THE VIETNAM VETERANS OF:
COMPANY A
70TH ENGINEER BATTALION
(COMBAT) (ARMY)
1965 - 1969




Members of our group include some
relatives of our departed brothers


Name in Green = Deceased

Veteran

Assigned to Company A

Platoon

From the State of:

A

Vince Acosta

Mar 69 - Dec 69

2nd

Nevada

Marion "Gene" Alandi

Mar 67 - Jul 67
transferred to D Company

 

Washington

John Allard

Aug 65 - Mar 66

 

Massachusetts

Larry Amore

Dec 68 - Dec 69

2nd

Michigan

John Andreasen

Dec 67 - Dec 68

 

Minnesota

Paul M Aparicio

Jul 65 - Nov 66

 

California

Arnold E Appel

Feb 68 - Nov 68

1st

Missouri

Larry Applegate

Dec 68 - Dec 69

HQ

Ohio

Berry Arnett

Jul 65 - Mar 66

 

Indiana

Thomas Arnette

Feb 68 - Feb 69

 

Ohio

Gene Atkinson

Mar 67 - Jul 67
transferred to D Company

HQ

New York

Don Atwood

Dec 66 - Dec 67

2nd

Alabama

B

Dennis M Bacina

1968 - 1969

 

Oregon

Raymond J Baldino

May 66 - May 67

 

Pennsylvania

Howard LeRoy Bales

Aug 67 - Aug 68

 

Georgia

John Ballew

Jul 65 - Dec 65

HQ

Louisana

Roy Bauers

Jun 66 - Jun 67

 

Georgia

Donald Beavers

Apr 67 - Apr 68

HQ

Alabama

John Mark Bevard

Aug 67 - Aug 68

 

Colorado

Dennis Blanton

Apr 69 - Dec 69

2nd

Missouri

Steve Boerger

Jan 69 - Dec 69
Trans to HHQ approx Sep 69

2nd

Pennsylvania

Arthur G Bowen

Aug 66 - Aug 67

 

Florida

Russell Branch

Feb 68 - Feb 69

 

Missouri

Vernon Braylock

Feb 67 - Feb 68

 

Illinois

Hubert Broekema

Apr 67 - Apr 68

1st, HQ

Wisconsin

Raymond E Broemer

Feb 66 - Feb 67

 

Michigan

Charles Bronner

Feb 68 - Feb 69

 

Ohio

James Brooks

Aug 67 - Aug 68

 

Louisiana

Nathan Brown

Feb 67 - Feb 68

2nd

Missouri

Robert Brownell

Jul 65 - Apr 66

 

Michigan

Russell B Bruner

Jul 65 - Jul 66

 

Kentucky

Merlin R Buckley

Jul 65 - Jul 66

 

Wisconsin

James Burke

Jan 69 - Sep 69

HQ

Ohio

Walter Button

Jul 65 - until transfered
to C Company

 

New York

C

Edward Cahalan

Jul 65 - Oct 65

 

Massachusetts

Richard Calligan

Sep 68 - Sep 69

3rd

Indiana

Clyde Caron

Jun 66 - Jun 67

 

Michigan

Eddy Ray Casey

Mar 69 - Apr 69

2nd

Utah

Anthony Cizerle

Sep 66 - Sep 67

 

Arizona

Jerry Clark

1969

 

Missouri

John Coggin

Jul 65 - Jun 66

 

Alabama

Charles Concannon

Jan 69 - Dec 69

HQ, 2nd

Washington

Ron Cooper

Mar 67 - Mar 68

3rd

Illinois

Dave Corbett

Aug 69 - Dec 69

HQ

South Carolina

John Couch

Jul 65 - Jul 66

HQ

Georgia

Denny Coyler Jr

Jun 66 - Jun 67

 

Indiana

John Craven

Jan 69 - Dec 69

2nd

Michigan

Jimmy Crenshaw

Feb 66 - Feb 67

 

Texas

D

George C Davenport Jr

Aug 69 - Oct 69

2nd

South Carolina

Clifton Anthony Davis

Feb 68 - Sep 68

HQ

Louisiana

Greg Delgado

Sep 68 - Sep 69

 

California

Ken Delius

Mar 67 - until transfer
to B Company

 

Tennessee

Arvin Dennis

Jul 65 - Nov 65

 

Mississippi

Lowell Dickinson

May 68 - Sep 68

HQ

Missouri

Alvin Dickman

Jan 66 - Jan 67

 

Indiana

William M Dinsmore

Dec 68 - Dec 69

HQ

Maine

Richard DiRusso

Jan 67 - Jan 68

 

New York

Samuel Dixon Jr

Jul 66 - Jul 67

 

Ohio

John Herbert Dowell

Jul 66 - May 68

HQ

Oklahoma

John Drislane

Dec 66 - Nov 67

1st

Massachusetts

Earnest Duckery

Jul 66 - Jul 67

 

Arkansas

George H Du Hamell

Jul 65 - until sent home
before reaching Vietnam

 

Florida

Tony Durbin

Mar 67 - Mar 69

3rd, HQ, 2nd

Illinois

E

Gerald Ebbing

Dec 67 - Sep 68
HHC Sep 68 - Dec 68

3rd, HQ

Illinois

Kinneth Glenn Edwards

Dec 66 - Nov 67

2nd

Texas

Donald Elkins

Mar 67 - Mar 68

1st

Virginia

Wayne Robert Elkins Sr

Aug 69 - Oct 69

2nd

Maine

Daniel Ellis

Feb 68 - Feb 69

 

Ohio

H Richard Emery

Oct 67 - Oct 68

 

New York

F

Elbert Faddis

Jun 67 - Jun 68

 

Texas

Joe Ferguson

Jan 68 - Jan 69

 

Oregon

Wayne Freudenberger

Jul 65 - Jan 66

 

Pennsylvania

Rodney Friday

Feb 67 - Feb 68

3rd

Illinois

Larry Funderburke

Oct 68 - Oct 69

 

Georgia

G

Rich Gallagher

Dec 68 - Dec 69

HQ

Connecticut

Carl H Gehring

Jun 66 - Jan 67

HQ

Texas

Dennis Gerdel

May 68 - Jul 68 transfered to
D Company then Btn Intell Officer

 

Pennsylvania

Wayne Gray

Oct 68 - Nov 69

HQ

Oregon

Dan Grow

Apr 69 - Nov 69

 

Illinois

Phillip W Gumm

Jul 65 - Jul 66

 

Virginia

H

Jerry Hajduk

Jan 69 - Apr 69

 

Indiana

Phil Hall

Jan 67 - Mar 68

HQ

Arizona

Frankie Hammon

Jan 68 - Jan 69

 

Arkansas

Donald C Hammond

Jun 66 - Jun67

 

Wisconsin

William Hanks

Jan 69 - Dec 69

HQ

Texas

Dennis Harle

Sep 68 - Sep 69

 

Iowa

Eugene Harmon

Sep 67 - Sep 68

HQ

Georgia

Ronald Harrison

Nov 68 - Nov 69

 

Virginia

Richard Hasty

Sep 68 - Sep 69

2nd

Illinois

George R Hazen

Apr 68 - Apr 69

2nd

Pennsylvania

Charles Heine

Feb 68 - Feb 69

 

Ohio

Thomas Hembree

Mar 67 - Jul 67
transferred to D Company

 

Indiana

Rudy Hernandez

Feb 68 - Feb 69

1st

California

James Higgins

Dec 67 - Dec 68

 

North Carolina

William Hoke

Mar 1966 - Mar 1967
Oct 1967 - Oct 1968

HQ

Oregon

Donald Hosler

Aug 67 - Aug 68

 

Pennsylvania

Russell Hughes

Jan 68 - Jan 69

 

California

I

 

 

 

 

J

Arnold Jacobson

Mar 68 - Mar 69

HQ

Wisconsin

Michael Jaeger

Aug 67 - Mar 69

HQ

Illinois

Richard L Jefferies

Sep 67 - Sep 68

 

Washington

Edward "Buster" Jellenc

Jul 65 - Oct 66

HQ

Mississippi

Barry Johnson

Aug 66 - Aug 67

2nd

Illinois

James Johnson

Feb 67 - Feb 68

3rd

Wisconsin

Kenneth L Jones

Dec 66 - Aug 68

HQ

Arkansas

K

Gilbert K Kapaona

Jun 66 - Jun 67

HQ

Hawaii

Walter C Kelly

Jul 65 - May 66

 

Minnesota

Julius P Kennerly Jr

Aug 66 - Aug 67

 

South Carolina

Levon Kersey

Feb 67 - Feb 68

1st

South Carolina

Larry Kestler

Feb 68 until transferring
to HQ Company

 

Texas

Robert Kissner

Feb 67 - Feb 68

HQ

New York

Charles A Klosterhoff

Oct 68 - Oct 69

3rd

Arkansas

Darrell Kluever

Aug 66 - Aug 67

3rd

Florida

Courtney J Kreft

Nov 67 - Sep 68

HQ

Idaho

L

Murlin D Lade

Apr 68 - Apr 69

2nd

Indiana

Tom Lambert

Jul 66 - Jul 67

 

Texas

Gregory Lang

Feb 67 - Feb 68

1st

Minnesota

Jimmie Langford

Jan 67 - Jul 68

3rd

Arkansas

James Lehner

Oct 67 - Oct 68

HQ

Hawaii

Isaac Lemon

Jun 67 - Jun 68

1st

South Carolina

Vince Leyser

Feb 67 - Feb 68

 

Louisiana

Gregg Libecap

Apr 67 - Apr 68

 

California

Creel Little

Feb 67 - Feb 68

HQ

North Carolina

Oliver Lomax

Mar 66 - Mar 67

 

Nebraska

Paul Lukavich

Jun 66 - Dec 66
HQ Maint. Jan 67 - Jun 67

1st

Illinois

Larry Lundeen

Sep 67 - Sep 68

 

Washington

Wilmer Thomas Lutz

Sep 67 - until transferred
to Company B

 

Kentucky

M

Arthur Mahacek

Oct 66 - Mar 68

 

Florida

Terry Major

Jul 66 - Jul 67

2nd, HQ

Arizona

Dennis Manders

Mar 67 - Mar 68

2nd

Iowa

David Marchewka

Apr 67 - Nov 68

HQ

Florida

Willie J Marina

Feb 68 - Feb 69

 

North Carolina

Ralph E Marshall

Jan 69 - Dec 69

 

Alabama

David McConville

Aug 69 - Nov 69

2nd

New Hampshire

Donald McCurdy

Apr 66 - Dec 67

 

Connecticut

Donald McElroy

Sep 66 - Sep 67

 

Missouri

William F McLaughlin

Aug 69 - Oct 69

2nd

Massachusetts

Richard Minikus

Dec 67 - Dec 68

 

Minnesota

Ira Monk

Dec 67 - Dec 68

2nd

Illinois

Lance Moore

Feb 67 - Jul 67
transferred to Company D

 

Florida

Billy Motes

Mar 67 - Aug 67

 

Tennessee

Thomas Motta

Mar 67 - Mar 68

 

New York

N

Alfred Nation

Jul 66 - Jul 67

 

New Hampshire

John Nehlig

May 68 - May 69

2nd

Pennsylvania

William Niebuhr

Jan 69 - Dec 69

1st

Wisconsin

Willie Norman

Jul 66 - Jul 67

 

Georgia

Odon Normand

Dec 68 - Apr 69

 

Tennessee

O

Russell F Owens

Mar 68 - Mar 69

 

South Carolina

P

Robert Paas

Jan 69 - Dec 69

 

Michigan

Roy Painter Jr

Feb 67 - Feb 68

HQ

West Virginia

Wiley Pike Jr

Apr 68 - Apr 69

2nd, HQ

Alabama

Walter Poirier

Apr 68 - Apr 69

2nd

Michigan

John Lewis Powell

Oct 67 - Oct 68

 

Michigan

Tony Pretty

Mar 67 - Mar 68

HQ

Arkansas

Q

 

 

 

 

R

George John Radandt

Aug 66 - Aug 67

 

Wisconsin

Oliver Rauth

Jul 65 - Jul 66

 

South Carolina

Lindell Rawls

Apr 67 - Dec 67

HQ

Arkansas

Ronald Leroy Reil

Nov 67 - Sep 68

1st

South Dakota

John J Rice

Apr 69 - Aug 69

HQ

Arizona

Gary Root

Feb 68 - Feb 69

 

Montana

Henry Ruffin

Sep 66 - Mar 68

3rd

Arkansas

Mike Rushlow

Dec 67 - Dec 68

1st

Michigan

S

Hugh Savage

Jan 66 - Jun 66

 

Maine

Paul Sawyers

Jul 66 - Jul 67

 

Georgia

Howard Schaber

Jul 65 - Nov 65

 

Minnesota

Dennis F Scheff

Dec 67 - Dec 68

1st

Minnesota

Stephen Scherschel

Dec 67 - Dec 68

1st

Indiana

Ronald Schmidt

Apr 67 - Apr 68

1st, HQ

Wisconsin

Cliff Schneider

Jul 67 - Feb 69

3rd, HQ

South Carolina

William Schrope

Mar 68 - Oct 68

3rd

Florida

Kenneth G Schuler

Jul 65 - Mar 66

 

Illinois

Jerry D Seabourn

Jun 66 - Dec 67

3rd

Tennessee

Jim Seago

Jul 66 - Jul 67

3rd

Missouri

David Seagraves

Mar 68 - Mar 69

 

Michigan

Larry Selby

1967

HQ

Ohio

Gerald Q Shoff Sr

Jul 65 - Feb 66

 

Pennsylvania

William Sitton

Aug 68 - Aug 69

3rd, HQ

North Carolina

Roger Smeltzer

Feb 67 - Feb 68

1st

Pennsylvania

Burnett Smith

Mar 68 - Mar 69

1st

Missouri

Larry Smothers

Mar 67 - Mar 68

2nd

Illinois

Byron Sugiyama

Oct 65 - Feb 67

HQ

California

David A Szuhay

 

 

Ohio

T

George Taddy

Oct 67 - Oct 68

1st

Wisconsin

William L Tate

Mar 67 - Mar 68

 

Virginia

Terence Tener

Aug 66 - Aug 67

 

New York

George Tollin

Jul 65 - Jun 66

 

Minnesota

Stanley M Tomasky

Jul 66 - Jul 67

2nd

Oklahoma

James Trammel

Sep 66 - Sep 67

2nd

Kentucky

U

 

 

 

 

V

Donald VanDam

Aug 68 - Aug 69

2nd

New Mexico

Michael Vialpando

Oct 65 - Feb 67

HQ

Colorado

W

Hamely Wadkins

Aug 65 - Jul 66

HQ

Florida

Bob Wagner

Jun 66 - Jun 67

3rd

Arizona

Dan Waldo

Aug 67 - Feb 69

HQ

California

Charles D Watkins

Feb 67 - Jan 69

3rd

California

Bob Wear

Aug 67 - Aug 68

HQ

Missouri

Grover T White

Dec 67 - Dec 68

 

Kentucky

Ron Wiltrout

Jul 66 - Jul 67

1st

Pennsylvania

Dennis J Windsor

Jul 66 - Jul 67

3rd

Oregon

Peter Wingers

Aug 66 - Aug 67

3rd, HQ

Virginia

Daniel Wissmiller

Sep 68 - Sep 69

3rd

Illinois

Chestley Wright

Feb 67 - Feb 68

 

Indiana

X

 

 

 

 

Y

Theodore Yates

Jul 65 - Sep 65

HQ

Alabama

Douglas Young

Jan 67 - Jan 68

HQ, 2nd

Illinois

Z

 

 

 

 

Name in Green = Deceased



WE ARE LOOKING FOR ALL COMPANY A 70TH COMBAT ENGINEER
VIETNAM VETERANS FROM 1965 THROUGH 1969. WE ALSO WELCOME
ANY RELATIVES OF OUR DEPARTED BROTHERS.






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