He will be sending us some pics. Michael M. "Grubby" Graff SP5 Crew Chief on UH-1H Slicks 1969 to 1970 now has a MyPage with three MP's. Kenneth O. Hutchings SP5 Armament and Door Gunner 1970 - 71 now has a draft MyPage. At last light we scrambled to race forward and make another attempt before dark. GAZZE JAMES ALBERT PFC 19690312 B Co 1st Bn 5th Cav Div. Got to be some stories here. ), "I" Co., 75th Rangers (Att. Most of the pilots didn't remember that Tan My even had any ATC; and there was no Control Tower there. Featured 8mm film by James Powell (not a Centaur). Ken Hundt CW2 Cobra Pilot Jan to Dec 1972, checks in with info on the ferrying flight from Long Binh to Phu Bai then Tan My. I ask. It is suspected that the photos belong to Kim Schmidgall. C/229TH ROSTER INFO & PAGES SUPPLIED BY "FRED ZACHER" C/229TH AHB C/229TH GRAPHIC ABOVE BY WM.ROBERT STANLEY SR. . I can fix many things. Special mention for Gary & JoAnne Jones and Bob & Dee Forringer. Do you have anyone who knew him and could tell me more about him? They are not always very good about giving our website credit for all the work we do to provide them with our photos. Sponsored by Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Inc. 1ST AIR CAVALRY DIVISION PANEL ROSTER Moderator: Michael Hunter, 24, Sgt. ARELLANO ANTHONY WILLIAM CPL 19680720 B Co 1st Bn 5th Cav (E-5), "B" Co., 5/7 Air Cav. See Marty Jenkins Photo Album 3 of 20. Here is an example (4th Air Cav Division?) Acompanhe-nos: bonsall oaks development Facebook The enemy fire from that location was intense. Enriched Air Diver (Nitrox) Advanced Training. The names of 5,621 Soldiers are on these lists. "I came across a completed auction record, that appears to relate to the 'Centaurs' There were about 50 photos in various conditions, having removed, long shots, locals and poor condition types, I have tidied up 27 to a reasonable level. ..Bad links, misspelled names, story corrections, incorrect spelling or dates, and so on. We thank him for his service. The AH-1 Helicopter Name - Conflict of Tradition? 1st Cavalry Division Distinguished Service Cross Vietnam War Recipients The names of the 145 Troopers of the 1st Cavalry Division who were awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for actions during the Vietnam War are listed below. Michael Hunter, 24, Sgt. 1st Air Cavalry Division * VI ET-N AM * Unit Patch Courtesy of Rod Kilduff B/229th AHB Jan '67 - Jan-'68 . We had the pleasure to meet the squadron CO, LTC Josh Suthoff, and almost all of his command staff. How did the AH-1 Helicopter get named the "Cobra"? Might have been since the aircrafts first formal combat assignment was with the 114th AHC call sign Cobras. HOBBS RONALD WAYNE SP4 19660212 B Co 1st Bn 5th Cav JOHNSON WELLINGTON M PFC 19670621 B Co 1st Bn 5th Cav My dad has told me some stories but I would love to hear from others. DERRICK ROBERT ALLEN SGT 19701103 B Co 1st Bn 5th Cav ERNST RALPH HERMAN PFC 19651117 B Co 1st Bn 5th Cav . The AH-1 Helicopter Name - Conflict of Tradition. Those MyPages have their many stories and video titles moved to a seperate linked page called the Index of Articles Page. .Small world, Bruce Hinds, Austin Eschenwald, grandson of our CPT Adolfo Eschenwald (Gunpilot 1966-67). Blane also did a very short introductory Video shown below in the War Stories section. The unit is unique in that it has served as a Cavalry (horse) Division, an Infantry Division, an Air Assault Division and an Armored Division throughout its existence. EVANS JOHN TROY PFC 19670213 B Co 1st Bn 5th Cav LTC Suthoff wanted to arrange a meet and greet over there but we had run out of time and our wives were waiting for us at the PX. KRIDER JACK GALE CPL 19680223 B Co 1st Bn 5th Cav Can you provide us with any photos or information that we can use to create a MyPage for him? We posted the notice mentioned above (Webster) in the last Newsletter but didn't receive any information as of yet. Lee Lilly SP5 Maintenance 1967-68 checks in with a new email address. (see also Alto, Allcock, Dooling, Eastes, Fleming, Graham, Harrison, and Marcinkowski, MyPages). MIDDLETON KENNETH DALE SP4 19660228 B Co 1st Bn 5th Cav You can appreciate how loud it was. He is mentioned in Joe Hoover's Sapper Attack Story. Here is an example (4th Air Cav Division?) ), "I" Co., 75th Rangers (Att. We would like for everyone that attended to be represented. GILES JAMES SGT 19700608 B Co 1st Bn 5th Cav Ghosts of Fallujah (written by Coley D. Tyler) is a first person account of the Second Battalion, Seventh Cavalrys participation in the Second Battle of Fallujah, the largest single engagement of the Iraq War and the largest urban battle since Hue in 1968. The tree line to the east and northeast was alive with green tracer fire shooting toward the flight. A bit different, orange inside and the outside is just a bit lighter in color, but it looks about as close as I've seen. No obituary was ever found. Division (December 1968 to August 1969), Robert Wiktorski, 22, SP/4 (E-4), "C" Co., 2/12 Air Cav. The 1st Cavalry Division forces on LZ Snapper were . 10 (Ranger) of the 1st Cavalry Division (AM) during combat operations in the Republic of Vietnam. This means that anyone able was running to a seat in their aircraft to take off. The Distinguished Service Cross is equivalent to the Navy Cross (Navy and Marine Corps, and Coast Guard when operating under the authority of the Department of the Navy) and the Air Force Cross (Air Force). Amazing the people I run into when I wear it. I switched to the 40mm grenade launcher when Capt Ledfors said he was coming out. The 1st Cavalry was not an Infantry Division, it was an Air Cavalry Division and second, the 9th Cavalry Squadron was the eyes and ears of the 1st Cav Division so it was generally felt that a LRRP capability wasn't necessary. Aside about Bill Gold. (February 1967 to April 1968), Kenneth Ruth, 26, (E-4), HHQ Co., 2/12 Air Cav. . 302 billion pages saved over the past two decades Two companies of Troopers remained on the hill while two other companies initiated an attack to the south toward the Khe Sanh Hamlet. Don mentions Rubin Gutierriz, Hubert McMinn, and Bob Maxey. Added terms: Call Out, Baby Son, Ba muoi lam, Barbecue, Beaucoup, Betel nut (beetle nut), Boom boom Girl, Broken arrow, Bullet Catcher, Bush, Butter Bar, Butterfly, Buy the Farm, Bravo-Zulu, Cheap Charlie, BTR, BMP, BRDM, trail, lead, T54, on the deck, Bruce ANDERS RICHARD ALAN PFC 19680414 B Co 1st Bn 5th Cav Numerous sources were used to compile the list of Soldiers KIA. Warren Waite Cobra Line Chief 1968-69 checks in. ", Please review the slideshow and provide any information you can about each slide. 11875 S Ironwood Drive, Yuma, AZ 85367 (Winter). I'm now a simulator instructor at Alaska Airlines and have known one of our other instructors, Bob for some time, lots in common to talk about but he'd never seen my jacket until last week. On some MyPages the man has more articles and videos than can be displayed in that space. John Webster, son of Robert L. Webster Jr Centaur LRRP (Jul 1966-April 67) writes to let us know that in the early morning hours of December 22nd he passed away in their home in San Francisco. He was on Facebook but not active with our website. F Troop - 8th Cav Blueghost F Troop - 8th Cav Blueghost site#2 9th_Avn_Bn_9th ID . WALTERS CRAIG COLLINS SP4 19680505 B Co 1st Bn 5th Cav (E-5), HHQ 3rd Brigade, 9th Inf. Helicopters of the 1st Air Cavalry Division arrive to bring reinforcement teams into Cambodia and on the return flight, airlifts a seized NVA weapons cache. Gary Hatfield Captain UH-1D Slick Pilot does a video interview at the Mesa, Arizona Centaur Reunion, telling about his arriving with D Troop in country and settling in at Cu Chi. Many thanks to all the many of you who already do that for us! Story is linked to from Don's list of Articles and from John Taylor's MyPage. The unit baseline used for the research was a list of assigned and attached units of the 1st Cavalry Division that was compiled by Mr. William Harry Boudreau, Historian, 1st Cavalry Division Association. In World War II and the Korean War, the 1st Cavalry Division was faced with the task of covering too many square kilometers and fighting too many enemy Soldiers with too few friendly forces. Also see VFW MAGAZINE, JANUARY 2023, pages 28-29, The long path from May 1968 to getting my wings and becoming a Centaur, Cobra Gun Platoon Leader CPT Eudelmer D. "Skip" Petrie, The Club was a lot more formal than our rowdy Lai Khe Club, January 1972 a radio call on a mission tells me I am going home, https://www.vlm.cem.va.gov/CHARLESORVALJOHNSON/a2b7da, The Paris Peace Accords and the Allied Withdrawal from South Vietnam, https://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/45989/MARK-V-SCHMIDT, https://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/34868/JAMES-E-MOORE, 8mm Film Cobra Bomb Damage Assessment - mid 1971, The Mystery of Australian CPL Phillip John McGuire, Ferrying Aircraft From Stanford Field (Long Binh) to DaNang (Tan My). In the Dwight Birdwell MOH citation he mentions running to a crashed Huey and getting two machine guns and ammo to continue his fight. But we have no confirmation. Air mobility. His last correspondence with us was in January 2009. Photos and memories from a tour in Vietnam as a combat medic with the 2/2nd Infantry (Mechanized) Ramrods (April - Sept. '67) and 2/28th Infantry Black Lions (Sept. '67 - April '68), 1st Infantry Division. JANOWICZ JOSEPH ANTHONY SP4 19680414 B Co 1st Bn 5th Cav !" GUNNERS & GUNSHIP . https://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/34868/JAMES-E-MOORE/". WHINNERY DAVID VERNON PFC 19680429 B Co 1st Bn 5th Cav CORBIN RONALD JAMES SGT 19690221 B Co 1st Bn 5th Cav There were only two Cobras forward and two covering the Huey crew and Lrps. We have nothing on him. Gaylen flew Chinooks on his second tour and went on to be President Nixon's pilot in "Army One" 1970-1974. GRANADO-AVILES ALFREDO D CPL 19681201 B Co 1st Bn 5th Cav Chris is now listed as a Centaur and has a draft MyPage. It does not have to be a literary master piece. Actions that merit the Distinguished Service Cross must be of such a high degree that they are above those required for all other U.S. combat decorations but do not merit award of the Medal of Honor. Although that skill is no longer used in battle, they have kept their Horse Cavalry Detachment (HCD) alive and trotting. Gaylen Neil Randall CW2 UH-1D Pilot with the Aerorifles (Centaur 32) 1966 top March 1967 died 21 October 2022. powellcentaur@gmail.com. HARVEY CARMEL BERNON JR SP4 19670621 B Co 1st Bn 5th Cav Rolf Ertresvagg 1LT LOH Pilot. It is entirely possible that the scout platoon Sargent was occupying a seat as this was a scramble. BARNES RICHARD FRANK PFC 19660218 B Co 1st Bn 5th Cav Div. Division) September 1969 to March 1970), John Mallory, 24, Captain, 1st Sq., 11th Arm. Thanks to Pete Holmberg for finding that error. While engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force; or This list was compiled from an official company roster dated October 1st 1969 (thanks Terry Valentine), names that I located with in the Daily Officers logs and also from a list of the reunion that Ed Nored put together in the 80's. . TULLIS JAMES CLEVELAND SGT 19680702 B Co 1st Bn 5th Cav Rex Gooch wrote a great article about it that is also posted here on our website. The fighting was intense. November 14, 1965 marked a pivotal moment in U.S. involvement in Vietnam. He is on our Centaur Roster, but not listed in the 3/4 Roster. There are many reasons why these errors occurred and it would not serve any useful purpose to elaborate on them now, 30+ years after the war. CASTRO JORGE ARTURO PFC 19680414 B Co 1st Bn 5th Cav to 1st Air Cav. Thomas M. Vreeland, 75, Aerorifle Platoon 1971 to 1972 (rank not known) of Mutton Hill Rd., Cazenovia, NY, passed away Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at home with his family with him. Does anyone have a copy of that? Roland "Dee" DeLeon SP6 Maintenance Tech Inspector 1972 has an updated MyPage with current photo and colorized Yearbook photo. 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