219th Aviation Company (Recon) Guestbook Entries 2009 to ...219headhunters.com/Unit Histories/219TH...

219th Aviation Company (Recon)(Note:This official guestbook closed January 15, 2015)

Guestbook Entries 2009 to Dec 2014

POSTING Date Poster Name Email Comments 219th Position Years Platoon Rank Update Comments5/26/2009 14:52 james seaman [email protected] :yes: Please share your

affiliation to the 219th:!:plt sgt

What years?:!:69-70

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:

Rank? Position?:!:sfc

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1/18/2008 12:35 Jerry Barger [email protected] :) I was a SP/5 crew chief 3rd plt 68/69 on Camp Holloway. I have many good memories of the 219th.I live near the museum here at Ft. Rucker and see the unit patch often. I'd like to hear from some of the men from the time i was there .Been a long time

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:crew chief/mechanic

What years?:!:nov68/dec69

Call Sign & Platoon?:!:3rd plt

Position?:!:crew chief

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1/21/2008 13:49 Weldon Coston [email protected] Myslef and two friends on l19 birdogs and we are looking for patches from the 219th headhunters to wear on our flight suits at airshows and so forth would appericate your help..Need four patches and by the way we live in Paris texas.We might even try to bring the birdogs to your next reunion THANKS

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:

What years?:!: Call Sign? Platoon?:!:

Rank? Position?:!:

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5/22/2009 16:45 John M. Peterson [email protected] :) I worked in the maintance section and I worked in the tool crib for a while then was assigned as a crewchref before i left in 1970

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:I was assigned to the unit

What years?:!:1069 and 70

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:I was in the hg. maintance Platoon

Rank? Position?:!:sp-5

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6/20/2009 9:41 james seaman [email protected] This is a revised entry,the original dates were in error. ours was a great unit and I was proud of everyman in it. I remember burnning my mustash doing a flameing hooker with Maj. Sailor. A great site, keep up the tradition :yes:

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:plt . sgt.

What years?:!:70 -71


Rank? Position?:!:sfc

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1/30/2011 22:41 Terry Dyke [email protected] Looking at the website over and realizing how nuts we all were!...and lucky to make it back. Pretty cool to see Kubik and Fahrenbach's names in here. Should we organize an aerial water buffalo hunt?

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Aviator

What years?:!:Sept 67 - Aug 68

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:Headhunter 65

Rank? Position?:!:1LT

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2/11/2008 11:29 Gene Kobes [email protected] Transfered from 183 Seahorse to 219th Headhunter RAC. Major battle was significant NVA incursion with counter-battry artillery fire as well as NVA armor vehicles. Later took command of HHC 52nd Combat Aviation Bn.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:2nd Plt Commander in Kontum

What years?:!:1968


Rank? Position?:!:Captain

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2/18/2008 19:27 jack cook [email protected] see youall soon jack cook Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:crewchief

What years?:!:1969-1970



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5/8/2009 13:40 Paul Gay [email protected] Assistant Maintenance Officer to Chuck Glass. I hope to make one of the reunions one day


What years?:!:1971


Rank? Position?:!:WO

Paul:Chuck Glass has been at several reunions. He is presently working and living in China selling airplanes for Diamond Aircraft.

12/8/2010 12:14 Chris Schaefer [email protected] Great website. Thanks for doing this. Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Headhunter 51

What years?:!:May 1966 thru May 1967


Rank? Position?:!:

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4/11/2008 16:43 Charles Fulton [email protected] Joined the unit at Ft Hood, Tx, deployed via C-130 to Pleiku (Camp Holloway), from Bergstrom, AFB, stopping at every place to be stopped at enroute No AC at Pleiku so I and Lt Nickols hitchhiked to Saigon and found row after row of our trusty steeds. A cool WO told us to pick out which ever we wanted Signed for and headed north without maps but did obtain some hand written freq’s for flight following.. Arriving back with our AC, all the other pilots did as we had and thus the co got it’s AC, deployed through out II Corp and went to war As I recall we were the largest aviation company at that time as we covered all of II Corps. Originally deployed to Qui Nhon with the 2nd Plt. Spent most of my time there with the Special Forces at Bong Son till ordered back to Pleiku by our Co CO mid-Oct to solve/stop the accident rate. I had been a B Phase Flt Instr at Ft Rucker since spring of ‘63. Did so. My stomping ground was the SW thru NW quadrant from Pleiku. Was there for the Plei Me and Ia Drang fray’s. Triggered our call sign change to “Head Hunter”with our new CO, Maj Wyatt (some may recall “smiley” setting on the CO’s desk). Our first CO picked “Hershey” as our call sign thus all Plt’s ignored and picked/used their

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Original Member

What years?:!:1965-66

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:TomCat 5 / Head Hunter 8----2nd / 1st Plts

Rank? Position?:!:1LT/Cpt

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2/17/2008 10:07 Robert Phillips [email protected] Served 18 months with the 219th as a crew chief out of the fourth platoon. Also flew 28 combat missions as an observer. Enjoy attending the 219th bi-annual reunions .

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Crew Chief

What years?:!:Dec. 67 to Aug.69


Rank? Position?:!:Sp/5

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4/29/2009 17:16 Wayne Ammerman [email protected] Was assigned to 219th at an Army Air Field outside of Ft Hood Texas. We left there in June 1966 for Bergstrom Air Force Base for Camp Holloway, at the time we weren't told as to where we were going, with a number of stops on the way. One of them, Hickam Field in Hawaii, the plane I was on was there for a week due to mechanical problems with our plane. Capt Epperson was our Operations Officer and Lt Rainey was our Asst Operations Officer. They were great of work for and with. All of our officers were great pilots and gave their all. Bob Lindsay, if you get back on this site and remember me get in contact I would like to say hello. Contact is [email protected]. Same with anyone else that was over there in the time frame

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Original Member

What years?:!:4/1965 - 6/1966


Rank? Position?:!:Sp/4 Operation Specialist

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1/31/2008 11:09 Dave Watling [email protected] Glad to find the 219th Headhunters and go to the reunions.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:4th platoon crew chief

What years?:!:April 1967 - Nov 1968

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:4th Platoon

Rank? Position?:!:Sgt.

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1/31/2008 10:59 David Brodigan [email protected] All gave some, some gave all Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:aviator

What years?:!:1971

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:Headhunter11


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2/10/2013 14:42 Jim DiRisio [email protected] I am writing a short history of CPT Gerardus Jerry" Backhaus

who flew Bird Dogs with the 219th in 1967. I would like to hear from anyone who remembers him via e-mail. We are inducting him into the St. Bonaventure University Army ROTC Hall of Fame in March 2013. He passed away in December 2010 after a short battle with cancer."


What years?:!:1967


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1/16/2008 21:21 S. Micah Fowler [email protected] I am the youngest son of Arlon O. Fowler, who enlisted in the Army in 1964 and retired in 1984. Of the little that he has told me of his service to his country for two tours in Vietnam, he remembers being in the headhunters, but is unsure of exact dates, he believes it was in 66 and possibly 68. I am looking to find anyone who might remember him, served with him and would like to share what they remember about him. He is still alive, but now has alzheimers and his memory is failing him somewhat. He has been and is a great father, and I am wanting to tie together a little of his history in order to share that with my children as they grow. Any help would be appreciated and thank you for your service to this country and the world.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Son of a member of the 219th Headhunters in Vietnam

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4/28/2009 16:13 Larry Rowold [email protected] Great site, lots of memories, Proud to have served with such a great group of guys. 

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Member of the Headhunters Jul - Dec 68

What years?:!:1968


Rank? Position?:!:

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3/10/2008 3:27 James Vaughan [email protected] I was part of the initial group that formed up at Ft. Hood and then flew to Saigon. Then we went to Pleiku where my Plt. Sgt was in Phan Thiet and then two aircraft, two pilots and two crew chiefs were assigned to Bao Loc. One of the pilots was Vincent Capozella. Can't remember the others that were in Bao Loc. It would be great to hear from anyone that remembers any of those guys. I would like to talk with some of them. [email protected]""


What years?:!:65 - 66


Rank? Position?:!:SP/5 Crew Chief Bao Loc

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1/21/2008 15:11 Bob Lindsey [email protected] A great 11 months that changed my life. Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:

What years?:!:7/65- 6/66

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:HQ

Rank? Position?:!:Sp4 Maintenance Clerk

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1/13/2008 0:26 Bob Brewster [email protected] The 219th had over 5,000 enlisted and officer personnel during its time in Vietnam from mid-1965 to the end of 1971. Every 219th unit member sacrificed a part of their life and some sacrificed all and gave their life. I hope everyone that comes to the 219th Aviation Company -Headhunters" website signs in and leaves a message for all to read about your story or affiliation. I attended four reunions since they started in 1999 and urge everyone

if possible to attend the next reunion wherever it is held. "

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Unit Member

What years?:!:9/70-9/71

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3/29/2008 17:53 Stephen G. Badger [email protected] Left Pleiku on Feb 24, 1967 and was sent to the sister company 220th RAC in Phu Bai. I do not remember many names except my pilot Capt. Benson (I think he was from TX). Glad I found this site, enjoyed it very much. Thanks

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Crew chief/mechanic

What years?:!:Arrived Aug 24, 1966 and left Feb 24, 1967


Rank? Position?:!:

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1/31/2008 18:03 Francis A Doherty [email protected] Flew over Cairns on my way from Salt Lake City to Orlando and called Cairns Approach. Told them I was Delta (can't remember flight number)at the Bird Dog IP for landing. There was a long pause, and then Approach came back with Boy

you are old!"" Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:4th Platoon/2nd Platoon-SOG

What years?:!:1969 -1970

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:HH 45, SPAF 2

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1/31/2008 20:16 Phil Phillips [email protected] Hello, friends! My first assignment with the 219th was with the 3rd Platoon at Camp Holloway. Mostly supported the 52nd Artillery (I think). You know, basic recon, adjusting batteries, and that other boring stuff. Went to the 2nd Platoon at Kontum to support MACV. A more interesting mission and lots of pretty country to see. Later went across the river to live with the recon teams and support the CCC mission. New callsign was SPAF-3. A way more interesting mission! Came back to RVN again and flew Otters for the 18th Avn. Co. Supported the B" Team at Pleiku AFB. A good mission. Got out of the military in about 1974

went back to school

and went into the real estate business. My wife

Ardie and I live in Albuquerque

crew chiefs and other enthusiasts. Hey

come out to ABQ for a visit sometime. We'll chow down on a great burrito

then head out to Double Eagle Airport

fire up the O-1

and go looking for commie coyotes on the west mesa. Beers later at the Stoneface. We hope to make another HH reunion or other event in the future. Cheers.... Phil & Ardie Phillips"

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Target""

What years?:!:1969-1970

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:HH-31, HH-21, SPAF-3

1/28/2008 22:15 Gregory Murphy [email protected] Arrived April 1968 as a Sheet Metal Repairman but they said they needed a Repair parts clerk so that's what I became.....Spent some time in Kontom but most of it at Camp Holloway. In Jan.1969 I went home on Emergency Leave because my brother had passed away. I ended up retiring from the Army as a CW2 Supply Warrant Officer on March 1, 1989. :)

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:219th Repair Parts Clerk

What years?:!:1968-1969


Rank? Position?:!:PFC

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2/7/2008 20:56 Don L. Marek [email protected] Great website,really enjoyed Bob's pictures. I plan to attend the reunion in 2009. Thanks, Don.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Headhunter 35

What years?:!:1971-1972


Rank? Position?:!:CW2

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2/15/2008 16:10 Stephen Fowler [email protected] After a little digging, I found more information about my father and his affiliation with the Headhunters listed above. If anyone remembers him, please contact me at [email protected]. Thank you! and for your sacrifice in Vietnam.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Son of Veteran

What years?:!:69-70

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:unknown

Rank? Position?:!:platoon sargeant

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3/5/2008 10:46 Chuck Calvert [email protected] 8 Months in Kontum and 4 months at Pleiku moved to 183 Seahorse in 69? Would really like to find a Headhunter patch for my vest: got one for Seahourse and Shotgun. Lpve and kisses to all

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Crew Chief/Maintenance Mechanic

What years?:!:1968-1969

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:second(Kontum), Maintenance (Pleiku)

Rank? Position?:!:

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3/6/2008 13:13 Charles (Chuck) Miller [email protected] Orginally with the 185th out of Ban Me Thout, went on R&R and came back a Headhunter. Flew out of Cheo Reo (sp) and Ban Me Thout. Continued flying with the Va National Guard after leaving active duty in 72. The Guard still had a Beaver (U-6) which I flew until decomissioned and then transitioned to UH-1. Worked full time as an SIP/IFE in UH-1, U-3, U-8F and C-12D until I left in 1986 for medical school. I retired after 28 yrs combined active and Guard service and I am still actively practicing" medicine."


What years?:!:11/69 to 11/70

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:Snoopy 4 when flying for CCN

Rank? Position?:!:Cpt

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3/13/2008 22:49 Francis A Doherty [email protected] Wondering what happened to Bob Barthel, Jerry Dennis, Richie Kane?

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Pilot

What years?:!:11/69 - 9/70

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:4th PLT HH45, 2nd PLT SPAF2


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8/30/2008 15:38 robert kroman [email protected] I drove the water truck for the 203rac in 1969 at phu hiep for 13 months then crew chief for the 219th at lz English, An Khe, Cheo Reo

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:with the 219th at an khe, lz english, cheo reo

What years?:!:1969-1971


Rank? Position?:!:E-5

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5/17/2008 0:24 Don R. Jordan [email protected] Anybody else remember Jan 7th, 67. At about 12:30 in the morning?

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:I was supposed to be a Birddog crew chief, but ended up in the Orderly Room as a clerk

What years?:!:January 67 - May 67


Rank? Position?:!:Sp-5

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4/6/2008 19:56 Jim Dempsey [email protected] The wall is missing Cpt,. Thomas Sheaffer who was killed at the same time Lynn Higley went down. George Aiken was found in either late 69 or early 70 Near Dak Pek.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Aviator, 2nd and 4th Platoon

What years?:!:August 68-Aug.69

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:HH61 and HH29


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4/21/2008 7:41 Glenn Purtlebaugh [email protected] I was with the 185th then we changed to the 219th My Plt Sgt was SSG Roy Oliver I was at Ban ME Tuet airfield I crewed the 0-1

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:crew chief 0_1

What years?:!:1970 Ban me tuet



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4/11/2008 1:26 Jim Murphy [email protected] I often think that I could still fly the province from memory


What years?:!:March 68-April 69

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:Headhunter 18-3rd Platoon

Rank? Position?:!:Captain, Platoon Operations

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1/9/2010 8:36 Daniel D. Suttle [email protected] Name: (Required) E-mail: (Required) Web Site: (Optional) Web Site Title: (Optional) Please share your affiliation to the 219th: (Optional) What years?: (Optional) Call Sign? Platoon?: (Optional) Rank? Position?: (Optional) Site Rating: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 [ 10 being the best! ] Comments: (Required) Clickable Smilies [Full List] I served with the 219th from Jan-Dec 1970. I worked in the maint. platoon PE crew at Pleiku. I crewed the Beaver for a while and ended up in the TI shop. I lived in the Hunters Hut and my roommate Chuck and I fed a dog named Frank. I stayed in the Army until 31 July 1989 and retired as the First Sergant of HQ ,HQ Co 24th Avn Attack Bn. 24th Inf. Div. Hunter AAF Savannah, Ga. Is this a private message ? yes no 

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:crew chief/tech inspector

What years?:!:1970


Rank? Position?:!:Sp 5

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4/29/2008 17:41 Bill Adams [email protected] Arrived Camp Holloway Mar 66 w/Wo Carl Mattney (first two new replacements ) everyone was at a USO show(Ann Margret maybe). Stationed at Pleiku (1 month), Gia Nghia (2-3 month), back to Pleiku (Supply officer for one month) then to Tuy Hoa (North). I remember initally bunking in the same tent with Charlie Fulton(and headerhunter box) and Frank Pierce(???). Having to take some sort of vaccination (gg by weight)that made muscles very sore. When I got to Tuy Hoa I thought I died and gone to heaven. Plt leader in tuy Hoa was capt Bonner(4 R&R's) from Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Carl Mattney ended up at Tuy Hoa also.Saw Carl in Germany after Vietnam. I am a retired United airlines Pilot living in Northern Illinois.


What years?:!:Mar 66-67


Rank? Position?:!:1 Lt

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5/4/2008 19:41 Steve Guthauser [email protected] Served with SP/5 Jones, SFC Ashley and CPT Bonner and CPT Stanley and Mr Matney [email protected]

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:I was with the GS platoon stationed in Tuy Hoa and later in Quinon

What years?:!:November 1966 to November 1967


Rank? Position?:!:SP/5 crewchief

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11/17/2013 19:51 Dave Miller [email protected] I made some Headhunter car window decals that were given out at the 2013 reunion in Boulder. I still have some - if interested, send me an email. Thanks, Dave Miller


What years?:!:1968 - 1969

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:HH45

Rank? Position?:!:1LT/CPT

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5/18/2008 3:56 Patrick Forester [email protected] :) Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:crew chief, first flight platoon



Rank? Position?:!:SP/4, flight crew chief

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5/18/2008 23:34 PAUL PIPER [email protected] I still have my wooden headhunter. Part of team that bought first group. TDY to 5th Special Forces in the tri border area. :yes: Unsung hero's of the war. Not enough is said of what we did.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:very close

What years?:!:Jan 1967 - Feb 1968

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:HeadHunter 24

Rank? Position?:!:First Lt.

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5/21/2008 0:06 Rance Pinao [email protected] My 1st job in the military was fixed wing aircraft, eventually moved into rotory wing aircraft which I found myself enjoying Army Aviation as the best job I ever had.....

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Crew Chief / Fixed wing Tech Inspector

What years?:!:Jan66-Jul67 -Jan70-Aug70

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:1st Platoon & Maint Platoon

Rank? Position?:!:Sp5 Crew Chief 1st tour/ Sp6 Tech Insp 2nd Tour

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5/26/2008 22:27 Steve Badger [email protected] In answer to Entry 27 Don R. Jordan Yes I remember it well, about 150 morter rounds came it. Several in the company area.I think I have phots I will look for and scan if I can


What years?:!:1966 to 1967 Was one that was sent to the 220th in 67



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5/27/2008 21:13 Jay [email protected] I own a 1959 L-19 that I believe to have been involved with the 219th in some way or another. S/N 24538, if anyone knows anything about this bird please let me know Thanks Jay 

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:L-19/O-1E Owner

What years?:!: Call Sign? Platoon?:!:Lone Star Bird Dawgs

Rank? Position?:!:

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5/29/2008 19:18 Donald M. Ricks [email protected] I lift up Lee as a good man, a gentle person, and a friend I will never forget. I'd like to hear from anyone who was in the unit with him and remembers his time in the Headhunters.Friend & Classmate Lee Weisner Don Ricks 220th RAC (Catkillers) Catkiller 49Catkiller Photo/Newsletter Page new link: <A href=http://www.catkillers.org/catcom/index.html">http://www.catkillers.org/catcom/index.html</A> "

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Friend and classmate of Lee Weisner

What years?:!:1969

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:4th Platoon, Catkillers, Phu Bai, SVN

Rank? Position?:!:CPT

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7/18/2008 14:30 Carl Washington [email protected] I have not been on this site before but first let say welcome home brothers, I came to camp Holloway with motor pool Sgt Leroy Davis who went to the motor pool, and got all those vehicles on line. The man had been to 35 schools and called himself the Field Marshall" he knew shit. Major Wyatt came up to S-2 and ask me about Leroy and I told him that he is so smart he may have his job The first Ak-47 that you had in your Museum I had let Leroy take it after me 1st mission in Qhi khon and I got my 1st flying hours on the Huey as Gunner For the first hour I killed 2 Sniper that day that had been shooting at the chopper. I also work for and with your Capt. Liaison John Ceri who was in the field the 10 months he was from Quincy Mass. He taught me a lot about soldiering; he was airborne and came up the enlisted rank and the OCS and Pilot School. We shared his tent when Major Harry Sparks Also 70 came down with dysentery one night and we took him to field hospital and that night I came down with the same

I told ceri that I was cold and he said try get some rest I’ll take you down in the morning and also bring Majors Dide bag

well I had the same thing and was in the hospital for 4 days. We left the hospital together and went back to work 30lbs light. I flew WO Olsen who was killed in the plane crash of the 119th Huey when I found out from Major sparks I wanted to go and he said no

and I cried and told him that he could not be

this is hard because I flew with him

but we knew our places on the ground Mr. /Sgt (Smile). While at the Cateaca Tea Plantation one night 219th lost a plane 01 on the airstrip the 2/9th had a 2/1/2 load with ammo across the runway there were no lights. The pilot went down the strip. the young kids didn't have sense to move the truck

they ran. The plane hit the truck on the driver's right rear. The pilot could not get out as I believe his arm and leg was broken and the artillery observer pulled him out of the plane. I ran back to my jeep to pull the plane from trunk I

when an Inf. Maj. from the 25th told me to leave. I wanted to save the plane and ammo. but followed orders I was told. About 20 minutes later I told Major Sparks there was the biggest explosion I had ever seen on the ground

it was the plane and truck exploding. We hit the dirt. In the morning I got up to check there was a crater 30-40 in circumference and 15- 20 feet deep. Those of you out there who remember feel free to contact. Carl Washington formerly

Mass now living in Fl. E-5 always carried the Randle Knife. Check your Journals and get back to me. Sorry I have to go because some of the shits starting get to me."

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Liaison Team Sgt.

What years?:!:1966

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:Dragon 70 B/70D

Rank? Position?:!:E5

7/29/2008 13:22 Alfred L Paulsen [email protected] Lots of memories of the time, the people and their selfless devotion to duty. My hats off to the crew chiefs and mechanics that kept them in the air.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:1st Platoon Pilot and Maintenance Tech



Rank? Position?:!:WO/CW2

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8/10/2008 14:30 Lawrence Smith [email protected] Looking for Lt Ashley Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:UH-1C gunship pilot; often attacked targets for 219th

What years?:!:1968 to 1969

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:Avenger8

Rank? Position?:!:

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8/22/2008 1:50 Francis A Doherty [email protected] Rainy day in Seoul. Not teaching until later in the afternoon. I've been thinking about Arlie and I hope you all have too. Keep him in your prayers.


What years?:!:1969 -1970



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9/9/2008 12:17 Cecil L. Huckaby [email protected] :) Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:

What years?:!:Dec. 68-June 70


Rank? Position?:!:SP/5

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9/13/2008 12:42 Ken Pepper [email protected] Transferred in from the 199th Av in Mekong Delta. Good friends with Sgt David Watling


What years?:!:Jan 68 -July 68


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9/16/2008 15:04 Valerie D. Adams [email protected] My father was a wonderful man and tough to the end. I have a box of photos and reel to reels documenting his times there. I know some buddies by name only: Booker T, Lucy Delaney and John Schall. If you are out there I would love to talk to you. I have pictures of him with Cpt. Kidd and much of the airfield and hanger. Guys in his unit. Choppers and birddogs. He was a mechanic. Volunteered as a door gunner continuously on the slicks. Worked for Bell helicopter after the war then in the oil field.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Daughter of SSG Lit E. Adams 1962-1970 service

What years?:!:In Pleiku 1965-1969

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:Headhunters, Sea Horses? (volunteered as door gunner)

Rank? Position?:!:SSG

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9/14/2009 17:32 Rick Coakley [email protected] I remember: Capt.Fear, Maj Lust, Bob Lindsey, Cotch" Cochoran and the memory fades."

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Senior Repairman

What years?:!:Oct '65-May '66



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1/24/2009 19:39 Jim Birkner [email protected] Arrived in country with Hometown Friend, Wilfred (Bill) Adams. They needed someone in Tech Supply so that's where I wound up. Spent a lot of my time there cutting tops from 55 gal. drums to be used to build revetments. This was without a dought the best unit in the army. ********Michelle, I have been trying to find your Dad for a long time******* [email protected]

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Tech Supply/ Revetmen Builder

What years?:!:Apr.66 Apr.67



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10/21/2008 13:02 Michelle Adams-Menley [email protected] Just looking for people who may have served with my father.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:My father Wilfred Leonard Adams was a member of the 219th

What years?:!:1966-1967

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:52nd Battalion

Rank? Position?:!:E-4 Crew Chief for Major Ogsborn

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4/19/2012 15:55 Tim [email protected] I am proud of my dad is Jerry T. Dees Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:my dad served with the 219th

What years?:!:1967-1968


Rank? Position?:!:

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11/14/2008 20:45 Charley Barnes [email protected] Little did I know how fortunate I was in trading assignments with another member of my flight class, Ernie Stutts. Instead of deploying with the 183rd RAC from Ft Sill, OK I came directly to the 219th RAC in Camp Holloway where they even had flush toilets. It was easy to see that Eucie Spencer took good care of his troops. The first part of my tour was spent with the 4th Platoon as a Section Leader under Sted Davis supporting the 4th Infantry Division. Subsequently I became the initial platoon leader of the 3rd Platoon supporting the 52nd Artillery Group. Learned the construction trade getting a hootch" built for the platoon. Ended up spending 25 years in the Army

retiring in 1988. Hope to see a lot of you at the Ft Rucker reunion in 2009."

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Unit member

What years?:!:May 1967 - May 1968

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:HH 40 and HH36

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11/23/2008 23:53 Bob Brewster [email protected] 219TH HEADHUNTER REUNION WILL BE OCT 14-18, 2009 AT FT. RUCKER, AL. CHECK WEBSITE FOR DETAILS



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12/1/2008 3:50 Larry Hendrickson [email protected] My U6A was in a bunker next to the 219th hanger. One afternoon durning a monsoon, a bolt of lightning hit an O1 loaded with rockets which was pointed at my bunker. None of them went off, so I kept working. A few minutes later a giant blast of wind blew the roof up and off the hanger. Decided that what I was working could wait till the next day and headed back to the barracks.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:52 Avn Bn U6A Beaver crew chief - shared housing with 219th

What years?:!:1968, left in Aug. 68


Rank? Position?:!:Sp5

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3/26/2009 22:19 Allen A Grady [email protected] love to make more contact to find other A/C Electricians working the birddogs (L-19) and the Beaver, and Otter aircrafts.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:aircraft electrician

What years?:!:1-66 thru 12-66


Rank? Position?:!:PFC -thru Sp-5

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1/9/2010 21:43 Charlie Liffick [email protected] Why is Vic Woods name not on the list, it is now on the wall?

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:birddog pilot

What years?:!:1970

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:headhunter 12/31


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1/13/2009 17:46 Kenneth R Glass [email protected] :yes: Brought back alot of menories. Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Flight Pltoon Sgt

What years?:!:1967


Rank? Position?:!:SSG E6

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9/13/2011 10:33 Tom Morris [email protected] I will be going to the reunion this year. I hope to see Moose. He probably saved my life by going to the Gia Nigih Airport and turning on the runway lights at 21:00 hrs. I had about 10 minutes of feul and nowhere to go. I will never forget Bangor Times". Thanks Moose. I ended up flying for 40 years and the year I spent with the Headhunters was the most enjoyable year of my life. DOES ANYONE KNOW OR ARE IN CONTACT WITH ED SMITH. HE FLEW THE LAST MISSION EOR THE 219th. TOM morris HH47 "

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Ilt XFERRED FROM 221st

What years?:!:1965-1966


Rank? Position?:!:Fst LT 4th PLT based at Nha Trang

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10/22/2009 20:55 Paul R Wilson [email protected] I'm Paul Wilson, POC for the 170th, we are fighting to get the PUC awarded to the air crews. Please read the message below. Begin forwarded message: George need to send to all and all units. I copied to 219th, 189th, 179th and SOA. Need contact to 57th, 119th, 155th and 361. ALL need to contact their Senator. This is last and only chance for award! Paul R Wilson POC 170th AHC and attached, clear left fire for effect. From: Pechaitis

Laura (Brown)" Date: October 21

2009 10:53:33 AM EDT To: "'P Wilson'" Subject: Letter to Secretary McHugh Paul: Attached is a copy of the letter that was hand delivered to the Army today. The black binder that you prepared was included in the delivery. Feel free to pass it on to anyone who would have an interest. You can also encourage them to be in contact with

Suite 1710 Cleveland

Ohio 44114 Phone: 216.522.7272 Fax: 216.522.2239 Toll Free Number for Ohio Residents: 888-896-6446 (press 1 for Cleveland) Click Here to Sign Up for Senator Brown’s E-Newsletter "

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2/8/2009 17:42 Frank Doherty [email protected] Gentlemen, Bob has provided us with a wonderful avenue to publish what we remember of our time in SE Asia. He will help you set up a blog and you can regale us with war stories to your hearts' content. We can't let our history go unwritten. My Dad, a B24 pilot in WWII left me only a few short paragraphs of memories that couldn't possilby have spanned the 3 years he flew from India over Burma. Take the opportunity to put down for posterity what you did, who you knew, what made you laugh or cry. Share it with the rest of it so that we can leave our children with as complete a picture of a time that America is fast forgetting. We need to remember so that no one forgets what we did.



Call Sign? Platoon?:!:SPAF 2, HH 45

Rank? Position?:!:Captain more or less

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5/18/2012 16:21 Fred Hamilton [email protected] I believe Maj Saylor was Co. Wish I could see some of the old guys

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3/24/2009 11:06 Bob Lindsey [email protected] I was there when the company was formed at a separate camp attached to Fort Hood. I'm going to get to the reunion, even if I have to walk.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Aircraft Maintenance Clerk




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10/22/2009 17:42 Huard Libby [email protected] Just returned from the Delta Birddog Reunion and met with folks from 221st as well as 199th Swampfox. We were joined by you great folks at Sky Ranch in northern FL. Great bunch. Wish we had set up a sort of greeting line" to shake hands and introduce each other. Next time! We had to transfer one Plt to 219th when we arrived in 65

George French among them. Anyone heard from him or know his whereabouts? Again great reunion and catfish at the reunion on Sat Oct 17th. Got a chance to fly in a Birddog once again!! Thanks for making the trip! Hugh"

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Was in 221st, Shotguns

What years?:!:65-66


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5/12/2012 15:18 Dave Miller [email protected] As another Memorial Day approaches, I salute a special Headhunter, Cpt. Al Morton (affectionately known to us as Crazy Al"). He served in the 219th in '68 & '69 and was a fearless aviator. I don't know if he slept in his flying clothes or flew in his skivvies

but the next noise we heard

after an incoming impact

was the sound of Al taking off

to look for launch flashes. Memory dims but I believe he took hits in 3 different planes (in one day) during an action near Dak To in 1969. I put him in for a Silver Star during that prolonged contact - don't know the outcome. Al completed his Vietnam tour and

and is one of my heroes."


What years?:!:09/68 - 09/69

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:HH 45


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2/27/2009 22:21 ron garfunkel [email protected] was on a bicycle trip in vietnam a few years ago---I enjoyed it more than the first trip!!!!!!! I have all sorts of memories and some video tape of my year there and some stories which I am sure are not 100 percent accurate. I remember warrant officer Mel Shockley---Capt Arlie Deaton who I talked to last year --prior to the Atlanta reunion which I attempted to attend but alas could not---Maybe will try to go back to Rucker this year if all goes well----

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:aviator

What years?:!:66-67

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:kontum hh24

Rank? Position?:!:captain

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5/2/2009 23:32 Don R. Jordan [email protected] Went up to Pleiku in January 67 after the Air Force took over the CV-2B operations in Qui Nhon. Was trained as a Flight Engineer on the Caribou, and as a crew chief on the O-1D. I spent three days on the flight line, and then they found out I could type, so they made me a clerk! Not a bad tour in Vietnam, except for January 7, 1967 at Camp Holloway. We got kicked pretty bad that night. I wrote down the story of my entire three years in the Army. My children are still not that interested in what I did. Maybe the grandchildren will be . . . some day!

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Company Clerk 219th Pleiku

What years?:!:January 67 - May 67


Rank? Position?:!:Sp-5

Don:We have a Blog area on the 219th website. If you want to share some or all of your story, please let me know and I will set up a Blog for you. Please read some of the other stories to see what other Headhunters have shared.

2/28/2009 13:44 Dave Fahrenbach [email protected] Whatever else it was, my year with the 219th was certainly one of the great adventures of my life and I greatly enjoy hearing from and seeing the Brothers-in-Arms with whom I shared it. My thanks to the people who did the work to make this connection possible. :yes:

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Pilot - Kontum

What years?:!:Aug '67 to Aug '68


Rank? Position?:!:1LT to Capt.

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4/30/2009 16:21 Jerry Bonnifield [email protected] i was in the original group that flew out of killeen base in Fort Hood Texas. Major Lusk was the commanding officer there was 379 that left on June 15th 1965

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:original member in Texas

What years?:!:1965/66

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:headquarters company

Rank? Position?:!:sp4

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3/30/2009 0:26 Charles M. Hickerson [email protected] a pal of Don Palzynski, XO, 219 Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:S-3, 52 CAB, Camp Holloway

What years?:!:Dec 65-Dec 66

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:Roadrunner 3

Rank? Position?:!:O-4

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5/30/2009 20:12 Carl B. Matney Jr (Buddy")"

[email protected] I was one of the early Headhunters. From Oct 65 to Mar 66 I flew GEN Westmoreland, Ambassador Lodge, and their staffs throughout Vietnam in U-6s, U-8Ds, and U-8Fs until our new CO decreed that no blankety blank warrant officers are going to fly twin-engine airplanes." I volunteered to join the Headhunters in Mar 66 and served until Apr 67 in Tuy Hoa (North). My tour was highlighted by crashing 12 Oct 66

the day I would have rotated out if I had not extended my tour in country! CPT Marvin Bonner was our platoon leader part of the time. 1LT Bill Adams was in 4th platoon with me

and we saw each other again in Germany 1967-68. After active duty I went to college and stayed in the Guard and Reserve until retiring as a LTC in 1999 after 45 years in uniform. For a civilian career I was a banker for 11 years

then an independent financial adviser (23 years so far)

but I made time to fly corporate and charter part-time over the years. I hung up the headsets probably for the last time in 2004 after flying a King Air B200 for a client for four years."

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5/30/2009 20:13 Gene Kobes [email protected] What is still vivid in my mind is an incident I had while commanding the 2nd platoon of the 219th stationed in Kontum, Vietnam. It was late afternoon when I received a call to fly a troop from Kontum to Pleiku so that he could catch a C-130 flight in route back to the states on emergency leave. There must have been a number of people involved and aware of the situation because Pleiku airbase tower had me taxi right up to a C-130 with propellers turning. The young troop scrambled out of my humble birddog amidst all those AF big movers and boarded the 130. Well now it was getting dark as I took off and I was a little concerned for we did not have runway lights at Kontum. I radioed back to the tower and the operator informed me that he would get the portable GCA up and running. This was a little comforting but as we all know these little gizmos were not the most accurate devices. I reported into the tower over Kontum for landing and was picked up on the GCA. Well then I thought this was not so bad even on a moonless night. Now I am on short final with landing light on an all I am picking up is a row of bunkers. Not good, I added power and informed tower I was doing a go-around. I

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:2nd Platoon - Kontum

What years?:!: Call Sign? Platoon?:!:Platoon Leader 1969

Rank? Position?:!:

Gene:I have been going through the 219Headhunters.com Guestbook and saw your entry.You are so correct!Although I had plenty of close calls from enemy AND friendly fire, I also has plenty of close calls that I did to myself. One specific incident in 1971 was flying a recon up a mountainside following a trail. The area was called Happy Valley" due West of PhuCat Air Base. I was so intent on following the trail that I never realized that I was adding power to keep climbing. As I swung from one side of the Birddog to the other see out

I suddenly realized that something was wrong. The aircraft engine sound was getting quieter and quieter. I looked at my airspeed indicator and it was right at the stall line. The mountain top was still much higher and I had

not climbing and over bad guy country was not a good situation. All I could think of doing was to "let go of the controls". An instructor in flight school once told us that an aircraft has an inherent desire to fly. He was right! The torque (P factor)

000 ft droning around trying to get my heart rate back to normal.Thanks for your service.Bob BrewsterWebmaster"

5/22/2012 9:42 Dale j. Havelock [email protected] I know my Dad was with the Head Hunters. But i don't to much more. Dad past away in 1991. And i am looking to find out more. if you Knew my dad i would like to hear from you.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:son of sfc Harold Havelock

What years?:!:1966 1967 ?


Rank? Position?:!:SFC Harold Havelock

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10/12/2009 23:30 Robert Gardner [email protected] I have some vivid memories that are always with me,as I know many of you share too.I can't attend the 09 reunion but would like to stay in touch with you and welcome contacts from all.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:pilot

What years?:!:june 65-may66

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:headhunter 65

Rank? Position?:!:lt

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10/12/2009 18:56 Marlin E. Wagner, Jr. [email protected] Glad I found site, will return to it often. Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:unit member/ crew chief


Call Sign? Platoon?:!:GS (4th) Platoon Pleiku&Kontum


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10/11/2009 17:45 Warren L Olson [email protected] How bout reunion closer to California not always on the east coat as it prevent some from attending due to cost/distance....Same problm with reunion 199th except the year tey had it in Texas... :)

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Crew chief 1/68 thru 7/68

What years?:!:67-68


Rank? Position?:!:SP5

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7/13/2009 16:25 Chris Schaefer [email protected] Thanks for this website. I started out in Pleiku, mostly along the border in support of the Duc Co SF camp, and 3rd Bgd Task Force of the 25th Inf Div at Cateca. When the 4th Inf Div came in, I went with the 3rd Bgd to a place north of Quin Nhon where they engaged a NVA regiment--right in an area occupied by the Korean Tiger Division. Got to stay a couple of nights with the Headhunters in Quin Nhon--they lived in a hotel! What a deal. After that I went to Hue and lived with the Catkillers (220th) for a while (they also lived in a hotel!) and flew Marine observers around the DMZ and that big valley near Laos (Que San?). Then back to Pleiku where Maj Gonzales was our platoon leader, and one of the other pilots was Troy Duplessis from Louisiana. Another was a guy named Walthall. Anyone heard from them? I remember the bird dog pilot that ran into the ammo truck at Cateca (entry 34). I believe the observer that saved the pilot's life was a sergeant from the 3rd Bgd's S-2 section, who later, near Quin Nhon, crashed with one of our other pilots when he hit a tree flying up a valley--the sergeant saved his life too! I also remember the attack on Camp Holloway in Jan 1967 (entry 27) but fortunately was not there--off


What years?:!:June 1966 - May 1967


Rank? Position?:!:1st Lt-Capt

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10/10/2009 0:38 Dave Miller [email protected] Hello Fellow Headhunters. My wife Penny & I are looking forward to the upcoming 2009 reunion at Ft. Rucker. It's hard to believe that it's been 40 years since I was tearing around the Central Highlands of South Vietnam in a Bird Dog!

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Pilot, 4th Platoon

What years?:!:Sep 68 - Sep 69


Rank? Position?:!:1st Lt., then Cpt.

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10/8/2009 18:40 Doris Johnson [email protected] I was referred to this site by a friend of David's that I contacted when I found that David had passed away.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:I knew David Teague...former Headhunter


Rank? Position?:!:

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7/26/2009 16:17 Robert L. Taylor [email protected] Capt Wallace A. Kell was our pltn ldr. One of us spent every 4th or 5th week at Bong Son special forces camp. Some of our team were: Charlie Kellum, Beasley,Fulton, Flynn, and later joined by Blanchard and Robertson. I had a unit history but have misplaced it. Kellum and I now live in Conroe, Tx.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:1st Lt/ Army Aviator ( Original Group)

What years?:!:June 1965-June 1966

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:Tomcat 4 ( later) Headhunter34 3rd Pltn

Rank? Position?:!:1st Lt 3rd Pltn Qui Nhon

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7/25/2009 21:46 ben brown [email protected] dam been a long time been in touch with some of the offier and plan on being at this years reuion. if all goes as planed thies days one nevr knows. spent some time in mantiance but most of my 18 mouts was in kun ton. with 2nd plt. you know that was 40 years ago. how time filies. was fron colo, now live south of dawson springs ky. that about 100 miles north of nashville tn. in the western part of state been here for some 30 years. so it wont be a bad drive. i move here to raise cattle but ended up starting a farm equipment repair business so still truning wrenches. most my coustmers raise tobacco. by the way i quit smoking some 6 years ago.i have located bob hall from maine.hes the only enlisted friend i have found.but i keep looking.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:crew chief

What years?:!:april 1969 to oct 1970



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7/30/2009 13:15 Vic P. Gilliland [email protected] As a newbie gunnie, I quickly learned how good it was to hear Any gunships vicinity of ****

this is Headhunter ** on Guard. Come up ****." You guys always had good targets for us. Our Charlie Model platoon used the callsign "Cobra" followed by the a/c's individual c/s

ie. Duke Bishop Knight Call Sign? Platoon?:!:129th AHC Gun Platoon, Cobra""

Rank? Position?:!:WO1

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9/27/2009 11:52 Sam Fricks (nephew of Donald C. Fricks)

[email protected] Hello, My late uncle, Donald C Fricks served with the headhunters in Vietnam. He died of a heart attack in 1992. I'm looking to see if any of you guys remember him from his time in Vietnam with the headhunters. I have his flight patch and his Head Hunter statue. I'm also a pilot in the Army serving in Dustoff. Please feel free to contact me if you have any info. Thanks, CPT Sam Fricks [email protected]

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Nephew of late headhunter member

What years?:!:1968-69?


Rank? Position?:!:CPT/Safety Officer?

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10/5/2009 1:38 Tim Flynn [email protected] Hope this goes thru this time. See entry 10, also #23. Glad to see they are still kicking. Might make reunion depending on commitments. Live in Gig Harbor, WA. Moved there in 1981. Retired from military service Jan 92. Also served in VN with 123rd Avn Bn at ChuLai, Feb 68 - Jan 69. Hope reunion is a great one. Best regards to all who remember me if I can't make it.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:PILOT - transferred from 221st RAC

What years?:!:Jul 65 - Jun 66

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:Headhunter 38 (?)

Rank? Position?:!:1LT, Section Leader

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10/5/2009 0:48 Donald Smith [email protected] Hoping to see some or all of you at the fly-in the end of next week in Florida. We are planning a really great day and I am sure there will be some folks there that you know and have not seen for years.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Only as a Comrade in Arms

What years?:!:1965-1966

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:Shotgun-8A

Rank? Position?:!:CW3 Pilot / Acft Repair Tech

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8/11/2009 11:26 Doc Clement [email protected] I was traded from the 220th Catkillers from the DMZ because of a high turn over from the Catkillers of the 220th in Feb of 69 for two months. Al Morton was my roommate at Ft. Rucker after we both flew U-21's out of Nha Trang and when we instructed at Ft Rucker when Al had his accident. I flew with Al in his birddog about a year before his accident, a great guy, sorry to lose him You all are welcome to come to the Catkillers reunion in PHL June 2010. Also take a look at our book about the Catkillers on amazon.com called A HUNDRED FEET OVER HELL" all about flying the 0-1 on the DMZ and North Vietnam. Doc Clement"


What years?:!:1969

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:Catkiller 18

Rank? Position?:!:Capt

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5/28/2012 21:16 Huard Libby [email protected] Just an update, have been trying to find George W. French, G-W" he was transferred from the 221st when we arrived in-country in 65

and we served again together in 68-69 in Germany

haven't been able to locate him

anyone aware please contact me. Thanks a bunch

by the way a really great site

Rank? Position?:!:SP/5 no 184.74.69.230

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9/15/2009 10:27 GRANT MCRORIE [email protected] I was a navy advisor who was required to fly recon over the coastal areas.The 219th co was Capt Wally Kell and the pilots I remember were Eddie Beasley, Charlie Kellum, Bob Taylor,Stan Jones,Blanchard,Flynn and Robertson. I understand that Capt. Kell was killed at Ft. Rucker in a training accident around 1968. Would like to make contact with any of the guys. 

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:NAVY ADVISOR/BACKSEAT RIDER

What years?:!:1966-1967


Rank? Position?:!:LTJG

Grant:Try contacting Robert Taylor who was with 219th during your time. He is living in same town with Kellum. His entry was four down from you in 219th Guestbook.Email: [email protected]Hope this gets you contact. Bob Brewster

9/22/2009 2:16 Chuck Glass [email protected] I served as the Maintenance Officer at Camp Holloway from October 1970 to October 1971, but was often at the company's other bases in Kontum, Ban me Thuot and the area near LZ English. Paul Gay. Saw your entry from last May. Hope you will email me. It would be good to catch up. Also hope you can make the reunion next month. I will be there on the 15th and 16th. I also look forward to seeing everyone else at the reunion.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Service Platoon Leader/Maintenance Officer

What years?:!:1970/1971


Rank? Position?:!:Captain/Service Platoon Leader

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10/23/2009 11:56 Jim Dempsey [email protected] Bob Brester adked me to post my remembrances of Cpt. To Shafer and 1st. Lt. Lynn Higley.They were flying in BAn Me Thout in suuport of actions down there. They were members of 3rd. Platoon in support of the atillery Group in Pleiku. Lynn saw something on the ground that looked like bunkers and calle dTom in.He formed high and to the left rear and they flew back over it. When they did an automatic weapon opened up and hit Lynn and his aircraft. He jerked up and to the left hitting Tom's A/C.and they both went down. Tom's backseater survived and checke Tom and he was dead. He manage to get to Lynn's A/C and found both Lynn and his backseater dead. He had to get away sinc ehe heaard NVA troops coming. He managed to get away and was picke up by a slick. They were both fine people and wha twe think of as Headhunters. They would hang it out for others and not worry about themselves. I still miss them and I'm sure others do,also.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Pilot, August, 1968-1969

What years?:!: Call Sign? Platoon?:!:Headhunter 61 and 29

Rank? Position?:!:CWO

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9/14/2009 17:55 Rick Coakley [email protected] Just read your names and remember you both. Re-enter this and leave your e-mail or contact me at [email protected]. Would be great to hear from you. Will go through my pics to see if i have pix of you .

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:SP5 Maint. Senior repairman

What years?:!:65-66

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:Maint.


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12/3/2009 13:28 Dave Miller [email protected] It took awhile to decide to attend a reunion, then Penny & I couldn't make Peachtree. Finally, we made it to Ft. Rucker, for '09. It was TERRIFIC! We plan on attending next time, in Beaufort - and hope that more & more old Headhunters" join in. Thanks for these reunions

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11/7/2009 16:23 Russell Walker [email protected] Came in country with the 183rd and volunteered for the Sneaky Pete Air Force (SPAF) in Kontum assigned to the 5th Special Forces Group. Flew the tri border area for the Special Forces before returning to Ft. Stewart, GA to instruct at USAAVNS. Would like to hear from any and all SPAF's that were there at the same time.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:183rd RAC

What years?:!:4/68 - 4/69

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:SPAF 3


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[email protected] http://www.veteranprograms.com/id1070.html Wonderful website. I am always amazed at the depth of information on this website. Also, did you know that we have the updated list of ALL PRESUMPTIVE CONDITIONS that many veterans do not know about? Veterans are encouraged to take a look, they may be eligible for lots of benefits and not know it. http://www.veteranprograms.com/id1070.html 



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11/14/2009 17:55 Norman L. Wootan III [email protected] :) enjoyed visiting websites of units my father flew with in Viet Nam. I am doing research in preparation for building him a shadow box for his awards , decorations and unit patches, etc.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:son of Norman Wootan Jr. (flew w/ unit in 'Nam)

What years?:!:'69 - '70


Rank? Position?:!:Capt.

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11/17/2009 8:54 Pete Johnston [email protected] Searching for contact with Russ Walker SPAF-3 and Crew Chiefs/ Mechanics TomPoncho"Cardenas

"Handsome" Gene Fagnant and Ron White. Please email me at [email protected]"

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:CCC SPAF-4

What years?:!:JAN 1969- FEB 1970

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:SPAF -4

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12/3/2009 13:38 Dave Miller [email protected] Penny & I shared our HH reunion experience with Jeff & Sandy Kucklick while camping in Myrtle Beach (on our reunion trip). They'll try to make Beaufort in 11 -- should be easy since they live in Charleston. That'll be at least 2 more coming to the party.




Rank? Position?:!:1st Lt., then Cpt.

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8/31/2010 9:41 Bill Landrum [email protected] Gentlemen, For those of you that did not know, Dick Bolen, a Headhunter from 1970-1971 died of heart failure a year or so ago. I was a Sea Horse during the same period of time. Dick, Tammy and their daughters became close friends with my family. We all miss him. Bill Landrum 860-794-3965



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2/18/2010 13:24 George McCown Jr [email protected] Every minute of the day I feel him watching over me. George M. McCown Sr. I’ve moved in his house, his documents, military awards and his Bronze Star. He told me “we got a bad rap in that war”. Since he’s been gone I’ve found myself turned to the image of him. I though you guys would like to know him. George M. McCown Jr. [email protected] 

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:My Farther

What years?:!:1966-1973


Rank? Position?:!:Capt

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12/22/2009 20:09 Joe Martin [email protected] would like to hear from someone I was with but can't remember alot from back then.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:company clerk

What years?:!:1969-1970



Joe:You are not alone. Let us know the dates you were with the 219th and where you were assigned in-country. This will help other unit members who may have been there at the same time to contact you. BobWebmaster

12/29/2009 7:55 Bubba Coston [email protected] Hope you guys had a great Christmas and a Happy New Year..I would like to invite you to check out our web site lonestarbirddawgs.com..Your Friend Bubba Coston

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Friend


Rank? Position?:!:

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12/29/2009 23:08 DALE ROBERTSON [email protected] BEEN TRYING TO LOCATE VIC WOOD AND CHARLIE LIFFICK FOR YEARS, NOW LEARNING OF VIC'S DEATH. DOES ANYTHING HAVE ANY PARTICULARS ON HIS CRASH, WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHY, HOW? I'D APPRECIATE AN UPDATE. WE THREE WENT THRU FLT SCH TOGETHER, AND I'VE LOST TRACK. HELP? TKS, SPUD 11 (DALE)

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:FRIENDS OF VIC WOOD & CHARLIE LIFFICK

What years?:!:69-71


Rank? Position?:!:CWO

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5/26/2013 18:45 Wes Bement [email protected] Thank you for your service. Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Nephew of Felix Mudd


Rank? Position?:!:

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2/16/2010 22:51 Bilol Toppa [email protected] I flew on 5 or more missions as an observer. I do remember some good stories about the headhunters. Sleeping off a night in your bird dog after a night out with the tower guys. Who was that? You were 19 or 20, I was an old man at 23. Boss came looking for you. I told him to look in your airplane. Great site. I was with the 364th ADD.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Air traffic controller English tower


Call Sign? Platoon?:!:english tower

Rank? Position?:!:sp 4/5

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1/29/2010 10:03 Jim Baker [email protected] Arrived in country assigned to 203rd Hawkeyes at Phu Hiep. Later moved to 219th and flew out of Quin Nhon, LZ English (Bong Son), An Khe and then Pleiku (Camp Holloway). Remember final SIP checkout with MAJ Arlie Deaton. And his playing nightly of Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town" over and over night after night until he left country. Stayed in for 26 and now living in Manassas

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What years?:!:70/71


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1/29/2010 8:46 Jeff Haggas [email protected] Great website. Good to read the comments in the guestbook.


What years?:!:1970-1971



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2/24/2010 8:10 john a. kubik [email protected] Surprised to find this site..wish all you old guys well.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Pilot & Operations Office

What years?:!:10/67 - 10/68


Rank? Position?:!:1st LT

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4/1/2010 9:31 Fred A Hamilton (HILLBILLY)

[email protected] good site to see, wish i'd found it yearsago Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:member

What years?:!:1971-1972

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:1st platon

Rank? Position?:!:E-5 crewchief

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3/17/2010 1:48 Melvin A. Kelley [email protected] :cool: ;) Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:I was a crew chief in 4th platoon 1970,Plakui

What years?:!:1970



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3/22/2010 8:59 Harry J. Buell Jr. [email protected] I found this site by accident how great is that.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:assigned unit supply

What years?:!:1968-1969


Rank? Position?:!:spec5

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2/3/2013 21:22 jonschuetz [email protected] Trying to contact personel I flew with late 1967-early 1968. I was picked up for missions on the runway at Artillery Hill and Camp Holloway. Hope to hear from someone. 970-247-0198

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:observer 3rd bn 6th arty 52group

What years?:!:1967 1968

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:tiller 2 alpha

Rank? Position?:!:1st Lt

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2/3/2013 21:33 jonschuetz [email protected] I forgot to add my e-mail [email protected]

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:observer 3rd bn 6th arty 52group

What years?:!:1967 1968

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:tiller 2 alpha

Rank? Position?:!:1st Lt

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3/28/2010 19:47 Larry McAdams [email protected] Welcome Home!!! and many thanks for the fine work you guys did especially DakTo '67 J Larry McAdams FE Shrimpboat '069 Camp Holloway, Plieku, RVN 

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:We were neighbors

What years?:!:'67

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:Shrimpboat '069

Rank? Position?:!:SP-5

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1/17/2011 14:31 Stan Unverzagt [email protected] served with many fine men....looking forward to the next reunion

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:aircraft electrician

What years?:!:1/68-1/69



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5/11/2010 14:57 Dennis Oechsner [email protected] I just found this site and was pleased to see at least a few names I remember very well including one of my old room mates. I often think back back to that time, and while difficult at the ime, I wouldn't trade for that experience. I hope to make it to the next reunion. 

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Pilot, IP, Test Pilot, 2nd Plt, Kontum

What years?:!:Jan 68 - Jan 69


Rank? Position?:!:Lt

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9/19/2010 14:18 david dill [email protected] I think this website is a great idea, I've been wanting to try and get in touch with some of the other guys for a while but never thought about looking on the internet til now.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:stationed in pleiku with 219th

What years?:!:1970-1972


Rank? Position?:!:Spc 5

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4/26/2010 11:28 Michael Hawes [email protected] Welcome Home Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Member Crew Chief

What years?:!:1970-1971


Rank? Position?:!:E-5 crew chief

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1/10/2011 19:19 Weslynn P Watson [email protected] nice to see the site.My Dad talked often about the unit.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:son of Robert A Doc Watson

What years?:!:68-69 I believe


Rank? Position?:!:SFC

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4/12/2010 14:26 Michael P Robertson [email protected] I joined the platoon at Qhi Nhon in mid November 1965 and DROSed 367 days later. In those days we did FAC work for the Air Force (no USAF FAC's there until mid 66), supported the Special Forces A teams in the area, supported the MACV advisors in that area and some work with the USN intell center, just down the road from the MACV hotel where we lived. CPT Wally Kell was the platoon commander when I arrived.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Served with the unit from Nov 65 - Nov 66

What years?:!: Call Sign? Platoon?:!:Headhunter 31


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4/12/2010 14:45 Michael P Robertson [email protected] Just flipped through the guestbook and saw Tim Flynn (at Qhi Nhon when I got there) and Ron Garfunkel from Kontum. The only names I recall, but nice to read about both of them.


What years?:!:65-66



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11/30/2010 19:50 Max Lund [email protected] I was on the ground w/ Montagnard troops. You provided me w/ support in many ways. Saw Hickert's note. Remember Mike Gabriel well. The Cheo Reo team gets together every yr. Contact us through Counterparts.net""

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Cheo Reo advisor

What years?:!:68-71

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:Dragon 39

Rank? Position?:!:

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4/29/2010 19:33 Robert L Taylor [email protected] Ref entry by Michael P Robertson: I remember you being with us . Charlie Kellum was one of us and he lives here in Conroe, Tx where I live. Where are you now and how have you been. I have a picture of myself with you and ED Beasley. Look forward to hearing from you. I went to the reunion at Ft Rucker. Robert L. Taylor

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Qui Nhon 3rd Pltn

What years?:!:June 65 /June 66

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:Tomcat 4 /laterchanged to HH34

Rank? Position?:!:Ist Lt

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1/9/2011 2:58 David Watson [email protected] My dad was in the 219 HeadHunters. He passed 1999. But he spoke highly of the friends and soldiers he servered with. Thank you for putting the ste up so others can remember or share memories.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Son to Robert A. Watson


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6/6/2010 5:06 Larry Hendrickson [email protected] Crew chief on 52nd U6A Beaver. My revetment was next to the hanger (oversized lean-to). The only names I remember were: Major Clark (52nd); Sgt Jimmerson; SP5 Sims and SP4 or 5 Jim Goldbeck.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:52nd Aviation Bn, housing with 219th

What years?:!:1968



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12/31/2010 18:12 Dave Miller [email protected] Want to thank Doc Clement for his book 100 Feet Over Hell." It is a fine read

one that I've recommended to several people. And I've loaned my copy out to all my family members — to try to answer questions about what we did over there. I didn't see so much contact

but it was no picnic. Al Morton - put him in for the Silver Star for action near Dak To - think the XO blocked it."


What years?:!:68-69

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7/21/2012 22:12 Robert Kroman [email protected] i was 67B20 out of Rucker but drove the water truck at phu hiep for the 203rd my first tour my second tour i was crew chief lz english, an khe, holloway, and cheo reo. i would like to find emails for lt jim baker, mr davis, 1st sgt cory. my email is [email protected]

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:sp/5 crew chief

What years?:!:1969-1971


Rank? Position?:!:sp/5

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2/6/2013 16:29 Ronald Moser [email protected] It is great that information is being gathered about the 219th. I remember several guys but my memory is fading like so many others now. I remember Major Kidd the Co Commander, Captain Dyke, a friend, Captain Taylor, Captain Bohannen, CW3 Fiedler and if I thought hard about it, several others. I remember taking the north mission over from Bohannen & Fiedler. I witnessed the 2 C130's being hit with mortars. I was scrambling to take off at the time. I flew High and low ship with Lt. Conover


What years?:!:67-68

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:Under Captain Davis

Rank? Position?:!:2nd Lt/1st Lt

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6/24/2012 17:58 Weslynn Watson [email protected] I would like to see if anyone remrembers my Dad Robert A (Doc) Watson.I was in the service as well.My dad did not any thing bad about his time with the unit.Even when I did have a few times with mine.SO if you remember him please let me know

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:My father was with the 219th


Rank? Position?:!:ssg or sfc

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7/2/2010 2:13 tony sigsby [email protected] :) :yes: :cool: :karate: :o :blush: Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:1967 223rd btn Comander one huey in the battalion crewchief

What years?:!:1967

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:chief

Rank? Position?:!:pfc

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9/13/2010 14:00 Olson, Warren L. [email protected] Have been in contact with 3-4 headhunter during my stay with the 219th.....Since I rotated back to states in late 1968. :D


What years?:!:1/1968 to 7/68

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:Crewchief

Rank? Position?:!:Spec 5

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11/15/2010 18:10 Arnold C Sheppard [email protected] Also flew as a observer on FOB missions, received the Air medal

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Birddog mechanic-Camp Holloway

What years?:!:Nov 1968 thru Oct 1969


Rank? Position?:!:sargent E5Also

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11/15/2010 17:52 Arnold C Sheppard [email protected] also flew in the Birddog as a observer,got the air medal

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Birddog mechanic

What years?:!:Nov 1968 thru Oct 1968


Rank? Position?:!:sargent E5

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9/29/2010 15:51 David P. Gualco [email protected] My contribution was very small but I got to work with some very good men.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:member

What years?:!:1971

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:Flight Operations

Rank? Position?:!:sp 4

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12/16/2010 20:15 bruce baker [email protected] chrew chief on the only beaver Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:crewchief

What years?:!:1969


Rank? Position?:!:e-5

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11/9/2010 17:15 Paul N. Hickert [email protected] :) I spent almost my entire time in the 219th in Cheo Reo. Gary Vance was my mentor initially. Was infused into the 185th when they became operational and took over Cheo Reo. Loved the 219th, Eucie Spencer was CO at the time. Lots of memories of Camp Holloway.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:ARMY AVIATOR

What years?:!:1967


Rank? Position?:!:Lt based at Cheo Reo

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10/30/2013 19:45 James Taylor [email protected] I forgot to leave my email [email protected]

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Father in 119th AHC

What years?:!:66-67

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:119th

Rank? Position?:!:WO1

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9/9/2010 16:18 Norman MacPhee [email protected] Great Web Site The Catkillers are holding a reunion in Seattle, WA. July 11-15, 2012. All Headhunters are welcome. Email [email protected]

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:220th Catkiller" Pilot"

What years?:!:66-67

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:Da Nang Platoon


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10/30/2013 19:40 James Taylir [email protected] My father passed a couple of years ago. My brother and I are looking for I'm information on a downed headhunter that was pulled out by a helicopter from the 119th AHC. My father and the man flying with him have both passed. Both men received wooden headhunters for flying into several enemy gun positions to pull this hero out of harms way. My father (CWO3 ret.) Robert Bob" Taylor and the other pilot passed wondering who that man was and whether he survived the war. (My father went on to serve another tour and TDY with the 101st. My brother and I are still curious. This would've been around sept of '67 and in the area of Dong Ha (I believe.) Any information you can provide would be helpful. If our supposition is accurate there's a Stars and Stripes article on the incident from 9/24/67 but there's no information on the units or the pilots in that article. The timing seemed to be right though. Kind Regards

 James Taylor"

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:My father was a pilot with the 119th AHC who pulled out a downed headhunter

What years?:!:1966-1967

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:119th AHC

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7/23/2010 22:30 tony sigsby [email protected] :) :yes: :cool: ;) :D :blush: Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:crewchief for LTC Richardson

What years?:!:1967

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:223rd hhc #1

Rank? Position?:!:

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10/19/2010 20:40 Jay G Bauer [email protected] :) flew in Cambodia.. who else did? Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:pilot

What years?:!:1970

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:1st

Rank? Position?:!:1 LT.

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8/4/2010 17:32 Jon Comini [email protected] Flew numerous VRs with the Kon Tum Platoon. Curious as to the whereabouts of Dai Uy Porter.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Frequent Passanger (VR)

What years?:!:'67 - '68

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:Claymore - Salted Beacon Det A 243

Rank? Position?:!:Sp5 (Emeritus)

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9/7/2010 9:21 Stuart Ratclife [email protected] Just wondering if anyone is still alive and kicking living the sweet life in Florida

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Pilot- Birddog

What years?:!:1967-1968


Rank? Position?:!:CW-2

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8/9/2010 13:00 Donald Smith [email protected] Well done. The site, although a work in progress, is really a great indicator of what kind of folks were operating the Birddogs in RVN and what they accomplished while there. Wish I had taken more time to talk to you folks when you came to Florida during the reunion last year. Perhaps we can do it together again one day.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Comrade-in-arms

What years?:!:'65 - '66

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:Shotgun-8A

Rank? Position?:!:CWO - Assistant Maintenance Officer

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10/22/2010 13:03 Tim Barrone [email protected] Served with the Headhunters from April of 1966 to April of 1967 at Camp Holloway. Worked in the maintenance office, with Captain Robert Fear, Staff Sergent Daryl Johnston among others.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Production Control Clerk

What years?:!:April 1966 to April 1967

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:Maintenance Platoon


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12/6/2010 23:48 Tom Olander [email protected] I was assigned as a spook in Kontum and often flew with Dave Fahrenbach, Dave Tracy, Paul Piper as observer. They also provided air cover when I drove from Kontum to Pleiku in the grey Ghost"

a M151 Jeep painted grey

often just before a real convoy got hit on the road. Kontum Platoon was first to fly over my hootch (party house in downtown Kontum) following TET 68 and reported multiple casualties (all bad guys as I had great 'Yards as guards). Enjoy the site and will get the book. (still have the original Headhunter patch Tracy gave me). Have only

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Observer

What years?:!:7/67 - 6/68

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2/13/2011 12:01 Art Morecraft [email protected] I am interested in attending the 2011 reunion. Any info would be appreciated.


What years?:!:May 1967 - May 1968

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:HH 41 - 4th Platoon

Rank? Position?:!:1st Lt.

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4/10/2014 14:49 amaspuds [email protected] :) I am a veteran I served in nam in 1968 and am hoping to find some that was there. I hope there is a company roster, somewhere, I cant find one.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:I am looking for information, it could help someone.



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2/28/2011 6:34 Ken Howell [email protected] I was real glad to find this web sit after all these years. It brougjht back alot. I hope to be able to go to the reunion this year.


What years?:!:68, 69


Rank? Position?:!:spec 5

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3/6/2011 12:03 Donald Pedrazzini [email protected] I spent three tours in country starting in March 1968 through December 1971. The first two in fixed wing only and the last in Fixed and Rotary wing. My travels caused me to cross paths with one of your guys Al Morton. After he flew a tour in the Bird Dog he extended and we flew U-21's down in Nha Trang. After we rotated back to Mother Rucker we were 0-1 instructors up until Al had a very serious accident that killed his student. I saw that one of your guys (Dave Miller) made a comment about Al Morton and the silver star. I know what happened to Al, and I wondered if you did. If you DON'T know let me know and I will fill you in on the tragic end of one crazy guy.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:I was a FAC for the 74th RAC

What years?:!:1968, 1969, 1971

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:Aloft 23, Red Baron, Coachman

Rank? Position?:!:1st LT & Capt

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3/10/2011 17:28 Garry Forrest [email protected] Thanks to all you folks who made this sit possible. Good job!

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:3rd platoon, briefly CCC at Kontum

What years?:!:1967 - 1968



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3/10/2011 18:18 raymond A. Tallent jr. [email protected] Recon with 2nd Br. 4th Div. Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:cwo 2 pilot H&H co.

What years?:!:DEC. 1966 DEC. 1967

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:HH 7 H&H Co.

Rank? Position?:!:cwo 2 Aviation Maintenance

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3/22/2011 22:06 Al Schneider [email protected] Talked to Al Morton a week or two before his death ...was going to meet him at Oshkosh.. Flew quite a bit with him, Lynn Higley, and Tom Shafer. All of you were fearless and aggresive warriors.. Great to fly with and had alot to do with my desire to pursue aviation as a career.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:3 Plt. AO



Rank? Position?:!:2nd-1st Lt

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3/22/2011 21:36 Al Schneider [email protected] Flew with Gary Forrest, Al Morton, Tom Shaefer, Lynn Higley, Bert St. John, and many others in 3rd Plt. Went on to fly C-141s in the Air Force and retired from Northwest Airlines.. Never again experiences anything like the few hundred hours in the back seat of the o-1 with the heros of the 219th RAC. Extraordinary courage was a common virtue!

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:AO 52nd Grp Arty


Call Sign? Platoon?:!:3rd plt

Rank? Position?:!:2Lt -1st Lt

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3/29/2011 13:13 Bob Brewster [email protected] This is a test of Guestbook. Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:


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3/30/2011 8:24 Garrett (Moose) Marcinkowski

[email protected] Looking forward to the reunion Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Original Headhunter

What years?:!:1965-1966

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:6th Platoon out of Gia Nghia

Rank? Position?:!:2LT F/W aviator

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4/1/2011 6:56 Harold Paul Slick" "Sneaky Pete" Bordeaux"

[email protected] I knew MAJ Wally" Bryans [class leader] and 1LT "Pete" Peterson. We were off-post roommates during flight school. They were assigned to 219th RAC

while I was assigned to the 185th RAC in mid 1967. My address/data follows: MAJ HP BORDEAUX SS DFC 46-AM USA RET 128 POPLAR RIDGE ROAD APARTMENT D-1 PINEY FLATS TENNESSEE 37686-4344 (423) 391-8817 SFSO-O4

Air Cav-O3E Avn-O2E Fld Arty-O1E Rank? Position?:!:CPT: Sec Ldr/Plt Cdr â€” CPT: Plt Cdr/Coy Cdr respectively

no 96.33.18.214

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4/22/2011 13:52 MARC MITCHELL [email protected] SEARCHING FOR INFO ON PILOT WHOSE LAST NAME WAS WILLIAMS. SERVED 67-68? THIS PARTICULAR PILOT WAS RANGER QUALIFIED & WORE THE RANGER TAB ON HIS UNIFORM. MOST OF HIS MISSIONS WERE DEDICATED MISSIONS TO CHARLIE COMPANY

75TH RANGER BN 101ST ABN DIV. ALL LEADS & INFO APPRECIATED~!! MARC MITCHELL

 183RD RAC~SEAHORSE [email protected] :yes: "

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:183RD RAC SEAHORSE""

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4/26/2011 22:15 Matthew Troy Gainous [email protected] I'm hoping to contact anyone who may have served with my father, Troy Rollis Gainous. He was in the 219th from 68-69 as a crew chief. My father was killed in a work-related accident in 1974. I'm very proud of his service and would like to hear from anyone who served with him. I've had contact with several men who knew my father and am grateful for the information they provided. Matthew Gainous

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:father was in 219th

What years?:!:1968-1969



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5/11/2011 16:50 Mike Kiefer [email protected] Used to do a lot of work" for Headhunter 35. Never met in person. Just wanted to say hey for old times sake. Remember one mission when he had a nurse co pilot. He had to make her quit shooting his pistol so we could hear ourselves talk. Too funny."

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Flew guns for 129th Cobras Lane AAF

What years?:!:70-71

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:Cobra Friar


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5/30/2011 21:00 Victor Scott Hickok [email protected] The unit patch that is displayed in this site is not exactly like the 1966 Unit Patch!!! There were no wings on the HeadHunter!! Our Battalion was the 29th Aviation Battalion out of Nha Trang and its U-6A Beaver was kept at Camp Holloway until it was shipped to Corpus Christi Texas for extensive repairs. I flew a total of 21 hours in combat with the O-1's and the U-6. I also drove and refueled aircraft at both Camp Holloway and the US Airbase at New Plieku Airport. Tiger Mountain was home to the 4th Inf Div. We started with the MACV patch and several months after my arrival were issued the USSARV patch. Then before I departed, we fell under the 1st Aviation Brigade. The CV-2 Caribou unit across the runway was deactivated and aircraft and crews transfered to the US Air Force, I was offered a chance to transfer, but declined. Our next door Unit was a U-1A unit whose motto was :Low, Slow and Reliable!!

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Member

What years?:!:Jan 1966-Jan 1967

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:HHC, 2nd & 4th Platoons

Rank? Position?:!:PFC (Crew Chief, POL Driver)

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5/31/2011 8:21 orville cercy [email protected] Was assigned to the 219th at ft.hood tx,1964, had a total of seven people at that time. Was with 3rd plt in 1969 and 1970



Rank? Position?:!:sfc, plt. sgt

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6/13/2011 20:34 Cam Sutherland Jr. [email protected] dont know if you have created a site on facebook but you would get a lot more traffic if that is what you are looking for.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Father served for the 219th


Rank? Position?:!:

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6/17/2011 21:47 Raymond Borza [email protected] Stationed at Camp Holloway. Did some duty in near a fire support base in Plei Jerang. I have some pictures I'm going to try and post. I don't remember any names only Dave Watling we bunked together for quit a while. Anyone remember me??? Hoping to make this years reunion 2011. 

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:01 Crew Chief

What years?:!:March 67 to March 68


Rank? Position?:!:SP4 then SP5

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6/18/2011 10:14 Raymond Borza [email protected] Stationed at Camp Holloway. Did some duty in near a fire support base in Plei Jerang. I have some pictures I'm going to try and post. I don't remember any names only Dave Watling we bunked together for quit a while. Anyone remember me??? Hoping to make this years reunion 2011. [email protected]

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:L-19/01 Crew Chief

What years?:!:3/67 - 3/68


Rank? Position?:!:Sp4 then Sp5

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12/8/2011 16:17 Thomas V. Rooney [email protected] Trying to locate Jim McDivett. Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:223 CAB

What years?:!:1969-1970

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:Head Hunter 96


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7/6/2011 18:04 Dave Roseblock [email protected] I think this is a great site. Wish I had found it sooner.:)

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Stationed in Kontum with the 219th



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7/9/2011 23:42 hans j Edelmann [email protected] Iam proud having been able to serve as a Headhunter.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Aircraft Mechanic

What years?:!:1965-1968


Rank? Position?:!:Crew Chief Sp/4

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10/12/2011 23:51 Dave Miller [email protected] Penny & I had a great time at the 2011 reunion in Beaufort! Great visiting, great food & story telling at the banquet - all in a great town. Thank you Dick Baker, and Fletch, for all your work! And, how 'bout that Frogmore Stew dinner & evening at Fletch's house? WOW! Hope to see even more at the Boulder reunion.


What years?:!:Sep '68 - Sep '69



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8/31/2013 20:39 Cpt. Dana Keith Davis [email protected] My Name is Barbara Davis. My husband passed away in June 2013 from lung cancer related to agent orange. Would love to hear from anyone who remembers him. He flew both fixed and helicopter. I just came across the headhunters pin and took this chance. He relived a good bit of Vietnam before he died. Thank you :bawling:



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10/4/2011 21:42 charles p morris [email protected] say hi to moose,he was platoon leader on the c130.major deaton platoon leader at kontum,and he was ft gorden ?

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:in unit when form up at hood gray army airfield in station kontum for a $half

What years?:!:65,66-67,68


Rank? Position?:!:e5 crew chief

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9/29/2011 14:41 Chuck Brainerd [email protected] Hope to find Head Hunter 11 Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:flew with one once

What years?:!:70/71

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:Gladiator 11/ Cougar 34/Revenge

Rank? Position?:!:CW-2

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7/30/2011 7:50 Joseph E. Thornton [email protected] 67-68 was an interesting time. In early 1966 I was a young Sergeant on orders for Viet Nam. A year later I had completed OCS, Flight School and was in Viet Nam. During my initial unit check ride and orientation flight I was under fire and asking myself was this what I really wanted to do. A year later the unqualified answer was yes. It really was one of the best years of my military career.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Birddog Pilot

What years?:!:67-68


Rank? Position?:!:1st Lt/CPT

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7/30/2011 21:36 Ken Morrison [email protected] Stopped by to say hi. I was a pilot with the 57th AHC Gladiators in Kontum from Oct 68 to Oct 69. Glad to see you guys keeping the SPAF alive on the web. We used you guys on a lot of FOB missions. Much more then the Air Force as I recall.



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7/31/2011 0:49 Jerry Campbell [email protected] Thanks Bob for this great website. Now all of us old Headhunters can have the opportunity to recoup some of our memories of the most important parts of our life and to meet with some of most cherished friend in our lives. My first assignment with the 219th was with the 3rd Platoon, Maintenance at Pleiku. Then went to the 2nd Platoon at Kontum. Some of my most remembered friends in the Headhunters were: Jerry Barger, Ben Brown. I wish you guys would include some type of contact information so it would be easier to contact you. If anyone would like to say hello you can email me at [email protected] I live in Tavares, Florida. 

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Crew Chief/Maintenance Mechanic

What years?:!:April 1969 to December 1970

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:2nd Platoon Kontum


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8/3/2011 15:55 Chuck Brainerd [email protected] I am looking for Head Hunter 11, I flew with him on day in Viet Nam and he flew my night hawk mission

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:flew with headhunter 11

What years?:!:1970/71

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:Gladiator 11

Rank? Position?:!:w2

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2/7/2014 11:16 Dave Miller [email protected] Glad to see that our roster is now more than 200. Very grateful for Lee Morgan reaching out to me after correcting his status on the roster! Wish the site/guest book could get more editing... Hope to see a big crowd at the 2015 reunion! Dave Miller


What years?:!:'68-'69



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6/20/2013 19:34 Alyn [email protected] cheap auto insurance caews cheap car insurance :-DD what is reasonable auto insurance 8-PPP cheap car insurance fko car insurence uxfc Des Moines auto insurance quotes :-OOO

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:YZpytapGIAHRtJBNr

What years?:!:KNPCNsaaIOymSDScd

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:aayPqLrXWARpHkOS

Rank? Position?:!:NatGLguOofIjwP

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5/8/2013 14:31 Rance Pinao [email protected] This is a reply to Dale J Havelock in regards to his father whom I knew as an instructor of 67B Airplane Maintenance School, He also worked Part time at Casual Company as a bartender at the EM Club (Sep 65 till Dec 65). Once again He arrive in Vietnam nearly a year after me, he became the platoon Sargent of the 1st flight platoon at Camp Holloway Pleiku...he was also a good friend with 1st Sgt. Rush whom both were Instructors..want to know call me or write me, you can find me on Facebook under the name Prince of Kona""


What years?:!:Jan 66 Jul 67



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11/30/2013 19:53 Lee Morgan [email protected] I have been looking for a Headhunters' site for a while - thank you. Dave - It's great to know you and Penny are still hanging in there. After our time serving together, I almost felt as if I knew her. So many familiar names, so many memories - kinda choked me up.



Call Sign? Platoon?:!:HH$@, HH13


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12/11/2011 2:32 Paul N Hickert [email protected] Sorry to hear of Arlie Deaton passing. I met him for the first time at the Beufort Reunion. From the comments I heard and read about him, he was truly revered by those in his command. My condolences to his family. :look:


What years?:!:1967

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:Headhunter 19 1st Plt

Rank? Position?:!:Lt

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11/12/2011 22:21 Edward L. Benson [email protected] I am always proud to tell someone I served in Army Aviation with the 219th Headhunters.




Rank? Position?:!:Sp/4

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1/6/2013 21:09 Dave Miller [email protected] My memory dims. Does anyone remember my crew chief Mac" who was murdered in barracks

in Kontum by the kid I flew down to Co. HQ for processing on to the prison in Saigon

then on to Leavenworth? I think Mac should be remembered & his name should be added to our roster. Thank You."


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2/10/2013 19:32 Dave Miller [email protected] This is a follow-up re. entry #204. I'm embarrassed to say that I'm not sure if our crew chief was Mac" or "Mack." He was killed by one of our own

in barracks Kontum. The year was 1969. I think he was billeted in the MACV compound."


What years?:!:09/68 - 09/69

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12/13/2012 23:18 Bob Brewster [email protected] A Special Message to Everyone - If you are a Headhunter or a family member of a deceased Headhunter, please take the time to sign into the Headhunter Roster on this website. We are trying to regain contact with almost 5,000 personnel who served with the 219th in Vietnam. So far we only have a few hundred. Again, this is for all personnel who served with the 219th in Vietnam and for any family member of a deceased Headhunter. We want to hear from all of you. Regards, Bob Brewster 219th Headhunters Webmaster



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11/23/2012 5:53 Francis Doherty [email protected] Along with Slim and Carolyn Slimowicz, George and Patricia Savani, and Richie Kane, Katie and I attended John Pappas' funeral in October at West Point. John was the inspiration for the cartoons that adorned the walls of the Doghouse. His gentle demeanor and soft voice belied a fierce warrior, a bullet-magnet, and a real gunslinger. I will miss you very much, John. You have left us much too soon. Fly safe, John. Fly safe



Call Sign? Platoon?:!:HH45 / SPAF 2


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11/16/2012 0:27 CW4 R Jim Carpenter [email protected] Please forgive the long winded text but this needed to be told as I observed it. In August, 1970, Cpt John Pappas, a fearless 219th Headhunter was conducting an early morning recon and encountered an enemy force moving along a trail some 15-20 kilometers West of the Plei Me SF camp. John knew that Checkmate (A Troop, 7/17th Cav out of Camp Holloway) was refueling at the SF base while conducting recon missions to the West toward Duc Co. Checkmate had a standard frequency on VHF where fellow aviators could always find us as John did that morning. When he called, we were already enroute from Cp Holloway with the standard package of two teams of two Cobras and two LOHs and the lift platoon with the aerial rifle platoon of usually 24 soldiers. The 47th ARVN Regt was conducting sweeps to the West from the SF camp and were available to us as a Ready Reaction Force. When we arrived over the contact area, Cpt Pappas was flying low along the stream leading to an (abandoned?) Montagnard hamlet. No one was firing at the Birddog until we showed up which was a good indication to the NVA of something other than smoke marking rounds coming at them. On the initial pass, neither of our Scouts (LOHs) took fire but as the lead

the radios quieted just enough to get the downed aircraft call from the first scout who crashed into the rice paddy. His wingman was doing everything possible to provide suppressive fire on the third machinegun position when he was also hit and crashed into the rice paddy as some distance from the lead scout. In the midst of all this pandemonium

Cpt Pappas flew his "unarmed" O-1 right over the top of the two downed LOHs at an altitude below treetop level. John was successful in drawing fire away from the downed crews long enough for them to find better protected positions. Additionally

the Cobras were able to pinpoint and destroy the enemy forces moving toward the downed aircraft. Of course

Cpt Pappas flew right between the lead cobra and his intended target which livened up the radio chatter. At this point

the C&C Huey was armed with a Cal.50 machinegun and a skilled gunner. The Scout Platoon Leader

Cpt Bare had arrived on site and landed to pickup the second scout crew. Bare's LOH took a lot of hits and barely made it out of the immediate area before he made a forced landing due to fuel loss. Major Rackley landed at their site

the lift platoon inserted the ARPs near the hamlet as Air Force Close Air Support (fast movers) began bombing runs on the opposite side of the rice paddies where the NVA had hidden their weapons caches. Our Cobra team was releived

they had a bad day when the Headhunters found them. I went looking for Cpt Pappas that evening at the Headhunter Lounge but he was not to be found. I know he survived the action as spirits were high amongst the Headhunters and Major

Don't Take Your Love to Town" played over and over and over. In the following months

I had on occasion

to provide a select few of the Headhunters with 2.75" Flechette rounds for their 4 launch tubes. I am sure the enemy forces got a surprise or two from those encounters. While I did not truly enjoy my tour in RVN that much

I have nothing but the fondest memories of the Headhunters

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:Knight 27 Gun Platoon, A Troop

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11/4/2012 14:36 Jason Bernhardsen [email protected] I really liked your site although I wish your photos were consolidated and presented in a different format. I remember hearing when Arlie passed, I remember dad talking about him a lot. It is always sad to lose a fellow warrior. I followed a tad in dad's foot steps, I became a FAC but on the ground. I even chose the 11" designator because of him. I fly here in southern California in my old (1961) Cessna. I even soloed in a Headhunter Tshirt! "

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Headhunter 11's oldest son

What years?:!: Call Sign? Platoon?:!:Panther 11 (my old FAC callsign)

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Jason:We have not heard from your Dad in a while. Can you update us on his status? Many of us Headhunters have been asking about him and my emails have not gone through. I was with your Dad in Peiku.Thanks for your comments about the pictures. This website has always been a labor of love and it grew piece by piece. The picture portion has always been the toughest regarding how to present them and in adding descriptions. Many pics came to me without any details other than who had taken them and the year. We are all honored that you wore a Headhunter shirt for your first solo.I look for ward to hearing from you.Please reply back to my regular email - [email protected] regards,Bob Brewster219th Aviation CompanyWebmaster

9/25/2012 21:18 Robert Kroman [email protected] I was with the 203rd 69-70 when it inactivated july 1970 and the 203rd guys became part of the 219th. the 203rd had a short life 3 years and 3 months with 360 total men. Now the 203rd has its own web site 203rd Hawkeyes" if there are any Hawkeyes left out there we have a web site now"


What years?:!:70-71

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:2nd plt LZ English,An Khe


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11/21/2011 17:42 Francis A. Doherty [email protected] A difficult morning. Arlie Deaton, such an important person in my life, died Saturday. He demanded my best and insisted that I give it to him. He believed in me and inspied me to give it to him. He instilled in me the notion of honor. He protected the boy that I was and helped me become a man. Fly safe, Arlie. Fly safe...


What years?:!:1969 - 70

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:SPAF 2 (2nd Plt) HH45 (4th Plt)


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11/22/2011 11:57 Rance Pinao [email protected] Aloha..I had the privileged of serving with Arlie on two different occasions, Once when he was a Platoon leader serving in Kontum Vietnam (66-67) and I was also there when he took Command of the 219th Headhunters (70). It was Arlie that gave me my last promotion to SSG (E-6). a great personal to I have ever known...God Bless you Arlie, Aloha for now. Rance Pinao


What years?:!:Jan 66-Aug 67 and Jan 70-Jul 70

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:1st Platoon (66-67)...........Maintenance (70)

Rank? Position?:!:Crew Chief (66-67) Tech Inspector (70)

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10/8/2012 14:29 Bob kroman [email protected] I was with the 203rd Hawkeyes 1969-1970 I am looking for the 203rd's unit history for 1968 to add to its web site I have the histories for 67,69,and 70 can any one help? my email is [email protected]

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:SP/5 crew chief

What years?:!:1970-1971

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:LZ English,An Khe,Cheo Reo,Holloway


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11/22/2011 18:37 Robin O'Brien [email protected] A great group of guys to work with - Many wonderful memories. Arnie was in our Hooch" - A good friend

we will miss him." Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:flew Bird Dogs out of Pleiku

What years?:!:1966-1967

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:HH-16 , !st platoon

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11/23/2011 9:43 Bob Brewster [email protected] This is a test. - 219th Webmaster Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:


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11/23/2011 17:19 L. Vollmer [email protected] Yes Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Line pilot

What years?:!:Oct 1970 - Oct 1971

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:Warthog


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5/8/2014 13:07 Jesse (Dewey) Hughes [email protected] Charter member of 203rd Sig Det. Organized at Gray Army Airfield at Ft. Hood, Tx in April, 1965. 203rd was attached to 219th and shipped to Vietnam in June, 1965. I was on the last of 5 C-130's that left from Austin, Tx. one hour apart. We received all the equipment and shipped it to Camp Holloway before we left Ft. Hood. At Camp Holloway we were attached to the 52nd CAB which included the 119th avn Co and headquarters Company of the 52nd as well as the 219th. The 203rd never received it's equipment. It was stolen in Saigon. I was on flight status and flew missions with every unit in the 52nd CAB. My ETS was in May, 1966 and I left Camp Holloway three weeks before scheduled rotation. The 203rd was a great outfit with eleven enlisted men and one officer (I believe this is the correct number). The CO was 2nd Lt. Woody.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:203rd Sig Det attached to 52nd CAB at Camp Holloway

What years?:!:1965 & 1966



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3/16/2012 8:45 Jerry Barger [email protected] Good to see all Headhunters Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:SP-5 Crew Chief 3rd Plt.

What years?:!:68-69 Pleiku


Rank? Position?:!:SP-5 Crew Chief

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3/15/2012 12:58 John S. Wolf" Wygal" [email protected] Started with 4th Plt Pleiku 3/67 with A/C Martini". Then sent to 2nd Plt Kontum. As the FNG (f'n new guy) TDY'd to An Son (ROK Valley) SE of Qui Nhon for airfield security detail. Back to 2nd as CC for -690

"Grim Reaper" them -654

"Centurion." Schooled at Ft. Eustis in UH-1 and OH-6 but after transitioning to Birddog declined to return to the rotor floppers even after we got first OH-6A. Best duty was Kontum as an "outlying platoon" away from the flag pole at Holloway. We had great pilots and crew chiefs &a freewheeling style not found elsewhere. Headhunters rule!!!"

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:4th Plt. Pleiku & 2nd Plt. Kontum (longest)

What years?:!:67-68

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11/24/2011 23:38 Jimmy Morris [email protected] I note the passing of a comrade in arms. Arlie Deaton and I were room mates as young Captains at Holloway, Pleiku in 1967. I will never forget this dedicated and professional Army Officer.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Ops Officer/Maint Officer @ Holloway, Pleiku

What years?:!:Sep66-Sep67



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3/4/2012 16:30 Dix Evans [email protected] just looking Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:airframe maintenance

What years?:!:jan 1967 to aug 1968


Rank? Position?:!:spec 5

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12/1/2011 18:43 Steve Cihasky [email protected] We are saddened to hear of Arlie’s passing. We are especially sad that we were not at the last reunion to see him one more time. I guess we have to quit saying that there will be the next one. I always enjoyed Arlie’s sense of humor. Due to the O, EM barrier, I didn’t get to know him that well at Holloway. I do remember him to be a down to earth guy with a great sense of humor. Since we started to attend the reunions, we got to know him a lot better and always looked forward to seeing him again. We used to joke about who had the best job in the company. I told him he had the best job and I had the second best job. He will certainly be missed. 


What years?:!:1969 & 1970

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:Headquarters Platoon


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2/24/2012 11:23 Joel Shields [email protected] I am trying to write a story about William Crews who I believe was assigned to the First Platoon of the 219th and served with that group in 1971 and stood down in April, 1972. Bill served as an infantry officer in Vietnam in 1967 as well. He has been my friend since we were 10 years old and suffers from PTSD. I believe his story needs to be told. Any info, personal stories, or pictures that you might add would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your interest.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Friend


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11/25/2011 16:53 Francis A. Doherty [email protected] Gentlemen, The entries into Arlie's guest book hardly reflect the numbers of us who served with him. Honor Arlie's memory by signing the guest book. I would like to present the Deaton family with a hardcover copy, but we need better representation. Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. This is my last one in Seoul. I can be done with big airplanes now.


What years?:!:1969-1970

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:SPAF 2 HH45


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11/25/2011 17:47 ron garfunkel [email protected] Arle Deaton came to Kontum during the second half of my tour and was our platoon leader. as the senior officer I followed him on an orientation flight soon after arriving. It was short in duration ---his engine seized and he had to force land in the Jungle. We were close to base with much support and rescue was swift. For Arlie it was another day at the office!!!!!! For the rest of us it was hair raising experience!!!! Arlie was funny, folksy and a great drinking buddy. I now realize that he was just a few years older, but for me he was a seasoned and experienced officer who had a real capacity for leadership. i will never forget Arlie and my year with the 219th.

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4/11/2012 15:24 wayne tisinger [email protected] i was in the 219 in 1966 but was assigned to the 101 airborne . got to playkue very little



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2/6/2012 8:40 Dave Miller [email protected] If everyone who is now included in the new Headhunter roster could tell one more guy about it, we could really grow that thing! I'm working on Bill Silva and would like to see guys like Dodrill, Tichauer and others come up on there.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Bird Dog Driver

What years?:!:09/68 - 09/69



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11/27/2011 3:26 Great website! [email protected] document.write('') Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:


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11/28/2011 17:12 Joe Martin [email protected] I enjoy looking to this site every now and then.I don't remember many details except I was at the 219th for half my tour and then went to the 185th in Ban Me Thout,both birddog outfits.I remember flying a few times with Capt.Orenstein and a Lt.Principe.Other guys I remember were Vince LaMaccia and Merv LaHaie.I would like to here from anyone that could refresh my memory. :look:

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Company clerk

What years?:!:1970



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11/28/2011 23:21 Bob Brewster [email protected] We lost a very good friend November 19, 2011. Arlie Deaton was a very special person. My wife, Ruth, was an Army nurse in Pleiku. I was in flight school at Ft. Rucker, AL. As commanding officer of the 219th, Arlie gave Ruth all the names of the right people for me to contact so that when I arrived in RVN, I could go directly to the 219th. This kindness allowed Ruth & I to be close to each other. Sure, it was a war going on but that did not stop Arlie from thinking of other people. We have been married 41 years and without Arlie this probably would not have happened. Thank you Arlie and thank you to the Deaton family for sharing him with us.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Pilot,1st & 3rd Plt. Pleiku & Qui Nhon

What years?:!:9/70-10/71


Rank? Position?:!:1LT

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12/21/2011 21:34 Paul N Hickert [email protected] I am currently writing a book of my memories of Vietnam, centererd around Pleiku/Holoway and Cheo Reo where I was located for nine months. I am trying to locate my crew chief at the time, Spec 4 David Kerschner. David is a central character in one chapter where I inject some humour about his shooting ability from the backseat. David if you are out there, or if anyone knows his whereabouts, call me at 623-935-2174.



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11/29/2011 9:59 Dave Miller [email protected] Penny & I send our condolences to Arlie's family on his passing. I regret that I didn't have the opportunity to serve, under Arlie's command, in the 219th - our tours with the company didn't coincide. I am honored & thankful to have gotten to know him while attending our Headhunter reunions. Arlie lives in our hearts and Penny & I look forward to how we honor him at the next reunion. Goodbye for now, Arlie.


What years?:!:09/68 - 09/69



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11/29/2011 16:31 Bob Jackson [email protected] Arlie Deaton, Headhunter Emeritus. Second coming to Pappy Boyington and his Black Sheep squadron. Arlie's way of life was simple. Step up and be a man, fly like a bird, hunt like an eagle and say what you mean. This man could motivate a rock. There may be more noteworthy individuals with better recognition in the world. But I don't know of many that could hold a candle to this man's mantra. Arlie, you have touched so many of our hearts and soles during our time together. Indeed, you have given us a crash course in staying alive, doing our job well and becoming to know what life is really about...... I am beyond proud to have had the pleasure of serving under your command and later becoming your friend !

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Aviator. pilot to the rest of the services

What years?:!:1970-1971

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:HH 19 Pleiku / Holloway

Rank? Position?:!:

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11/29/2011 19:14 Phil Phillips [email protected] Knowing Maj. Arlie Deaton and serving under him was an honor and a priviledge. He had ALL the qualities of a great leader, including patriotism, high professional standards, a strong work ethic, patience, understanding, and a sense of humor. I learned so much from this man. I will continue to think about him often.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Army Aviator

What years?:!:1969 and 1970

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:Headhunter 31, 21, and SPAF 3


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12/5/2011 19:55 Charles Dillon [email protected] In remembrance of Maj. Arlie Deaton I would like to comment that he was a soldier's soldier". In mhy opinion he was a commander that cared for all of his troops. I was fortunate to know him for only a short time and there was none finer. His being our Commander adds to the heritage and legacy of the 219th. RAC."


What years?:!:1970-1971


Rank? Position?:!:CPT/O3

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5/13/2013 18:53 Sam Clark [email protected] I was with your sister unit, 185th RAC from Feb 1968 to Feb 1969, as an aircraft mechanic. Welcome Home.



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5/26/2013 17:24 JOE CABRERA [email protected] I was a member of the Security Platoon at MACV Compound, Kontum, RVN, STZ24. I had the honor and pleasure of being a backseater on a couple of missions. Though I only spent a total of about 10 hours, I can assure you, they left a lasting impression on me. You don't easily forget throwing grenades out of the windows on a rocket run, and looking up to where the sky should be, and seeing the ground, and visa versa. If I had the chance to do it again, I would leap at it, only this time, for a few more missions. Welcome Home! Joe

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Observer on two missions

What years?:!:1967-1968


Rank? Position?:!:Spec4, E4

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6/10/2013 16:01 Sue [email protected] I forgot to leave my email: [email protected]

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:daughter of Capt. Leo A. Bauer


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6/10/2013 15:59 Sue [email protected] I am looking for information from anyone who may have known my father Capt. Leo A. Bauer (d. 9.10.65). He was a pilot out of Camp Holloway, Pleiku. I know his co-pilot survived but I can't recall his name. I was 2 yrs. old when Daddy died, so any information would be appreciated!

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:daughter of Capt. Leo A. Bauer


Rank? Position?:!:

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3/1/2014 12:45 Kathy Mehring [email protected] I still have great pictures he and others in Vietnam. I still have his carved wood Headhunters statue.So glad I found this web site.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Brother, Stacy Reeves proudly served...

What years?:!:1966-1968

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:Headhunters

Rank? Position?:!:mechanic

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1/20/2014 11:54 jeff [email protected] I would love to hear from anyone that knew my father Jerald Lynn Vaughn. He was with you guys from 66-68 I believe.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Father served

What years?:!:66-68


Rank? Position?:!:

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6/24/2013 16:55 Terry Durkin [email protected] I used to hear about you guys up in Pleukue.You guyThanks for the fine job.s played for real.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:184th RAC, Phu Loi

What years?:!:68-70

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:non stop

Rank? Position?:!:

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12/10/2013 22:27 Stephen Badger [email protected] Joined the company in 1966. In 1967 myself and 2 or 3 others were sent to the 220th RAC in Phu Bai to form their 4th platoon in Dong Ha. (Im not sure if I signed this book at an earlier time). :)


What years?:!:66-67


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5/24/2014 16:08 Deborah [email protected] Glad I found your site. Also looking for an answer as to when nose markings started to appear on the Headhunter hueys if you can assist me. Great site!

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:My father was in the 1/9 Bravo

What years?:!:65-66, then back 66-67, 70-71

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:1/9 Headhunters Bravo Troop

Rank? Position?:!:SSG at the time

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6/27/2014 20:57 Paul A. Marchesseault [email protected] I'm looking for anyone who can help me confirm that 1st Lieutenant Willie J. Ridgeway of B Battery, 5th Battalion, 27th Artillery regiment in Vietnam circa 1968-69 was the same person killed in a fixed wing crash on April 3, 1970 while then a member of the 219th Aviation Company Headhunters". The latter Willie had been promoted to Captain during flight training. I'm trying to pin this down for a person writing a book on members of B Battery

5th/27th during its time in Vietnam. This battery suffered 9 KIAs that we honor at our reunions. We would like to add Willie

the aviator to our honor roll if we can confirm he was the same individual that served with us. He definitely deserves remembering in this book. Thank you. "

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:back seater - artillery unit commander

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8/17/2014 23:31 Francis A. Doherty [email protected] For Paul A. Marchessault: Willie Ridgeway was my platoon leader (2nd plt.) in Kontum. I was not present when Willie's crash occurred, but I was present for his memorial service. I also made a rubbing of his name on a visit to the Vietnam Memorial and gave it to a mutual friend, Bob Adams, a FAC with the 21st RAC and a contemporary at Western / Delta Airlines.


What years?:!:1969 - 70

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:HH 45 4th Plt. / SPAF 2 2nd Plt.


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11/15/2014 14:29 Charles McConnell [email protected] Hello all. >From one veteran to another, thank you all for your service and sacrifices. I'm the grandson of CW4 Felix A. Mudd and looking for people who might have served with him and might have pictures or stories. He is alive and well and living in Texas.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:grandson

What years?:!: Call Sign? Platoon?:!:HH 6-2


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12/23/2014 14:15 robertltaylor [email protected] Merry Christmas to everybody. Looking forward to reunion next year

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:HH34 Aviator 3rd Pltn

What years?:!:6/65to6/66


Rank? Position?:!:1lt

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1/6/2015 19:48 Rhonda Symonds [email protected] My father, Felix Mudd served with the 219th. He is alive,and doing quite well,in Texas. I want to thank each and every one of the Soldiers who have or is serving. I admire you all very much.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:daughter

What years?:!: Call Sign? Platoon?:!:HH62

Rank? Position?:!:CWO 2 (I believe at the time)

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1/6/2015 20:32 Joe Kurley [email protected] Good old days! Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Pilot SPAF/3rd Plt

What years?:!:1969

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:SPAF 3 / HHAPPY 34

Rank? Position?:!:1st Lt/ CPT

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1/6/2015 20:39 Dan Suttle [email protected] Looking forward to the Reunion and Memorial dedication. Crew O1-G 007 for MAJ Deaton

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:Maint/Crew Chief on U6-A Beaver

What years?:!:Jan-Dec 1970

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:Maint Platoon Camp Holloway

Rank? Position?:!:SP-5

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1/6/2015 22:08 Edwin R. (Dick) Clubb [email protected] I'm proud to be a HEAD HUNTER even though I was there for only a short time.

Please share your affiliation to the 219th:!:CO

What years?:!:Nov 1971- Dec 1971


Rank? Position?:!:Maj./CO

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1/6/2015 22:17 Wilson Campbell [email protected] Returned to VietNam Nov 1969- June 1971 as OV-1 Mohawk pilot in the 131st SAC at Hue/PhuBai


What years?:!:Dec1967-Dec1968

Call Sign? Platoon?:!:1st Platoon


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