5th Special Forces Group (Abn.)
Listing for 5th SFGA members who were TDY to SE Asia and those who served with the 5th after the unit returned from VN.
| George W.
Pete Beswick TDY Element |
Bob Harrison Demo A-133 |
Thomas Williams TDY Element |
| Robert Smith
TDY Element |
Jim Taylor
TDY Element |
Vince Gaston [MSG, Ret.] Intell A-13 |
| Frank Treadwell,
SFC [MSG, Ret.] 11B4S A-6 / B-120 |
Chester Ward, Capt. [BG,
Ret.] 3100 / 61A / 000 B-5 - 120 |
Robert Scalli, Sgt 05B2S ODA-523 |
| Bob Hill E-4 96b3pQ8 |
John Schimke, SFC | Richard H. "Dick" James
Heavy Wpns/Demo A-412 |
| Charles "Bucker"
Gascon, Sgt 5th SFGA |
Roy Haynes,
SFC 18F4V 5th SFGA |
George Groom, MSG, Ret. 11F5SAU TDY Element |
| Enrique Jimmenez,
SGM, Ret. 11F/11B5S 5th SFGA |
Dudley Newcomb, [MSG, Ret] | Larry Stroklund, MAJ, Ret |
| Sid Williams (CSM, Ret.) 91B5S |
Leo Simpson, SGM | Ron Coleman, SP4 74C CE section 1990 - 1993 |
| Kevin La Bona, [CSM Ret.] | William Foxworth, [E9 Ret] | Jerry Jensen, LTC, Ret. Cdr, Co A, 3rd Bn, 5th SFGA, Jan 74 - Jun 76 |
| Robert Streeter, CW4, Ret. | James Wobig, MSG, Ret. | Brian Becker, SP4 05B4S |
| Mitch Hicks, SGM, Ret. 11b5s |
Skip Reid, CW2, Ret. 31V |
Gordon Moore, SP5 Demo |
| Robert Foster, CWO,
Ret 113.73 TOC-Rue Pasteur |
5th SFGA Afghanistan
9 Jul 42 - 1st Special Service Force, a joint Canadian-American venture, formed at Fort William Henry Harrison, Mont.
21 Sep 61 - 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) founded at Fort Bragg; first commander, Col. Aaron Bank.
10 Jun 88 - Headquarters, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) moved from Fort Bragg to Fort Campbell, Ky. 30 Sep 87 - 2nd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) moved from Fort Bragg to Fort Campbell.*
* U.S. Army Special Operations Command Web Site. http://www.soc.mil/
"In the spring of 1964, Special Forces (Provisional), Vietnam, became an established command and was officially designated U.S. Army Special Forces, Vietnam. Finally, on 1 October 1964, the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces, with an authorized strength of 1,297, was assigned to Vietnam. The introduction of the 5th Special Forces Group and the transition to permanent change of station was to be phased, with the first nine permanent change of station A detachments arriving on 28 September 1964. All temporary duty detachments were to depart by 1 May 1965. By the end of September there were five B and forty-four A detachments in Vietnam, of which one B and three A detachments were assigned to special projects, plus a signal element and twenty-man psychological operations and civic action augmentation unit." **
** CMH Publication 90-23. Department of the Army. Washington, D.C. 1989 (First Printed, 1973); Chapter III.
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