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Who's Who from Detachment B-20 and other MSF/MGF elements (Partial Draft)
[B-20 HQ] [A-201] [A-202] [A-203] [A-204] [A-205] [Trng & Rcn Cos] [Assignments Unk] [2MSFC Opns]
The following is a listing of all personnel in our database, assigned to Detachment B-20 (2nd Mobile Strike Force Command) and all of its subordinate and precursor elements. If you were assigned to B-20 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 The assignment of personnel by companies and platoons is probably fairly nebulous, but I would appreciate your efforts to help me classify personnel as well as possible.
Narrative Information: The first Eagle Flight detachment was composed of personnel from the Buon Sar Pa Camp Strike Force under A1/311A and later A-334. (See 1st SFG(A)). The Admin Detachment from C5/200 took over responsibility for the now renamed Camp Holloway Security Deytachment. These elements were brought together under Detachment A-219 o/a 6/1/66. A-219 and its sister detachemnts A-217, and A-218 became the Mobile Guerilla Force/Mobile Strike Force. O/a 11/1/67 the Mike Force was redesignated Detachment B-20 and the suborinate detachments were redesignated A-201, A-202 and A-203. B-20 was designated 2nd Mobile Strike Force Command effective 5/23/68. Other Mike Forcer elements were established in Kontum and Ban Me Thuot. B-20 closed on 5/31/70/ A-204 contined operations until 1/31/71 as the Kontuim Mike Force.
| LAST NAME | FIRST NAME | SFX | RNK | FROM DATE | TO DATE | DUTIES | REMARKS | STAT |
| DETACHMENT COMMANDER | ||||||||
| McCarthy | Justin E | Jr 'Gene' | MAJ | 07/13/67 | 03/29/68 | DET CO | ||
| Judge | Charles W | MAJ | 02/01/68 | 03/09/68 | DET CO | |||
| Mapp | Homer S | MAJ | 01/13/69 | 02/01/69 | DET CO | 2MSFC | ||
| Sherman | Francis O | 'Frank' | LTC | 01/30/69 | 06/01/69 | DET CO | ||
| Brydon | William J | 'Bill' | MAJ | 03/01/69 | 03/01/69 | DET CO | ACTING MSF CO | Y |
| Lunday | Robert G | MAJ | 03/28/69 | 11/30/69 | DET CO | DATES | ||
| Jagels | Martin G | MAJ | 08/14/69 | 09/01/69 | DET CO | (ACTING) | ||
| Collins | Franklin W | LTC | 09/15/69 | 07/03/70 | DET CO | |||
| DETACHMENT EXECUTIVE OFFICER | ||||||||
| Bath | Ronald R | 1LT | 08/03/67 | DET XO | A-220 | |||
| Jagels | Martin G | MAJ | 01/19/69 | 08/13/69 | DET XO | |||
| Mapp | Homer S | MAJ | 02/01/69 | 04/01/69 | DET XO | 2MSFC | ||
| Skamser | Harold P | Jr | MAJ | 08/14/69 | 10/28/69 | DET XO | ||
| Jagels | Martin G | MAJ | 09/01/69 | 01/18/70 | DET XO | |||
| Rondiak | Roman | MAJ | 10/27/69 | 07/24/70 | DET XO | |||
| DETACHMENT NCOIC | ||||||||
| Slover | John M | SSM | 05/01/68 | 05/01/69 | DET SGM | |||
| Davis | Hugh S | SSM | 11/05/68 | 11/04/69 | DET SGM | |||
| Tindell | Rush R | SGM | 10/05/69 | DET SGM | ||||
| Oania | Miguel A | SGM | 10/31/69 | 05/31/70 | DET SGM | |||
| S-1 (PERSONNEL) | ||||||||
| Darragh | Shaun M | 1LT | 05/28/68 | 01/20/69 | S-1 | 1/19/68-5/27/68? | Y | |
| Conley | Robert N | 1LT | 12/03/68 | 12/22/69 | S-1 | |||
| Childers | Charles C | CPT | 11/19/69 | 07/24/70 | S-1 | & A-201? | ||
| Tutor | Randall S | SP4 | 03/10/67 | 03/08/68 | S-1/S-2 CK | |||
| Bowen | Glen I | SFC | 01/13/69 | 01/12/70 | 71L4S | |||
| Pruner | Leo J | SSG | 07/05/69 | 07/18/70 | S-1 CLERK | |||
| Bonner | Robert L | SSG | 04/01/70 | 09/01/70 | 71H4S | |||
| Walker | Enoch W | SP5 | 03/24/69 | 03/23/70 | MESS SGT | |||
| S-2 (INTELLIGENCE) | ||||||||
| McClure | Christopher E | CPT | 06/01/69 | 07/01/69 | S-2 | Y | ||
| Kato | Hiroshi | CPT | 07/21/69 | 04/17/70 | S-2/CO CDR | |||
| Shelley | Clifford H | SSG | 01/20/67 | 06/01/67 | INTEL/A | |||
| Elkins | Harry F | SFC | 01/01/68 | S-2 ASST | ||||
| S-3 (OPERATIONS) | ||||||||
| Gezelman | Allen D | CPT | 04/25/67 | 11/19/67 | S-3 | |||
| Horton | Ira D | CPT | 10/01/68 | 02/04/69 | S-3 | |||
| Scott | Clayton S | III | CPT | 01/30/69 | 05/14/69 | S-3 | ||
| Taylor | Michael E | CPT | 04/01/69 | 06/01/69 | S-3 | |||
| Rondiak | Roman | MAJ | 07/25/69 | 10/26/69 | S-3 | |||
| Austin | Arthur R | CPT | 09/15/69 | 03/13/70 | S-3 | |||
| Blakey | George A | Jr 'Moe' | CPT | 04/01/69 | 04/15/69 | S-3 ASST | Y | |
| Condon | Donald J | 1LT | 11/28/68 | 11/27/69 | S-3 ASST | |||
| Herrington | Wade T | Jr | CPT | 08/02/69 | 07/19/70 | S-3 ASST | ||
| Vogel | Gordon L | CPT | 12/24/69 | 07/26/70 | S-3 ASST | |||
| Miesner | William H | Jr 'Hank' | 1LT | 01/21/68 | 04/24/68 | LNO | ||
| Golden | Robert A | 1LT | 09/01/68 | 07/01/69 | FO IFFV | A/5/27 FA | ||
| Partney | Richard L | MSG | 01/28/69 | 01/18/70 | OPS NCOIC | |||
| Kopti | Russell J | MSG | 10/31/69 | 12/09/69 | OPS NCOIC | |||
| Frye | Bertram E | MSG | 12/18/69 | 07/17/70 | S-3 NCOIC | |||
| Sanford | Frankie D | MSG | 04/18/69 | 04/17/70 | S-3 NCO | |||
| S-4 (LOGISTICS) | ||||||||
| Wilcox | David L | 1LT | 02/05/68 | 07/23/68 | S-4 | |||
| Francoeur | Paul E | CPT | 03/08/69 | 11/09/69 | S-4 | |||
| Harvey | Gary E | CPT | 11/25/69 | 04/01/70 | S-4 | |||
| Dubose | Eugene A | SFC | 07/15/68 | 01/01/70 | S-4 NCO | |||
| S-5 (CIVIL AFFAIRS/PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS) | ||||||||
| Wilson | Richard L | 1LT | 09/27/68 | 08/31/69 | S-5 | |||
| Lattimore | James P | 1LT | 03/01/69 | 11/27/69 | CAPO | |||
| SIGNAL SECTION | ||||||||
| Hudkins | Richard M | Jr | SFC | RAD OP | Y | |||
| Wickliffe | John N | SFC | 01/01/67 | 08/03/67 | RAD OP | @A-245 | KIA | |
| Layden | Kevin E | SP4 | 06/01/67 | RAD OP | ||||
| Ryan | Richard C | SSG | 07/01/67 | RAD OP | 23 MSF CO | |||
| Cole | Vernon E | SGT | 06/01/68 | 09/26/68 | RAD OP | 202 MSF CO | ||
| Wast | John S | SGT | 09/01/68 | 09/01/68 | RAD OP | 212 MSF CO | ||
| Clemens | John M | Jr | SSG | 09/05/68 | 09/04/69 | RAD OP | 1 CO 201 BN | |
| Henry | Hoyt L | SFC | 01/01/69 | RAD OP | DEC | |||
| Weigart | Clayton E | SFC | 01/15/69 | RAD OP | ||||
| Trevino | Charles A | SGT | 09/18/69 | RAD OP | ||||
| Whitaker | Orvil R | III | SGT | 01/01/70 | 01/01/71 | RAD OP | ||
| Telles | Serafin | Jr | SSG | 02/01/70 | 11/24/70 | RAD OP | ||
| Kayanan | Daniel N | SGT | 04/01/70 | 07/31/70 | RAD OP | DEC | ||
| MEDICAL PERSONNEL | ||||||||
| Johnson | Kenneth | SFC | 01/01/68 | 11/28/68 | MEDIC | KIA | ||
| Brunsman | John H | SP4 | 01/22/68 | 11/30/68 | MEDIC | |||
| Danks | Richard Q | SSG | 02/01/68 | 08/02/68 | MEDIC | Y | ||
| Reichmuth | Carl M | SGT | 04/01/68 | 08/01/68 | MEDIC | 208 MSF CO | ||
| Sikes | Tommy C | SFC | 10/02/68 | 10/01/69 | MEDIC | left MSF in Mar | ||
| Putthoff | Stephen L | SSG | 09/12/69 | 05/24/70 | MEDIC | |||
| Fitzgerald | Francis C | SFC | 10/01/69 | 03/21/70 | MEDIC | @A-242 | ||
| Passmore | Edward N | SFC | 01/01/70 | 01/01/71 | MEDIC | |||
| FUNDS OFFICER | ||||||||
| Husband | Chester A | Jr | 1LT | 11/05/67 | 03/08/68 | FUNDS OFF | ||
| Husband | Chester A | Jr | CPT | 07/05/68 | 06/08/69 | FUNDS OFF | ||
| Black | Ronald W | 1LT | 09/03/68 | 08/28/69 | FUNDS OFF | |||
| Abbuhl | Dale M | 1LT | 12/10/68 | 12/07/69 | FUNDS OFF | |||
| Pennebaker | Gary R | 1LT | 10/31/69 | 03/01/70 | FUNDS OFF | |||
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