336th AHC Honor Roll
“All Gave Some… Some Gave All”
Dedicated to all who paid “The Ultimate Price” while serving with the 336th / T-Birds & Warriors
Note: My thanks to Bruce Swander (USMC/1966-1970), Vietnam Historian, for his help with the information and photos on this page.
1965
PFC Harry Allan Hipke – Gleason, WI – Age: 18
(A Co./101st Avn/101st Airborne)
Start of Tour: Sunday, September 5, 1965
Date of Casualty: Thursday, September 9, 1965
The Wall: Panel 02E – Row 079
SP5 Erich Simkaitis – Tampa, FL – Age: 22
(A Co./101st Avn/101st Airborne)
Start of Tour: Monday, April 12, 1965
Date of Casualty: Thursday, September 9, 1965
The Wall: Panel 02E – Row 080
1LT. Leonard John Dadante – Cleveland, OH – Age: 23
(A Co./101st Avn/101st Airborne)
Start of Tour: Monday, May 24, 1965
Date of Casualty: Thursday, September 9, 1965
The Wall: Panel 02E – Row 078
CWO Robert William Reagan – Miami, FL – Age: 34
(A Co./101st Avn/101st Airborne)
Start of Tour: Sunday, February 28, 1965
Date of Casualty: Thursday, September 9, 1965
The Wall: Panel 02E – Row 079
1966
SP4 Hugh Fred Spain – Joelton, TN – Age: 24
(A Co./101st Avn/101st Airborne)
Start of Tour: Monday, April 12, 1965
Date of Casualty: Monday, January 10. 1966
The Wall: Panel 04E – Row 62
PFC Gerald Walter Warzecha – Chicago, IL – Age: 18
(A Co./101st Avn/101st Airborne)
Start of Tour: Monday, November 29, 1965
Date of Casualty: Friday, June 17, 1966
The Wall: Panel 08E – Row 057
1967
CPT Robert Cole Stewart – Carthage, NC – Age: 32
Start of Tour: Saturday, November 26, 1966
Date of Casualty: Wednesday, February 15, 1967
The Wall: Panel 15E – Row 037
SP4 Gary Lee Wilcox – Brainardsville, NY – Age: 21
Start of Tour: Monday, June 13, 1966
Date of Casualty: Sunday, March 26, 1967
The Wall: Panel 17E – Row 056
SP4 Charles Willard Larman – Oxon Hill, MD – Age: 20
Start of Tour: Friday, February 17, 1967
Date of Casualty: Friday, May 19, 1967
The Wall: Panel 20E – Row 046
WO1 Gediminas Just Eidukaitis – Cleveland, OH – Age: 27
Start of Tour: Saturday, June 18, 1966
Date of Casualty: Friday, May 19, 1967
The Wall: Panel 20E – Row 041
WO1 Michael Aaron Kight – Waterbury, CT – Age: 21
Start of Tour: Friday, February 10, 1967
Date of Casualty: Friday, May 19, 1967
The Wall: Panel 20E – Row 045
SP4 Burton Irving Sharp – Taylor, MI – Age: 23
Start of Tour: Wednesday, March 1, 1967
Date of Casualty: Friday, May 19, 1967
The Wall: Panel 20E – Row 049
CPL Raymond Howard Tighe – Winton, CA – Age: 23
Start of Tour: Sunday, October 30, 1966
Date of Casualty: Friday, May 19, 1967
The Wall: Panel 20E – Row 050
SP4 William Scott – New York, NY – Age 21
Start of Tour: Saturday, December 25, 1965
Date of Casualty: Saturday, July 1, 1967
The Wall: Panel 22E – Row 093
WO1 David Alen Lape – Cordova, AK – Age: 23
Start of Tour: Saturday, June 10, 1967
Date of Casualty: Monday, November 27, 1967
The Wall: Panel 30E – Row 097
WO1 Russell Moldenhauer – Oxnard, CA – Age: 20
Start of Tour: Saturday, October 7, 1967
Date of Casualty: Saturday, December 2, 1967
The Wall: Panel 31E – Row 025
1968
SP4 James Dale Douglas – Veedersburg, IN – Age: 20
Start of Tour: Friday, June 9, 1967
Date of Casualty: Sunday, February 18, 1968
The Wall: Panel 40E – Row 004
SP4 Donald Thomas Ewalt – Parma, OH – Age: 19
Start of Tour: Sunday, August 27, 1967
Date of Casualty: Sunday, February 18, 1968
The Wall: Panel 40E – Row 004
WO1 Michael L. Koskovich – Hayfield, MN – Age: 23
Start of Tour: Friday, July 14, 1967
Date of Casualty: Sunday, February 18, 1968
The Wall: Panel 40E – Row 008
SP4 Leonard Morris Phipps – Renton, WA – Age: 20
Start of Tour: Wednesday, April 5, 1967
Date of Casualty: Sunday, February 18, 1968
The Wall: Panel 40E – Row 011
WO1 Garry Daymon Sheppard – Skyland, NC – Age: 21
Start of Tour: Thursday, August 10, 1967
Date of Casualty: Sunday, February 18, 1968
The Wall: Panel 40E – Row 013
WO1 Ray G. Jenkins – Logan, UT – Age: 22
Start of Tour: Sunday, November 12, 1967
Date of Casualty: Wednesday, February 28, 1968
The Wall: Panel 41E – Row 067
SP4 Duane Rinehardt Passig – Delmar, IA – Age: 20
Start of Tour: Tuesday, October 10, 1967
Date of Casualty: Thursday, March 14, 1968
The Wall: Panel 44E – Row 051
SP5 Lawrence Lee Fullaway – Seattle, WA – Age: 23
Start of Tour: Thursday, April 11, 1967
Date of Casualty: Sunday, April 11, 1968
The Wall: Panel 49E – Row 021
CW2 Kenneth Edward Messenger – Wantagh, NY – Age: 27
Start of Tour: Thursday, June 1, 1967
Date of Casualty: Sunday, May 5, 1968
The Wall: Panel 55E – Row 023
WO1 Peter Thomas Miller – Stanfordville, NY – Age: 21
Start of Tour: Thursday, January 4, 1968
Date of Casualty: Monday, September 23, 1968
The Wall: Panel 42W – Row 001
1969
SP4 James Robert Macy – Baltimore, MD – Age: 21
Start of Tour: Wednesday, January 3, 1968
Date of Casualty: Saturday, January 4, 1969
The Wall: Panel 35W – Row 035
WO1 Lawrence Milton Stuck – Atlanta, GA – Age: 19
Start of Tour: Monday, August 26, 1968
Date of Casualty: Wednesday, May 21, 1969
The Wall: Panel 24W – Row 072
SP4 Daniel Napierskie – Baldwin Park, CA – Age: 18
Start of Tour: Thursday, January 23, 1969
Date of Casualty: Saturday, September 20, 1969
The Wall: Panel 18W – Row 117
WO1 Gary Grant Lamb – Beaverton, OR – Age: 21
Start of Tour: Thursday, November 14, 1968
Date of Casualty: Monday, September 22, 1969
The Wall: Panel 18W – Row 125
SP5 Willie Fred Cato – White Springs, FL – Age: 23
Start of Tour: Friday, June 20, 1969
Date of Casualty: Monday, October 13, 1969
The Wall: Panel 17W – Row 073
CW2 Ronald Clemence Rudolph – Norfolk, VA – Age: 31
Start of Tour: Wednesday, July 2, 1969
Date of Casualty: Monday, October 13, 1969
The Wall: Panel 17W – Row 075
CPT John Melvin Wheeler – Comer, GA – Age: 28
Start of Tour: Sunday, April 20, 1969
Date of Casualty: Monday, October 13, 1969
The Wall: Panel 17W – Row 075
CW2 Oscar Lee Brittenum – Chicago, IL – Age: 22
Start of Tour: Monday, January 6, 1969
Date of Casualty: Tuesday, December 16, 1969
The Wall: Panel 15W – Row 061
SP4 Samuel Harry Williams – Crockett, TX – Age: 24
Start of Tour: Sunday, April 13, 1969
Date of Casualty: Wednesday, December 17, 1969
The Wall: Panel 15W – Row 069
1970
WO1 Kenneth Richard Clough – Albuquerque, NM – Age: 21
Start of Tour: Tuesday, October 29, 1968
Date of Casualty: Tuesday, January 7, 1969
The Wall: Panel 35W – Row 046
CWO Richard J. Connelly – Long Beach, CA – Age: 21
Start of Tour: Tuesday, April 8, 1969
Date of Casualty: Friday, February 27, 1970
The Wall: Panel 13W – Row 061
SP4 Ronald Lee Mc Cormick – Clarksburg, WV – Age: 20
Start of Tour: Monday, September 16, 1968
Date of Casualty: Friday, February 27, 1970
The Wall: Panel 13W – Row 062
SP5 Daniel Vaughan Proctor – Cleveland, OH – Age: 19
Start of Tour: Monday, April 7, 1969
Date of Casualty: Friday, February 27, 1970
The Wall: Panel 13W – Row 064
WO1 James Taylor Pace – Richardson, TX – Age: 25
Start of Tour: Tuesday, January 20, 1970
Date of Casualty: Friday, February 27, 1970
The Wall: Panel 13W – Row 064
SP4 Gary Lee Swartz – Erie, PA – Age: 21
Start of Tour: Friday, April 11, 1969
Date of Casualty: Friday, February 27, 1970
The Wall: Panel 13W – Row 065
SP4 Mark Scott Miles – Brea, CA – Age: 19
Start of Tour: Saturday, August 23, 1969
Date of Casualty: Friday, February 27, 1970
The Wall: Panel 13W – Row 064
SP5 Ronald Wade Stafford – Lake Monroe, FL – Age: 25
Start of Tour: Friday, July 11, 1969
Date of Casualty: Friday, February 27, 1970
The Wall: Panel 13W – Row 065
CW2 Dominic N. Scatuorchio, Jr. – Spring Lake, NJ – Age: 22
Start of Tour: Sunday, September 15, 1968
Date of Casualty: Tuesday, March 10, 1970
The Wall: Panel 13W – Row 106
WO1 Steven Carl Seeman – New Ulm, Mn – Age: 19
Start of Tour: Tuesday, March 3, 1970
Date of Casualty: Tuesday, May 12, 1970
The Wall: Panel 10W – Row 029
WO David Andrew Gallion – Jacksonville, FL – Age: 21
Start of Tour: Tuesday, February 17, 1970
Date of Casualty: Tuesday, May 12, 1970
The Wall: Panel 10W – Row 024
SP4 Ronald James Milne – Terry, MT – Age: 19
Start of Tour: Tuesday, November 04, 1969
Date of Casualty: Tuesday, May 12, 1970
The Wall: Panel 10W – Row 026
1LT Jack Lawrence Bagley – Marshfield, MO – Age: 24
Start of Tour: Monday, April 6, 1970
Date of Casualty: Tuesday, October 27, 1970
The Wall: Panel 06W – Row 024
SP4 Alex Dennis Pysz – Elizabeth, PA – Age: 20
Start of Tour: Monday, February 23, 1970
Date of Casualty: Tuesday, October 27, 1970
The Wall: Panel 06W – Row 025
Copies of Memorial Service Bulletins from Soc Trang (Courtesy of Tom Feigel, Rick Hunter, & Russ Denison)
Poems
THE CHAPEL BELL’S LAST CLANG
It’s night outside the chapel at Soc Trang.
A gentle wind stirs from the still airfield.
We all wait for the chapel bell’s last clang.
Was from the heart, Amazing Grace we sang.
Silence falls, the chaplain rises, our soul’s shield.
It’s night outside the chapel at Soc Trang.
We began the day not fearing wars fang.
We had been wounded before but we healed.
We all wait for the chapel bell’s last clang.
Some worked, some slept, an idle guidon did hang.
While others flew and from Odins blows reeled.
It’s night outside the chapel at Soc Trang.
We’ve tasted it; we all know it, fear’s tang.
Bitter and sweet, that fruit of the battlefield.
We all wait for the chapel bell’s last clang.
For the crew we mourn, the chapel bell rang.
Taps in the darkness, no tear is concealed.
It’s night outside the chapel at Soc Trang.
We all wait for the chapel bell’s last clang.
Lloyd Drennon
© June 2001
The Doorgunner’s Prayer
This poem is dedicated to Michael A. Kight of Waterbury,CT
who lost his life in Soc Trang VietNam May 19th 1967
Sitting harnessed in my seat
With my flight helmet on
We were going on a mission
Just south of Saigon
I prayed before each flight
I would say a slilent prayer
I know I said a lot of them
for the time I was there
I would close my eyes and pray at night
Sometimes I even cried
I saw my friend just yesterday
Today I learned he died
There was an awful lot of friends
The Lord up there did call
If you have reason not to believe me
go down and read the Wall
There were times I thought my time had come
I prayed I would go to heaven
and maybe join some friends of mine
from that year of Sixty Seven
The soldiers who served in VietNam
we know were hero’s all unsung
most of the ones who lost their lives
were so very very young
The ones who sent us over there
to play the savior’s role
Which one of them was keeping track
of the U.S. high death toll
It seems I go back to Nam
alot of nights in my dreams
Why does a year last a lifetime
or so it just seems
To awaken at night
in a cold lonely sweat
matching soldiers names to faces
of thoseVietNam Vets
The soldiers that we lost there
I hope went to heaven
Let the ones who came home say a prayer for them
in this year of Ninety Seven
Poem written January 1997 by Bernard A. Gudeahn (336th Assault Helicopter Company, 1967)