Ba Xoai
A-429
A-421


Seven Mountain area map (with Ba Xoai)
Map Courtesy of Bill Leap
 

Richard H. "Dick" James Ron Goodin Bill Malone, Sgt. *
Bryan Furman, Sgt.
91B4S
David May, E5 [PO 1st Class, Ret.]
USN: Beach Jumper
Bob Reis, Sgt
Demo Sgt.
Don Kainu, MSG. [Maj, Ret.]
Heavy Wpns.
Dan O'Hanlon, Sgt.**
05B4S
Steve White SGT [CW4, Ret]
05B4S
John Winklmann, E-6
Team Medic
Quatron, Ferdinand MSG
KIA
 

*Info from Bill Malone:

Ba Xoai was.. "located in the middle of nowhere down in IV Corps, we worked extensively with the Cambodian underground (we were situated only about a click or so off the red line, smack in the heart of the seven mountains region)." ... info from Bill Malone.

**Info from Dan O'Hanlon

In the past year, several of the members of A-421 (circa 1969) have suddenly been put in contact with one another. Others(**) are found to have passed away.):
Cpt. BRIAN MACDONALD,
Lt. JOHN FECHENBACH,
Sgt NICK ("Top") LaNOTTE**
Sgt. LEROY ("Soap") SOPER** (TRIPPLE veteran of WWII, Korea, and Vietnam.)
Sgt. BOB (Hawk) REIS(*)
Sgt. RUSS BOND
Sgt. BRYAN FURMAN
Sgt. NEIL MAYSE**
Sgt. BILL (Butcher) Malone,
(great guys to the last!)
—and myself, Sgt. DAN (Oscar) O'HANLON.

(*)Sadly, Bob Reis, having just found us all, and after so long, was killed in an automobile accident, this past May.

WE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR news of:
Sgt. Bobby Newnam, and
Sgt. "Wells" Wells (whose first name, it seems, NOBODY--EVER knew!)

We are also in contact with DAVID MAY (Navy) who was was attached to A-421 circa 1969, as part of a clasiffied Navy sound surveillance team.


A-429 (later A-421) Ba Chuc (KKK) Chau Doc Province Opened: 15 Jan 66 Apr 66 moved to Ba Xoei; replaced by new team
A-421 Ba Xoai (KKK) Chau Doc Province Opened: May 66 30 Nov 70 converted to ARVN Ranger *

* CMH Publication 90-23. Department of the Army. Washington, D.C. 1989 (First Printed, 1973); Appendix C
 


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