by Morris Ray
13 Sep 67 – 18 May 68
CPT Solomon, Steven P.
01 Jan 68— 30 May 68
CPT Abla, Jimmie W.
21 Jun 68 – 12 Dec 68
MSG Gambill, Richard K.
01 Jan 67 – 01 Jun 67
SFC Winder, Raymond F.
01 Jun 67 – Unknown
SSG Ryder, David F. Jr.
10 Apr 68 – 12 Feb 69
SFC Massey, Carl E.
01 Dec 68 – 01 Jan 69
SFC Bean, Billy V.
21 Mar 69 – 20 Mar 70
CPT Garvin, Cecil R.
07 Nov 69 – 23 Oct 70
MSG Murphy, Virgil
07 Apr 68 – 07 Jul 69
SSG Hill, Paul E.
13 Jul 67 – 07 Jul 68
SFC Edgell, James W.
26 Jan 68 – 13 Dec 68
SFC Schenkelberger, Joel R.
01 Feb 68 – 21 Oct 68
SSG Erickson, William E.
09 Mar 68 – 02 Dec 68
SFC Barksdale, Charles W
01 Apr 68 – 16 Feb 70
SGT Barta, Dave L. Jr.
01 Nov 68 – 22 Mar 70
SFC Voigt, Arno J.*
27 Aug 69 – 04 Jun 70
SSG Santora, John G. Jr.
20 Sep 69 – 01 Sep 70
SFC Foshee, Edgar E.
08 Oct 69 – 07 Oct 70
SFC Thaler, Frederick A.
01 Dec 69 – 01 Dec 70
SSG Terry, Dock
01 Jan 70 – 01 Jul 70
SFC Picklesimer, Billy A.
11 Mar 69 – 03 Oct 70
SFC Pirtle, Dickie D.
15 Feb 70 – 11 Jun 70
SSG Clemonds, Curtis A.
23 Mar 70 – 01 Jun 70
CPT Moore, Charles R.
01 Sep 66 – 01 Dec 66
CPT Gill, Howard A. Jr.
01 Aug 69 – 04 Sep 69
SGT Dyer, Irby III**
Unknown – 02 Dec 66
CPL Benjamin, James S.
01 Jun 66 – Unknown
SFC Nichols, Gary G.
02 Oct 66 – 01 Apr 67
SGT Viglietta, Stephen J.
01 Jan 69 – 22 Jun 69
SSG Ray, Sylvester J.
01 Sep 68 – 28 Feb 69
SFC Reid, Campbell
10 Sep 69 – 09 Jul 70
SFC Findley, Byett P.
01 Mar 66 – 30 Sept 70
1LT Hamilton, Jack L.
31 Jan 66 – 31 Jan 67
1LT Deaton, Ronald L.
01 Oct 66 – 20 Jun 67
CPT Humphus, Thomas O.
08 Feb 68 – 12 Dec 68
1LT Ayers, Anthony
17 Mar 68 – Unknown
SFC Sommerhof, Earl T.
01 Jun 66 – Unknown
SFC Elmore, Darrell G.
01 Jun 68 – 05 Dec 68
SFC Simpson, Walter L.
14 Nov 66 – 01 Apr 67
SSG Jantz, Erwin O. Jr.
01 Jun 66 – 01 Jun 67
SSG Siugzda, Herbert
16 Sep 66 – 15 Sep 67
SFC Dobbins, Richard E.
03 Feb 67 – 06 Aug 68
SFC Kirby, Stanley B.
23 Dec 67 – 05 Dec 68
SSG Sheppard, Andrew D.
26 Jan 68 – Unknown
SP4 Ward, Jimmie R.
18 Dec 66 – 17 Dec 67
SSG Stern, Michael B.
08 Jun 67 – 07 Jun 68
SGT Walz, Frederick A.
07 Jul 67 – 01 Jan 68
SGT Gardner, Michael R.
10 Jul 67 – 09 Jul 68
SFC Chapman, James D.
24 Sep 68 – 1 Sep 69
SGT Cole, George D.
18 Oct 67 – 28 Apr 68
SP5 Jackson, Little J.*
01 Mar 68 – 07 Mar 68
SGT Coates, James D.
12 Jun 64 – 14 Dec 64
SSG Hale, James A.
12 Jun 64 – 14 Dec 64
SFC Largen, Richard L.
12 Jun 64 – 14 Dec 64
SFC Vasquez, Jose E.
12 Jun 64 – 14 Dec 64
SP4 Gaffney, Ronald S.*
16 Oct 64 – 19 Feb 65
SGT Smith, Sterling S.
16 Oct 64 – 19 Apr 65
SSG Florio, William
16 Oct 64 – 19 Apr 65
SSG Malia, James J. Jr.
16 Oct 64 – 19 Apr 65
SSG Spinaio, Edward W.
16 Oct 64 – 19 Apr 65
SFC Clements, Edwin L.
01 Jun 65 – 01 Jan 66
PFC Albertson, Roger L.
14 Sep 65 – 18 Mar 66
SSG Stamm, Garry D.
14 Sep 65 – 18 Mar 66
SSG Stevenson, Vernon R.
14 Sep 65 – 18 Mar 66
SFC Boyce, Douglas E.
14 Sep 65 – 18 Mar 66
SFC Sieg, John R.
14 Sep 65 – 18 Mar 66
SSG Reilley, John
01 Dec 65 – 01 Apr 66
SSG Munoz, Ferdinand
01 Jan 66 – 01 Oct 66
SFC Harper, Charles L.
01 Jun 66 – 01 Nov 66
SFC Findley, Boyett P.
01 Oct 66 – 01 Oct 67
SFC Pruett, George W.
29 Oct 66 – 01 Jun 67
SGT Millam, Gary B.
01 Jan 67 – Unknown
1LT Livingston, Edwin C. Jr.
11 Feb 67 – 06 Feb 68
SSG Rittenhouse, Jay R.
29 Mar 67 – 26 Mar 68
SFC Bly, Jimmy R.
30 Mar 67 – 29 Mar 68
SSG Stanfield, Michael T.
15 Jul 67 – 16 Jan 68
1LT Ellis, Richard N.
2 Aug 67 – 01 Aug 68
1LT Yang Hae Chan
21 Sep 67 – 20 Sep 68
WO2 Turner, Cedric C.
21 Oct 67 – 20 Oct 68
SFC Sites, Larry L.
24 Oct 67 – 01 Jun 68
1LT Wentz, William G.
28 Oct 67 – 27 Oct 68
CPT Brubaker, Paul L.
21 Nov 67 – 01 Jun 68
SFC Arnold, Gary L.
01 Dec 67 – 04 Dec 68
SFC Bruno, William H.
01 Jan 68 – 01 Apr 68
CPT Ogasawara, Roy M.
01 Jan 68 – 27 May 68
SFC Salzwedel, Phillip S.
10 Jan 68 – 25 May 70
SFC Ku, George W.
15 Jan 68 – 13 Jan 69
1LT Kim Tae Soon
01 Mar 68 – 01 Dec 68
SFC Alice-Rosario, German L.
01 Apr 68 – 31 Mar 69
SSG Sandoval, Rufus R.
17 May 68 – 16 Mar 69
CPT Vernon, Albert E. III
28 May 68 – 12 Dec 68
SSG Stanfield, Michael T.
01 Jun 68 – 14 Feb 69
SFC Bean, Billy V.
01 Jun 68 – 25 Nov 68
SFC Schultz, Thomas F.
01 Jun 68 – 21 Jan 69
1LT Fidler, David L.
13 Jun 68 – 12 Sep 68
1LT Mitchell, Eugene W. III
04 Oct 68 – 03 Oct 69
1LT Jones, Allan R.
01 Dec 68 – 01 Feb 69
CPT Abla, Jimmie W.
13 Dec 68 – 07 Mar 69
SFC Helms, Frank H.
01 Jan 69 – 18 Jun 69
SSG Ward, Allen T.
01 Jan 69 – Unknown
SSG Swiatocho, Casimir S.
02 Jan 69 – 12 May 69
CPT Wagner, Kenneth A.
04 Jan 69 – 03 Jun 69
1LT Trevino, Visente V.
15 Feb 69 – 16 Sep 69
CPT Thompson, Richard C.
01 Jun 69 – 07 Nov 69
1LT Selinsky, James J.
20 Jul 69 – 19 Dec 69
1LT Fabian, Agustin R.
09 Nov 69 – 05 Jul 70
SFC March, Toney E.
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01 Feb 70 – 01 Jul 70
SFC Barnes, James M.
10 Feb 70 – 30 Jun 70
SFC Tharp, Bobby J.
01 Mar 70 – 30 Jun 70
SGT Young, David L.
06 Mar 70 – 30 Jun 70
SGT Bryan, James E. II.
04 May 70 – 01 Jul 70
SGT Digiovanni, Thomas D.
06 May 70 – Unknown
1LT Markel, James P.
10 May 70 – 14 Oct 70
ANNEX H
Unit Awards
UNIT AWARDS EARNED BY THE 5TH Special Forces Group (Abn), 1st Special Forces during the Vietnam conflict:
Presidential Unit Citation
5th Special Forces Group (Abn), Vietnam, 1 November 1966-31 January 1968
Meritorious Unit Citation
5th Special Forces Group (Abn), Vietnam, 31 January 1968-31 December 1968
Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm Detachment
B-52, Project Delta, 15 May 1964-16 August 1968; Detachment A-322 (Soui Da), 18-25 August 1968; 5th Special Forces Group (Abn), 1 Oct 1964-17 May 1969
Valorous Unit Award Detachment
B-52, Project Delta, 4 March-4 April 1968
Vietnam Civic Action Medal
5th Special Forces Group, (Abn), 1 January 1968-24 Sep 1970
Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon
Detachment B-52, Project Delta, 17 April-17 June 1967 and 15 July-17 August 1967
Presidential Unit Citation
Navy Detachment A-101 (Lang Vei), Forward Operations Base 3, (Khe Sanh), and Command and Control (Da Nang), 20 January-1 April 1968
U.S. Army Special Forces campaign participation credits number twelve of the Vietnam conflict and range from 15 March 1962 to 31 December 1970.
Glossary
AA
Anti Aircraft
AAR
After Action Report
AC
Aircraft Commander
ACMV
Army Commendation Medal for Valor
AHC
Army Helicopter Company
ARCMV
Air Medal for Valor
ARVN
Army Republic of Vietnam
ASAP
As Soon As Possible; usually means “immediately”
AV
Aviation
B-57
High altitude bomber aircraft
Bac Se
Vietnamese for doctor
BAR
Browning Automatic Rifle
BDA
Battle Damage Assessment
BDE
Brigade
Bn
Battalion
BSMV
Bronze Star Medal for Valor
C&C
Command & Control
CAR-15
Shortened (carbine) version of the M-16
CAV
Cavalry
CH-47
Helicopter – large troop carrier
Chinook
Large troop carrying helicopter
CIA
Central Intelligence Agency
CO
Commanding Officer
Co
Company
COL
Full Colonel
Comm
Abbreviated term for communication
CP
Command Post
CPT
Captain
CSM
Command Sergeant Major
CWO
Chief Warrant Officer
DCO
Deputy Commanding Officer
DIV
Division
DMZ
Demilitarized Zone
DSC
Distinguished Service Cross; Nation’s second highest award for valor
DZ
Drop Zone
DZSO
Drop Zone Safety Officer
FAC
Forward Air Controller
FOB
Forward Operating Base
G3
Operations at the general staff level