Bonevich, Arthur, SFC

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Current Service Status
USA Veteran
Current/Last Rank
Sergeant First Class
Current/Last Service Branch
Cavalry
Current/Last Primary MOS
11D10-Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Current/Last MOS Group
Armor
Primary Unit
1976-1979, 64C40, HQ Forces Command (FORSCOM)
Previously Held MOS
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
Cavalry
Sergeant First Class
Seven Service Stripes
Five Overseas Service Bars

 Official Badges 

Drill Sergeant Badge Infantry Shoulder Cord US Army Retired (Pre-2007) French Fourragere

Schutzenschnur Gold German Military Proficiency Silver German Military Proficiency Bronze


 Unofficial Badges 

Recon Sniper Armor Shoulder Cord Jungle Expert Badge

Cold War Medal Order of The Spur (Gold) Cold War Veteran Vietnam Veteran 50th Commemoration

25th ID Jungle Expert (2016 to Present) Vietnam 50th Anniversary


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
National Rifle Association (NRA)Military Order of the Purple HeartChapter 2Member-at-Large
American LegionHeli-VetsVietnam Helicopter Crew Members Association3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Association
The Retired Enlisted Association (TREA)N/A25th Infantry Division Association
  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 of the United States (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


 Additional Information
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

   

 Remembrance Profiles -  2 Soldiers Remembered

   1965-1965, 11D10, 155th Aviation Company (AHC)

Sergeant
From Month/Year
August / 1965
To Month/Year
December / 1965
Unit
155th Aviation Company (AHC) Unit Page
Rank
Sergeant
MOS
11D10-Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Base, Fort or City
Ban Me Thout
State/Country
Vietnam, South (Vietnam)
 
 
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 155th Aviation Company (AHC) Details

155th Aviation Company (AHC)
Type
Aviation
 
Parent Unit
Aviation Units
Strength
Company
Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Jun 11, 2019
   
Memories For This Unit

Best Moment
Sept-Dec 1965. TDY to Ban-Me-Thout.
Shot-Gun XI. Last of the 25th ID original
Door-Gunners.
Co A 1st Avn Bn / 52nd Avn Bn. (155th AHC)
1st Avn Bde

Other Memories
Was Co A 1st Avn Bn / 1st ID.

   
   
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12 Members Also There at Same Time
155th Aviation Company (AHC)

Blanchette, Arthur J, CW3, (1963-1966) AV 062B Chief Warrant Officer 3
Helton, David, CW5, (1959-1995) AV 100B Warrant Officer 1
Smith, Philip Cory, WO1, (1966-1966) AV 062B Warrant Officer 1
BRYANT, ERNEST, SFC, (1951-1976) AV 67N10 Staff Sergeant
DELGADO, RAUL R, SSG, (1957-1979) AV 67Z50 Staff Sergeant
Bowen, George, SGT, (1962-1967) AV 67N20 Sergeant
Austin, Stephen Bruce, SP 5, (1965-1968) AV 67N20 Specialist 5
Dale, Richard, SP 4, (1964-1966) TC 67N20 Specialist 4
Johnson, Lee, SSG, (1964-1991) QM 94B10 Specialist 4
Coryell, Michael Noble, WO1, (1964-1966) Warrant Officer 1
Ford, Raymond Lee, WO1, (1960-1966) Warrant Officer 1
Gipson, Thomas, CW2, (1962-1967) Warrant Officer 1

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