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| This page is dedicated to the '63 SOCites who served in any branch of our armed forces. Our country owes you a debt of gratitude. Please contact us if your name is not listed and it will be added. |
| Name |
Rank, Branch, Primary Duty Station |
| Akins, William F. (Bill), Sgt E5, U.S. Army, 6th Batallion, 29th Artillery, 4th Infantry Division, VietNam. Spent 15 months in VietNam as NCO in charge of an artillery intelligence section. |
| Anthony, James, Petty Officer 3rd Class, U.S. Navy. Squadron VP 24, Norfolk, VA, Anti Sub detection. Also served in NAS RooseRoads - Puerto Rico. Last duty station was aboard the USS Essex CVA 8. An Air Dale not a Black Shoe. |
| Barr, Brooks, L/cpl E3, USMC. 1st Force Reconnaissance Co., 1st Marine Div., VietNam 1964-67. Earned MC Jump Wings, Scuba Badge and Artic Warfare School Ribbon. Completed Jungle Warfare School at Panama, Canal Zone, Guerrilla Warfare School at Taiwan. Participated in actions in Dominican Republic (1964), riot actions in Panama (1964). Bronze Star and a Presidential Unit Citation, signed by President Clinton in 2000, recognizing members who served as raiders in Cambodia and Laos but the government denied their existence for over 25 years. During enlistment, visited 109 countries. |
| Barron, William "Buzz", E3, USAF. Crew Chief/Jet Mechanic on the Republic F105 "Thunderchief". Was with the first Combat Air Crew in VietNam in August, 1964. Stationed in various places including, Kadena AFB, Okinawa; DaNang, VietNam; Korat, Thailand; McConnell AFB, Wichita, KS; and Nellis AFB, Las Vegas, NV. Promoted to E2 and E3 several times, and just like high svhool days, my big mouth continued to get me in trouble. |
| Berry, Richard, E-4, Medic, 5th Field Hospital, U.S. Army, Bangkok Thailand. Served in Bangkok from Oct. 1967 until Oct. 1968. Discharged in Oakland, CA in Oct. 1968. |
| Caldwell, Judson Harmon, Sgt. E5, 62nd APU, Ft. Knox, KY. Very rough duty as the Postal Inspector for all of the branche post offices at Ft. Knox from late 1967 to mid 1969. |
| Chaney, Robert, SSgt, USAF, Special Weapons Tech. 1155th Headquarters Command, McClellan AFB, Sacramento, CA 1965-68. Det. 407, Yokota AB Japan 1968-71. |
| Cooley, Leland (Butch), USAF. Spent 1963-65 as a Computer Programmer at Norton AFB, CA. 1965-66 Air Police, 6987th Security Group, Shu Lin AS, Taiwan. 1966-1995, SMSGT, NCOIC Command Post, 136 Tactical Airlift Wing, Texas Air National Guard, NAS Dallas, TX. Aug 1990-Oct 1991, active duty USAF Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Retired Jun 1995 |
| Crowder, Jerry L., Lieutanant Colonel, U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers (Ret.). Chief, Officer Training Division, U.S. Army Engineer School, Ft. Belvoir, VA. Chief Evaluator for the U.S. Army Engineer Command, Washington, D.C., JCS Exercise 1987. |
| Davis, Rodger, E5, U.S. Army, Company B, 9th Infantry (Old Reliables), Dong Tam Firebase. Served 1968 Tet Offensive Infantry Medic, Mekong Delta |
| Deatherage, Gary M., 3rd Class Petty Officer, U.S. Navy 1965-1969, VietNam Era. Served aboard the USS Thor (ARC-4). Laid underwater cable for the surveillance and detection of submarine and surface craft. We provided cable operations for both the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets for National Defense. |
| Fitzpatrick, Keith, Spec. 5, U.S. Army Reserves, 1965-71. Medic, 94th General Hospital, Mesquite, TX. |
| Fox, Charles, Sgt. E-5, U.S. Army, 38th Engineers (Panel Bridge) 1963-1966. Stuttgart, Germany. |
| Green, Danny, Sgt. E-4, USAF, 1965-70. Avionics Maintenance. Stationed at TAC, Bitburg, Germany, TAC, Tripoli Lybia & SAC Ft. Worth, TX. Worked on B-52s, Kc-135s & F-4Es. |
| Jordan, James, U.S. Navy. Served in the Navy during the VietNam era. Made a couple of cruises there and left in the post-VietNam downsizing. Also did some volunteer work in '96-97 as the Public Affairs Officer of the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corp in Ft. Worth. |
| Leverett, Gary W., Sgt., USAF. Special Services 1966-1969. VietNam era stationed in Trabzon, Turkey. |
| Loftis, Gary, Major, U.S. Air Force. Retired 8/01/88 at Barksdale AFB, Shreveport, LA. Spent most of his time in the Strategic Air Command. Duty stations - Clark Air Base, Philipines/VietNam - Mather AFB, CA - K.I. Sawyer AFB, MI - Offutt AFB, MI - Robins AFB, GA - Maxwell AFB, AL (Air University) - Barksdale AFB, LA. |
| Major, David, Chief Petty Officer, U.S. Navy, Retired. Served from September 1963 to April 1983. |
| Morrison, Jack, Sgt E6, Company B, 949th Maint (DS), 49th Armored Div., Texas Army National Guard, Irving |
| Pelch, Phillip, Spec E-5, U.S. Army. NCOIC promotions/demotions 524th personnel service company. 1969-71, Ft. Benning, GA. Fought the war east of the Mississippi - the Chattahoochee River Campaign. Most action was in the denizens of Columbus, GA and Phoenix City, AL. |
| Stephens, Dennis, SSgt, USAF, Admin Tech. Stationed at Dover AFB, DE, Clark AFB, Phillippines & Tainan AFS, Taiwan, 1966-69. |
| Vetkoetter, Mike, Sgt, USMC, 2nd Battalion 3rd Marine Division. Weapons Squad Leader, Machine Guns. 1965-66 VietNam, AnLoc, Quangtri Province, DaNang. |
| Waggoner, Billy J., Sgt. E4. Two years U.S. Navy assigned to CVA-16 U.S.S. Lexington, Aircraft Carrier, and the U.S.S. Woodson, a destroyer. Joined the USAF and was stationed at Naha AFB in Okinawa, then assigned to Ton Sun Nutt AFB just outside of Saigon as a Military Policeman, 51st Air Police Wing. Upon returning from VietNam was assigned to Grand Forks AFB in Grand Forks, ND, assigned to missle security until discharged in 1967. |
| Whitten, Gary, Staff Sgt., U.S. Air Force, 26th Security Police Squadron, 26th Tac Recon Wing, 86th Air Division, 4th Allied Tactical Air Force, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Deployed to Wheelus Air Base in Libya for 48 days during the Arab-Israeli 6-day War in 1967. Stationed at Travis AFB in California 1969-70. |
| Vinson, Karl, 2nd Class Petty Officer, U.S. Navy. Enlisted June, 1963. Served at Treasure Island in San Francisco until 1964 then served on the USS Terrell County for approx. two years out of Yokosuka, Japan delivering cargo and troops to VietNam. Served on the USS Bayfield for approx. two years delivering troops to VietNam. |
| Adopted Veteran Bears |
| This page is dedicated to the '63 SOCites who served in any branch of our armed forces. Our country owes you a debt of gratitude. Please contact us if your name is not listed and it will be added. |
| Name |
Rank, Branch, Primary Duty Station |
| David Smith (husband of Lynell Garrett Smith) served a tour in VietNam in 1968-69 with the U.S. Navy. His rank was USN(R) GMG-3 and he served as a river boat driver. Lynell and David were engaged the entire time he was in VietNam, and they were married four days after he returned home in August, 1969. They lived in Long Beach, CA until he finished his "career". While living in California, they appeared on the TV show "The Newlywed Game". Although they did not win, they were awarded some fantastic consolation prizes of a West Bend cooker and a portable 8-track player. |
| Virgil Finney (husband of Phyllis Darline Watson Shaddix) served with the U.S. Army in 1961-62 in Neu Ulm, Germany, and from 1962-63 in Goepping, Germany. Rank E-4. |
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