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The following list is unofficial and posted June 2024 & july 30, 2024.
The author/editor – Bruce HOLZHAUER – IS Blind and old.
– had to stop sometime.
Scroll down page because
there is lots of stuff since started in 2003!
| DECEASED SINCE VIETNAM
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| Aguilar | Robert | D/C 2013 | ||
| Blaney | David E | D/C 2003 | ||
| Borton | David | D/C 1994 | ||
| Bosak | Richard S. | D/C 2000 | ||
| Boyce | James | D/C 2006 | ||
| Bryant | Randolph | D/C 2015 | ||
| Callins | Freddie | D/C 2004 | ||
| Campbell | William J | D/C 2014 | ||
| Campbell | Jajuan | D/C 1985 | ||
| Clark | Gary W. | D/C 2007 | ||
| Cook | Arthur W. | D/C 2004 | ||
| Dickerson | James F. | D/C 2008 | ||
| Doyle | George | D/C 2009 | ||
| Erickson | David T | D/C 1982 | ||
| Farris | Andy | D/C 2014 | ||
| Fuller | Richard | D/C 2012 | ||
| Gillespie | Sam | D/C 1974 | ||
| Gillette | Marshal | D/C 1996 | ||
| Glasby | Harry A. | D/C 1972 | ||
| Gonzalez | Ernesto | D/C 2005 | ||
| Guffy | Boyd E | D/C 2012 | ||
| Haerling | Richard | D/C 1977 | ||
| Hicks | Jay D. | D/C 1994 | ||
| Jackson | Larry | D/C 2010 | ||
| Johnson | Billy L. | D/C 2003 | ||
| Johnson | Dennis F. | D/C 2006 | ||
| Johnson | Robert | D/C 1994 | ||
| Malec | Theodore | D/C 1994
MANN, LTC JOHN |
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Mather, Terry Lee JAN 13, 2021 McCleary |
John | D/C 2002 | ||
| McKimm | Raymond | D/C 2014 | ||
| Mickens | Milton | D/C 1999 | ||
| Miller | Gerald | D/C 1976 | ||
| Montesdeoca | Valentin | D/C 1991 | ||
| Morgan | Thomas W. | D/C 2012 | ||
| Muller | John “Doc” | D/C 2018 | ||
| Murray | Terry “Doc” | D/C 2018 | ||
| Orvold | Preston | D/C 2015 | ||
| Pavilack | Gregory A. | D/C 1982 | ||
| Ltc. Phillips | Shepperd | D/C 2016 | ||
| Quick | Lebert | D/C 1974 | ||
| Randolph | Larry | D/C 2003 | ||
| Reason | Louis | D/C 2003 | ||
| Rich | Dennis F. | D/C 2014 | ||
| Roland | Glen | D/C 1978 | ||
| Sallee | Bob | D/C 2017 | ||
| Sanders | Ernest | D/C 2011 | ||
| Shangreaux | Donavan | D/C 07/29/20 | ||
| Slayton | Steve | EL | D/C 04/20 | |
| Smith | Jeff | D/C 11/21/19 | ||
| Terzakos | Chris H. | D/C 1998 | ||
| Valade | Norman | D/C 2005 | ||
| Vandenberg | Dan | D/C 2013 | ||
| Webster | Thomas H. | D/C 2001 | ||
| Wisdom | Michael | D/C 2011 | ||
| Wheat | Gene | D/C 2016 | ||
| Wolfgran | Russell | D/C 2007
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Lt. Col. Carl Quickmire
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Columbia, South Carolina
Carl Quickmire Obituary
LTC Carl Robert Quickmire, U.S. Army COLUMBIA – LTC Carl Robert Quickmire, U.S. Army, (Ret.) passed away peacefully on Friday, May 19, 2017 in Columbia, SC. Born in Olney, Illinois on Valentine’s Day in 1938, he was a highly-decorated career officer and veteran. He proudly served his country in both the Korean and Vietnam Wars. During his long military career he was awarded various decorations including 3 Bronze Stars with “V”(for Heroism in Combat), Meritorious Service Medal (for 21 years Exceptional service) and 2 Bronze Stars (for Meritorious Service in Combat). LTC Quickmire was a devoted son, husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He instilled in his children his love of adventure and travel. However, his true joy in life was his grandchildren. He enjoyed attending their singing, acting and sporting events. He inspired his grandson, Lance Corporal Ian K. Boyce, US Marines, to follow in his military footsteps. Carl was a long-time member of Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church where he took great pleasure in doing for others. He served in many capacities over the years. As a member on the Board of Trustees and Chairmanship of the Mission Committee, he helped organize and participated in several mission trips to assist in disaster relief and recovery. He was instrumental in establishing the Annual Asbury Golf Tournament which raises funds to award scholarships to Asbury college students. As an active member of the Asbury Men’s Club, he organized or assisted with many projects including the fall and spring BBQ dinners and providing maintenance for the Killingsworth Transitional Home for Women. He enjoyed Wednesday Night Suppers and delivering Meals on Wheels on a weekly basis. He is survived by his children, Catherine Q. Laffitte, Charleston (Charles), Victoria F. Johnson, Columbia, Timothy J. Quickmire, Hardeeville, and by daughter and caregiver, Valerie F. Boyce, Columbia (Stephen A. Phipps, fiancee); his grandchildren, Kyle Marie Johnson, Samuel P. Johnson, Lance Corporal Ian K. Boyce,U.S. Marine Corps, Shane R. Johnson, Daniel E. Johnson and great granddaughter Kinley Taylor-Marshall all of Columbia; one brother, Thomas Quickmire (Joyce), Columbia; and long-time companion, Sarah Gable, Columbia; and a large and loving extended family. He was preceded in death by Norma B. Quickmire, his wife of 32 years; and his daughter, Carolyn Q. Hamby. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 PM, Monday, May 22, 2017 at Thompson Funeral Home at Greenlawn Memorial Park, 845 Leesburg Road, Columbia, SC 29209. Funeral services will be held at 1 PM, Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church, 1005 Asbury Drive, Columbia SC 29209. Burial, with full military honors, will follow the service at Greenlawn Memorial Park.
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Lt. Col. John Mann Sr.: Pioneering Black “Triple Nickles” Paratrooper Dies at 89
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Lt. Col. John Mann Sr., a highly decorated, 33-year veteran of the United States Army and a founding member of the “Triple Nickles,” the defense branch’s first and only all-Black parachute battalion, was laid to rest Dec. 18 during funeral services at Zion Baptist Church on the 1700 block of North Caroline Street in Baltimore.
Mann died Dec. 12 of congestive heart failure at Manor Care Ruxton. He was 89.
Retired Army Lt. Gen. William “Kip” Ward and former U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg and the Netherlands Kingdon Gould Jr., a fellow soldier and lifelong friend, both offered remarks at the service which “celebrat[ed] a life well lived.”
The longtime resident of Pikesville, Md., served as a Special Forces advisor and a battalion commander in Vietnan. And as a paratrooper in the Triple Nickles, he made 168 jumps over a period of 17 years of airborne service. Mann also worked in government and education and was a published novelist.
Mann was born March 24, 1926, in Camden, S.C., to Otis Mann, a farmer, and Helen Mann, an activist.
He graduated from Camden’s Mather Academy in 1944, was drafted into the Army shortly afterwards at age 18. He was sent to Fort McClellan, a segregated training facility manned by White officers in Alabama.
After completing basic training, Mann was appointed as a cadre or drill sergeant, training other troops for combat. After returning home from Europe after World War II ended in 1945, he was transferred to Fort Benning, Ga., the home of the Airborne School.
It was there Mann developed his fascination with the duties of the parachute unit and where he saw a Black paratrooper for the first time.
“And looking at the wings, and the boots and so forth really made me crave…this was something I really wanted to do,” said Mann during an interview as part of the National Visionary Leader Project Oral History Archive. “I guess I felt as if I had something to prove—if they were doing it, I’d like to do it. It’s dangerous, but I’d still like to do it.”
That’s why, instead of accepting his discharge from the Army in 1947, he re-enlisted for airborne duty with the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, known as the Triple Nickles.
Although Mann was not a member of the Triple Nickles’ inaugural units, he served with the organization before it was integrated into the 82nd Airborne Division and became the 3rd Battalion, 505th Airborne Infantry Regiment.
Shortly after the start of the Korean War in June 1950, Mann was assigned to the 11th Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Ky., and promoted to a company first sergeant at age 24. After he was sent into combat in the Asian conflict, he received a direct commission as a second lieutenant.
In the waning months of the Korean War, Mann was given command of a company in the 3rd Infantry Division, which saw considerable action. On his return stateside in 1953, he was awarded his first Bronze Star and re-assigned to the 11th Airborne Division.
While serving on a peace-keeping mission during the Cold War in Germany, Mann was sent to Lebanon in 1958 and promoted to captain.
After completing special forces and counter-insurgency training, Mann was assigned to 1st Special Forces Group (Abn) on Okinawa, and sent as a detachment commander to Vietnam to train militia and to establish a camp in Bien Dinh Province.
Mann returned to Vietnam in 1968 and served on the Division Staff in the 25th Infantry Division and later as battalion commander. He saw considerable combat and earned numerous medals and commendations for his valor in battle.
After his service in Vietnam, Mann returned to a job in the Pentagon as an executive officer in the Warsaw Pact division (DIA) until 1973. He was next sent to The Netherlands to serve as commander of the American Army troops assigned to Allied Forces Central Europe headquarters. Mann returned to the U.S. in 1977 and finished his last year of service at Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington, D.C., before retiring as a lieutenant colonel.
Throughout his military career, Mann amassed more than 30 U.S. and foreign decorations, including the Silver Star, three Legions of Merit, three Bronze Stars, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Army Commendation Medal, six awards of The Air Medal and several more.
After leaving his military service, Mann was appointed county personnel officer for Prince George’s County, Md., from 1979-1981, before taking a position as business manager of Glenelg Country School in Howard County. He retired again in 1991.
Upon retirement, Mann nurtured his lifelong pursuit of writing—while in the Army he published articles in several national magazines and newspapers. Beginning in 2003, he published four fiction novels based on the fictional character, Joe Kepper, a former paratrooper, turned police detective: “The Search for Rosita” (2003), “Peril in Parksdale” (2004), “Angelo’s Guest” (2007), and “Early Joe Kepper” (2009).
Mann is survived by: his wife, Jean; sons, Rev. John E. Mann Jr., Stuart Adams (Deidra) and Rev. Scott Adams (Tanya); daughters, Helen Mann Williams and Patricia Mann Quarles; grandchildren, Dorrien Mann, Tricia Goodman (Douglass), Grace Nix, Randall Adams, Harrison Adams, Stuart Adams II and Ray Owensby; great-grandchildren, Darren Moulden, Michael Goodman, Gabrielle Goodman, Kimani Nix, Richardo Duplechan and many relatives and friends.
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Passed away Saturday, October 19, 2019. He was a Platoon Leader for 1st Plt in 1969.
He was from New York, more recently, from Chevy Chase, MD
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LTC Carl R. Quickmire, USA-Ret.
3rd Squadron 4th Cavalry
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12th Infantry Regiment – HHC Walrath & Phillips time. ]
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South Carolina
[source: Tropic Lightning Assoc. Vol. 68 No. 2]
Quickmire, Major Carl R. ~ 1969. Battalion S-3 (Operations). Worked for Walrath. Awarded Bronze Star (Valor). [? XO also?
[SOURCE: Trout Fishing In Vietnam]
Columbia, SC
LTC Carl Robert Quickmire, U.S. Army COLUMBIA – LTC Carl Robert Quickmire, U.S. Army, (Ret.) passed away peacefully on Friday, May 19, 2017 in Columbia, SC. Born in Olney, Illinois on Valentine’s Day in 1938, he was a highly-decorated career officer and veteran. He proudly served his country in both the Korean and Vietnam Wars. During his long military career he was awarded various decorations including 3 Bronze Stars with “V”(for Heroism in Combat), Meritorious Service Medal (for 21 years Exceptional service) and 2 Bronze Stars (for Meritorious Service in Combat). LTC Quickmire was a devoted son, husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He instilled in his children his love of adventure and travel. However, his true joy in life was his grandchildren. He enjoyed attending their singing, acting and sporting events. He inspired his grandson, Lance Corporal Ian K. Boyce, US Marines, to follow in his military footsteps. Carl was a long-time member of Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church where he took great pleasure in doing for others. He served in many capacities over the years. As a member on the Board of Trustees and Chairmanship of the Mission Committee, he helped organize and participated in several mission trips to assist in disaster relief and recovery. He was instrumental in establishing the Annual Asbury Golf Tournament which raises funds to award scholarships to Asbury college students. As an active member of the Asbury Men’s Club, he organized or assisted with many projects including the fall and spring BBQ dinners and providing maintenance for the Killingsworth Transitional Home for Women. He enjoyed Wednesday Night Suppers and delivering Meals on Wheels on a weekly basis. He is survived by his children, Catherine Q. Laffitte, Charleston (Charles), Victoria F. Johnson, Columbia, Timothy J. Quickmire, Hardeeville, and by daughter and caregiver, Valerie F. Boyce, Columbia (Stephen A. Phipps, fiancee); his grandchildren, Kyle Marie Johnson, Samuel P. Johnson, Lance Corporal Ian K. Boyce,U.S. Marine Corps, Shane R. Johnson, Daniel E. Johnson and great granddaughter Kinley Taylor-Marshall all of Columbia; one brother, Thomas Quickmire (Joyce), Columbia; and long-time companion, Sarah Gable, Columbia; and a large and loving extended family. He was preceded in death by Norma B. Quickmire, his wife of 32 years; and his daughter, Carolyn Q. Hamby. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 PM, Monday, May 22, 2017 at Thompson Funeral Home at Greenlawn Memorial Park, 845 Leesburg Road, Columbia, SC 29209. Funeral services will be held at 1 PM, Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church, 1005 Asbury Drive, Columbia SC 29209. Burial, with full military honors, will follow the service at Greenlawn Memorial Park. Friends may sign the online guestbook at www.thompsonsfuneral.com.
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Former Alpha Company Commanding Officer (CO) July 1969
Captain Ronald J. Walters [Lieutenant Colonel ]
Oct. 15, 1939 – Oct. 2, 2014
Died of lung cancr –
He was the National Guard officer that liked CS gas.
Alpha Cammanding Officer July 1969.
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| KIA BURIEL SITES
PFC JOHN C. CHAVES [Co. A KIA. WIA21Jan70,Died of Wounds 11Apr70] ~ Brave at Oak Grove Cemetery, 230 Playstead Road, Medford (Middlesex County – Boston area), Massachusetts. SGT ROBERT FUNK [Co. A KIA 24Oct69] ~ Buried Nov. 2, 1969 at Oakwood Cemetery, Penfield (south-east of Rochester), Monroe County, New York. Buried Nov. 2, 1969 at Oakwood Cemetery, Penfield (south-east of Rochester), Monroe County, New York. CPL RONALD E. NEWMAN [Co. A KIA 26Apr70] SGT DONALD L. PERRY [Co. E KIA 26Oct68] |
| POST-VIETNAM DEATHS
FRANK BALASUS [Co. A] passed in 2002. TOM BOGDAS [Co. A Medic] passed on in 2002. DAVID R. CORTEZ [Co. B] passed in 2003. PAUL COSH [Co. A] passed on in September 2002. ROBERT “Sugar Bear” CRAFFORD [Co. B] passed in 2002. WILLIAM W. CUSHMAN [Co. D] passed on September 8, 1998. ART DAVIS passed on October 8, 2003. Burried in Marrillville, Indiana. [Contact Geisen Funeral Home for cemetery.] STEPHEN EARP [Co. D] passed on a number of years ago. __________________________________________________________________________-_____ LTC JOE F. ELLIOTT Lietenant Colonel Elliot is alive and well. The Sarge got erroneous information. I regret my former posting regarding his well being. I am grateful to Colonel Elliott’s son for the april, 2011 email correction my error. Bruce Holzhauer, Webmaster GARRY GREEN [Co. B Medic] passed on. (Lt.) WILLIAM T. “Tom” HARPER III [HHC 4.2 mortar platoon] passed December 22, 2002 in Myrtle Beach, SC at the age of 62. (Sgt.) CHARLIE HUNT [Co. C] died in an automobileaccident not long after coming back to the world. ROBERT TRIS “Lurch” JOHNSON [Recon] passed on April 11, 2005. RICHARD KIMBROUGH [Co. D 1968-69] 2009. BENNY KLATT [Co. B] passed in December 2002. VALINTINE MONTESDEOCA [Co. A 69-70] passed in 1991. STEVE MOSS [Co. C 1969-70] 2008 JOHN W. NIX [Co. D] passed in August 1998 of heart attack. Burried in Lawrenceville, GA. LARRY D. OSBORN [Recon CRIP 1967] passed October 17, 2002 in Sedgwick County, Colorado and is buried in Ft. McPherson National Cemetery in Maxwell, Nebraska, near North Platte. LOUIS REASONS [Co. A] passed December 2003 in Louisiana. STEVEN SMALLWOOD [Co. E 1968-69] passed. RONNIE E. VAUGHN [Co. D] passed on in 1995. MARION WOODFORK [Co. C] killed in car wreck after returning home. ****************************************************************** May our brothers rest in the peace they so richly deserve. ***************************************************************************** If you have information about 2/12th soldiers who have passed on (or) where any of our brothers-in-arms burial sites are – KIA or Post Vietnam – please let us know. CONTACT: Bruce Holzhauer atdizme@frontier.com |
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1. .. 25th/4th Inf Div-12th Infantry Regiment-KIA Vietnam – Find A Grave
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Records 41 – 80 – Cemetery. Find Your Ancestors at GenealogyBank.
Abbott, Pvt James Edward
24862286 b. Feb. 20, 1949 d. Apr. 4, 1970
Aufiere, PFC Armand James
62333548 b. Dec. 22, 1944 d. Jan. 27, 1967