Topper, John, COL

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Current Service Status
USA Retired
Current/Last Rank
Colonel
Current/Last Service Branch
Infantry
Current/Last Primary MOS
11A-Infantry Officer
Current/Last MOS Group
Infantry
Primary Unit
1967-1968, 1542, HHC, 1st Battalion, 50th Infantry
Previously Held MOS
111.10-Rifleman
91A10-Medical Corpsman
91B10-Medical Specialist
1542-Infantry Unit Commander
Service Years
1959 - 1993
Infantry
Colonel
Two Overseas Service Bars

 Official Badges 

Infantry Shoulder Cord US Army Retired (Pre-2007)


 Unofficial Badges 

Order of Saint Maurice


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Association of United States Army (AUSA)Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW)Reserve Organization of AmericaArmy War College Foundation
Military Order of the Purple HeartDisabled American Veterans (DAV)General
  1965, Association of United States Army (AUSA) - Assoc. Page
  1965, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW) - Assoc. Page
  1980, Reserve Organization of America
  1986, Army War College Foundation - Assoc. Page
  1986, Military Order of the Purple Heart - Assoc. Page
  2004, Disabled American Veterans (DAV) - Assoc. Page
  2004, National Infantry Association (NIA), General (Member)


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   1968-1969, 1542, 173rd Airborne Brigade

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August / 1969
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 173rd Airborne Brigade Details

173rd Airborne Brigade
Type
Airborne Infantry 		 
Parent Unit
Infantry Units 		Strength
Army Brigade
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Not Specified
   

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173rd Airborne Brigade
Reese, William, MAJ, (1959-1979) IN 1542 Major
Brown, David Carlton, CPT, (1966-1968) IN 1542 Captain
Crabtree, Michael Andrew, CPT, (1962-1967) IN 1542 Captain
Elmore, Darrell, LTC, (1956-1994) IN 1542 Captain
Fox, Robert Charles, CPT, (1958-1968) IN 1542 Captain
Hardy, Abraham Lincoln, CPT, (1965-1967) IN 1542 Captain
Jones, Larry William, CPT, (1967-1968) IN 1542 Captain
Mark, Arthur, LTC, (1965-1989) IN 1542 Captain
Nakanishi, Cal, CPT, (1969-1972) IN 1542 Captain
Phillips, William Leroy, CPT, (1965-1970) IN 1542 Captain
Schoenberg, Richard C., CPT, (1966-1970) IN 1542 Captain
Sigholtz, Robert H., CPT, (1967-1969) IN 1542 Captain
Singleton, Lance, CPT, (1966-1970) IN 1542 Captain
Vandenburg, Mercer, CPT, (1966-1969) IN 1542 Captain
Akridge, William, COL, (1966-2007) IN 1542 First Lieutenant
Elliott, Robert Thomas, 1LT, (1967-1968) IN 1542 First Lieutenant
Ericson, William Forssell, 1LT, (1961-1969) IN 1542 First Lieutenant
Hinton, Dennis Edward, 1LT, (1966-1968) IN 1542 First Lieutenant
Jordan, Daniel Walter, 1LT, (1966-1967) IN 1542 First Lieutenant
Jugenheimer, Gary, CPT, (1966-1973) IN 1542 First Lieutenant
Kautz, Philip, 1LT, (1966-1969) IN 1542 First Lieutenant
Lantz, Peter James, 1LT, (1966-1967) IN 1542 First Lieutenant
Ligon, Peyton, COL, (1966-1993) IN 1542 First Lieutenant
Lingle, William, MAJ, (1967-1989) IN 1542 First Lieutenant
McFall, Thomas D., CPT, (1967-1970) IN 1542 First Lieutenant
Overbeck, Philip Morey, 1LT, (1967-1970) IN 1542 First Lieutenant
Umphress, Paul, CPT, (1968-1972) IN 1542 First Lieutenant
Wood, Darrell George, 1LT, (1968-1970) IN 1542 First Lieutenant
Adams, James, LTC, (1964-1996) IN 1542 Second Lieutenant
Cullen, Kenneth Arthur, 2LT, (1963-1967) IN 1542 Second Lieutenant
Sexton, Jeffrey Ross, 2LT, (1966-1967) IN 1542 Second Lieutenant
Herbert, Anthony B., LTC, (1947-1972) IN 71542 Lieutenant Colonel
Meszar, Frank, CPT, (1963-1969) IN 81542 Captain
Nunnally, Doug, CPT, (1966-1970) IN 71542 Captain
Brown, Charles, LTC, (1964-1985) IN 71542 First Lieutenant
Cooper, Jerry L., MAJ, (1966-1980) IN 71542 First Lieutenant
Curtin, John Henry, 1LT, (1965-1968) IN 71542 First Lieutenant
DeZee, Matthew, CPT, (1967-1971) IN 11A First Lieutenant
Lingle, William, MAJ, (1966-1989) IN 11A First Lieutenant
Herbert, Anthony, LTC, (1947-1972) AG 9310 Lieutenant Colonel
Oliphant, L. Dee, LTC, (1958-1981) JA 8101 Lieutenant Colonel
Whitbeck, Robert Earl, LTC, (1948-1968) FA 1193 Lieutenant Colonel
Del Camp, Adrian Leroy, MAJ, (1956-1968) FA 1193 Major
Keller, Leonard, MAJ, (1954-1974) CM 7314 Major
Barham, Arthur, CPT, (1967-1987) FA 13E Captain
Boyd, Robert Ray, CPT, (1964-1967) SC 0205 Captain
Clainos, Deme, CPT, (1966-1970) SC 0210 Captain
Girard, John, CPT, (1967-1984) TC 660 Captain
Hughes, Patrick, MAJ, (1962-1985) TC 4823 Captain
Lennon, Frank, MAJ, (1959-2002) MI 9301 Captain
Mayfield, Joe C, MAJ, (1955-1978) FA 1193 Captain
Pfeffer, Albert, LTC, (1965-1991) CM 1415 Captain
Rubin, William, CPT, (1968-1972) FA 1193 Captain
Wilkerson, Roger, MAJ, (1962-1974) FA 1193 Captain
Abernathy, Daniel Owen, 1LT, (1966-1968) AR 1203 First Lieutenant
Bassignani, William John, 1LT, (1963-1969) TC 1981 First Lieutenant
Bedsole, Charles Arthur, 1LT, (1965-1968) FA 1193 First Lieutenant
Colglazier, Donald Robert, 1LT, (1964-1970) AR 1203 First Lieutenant
Wolfe, John, MAJ, (1968-1984) FA 1189 First Lieutenant

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