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Who's Who from 5th SGF(A) Group Medical Platoon(Draft)
The following is a listing of all personnel in our database who served in the Group Medical Platoon. If you can correct any errors or if you 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 It would be particularly helpful to add names of enlisted personnel who worked in the Medical Section of Group Headquarters.
Narrative Information: Earlier medical personnel, serving with US Army Special Forces - Vietnam (Provisional), are noted in the 5th SFGA TDY booklet. Personel serving with TSH after the colors returned to Ft. Bragg will be in a separate section. Surgeons serving in the various Corps Tactical Zones or with Special Operations are listed here and again in their respective areas. Medical Service Corps personnel are shown with S-4. There is a long list of personnel assigned to HHC whose specific assignment is unknown. This list will be posted at a later date. See also personnel assigned to CLD.
Surgeons at the SFOB | ||||||||
Sky | Valentine B | LTC | 11/01/64 | 10/31/65 | MED OFF | |||
Nicklas | Thomas O | CPT | 11/01/64 | 10/31/65 | MED OFF | |||
Waterbury | Larry | III | CPT | 11/01/64 | 10/31/65 | SURGEON | ||
Henderson | Robert L | CPT | 11/01/64 | 10/31/65 | MED OFF | HHC | ||
Barnett | Stanley A | CPT | 08/03/65 | 01/01/66 | SURGEON | DEROS 8/2/66 NOR | ||
Llewellyn | Craig H | CPT | 08/17/65 | 12/16/66 | SURGEON | |||
Slaughter | John C | CPT | 09/26/65 | 09/24/66 | SURGEON | |||
Edens | Clarence J | CPT | 10/05/65 | 09/04/66 | SURGEON | PREV MED | Y | |
Dawson | Jan P | CPT | 07/16/66 | 02/15/68 | SURGEON | PREV MED | ||
Tsoulos | Demetrios G | CPT | 11/15/66 | 08/15/67 | SURGEON | |||
Chino | Shigeru | CPT | 01/12/67 | 06/27/67 | SURGEON | NOR fm 11/10/65 | ||
Wheeler | Paul S | CPT | 03/10/67 | 09/21/67 | SURGEON | |||
Tsoulos | Demetrios G | MAJ | 08/16/67 | 07/25/68 | SURGEON | |||
McDannald | Eugene R | CPT | 02/09/68 | 05/02/68 | SURGEON | |||
Roberts | Surry P | CPT | 02/14/68 | 08/13/68 | SURGEON | NOR? | ||
Wallace | William C | CPT | 03/02/68 | 11/02/68 | SURGEON | |||
Nobles | Travis | CPT | 03/05/68 | 11/06/68 | SURGEON | |||
Bohannan | John J | CPT | 04/01/68 | 09/01/68 | SURGEON | Y | ||
Sidenberg | Barry S | CPT | 04/20/68 | 10/26/68 | SURGEON | |||
Hoffmann | William F | III | CPT | 06/06/68 | 01/01/69 | SURGEON | ||
Allison | Stanley C | MAJ | 07/24/68 | 07/19/69 | SURGEON | |||
Roberts | Surry P | CPT | 08/14/68 | 04/01/69 | SURGEON | |||
Wallace | William C | CPT | 11/03/68 | 03/01/69 | SURGEON | |||
Nobles | Travis | CPT | 11/07/68 | 03/04/69 | SURGEON | |||
Walk | Louis B | CPT | 04/26/69 | 04/20/70 | SURGEON | PREV MED | ||
Wang | Jon B | CPT | 08/01/69 | SURGEON | ||||
Cheatham | William M | CPT | 08/23/69 | 07/26/70 | SURGEON | Y | ||
Scheftner | William A | CPT | 10/08/69 | 10/01/70 | SURGEON | |||
Hamblin | Robert J | CPT | 01/01/70 | SURGEON | ||||
Cobb | Charles R | CPT | 01/05/70 | 05/31/70 | SURGEON | |||
Morse | Richard H | CPT | 02/01/70 | 02/01/71 | SURGEON | |||
Lawrence | Donald J | LTC | 07/19/70 | 01/01/71 | SURGEON | DEROS 7/14/71 | ||
Callaghan | Gerald M | CPT | 08/01/70 | 12/31/70 | SURGEON | |||
Surgeons at I CTZ | ||||||||
Ahearn | Arthur M | CPT | 11/01/64 | 10/31/65 | SURGEON | @C-1 | ||
Lucas | Donald A | CPT | 07/28/65 | 07/27/66 | SURGEON | @C-1 | ||
Zindel | Barry L | CPT | 07/10/66 | 07/09/67 | SURGEON | @C-1 | ||
Fabian | Louis A | CPT | 03/05/67 | 09/05/67 | SURGEON | @C-1 TDY? | ||
Hunter | Alan F | CPT | 05/31/67 | 05/26/68 | SURGEON | @C-1 | ||
Kengis | Janis | CPT | 04/20/68 | 04/19/69 | SURGEON | @C-1 | ||
Turner | Paul T | CPT | 06/18/68 | 06/13/69 | SURGEON | @C-1 | ||
Grambort | David E | CPT | 05/02/69 | 09/01/69 | SURGEON | @C-1? | ||
Sharp | Phillip M | CPT | 05/24/69 | 04/30/70 | SURGEON | @C-1 | ||
Laster | Joel A | CPT | 08/01/69 | 03/01/70 | SURGEON | @C-1 | ||
Grambort | David E | CPT | 09/02/69 | 05/01/70 | SURGEON | @C-1 | ||
Surgeons at II CTZ | ||||||||
Urbauer | Barton D | CPT | 01/01/65 | SURGEON | @C-2 | |||
Cramer | Alan T | CPT | 06/15/65 | 06/15/66 | SURGEON | @C-2 | ||
Hunter | Russell L | CPT | 07/08/65 | 07/07/66 | SURGEON | @C-2 | ||
Burgoyne | Brenton C | CPT | 05/23/66 | 05/22/67 | SURGEON | @C-2 | ||
House | Homer C | CPT | 08/05/66 | 04/02/67 | SURGEON | @C-2 | ||
Ferguson | James P | CPT | 05/20/67 | 03/02/68 | SURGEON | @C-2 | ||
Cohen | Howard B | CPT | 06/27/67 | 07/01/68 | SURGEON | @C-2 ALSO C-4 | ||
Tomasello | Peter A | CPT | 07/19/67 | 07/18/68 | SURGEON | @C-2 | ||
Langseth | Rodney N | MAJ | 03/05/68 | 11/04/68 | SURGEON | @C-2 | ||
Shetler | Paul L | CPT | 07/22/68 | 07/22/69 | SURGEON | @C-2 | ||
Langseth | Rodney N | MAJ | 11/05/68 | 03/04/69 | SURGEON | @C-2 | ||
Thompson | Harvey E | CPT | 02/03/69 | 02/01/70 | SURGEON | @C-2 or C-4 | ||
Clark | Gary B | CPT | 02/06/69 | 06/20/70 | SURGEON | @B-23 | Y | |
Hamlin | Elvin R | CPT | 01/10/70 | 06/28/70 | SURGEON | @C-2 DDUS 8/12/67 | ||
Heckman | Harold H | CPT | 02/01/70 | 12/15/70 | SURGEON | @C-2 OR C-4 | ||
Specht | Stephen C | CPT | 07/17/70 | 11/15/70 | SURGEON | @C-2 | ||
Boeye | Jerry S | CPT | 08/28/70 | 02/01/71 | SURGEON | @C-2 | ||
Surgeons at III CTZ | ||||||||
Hobson | Robert F or W | II | CPT | 09/15/65 | 09/14/66 | SURGEON | @C-3 | Y |
Slaughter | John C | CPT | 09/26/65 | 09/24/66 | SURGEON | @C-3 | Y | |
Bogart | John N | CPT | 10/22/65 | 10/21/66 | SURGEON | @C-3 | ||
Tsoulos | Demetrios G | CPT | 07/26/66 | 11/14/66 | SURGEON | @C-3 | ||
Gay | James S | CPT | 07/12/66 | 11/16/66 | SURGEON | @C-3 | ||
Gay | James S | CPT | 11/17/66 | 07/11/67 | SURGEON | @C-3 | ||
Edynak | Eugene M | CPT | 11/22/66 | 11/09/67 | SURGEON | @C-3 | ||
Ferguson | James P | CPT | 03/03/67 | 05/01/67 | SURGEON | @C-3 | ||
House | Homer C | CPT | 04/03/67 | 08/04/67 | SURGEON | @C-3 | ||
Kreutzer | Donald W | CPT | 07/19/67 | 04/26/68 | SURGEON | @C-3 | ||
McDannald | Eugene R | CPT | 05/03/68 | 02/08/69 | SURGEON | @C-3 | ||
Kovac | Stephen R | CPT | 05/23/68 | 10/01/68 | SURGEON | @C-3 | ||
Burgin | John G | CPT | 02/22/69 | 01/31/70 | SURGEON | @C-3 | ||
Forrest | Paul D | MAJ | 09/15/69 | 03/10/70 | SURGEON | @C-3 | ||
Flegel | Gerhard | CPT | 02/20/70 | 08/10/70 | SURGEON | @C-3 CIDG HOS | ||
Probst | Charles E | Jr | CPT | 04/01/70 | 11/29/70 | SURGEON | @C-3 OR C-1 | |
Sutton | Richard O | Jr | MAJ | 07/20/70 | 09/04/70 | SURGEON | @C-3 | |
Surgeons at IV CTZ | ||||||||
Hand | Roger P | CPT | 11/01/64 | 10/31/65 | MED OFF | @C-4 | ||
Bethancourt | Sergio | CPT | 02/18/65 | 02/17/66 | SURGEON | @C-4 | ||
Bogart | John N | CPT | 07/01/66 | 10/21/66 | SURGEON | @C-4 | ||
Dunn | Bruce E | CPT | 07/03/66 | 07/02/67 | SURGEON | @C-4 | Y | |
Bohannan | John J | CPT | 07/18/67 | 03/31/68 | SURGEON | @C-4 | Y | |
Ravitch | Michael S | CPT | 04/21/68 | 04/20/69 | SURGEON | @C-4 | ||
Hoffmann | William F | III | CPT | 01/01/69 | 06/26/69 | SURGEON | @C-4 | |
Forrest | Paul D | CPT | 03/20/69 | 09/14/69 | SURGEON | @C-4 | ||
Flegel | Gerhard | CPT | 08/16/69 | 02/20/70 | SURGEON | @C-4 | ||
Laster | Joel A | CPT | 03/01/70 | 07/28/70 | SURGEON | @C-4 | ||
Cobb | Charles R | CPT | 06/01/70 | 12/29/70 | SURGEON | @C-4 | ||
Collard | Timothy J | CPT | 08/16/70 | 12/09/70 | SURGEON | @C-4 | ||
Surgeons with Special Operations (those marked SOG were not assigned through SOA) | ||||||||
Carsons | Gordon C | CPT | 05/01/68 | 06/20/68 | SURGEON | @B-52 | ||
Maloney | Christopher T | CPT | 02/05/67 | 11/30/67 | SURGEON | C&C eff 7/7/67 | Y | |
Wheeler | Paul S | CPT | 09/22/67 | 03/02/68 | SURGEON | C&C | Y | |
Murchinson | Roary A | CPT | 01/01/68 | 01/01/69 | SURGEON | CCN | ||
Sidenberg | Barry S | CPT | 10/27/68 | 04/19/69 | SURGEON | CCN | ||
Sutton | Richard O | Jr | MAJ | 06/08/70 | 06/07/71 | SURGEON | SOG | Y |
Goldsmith | Joel W | CPT | 11/01/70 | 10/24/71 | SURGEON | TF3AE | Y | |
Schnuck | Lloyd B | Jr | CPT | 11/15/70 | 03/03/71 | SURGEON | CCN | Y |
Specht | Stephen C | CPT | 12/03/70 | 02/28/71 | SURGEON | CCC | Y | |
Heckman | Harold H | CPT | 12/15/70 | 02/01/71 | SURGEON | CCS | ||
Boeye | Jerry S | CPT | 02/01/71 | 08/27/71 | SURGEON | SMAG | ||
Specht | Stephen C | CPT | 03/01/71 | 07/15/71 | SURGEON | TF2AE | Y | |
Schnuck | Lloyd B | Jr | CPT | 03/03/71 | 05/01/71 | SURGEON | TF1AE | Y |
Wang | Jon B | CPT | 04/23/71 | 01/01/72 | SURGEON | TF1AE | Y | |
Dwyer | Michael J | CPT | 07/05/71 | 06/01/72 | SURGEON | CCC | Y | |
Mueller | Todd J | CPT | 07/26/71 | 05/01/72 | SURGEON | SMAG | ||
Reid | Daniel A | CPT | 10/12/71 | 02/10/72 | SURGEON | TF3AE | ||
Quinones-Borras | Nicholas | MAJ | 10/27/71 | 03/01/72 | SURGEON | SMAG | D | |
Quinones-Borras | Nicholas | MAJ | 03/01/72 | 06/05/72 | SURGEON | SOG | D | |
Schnuck | Lloyd B | Jr | CPT | 03/01/70 | 11/14/70 | SURGEON | @CCN? | |
Dentists | ||||||||
Thomas | William M | Jr | CPT | 11/01/64 | 10/31/65 | DENTIST | ||
Faulkenberry | Claude H | Jr | CPT | 10/02/65 | 02/01/67 | GP DENTIST | ||
Tsaknis | Peter J | MAJ | 09/08/66 | 04/07/68 | DENTIST | |||
Dayoub | Michael B | MAJ | 03/03/68 | 02/28/69 | GP DENTIST | |||
Blubaugh | Edward C | MAJ | 09/04/68 | 08/30/69 | GP DENTIST | |||
Cruse | William P | CPT | 02/10/69 | 02/01/70 | GP DENTIST | |||
Rumsey | Winfield S | III | CPT | 08/17/69 | 08/14/70 | DENTIST | ||
Hirsch | Edward H | MAJ | 02/04/70 | 01/31/71 | GP DENTIST | |||
Wrigley | Harold K | CPT | 08/17/70 | 01/30/71 | GP DENTIST | |||
Betor | William P | CPT | 10/13/70 | 01/17/71 | DENTIST | |||
Dental Assistants | ||||||||
Brown | Thomas | SGT | 11/01/64 | 10/31/65 | DENTAL/ASST | HHC | ||
Childers | Jackie D | SP4 | 11/01/64 | 10/31/65 | DENTAL/ASST | 42117 | ||
Durham | Jerry L | PFC | 11/01/64 | 10/31/65 | DENTAL/ASST | 42007 | ||
Lujan | Jose N | SSG | 11/26/66 | 04/23/68 | DENTAL/ASST | |||
Lawrence | Bradner J | SP4 | 01/01/67 | DENTAL/ASST | ||||
Niewenhous | George | Jr | SP5 | 04/15/69 | 12/19/69 | DENTAL/ASST | 42C2P | |
Melser | Michael J | SP4 | 06/01/70 | 01/01/71 | DENTAL/ASST | 91E20 | ||
Veterinarians | ||||||||
Damer | Alois T | CPT | 06/01/65 | 01/01/66 | VET OFF | TDY- 97CA | Y | |
Strandberg | Harold | LTC | 02/01/66 | 07/31/66 | VET OFF | TDY - 97CA | Y? | |
Baker | ? | CPT | 08/01/66 | 02/01/67 | VET OFF | TDY - 97CA | ||
Debok | Philip C | CPT | 03/07/67 | 09/02/67 | GP VET OFF | TDY - 97CA | Y | |
Dees | Thomas A | CPT | 08/01/67 | 02/21/68 | GP VET OFF | fm Feb? | Y | |
McCahan | George R | Jr | CPT | 02/26/68 | 02/22/69 | GP VET OFF | D | |
Lollini | Lance O | CPT | 08/23/68 | 08/24/69 | VET OFF | Y | ||
Hunziker | Jon A | CPT | 04/14/69 | 01/10/70 | GP VET OFF | |||
Beck | Gary F | CPT | 09/09/69 | 09/04/70 | GP VET OFF | Y | ||
Sorenson | Lloyd W | CPT | 12/08/69 | 07/30/70 | GP VET OFF | Y | ||
Helm | Frederick L | CPT | 09/13/70 | 02/01/71 | GP VET OFF | |||
Veterinarian Assistants | ||||||||
Meade | Dean A | SP4 | 01/01/68 | VET ASST | ||||
Normand | Donald | SP4 | 06/01/68 | VET ASST | ||||
Carlson | Lee R | SP5 | 02/20/69 | 09/20/70 | VET ASST | |||
Ullrich | Charles R | SP4 | 06/06/69 | 08/02/70 | VET ASST | |||
Kelley | Ronald E | SP4 | 08/01/70 | 12/31/70 | VET ASST | 91T2P | ||
Medical Supervisor | ||||||||
Montgomery | Edward L | MSG | 11/01/64 | 10/31/65 | MED SPVR | Y | ||
Bogden | Stanley W | SFC | 11/01/64 | 10/31/65 | MED SPVR | Y | ||
Lowe | Joseph T | MSG | 01/01/66 | MED SPVR | ||||
Hander | Robert I | SSG | 02/01/66 | 04/01/66 | MED SPVR | |||
Baker | Byron A | MSG | 10/01/66 | 10/01/67 | 91Z5S | |||
Maggio | Alan B | MSG | 03/10/67 | 04/18/67 | MED SPVR | Y | ||
Boyle | William | SFC | 04/07/67 | 12/27/67 | 91Z4S | K | ||
Vandever | Charles C | SSM | 11/01/68 | 05/12/69 | DISPENSARY | |||
Underwood | Oliver | MSG | 02/26/69 | 02/21/70 | MED SPVR? | Y | ||
?+Grant | Gerald V | MSG | 08/04/69 | D | ||||
Gobush | Daniel S | MSG | 01/01/70 | 06/01/70 | MED SPVR | |||
Heath | James T | MSG | 01/01/70 | 06/07/70 | MED SPVR | |||
Thaler | Frederick A | MSG | 07/01/70 | MED SPVR | ||||
Davis | James H | MSG | 12/06/70 | 01/26/71 | MED SPVR? | |||
Medics | ||||||||
Davis | Thomas C | SGT | MEDIC | GP SURG OFF | ||||
Fuller | Warren M | SP4 | 11/01/64 | 06/01/65 | MEDIC | |||
Green | Thomas D | SFC | 05/01/69 | 08/07/70 | MEDIC | |||
Asher | Charles D | SFC | 01/18/70 | 11/24/70 | MEDIC | |||
Polatty | Charles M | SP4 | 06/22/70 | MEDIC | ||||
Medical Records Section | ||||||||
Treloar | Waldo J | Jr | SSG | 11/01/64 | 10/31/65 | MED RECORDS | 71763 | |
Hughes | Dock L | SP5 | 11/01/64 | 10/31/65 | MED RECORDS | 71723 | ||
Sayer | Arthur B | SFC | 10/23/68 | 10/22/69 | MED RECORDS | 71770 | ||
Blanciak | Thomas A | SP5 | 05/01/69 | 02/01/70 | MED RECORDS | Y | ||
Cody | William E | SP5 | 06/01/70 | 02/01/71 | MED RECORDS | 71G20 | ||
Med Lab | ||||||||
Windham | Milton E | SP4 | 11/01/64 | 03/01/65 | MED LAB | 93317 | ||
Decarvalho | Luiz O | SP5 | 04/15/70 | 11/15/70 | MED LAB | 92B2L93 | ||
Van Rheen | Richard L | SP5 | 06/18/70 | 11/15/70 | XRAY | 91P20 Dates? | ||
Pharmacy | ||||||||
Greene | Oscar H | Jr | SP4 | 08/03/70 | 02/03/71 | PHARMACIST | 91Q20 | |
Other Medical Personnel | ||||||||
Frantum | Albert W | SGT | SURG OFF | DATES ? | ||||
Wilson | Adolph G | SFC | 11/01/64 | 10/31/65 | MEDIC | 91173 | ||
Schwab | David P | SP4 | 01/01/66 | MED SURG | ||||
Peoples | Robert F | SP4 | 01/01/66 | SURG OFF | ||||
Cooper | James P | PFC | 01/01/66 | MEDIC? | Y | |||
Wigton | David K | SSG | 02/01/70 | 10/10/70 | PREV MED | 91S4P |
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