D TROOP 3/5TH
"CHARLIEHORSE"
CALLSIGNS
Troop -
Charliehorse
6
Rod Wolfe
Major Joe Seery (died
after tour) 71 / 72
Photo
Charliehorse
5
Capt Van B.
Cunningham 71 / 72
Cpt James "Mike" Shannon
Charliehorse
3
Capt. Bob Fairchild 71 /
72
Capt. Tom Ford
Charliehorse
8B
Kurt Mueller
Guns - Assassins
31
Jim Jackson
Scouts - Kamikazi
16
Nick Riviezzo
David Coker
Capt. "Wild" Bill Allen
Photo
Cpt Derrill Burnside (KIA 3
May, 1971)
14
WO Major Herrick
Roth
15
WO Mike Deady
15A
Gunner Rip Smith
18
Tom (Tinker) Bell
Photo
19
WO Joe Douglas
Bill Halevy
?
1lt. "Animal" Wagner
Lift - "Bagger"
26
Tom Ford
Bagger Patch
Some time in mid 1971
the platoons gave up
their callsigns.
All platoons used
"Charlie Horse"
Guns
30s&40s
31
Jim Jackson
Photo
35
Capt. Robert
Barthelmess
33
Joe Hogg
36
Capt. Jimmy V.
Dobbs (died after tour)
38
Hugh Mills
39
Mike Bair
41
Robert L. Ramsey
43
Roy Williams
Photo
Marvin Quinn
Photo
Bob Smith (71-72)
45
Mac Cockerell
?
1lt. Ron Diabella
Cwo Jim Weisand
Cpt. Freddy Becker
CW2 Jeffrey L.Hayes
CW2 Gary "Teeny Bopper" Richardson
Photo
CW2 Carlo Cavaluzzi (sp?)
Steve Wing, Lou Breuer (KIA), Duane Hartwick.
Lift
20s
22
Jim Pero (RIP 1/26/2021)
23
Fred Blanchard (RIP 12/8/2016)
24
Jeff Bavar
Photo
26
Tom Ford
Noel Harvey
27
WO-1 Jerry Lay
29
Mike Cleveland
?
Cpt. Joe Hogg
1lt Neil F. Flynn
CW2 Buddy Bradwell
Scouts
16
Cpt Bill Allen
14
WO Herrick
11
Wayne Forbes
Brent Rapier
?
CW2 Tim (Tiny) Knight
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