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The men of India Company who fell on July 24, 1966

LCPL
ROBIN L. ARNOLD

PFC
RANDY BROSNAN

LCPL
RONALD COATES

LCPL
GEORGE COREY

PVT
OSCAR CRUZ

CPL
RICHARD CURRIER JR

PFC
LAWRENCE DANIELS

PFC
LAWRENCE DENNY

PFC
FRANKLIN EUCKER

PFC
R. FENSTERMACHER

SSGT
JERRY HAILEY

PFC
DANIEL HARMON

SSGT
WILLIAM HAWKINS

CPL
ROBERT JOHNSON

PFC
STEPHEN KITTLE

1LT
JOSEPH  KOPFLER III

LCPL
SIDNEY MALONE JR

PFC
THOMAS PRESBY

Rest in Peace, heroes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These photographs were taken by Tink or by his buddy and teammate, Dick Weber, during his time with the Marines.  Currently, these are only  the "people pictures".  


Stateside

"Wpns. PLT. 'E' Co. 2nd BN. 5th Marine." (Jan 66)


Tink and "Big Ed" Ayala in training at Pendleton.  Ayala later shipped out to 2/5 before Tink went to Nam.  The Virtual wall lists "Eduardo Ayala", a rocket man, KIA in August, 66. (click the thumbnail)

Sgt. McKinley, Rockets section leader (Jan 66)

Cpl. (Chump) Hunter (Jan 66)

PFC Thurman T. Amos (Sonny) (Jan 66)

L/Cpl Ayala, Cpl Hunter (Jan 66)

L/Cpl Ayala, L/Cpl Fields, Cpl Hunter (Jan 66)

CPL. Bruce L. Vait (Jan 66)

Ed and Alphabet (Jan 66)

PFC Amos and Fields (Jan 66)

L/CPL. Ayala (Jan 66)

L/CPL. 'Big Ed' Ayala."

Vietnam



(Tink naps) "in the same place as others of Weber were taken", Vietnam during Deckhouse.


Steve Kittle "Manning machine gun."

Whitely (kneeling), Kittle, Weber, Houghton "after first mail call in Vietnam"

Dick Weber poses with V.C. propaganda on barn. Says: no dying for the curse of the capitalist yankees.

Tink "Waiting to get water out of a well."

"One of the houses (modern) In a big village."

"Back of my head, scene in yard of house."

Dick Weber

Dick "Eating chow in our position."

Hauskens "Watching for any V.C. trying to escape from village (2nd day)."

Whitely, Kittle, Houghton "(From Canada)"

Click Here for photo's of the 
Okinawa/Japan Training

This page created by Dave in loving memory of my brother