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Service Details
Service Status
USA Veteran
Final Rank
Sergeant First Class
Last Service Branch
Cavalry
Last MOS
11D10-Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Last MOS Group
Armor
Primary Unit
1976-1979, 64C40, HQ Forces Command (FORSCOM), US Army Forces Command (FORSCOM)
Previously Held MOS's
111.10-Rifleman
64C10-Motor Transport Operator
64C40-Motor Transport Operator
Service Years
1958 - 1979
Official/Unofficial US Army Certificates
Cold War Certificate
Presidential Certificate of Appreciation
Order of the Spur
1970, National Rifle Association (NRA)
1980, Military Order of the Purple Heart
- Assoc. Page
1980, Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Chapter 2 (Member) (Newport News, Virginia)
- Chap. Page
1991, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Member-at-Large (National President)
- Chap. Page
2000, American Legion
- Assoc. Page
2007, Heli-Vets
2008, Vietnam Helicopter Crew Members Association
2008, 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Association
2008, The Retired Enlisted Association (TREA)
2009, Combat Infantrymen's Association, Inc., N/A (Member)
- Chap. Page
2010, 25th Infantry Division Association
What are you doing now:
My Wife Rosemarie tells everyone that I am retarded and disable.
But I stll Love Her.
Born Old Forge, Pa. 10/08/1939
Raised in New York City, Lower East Side of Manhatten.
50's, 60's and some 70's is my time frame.
New York Yankees, New York Giants
Other Comments:
Vietnam 1965-1970.
SD to MACV Feb-June. Ban Me Thuot / Plieku AO's. 1965
Co A 1st Avn Bn (155th AHC) Ban Me Thout ,Sept-Dec 1965,
(Stagecoach / Falcons Shot-Gun XI TDY). (The Original Door
Gunners, 25th ID ) http://www.25th-infantry-div-shotgunner.com/
http://www.geocities.com/pentagon/quarters/1517/
A-Trp 3/4 Cav,Cu Chi, Jan-Dec 1966 Scout (1963/66)(Hawaii/Cu Chi) (Sabre Alpha 24). http://home.comcast.net/~ATrp3-4Cav/
C & A Trp 3/17 Air Cav, Di An 1969-70 Scout,
(Charliehorse / Silverspur Scout's). http://northwestvets.com/spurs/spurs.htm
St Albans Naval Hosp.Queens,NY. VN Med-Vac 14 May 70 (70/71)
PSG E-7 Platoon Sergeant. 11D4F Scout.
"Once You Have Flown Scout's, What Else Is There"
"I Have Flown Among The Trees And Seen The Faces Of The Enemy"
1958/79 Had the following MOS's. 113-3S, 133-3S, 11D4F, 64C40
Other;
Basic Tng. Second Eight Heavy Weapons, Ft.Dix 1958. Sniper Tng.1958. M1C w/M84 Sniper Scope.
3rd ARB 50th Inf, (7th Army Recon) Wildflecken,Ger. 1958/60.
CS Co. 1st BG 20th Inf,and the 193rd Inf Bde, Ft Kobbe. (JWTC Ft. Sherman).
Pamama Canal Zone, Jungle Expert 1960/63. (LRRP)
2/13 Armd Ft Hood,TX. Scout's. 1967/68.
Med-Vac out of Vietnam 14 May 1970,to St. Albans Naval Hospital,Queens, NY. Transfered to Ft.Hamilton,Brooklyn,NY (USACS) 1971/73 Reclassifed 64C40.
595th / 377th TC Comp.(HET) Mannheim Ger. 1973/76. 28th Trans. Bn.
Ft.Eustis,VA. NCOIC, Instructor, Tactical Wheel Vehicle Driver Instructor. 1977/79. 38th Trans. Bn.
Retired Aug 1979. PSG E-7 11D4F All Scout
From Month/Year June / 1963
To Month/Year December / 1966
Unit HHT Unit Page
Rank Staff Sergeant
MOS 11D10-Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Base, Fort or City HawaiiState/Country Vietnam
Last Updated: Apr 1, 2020
Other Memories Feb-June,1965 MACV SD Assignment. Plieku / Ban Me Thout AO's LRRP's. Sept-Dec 1965 Co A 1st Avn Bn (155th AHC) TDY Ban Me Thout. Jan-Dec 1966 Cu Chi A-24 Alcoholic.