Locator

Bill Schwindt, C/3/22, 65-67, 4th Platoon, has dedicated years to finding our Charlie Company Vietnam Veterans. He has also brought together countless veterans from other eras and other units. There is no better locator on earth. If you are trying to find someone, please Email Bill or any of the officers listed on the Headquarters page of this web site. We maintain a roster of over 1200 former 3rd Battalion men, most of them C/3/22. We also have a large Email address list. We will send you a roster upon request, or otherwise direct you to the information you are seeking.
Click on "Roll Call" page for more information.

Guys, Today I got a surprise phone call from Shelton Moore, a guy we've been trying to find for awhile now.
He got a letter I sent quite awhile back. He came to C3/22 in June 68, to 3rd plt first, but then was moved to 1st plt as ammo bearer on Smitty's machine gun. He was wounded later that summer; I think he said Aug, same time as Lt Mac Reppert was wounded, whenever that was. So, I gave him Smitty's number, Reppert's number, and Gerol Mingo's number who he also remembered.
He lives in Winona MS, phone number is available. Contact any C/3/22 Association Officer for more info.
Email is mostly his wife's but maybe now he'll learn how to use it.......cmoore2788@yahoo.com

Awhile back I found and talked to Ronald Springsteen of 4th plt 67-68. He lives in Colorado Springs CO. Phone Number is available. Contact me at c322locate@aol.com
bill

Guys and Gals
We received quite a few phone calls and emails since the newsletter went out. Some of it is just new phone numbers/area codes or email addresses, that sort of thing. But others are very inspired guys, re-energized by this newsletter, as Benny Dooley, 1st plt 67-68, is.
Some is bad news, as this one:
Daniel Lockridge, 3rd plt 68, passed on Jan 19th 2004, his sister called me to let us know.

Guys, I’m sorry to have to report that Don received the newsletter back from David J Wolford, marked "deceased". David is on our roster as 3rd platoon 69-70. He was living in IL.
He's listed on the Mar 70 roster with a DEROS of 20 July 70, so probably got to us in July 69.
His primary MOS was 11B, infantry, but his secondary MOS was 94b20, I think that's a cook. So it could be he helped out some there too. I hope some of you remember him and will pray for him and his family.

Got this new edress and nice comment from Roger Hale of HHC. He's on my HHC email list.

"Hi. I wanted to let you know that I just switched to EarthLink for my Internet access, and so I have a NEW EarthLink email address: chieftwo07@earthlink.net

Please take a moment today to write down my new address and add it to your email address book.
I don't want to miss any of your messages!"

Sincerely,
Roger
chieftwo07@gloryroad.net

From Bill Schwindt
Posted 12/20/2004

Guys,
Some sad news;
TC Calcagno has learned that Anthony Colandro, 3rd platoon medic in 67, has passed away. It was last year, cancer.

I remember when I first found Tony; he told me that while I was still there, the day Carlis Johns was wounded, that he used up all his morphine on the wounded that day. There were more wounded than I remembered, but I do remember that day for sure, snipers in the trees, plus bunkers I heard. I was back a ways in the column and saw nothing. However, a grenade did come in and hit Einbinder on the leg next to me, but it didn't go off. Anyway, the point of the story is to help you guys remember Tony. There's a great picture of him, hopefully in the photo albums of O'Neal.

Also, just learned that Major Joseph Hacia, 69-70 Battalion XO, died last month, also cancer. I know that he was thought of as a man who cared for his men, a good officer.
The following email letter from Dave DeMauro attests to that:

From David DeMauro:

Fellow Soldiers,

I wanted to comment on the Death of Major Hacia, which Bill posted about a week ago. Major Hacia was the Battalion Operations Officer when two NVA assaults were made upon Fire Support Base Crook in June of 1969. FSB Crook was located Northwest of Tay Ninh very near the Cambodian border. Charlie Company had worked this area of thick jungle for over a year before building this FSB. During the time of the attacks, Charlie Company was at nearby FSB Washington while Crook was defended by Bravo Company. It was Major Hacia who was at the base and coordinated the Artillery and Air Force supporting fires. He did this from atop the tower at the base and from the operations bunker. This is not an easy thing to do as although the maximum support is desired, collision of helicopters, shells, and planes must be avoided. He did this with great precision... He had pre-planned the support and had coordinates and compass directions for all forms of support. Throughout the two nights he called in artillery from several different surrounding bases, brought in napalm and spooky gunships from the air force, and used helicopter gunships as well. His work was so effective that two human wave assaults were driven back. Almost 500 NVA bodies were abandoned near the wire around the base. Many more NVA soldiers had been dragged off into the surrounding jungle. The area around the base had been decimated by napalm and artillery shells. Only one life was lost to a Bravo Company soldier. The toll could have been much larger.

After Vietnam, Major Hacia returned to the Army War College and taught the defensive tactics that he had performed so well in Vietnam. He was a professional soldier who knew the business of war very well. Thank God that he did. I have great respect for him. He valued the lives of his soldiers. I pray that his soul rests in peace...

David DeMauro C Co. 68-69

Guys,
The letter sent recently to Calvin Dunsmore, 67-68, was returned marked "deceased". I think he was in 2nd platoon. No further information was given.

Also, Ron Kuhn passed away last Friday, (Nov 3, 2004) of a heart attack. Jim Cunningham arranged for flowers to be sent from C3/22

Gary Cunningham, 70-71, mentioned in his posting on the website that he'd be in Milwaukee, his first reunion ever. I replied that it would be great to watch him see his friends, and this is his reply back:

Bill,
I will be there, and it's thanks to all of your hard work in the 3/22 association that I will get to see them, thanks for everything and keep up the good work. Happy holidays!
Gary L. Cunningham, C.P.O.
451 Coyote Circle
Golden, CO. 80403

Rick DeNomme and Granddaughter Ashley have found many of the roster changes when getting ready for mailing the plaques to our to veteran members.

UPDATE: Remy found more deceased members that were still on our roster - eight more. Please inform us if you know of anybody still on our roster who is in fact deceased.

UPDATE: Remy has now found 28 of our Army buddies that were on our roster that are actually deceased. They remained on the roster because nobody was notified that they had passed away. Very sad to learn, but they are now on our "Deceased" page and are at least recognized in that way.

Remy Autz, Newsletter Editor, was concerned with all the names on the roster that had never paid dues. He started checking and so far found six guys that had passed away but were still on the roster. Sadly they are now off the roster and on the deceased list. It is important to let us know if you are aware of one of our guys who has passed. Contact information for Remy is on the "Headquarters" page.