Austin, E. Ray, MSG

Adjutant General (Enlisted)

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Service Details

Current Service Status
USA Retired

Current/Last Rank
Master Sergeant

Current/Last Service Branch
Adjutant General Corps

Current/Last Primary MOS
00R -Retention

Current/Last MOS Group
Adjutant General (Enlisted)

Primary Unit
1990-1991, 00R , Army Garrison Fort Ord, CA

Previously Held MOS
36A-Wireman
36K10-Tactical Wire Operations Specialist
05C-Radio Teletypewriter Operator
31B-Field Communications Electronics Equipment Mechanic
31G-Tactical Communications Chief
31V-Tactical Radio Mechanic

Service Years
1964 - 1991

Foreign Language(s)

German

Korean

Vietnamese

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What are you doing now:

Now? I am officially retired and loving life as much as I can.

Please visit my website http://eraya.fotki.com/ and view hundreds of photos, and many are from Vietnam.

Other Comments:

After retiring from the Army in 1991, I worked part-time at a Radio Shack in the Hampton Mall in Hampton Roads, VA. Moved from VA in 1993 to Gatlinburg, TN and lived and worked about six months for a Chalet Company. Moved from Gatlinburg in June 1993 to Cookeville, TN, and graduated from an Architectural Drafting School in Livingston TN, then moved to Dale Hollow Lake in Pickett County TN where for about ten years I ran my own Professional Photography business and also worked part-time at a local Funeral Home. In 2004, I moved back to Scott County Tennessee where I was born and raised, in Norma to be exact, and for a few years I worked for FOUR OAKS FUNEERAL HOME before finally retiring for good.

Now, I'm loving retirement, and just trying to stay out of trouble!

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	Military Bio posted by SC Glaeseman, Ron R, SP 5 4

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Vietnam War/Summer-Fall 1969 Campaign
Start Year 1969	End Year 1969
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.

My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Year 1969	To Year 1969

Last Updated: Nov 8, 2016

Personal Memories
Memories Read: http://bravecannons.org/history.html "As far as the 1st Battalion 92nd Artillery History is concerned, the Dak To, Ben Het, Dak Seang area is perhaps the most heavily fought over piece of terrain that the Battalion occupied." Bohdan Prehar, COL(R) A Battery Commander 9/68-5/69