Gender

Male

Birth date

1928-10-13

Place of birth

Honolulu HI, U.S.A.

Inducted

1968-5-1, Schofield Barracks HI

Enlistment type

Volunteer

Service branch

Army

Service type

War,peacetime

Unit type

Combat,sup

Units served

80th General Support Group, Southern I Corp. , 1st Logistic Command, U.S. Army Vietnam
29th Infantry Brigade, U.S. Army, Hawaii

Military specialty

2625, Materiel Management Officer
92B00 (2624), Battalion Executive Officer
4800, Brigade Maintenance Officer
1542, Infantry Platoon Leader
4800 Company Commander

Retired, Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army

Stationed

USA: CONUS Training sites: Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD; Fort Benning, GA; Fort Lee, VA; Fort Knox, KY; Fort Leavenworth, KN; Schofield Barracks, HI
Other Countries: Republic of Vietnam

Separated

Schofield Barracks HI

Unit responsibility

Combat service support.

Personal responsibility

Materiel Management Officer
Batallion Executive Officer
Installation Command S4.

Major battles (if served in a war zone)

Vietnam

Awards, medals, citations (individual or unit)

Bronze Star Medal
Armed Forces Reserve Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Vietnam Service Medal

Living conditions

In Southeast Asian 'hutches' within a logistically built-up area.
Consumed 'hot' meals except on field missions.

Most vivid memory of military experience

Flying in an 'otter', a radial engine propeller plane, over hostile territory to execute our support mission. The multiple landings and take-offs were more hazardous than the enemy small-arms fire directed at us.

Missed most whilst in the military

Daily family interactions.

Most important thing, personally, to come from military experience?

Trust in the Lord!
Duty, honor, country.

Additional information

I returned home from 'in-country' without a scratch and the fiasco of Vietnam. However, leaving four young sons back home with my wife to 'fight' in an undeclared war was regretful. Subsequent to my return home, she became a real casualty of this encounter.