The Mother of All Posts: Alpha Company 1/39 Inf (M), Baumholder FRG 1988
UPDATE: UNIT ROSTER
Send your name, company and dates of service with Paddy's Gang -- click here! -- and I'll upload your details on the web beacon and forward any contacts I have on the roster I'm building.
If you were also with 4/12 Inf (M), be sure to check here as well.
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Courtesy of Sean Carpenter, I present to you the greatest single list of names yet seen on the 1/39 Inf (M) web beacon. This is drawn from a company photo that would have been taken at some point twelve to eighteen months after I left Alpha Company in mid-late 1987. I estimate that some 75% of the unit I knew had rotated out by then -- but that still leaves plenty of familiar faces.
Will do my best to source a .jpeg so I can get the original photo online.
Well, we all spent time in the same dirt: sound off if you remember! And, once again, thanks Sean.
AAAO!
Send your name, company and dates of service with Paddy's Gang -- click here! -- and I'll upload your details on the web beacon and forward any contacts I have on the roster I'm building.
If you were also with 4/12 Inf (M), be sure to check here as well.
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Courtesy of Sean Carpenter, I present to you the greatest single list of names yet seen on the 1/39 Inf (M) web beacon. This is drawn from a company photo that would have been taken at some point twelve to eighteen months after I left Alpha Company in mid-late 1987. I estimate that some 75% of the unit I knew had rotated out by then -- but that still leaves plenty of familiar faces.
Will do my best to source a .jpeg so I can get the original photo online.
Well, we all spent time in the same dirt: sound off if you remember! And, once again, thanks Sean.
AAAO!
Alpha Company 1/39 Inf (M) 1988
CPT Perry, Commander
1LT Lee, XO
1SG Srader, First Sergeant
2LT Reyes, 2nd Platoon Leader
2LT Quintana, 3rd Platoon Leader
SSG Walker, 3rd PSG
SSG Ervin, Commo
SSG Denison, Supply SGT
SSG Branesky
SSG Rosewicz
SGT Alston
SGT Dryman
SGT Glenn
SGT Garza
SGT Heard
SGT Cuthbertson
SGT Miles
SGT Miller
SGT Parker
SGT Pereira
SGT Sander
SGT Teal
CPL Cooke
CPL Jones
CPL Lieber
CPL Lilly
CPL Warren
SPC Blank
SPC Berggren
SPC Bridges
SPC Clark, F.
SPC Carter
SPC Daine (spelling?)
SPC Greene
SPC Hernandez
SPC Hansen
SPC Kroeger
SPC Keller
SPC Lillard (spelling?)
SPC Lawrence
SPC Lynch
SPC Morgan
SPC Miller
SPC Merritt
SPC Metzger
SPC Nelson
SPC Porter (two of 'em)
SPC Rosum
SPC Riggs
SPC Sprenkle
SPC Sander
SPC Torregrossa
SPC Turner
SPC Yeater
SPC Sean Carpenter, of course
PFC Dale
PFC Darley
PFC Funk
PFC Gutierrez
PFC Johnson
PFC Messman
PFC Moncur
PFC Smith
PFC Williams
PV2 Clark
PV2 Graham
PV2 Harrington
PV2 Hayes
PV2 Hays
PV2 Meinhart
PV2 Strandberg
PV2 Whiddon
PV1 Brown
PV1 Burley
PV1 Labares
PV1 Peña
posted by mhg at 10:44 AM
6 Comments:
I'll help to enlighten,old means there when I got there, new is new
CPT Perry-old,broken leg, kinda odd,tried hard,nice wife, she helped the new familes.
1st Lt. Lee- good lt,XO, not much contact.
1st Sgt Srader-took over for "kill",really cared for troops,skinny dude,helped me.
2nd Lt. Reyes-New,2nd,Run thru hell for him, he'd do it for you, fan fav.
2nd Lt Q- new,women thru panties at him-nice guy, competent
SSG Walker- new 3rd plt SSG seemed to have stuff together- he had Spradlin and Riggs to bail him out.
SSG Ervin-old,COOL-liked his commo-cave
SSG Denison-old,frustrated guy,did'nt have much to say.
SSG Branesky-old,lived on 1st floor,never saw him leave,smoked, had red grim reaper tattoo.
SSG Rosewicz-old,2nd plt 2nd sqd gave Deluca hell. former marine, lots of conversation after I got in trouble.
SGT Alston-new, quiet, 3rd plt
SGT Dryman-new, 3rd, worked with Spradlin, Riggs
SGT Glenn- new,2nd, Butt of a lot of jokes,seemed to piss off alot of people,came from duty in Korea.
SGT Garza- old,Armorer,went to 3rd as I got close to my journey home
Sgt Heard-old, 1st plt, very funny and cool, looked like Doug Williams of pro football fame.
Sgt Cuthbertson- old, 1st plt, mumbled, smoked and there for a good time.
Sgt Miles- new, 1st I think, had a great laugh.
Sgt Miller- 2nd plt, 1st sq, smart,great sgt,very experienced. he picked me, gave me my m-60.Wanted to work at a golf coure in Mexico.Blown knee, smoked, and said "fuck" all the time.
Sgt. Parker-Small of stature, big of heart. always looked out for us in 2nd.
Sgt Pereira-old,1st plt, always looking for respect.
Sgt Snyder- old,1st, cool, liked punk,tired of shit.came to party with 2nd,left soon after.
Sgt Teal-Danger to all soldiers,foreign and domestic
good heart, meant well.
Ran out of room, I'll continue later, Carpenter
Back to the memories-
Cpl Cook- old- 3rd, former Marine, country acccent,seemed okay.
Cpl Jones-old- I think he was in 1st-not much contact,shook his head alot
Cpl Lieber-old,1st,redhead,intense but not with the army. shiny boots
Cpl Lilly-old,1st,had a purple corvette, went to luxemburg city with him for New Year, he said I snagged his softball glove
Cpl Warren-new,2nd came from Ft. Carson , good b-baller, TC for me, named my track "loin slinger"
SPC Blank-old, 1st, squared away-always had his stuff tight, star
SPC Berggeron-old, 3rd, was buddies with Boyer.funny from wisconson, got his nose tip bit off in bar fight dntwn.
SPC Bridges-old-3rd, country as the day is long, nice guy, I once drove him to Frankfort red light to get his freak on.
SPC Clark-old,1st, quiet,sneaky,nice, smoked,had long fingernail
SPC Carter-old,1st,country, one of the best athletes I have ever had the pleasure of playing sports with-smooth.
SPC Daine-old, 2nd, was quiet, intense,lived off post, driver
SPC Greene-new,3rd,I think, helped my mechanics in softball. Good arm
SPC Hernandez-old-1st, nice guy
Spc Hanson-old-3rd I think, nice, very skinny, and had some ears( no offense)
SPC Kroeger-old-3rd,my sincere apologies to you.
SPC Keller-old, 1st, did paperwork,nice, seemed a little odd, but don't ask-don't tell.
SPC Lillard-new,1st, liked his women big. Ran into him selling shoes in Kent,Washington, a couple of guys got shipped to Ft.Lewis prior to ETS.
SPC Lawrence-new, 2nd ,was a roomate, but lived off post,bought a car, nice guy.
SPC Lynch-old-2nd, high pitched voice, funny,hung out at Moncur and Nguyen's room good guy to have in plt.
SPC Velvin Morgan-new,2nd,came from Lewis,partied many a time. Was with me for the car ride to infamy. Loved his menthols.
SPC Darrin Miller-old,2nd, Minn.
Smoked, loved to "pack" the pack of smokes, went on forever,he and Deluca arrived around same time as I.We roomed together for awhile. He went on to drive truck at HHC.
SPC Merritt-old,1st,country,race car mechanic, helped me fix my BMW
Bad blood between Guterrez and Merrit prior to my leaving.
SPC Metzger-old,3rd, did'nt fit mold of soldier,nice,seemed to have a lot of anger, just looking for a out, hung with Kroeger.
SPC Nelson-new-2nd, we got him from Bravo Company for a pack of menthols, Detroit, crazy sumbitch.
We got two Porters, one black(kinda) one white(as bread)One went to 1st from Bravo Co. One came from HHC. One was really short for Baumholder,went to Ft.Benning, one was just really short.The white Porter was thought to like LT.Q a little too much.
SPC Rosum-old-1st, good friend of Deluca, made people laugh,fidgety,smoked,pale,reminded me of a east coast jewish grandfather.
SPC Dale A. Riggs,new,3rd,Virgina Beach this dude could pull some women!Dipped Kodiac(fell asleep with it in)Riggs was a good egg.Lots more on Riggs-ha
Later, my brain hurts.
I'm impressed -- let's hope we hear from more of these guys soon.
I remember some of the names but I was in Echo Company and then D Co......this TBI stuff messes with all the details, but I will work on them and get back at you all.
Holy crap I really should review before I post Working those night shifts messes up your spelling and syntax .I still want to scan those photos to you Matt.
Carpenter
No worries, Sean -- I've got pretty far behind on postings, although I aim to catch up to my huge backlog of correspondence in the next few weeks.
Cheers
Matt
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