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Who's Who from Detachment B-31 (Phuoc Vinh/Xuan Loc) (Partial Draft)
The following is a listing of all personnel in our database, assigned to Detachment B-31 (Phuoc Vinh/Xuan Loc). If you were assigned to B-31 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 "Assignments 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: The first PCS B Detachment B5/230 established a camp at Phuoc Vinh o/a 12/01/64 as Detachment B-31. The Detachment had a special relationship with the Phuoc Binh Thanh Special Zone. After that relationship was terminated, the team broke up, partly to A-426. A new team returned after PSA COL John Hill rotated. The camp was closed o/a 12/20/65 and relocated to Xuan Loc. Phuoc Vinh was located in ?? District, Binh Duong Province. Xuan Loc was located in Xuan Loc District, Long Khanh Province and had a sector and sub-sector advisory responsibility. The camp was closed o/a 05/15/67 and the USASF assets were transferrre to B-36. Medical, Signal, Intelligence and Engineering augmentations are presently listed with the parent element at the SFOB.
The following is a list of the original team that opened and closed at Phuoc Vinh. Assistance would be appreciated in determining where all these people went.
LAST NAME | FIRST NAME | SFX | RNK | FROM DATE | TO DATE | DUTIES | REMARKS | STAT |
DETACHMENT COMMANDER | ||||||||
Jackson | James W | MAJ | 11/01/64 | 01/01/65 | DET CO | B5/230 | ||
DETACHMENT EXECUTIVE OFFICER | ||||||||
DETACHMENT SERGEANT MAJOR | ||||||||
Blenis | Paul E | II | SGM | 12/10/64 | DET SGM | B5/230 | ||
S-1 (PERSONNEL) | ||||||||
Jacobs | Irwin M | CPT | 11/14/64 | 06/01/65 | S-1 | B5/230 | ||
Jimenez | Luis R | SSG | 12/10/64 | 03/01/65 | S-1 NCO | B5/230 | KIA | |
S-2 (INTELLIGENCE) | ||||||||
Junot | Tony P | MSG | 12/10/64 | 01/01/65 | S-2 NCOIC | B5/230 | ||
S-3 (OPERATIONS) | ||||||||
Lima | Dennis P | 'Tony' | MSG | 12/10/64 | S-3 NCOIC | B5/230 | ||
Jones | John W | 1829 | SFC | 12/10/64 | HVY WPNS | B5/230 | ||
Skinner | Stephen L | PFC | 12/10/64 | LT WPNS | B5/230 | |||
S-4 (LOGISTICS) | ||||||||
Russell | Charles R | SFC | 12/10/64 | S-4 NCOIC | B5/230 | |||
Davidson | William J | SSG | 12/10/64 | S-4 NCO | B5/230 | |||
S-5 (CIVIL AFFAIRS/PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS) | ||||||||
SIGNAL SECTION | ||||||||
Bonner | Robert W | SP4 | 12/10/64 | RAD OP | B5/230 | |||
Brown | William C | SP4 | 12/10/64 | RAD OP | B5/230 | |||
Cleveland | Horst H | SGT | 12/10/64 | 03/01/65 | RAD OP | B5/230 | ||
Kimball | Lyle L | SFC | 12/10/64 | RAD OP | B5/230 | |||
Perdue | Malcolm C | SGT | 12/10/64 | RAD OP | B5/230 | |||
ENGINEERING SECTION | ||||||||
Yellin | James H | SP4 | 11/01/64 | DEMO | B5/230 | |||
Gerardo | Antonio | SFC | 12/10/64 | DEMO | B5/230 | |||
MEDICAL SECTION | ||||||||
Dennis | Arnold F | SP4 | 12/10/64 | MEDIC | B5/230 | |||
Gunter | Terry L | SSG | 12/10/64 | MEDIC | B5/230 | |||
ASSIGNMENTS UNKNOWN | ||||||||
Damewood | John H | 1LT | 10/13/64 | DROPPED | B5/230 | |||
Frasche | Louis D F | 'Denny' | CPT | 12/10/64 | 01/01/65 | B5/230 | ||
Stringham | Joseph S | 1LT | 12/17/64 | 01/28/65 | B5/230 |
Phuoc Vinh/Xuan Loc (B-31)
LAST NAME | FIRST NAME | SFX | RNK | FROM DATE | TO DATE | DUTIES | REMARKS | STAT |
DETACHMENT COMMANDER | ||||||||
Furman | Robert E | 'Bob' | MAJ | 02/01/65 | DET CO | B5/1xx | Y | |
Sandel | Derrell W | MAJ | 07/18/65 | 12/05/65 | DET CO | |||
Smith | Clark | MAJ | 11/10/65 | 11/09/66 | DET CO | |||
David | Edgar G | Jr | LTC | 07/01/66 | 11/06/66 | DET CO | ||
Crawford | Gordon W | MAJ | 10/01/66 | 01/03/67 | DET CO | |||
Bolan | James R | 'Jim' | MAJ | 12/17/66 | 05/15/67 | DET CO | Y | |
DETACHMENT EXECUTIVE OFFICER | ||||||||
Stewart | Jack Thomas | CPT | DET XO | MIA | ||||
Jackson | James W | MAJ | 11/01/64 | 01/01/65 | DET XO | B5/230 | ||
Bebber | Robert L | CPT | 01/24/65 | 06/01/65 | DET XO | Y | ||
Staples | William B | CPT | 06/01/65 | 01/23/66 | DET XO | YE | ||
Jones | Edward L | CPT | 12/01/65 | 01/23/65 | DET XO | |||
Crawford | Gordon W | MAJ | 01/04/66 | 10/01/66 | DET XO | |||
Collar | Robert D | MAJ | 09/09/66 | 01/24/67 | DET XO | |||
Guinn | Ollie R | MAJ | 02/01/67 | 03/01/67 | S-3 | NOR 67 | ||
Atkins | Daniel W | CPT | 03/01/67 | 08/01/67 | DET XO | |||
DETACHMENT SERGEANT MAJOR | ||||||||
Blenis | Paul E | II | SGM | 12/10/64 | DET SGM | B5/230 | ||
Strickler | SGM | 01/24/65 | DET SGM | |||||
Bowser | Myron J | 'Ron' | SGM | 09/07/66 | 04/01/67 | DET SGM | ||
S-1 (PERSONNEL) | ||||||||
Jacobs | Irwin M | CPT | 11/14/64 | 06/01/65 | S-1 | B5/230 | ||
Staples | William B | CPT | 01/24/65 | 06/01/65 | S-1/S-4 | B5/110 | YE | |
Miller | Kent F | CPT | 06/02/65 | 02/19/66 | S-1/S-4 | Y | ||
Gilbert | Johnnie R | CPT | 01/06/66 | 06/01/66 | S-1 | Y | ||
Collar | Robert D | MAJ | 01/27/66 | 09/08/66 | S-1 | |||
Atkins | Daniel W | CPT | 09/08/66 | 03/01/67 | S-1 | |||
Moore | Bobby L | CPT | 03/02/67 | 06/08/67 | S-1 | |||
Brooks | Burton C | SFC | 01/27/65 | 01/24/68 | S-1 NCOIC | B5/110 | DEC | |
Jimenez | Luis R | SSG | 12/10/64 | 03/01/65 | S-1 NCO | B5/230 | KIA | |
S-2 (INTELLIGENCE) | ||||||||
Jones | Edward L | CPT | 01/24/65 | 06/01/65 | S-2/S-3 | |||
Pierce | Edward D | CPT | 12/28/65 | 03/13/66 | S-2 | ATTD 519MI | KIA | |
West | John J | CPT | 06/22/66 | 06/20/67 | S-2 (9301) | ATTD 519MI | ||
Adams | Hugh W H | 'Buck' | CPT | 01/30/67 | 06/29/67 | S-2 | ||
Junot | Tony P | MSG | 12/10/64 | 01/01/65 | S-2 NCOIC | B5/230 | ||
Larson | Louis | Jr | MSG | 01/24/65 | 01/08/66 | S-2 NCOIC | B5/110 | |
Hurley | Charles J | MSG | 12/17/66 | 05/24/67 | S-2 NCOIC | |||
S-3 (OPERATIONS) | ||||||||
Hoop | Robert G | CPT | 12/28/65 | 06/01/66 | S-3 | |||
Wall | Richard W | CPT | 03/04/66 | 07/01/66 | S-3 | |||
King | William L | CPT | 09/21/66 | 01/09/67 | S-3 | |||
Cummings | Anthony T | CPT | 02/11/67 | 08/30/67 | S-3 | |||
Lima | Dennis P | 'Tony' | MSG | 12/10/64 | S-3 NCOIC | B5/230 | ||
Clark | William A | MSG | 12/13/66 | 03/11/67 | S-3 NCOIC | |||
Jones | John W | 1829 | SFC | 12/10/64 | HVY WPNS | B5/230 | ||
Skinner | Stephen L | PFC | 12/10/64 | LT WPNS | B5/230 | |||
Melgares | Thomas J | SSG | 08/12/66 | 04/24/67 | LT WPNS | |||
S-4 (LOGISTICS) | ||||||||
Jeffries | John R | CPT | 03/01/66 | 10/15/66 | S-4 | |||
Spradling | Eldon H | CPT | 08/10/66 | 12/14/66 | S-4 | |||
Lane | Robert C | 2LT | 12/07/66 | 05/15/67 | S-4 | |||
Russell | Charles R | SFC | 12/10/64 | S-4 NCOIC | B5/230 | |||
O'Neal | Edward J | SSG | 01/24/65 | 01/24/66 | S-4 NCOIC | B5/110 | ||
Walker | David L | SFC | 06/14/66 | 04/12/67 | S-4 NCOIC | |||
O'Neal | Edward J | SFC | 10/18/66 | 10/18/67 | S-4 NCOIC | |||
Cooper | Joseph E | SSG | 04/02/67 | 03/30/68 | S-4 NCOIC | |||
Davidson | William J | SSG | 12/10/64 | S-4 NCO | B5/230 | |||
S-5 (CIVIL AFFAIRS/PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS) | ||||||||
Campbell | Walter J | CPT | 11/28/65 | 02/09/66 | CAPO | |||
Aiken | George F 'Gentle Ben' | CPT | 04/10/67 | 01/13/68 | S-5 | |||
Hoop | Robert G | CPT | 06/06/66 | 12/27/66 | S-5 CA | |||
Johnson | Wallace | III | CPT | 12/17/66 | 03/01/67 | S-5 CA | ||
Maddox | Russell T | CPT | 12/17/65 | RF/PF ADV | ||||
Flores | Jose M | CPT | 06/01/66 | 12/12/66 | RF/PF ADV | |||
Cummings | Anthony T | CPT | 10/22/66 | 02/10/67 | RF/PF ADV | B-35? | ||
Parrish | William K | CPT | 02/11/67 | 07/31/67 | RF/PF ADV | |||
SIGNAL SECTION | ||||||||
Dennison | Floyd W | SSG | 01/24/65 | 01/24/66 | RAD SPVR | B5/110 | ||
Spohn | Stephen J | SFC | 01/24/65 | 01/24/66 | RAD SPVR | B5/110 | ||
Vicknair | Victor E | SFC | 11/03/66 | 05/06/67 | RAD SPVR | |||
Anderson | Jimmie G | SFC | 01/25/67 | 09/10/67 | RAD SPVR | |||
Silvers | Harold H | SFC | 03/28/67 | 03/27/68 | RAD SPVR | |||
Bonner | Robert W | SP4 | 12/10/64 | RAD OP | B5/230 | |||
Brown | William C | SP4 | 12/10/64 | RAD OP | B5/230 R | |||
Cleveland | Horst H | SGT | 12/10/64 | 03/01/65 | RAD OP | B5/230 | ||
Kimball | Lyle L | SFC | 12/10/64 | RAD OP | B5/230 | |||
Perdue | Malcolm C | SGT | 12/10/64 | RAD OP | B5/230 | |||
Briggs | Gary E | SSG | 01/24/65 | RAD OP | B5/110 | |||
Bowman | William T | SSG | 01/24/65 | 01/24/65 | RAD OP | B5/110 | KIA | |
Swindler | Nathaniel | SGT | 01/24/65 | 01/24/66 | RAD OP | B5/110 | ||
Brown | William C | SGT | 03/01/65 | RAD OP | ||||
Betterton | Gary M | SSG | 01/01/66 | 03/23/66 | RAD OP | YE | ||
Vinson | Daniel M | SGT | 06/08/66 | 06/04/67 | RAD OP | |||
Johnson | Ernest L | SGT | 08/12/66 | 04/19/67 | RAD OP | |||
Mylly | Terry J | SGT | 01/09/67 | 04/01/67 | RAD OP | |||
Gariepy | Craig B | SP4 | 02/01/67 | 06/01/67 | RAD OP | KIA | ||
Locklear | Roscoe | SSG | 04/05/67 | 01/28/68 | RAD OP | |||
ENGINEERING SECTION | ||||||||
Yellin | James H | SP4 | 11/01/64 | DEMO | B5/230 | |||
Gerardo | Antonio | SFC | 12/10/64 | DEMO | B5/230 | |||
Baye | Floyd R | SSG | 01/24/65 | 01/24/66 | DEMO | B5/110 | Y | |
Powers | James P | SSG | 01/24/65 | 06/01/65 | DEMO | B5/110 | DEC | |
MEDICAL SECTION | ||||||||
Dennis | Arnold F | SP4 | 12/10/64 | MEDIC | B5/230 | |||
Gunter | Terry L | SSG | 12/10/64 | MEDIC | B5/230 | |||
Daily | Charles T | SSG | 01/24/65 | 01/24/65 | MEDIC | B5/110 | ||
Blais | Gerald J | SSG | 01/24/65 | 01/24/65 | MEDIC | B5/110 | ||
Walls | Cornelius | 'Doc' | SFC | 09/21/66 | 03/19/67 | MEDIC | ||
Grillo | Paul W | SGT | 03/01/67 | 02/28/68 | MEDIC | |||
Slusher | Harold E | SSG | 03/01/67 | 09/07/67 | MEDIC | |||
ASSIGNMENTS UNKNOWN | ||||||||
Jordan | Horace E | CPT | 01/24/65 | 01/24/65 | to B-22 | B5/110 | ||
Bruemmer | Ernest J | CPT | 01/24/65 | 01/24/65 | to B-34 | B5/110 | Y | |
Petry | Charles | 'Slats' | SGM | 01/24/65 | 01/24/65 | to B-53 | B5/110 | Y |
Plotts | Robert L | MSG | 01/24/65 | 01/24/65 | to SFOB | B5/110 | Y | |
Benson | Bernard C | MSG | 01/24/65 | 01/24/65 | DROPPED | B5/110 | Y | |
Cleverley | Grant F | SGT | 01/24/65 | 01/24/65 | to C-2 | B5/110 | Y | |
Blais | Gerald J | SSG | 01/24/65 | 01/24/65 | to ? | B5/110 | Y | |
Stogsdill | Carleton E | SP5 | 01/24/65 | 01/24/65 | DROPPED | B5/110 | ||
Denton | Harold R | SGT | 01/24/65 | 01/24/65 | to C-3? | B5/110 | ||
Moore | John P | SGT | 01/24/65 | 01/24/65 | DROPPED | B5/110 | ||
Damewood | John H | 1LT | 10/13/64 | 10/13/64 | to C-1 | B5/230 | ||
Frasche | Louis D F | 'Denny' | CPT | 12/10/64 | 01/01/65 | B5/230 | ||
Crabtree | Kenneth G | 2LT | 12/15/64 | B5/310 or B-41? | ||||
Stringham | Joseph S | 1LT | 12/17/64 | 01/28/65 | B5/230 | |||
Kokosza | Franciszek | 'Frank' | SFC | 01/24/65 | 01/24/65 | B5/110 | Y | |
Owen | Charles W | SP5 | 01/01/65 | |||||
Pincock | Louis B | 2LT | 02/10/65 | 02/10/65 | DROPPED | Y | ||
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