A-421 (Ba Xoai)

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Who's Who from Detachment A-421 (Nui Tuong/Ba Xoai) (Partial Draft)

The following is a listing of all personnel in our database, assigned to Detachment A-421 (Nui Tuong/Ba Xoai). If you were assigned to A-421 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 join the team discussion at the Green Beret Forum.

Narrative Information: The first PCS Detachment A7/05 opened a camp at Ba Chuc AKA Nui Tuong designated A-429. o/a 1/15/66. As noted below, the camp was relocated to Ba Xoai. Ba Chuc and Ba Xoai were located in Tinh Binh District, Chao Duc Province. The team was redesignated A-421 o/a/ 5/1/67. The camp was converted to 94th Border Ranger on 11/30/70.

"When A-421 was first set up it was A-429 on Nui Tuong. It was impossible to run patrols off the top of this hill; so it was abandoned for the little French Fort off the market square approximately 150 ft. When it was decided to build a new camp encompassing the complete hill at Ba Xoai (Phum Popous Tuk) the fort was retained as an outpost (A-429B) manned by 2 or 3 SF and 100-125 indigenous. The outpost was placed under A-423 Thien Bien Dec. 66. I was assigned to A-429 Ba Xoai July 66 until A-429B was turned over to A-423. At Ba Xoai I have pictures but have forgotten most of the names (I certainly didn't think that would happen). Tien Bien was also Advisory Team 64 (dual use camp). Unfortunately I do not remember any names in the 2.5 months I was there." Sam Wylie

LAST NAME	FIRST NAME	SFX	RNK	FROM DATE	TO DATE	DUTIES	REMARKS	STAT
DETACHMENT COMMANDER
Collins	Charles D	III	CPT	01/07/66	06/01/66	DET CO	A7/05 (A-429)	YE.
Kapp	Benjamin T		CPT	06/01/66	03/24/67	DET CO	A-429	DEC
Hendricks	Dan		CPT	02/03/67	06/18/67	DET CO		DEC
Edwards	Robert T		CPT	04/03/67	07/12/67	DET CO	from 1/13/66- 4/3/67 NOR	DEC
Gibson	James L		CPT	07/30/67	02/22/68	DET CO		YE;
Alexander	John B		CPT	01/05/68	01/04/69	DET CO		YE;
Hulka	John P		CPT	12/15/68	02/11/69	DET CO	DEROS 8/7/69 medevaced?	DEC
MacDonald	Brian G		CPT	01/21/69	03/21/70	DET CO		DEC
Fitzgerald	Kirk S		CPT	02/01/70	07/31/70	DET CO		YE.
Rupp	John R		CPT	08/01/70	11/30/70	DET CO
DETACHMENT EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Syring	David L		1LT	01/07/66	12/07/66	DET XO	A7/05 (A-429)	DEC
Kraus	James W		2LT	02/18/66	02/17/67	DET XO	A-429	YE.
Spinaio	Edward W		2LT	08/10/66	05/01/67	DET XO	A-429	DEC
Shubert	Edwin L	Jr	1LT	10/16/66	01/13/67	DET XO	A-429	KIA
Tomlinson	Robert H		1LT	06/28/67	11/13/67	DET XO		DEC
Salmon	Lawrence D		1LT	10/17/67	09/01/68	DET XO		DEC
Nesbitt	William T	"Terry"	1LT	11/13/67	02/01/68	DET XO		YE.

Boehm	Jeffrey D		1LT	09/19/68	02/03/69	DET XO		YER.
Fechenbach	John W		1LT	08/01/69	12/27/69	DET XO		YE.
Lahman	Larry D		1LT	02/01/70	07/10/70	DET XO		YE;
Mead	Gary R		1LT	07/01/70	09/01/70	DET XO		YE.
CIVIL AFFAIRS/PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
Kennedy	Freddie A		2LT	01/07/66	06/01/66	CAPO	A7/05 A/429	DEC
Majure	Eugene J		1LT	07/01/66	08/18/66	CAPO		KIA
Brown	Ralph E		1LT	12/09/66	05/09/67	CAPO		DEC
Rosado	Jaime T		1LT	06/05/68	03/11/69	CAPO	medevaced	DEC
Shad	Harold W	III	1LT	11/28/68	06/01/69	CAPO		YE.
Lilly	Richard P		1LT	09/17/69	07/15/70	CAPO		DEC
Purcell	Michael E		1LT	03/01/70	06/23/70	CAPO		DEC
Goodson	Arnold R		1LT	04/01/70	09/14/70	CAPO		YE.
TEAM SERGEANT
Schrack	Donald E		MSG	01/07/66	01/06/67	TM SGT	A7/05	DEC
Bliss	Alfred B		MSG	06/01/6		TM SGT	no orders	DEC
Fox	Douglas	"Snake"	MSG	09/01/66		TM SGT		DEC
Anderson	Charles L?		MSG			TM SGT	A-429	DEC
Benedict	Phillip E		MSG	01/09/67	01/09/68	TM SGT		ZY
Henry	Ronald G		SFC	04/18/68	04/15/69	TM SGT		DEC
Lanotte	Nick	Jr	MSG	01/13/69	02/13/70	TM SGT		DEC
Cheatham	Willie A		SFC	08/14/69	09/14/70	TM SGT		Y.
McMillin	Larry S		MSG	01/15/70	05/01/70	TM SGT	medevaced	YE.
Bell	Joe F		MSG	05/01/70	11/30/71	TM SGT		DEC
INTELLIGENCE
Jackson	Gordon L		SFC	01/07/66	01/06/67	INTEL	A7/05	DEC
Kasprzyk	Gerald B		SSG	01/01/66	04/23/66	INTEL/A	A-429B	KIA
Figueroa-Sanchez	German		SFC	01/01/67		INTEL	A-429B Ba Chuc	DEC
Baker	Rushen L	Jr	SFC	05/14/67	05/13/68	INTEL	to tm sgt	DEC
Tyson	John O		SFC	09/26/68	09/25/69	INTEL		DEC
Nicol	William W		SP5	03/23/68	03/11/69	INTEL/A		YE:
Bond	Russell F		SP4	01/21/69	01/01/70	INTEL/A		Y.
Bowles	Edgar J	III	SSG	04/05/67	04/05/68	INTEL/A		DEC
Bucca	Joseph M		SFC	04/13/68	01/01/69	INTEL		DEC
Wells	James W		SFC	10/22/68	10/21/69	INTEL		DEC
Jackson	John W		SFC	08/31/69	11/24/69	INTEL		DEC
Mock	Dennis W		SFC	09/15/69	09/14/70	INTEL		A0Y
Romano	Ronald	"Rocky"	SP5	12/17/69	11/30/70	INTEL/A		DEC
Meyer	John M		SP5	02/07/70	09/19/70	INTEL/A		A0
WEAPONS
Boyd	David S		SSG	01/07/66	03/01/66	HVY WPNS	A7/05	KIA
Kainu	Donald M		SFC	01/07/66	01/06/67	HVY WPNS	A7/05	DEC
Coates	James D	'JD'	SGT	01/07/66	01/06/67	LT WPNS	A7/05	DEC
Boyd	Everett L		SSG	01/07/66		WPNS		DEC
King	Joseph D	"David"	SP4	10/17/66	10/17/67	LT WPNS		Y,
Wiedemann	Henry P		SFC	09/01/67	12/15/67	HVY WPNS		YE;
Schmidt	Lawrence W		SSG	11/01/67	02/23/68	HVY WPNS	medevaced	Y.
Kaffenberger	Alan G		SGT	10/01/67	03/01/68	LT WPNS		Y
Gouveia	Walter R		SFC	11/07/67	11/06/68	WPNS	scrounger	Y.
Hale	James A		SFC	05/13/68	05/04/69	LT WPNS		YE;
Hagadorn	William J		SFC	05/22/69	03/01/69	HVY WPNS		YE.
Newnam	Bobby W		SFC	05/27/69	01/01/70	HVY WPNS		DEC
McClain	Clifton E		SSG	08/16/69	08/15/70	LT WPN		DEC
McFarland	Duane A		SSG	09/15/69	03/01/70	LT WPNS		DEC
Marsh	James V	Jr	SGT	10/22/69	10/21/70	HVY WPNS		YE.
Owles	Ronald D		SSG	01/01/70	07/15/70	HVY WPNS		YE.
Bruneman	Delwin H		SP4	01/01/70	09/16/70	LT WPNS		DEC?
Zan	Tom L		SFC	02/01/70	06/19/70	HVY WPNS		DEC
Soper	Leroy J		SFC	04/01/70		HVY WPNS		DEC
RADIO OP
McCants	Jonathan		SFC	01/07/66	01/06/67	RAD OP	A7/05	Y,
Feigenbaum	Randolph		PFC	01/07/66	01/06/67	RAD OP	A7/05	A0Y,

Pronia	Paul		SP4	01/01/67	05/19/67		A-429 medevaced	YE.
Quatrone	Ferdinand J		SFC	06/01/67	11/01/67	RAD OP		KIA
Snyder	Leon T		SGT	01/01/66			Commo or Wpns	YZ
Johnson	Raymond J		SFC	07/01/66		RAD OP	A-429	DEC
Sheets	Dean E		SSG	02/05/67	02/05/68	RAD OP	or A-241?	YE;
Cowan	Bartimaeus		SFC	05/24/67	01/01/68	RAD OP		DEC
Goodin	Ronald L		SSG	07/17/67	03/24/68	RAD OP		YE;
Logan	Francis M	III	SSG	10/10/67	07/10/69	RAD OP		KIA
York	Gerald J		SFC	11/12/67	11/11/68	RAD OP	WIA 2/23/68	DEC
White	Steven M		SGT	01/25/68	08/24/69	RAD OP	CAPO	Y
Hasselius	Robert H		SGT	03/01/68		RAD OP		DEC
Friel	Edward		SFC	11/09/68	11/08/69	RAD OP		DEC
Malone	William J		SP4	12/12/68	03/01/69	RAD OP		YE.
Malone	William J		SGT	03/01/69	12/11/69	RAD OP		YE.
O'Hanlon	Daniel P	"Oscar"	SGT	04/25/69	10/15/69	RAD OP		YE;
McDonald	John A		SP4	08/01/69	08/01/70	RAD OP	&A-411	DEC
Dollarhyde	Ralph R		SP4	09/18/69	11/31/70	RAD OP		DEC?
Lawrence	Paul A		SSG	01/01/70	10/01/70	RAD OP		DEC
DEMO
Ponds	Charles D		SSG	01/07/66	06/01/67	DEMO	A7/05	DEC
Berry	Jeffrey C		SP5	08/01/66	12/01/66	DEMO	A-429	YE.
Robbins	Frank A		SFC	09/04/66	01/01/67	DEMO	A-429B	DEC
Ramirez	Roberto		SP5	07/22/68		DEMO	to A-401	A0Y
James	Richard H	"Slurp"	SSG	08/01/67	08/27/67	DEMO		YE.
Sapp	James	Jr	SSG	04/23/68	04/22/69	DEMO		DEC
Reis	Robert K	"Hawk"	SSG	03/01/69	12/16/69	DEMO		DEC
MEDIC
Lowery	Ned		SFC	01/07/66	01/06/67	MEDIC	A7/05 & C-4	DEC
Tunstall	Charles L		SSG	01/07/66		MEDIC	A7/05	DEC?
Fitzgerald	Francis or John		SSG			MEDIC	A-429
Chapman	James D	"JD"	SSG	03/01/66	09/01/66	MEDIC		Y,
Sirois	Richard E		SP5	08/03/66	02/01/67	MEDIC	A-429B	YE
Wylie	Samuel C	Jr	SGT	07/01/66	12/01/66	MEDIC	A-429	DEC
Hawkins	Douglas L		SGT	11/18/66	11/18/67	MEDIC		A0
Evec	Kenneth C		SGT	06/01/67	07/04/67	MEDIC		YE.
Kessinger	Billy L		SFC	03/17/67	03/16/68	MEDIC	& C-3?	DEC
Ivie	John L		SGT	04/06/67	03/31/68	MEDIC		Y
Giles	Jeffrey H		SP4	01/01/68	02/23/68	MEDIC	medevaced	DEC
Weston	Richard K		SP4	01/01/68		MEDIC		DEC
Sablan	Henry B		SGT	01/01/68		MEDIC		DEC
Neichin	Steven M		SP4	05/06/68	05/05/69	MEDIC
McGill	Charles		SP5	06/01/68		MEDIC		DEC
Mayse	Lloyd O		SGT	06/01/69	10/17/69	MEDIC		DEC
Furman	Bryan D		SGT	07/01/69	11/06/69	MEDIC		YE.
Winklmann	John J		SGT	09/29/69	04/03/70	MEDIC		YE.
Fisher	Alan L		SGT	11/01/69	06/11/70	MEDIC		DEC
Berry	Michael J		SGT	12/09/69	09/21/70	MEDIC	DOSOA	YE.
Kroulik	Douglas		SGT	04/01/70	11/31/70	MEDIC		YE;
ATTACHED PERSONNEL
Stidham	Fred W		PFC	02/01/67	08/18/67	IR SRCHLGT	9 Inf Div ATTD	A0Y
2 others		"Flashy"				IR SRCHLGT	9 Inf Div ATTD
Giovino	Carmine G		SP4			IR SRCHLGT	IIFFV ATTD	A0Y
Bassarab	Frank A		SP4			IR SRCHLGT	IIFFV ATTD	DEC
6? people						Duffelbag
Donovan	Patrick J		LJG		11/05/69	NAVAL ADV	ATTD	KIA
ASSIGNMENT UNKNOWN
Berry	Alfred J		SP4	09/19/69	09/18/70		& A-404?	DEC

Book of Interest, Dick James, Slurp Sends, Book 4
Article of Interest, John Alexander, Then the Hood Went to Hell
MAP of A-421 (Ba Xoai)

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