Commanders of the:
70th Engineers Battalion
(Combat) (Army)
South Vietnam 1965-1969

Leonard Edelstein

5 December 1964

17 July 1966

John R Redman

17 July 1966

2 March 1967

Philip D Sellers

2 March 1967

3 October 1967

Paul Chapman, Acting

3 October 1967

30 October 1967

Robert E Ayers

30 October 1967

22 April 1968

Charles G Willard

22 April 1968

28 September 1968

Robert K O'Connell

28 September 1968

25 June 1969

James E Hays

25 June 1969

31 October 1969




Commanders of:
Company "A"
70th Engineers Battalion
(Combat) (Army)
South Vietnam 1965-1969



Theodore Yates

July 1965

October 1965

Arvis Dennis

October 1965

November 1965

John Coggin

November 1965

February 1966

Jack Owens

February 1966

July 1966

Carl H Gehring

July 1966

January 1967

Philip Hall

January 1967

March 1968

Daniel Waldo

March 1968

19 February 1969

Andrew J Leavins

19 February 1969

21 April 1969

John J Rice

21 April 1969

5 August 1969

Dave Corbett

5 August 1969

1 December 1969




1st Sergeants of:
Company "A"
70th Engineers Battalion
(Combat) (Army)
South Vietnam 1965-1969



Hamely Wadkins

July 1965

June 1966

John "Pappy" Dowell

July 1966

May 1968

Lowell Dickinson

June 1968

September 1968

Philip Johnson

October 1968

February 1969

Lester Jump

March 1969

April 1969

Lin T Lau

May 1969

December 1969



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