Our dead brothers still live for us and bid us think of life, not death -- of life to which in their youth they lent the passion and glory of Spring. As I listen, the great chorus of life and joy begins again, and amid the awful orchestra of seen and unseen powers and destinies of good and evil, our trumpets, sound once more a note of daring, hope, and will. | |
 | Don Badtke 1st and 2nd Platoons SFC Badtke kept things moving in the 1st Platoon and his "Thompson" was always ready for action. (Photo courtesy of Art Fagan) |
 | Ron Bowman - March 19, 2006 Ron Bowman was my first NCOIC when as a 2LT fresh from Devens I was
assigned to the COMSEC Plt of the 202nd ASA Co, 2nd AD at Fort Hood
in 1968. Conrad Skantz |
 Tom Focht | Tom Focht MOS: 05G HHC and 3rd Platoon Comments: Tom was the one who showed us how. (Photo courtesy of Dan Cotts) |
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Dave Gatch MOS: 05G20 7th RRU and the 2nd Platoon Dave was always ready for action |
| Keith Goodacre |
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SSgt John Daniel Hoffman
MOS: 05C4H April 2, 1966 - Pleiku Died in-country, accidental gunshot. |
| Howard Hopper MOS: 05G20 3rd Platoon Howard holds a souvenir of the Tet 68 attacks (Photo courtesy of Dan Cotts) |
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Charles Dean Hutchison MOS: 05G20 In-Country Dates: 1967 to 1968 2nd Platoon |
 | John Lovelace 2nd Platoon Legendary Snake Platoon member. (Photo courtesy of Conrad Skantz) |
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Mac "Ole Sarge" Maguire When they told him he had 3 weeks to live, he said, "Wanta bet?". He proved them wrong. Truly "One in a Million" |
 | Len Manelski - March 27, 2006 MOS: 05G30 In-Country Dates: 66 - 69 7th RRU, 101st RRC 3rd Platoon When I arrived at the 7th RRU, Lenny greeted me with "Hello Chuoi!"which later became Chui. Lenny had given me my original nickname of Bananas at Devens which he then translated into Vietnamese. He then proceeded to gleefully stomp my stateside nug cap and place a VN version on my head but not before ripping off the top button and discovering that it was black. This of course, according to Lenny, was the sign of ultimate doom. We started out in the ASA together and we started out in Vietnam together....Tino "Chui" Banuelos |
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John David Martin - May, 3, 2004 Loving brother of Sammy Martin
David was serving in Vietnam when Sammy was killed in action "A brother's love" |
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Sammy Martin MOS: 05G20 In-Country Dates: 66 - 68 3rd platoon Killed in Action, May 17, 1968 |
 | Vernon Mattfeld MOS: 05G20 Service Dates: 6/65 - 9/69 3rd Platoon 1946 - 2002 |
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John "Jack" McGregor MOS: 721A, 290AV Service Dates: 1963 - 1985 ASA Detachments: 9th USASAFS, 3d RRU, 14th USASAFS, USASAFS Chiva Chiva, Panama, 313th ASA BN Security Detachment John W McGregor JR. age 64, of Charleston husband of Kathye Chandler McGregor died Saturday March 11, 2006. Jack joined the Army as a private in 1964 and served with distinction for twenty one years through the Vietnam and Cold war era, retiring as a Chief Warrant Officer Four (the highest warrant officer rank). His service included two combat tours in Vietnam and six other overseas tours. His military decorations include the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star Medal and several Meritorious Service Medals. Upon retirement from the military CW4 Jack McGregor continued to serve as a defense contractor for Martin Marietta and ManTech Company retiring to Charleston S.C. in 2001. |
 | Shawn D. Pahnke Company C (Cobras), 1st Battalion (Bandits), 37th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division, Friedberg, Germany; killed by enemy fire while on patrol in Baghdad on June 16, 2003 COMSEC/SIGSEC Tribute to Shawn Son of Tom Pahnke, 05G30; 420 ASA SOD, Fairbanks, ALASKA 358th ASA Co. (Airborne), Fort Bragg, NC - HQ, 101st RRC |
 6 West, Line 35 | SFC Frederick William Pruden Nov 2, 1970 Died of illness/injury |
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Bob Rose An original Snake Platoon member 1966. (Photos courtesy of Jim Graves and Lonnie Duvall) |
 | Ron Schwimer - April 24, 2006 He was one of the FIRST Comsec advisors to our South Vietnamese Counterparts...He along with SFC Calhoun (Mother Calhoun), Gene Marshall, Mike Maus, Art Rivers, John Hoffman and Myself were involved quite heavily with the program..We were the Brown Beret crew for a while....Sam Kemp |
 | Greg Tasker - November 19, 2003
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Roy Turcotte 05G30 In-Country or Service Dates: 3/66 - 2/70
Comments: Basic Training at Ft. Lost in the Woods, Mo. and then on to Devens for ditty bop school and times in the pit. TTC in
Feb-Mar 67 (Class 16-67) the "Big Blizzard Class"-Orders to Nam in April
67--Passed thru 509th, Davis Station, TSN to report to 313th Bn in Nha Trang- Went TDY all over the place with small Det to Qui Nhon, An Khe, Pleiku, Oasis--mostly with Rod Adkins until order for 374th RRC, Det 1 (assigned to 1st Bd, 4th Inf Division- Oasis then to Dak To (hell of a place) Nov.-Dec. TET Jan.68. was with Charles Beakley, Jon Teichman, Mike Tajkowski,. Spent 4 weeks in Evac Hospital in Cam Rahn Bay. Went to Baumholder Germany with Russ Silva, Dick Brighthaupt, and made unit move to FS Augsburg Hospital Kaserne-made rank and took Det to Worms and over to Mt Misner. Czeckoslavakia Spring of 68 Prague went down to Communist Hard line. Out in 70. Live in South Texas near Mexico Border and Gulf Coast on a cattle ranch. Pretty isolated but drop on in any time! Thanks for the memory Chui.
Comments from Steve Zawacki on Roy's sudden passing - |
