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Who's Who from 5th Mobile Strike Force Command (A-504/2nd Battalion) (Draft)
The following is a listing of all personnel in our database, who served in the 2nd Battalion, 5th Mobile Strike Force Command (A-504). If you can correct any errors or if you can add any names, particularly those whose specific assignment is 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: A-504, evolving out of the B-51 Camp Strike Force, A-551, conducted operations in support of beleaguered camps throughout RVN as directed. A-504 was organized sometime in 1969 and its subordinate companies were designated 521,522 and 523 Cos. After Action Reports from B-55 and its subordinate elements, including A-504, will be published on CD-ROM at a later date. How did 4th-7th MSF Cos relate to 521, 522, 523 Cos?
[B-55 Staff] [Special Weapons Platoon] [B-55 Assignments Unknown] [A-503] [A-504] [List of Known Operations]
BN STAFF | ||||||||
Sturm | Henry B | CPT | 11/19/68 | 11/15/69 | BN CO | 2 MSF BN | ||
Powe | Prince | Jr | CPT | 03/07/69 | 11/30/69 | BN CO | 2 MSF BN | |
Randall | Charles M | CPT | 10/15/69 | 05/21/70 | BN CO | 2 MSF BN | ||
Fitzgerald | Stephen E | CPT | 01/12/70 | 01/30/70 | BN CO | or B-16? | ||
McNutt | Frank E | CPT | 05/22/70 | 07/16/70 | BN CO | 2 MSF BN | KIA | |
Randall | Charles M | CPT | 07/16/70 | 12/04/70 | BN CO | 2 MSF BN | ||
Twining | Stephen N | CPT | 02/01/70 | 02/01/71 | BN CO | 2 MSF BN | ||
Sheets | John W | III | 1LT | 03/01/69 | 06/09/69 | BN XO | 2 MSF BN | |
Barnett | Thomas D | 1LT | 09/25/69 | 05/27/70 | BN XO | 2 MSF BN | ||
Jones | Robert W | Jr | 1LT | 05/05/70 | 09/01/70 | BN XO | 2 MSF BN | |
Slattery | Raymond D | SFC | 08/27/68 | 10/07/69 | BN NCOIC | 2 MSF BN | ||
Samson | Larry D | SFC | 03/01/69 | 09/15/69 | BN NCOIC | 2 MSF BN | ||
Taylor | William E | SFC | 01/01/69 | BN NCOIC | 2 MSF BN | |||
Osborne | James W | SFC | 09/27/69 | 01/01/70 | BN NCOIC | 2 MSF BN | ||
Lindsay | William A | MSG | 11/21/69 | 11/14/70 | BN NCOIC | 2 MSF BN | ||
Samano | Salvador | SSG | 09/30/69 | 09/29/70 | RAD SPVR | 2 MSF BN/4th Co | ||
Jasper | Lawrence M | SP5 | 01/01/70 | 01/01/71 | BN A/OPS | 2 MSF BN | ||
Hall | Marion E | SFC | 03/01/70 | 01/01/71 | STAFF ENG | 2 MSF BN | ||
2 & 3rd CRPs | ||||||||
Karvelis | John J | SFC | 08/28/68 | 08/28/69 | 2 CRP ADV | 2 MSF BN | ||
Barnett | Thomas D | 1LT | 05/28/69 | 09/25/69 | 2 CRP ADV | 2 MSF BN | ||
Fields | Harry T | SSG | 01/01/70 | 06/01/70 | 2 CRP ADV | 2 MSF BN | ||
Huggins | Samuel O 'Roadrunner Sam' | SFC | 09/27/69 | 01/01/70 | 3 CRP ADV | 2 MSF BN | ||
Kinsley | Edward O | SSG | 01/01/70 | 01/01/71 | 3 CRP ADV | 2 MSF BN | ||
Batchelor | Thomas D | SSG | 08/18/69 | 03/01/70 | 3 CRP ADV | 2 MSF BN | Y | |
Wolfe | Paul G | SGT | 01/01/70 | CRP ADV | 2 MSF BN | |||
551/521 MSF CO | ||||||||
Davan | Benedict M | SSG | 03/22/68 | 03/17/69 | CO CDR | 521 MSF CO 4th Co (Cham) | KIA | |
Dubiel | Stanley R | CPT | 06/01/68 | 12/18/68 | CO CDR | 521 MSF CO | Y | |
Wright | Richard A | 1LT | 06/06/68 | 03/05/69 | CO CDR | 551 MSF CO | ||
Gonzalez | Manuel | Jr | SFC | 06/01/68 | 07/12/70 | CO CDR | 4th MSF CO | |
Talley | John M | SSG | 03/01/70 | 09/04/70 | CO CDR | 521 MSF CO & Recon Plt | ||
Clark | George E | SSG | 11/21/68 | 01/01/70 | PLT LDR | CRP 521 1 PLT | Y | |
Allen | Ronald L | SP5 | 07/05/68 | 06/10/69 | 2 PLT LDR | 521 MSF CO | ||
Allen | Ronald L | SSG | 06/11/69 | 02/04/70 | XO | 521 MSF CO | ||
Smith | Henry K | SFC | 01/01/70 | 09/22/70 | PLT LDR/MD | 4th MSF CO | ||
Schultz | Paul E | SFC | 06/01/68 | 4 PLT LDR | 521 MSF CO | |||
Presley | Eulis A | SSG | 01/01/68 | PLT LDR | 521 MSF CO | |||
Stevens | Forestal A | SP5 | 01/01/68 | 08/25/68 | PLT LDR | 551 MSF CO | KIA | |
Scruggs | William T | SFC | 07/03/68 | 06/21/69 | 3 PLT/MED | 521 MSF CO | ||
522 MSF CO | ||||||||
Maketa | John L | SFC | 07/11/68 | 05/10/69 | CO CDR | 522 MSF CO | ||
Medrano | Oscar | SFC | 09/01/69 | 02/25/70 | CO CDR | 5th MSF CO | ||
Martin | David A | SFC | 01/01/70 | 07/06/70 | CO ADV | 5th MSF CO | ||
Turner | Roosevelt | Jr | SFC | 11/30/68 | 11/29/69 | CO XO | 522 MSF CO | |
Fields | Harry T | SSG | 03/01/69 | 06/01/70 | CO XO | 522 MSF CO & 2 CRP | ||
Tobin | John N | SGT | 01/01/70 | 05/18/70 | CO XO/RO | 5th MSF CO | ||
Edison | James F | SP5 | 09/02/69 | 01/11/70 | PLT LDR | 5th MSF CO | ||
Green | Jeffery S | SP4 | 09/16/69 | 09/15/70 | PLT LDR | 5th MSF CO | ||
Halligan | Joseph M | SSG | 04/22/69 | 04/21/70 | 3 PLT LDR/MED | 522 MSF CO | ||
523 MSF CO | ||||||||
Blanchard | Charles W | "Doc" | SFC | 10/07/68 | 09/03/69 | CO CDR | 523 MSF CO | |
Mayer | John J | Jr | SSG | 08/01/69 | 10/03/69 | CO CDR | 523 MSF CO | Y |
Mayer | John J | Jr | SSG | 10/06/68 | 08/01/69 | CO XO | 523 MSF CO | Y |
Pease | Larry L | SFC | 04/15/69 | 01/01/70 | CO XO/CO | 6 MSF CO | ||
Huggins | Samuel O 'Roadrunner Sam' | SFC | 09/27/69 | 09/26/70 | CO ADV | 523 MSF CO | ||
Clark | George E | SSG | 01/01/70 | 03/22/70 | CO XO | 6 MSF CO | Y | |
Johnson | Jerry L | SSG | 03/01/70 | 10/16/70 | CO XO | 6 MSF CO | ||
Osborne | James W | SFC | 03/01/70 | 09/26/70 | 1 PLT ADV | 523 MSF CO | ||
Hetzler | Walter M | SSG | 06/01/68 | 06/01/69 | MEDIC | 523 MSF CO | ||
Higgens | James L | SP4 | 01/01/69 | PLT ADV | 523 MSF CO | |||
Jackson | Freeman D | SP5 | 09/01/69 | 04/23/70 | PLT ADV | 6 MSF CO | ||
Thompson | Tom H | SSG | 01/01/70 | 05/21/70 | PLT LDR/MED | CRP/6 MSF CO | ||
ASSIGNMENT UNKNOWN | ||||||||
Wampler | Gary O | SGT | 10/17/68 | 09/22/69 | PLT ADV | |||
Locke | John W | SFC | 08/19/69 | 08/19/70 | HQ CO | SCTY SEC | ||
Harvey | Francis L | SFC | 05/27/69 | 09/01/69 | PLT ADV | |||
Brown | Mansel L | Jr | SFC | 09/08/69 | 09/07/70 | CO ADV | ||
Drake | Timothy C | SSG | 01/01/70 | 05/10/70 | PLT XO | RECON | KIA | |
Maxwell | Patrick G | SFC | 03/01/70 | 09/22/70 | CO CDR/MED | 2 MSF BN | ||
Brakeman | Maurice L | SFC | 07/01/70 | 02/01/71 | C CO? | |||
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