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Hurrel · 06-23-2008, 04:20 PM

Vietnam era vets; please post your branch and duty. I appreciate your response.

I was in the infantry in Vietnam in 1970.
D/1/6 Infantry, 198th Infantry Brigade, Americal Division. Sergeant E-5, WIA.

Hurrel

robertoj · 06-23-2008, 04:22 PM

Hi there....70-71, Aircraft Armament (helicopter gunships) Spec 5, E troop, 1st of the 9th Cav, 1st Cav Div.

slugger6 · 06-23-2008, 04:30 PM

Check this thread: www.xdtalk.com/forums/u-s-military-services-veterans/29088-vietnam-vets.html

By the way, in 1969 I served as the OIC of the 1st Cavalry Division sniper team and in 1970 I led a MACV Special Ops team...all in lll Corps. Welcome home, Hurrel.

Radio Relay · 06-23-2008, 07:55 PM

I Corps only.

7th Comm Bn, 3rd MAF, and 5th Comm Bn.

Moved around quite a bit, but never got farther south than Da Nang.

jjkrzmar · 06-23-2008, 09:03 PM

USAF 1960-1967 Da Nang '67

**digitalexplr** · 06-23-2008, 09:12 PM

Airborne Coordination Center, 509th Radio Research Group, Whitebirch Station, Saigon, RVN '69-'70.

W7ACT · 07-27-2008, 04:36 PM

Veitnam Era Vet..... 6/58 thru 6/61

U.S.Navy, I never got outside the United States, my rate would have never let go incountry Veitnam was a Special Weapons Tech I spent my enlistment at a USNM stateside in the Southeast after finnishing E&E "P" School at Great Lakes, Special Weapons "A" School in NM and "C" School at NAS Norfolk. I own a plank at my final duty station as I was part of the commisioning party of the Magazine in the fall of 1959.

ricepaddy6869 · 07-27-2008, 05:15 PM

Combined Action Group(CAG) @Quang Tri(Dec67-Apr 68, then 3rd Tanks Northern ICorp(Leatherneck Square/DMZ) until Jan68, Second tour Feb 68 back to 3rd Tanks (DMZ)until Aug 69 , (DAV).
3rd Mar Div
Semper Fi..

K5WQH · 08-02-2008, 04:49 PM

BM3c USN 1960/1964 Sept & October 1964 off the Gulf of Tonkin.

Sonora Rebel · 08-05-2008, 11:12 AM

Just in the 'Nam:

AO3 (E-4) Flight Deck Ordnance, USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31)
South China Sea - Gulf of Tonkin (Combat Ops) '65

AO1 (E-6) Ordnance, Armory, Perimeter Defense LPO, AO/QAR, Aircrewman. Light Attack Squadron Four (VAL-4) (Black Pony)
TF-116 Riverine, Binh Thuy, IV Corps (Mekong Delta) '71-'72

I see there's another 'Durty Dick' sailor present!

06-23-2008, 04:20 PM	#1
Hurrel XDTalk Newbie Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 6	Vietnam era Vets; please read and post Vietnam era vets; please post your branch and duty. I appreciate your response. I was in the infantry in Vietnam in 1970. D/1/6 Infantry, 198th Infantry Brigade, Americal Division. Sergeant E-5, WIA. Hurrel

06-23-2008, 04:30 PM	#3
slugger6 XDTalk 10K Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 19,371	Check this thread: www.xdtalk.com/forums/u-s-military-services-veterans/29088-vietnam-vets.html By the way, in 1969 I served as the OIC of the 1st Cavalry Division sniper team and in 1970 I led a MACV Special Ops team...all in lll Corps. Welcome home, Hurrel. __________________ "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us". - Ralph Waldo Emerson Last edited by slugger6 : 06-23-2008 at 04:34 PM.

06-23-2008, 07:55 PM	#4
Radio Relay XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Colorado Posts: 577	I Corps only. 7th Comm Bn, 3rd MAF, and 5th Comm Bn. Moved around quite a bit, but never got farther south than Da Nang. __________________ "Glory is not a conceit. It is not a decoration for valor. Glory belongs to the act of being constant to something greater than yourself, to a cause, to your principles, to the people on whom you rely and who rely on you in return." John McCain =================== USMC 68-71, RVN 69-70 CCW Holder Springfield 9mm XDSC pistol, Beretta .32 3032 Tomcat pistol, NAA .22lr mini revolver Beretta 9mm CX-4 carbine, Marlin .22 rifle ===================

06-23-2008, 09:12 PM	#6
digitalexplr XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Jefferson City, MO Posts: 554	Airborne Coordination Center, 509th Radio Research Group, Whitebirch Station, Saigon, RVN '69-'70. __________________ XD9sc "change is not a destination just as hope is not a strategy" - Sarah Palin

07-27-2008, 05:15 PM	#8
ricepaddy6869 XDTalk Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 41	Combined Action Group(CAG) @Quang Tri(Dec67-Apr 68, then 3rd Tanks Northern ICorp(Leatherneck Square/DMZ) until Jan68, Second tour Feb 68 back to 3rd Tanks (DMZ)until Aug 69 , (DAV). 3rd Mar Div Semper Fi.. Last edited by ricepaddy6869 : 07-27-2008 at 05:20 PM.

06-23-2008, 04:22 PM	#2
robertoj XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 111	Hi there....70-71, Aircraft Armament (helicopter gunships) Spec 5, E troop, 1st of the 9th Cav, 1st Cav Div.

06-23-2008, 09:03 PM	#5
jjkrzmar XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 13	USAF 1960-1967 Da Nang '67

07-27-2008, 04:36 PM	#7
W7ACT XDTalk Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Olympic Peninsula ~ WA State Posts: 34	Veitnam Era Vet..... 6/58 thru 6/61 U.S.Navy, I never got outside the United States, my rate would have never let go incountry Veitnam was a Special Weapons Tech I spent my enlistment at a USNM stateside in the Southeast after finnishing E&E "P" School at Great Lakes, Special Weapons "A" School in NM and "C" School at NAS Norfolk. I own a plank at my final duty station as I was part of the commisioning party of the Magazine in the fall of 1959.

08-02-2008, 04:49 PM	#9
K5WQH XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: White Settlement, Texas Posts: 5	Viet Nam Vet USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31) BM3c USN 1960/1964 Sept & October 1964 off the Gulf of Tonkin.

08-05-2008, 11:12 AM	#10
Sonora Rebel XDTalk Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Picture Rocks Confederate Territory of Arizona Posts: 53	Just in the 'Nam: AO3 (E-4) Flight Deck Ordnance, USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-31) South China Sea - Gulf of Tonkin (Combat Ops) '65 AO1 (E-6) Ordnance, Armory, Perimeter Defense LPO, AO/QAR, Aircrewman. Light Attack Squadron Four (VAL-4) (Black Pony) TF-116 Riverine, Binh Thuy, IV Corps (Mekong Delta) '71-'72 I see there's another 'Durty Dick' sailor present! __________________ A round downrange cannot be recalled... Last edited by Sonora Rebel : 08-05-2008 at 11:16 AM.

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