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Mike Law. Headquarters and Headquarters Troop
40th TC Detachment
Headquarters Troop
A Troop
568th TC Detachment
B Troop
569th TC Detachment
C Troop (Original)
C Troop (Replacement)
412th TC Detachment
D Troop
H Troop (Air) 10th Cavalry
H Troop (Air) 17th Cavalry Status
Deceased - Died since Vietnam
KIA - Killed in Action, Vietnam
Not Rated - Non-rated serving in pilot position
Pilot - Rated serving in non-rated position
POW - Prisoner of War serving in position. Headquarters and Headquarters Troop Back To Top Rank | Name | From | To | Status | Squadron Commander |
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LTC | Johnson, Lawrence H. Jr. | 12FEB67 | 31MAR68 | Deceased | LTC | Cameron, Stephen F. | 31MAR68 | 15SEP68 | | LTC | Reuter, Robert M. | 15SEP68 | 15MAR69 | | LTC | Bean, Calvin R. | 15MAR69 | 16SEP69 | | LTC | Murry, George S. | 16SEP69 | 3MAR70 | | LTC | DeFrance, Rudolph B. | 3MAR70 | 7SEP70 | | LTC | Smart, Ernest A. | 7SEP70 | SEP71 | | LTC | Anderson, Jack W. Jr. | AUG71 | FEB72 | | Deputy Commander |
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LTC | Marett, James D. | 26APR68 | 7OCT68 | | Executive Officer |
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MAJ | Haxton, Owen | 67 | 12DEC67 | | MAJ | Iller, Alfred J. | 12DEC67 | 16AUG68 | | MAJ | Lyman, Scott T. | 20SEP68 | 5MAR69 | | MAJ | McCrackin, James A. | 5MAR69 | 1SEP69 | | MAJ | Rackley, Robert L. | 1SEP69 | 24FEB70 | | MAJ | Maxson, Ronald G. | 24FEB70 | 9JUL70 | | MAJ | Wolfe, Walter W. | 9JUL70 | 70 | | MAJ | Griffin, Warren E. | 71 | 71 | | LTC | Winters, Don | MAR71 | JUL71 | | MAJ | Harvey, Thomas H. Jr. | 71 | The End | | Squadron S-1 |
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MAJ | Hill, Ray J. | 67 | 10MAR68 | | CPT | Kenyon, Lawrence R | 10MAR68 | 3SEP68 | | MAJ | Wilder, Willaim B. | 3SEP68 | 15JAN69 | | MAJ | Winslow, Roger D. Jr. | 15JAN69 | 69 | | 1LT | Auth, Thomas P. | 69 | 10JUN69 | | CPT | Falconio, Vincent J. | 10JUN69 | 12DEC69 | | CPT | Huckriede, David E. | 12DEC69 | 3MAR70 | | CPT | Lininger, Kenneth G. | 3MAR70 | 5AUG70 | | CPT | Kacerguis, Peter A. | 5AUG70 | APR71 | | CPT | Davis, John | APR71 | 71 | | CPT | Smith, B. | 71 | | | | | | | The End | | Squadron S-2 |
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MAJ | Cook, Robert O. | Deploy | 20FEB68 | | MAJ | Brown, Charles L. Jr. | 20FEB68 | 14APR68 | | | | Vacant | 14APR68 | 8JUN68 | | MAJ | Hefford, Robert A. | 8JUN68 | AUG68 | | CPT | Hodge, Michael W. | 16OCT68 | 6APR69 | | CPT | Overturf, Wayne E. | 6APR69 | 15JUL69 | | 1LT | Campbell, Charles L. | 15JUL69 | 16AUG69 | | CPT | Wall, Henry G. | 16AUG69 | 14DEC69 | | CPT | Pennington, Paul T. | 14DEC69 | 15FEB70 | | CPT | Wall, Henry G. | 15FEB70 | 27MAR70 | | CPT | Dunham, Dale L. | 27MAR70 | 19SEP70 | | 1LT | Zeek, Jerry A. | 19SEP70 | 70 | | CPT | Faucett, Fred | 70 | 71 | | CPT | DeLacy, | 71 | The End | | Squadron S-3 |
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MAJ | Marden, Richard H. | 66 | 27SEP68 | | MAJ | Marshall, Richard H. | 27SEP68 | 25FEB69 | | MAJ | Martin, Thomas L. | 25FEB69 | 13JUL69 | | CPT | McCleary, Robert D. | 13JUL69 | 3NOV69 | | MAJ | Haselgrove, Leighton O. | 3NOV69 | 2APR70 | | MAJ | Bowling, Billy J. | 2APR70 | 31AUG70 | | CPT | Duckworth, Walter L. | 31AUG70 | 71 | | MAJ | Hennies, Clyde A. | 71 | 71 | | CPT | Bodelson | 71 | The End | | Squadron Assistant S-3 |
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CPT | Bresnik, Randy | DEC66 | 67 | | MAJ | Hefford, Robert A. | 67 | 22NOV67 | | CPT | Gross, Joseph C. III | 22NOV67 | 11SEP68 | | CPT | Causey, Jerry L. | 11SEP68 | 1OCT68 | | CPT | Law, Michael G. | 1OCT68 | 28FEB69 | | CPT | Boyd, Douglas | 28FEB69 | 69 | | CPT | Galyean, Thomas E. | 23JAN71 | 25JUL71 | | Squadron S-4 |
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MAJ | Thiring, Florian A. | 67 | 7SEP68 | | MAJ | Smith, John E. | 68 | 7OCT68 | | CPT | Roberts, Paul M. | 7OCT68 | 69 | Non rated | CPT | Yerger, Jimmie A. | 69 | 9FEB70 | | CPT | Emory, Sherwood L. Jr. | 9FEB70 | 70 | | CPT | Smith, L | 71 | The End | | Squadron S-5 |
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CW2 | Enochs, Alan M. | 69 | 24DEC69 | | WO | Majors, Roy H. | 24DEC69 | 24MAY70 | | WO | Lyublanovits, Ernest P. | 24MAY70 | 70 | | Squadron Maintenance Officer |
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MAJ | Thiring, Florian A. | 67 | 7SEP68 | | Squadron Safety Officer |
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CPT | Kenyon, Lawrence R. | 67 | MAY68 | | MAJ | Inglett, Robert A. | MAY68 | 68 | | CPT | Murphy, Charles Bart | OCT68 | FEB69 | | CPT | Ramsey, Randell | 69 | 15DEC69 | | CPT | Roberts, James F. | 15DEC69 | 2MAY70 | | CPT | Fisher, Michael F. | 2MAY70 | 70 | | CW2 | Olson, Richard | 71 | 71 | | CW2 | Glenn, James A | 71 | 72 | | | | | 72 | The End | | 40th TC DET Commander Back To Top |
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CPT | Laehu, Joseph | 7SEP68 | 10NOV68 | | CPT | Bidigare, Ted | 10NOV68 | 17NOV68 | | MAJ | Meegan, Frank | 17NOV68 | 69 | | CPT | White, Walter W. | 69 | 9MAY69 | | CPT | White, Steven L. | 9MAY69 | 69 | |
Headquarters Troop Back To Top Rank | Name | From | To | Status |
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Troop Commander |
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CPT | Doty, Richard V. | FEB67 | 17APR67 | | MAJ | Brown, Charles L. Jr. | 17APR67 | 18FEB68 | | MAJ | Wilder, William B. | 18FEB68 | 3SEP68 | | MAJ | Conklin, Willard D. | 3SEP68 | 25FEB69 | | MAJ | Glover, William T. | 25FEB69 | 25JUN69 | | MAJ | | 25JUN69 | | | CPT | Wilkin, William J. | 25JUL69 | 9AUG69 | | CPT | Begley, Samuel E. | 9AUG69 | 14NOV69 | | CPT | Hennies, Clyde A. | 14NOV69 | 30APR70 | | CPT | Helmke, Lester C. | 30APR70 | 70 | | CPT | Roberts, Jim | 70 | 70 | | CPT | Helmke, Lester C. | 70 | 26SEP70 | | CPT | Burgess, Ronald W. | 26SEP70 | 71 | | CPT | Cole, Christopher | 71 | The End | | Executive Officer |
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1LT | McDugald, John C. | 71 | The End | | | | | | | | Aviation Platoon Commander |
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CPT | Halcomb, Dallas W | 68 | 2JUN68 | | CPT | Basta, James M. | 2JUN68 | 27SEP68 | | CW2 | Davis, David P. | 27SEP68 | 69 | | CPT | Darr, James R. | 10AUG69 | 70 | | CPT | Wilder | 71 | The End | | | | | | | |
A Troop Back To Top Rank | Name | From | To | Status |
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Troop Commander |
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MAJ | Carver, Dudley J. | 4FEB67 | 22JAN68 | | MAJ | Inglett, Robert A. | 22JAN68 | 4MAY68 | | MAJ | Doty, Richard V. | 4MAY68 | 31AUG68 | | MAJ | Glover, William T. | 31AUG68 | 25FEB69 | | MAJ | Marshall, Richard H. | 25FEB69 | 25AUG69 | | MAJ | Maxson, Ronald G. | 25AUG69 | 24FEB70 | | MAJ | Rackley, Robert L. | 24FEB70 | 18AUG70 | | MAJ | Trussel, James B. | 18AUG70 | FEB71 | | MAJ | Fuller, George D. | FEB71 | 27AUG71 | | MAJ | Turecek, Jack L. | 27AUG71 | The End | | Executive Officer |
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MAJ | Wood, Douglas J. | 4FEB67 | 13JAN68 | | MAJ | Inglett, Robert A. | 13JAN68 | 22JAN68 | | MAJ | Dantzler, William D. Jr. | 22JAN68 | 24APR68 | | CPT | Saunders, Phillip A. | 24APR68 | 26MAY68 | | CPT | McDevitt, Coleman J. | 26MAY68 | 8SEP68 | | CPT | Jordan, Homer R. | 8SEP68 | 15NOV68 | | MAJ | Winslow, Roger D. Jr. | 15NOV68 | 1JAN69 | | CPT | Rosenberger, Friedrich | 1JAN69 | 1JUL69 | | CPT | Pennington, Paul T. | 1JUL69 | 21OCT69 | | CPT | Helmke, Lester C | 21OCT69 | 26APR70 | | CPT | Hennies, Clyde A. | 26APR70 | 15JUN70 | | CPT | Paduano, Ralph | 15JUN70 | 10SEP70 | | CPT | Flenniken, Douglas | 10SEP70 | 71 | | CPT | Hickman, James L | 20APR71 | 10SEP71 | | CPT | Miller, Billy J. | 10SEP71 | The End | | Operations Officer |
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MAJ | Inglett, Robert A. | 67 | 13JAN68 | | CPT | Saunders, Phil A. | 13JAN68 | 24APR68 | | CPT | Downs, Gary | 27SEP70 | NOV70 | | CPT | Clausen, Dennis J. | NOV70 | 1APR71 | | CPT | Dress, Harold J. | 1APR71 | 20JUL71 | | CPT | Hite, Alfred J. | 20JUL71 | 10OCT71 | | CPT | Harmer, Ronald T. | 10OCT71 | 72 | | Aero-Scout Platoon Commander |
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CPT | Young, Robert S. | 4FEB67 | 28FEB68 | | CPT | Rayl, Charles R. | 28FEB68 | 9JUN68 | | CPT | Lee, Clarence E. | 9JUN68 | 1OCT68 | | CPT | Autry, Robert D. | 1OCT68 | 9JAN69 | | CPT | Pilote, John W. | 9JAN69 | 17NOV69 | | CPT | Robinson, Gus B. | 17NOV69 | 12APR70 | KIA | CPT | Baer, Doughton C. | 12APR70 | 12SEP70 | | CPT | Deans, Keith | 12SEP70 | 14OCT70 | | CPT | Taylor, Charles | 14OCT70 | 71 | | CPT | Belanger, Charles (Chuck) | MAR71 | JUL71 | | CPT | Hite, Alfred J. | JUL71 | 20JUL71 | | CPT | Anthony, Jeffrey D. | 20JUL71 | 20JAN72 | | CPT | Weyerman, David J. | 20JAN72 | The End | | Aero-Weapons Platoon Commander |
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CPT | Saunders, Phillip A. | 4FEB67 | 31JAN68 | | CPT | Basta, James M. | 31JAN68 | 26MAY68 | | CPT | Jackson, James A. | 26MAY68 | 15AUG68 | | CPT | Rosenberger, Friedrich | 15AUG68 | 8SEP68 | | CPT | Black, Roger F. | 8SEP68 | 1JAN69 | | CPT | King, Carl L. | 1JAN69 | 16OCT69 | | CPT | Snyder, George E. | 16OCT69 | 25NOV69 | | CPT | Blake, Peter J. III | 25NOV69 | 15MAY70 | | CPT | Downs, Gary T. | 15MAY70 | 27SEP70 | | CPT | Dress, Harold J. | 27SEP70 | 1APR71 | | CPT | Anthony, Jeffrey D. | 1APR71 | 1JUN71 | | CPT | Clausen, Dennis J. | 1JUN71 | 20JUL71 | | CPT | Miller, Billy J. | 20JUL71 | 10SEP71 | | CPT | Hickman, James L. | 10SEP71 | 15JAN72 | | CPT | Osburn, Eddie W. | 15JAN72 | The End | | Aero-Rifle Platoon Commander |
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CPT | McDevitt, Coleman J. | 4FEB67 | 13AUG68 | | CPT | Huston, David | 13AUG68 | 2OCT68 | | 1LT | Murdock, John T. | 2OCT68 | 29NOV68 | | CPT | Post, William A. | 29NOV68 | 18DEC68 | | 1LT | Weston, Michael L. | 18DEC68 | 1JAN69 | | CPT | ?, Billy Joe | APR69 | JUN69 | | CPT | Pennington, Paul T. | JUN69 | AUG69 | | CPT | Ollhoff, Thomas A. | AUG69 | 10DEC69 | | 1LT | Sims, David | 10DEC69 | 30MAY70 | | CPT | Burges, Ron | 30MAY70 | 10AUG70 | | CPT | Galyean, Thomas E. | 10AUG70 | 23JAN71 | | CPT | Pedersen, John | 23JAN71 | MAR71 | | CPT | Post, William | MAR71 | 71 | | Blue Platoon Leader |
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1LT | | | | | 568th TC Detachment Commander Back To Top |
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CPT | Bidigare, Ted L. | 27JUN68 | 16NOV68 | | CPT | Laehu, Joseph | 16NOV68 | 25FEB69 | | CPT | Black, Roger F. | 25FEB69 | 1APR69 | | CPT | Randolph, Christopher | 1APR69 | 16DEC69 | | CPT | Broumley, Clyde | 16DEC69 | | | Service Platoon Commander |
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CPT | Parker, Robert G. | 70 | 26MAY71 | | CPT | Anthony, Jeffery D. | 26MAY71 | 20JUL71 | | CPT | Bourdo, Henry N. | 20JUL71 | 26NOV71 | | CPT | Belor, Harry V. | 26NOV71 | 9DEC71 | | CPT | Meadows, James L. | 9DEC71 | 72 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
B Troop Back To Top Rank | Name | From | To | Status |
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Troop Commander |
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MAJ | Iller, Alfred J. | 4FEB67 | 23DEC67 | | MAJ | Hefford, Robert A. | 23DEC67 | 8JUN68 | | MAJ | Longhofer, James E. | 8JUN68 | 2SEP68 | | MAJ | McCracken, James A. | 2SEP68 | 4MAR69 | | MAJ | Lyman, Scott T. | 4MAR69 | 5SEP69 | | MAJ | Bowling, Billy J. | 5SEP69 | 2APR70 | | MAJ | Haselgrove, Leighton O. | 2APR70 | 30SEP70 | | MAJ | Carr, Glen P. | 30SEP70 | 31MAY71 | | MAJ | Cassity, Robert C. | 31MAY71 | MAR72 | | Executive Officer |
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CPT | Moen, Arthur D. | 28FEB67 | 9JAN68 | | MAJ | Doty, Richard V. | 9JAN68 | 5MAR68 | | MAJ | Longhofer, James E. | 5MAR68 | 8JUN68 | | CPT | Vaughn, Denny R. | 8JUN68 | 15OCT68 | Not Rated | 1LT | Roney, Michael E. | 15OCT68 | | | CPT | Schissell, Robert S. | AUG69 | OCT69 | | CPT | Bath, Ronald R. | AUG70 | | | CPT | Hartley, Charles | MAY71 | NOV71 | | CPT | Slaughter, Sam | NOV71 | 72 | | Operations Officer |
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CPT | Doty, Richard V. | 17APR67 | 9JAN68 | | CPT | Longhofer, James E. | 9JAN68 | 5MAR68 | | CPT | Peterson, Martin K. | 5MAR68 | 31JUL68 | | CPT | Newhouse, Howard M. | 31JUL68 | | | CPT | Law, Michael G. | MAR69 | 69 | | CPT | Curran, Guy K. | MAR70 | JUL70 | | CPT | Lewis, Thomas E. | JUL70 | AUG70 | | CPT | Duckworth, Walter L. | AUG70 | 70 | | CPT | Cleveland | | APR71 | | CPT | Haley | APR71 | AUG71 | | CPT | Hess, Robert W. | AUG71 | DEC71 | | CPT | Trees, Michael | DEC71 | 72 | | CPT | Keating, David | 72 | 72 | | Aero-Scout Platoon Commander |
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CPT | Longhofer, James E. | 15MAR67 | 9DEC68 | | CPT | Hayman, Archie A. | 9DEC68 | 2APR68 | KIA | CPT | Peterson, Martin K. | 2APR68 | 5MAR68 | | 1LT | Simpson, Clifford | 5MAR68 | 1JUN68 | | CPT | Gibbins, Kenneth A. | 1JUN68 | 15JUN68 | | 1LT | Rother, Glen G. | 15JUN68 | 21JUN68 | | CPT | Munoz, Ruben J. | 21JUN68 | 4JUL68 | | 1LT | King, Carl L. | 4JUL68 | 15SEP68 | | 1LT | Roney, Michael E. | 15SEP68 | 15NOV68 | | CPT | Durben, Johnny B. | 15NOV68 | 69 | | CPT | Schissell, Robert S. | OCT69 | MAR70 | | CPT | Moody, Steve J. | 71 | AUG71 | | CPT | Trees, Michael | AUG71 | DEC71 | | 1LT | Sullivan, | DEC71 | DEC71 | | CPT | Norton | DEC71 | DEC71 | | CPT | Finch, Melvin W. | DEC71 | 72 | KIA | CPT | Matthews, Johnny | JAN72 | FEB72 | | CPT | Stein, Jim | FEB72 | JUN72 | | Aero-Weapons Platoon Commander |
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MAJ | Earwood, Harold J. | 15MAR67 | 14MAR68 | | CPT | Bell, Richard A. | 14MAR68 | 9SEP68 | | CPT | Ipock, William T. | 9SEP68 | 4DEC68 | | CPT | Quigley, Claude V. | 4DEC68 | 69 | | CPT | Law, Michael G. | 69 | JUL69 | | CPT | Rogers, Clarence E. | JUL69 | 69 | | CPT | Chirichigno, Luis G. | 69 | 2NOV69 | POW | CPT | Rogers, Clarence E. | 2NOV69 | 70 | | CPT | Bath, Ronald R. | 70 | AUG70 | | CPT | Welch, Willie | MAY71 | AUG71 | | Aero-Rifle Platoon Commander |
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CPT | Dantzler, William D. Jr. | 17MAR67 | 6JAN68 | | CPT | Vaughn, Denny R. | 6JAN68 | 8JUN68 | Not Rated | CW2 | Skiles, Donald B. | 8JUN68 | 26SEP68 | | 1LT | Hamberlien, John R. | 26SEP68 | | | CPT | Murphy, Charles Bart | FEB69 | JUL69 | | CPT | Philley, Ken | 69 | 69 | | CPT | Riggins, Joel | FEB71 | JUN71 | | CPT | Hess, Robert W. | JUN71 | AUG71 | | CPT | Massaglio, Vic | AUG71 | 72 | | Blue Platoon Leader |
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CPT | Oxford, Barry T. | 17MAR67 | 6JAN68 | Not Rated | 1LT | | 68 | | | Service Platoon Leader |
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CPT | Peterson, Richard N. | APR67 | 68 | | 569th TC Detachment Commander Back To Top |
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CPT | Anderson, Terry | 68 | 4DEC68 | | CPT | Ipock, William T. | 4DEC68 | 25APR69 | | CPT | Bidigare, Ted L. | 25APR69 | 69 | WIA Evaced | CPT | Schissell, Robert S. | APR69 | AUG69 | | CPT | White, Walter W. | AUG69 | 69 | | CPT | Sperlock | 71 | AUG71 | | CPT | Heilman, Richard | AUG71 | MAY72 | | | | | | | |
C Troop (Original) Back To Top Rank | Name | From | To | Status |
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Troop Commander |
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CPT | Laidlaw, William F. | 4FEB67 | 13MAR67 | | MAJ | Marett, James D. | 13MAR67 | APR68 | | MAJ | Earwood, Harold Jack | APR68 | | F/8th Cav | Executive Officer |
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MAJ | Williams, Billy G. | 3MAY67 | MAR68 | | MAJ | Earwood, Harold Jack | MAR68 | APR68 | | CPT | Peterson, Richard | APR68 | | F/8th Cav | Operations Officer |
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CPT | Gross, Joseph C. III | 13MAR67 | 22NOV67 | | CPT | Holcomb, Cornelius C. | 22NO |
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