5th Maintenance Guestbook archive

Name :   Jim Michaud
Unit and Location :   526 CC&S
Dates served :   67-68
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e-mail address :   jrmbonnner@yahoo.com
Comments :   I forgot to mention to register at Classmates.com on the military section.
 
Name :   Jim Michaud
Unit and Location :   526 CC&S
Dates served :   67-68
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e-mail address :   jrmbonnner@yahoo.com
Comments :   register at Qui Nhon or Phu Tai at the 5th Maint or your company. The list of members is growing and we are starting plans for a reunion. Email me if you can help.
 
Name :   preston e. branum
Unit and Location :   27th transportation battalion, phu tai, south vietnam
Dates served :   1971 to 1972
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e-mail address :   sach 11173@cs.com
Comments :   i was a mechanic in the motor pool on the gun trucks and other trucks used in the conveys. i think my boss was sargent roberts. i was medivaced from there and lost all my records. i have picrures of the gun trucks, drivers, and mechanics if needed.
 
Name :   Mark Beeley
Unit and Location :   526 CC&S
Dates served :   1968-1969
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e-mail address :   mbeeley@ameritech.net
Comments :   Updated e-mail address as of 10/03/02. Great web site but worth the search. Would love to hear from fellow 526-ers. Anyone have additional photos of sapper attack? Welcome home!
 
Name :   Jim Michaud
Unit and Location :   526 CC&S Phu Tai
Dates served :   March 67-March 68
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e-mail address :   jrmbonnner@yahoo.com
Comments :   Anyone interested in organizing a reunion of 5th Maint please let me know and we will see if we can get a committee going.
 
Name :   Delbert M. Turner
Unit and Location :   526 cc&s
Dates served :   4-29-66 to 4-29-67
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e-mail address :   kb8ust@marion.net
Comments :   I have been looking for info on the 526 for some time. Thank you. sp4 Turner us 53424693
 
Name :   Richard Thompson SP5
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Name :   Richard Thompson
Unit and Location :   5th Maintenance Battalion Qui Nhon
Dates served :   1967-1969
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e-mail address :   BaLdY1579@aol.com
Comments :   Ran battery reclamation shop 1968-1969
 
Name :   Jim Jensen SP5
Unit and Location :   CC&S Company
Dates served :   DEc 7 69 to Nov 70
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e-mail address :   jensenj1@indy.rr.com
Comments :   I started out in Phu Tai in Dec 69..No sooner than I arrived than we moved to Cha Rang Valley. I worled in the "Wash rack" Worked with Tom Nizer, Cecil Dumas, and Tom Hollowell. Tracked down Tom Nizer In GA. He still has family in Virginia. Think Ce
 
Name :   Jeff Houghton
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e-mail address :   vtdeucedriver@yahoo.com
Comments :   Greg, dam good!!!!! Jeff
 
Name :   Angelo S. Enciso Sr
Unit and Location :   618th Ord.Co.
Dates served :   Apr.64 to Aug.66
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e-mail address :   ase_sr@worldnet.att.net
Comments :   I deployed with the 618th from Ft Stewart. I was a mechanic and wrecker operator. Would like to hear from anyone who was there with us. Nice Site.
 
Name :   Ronald Gaines
Unit and Location :   552 LEM Co. 5th Maint. Bn. Phu Tai Valley
Dates served :   April 1969- Oct. 1970
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e-mail address :   Guntrucks@aol.com
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Name :   Mark Beeley
Unit and Location :   526 CC&S
Dates served :   March 68 - April 69
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e-mail address :   Mbeeley@juno.com
Comments :   I was sent to the 526th as a crane operator. Since there were already 5 or 6 in camp, I volunteered to be a permanent guard. I was on Tower 2 overlooking the base of the mountain to the left of the high tower that burned during the April sapper attack (al
 
Name :   k barao
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Comments :   nice job chew
 
Name :   CS Barwick
Unit and Location :   Phu Tai
Dates served :   Feb 67-Feb 68
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e-mail address :   csbarwick@msn.com
Comments :   We were right next door to you guys. I was in 560th Lt Maint Co DS We came on USS Gen. Gordan sometime in March 67. I was driver for our Tech Supply Unit. Went with our Contact teams to various sites hauling parts and equipt. Went to LZ English Bong
 
Name :   Terry Lee Kennedy Sr.
Unit and Location :   184 Ord. Battalion
Dates served :   March 69 - 70
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e-mail address :   Kennedy 304@innernet.net
Comments :   I can find nothing on mu unit. Was glad to read information on the guys down the road.
 
Name :   Charles Howard Sgt
Unit and Location :   552nd LM
Dates served :   1969-1971
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e-mail address :   ch2005@aol.com
Comments :   Looking for Henry Sweeny& Paul Brown. Remember listen to Up Against the Wall at morning formation.
 
Name :   Curt Jones
Unit and Location :   64th tc.Phu Tai
Dates served :   66-67
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e-mail address :   Jonescnc@aol.com
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Name :   Tom Lechowicz
Unit and Location :   526th CC&S
Dates served :   67-2nd of feb68
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e-mail address :   tjulech@hotmail.com
Comments :   Also served with the 5th maintenenace Bn before being moved down to the 526th.Have already been in contact with you jim, Believe it or not i just found your home page thru the net.
 
Name :   Jeff Wetjen
Unit and Location :   526th CC&S
Dates served :   9 May 69-9 May 70
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e-mail address :   jhwetjen@sunwest.net
Comments :   I served as the Production Control Officer from May 69 - May 70. Cpt Charles Beegle was Commanding and a Maj Dale E Coy was the Operations Officer. During that time we moved the CC&S operation out to Charang Valley for the drawdown. Would loike to hear fr
 
Name :   Jim Felsecker
Unit and Location :   552/MSC Phu Tai
Dates served :   1/70 to 12/70
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e-mail address :   useral0001@aol.com
Comments :   We were winning when I left.
 
Name :   John F Arthur
Unit and Location :   560th LEM AnKhe
Dates served :   Dec 68 - Dec 69
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e-mail address :   gdickel@hotmail.com
Comments :   I'm glad to see a site for the support element. We worked our tails off, and didn't get much acknowledgment. I ran the road between AnKhe and 5th BN, hauling mostly destroyed vehicles. Sometimes I'd bring something down for higher support maintenance. Loo
 
Name :   William Bradley
Unit and Location :   560th and 552nd
Dates served :   2/69-9/70
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e-mail address :   flyingbike@aol.com
Comments :   Spent 16 months in the 560th in An Khe, then my final 2 months in the 552nd in Phu Tai. AIT as a mechanic, never lifted a wrench. Always worked in a clerical job.
 
Name :   Jim Michaud
Unit and Location :   526 C C & S
Dates served :   March 67 to March 68
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e-mail address :   jrmbonnner@yahoo.com
Comments :   I was company clerk until Jan 68 and then worked in the junkyard with paperwork for vehicles being hauled out. I also drove a 5 ton when we were hauling to the docks in Qui Nhon. I would like to hear from others of the 526th and more about the sapper atta
 
Name :   DAVID RAAB
Unit and Location :   149th Ord Co, 618th Hvy Equip, HQ 5th Maint Bn
Dates served :   Aug 7, 1966 - Nov 13, 1967
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e-mail address :   dfr@pmiworldnet.com
Comments :   Served in the 149th in Qui Nhon,and in the 618th when we moved out to the valley. In charge of the tech supply. Extende and served in Battalion Hq.
 
Name :   Edward Metzler
Unit and Location :   HQ @ Main Spt Co also 526th CC&S Co
Dates served :   2-68 thru 2-69
URL :   http://sites.netscape.net/marinerfanusa/homepage
e-mail address :   marinersfan34@haotmail.com
Comments :   First assignment was a clerk at 5th Maint Bn HQ and worked for the S5 Officer, after the sapper sttack on the 526th was transfered tto there, would like to hear from anyone that was assigned to either unit from Feb 68 thru Feb 69. Excellent site
 
Name :   Steve King
Unit and Location :   Hq & Main Spt Co
Dates served :   3/67-9/68
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e-mail address :   sdking47@aol.com
Comments :   Served initially in Tech Supply, when promoted to E-5 in 3/68 became Company Supply Sgt. Ext'd once in unit, ext'd 2nd time for MACV Adv. Team. Would enjoy hearing from anyone who served in unit at the same time & remembers me.
 
Name :   Nation-continued
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Comments :   The 618 Ord. was the original unit that eventually became the Main Spt. Co. Renamed and Headquarters attached in 67. The 618 deployed from Ft. Stewart, Ga.
 
Name :   Nation. Sidney L.
Unit and Location :   Old 618 Ord. CO.
Dates served :   April 1966 -- April 1967
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e-mail address :   FSHCMP@AOL.COM
Comments :   My unit went over from Fort Lewis as the 618 0rd. Co.( Field Maint) in 1966. I was assigned there while at Ft. Lewis and went over in 1967. Capt. Roberts was the Co. commander. We were renamed and became a part of the Fifth Maint. Bn. latter in 1966. I w
 
Name :   David Litteral
Unit and Location :   5th maint Bn
Dates served :   4-70 TO 3-71
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e-mail address :   campsam1@aol.com
Comments :   I couldnt belive I found this site, been looking for someone or something from the 5th maint or 149th maint for long time now. this was great. I worked with James Mcmasters on the red ball express most of the time, rideing shot gun. let me hear from some
 
Name :   David Litteral
Unit and Location :   5th maint Bn
Dates served :   4-70 TO 3-71
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e-mail address :   campsam1@aol.com
Comments :   I couldnt belive I found this site, been looking for someone or something from the 5th maint or 149th maint for long time now. this was great. I worked with James Mcmasters on the red ball express most of the time, rideing shot gun. let me hear from some
 
Name :   Florendo S. Saclayan Jr
Unit and Location :   526t CC&S, Phu Tai
Dates served :   Nov 67- Apr69
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e-mail address :   FSaclayan@hotmail.com
Comments :   During tet offensive, our M88's tank retriever supported Quinhon. On Apr 68, we had 7 KIA and 56 WIA after the sapper attack.
 
Name :   Kenneth Hamblin
Unit and Location :   Hq. & Main Support Co.
Dates served :   Sept. 1967 to Sept 1968
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e-mail address :   khamblin@infowest.com
Comments :   Worked on the camp maint. crew, Built the mess hall and some of the shop buildings but mostly ran a bucket loader that i inherited from Fred Mossman, operated a scrapper that Got he sand for the sand bags during tet, Cleaned up the compound at the salvage
 
Name :   Jeff Houghton
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e-mail address :   vtdeucedriver@yahoo.com
Comments :   I'm 29 yrs old and a Line Haul Historian. Great site, always looking for information on Maint. companys. Currently own a M62, 5 ton Wrecker.......a M35A2 and a M54A2C............and I do all of my own maint!!! Anyone want to help????
 
Name :   "Charlie"
Unit and Location :   80th Group Beach Club Danang
Dates served :   70-72
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e-mail address :   Danang1@hotmail.com
Comments :   Anyone who went to the 80th general support group beach club at china beach danang drop me a line and say hi my nickname was charlie i was a waitress at the club and also at the 84th engr bn
 
Name :   Robert D Atkins
Unit and Location :   HQ & HQ Co, 5th Maint. BN.
Dates served :   7-67 to 6-68
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e-mail address :   batkins@tca.net
Comments :   Lt. Atkins to you... . Smoked my first joint sitting in the middle of the CONEX's in the supply yard. Later got sent to LZ English w. the task force there. I've been looking for this site for a long time. Glad someone took the effort to put it up. Than
 
Name :   Allan Furtado
Unit and Location :   154 TC
Dates served :   6/67 - 6/68
URL :   www.geocities.com/alson_02360/newport.html
e-mail address :   alson@prodigy.net
Comments :   I worked the night shift at Newport Terminal. The 154 TC was a company of the 71st Trans BN.I worked directly with the 71st Trans BN maintaning and repairing equipment used to off load the ships. Nice site Greg. Thanks
 
Name :   Mike Check
Unit and Location :   156th +160 HEM NAM
Dates served :   1967-1968
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e-mail address :   macheck@superior.net
Comments :   Great site What we did We had to do Never forget your buddies Always remember you did it right!!
 
Name :   Dave Harmon
Unit and Location :   P.D.O. PHU-TAI
Dates served :   12-70 / 3-7-71
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e-mail address :   EZDAVEE@AOL.COM
Comments :   I WAS AT VUNG RO BAY FOR 15 MONTHS TURNED IT OVER TO ARVN`S & SENT TO THE JUNK YARD (PDO)
 
Name :   Linda
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URL :   http://www.geocities.com/mrsnbt/memorial/index.html
e-mail address :   kayjay97@swbell.net
Comments :   There are not enough words or actions that we Americans can say or do to express our gratitude to you for defending this wonderful country of ours. Without men and women such as yourselves we would not be the Home of the Brave and the Land of the Free and
 
Name :   john shirey
Unit and Location :   526 cc&s
Dates served :   1967 1968
URL :   jcshirey@alltel.net
e-mail address :   jcshirey@alltel.net
Comments :   i drove awrecker over there and pulled equipment to quinhon to the pier
 
Name :   Billy W Thornal
Unit and Location :   5th LEM co, long binh
Dates served :   10-68 to 11-69
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e-mail address :   bthornal@mediaone.net
Comments :   Shop officer for the unit
 
Name :   Florendo Ss. Saclayan Jr
Unit and Location :   526th CC&S
Dates served :   Nov67-Apr69
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e-mail address :   FSaclayan@hotmail.com
Comments :   Nice to see those familiar places. There should be more of each company from the 5th Maint BN.
 
Name :   John T. Brown III
Unit and Location :   5th Main Support Co
Dates served :   11/16/67 - 11/15/68
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e-mail address :   jtbthree@juno.com
Comments :   Shop Officer for 6 months CO for six months. Would like to hear from anybody else who served in the company
 
Name :   Jay Suter
Unit and Location :   597th TC
Dates served :   71-72
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e-mail address :   Cuffmall@mediaone.net
Comments :   8th Gp 27th Trans Bn 597th TC Crew member of Cold Sweat, King Cobra, The BOSS. Times to remember and times to look back on.