Posted by:Masher62X Date Posted: August 5th, 2014, 4:38pm
Hi Lloyd,
Richard Koral - C-3/82 (original member) Oct65 to Mar 67 FDC, RTO for Masher62 (Lt. Scurry), Gun section 1 (Sgt. T. Wilson)
Battery went north to Chu Lai while a number of us went to the 9th Inf. Div. IV Corp. I ended up in B-3/34th artillery on a barge (Mobile Riverine Force) from which I left Vietnam 21Jul67
Posted by:Masher62X Date Posted: July 9th, 2014, 7:27pm
George, Ok this is a conspiracy to drive me nuts, isn't it? I was with C-3/82 from 23Oct65 through 15Mar67 when I was transferred to B-3/34 9th Inf. Div. and landed in the Riverine Force (floating artillery). For the life of me I simply cannot remember you, I'm sorry to say. Did you come to the battery as a staff member or one of the trainees such as myself?
I don't have any current info on Lt. Scurry. All I know is that Lt. Scurry is listed as being in B-3/82 in the book "Vietnam The Second Year - A Pictorial Review of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade (separate)". I believe that this book was written after the brigade went North in 1966 because I and a number of other battery members are not listed for C battery...
Posted by:Masher62X Date Posted: July 1st, 2014, 12:24am
George, your name doesn't sound familiar to me but you say you were with C-3/82 66-67. Do you remember when your were his recon sgt. You might have been after me (call sign Masher62X). I was the RTO during parts of Attleboro, Cedar Falls and Gadsden. A Sgt. Baker was our recon sgt. I fail to remember his first name but he was good people. I'm sorry that I can not shed any information on his whereabouts but I wish you all the best in your search.
Posted by:Masher62X Date Posted: February 6th, 2011, 8:38pm
Many sites devoted to Vietnam are mainly Infantry orientated.
What I would like to see happen here is a section for Artillery. Since being from C-3/82/196th (Ft. Devens original) and B-3/34/2/9th ID; I guess I could be a little biased.
It could be organized by unit, year, firebase, operation(s) or some other criteria that applies to artillery.