CAC 1

CAC 1

Submitted by: Greg Roscoe

Subject: Unit & Roster update
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 14:21:32 -0800
From: 1semperfi@sprintmail.com
To: Tim Duffie

Tim,

Your roster is looking good. Thanks for the updates. Nice job!

Here are two Marines and a corpsman listed in the roster as units unknown.

Bobby L. Lambert 66 Kilo 3/3
James LoCastro 67 Fox 2/4
"Doc" Carroll "Sandy" Taylor, 66, Lima 3/7 already listed in CAC 3-1 but also listed under unknown unit as Taylor, Sandy, "Doc".

Here are some Marines missing from the roster with the year they joined their CAC unit and transferring outfit. CAC 3-1, established 1Mar66 with Marines from Hotel 2/3 as CAC 1. Changed to CAC 3-1 when Marines from 3/3 relieved Hotel 2/3. Located in the village of Tuy Loan where the new Hwy One turns South East of the Tuy Loan and Yen rivers intersection, just East of Bo Ban @ site of the first rocket attack on Da Nang. Hwy One initially went thru the ville:

Fred Bullens 67 Echo 2/4
Thomas Cullen H&S 3/7 KIA Nov 8, 67
Mike Dingus KIA in Dec 4,67
Kenneth B. Gilchrist, Golf 2/4
Chester C. Green, 66, Lima 3/3
Alvin E. Hafford, 66 Kilo 3/3
Joseph D. Hooper, 67 Fox 2/4
Ray Millard, 67
Gary G. Murnan, 67 Golf 2/4; listed as Murmam in CAC 3-3 roster
Larry D. "Murph" Murphy, 66, Mike 3/3
John A. Olimpo, 67, Echo 2/4: later transferred to Bravo 4 and was there when it was overrun
John Hampton Posner, 66, Weapons, Kilo 3/3 (dibs@extremezone.com)
Mike Shields, 67, Lima 3/7
James T. Spearence, 66, Kilo 3/3
Henry "Lanny" "Doc" VonEgloffstein, 66 India 3/3: our 2nd corpsman.
Freddie J. Wilds, 66, "Charlie" Brown we're not sure if Charlie is his given or nickname

Last names only:

Lockwood is from Illinois, 66.
Mascots "Recon" and "Ambush" I would appreciate it if they were added to the CAC 3-1 roster . Recon used to run patrols with us and was very good at sniffing out bobby traps. "Doc" Taylor named his stateside dog "Recon", and his son, now a Marine, named his new dog "Ambush" in their memory. It might be a good idea if other units listed their Mascots, it might jog some memories of Marines trying to find their old units

CAC 3-2:

Fred O. Andrews, 67
Richard Randall, 66, Kilo 3/3, (RicARandall@aol.com)
Carroll Soape, later changed name to Carroll Christian, 66, Kilo 3/3
Robert Ashe, 66, Kilo 3/3: was later transferred to CAC 3-3.

CAC 3-3:

James Owens, 66, 3/3; was also in CAC 3-1
Robert Ashes, 66, Kilo 3/3; was also in CAC 3-2.

Bravo 4: Highway One on the NE corner of "Four Corners", between hills 22 and 41 just east of La Chad 4 & 5. Site of later rocket attack on Da Nang.

Greg Roscoe, Kilo 3/3, transferred from CAC 3-1, April 67
John A. Olimpo, Transferred same time from CAC 3-1.

If anyone knows the whereabouts of these Marines it would be appreciated. Some have moved, others have never been found.

Alvin Hafford lives in Chicago and works or worked as a child attendant in the Cook county jail.
Lorenzo Forrest lives in San Diego
Bobby L. Lambert last address was in Klamath Falls, Or; he is originally from Texas, has a southern drawl
"Charlie" Brown, a short black Marines from Chicago. His first name may not be Charlie, but he went by it. He is from either the 4th or 7th Marines and was WIA Dec 66 and later med evacuated to Japan.
Freddie Wilds is a short black Marine from the Atlanta, Georgia area.

Please pass on that Jim Spearence has Alheimers and is in Plymouth Gardens rest home in Rochester, New York. Anyone that has a chance to see him would be appreciated.

If you agree to add the year and previous units that the CAC Marines came from, I'll send you an update on the Marines currently listed. I know when I meet a new Marine buddy the conversation starts out with where were you at and when. I think this additional information will help all concerned. You might run it by the other guys.

Here is info that I hope you post on the roster or at least pass along.

The original unit designations and what they were changed to in the Hieu Duc District.

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