3rd Brigade 82nd Airborne Division (Vietnam)


March 30, 2003

March 2003 Archived Messages

Filed under: All Messages, Looking For — Ron Yorkovich @ 12:19 am

Name: Heather Jennings
Email: makefunnyfaces@hotmail.com
Comments: I’m looking for anyone who knew my dad’s cousin..RONALD (RONNY) HERREN. CO. B 20 BN 505 INF. 82nd Airborne Div. (3rd Bde.) U.S Army. If you knew him, it would mean a lot to me to hear from you. I would really like to know more about him. Thank you. — General / Personal — Last name: HERREN First name: RONALD WAYNE Home of Record (official): MARIETTA State (official): GA Date of Birth: Thursday, October 10, 1946 Sex: Male Race: Caucasian Marital Status: Single — Military — Branch: Army Rank: CPL Serial Number: 53452896 Component: Selective Service Posthumous promotion as indicated Pay grade: E3 MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 11B2P Major Organization: 82d Abn Div (3rd Bde) — Action — Start of Tour: Wednesday, February 14, 1968 Date of Casualty: Monday, May 27, 1968 Age at time of loss: 21 Casualty type: (A1) Hostile, died Reason: Multiple fragmentation wounds (Ground casualty) Country: South VietNam Province: Thua
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March 28, 2003 23:02:24 (GMT Time)

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Name: David Studebaker
Email: s2dbakr@hotmail.com
Comments: Looking for Mark Morrison who later came over with the 173rd. Or Mark Ogle. I was with the 82nd. from start to finish. Feb.14,68-Nov.11-69. Have been in Montana for the past 22 years. I did talk to Andy Ujvary, Lives in Casper Wyoming. And Tom Kelley a H.S. classmate who now lives in Willits Ca.
RVN Unit: 58th. Signal, 82nd. Airborne
RVN Dates: Feb 68 to Nov 69
Location Now: Spokane, Washington
March 24, 2003 06:22:58 (GMT Time)

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Name: STEPHEN M. HINDS
Email: HINDSTER@MSN.COM
Comments:
THE MESSAGE LEFT BY TONY MIRANDA IS TOTAL BULL SHIT. HE WAS THE WORST PLATOON SGT WE EVER HAD, WE HAD ROBERT REAGAN START A FIGHT WITH HIM SO WE COULD GET HIM KICKED OUT OF OUR PLATOON. AS FOR TOMMY DRAUGHN DIEING IN HIS ARMS—LIEING SOB, I WAS RIGHT BESIDE HIM WHEN HE DIED, MIRANDA WAS NO WHERE AROUND. WE DON’T NEED OR WANT THIS LIEING *** HOLE TO DISRESPECT THE MEMORIES OF OUR BROTHERS NOW OR EVER!!!!!!!!!!!
RVN Unit: CO-B 2/505
RVN Dates: MAY 68-69
Location Now: KING CITY, CA.
March 15, 2003 05:29:39 (GMT Time)
 
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Name: Harold Fisher
Email: hfisher@fortpecktribes.org
Comments: I wish to contact any members of my company B………serverd June 1968-69…..still alive and trying to kick it…….Thank You
Location Now: Poplar, Montana…..The Rez
March 8, 2003 20:03:46 (GMT Time)

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Name: PLT.SGT ANTONIO (TONY) MIRANDA
Email: ttony408@aol.com
Comments: I WAS THE RECON PLATOON SGT FOR THE 2ND\05 FOR A FULL YEAR, NEEDLESS TO SAY A YEAR IN COMBAT IN A LONG TIME, SPECIALLY WHEN YOUR LOVE ONES ARE GETTING TAKEN DOWN. WHILE I PARTICIPATED IN COMBAT ACTIVITIES IN HUEY AND CUCHI AREA AND WENT ON ENDLESS AMBUSHES, SEARCH AND DESTROY MISSIONS ETC. I MUST HAVE BEEN IN A TRANCE, FOR I DONT RECALL HALF OF THE THINGS I WAS PART OF. I KNOW SP\4DRAUGHN FROM BATON ROUGUE LA. WAS KILLED IN MY ARMS BY A SNIPPER, THAT PFC CARTER LIFTED ME TO THE HELICPTER THAT WAS SUPPOSE TO EXTRACT US FROM THE HANDS OF THE N V A, BUT THE REST IS A BLURRRR. PLEASE HELP ME, IF YOU CAN TO RECALL SOME OF THE THINGS WE DID TOGUETHER.
RVN Unit: RECON PLATOON 2ND OF THE 05
RVN Dates: SEPTEMBER 68—SEPTEMBER 69
March 8, 2003 16:32:05 (GMT Time)