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B-40 (4th MSFC) (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 B-40 (4th Mobile Strike Force Command). If you were assigned to B-40 or you can correct any errors or can add any names or [ESPECIALLY HELPFUL] identify the assignments for the names at the bottom of this page 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: Det A-430 (see A-401) was redesignated B-43 o/a Jan 67 and redesignated B-40 o/a Feb 67. The B Detachment established a camp at Can Tho across the runway? from Detachment C-4 o/a March 1968 (or January 10, 1965.) The Detachment was designated at 4th Mobile Strike Force Command on 05/23/68. The camp was closed o/a May 31, 1970. B-40 was located at Can Tho in Phong Dinh District, Phong Dinh Province. Medical, Signal, Intelligence and Engineering augmentations are presently listed with the parent element at the SFOB. For a list of B-40 Operations, Click here.
LAST NAME | FIRST NAME | SFX | RNK | FROM DATE | TO DATE | DUTIES | REMARKS | STAT |
DETACHMENT COMMANDER | ||||||||
Marecek | George R | MAJ | 04/06/67 | 12/10/67 | DET CO | A-431? | DEC | |
Scharnberg | Ronald O | CPT | 12/17/67 | 04/04/68 | DET CO | KIA | ||
Anderson | James H | 'JH' | MAJ | 01/01/68 | 06/25/68 | BN CDR | A0Y | |
Topp | Robert G | MAJ | 09/04/68 | 11/22/68 | DET CO | medevaced | DEC | |
Quist | Francis H | LTC | 01/18/69 | 01/21/69 | DET CO | DEC | ||
Dubovick | Richard R | LTC | 01/22/69 | 05/01/69 | DET CO | YE. | ||
Acre | Lawrence D | MAJ | 03/09/69 | 09/22/69 | TF CDR | "Strangler" | KIA | |
Boggs | William J | MAJ | 08/13/69 | 11/26/69 | DET CO | DEC | ||
Bridgewater | Tom W | Jr | MAJ | 11/26/69 | 05/31/70 | DET CO | DEC | |
DETACHMENT EXECUTIVE OFFICER | ||||||||
Harvey | Michael R | 1LT | 12/13/67 | 03/31/68 | DET XO | CO CDR | A0Y, | |
Yoder | Kenneth E | MAJ | 02/13/68 | 02/12/69 | DET XO | YE. | ||
Boggs | William J | MAJ | 01/09/69 | 08/12/69 | DET XO | DEC | ||
Wagner | Hans O | MAJ | 11/02/69 | 04/20/70 | DET XO | YE. | ||
Moody | John W | MAJ | 02/11/70 | 07/27/70 | DET XO | DEC | ||
DETACHMENT SERGEANT MAJOR | ||||||||
Mollica | Leonard C | SSM | 11/26/67 | 11/26/68 | DET SGM | YE. | ||
Batton | Roy M | SSM | 08/11/68 | 08/10/69 | DET SGM | DEC | ||
Petry | Charles | 'Slats' | SGM | DET SGM | No Orders | DEC | ||
Durham | Pierce | SGM | A0; | |||||
Smythe | Earl J | SGM | 01/06/70 | 05/31/70 | DET SGM | or B-43? | Y, | |
S-1 (PERSONNEL) | ||||||||
Murtagh | James P | 1LT | 04/01/68 | 08/12/68 | S-1 | DEC | ||
Johns | Lawrence D | 1LT | 08/04/68 | 03/01/69 | S-1 | DATES? | YE; | |
Hector | Lionel | 1LT | 03/01/69 | 05/21/69 | S-1 | YE. | ||
Lombard | Bruce A | CPT | 03/14/70 | 06/05/69 | S-1 | Asst S-2 | YE. | |
Tenorio | Santos D | CPT | 12/17/69 | 05/01/70 | S-1 | DEC | ||
White | Thomas H | 1LT | 05/01/70 | 06/01/70 | S-1 | YE. | ||
Regan | John M | 1LT | 01/01/69 | 02/19/69 | S-1 FUNDS | DEC | ||
Canavan | Michael A | CPT | 07/31/69 | 11/18/69 | S-1 FUNDS | YE. | ||
White | Thomas H | 1LT | 11/02/69 | 05/01/70 | S-1 FUNDS | YE. | ||
Cardwell | Steven M | SP4 | 08/01/66 | 03/01/67 | S-1 CLERK | DEC | ||
Ibarra | Enrique | SFC | 12/28/67 | 01/28/70 | S-1 NCOIC | Y, | ||
Marques-Jaramillo | Jose G | SSG | 01/01/69 | 06/30/69 | TYPIST | |||
S-2 (INTELLIGENCE) | ||||||||
Thurston | Daniel G | 1LT | 12/17/67 | 03/01/68 | S-2/S-3 | DEC | ||
Dowd | Thomas M | 1LT | 09/01/68 | 12/15/68 | S-2 | YE. | ||
McGinnis | David L | 1LT | 01/01/69 | 02/19/69 | S-2 | YE. | ||
Davis | Wayne A | CPT | 04/20/69 | 11/19/69 | S-2 | YE. | ||
Taylor | Roger L | CPT | 11/22/69 | 06/27/70 | S-2 | DEC | ||
Bradford | Gene W | SFC | 11/27/66 | S-2 NCOIC | DEC | |||
Bucca | Joseph M | SFC | 01/01/68 | 01/01/69 | S-2 NCOIC | DEC | ||
Fielder | Donald L | SSG | 10/01/68 | 11/15/68 | S-2 NCOIC | YE. | ||
Greene | James F | MSG | 10/31/68 | 10/30/69 | S-3 NCOIC | DEC | ||
McCarthy | Edward S | SP4 | 09/15/69 | 06/01/70 | 96B20 | YE. | ||
S-3 (OPERATIONS) | ||||||||
Photopoulos | Louis | CPT | 08/11/68 | 12/15/68 | S-3 | DEC | ||
Dowd | Thomas M | 1LT | 12/16/68 | 03/29/69 | S-3 | YE. | ||
Daniels | Thomas M | CPT | 01/30/69 | 05/01/69 | S-3 | YE. | ||
Southworth | John A | CPT | 08/10/69 | 02/01/70 | S-3 | DEC | ||
Canavan | Michael A | CPT | 03/01/70 | 07/01/70 | S-3 | YE. | ||
Keating | David P | 1LT | 06/01/68 | 09/06/68 | S-3 AIR | DEC | ||
Regan | John M | 1LT | 02/20/69 | 04/30/69 | S-3 ASST | & BN CDR | DEC | |
Claxton | Philander P | III | 1LT | 12/21/69 | 02/04/70 | S-3 ASST | YE. | |
Fox | Terry A | 1LT | 01/08/70 | 03/01/70 | S-3 ASST | YE. | ||
Shepherd | Eugene | Jr | MSG | 01/01/68 | 04/27/68 | S-3 NCOIC | YE. | |
Greene | James F | MSG | 10/31/68 | 10/30/69 | S-3 NCOIC | DEC | ||
Klinker | Ronald W | MSG | 11/10/69 | 06/01/70 | S-3 NCOIC | DEC | ||
Tindall | John W | MSG | 01/14/69 | 01/13/70 | S-3 NCOIC | DEC | ||
Ransone | James F | Jr | SP4 | 12/16/69 | 04/03/70 | OPS SGT | FOB @B-43? aA-405 | DEC |
Sydney | Harry F | Jr | SGT | 10/20/66 | LT WPNS | DEC | ||
Marques-Jaramillo | Jose G | SSG | 06/01/67 | LT WPNS | ||||
Tharpe | John R | Jr | SP4 | 09/19/66 | 03/01/67 | HVY WPNS | A-404 | YE; |
Burtness | Alan C | SP5 | 01/01/68 | 02/20/69 | LT WPNS | A-40x | KIA | |
Steppe | Robert N | SFC | 09/28/68 | 09/24/69 | HVY WPNS | DEC | ||
Hart | Jimmy D | SGT | 11/05/68 | 11/04/69 | LT WPNS | DEC | ||
Critzburg | Lloyd C | SP6 | 07/07/69 | 07/06/70 | OPS NCO | B-43 | DEC | |
S-4 (LOGISTICS) | ||||||||
Murtagh | James P | 1LT | 06/01/67 | 11/11/67 | S-4 | DEC | ||
Deal | Reginald E | 1LT | 12/17/67 | 08/12/68 | S-4 | DEC | ||
Murtagh | James P | 1LT | 08/12/68 | 11/02/68 | S-4 | DEC | ||
Snapp | Earl T | Jr | 1LT | 01/01/69 | 04/30/69 | S-4 | YE. | |
Johns | Lawrence D | 1LT | 03/01/69 | 05/04/69 | S-4 | YE | ||
Snapp | Earl T | Jr | 1LT | 05/25/69 | 05/01/70 | S-4 | YE. | |
Battles | Fred C | CPT | 05/01/71 | 07/01/70 | S-4 | YE. | ||
Snapp | Earl T | Jr | 1LT | 11/05/68 | 01/01/69 | S-4 ASST | S-1? | YE. |
Brandon | William T | SFC | 05/30/68 | 05/31/70 | S-4 NCOIC | |||
Perry | Anthony L | SP4 | 05/08/68 | 05/07/69 | S-4 CLERK | GEN SUPPLY | YE. | |
S-5 (CIVIL AFFAIRS/PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS) | ||||||||
Wiest | Lawrence P | CPT | 09/01/68 | 02/28/69 | S-5 | YE. | ||
McGinnis | David L | 1LT | 09/27/68 | 01/01/69 | S-5 ASST | YE | ||
Lahman | Larry D | 1LT | 02/15/69 | 08/14/69 | S-5 | YE | ||
Gooch | Leonard G | Jr | CPT | 12/21/69 | 05/05/70 | S-5 | DEC | |
Hammers | Mike A | SGT | 07/04/69 | 02/09/70 | CAPO NCO | YE. | ||
SIGNAL SECTION | ||||||||
Hayakawa | Donald T | SFC | 01/28/68 | 01/27/69 | RAD SPVR | DEC | ||
Stebbins | Donald A | SSG | 11/24/68 | 12/05/69 | RAD SPVR | Y | ||
Wagner | Carl | SFC | 01/01/69 | 07/03/70 | RAD SPVR | DEC | ||
Garrison | George L | SP4 | 01/01/66 | RAD OP | A0U | |||
Howell | William R | SGT | 01/01/66 | 08/08/68 | RAD OP | A0Y | ||
Blevins | Robert R | SGT | 06/01/66 | 07/01/66 | RAD OP | YE | ||
Williams | Ray A | SGT | 08/01/68 | 12/19/68 | RAD OP | YE. | ||
Erickson | William L | PFC | 12/11/67 | 12/10/68 | RAD OP | |||
Lenhart | Joseph L | SGT | 12/01/67 | 07/03/68 | RAD OP | YE | ||
Richardson | Robert D | SGT | 01/01/68 | RAD OP | 47 MSF CO | DEC | ||
Mucci | Edward A | SP4 | 09/23/68 | 09.22.69 | RAD OP | YE | ||
Nelson | Thomas A | SGT | 10/15/68 | 09/10/69 | RAD OP | YE. | ||
Bernard | John A | SGT | 01/15/69 | 10/04/69 | RAD OP | YE, | ||
Rossiter | Thomas R | SGT | 02/13/69 | 01.01.70 | RAD OP | A0U | ||
Stinson | Mark W | SP4 | 09/18/69 | 01/23/70 | RAD OP | YE | ||
Duboise | John D | SGT | 01/01/70 | 04/01/70 | RAD OP | YE. | ||
ENGINEERING SECTION | ||||||||
Brown | William T | SGT | 12/25/67 | 01/01/69 | CMBT ENGR | MIA | ||
Jessick | James E | SSG | 01/01/70 | 08/22/70 | DEMO | DEC? | ||
MEDICAL SECTION | ||||||||
Miller | Ned L | MSG | 02/01/68 | 06/01/68 | MEDIC | From 254 AML Det | YE. | |
Hapka | James A | SFC | 08/03/68 | 10/02/69 | MEDIC | YE. | ||
Griffin | Gary R | SP5 | 08/28/68 | 08/27/69 | MEDIC | PREV MED | A0Y? | |
Heineman | Robert P | SGT | 01/10/69 | 11/07/69 | MEDIC | YE | ||
Lott | Riley | 10/01/69 | MEDIC | DEC | ||||
ASSIGNMENTS UNKNOWN | ||||||||
Gee | Archie G | SFC | 10/01/68 | DEC | ||||
Gonzales | Manuel P | SFC | 12/25/66 | 06/01/67 | ||||
Thrasher | Max E | 2LT | 08/12/67 | YER, | ||||
Thurston | Daniel G | 1LT | 09/12/67 | 12/16/67 | DEC | |||
Astalos | Peter V | MSG | 09/21/67 | 09/20/68 | DEC | |||
Bruce | James W | SSG | 02/01/68 | 12/15/68 | YE; | |||
Knuuttila | William W | SFC | 03/01/68 | 10/01/68 | PLT LDR | 47 MSF CO | DEC | |
Reese | Add H | 1LT | 04/28/68 | 08/04/68 | CO CDR | Y, | ||
Astalos | Peter V | MSG | 06/01/68 | 09/20/68 | DEC | |||
Nesbitt | John E | SSG | 06/01/68 | OR B-55 | YE. | |||
Roesch | Heinz K | 1LT | 06/19/68 | 06/25/68 | CO CDR | DNH | ||
Miller | John L | MSG | 10/03/68 | 07/03/69 | CO CDR | DEC | ||
MAP of B-40 (Can Tho) |
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