2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment 1967-68



Roster

This roster is based primarily on official information contained in the Bravo Company Roster, dated April 1968,
and numerous unit orders for awards and assignments.
For corrections, please contact Tom De Young or Gene Hedberg.

We have no official records that show the rank of troopers when they completed their tour with Bravo Company.
Since we are unable to obtain accurate information on the final grades for 300-350 troopers,
we have decided not to show any grades for E-5 and below.
 


ABBREVIATIONS:
MOS stands for Military Occupational Specialty. A MOS identifies general and specific jobs for military personnel.
DEROS stands for Date Eligible for Return from Overseas. This was the date a trooper would return to the United States.

KIA = Killed In Action
^ = Died in aircraft crash or as a result of wounds.
CO = Commanding Officer
XO = Executive Officer
CG = Command Group (Aztec, Blackfoot, Cheyenne and Mohawk are the names of platoons).
HHC = Headquarters, 2/8th Cav Regt
 

Company B, 2D Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment (Airborne)

 

NAME

GRADE/RANK

MOS

DEROS

PLATOON

Decker, David John

O-3/CPT

1542

KIA 11/19/67

CO 00Jul67-19Nov67

O'Brien, Robert

O-3/CPT

1542

03/21/69^

CO 24Jul68-?

O'Sullivan, Peter C.

O-3/CPT

1542

14-Jul-68

CO 19nov67-26mar68

Tillitt, Gregory

O-3/CPT

1542

1-Aug-68

CO 26Mar68-24Jul68

Beach, Thomas

O-2/1LT

1542

22-Oct-68

Cheyenne

Berry, William D.

O-2/1LT

1542

 

XO

De Young, Thomas J.

O-2/1LT

1542

1-Aug-68

Blackfoot/XO

Lehman, Alfred E. Jr.

O-2/1LT

1542

 

Cheyenne/HHC

Pappas,Gus H.

O-2/1LT

1542

 

Mohawk

Ready, Charles

O-2/1LT

1542

28-Oct-68

Aztec

Rodreick, Ronald Nelson

O-2/1LT

1542

KIA 11/19/67

 

Smith, James C.

O-2/1LT

1542

29-Jan-69

Blackfoot

Whittle, William A.

O-2/1LT

1542

 

 

Wilson, John Ray

O-2/1LT

1542

KIA 07/24/68

 

Patino, Roberto D.

E-8/1SG

 

 

CG

Bradford, Emanuel

E-7/SFC

11B40

11-Jul-68

Aztec

Navarro-Santana, Julio

E-7/SFC

11B40

3-Feb-69

Blackfoot

Rodrigues-B., Fernando L.

E-7/SFC

11B40

7-Jun-68

CG

Smith, Leon R.

E-7/SFC

11B40

3-Feb-69

Cheyenne

Ashton, Roy E.

E-6/SSG

11B40

18-Jan-69

Blackfoot

Beaty, James A.

E-6/SSG

 

 

 

Fernandez, Earl William

E-6/SSG

 

KIA 09/05/67

 

Harrison, James W.

E-6/SSG

 

00-feb-68

Cheyenne

Hecker, Albert C.

E-6/SSG

11B40

17-Apr-68

Aztec

Jones, Gordon E.

E-6/SSG

11B40

8-May-68

Blackfoot

Lopez, Jose G.

E-6/SSG

11C40

7-Jun-68

Mohawk

Navarro, Ricardo E. Jr.

E-6/SSG

 

 

 

Porter, Johnnie

E-6/SSG

11C40

2-Jun-68

Mohawk

Russ, Dennis C.

E-6/SSG

11B40

5-Mar-68

 

Smith, Brazil E. Jr.

E-6/SSG

 

 

 

Williams, Roosevelt

E-6/SSG

11B40

2-Jun-68

Aztec

Adamson, Mike A.

 

11B10

12-Jan-69

 

Alvidrez, Anthony E.

 

11B40

14-May-68

Aztec

Anderson, George M.

 

11B40

13-May-68

Blackfoot

Anderson, Jimmy

 

 

1-Oct-67

Blackfoot

Andrade, Boyd K.

 

05C20

2-Mar-69

 

Angle, Peter Jason

 

11B10

KIA 07/01/68

Cheyenne

Arends, Alvin E.

 

 

 

Blackfoot

Arney, Carl Q.

 

 

 

Aztec

Arnold, Allen N.

 

11B20

7-Nov-68

 

Ashby, Jon P.

 

 

 

Blackfoot

Bakich, James E.

 

11B10

14-Feb-69

Blackfoot

Beck, James

 

 

22-Nov-68

Cheyenne

Bigham, Theodore Lewis

 

 

KIA 07/24/68

 

Bivona, Michael

 

11B10

23-Feb-69

Aztec

Black, Paul Jr.

 

 

KIA 07/25/68

 

Blanchard, Herbert G.

 

11B20

5-Aug-68

CG/Supply

Bond, G.C., Jr.

 

11B10

23-May-68

 

Breen, Jeffrey M.

 

11B10

15-Sep-68

Blackfoot

Brinchek, Michael E.

 

11B10

12-Jan-69

Blackfoot

Brown, Alexander

 

 

 

 

Buechner, Steven C.

 

11C20

5-Aug-68

 

Bull, Kit L.

 

11B40

2-May-68

Blackfoot/Mohawk

Cain, Donald K.

 

11B10

5-Mar-69

Aztec

Carlson, Gerald L

 

 

 

 

Carpentier, Lucien Gerard

 

 

KIA 07/25/68

 

Casey, John J.   11B10 16-Feb-68 Aztec

Chambers, Hillman Glen

 

 

KIA 07/26/68

 

Chilcott, Ronald J.

 

11B10

KIA 04/23/68

 

Clay, Alton B.

 

11B10

27-Feb-69

Blackfoot

Cody, Joseph F.

 

71H20

 

 

Cracchiola, William A.

 

11C40

25-Apr-68

Cheyenne

Cressel, Terry Walker

 

 

KIA 06/24/68

 

Culver, Don L.

 

11C20

31-Oct-68

 

Davidson, Barton

 

 

 

Aztec

Davis, George N.

 

11B40

14-May-68

Aztec

Day, Ricky D.

 

 

 

Cheyenne

Dayhoff, Ralph

 

 

KIA 08/12/68

Aztec

Delaughter, Robert L.

 

11B40

13-May-68

Cheyenne

Deluci, Robert A.

 

 

 

 

Dibiase, Nicholas

 

11B10

5-Mar-69

Blackfoot

Dillion, Tommie D.

 

11B10

22-Feb-69

Aztec

Dominick, Thomas J.

 

 

 

 

Dorville, Donald K.

 

11B10

13-Feb-69

Aztec

Duquette, Walter E.

 

11B10

28-Feb-69

Blackfoot

Edwards, Thomas O.

 

11C20

26-Aug-68

Mohawk

Egesdahl, Floyd R.

 

 

 

 

Elhard, Edwin

 

 

 

 

England, Donald B.

 

11B40

19-Apr-68

Blackfoot

Evans, Benjamin H.

 

11C10

00 Mar 68

Cheyenne

Everret, Lorenzo

 

11B10

25-Feb-69

Aztec

Fadoul, Gary D.

 

 

 

 

Farrar, Anthony C.

 

11B10

22-Feb-69

Cheyenne

Fish, R. Fred

 

 

 

Cheyenne

Fisher, Marcus C.

 

11C40

21-May-68

Aztec

Fones, Danny L.

 

11B10

23-Feb-69

Cheyenne

Ford, James L.

 

11B10

13-Feb-68

Cheyenne

Foster, Joe D.

 

11B20

13-Feb-69

Aztec

Fowler,William Holt III

 

 

KIA 11/19/67

 

Frisbie, Bobby D.

 

11B20

 

 

Gabriel, Lloyd H.

 

 

00-feb-68

 

Gallagher, Larry Herbert

 

 

KIA 07/25/68

 

Garcia, Francisco

 

11B20

9-Jan-69

 

Garza, Mariano L.

 

11B40

26-Apr-68

Cheyenne

Genecki, Pete

 

11B10

 

Blackfoot

Glover, Kenneth T.

 

11C20

7-Oct-68

Mohawk

Goodland, William E.

 

11B40

18-Apr-68

Aztec

Gordon, Steven R.

 

11B40

13-May-68

Blackfoot

Graff, William E.

 

11B40

13-May-68

Blackfoot

Gregory, James D.

 

11B40

13-May-68

Cheyenne

Guillaume, Charles E.

 

 

00-feb-68

Blackfoot

Guinn, Robert W.

 

11B20

29-Oct-68

Aztec

Guthman, Charles F.

 

11B10

13-Feb-69

Blackfoot

Hager, Thomas M.

 

 

00-feb-68

Cheyenne

Hairston, Jimmy Lee

 

 

KIA 07/24/68

 

Hall, Billie

 

11B10

14-Jan-69

Blackfoot?

Hall, Robert

 

 

21-Apr-69

Aztec

Hamilton, Ralph H.

 

11B40

2-Jan-69

 

Happel, Gary C.

 

11C40

24-Apr-68

Aztec

Harris, Will

 

11B20

13-May-68

Aztec

Hass, Charles E.

 

11B20

26-Apr-68

Cheyenne

Hayes, Cleveland

 

11B20

15-Aug-68

Aztec

Haynes, Charles Francis

 

11C20

8/5/1968^^

Mohawk/CG

Hedberg, Gene L.

 

11B20

14-Dec-68

Blackfoot

Hedden, Roger

 

 

KIA 08/12/68

Aztec

Henderson, William D.

 

11C20

5-Aug-68

 

Henry, Elvin H.

 

11C40

17-Apr-68

 

Hentkowski, Jimmie

 

 

 

Blackfoot

Hewitt, Houston E.

 

11B10

27-Oct-68

Blackfoot?

Hicks, James W.

 

11B10

13-Feb-69

 

Hill, Larry F.

 

11B10

30-Oct-68

Aztec

Hodges, Ernest Maehue

 

11B20

KIA 06/24/68

Aztec

Holderbaum, John Arthur

 

11B20

KIA 08/09/68

 

Howes, Steven M.

 

11B20

13-May-68

Aztec?

Hoyett, Willie M.

 

11C10

22-Feb-69

Blackfoot

Hubbard, Marvin Peter

 

11B10

KIA 07/24/68

Aztec

Hume, Harold P.

 

11B10

15-Feb-69

Blackfoot

Hutter, Michael J.

 

11B10

 

 

Hynes, Charles

 

 

8/67-2/68

Blackfoot

Jackson, Frederick S.

 

11B10

12-Jan-69

Blackfoot

Johnson, Terrence R.

 

11B40

18-Apr-68

Blackfoot

Johnston, Michael C.

 

11B20

15-Aug-68

 

Jones, Rudolph

 

 

 

 

Junginger, Howard T.

 

 

 

 

Kay, Bryan Thomas

 

11B10

KIA 08/07/68

 

Klenske, Howard Lee

 

 

KIA 07/24/68

 

Klock, Curtis, L.

 

11B40

19-Apr-68

Cheyenne

Krajewski, Gerald J.

 

11C20

10-Jan-69

Aztec

Krueger, Orville C.

 

11C20

30-Oct-68

Blackfoot

Krys, James E.

 

11B20

21-May-68

Aztec

Kuntz, Leon B.

 

 

 

Cheyenne

Labeau, Michael D.

 

11B20

26-Apr-68

Cheyenne

Lankford, Alan M.

 

11C20

3-Sep-10

CG/Company Clerk

Larson, Gerald C.

 

11B10

10-Mar-69

Aztec

Lewis, Jefferson W.

 

11C20

 

 

Lewis, William A.

 

11C40

20-Nov-68

Mohawk

Lich, John N.

 

11B20

24-Apr-68

 

Looman, Ronald D.

 

11C20

5-Nov-68

 

Luebke, John C.

 

11B10

KIA 07/24/68

Aztec

Mabe, Ronald Lee

 

 

KIA 05/29/68

 

Madison, William H.

 

 

00-feb-68

 

Maese, Arthur L.

 

11B20

 

Cheyenne

Malinowski, Paul V.

 

11B10

19-Feb-69

 

Malloy, Patrick

 

11C10

20-Feb-69

 

Martin, Ben J.

 

11B40

20-May-68

 

Martinez, Jesse A.

 

11B10

10-Mar-69

Aztec

Matos-Correa, Jose Antonio

 

 

KIA 08/12/68

Aztec

Matthews, Donald R.

 

11B40

24-Feb-69

 

Maxwell, Paul

 

11B20

15-Aug-68

 

Meehan, Edward T.

 

11B10

23-Nov-68

 

Mendez, Julian

 

 

KIA 08/28/68

Cheyenne

Mercado, Ralph R.

 

11B40

13-May-68

Blackfoot

Mika, Richard A.

 

11B10

23-Feb-69

Blackfoot

Miles, James K.

 

11B20

18-Jan-69

Blackfoot

Miller, John D.

 

 

00-feb-68

 

Miller, Richard A.

 

11C40

14-Dec-68

Blackfoot/CG?

Mitchell, Elbert R.

 

 

00-eb-68

 

Molinari, Robert J.

 

11B10

 

 

Montgomery, Charles K.

 

11B10

22-Feb-69

Aztec

Montgomery, Larry

 

 

KIA 07/24/68

 

Moore, Bobby C.

 

11B10

23-Feb-69

Aztec

Mosley, Irvin William

 

 

KIA 07/25/68

Cheyenne

Muellner, Paul M.

 

11C10

22-Feb-69

Blackfoot

Munko, Thomas E.

 

11B10

21-Feb-69

 

Myers, Robert A.

 

11B10

14-Feb-69

 

Nagami, Henry H.

 

11B20

21-May-68

Blackfoot

Natale, Nicholas Anthony

 

11B10

KIA 05/29/68

Aztec

Nelson, Robert R.

 

11B20

9-Oct-68

Blackfoot?

Nielsen, Donald J.

 

11C20

3-Sep-68

Mohawk

Nylan, Henry R.

 

11B10

 

Cheyenne

Okasinski, Gregory F.

 

11B10

7-Mar-69

 

Olearnick, Thomas

 

11B20

KIA 11/19/67

Aztec

Olibas, Ronald M.

 

 

 

Aztec

Owen, Jimmy L.

 

11B20

22-Nov-68

Cheyenne

Owens, Herbert A.

 

 

 

Aztec

Patterson, Joseph S

 

 

 

Cheyenne

Patterson, Robert J.

 

 

 

Aztec

Patterson, Travis E.

 

11C40

23-Sep-68

Mohawk

Perry, Tom

 

 

1-Oct-67

Blackfoot

Peters, John Denis

 

11H10

KIA 05/29/68

Blackfoot

Pollin Gary

 

 

00-00-69

Blackfoot

Prokopf, Richard J.

 

11C10

26-Feb-69

Blackfoot

Rauso, PeterF.

 

11B40

24-Apr-68

 

Rayner, Donald K.

 

11B40

14-May-68

Cheyenne

Redmond, Floyd R.

 

 

 

 

Reiners, James R.

 

11C20

21-May-68

Mohawk?

Rice, Richard A.

 

11B40

20-Mar-69

Blackfoot

Rife, Harold L.

 

11C20

13-Jan-69

Aztec

Robinson, Council

 

11C20

27-Oct-68

Blackfoot

Robinson, Donald L.

 

 

 

 

Rodholm, Peter (Jack)

 

 

11/67-1/68

Aztec

Rose, John G.

 

11B10

14-Feb-69

 

Rose, Roger L.

 

11B10

24-Feb-69

 

Russ, Dennis C.

 

 

00-Mar-68

 

Russell, John J.

 

 

 

 

Schultz, David Charles

 

11B10

KIA 05/04/68

Blackfoot

Scott, Louis C.

 

11C10

25-Feb-69

Mohawk

Seidel, Larry A.

 

11B10

14-Feb-69

Cheyenne

Shaw, Byron P.

 

11B20

15-Aug-68

Cheyenne

Sherwood, William G.

 

 

 

Aztec

Shrewsbury, Richard K.

 

 

 

 

Sikorski, William J.

 

11B10

21-Feb-69

 

Spaulding, John W.

 

 

 

 

Spehar, Michael A.

 

11C10

20-Feb-69

Mohawk/E Company

Stamer, Steven M.

 

11C10

26-Feb-69

Mohawk

Stengel, John R.

 

11B20

28-Oct-68

Blackfoot/Mohawk

Stine, Gary P.

 

11B40

18-Apr-68

Aztec

Stovall, Donald L.

 

11B10

22-Feb-69

 

Streeter, Donald J.

 

11B10

11-Mar-69

Blackfoot/HHC

Swimm, Richard J.

 

11B40

21-May-68

Blackfoot

Tanner, Dan L.

 

 

 

 

Teltoe, Jere D.

 

 

 

 

Thielen, Mark

 

 

 

Cheyenne

Thomas, Ulysses