2nd Platoon

In March or April of 69 after we came back from our trek in the Rung Rung Valley, we had a stand-down at CoCo Beach. For some odd reason, we decided to take a platoon picture.

We knew not what was about to happen over the next few months, but I am glad we did take this picture. For some - for many, it was one of the last taken.

Taking a picture like this of a group was a rare occurance. There were many more that joined us after this photo was taken. We need to include them as well. Anyone that has photos or names, please send them to me. We do not want to leave anyone out. There were probably double this number of replacements over the next few months as you can tell by the number of wounded and killed.

1 - Tomaschefsky, "Big Mike", Radom, IL
2 - Lewis, Robert, "Big Lew", Hopkinsville, KY,
3 - Garcia, Nicholas G. "Frito Bandito", 68/69 ... KIA 4/22/69
4 - Carter, LC, "Professor", State College, MS ... KIA 5/21/69
5 - Smith, Forest, "Snuffy Smith", "Smitty", East Peoria, IL ... wounded May 69
6 - Starnes, Keith, "Doc" Medic, Charlotte, NC ... KIA 5/21/69
7 - Higgins, Thomas, "Herby", Brooklyn, NY
8 - Drake, George, Hempstead, NY, "Preacher", ... wounded June 69
9 - Boggs, West Virginia, ... wounded April 69
10 - Hogan, Edward, Brooklyn, NY ... KIA 5/21/69 
11 - Turrner, Wallace, "Wally", Spokane, WA
12 - Crowe, Kevin R, "KC", ... KIA 6/5/69
13 - Ruttle, Robert Preston Jr, Sniper, Hatboro, PA, ... KIA 6/5/69
14 - Flood, Edwin G, Springfield, MA, ... wounded Oct 69
15 - Georgette, Roger ... wounded Apr 22, 69
16 - Jones, Ronald, "Cherry Jones", ... wounded May 69
17 - Miller, Tom
18 - Robinson, Chuck, "Robby" ??? best guess right now
19 - Turner, Andre, Detroit, MI
20 - Rehbein, Peter, "Peter Rabit",
21 - Rios, Pedro, Ponce, PR, ... KIA 5/21/69
22 - Early, Vincent C, Alabama, ... wounded June 69
23 - Sullivan, Harvey L, "Sully", Queens, NY
24 - Olshfski, Douglas, "Doug", Watertown, NY ... wounded March 68
25 - Herschelman, John, Hwy 41, GA, not shown - taking the picture

Joined 2nd Platoon after above photo was taken, left the platoon before photo was taken, or was not present for the photo:

Anin, John, "Slim" could be spelled Annen?
Ayers, Bill, Tacoa, GA ... KIA 6/5/69
Bazemore, Tom, Kennebunk, ME ... KIA 8/20/69
Black, "LT" , ... wounded May 69
Clark, John, Manchester, TN, ...  KIA 3/29/69
Epps, Alan
George, Dennis, Bardstwon, KY
Hayes, Earl
Landis, Millard, "Jump'n Jack Flash", ... wounded 68
Lighthiser, James, Chicago, IL
Mulvey, Lawwrence, New York ... KIA 6/5/69
Porter, John
Rada, Terry G, South Dakota ... KIA 6/9/69
Sahrle, Ron
Scott, Bill, "Scotty", CA
Tepner, Gary - went to 3rd as 3-5.