKN | BINH THANH | YE | |
Stevens | Max R | SSG | 11/07/67 | 10/26/68 | DUTY UNKN | BINH THANH | ||
Sanford | Henry C | Jr | SGT | 01/01/68 | KIA | |||
OLD 101 ABN BASE NEAR CAM RANH BAY | ||||||||
St Martin | Joseph E B | SFC | 06/01/67 | TM SGT | ||||
MISSION SUPPORT SITE DA HANH aka "THE ROCKPILE" | ||||||||
Harrell | Bob L | Jr | 1LT | 07/12/68 | 10/26/68 | OP TM LDR | ROCKPILE | |
Dukovic | Gary V | SSG | 01/01/68 | 09/02/68 | ||||
Everett | James L | SP5 | 12/01/67 | 08/01/68 | CIDG 558 | |||
Herbert | John | Not identified | ||||||
SUOI DAU or XUOI DAU | ||||||||
Blake | John H | III | 1LT | 12/21/67 | 06/01/68 | SOUI DAU & MSS DA HANG | ||
Jones (Aka Shorten) | James H | SGT | 06/28/69 | 11/30/69 | MEDIC | SOUI DAU | YE | |
DIEN KHANH (IS THIS THE MAIN CAMP AT TRUNG DUNG?) | ||||||||
Peters | Larry J | 1LT | 09/01/65 | 01/23/66 | DET XO | DIEN KHANH | ||
Phalen | William C | 1LT | 02/09/68 | 02/23/69 | FOB CO | DIEN KHANH | ||
Munoz | Ferdinand | SFC | 10/01/67 | LT WPNS | DIEN KHANH | YE | ||
Jarvies | James Y | SFC | 11/05/67 | 11/01/68 | WPNS/INTEL | DIEN KHANH | ||
Bardsley | Richard W | Jr | SSG | 01/01/68 | WPNS | DIEN KHANH | ||
Gray | Darrel W | SSG | 01/01/68 | 12/01/68 | WPNS | DIEN KHANH | ||
Arrants | Jerry C | SFC | 11/01/67 | 11/01/68 | MEDIC | DIEN KHANH | ||
Morace | Albert T | Jr | SP5 | 01/01/68 | DIEN KHANH | |||
McGill | Charles A | SP5 | 03/01/68 | DIEN KHANH | ||||
ASSIGNMENTS UNKNOWN | ||||||||
Carlson | John E | SP4 | 09/16/69 | 553 CO | KIA | |||
Cooper | Gerald L | SFC | 02/15/70 | |||||
Moore | George R | SSG | 01/01/65 | |||||
Smeltzer | William L | SGT | 10/29/65 | Y | ||||
Ditton | William L | SSG | 01/01/67 | |||||
Geronime | John F | Iii | SP5 | 01/01/67 | ||||
Reynolds | Ronald W | SFC | 05/24/67 | 11/03/67 | ||||
Anderson | Roger L | SP4 | 06/01/67 | |||||
Wertz | Walter D | "Don" | SP4 | 06/01/67 | Y | |||
Freedman | Lawrence N 'Superjew' | SSG | 07/20/67 | 08/20/69 | PLT ADV | KIA | ||
Key | John C | SSG | 11/17/67 | 05/16/69 | ||||
Homitz | Ronald D | SGT | 11/24/67 | 10/07/68 | ||||
Barnes | James M | SFC | 12/01/67 | 10/25/68 | ||||
Gilmore | Gordon S | SSG | 12/15/67 | 12/15/68 | ||||
Alen | Manuel B | SP5 | 01/01/68 | |||||
Childs | Benjamin B | SSG | 01/01/68 | PLT LDR | ||||
Juncer | Dennis A | SP5 | 01/01/68 | |||||
Lane | Terry V | SFC | 01/01/68 | |||||
Miller | James H | Jr | SP4 | 01/01/68 | ||||
Rupp | John M | SP4 | 01/01/68 | |||||
Lane | William K | Jr | 1LT | 01/13/68 | 01/09/69 | SUBDET CO? | ||
Brandon | John C | SFC | 01/18/68 | 02/03/69 | ||||
Darragh | Shaun M | 2LT | 01/19/68 | 05/27/68 | Y | |||
Hawley | Robert L | Jr | SSG | 02/15/68 | 02/11/70 | |||
Holland | James D | Jr | SSG | 05/01/68 | 07/25/68 | |||
Egan | Jan C | SSG | 05/17/68 | 01/01/69 | ||||
Knorr | James R | SGT | 05/28/68 | 09/26/69 | ||||
Burruss | Thomas G | SP4 | 06/01/68 | 06/01/69 | ||||
Campbell | Charles E | SFC | 08/10/68 | 08/10/69 | ||||
Land | Kenneth D | SSG | 08/17/68 | 07/12/69 | ||||
Koch | Paul L | SFC | 10/01/68 | |||||
Hicks | Archie G | SSG | 11/01/68 | 10/28/69 | ||||
Chesnut | John | SFC | 11/14/68 | 11/13/69 | ||||
Cheston | Elliott B 'Pete' | Jr | 1LT | 11/20/68 | 04/12/69 | Y | ||
Goble | Theron D | SFC | 11/27/68 | 01/24/71 | ||||
Harris | Edward D | 1LT | 11/30/68 | 11/30/69 | ||||
Drennan | Dennis P | 1LT | 12/03/68 | 06/01/69 | ||||
Dinnel | Michael L | 1LT | 01/01/69 | 12/28/69 | ||||
Keeman | Thomas F | 1LT | 01/01/69 | |||||
Davenport | Kenneth L | SFC | 01/01/69 | |||||
Hefferman | William F | SSG | 01/01/69 | 10/09/69 | ||||
Mitchem | James W | SP5 | 01/01/69 | |||||
Trujillo | Louis A | SSG | 01/01/69 | 12/15/69 | ||||
Sagnella | Eugene V | SFC | 01/31/69 | 01/09/70 | ||||
Deschamps | John T | SGT | 02/06/69 | 01/16/70 | ||||
Sheridan | William E | 1LT | 02/28/69 | 10/06/70 | ||||
McCandless | Kerry M | 1LT | 05/25/69 | 01/11/70 | ||||
Abraham | Anthony G | PFC | 07/17/69 | Y | ||||
Hilliard | Sidney H | III | SP4 | 08/11/69 | 06/01/70 | |||
Stucki | Gary W | SP4 | 08/16/69 | 01/31/70 | to CCC | |||
Mika | Michael J | SFC | 09/01/69 | |||||
Eastburn | David R | III | SSG | 09/02/69 | 01/31/70 | |||
Hein | Charles J | Jr | SP4 | 10/04/69 | 01/01/70 | KIA | ||
Hoffman | George P | 'Sonny' | SGT | 10/21/69 | 10/01/70 | CMH BAND | ||
Bemis | Donald W | SGT | 05/01/70 | 10/17/70 | DEC | |||
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