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The Ether Zone: U.S. Army Special Forces Detachment B-52, Project Delta

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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

 

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