Khe Sanh Veterans Association Inc.
Red Clay
Newsletter of the Veterans who served at Khe Sanh
Combat Base,
Hill 950, Hill 881, Hill 861, Hill 861-A, Hill 558
Lang-Vei and Surrounding Area
Issue 46 Spring Summer 2000
In Memoriam
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In This Issue
Notes From The Editor and Board
Health Matters Reunion
Short Rounds
Memoirs Poetry
Poems
Those Remembered and
Remembered by:
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LT. Col. Jack Hennely
CO 1/3
Col. William Dabney CO India 3/26
All my brothers and sisters who died and
suffered at Khe Sanh
Thomas J. Corcoran III
"Red" Johnson
KIA Con Thien 7/25/67
Dave Martin
Bill Wood
USSF FOB-3.
Jim Morrison
Joseph N. Pacheco
KIA 04/13/66
Charles Luhan, .Jr.
Bill Flahive
Lt USMC 12/69
Capt. Rich D'Ambrosio
All Marine Corps. Veterans of Khe Sanh
Thomas B. Eusanio
Cpl, Reuben C, MacMakins
Lima 3/26
KIA 4/14/68 881N
Thomas Pierce
Lloyd Kinsworthy
India 3/26
KIA 04/27/68
Stan Kerwin
All who help the Khe Sanh Vets
Stuart G. Howe
Walter Sobel
Mike 3/26
KIA on 881S
David M. Anderson
Mark David Ward
Dean Shahkiln
Juan N. Sedillo
Joseph A. Donnelly
Gunnery Sgt. Rimmel
K1A 861 01/21/68
Norman J. Jasper Jr. CO Kilo 326
Our comrades
G.E. Rosental
Jesse Bennett
Richard R, Blair
Charlie Company 1/26 - 3rd Platoon
George S, Hecknauer
Kenneth W, Orton
KIA Khe Sanh 4/26/67
Russell Schaeberle
All my Friends
Billy D, Martim
Lt, Brindley
Robert "Skip" Unangst
Lance Corporal Samuel A, Sharp
Nellie I, Sharp
All those who served
Jim Fredrick
Men of Echo 2/9 and Bravo 1/9
KIA 3/16/67
Robert J. Slattery
All who served at Khe Sanh
John W Wright
L/CPL. Adian Brittle
India Co. 3/26
Tom Hunke
Richard and Mike Blanchfield KIA
Richard Blanchfield B/1/26/'Doc"
Wilbert Stovall
Bob Holscher
Lt. Walt Jones
F-8 Pilot and pinochle player
Col. Jim Lesley HQ 26 'Marines Comm-O
Capt. Mike Piper
Charles O. Broughton
Sgt. Maj. James Gaynor
Charles H. Fetter
Howie Markum
William H. Latour
Gary Lindsay
USMC India 26th Marines
Joe Bristol
All Marines F 2/3 66-67
Joseph A. O'Connor Jr.
3/26 Marines "I" Company
Richard Gallegos
Michael J. ScanIon
Ski Doroski
Robert Nelson Morden
Eddie Marshall
Robert Baker
Special Forces
R L Cavanaugh
George Lanoi
"A' Co., 3rd Recon
William Leeds, New York
India 3/26
Robert D. Tipton
Sgt. David Gonzales
Thomas S. Strain
Harry "Butch' Corsetti
Joe Deer
E 2/26
861-A
Robert W. McGillin
My Brothers in Arms
Glenn Chandler
All Fallen Comrades
Robert E. Hood
Billy Livingston
Lisa Taylor
Melvin Clayborn
Norman L. Bagant
Lt. Larry Bolger
Paul G. Lojkovic
Sgt. David A. Russell
1/26 Marines
KIA 3/9/68
Ron Mudd
1st Lt. John Harvey Carsons
CO Echo 2/9
KIA 6/5/68 Khe Sanh
Lt. Co/. John Carson USAF (Ret.) (father)
Lt. Co/. Gene Carson USA (Ret.) (Uncle)
Donald Ray Rash
Bravo 1/26
KIA 3/30/68
Wayne Morrison
L/Cpl. Douglas W. Barnitz
Cpl. William Buck Jr.
Pfc. Robert L. Percy
Pfc. Harold A. Skaggs
Cpl. William M. Wellman Jr.
Lt. Michael M. O'Conner
Flight Time" Recon Team:
Stan Kozlowski
President 3rd Recon Association
Cpl. - Enrique Bernal USMC
KIA 3/68
Vincent J. Griffith
2nd Plt. C-1-26 KIA's
Donald Gillespie - C/I/26
Edward "Cody" Adams
CBMU 301 Det. B
Lawernce W Kubley
Ronald Fasier
Paul F. Stedman
KIA 26 Feb. 68
Claude T. Green
My Men
Andy Sibley 26 Marines
All Who Served at Khe Sanh
Unknown S. Easton, Mass.
William Willjams
Enriquez Sanchez
All my fallen brothers
Robert S. Esposito BLT. 27
All 3/26 KIA'S
W. R. Wildprett 3/26
Staff Sgt. George Walbirdge USMC KIA
Ed Evans
Jim Theis V
D 1/26
Daniel J. Fisher
Richard DuBois
Scout Sniper 26th Marines
Jeff Martin
Delbert Leasure
Jerry Stenburg
Larry Haus
All My Brothers Still There
Lucien T. Rankin
John Heinrich
John Covino
Dave Meyers
VMO-3, MAG-16
KIA 7-67
Dick Ceresko
Major Joseph M. Loughran JR.
XO 3/26 KIA
Lt. Col. Aubrey L. Lumpkin
Thanks Giving Everyday
Gary E. Baum DC
John A. Dennis
Stephen S. Haisley
Dave Dumas
Michael Worth E/2/26
Sgt. E. Castaneda
"A" 3rd Recon
Karel J. Muns
All Who Died In and Around Khe Sanh
James R. Velcheck
Delta Co. 1st Ptn. 1st Marines 1st Mar Div
In Memory Of All Who Serve
Bill Cowan
Francis Pennetti
Cecil Young K/3/26
Don Weed
Mike Coleman
Joe Hunt
KIA 2nd Plt B/1/9
David Granger Bravo 1/9
Arnold J. Riveria
KIA 2/25/68
Jim Convery
Jack Scarpinato V
Richard Grenat V
Delta 1/26 Wpns
George M. Hearn
Lt. John Bobo
R. H. Anderton
Curtis Bugger V
Harvey E. Sullivan
Thomas Hendershot
Roger Hurt
Alexander Hugh
Dennis Thayer A/1/26
Cpl. Lewis Goi
B/1/13
Paul Elkan
Marines of A/l/13
Dennis Pardee
All KIA's from H/2/1 681
Peter Hoban
Phillip Francis Sheridan L/Cpl
C/1/13
Glenn Prentice
Austin Gaughan
"A' Co.3rd Shore Party
David Assum
Cary Smith
Steve Brown
HMM/164/262
David W. Meister
Robert Menzel
Marines and Corpsmen 1/3/26 1967
Lt. Col. C T Anthony (Ret.)
William J. Williams Marine - My Son
Beatrice S. Williams
L/Cpl. Robert Cicio C/1/9
Biolsi
2nd Lt. Frank Vistefano
Michael D. Fiemining E/2/26
Edward Towslee A/1/9
Mike Kilderry C/1/4
Terry Tillery C/1/4
Donald J. Magilligan Jr.
Unknown
Doc Turner
G/2/26 KIA 5/18/67
Frank L. Thompson G/2/26
L/Cpl. Allen E. White
D. F. O'Toole B/1/13
Glenn Close
Ray Kelley Jr. D/1/3
Fred B. Link
Eric Bergland C/1/9/3
Taps
ALAIRE, Richard
A 1/26
?
BAILEY, Beetle
C/1/9
22 Nov 1998
BERNARD, Robert
HqBn/3dMarDiv
?
BRACKMAN, James
C/1/13
21 Jun 1993
CERRA, Bernard
HMH-463
29 Jun 1997
CHVARAK, Don
108th Arty
?
D'HONDT, Camille
A/l/9
13 Jan 2000
Heart attack
DUFFY, Pat
H&S/1/26 (S-2)
1999
EPPS, James V
C/1/26
18 Jan 2000
Lung Congestion
GRENAT, Richard
V
D/1/26
26 Feb 1999
Cancer
HERNANDEZ, Aumont
FLC
24 Nov 1999
HOLLAND, Roger Lee
19 Feb 1999
KERCH, Richard J.
MAG-16
19 Jun 1998
KILPATRICK, Eldon
C/1/9
7 Feb 1998
PADGETT, Robert C
23 Jan 1999
SCHRON, Courtney
18 May 1994
Lung cancer
TORTI, Joseph
1/3/26
15 Apr 1998
Auto accident