709th Maint Bn
&
99th CSB
TAPS
Our fallen Brothers - KIA
HQ.& A Co. 709th Maintenance
Merlin Bergan - Junction City, Kansas - Gia Dinh - 8/12/68
Charles Buchanan - Wise, Va. - Dinh Tuong - 5/19/69
Richard Carbone - Huntington Station, New York - Dinh Tuong - 5/19/69
Carl Pichauffe - Houma, Louisiana - Dinh Tuong - 8/14/69
B Co. 709th Maintenance
James Keith Knutson - Martinez CA. - Bien Hoa 8/15/68
C Co. 709th Maintenance
Thaddeus Durrett - New York, New York - Long An - 8/12/68
E Co. 709th Maintenance
Danny Guthrie - Monroe, Georgia - Dinh Tuong - 4/6/68
Durwood Lombard - Lincoln, Maine - Kien Hoa - 3/10/68
HQ Co. 99th Combat Support Bn.
Jesse Canfield - Battle Creek, Michigan - Long An - 1/16/70
B Co. 99th Combat Support Bn.
Dean Hall - Caro, Michigan - Gia Dinh - 12/28/69
Fallen Brothers after the war
Sgt Robert A Bye - Co B 99th CSB - New Hampshire
1st Sgt Messmer - Co E 709th Maint Bn. - Arizona
Chief Warrant Officer ll Frederick Kister - Co E 709th Maint Bn. - Dong Tam - Illinois - passed away 5/26/00 - due to complication of Agent Orange
SP/5 Gary T. Snyder (GT) - Hq & A Co. 709th Maint Bn. - from PA. - 1983 was accidentally shot in the back by his buddy deer hunting
PT Marvin Wise - Co B 709th Maint Bn. - Bear Cat - Died in 1972 of Liver Failure
Lt Col Sterling T. Post - BN Commander 709th Maint Bn in Vietnam - He Took the guys over and Served the first year there Born June 2, 1923 / Died July 26, 2000 - From Northumberland, PA
Major Newton C. Cox - Hq & A Co & Co B 709th - Bear Cat -
SPC. Charles H. Bullock - Co. E 709th Maint. Bn. - Bear Cat & Dong Tam Passed on December 13, 2005 of a heart attack at his home in Rayville, LA.
Arnold Arsenault - E Co. 709th Maint Bn. - Dong Tam - Passed on Dec. 2005 in Anaheim CA
1st Sgt. Thomas F Nienaber - Hq & A Co 709th Maint. Bn - Bear Cat Passed on Feb. 2, 2003 Bethesda Maryland
WO Walter F Kliza - D 709th Maint. Bn - Ben Luc - Pass 1986 heart Attach
Windell Abney - Co B 99th - Passed 2005 - Richmond, IN
CWO Warren C Burk - Co E 709th 1968 -
Norb Dudeck - Hq & A Co 709th - 67/68 - Bear Cat - passed 4/13/07 - Heart Attack - Lattimer, PA
Victor E Edwards - Co B 709th - 69 - Dong Tam - Passed 2002 - Heart Attack
CW2 Joseph Lossaso - Hq & A Co 709th - 66/67 - Bear Cat & Dong Tam - Passed 2/2/2003
Jim Switch - Co D 709th - 68/69 - Ben Luc - Passed 6/30/2002
Kenneth Rusk - Co B 99th - 69/70 - Tan An Air Field -
Sgt Melton D Cook - Co E 709th - 68/69 - Dong Tam - Passed 8/19/2007
Don J Jenkins MOH - HQ Co 99th - 69/70 - Tan An Air Field -
Joe Nelson - Co B 709th - 67 - Bear cat - passed - 1997 Heart Attack
Roy Hydrochck - Co B 709th - 67 - Bear cat- Passed 1996
James Tennant - Co B 709th - 67 - Bear cat - Passed 1999 - Liver Cancer
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