There are many different people that served in the US Army in Vietnam in Unit 5 Th Bn 60 Th Inf Co E 1 St Inf in the years of 1968-1969. The Vietnam War was a war that the United States fought in and they did not win.
1. Contact one of those ever popular computer sites that advertise "helping to locate old army buddies." 2. Best bet, might be to inquire into "Vietnam Battalion/Unit/Squadron/Division Associations"; they are common, and just about EVERY unit that served in South Vietnam has an association (on the computer).
The 3rd Radio Research Unit advisor to the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) who was killed by the Viet Cong in 1961 was Lieutenant Colonel John F. “Jack” McGowan. He was part of U.S. military efforts to support the ARVN during the early stages of the Vietnam War. His death highlighted the dangers faced by American advisors in Vietnam during this tumultuous period.
There are many websites by or for Vietnam Veterans. If you know what unit the vet served in, do a search for that unit. They might have an association to get veterans back in touch with each other. Click on the link below to see an example of a Vietnam Unit association website.
A veteran is someone who fought in a war as part of an army or unit.
No. The Vietnam Service Medal was awarded to a service member who served with a military unit participating in or directly supporting military operations in the Republic of Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, and parts of Laos.
Find out what unit he was in and do a search on that unit. Once you find the unit, they may have a web site and you can contact the members. Frogmen were in the Navy, not the Army.
Reagan served as an army officer in WW II. His eyes were too bad for him to be in a combat unit.
That should've been the light cruiser USS Oklahoma City firing from the gunline in Vietnam, and not the USS Salt Lake City (which was a WWII heavy cruiser)by the way. Former army LT Winston Groom wrote Forrest Gump. He served in the unit depicted in Gump's movie, Company A, 2/47th Inf, 3rd Bde, 9th ID in South Vietnam.
Colonel Charlie.A Beckwith saw the need for a US version of the SAS. He served in Vietnam as a Green Beret and then created a sepreate unit apart of the US Army SF called `Project Delta`. After Vietnam Beckwith kept pushing US Army officials to create a unit and finally after many years of hardwork Beckwith finally got the go ahead and in 1977 1st SFOD-D(Special Forces Operational Detachement- Delta) or better known as Delta Force was created.
Reagan served as an army officer in WW II. His eyes were too bad for him to be in a combat unit.
Most notable was Harry S. Truman who served with the Missouri Army National Guard during WW1.
Pradetorians were a speciel unit that served the empire,lieionarys becuase they were basic heavy infantry,spernumerarii asoilder who replaced a dead one.