Worked for the Atlanta Police Department for 8 years after leaving the Army. 1971 to 1979. I then went to Delta Air Lines for 22 years. Retired to the North GA Mountains where I write books, hunt, fish and research my family history. I was awarded 100% rated disabilityP&T from VA on May 25, 2012
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Entered the Army on 5 Jan 1967 as a Pvt E-1, Basic at Ft. Benning
OCS Prep at Fort Sill, Mar 1967, as a SGT E-5
OCS at Ft. Sill, 11 July 1967, as a SGT E-5
Commissioned Field Artillery, 12 Dec 1967 as a 2LT
Airborne School, Ft. Benning Jan 1968
82nd Airborne with B-2/320 Arty Jan 1968 until Feb 1968
OIC 82nd Airborne Division Marksmanship Detachment Feb to Oct 1968
3rd Army Rifle Team, July 1968
Vietnam with 101st Airborne Division, 2nd Lt and 1st Lt, Oct 1968 to July 11, 1969
82nd Airborne Div. 1969 to 1971
Discharged 6 Jul 1971, Reduction in Force as a CPT
Description This campaign was from 9 June to 31 October 1969. During the summer and fall of 1969, conduct of operations was increasingly turned over to Vietnamese, US troops withdrew in greater numbers amid reaffirmations of support for the Republic of South Vietnam government. President Nixon announced the reduction of the U.S. military presence in South Vietnam which would be demonstrated initially by the withdrawal of 25,000 troops by 31 August 1969.
American troop strength had peaked at 543,400 in April 1969 but dropped to 505,500 by mid October. More scattered than before, enemy attacks were concentrated on South Vietnamese positions. U.S. combat deaths were down in the early fall as American units switched to small unit actions. The trend was not constant, however, because U.S. troops deaths which had fallen well below l00 a week in the fall, rose above 100 later in the year.