Class of 1965 Military Service


Richard Barbato

US Army, basic training at Fort Dix.
Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning.
11th Light Infantry Brigade at Schofield Barracks, HI.
Infantry Platoon Leader, Chu Lai, Vietnam.
Short term assignments as battalion liason to Special Forces unit and LRRP.
Purple Heart and Bronze Star with cluster.
Assigned as instructor at US Military Academy, West Point.
Resigned commission 12/31/69.

Lane Boughton

US Navy, 4 years, 1970-.

Paul Bradford

US Army (drafted), 1967-.

David Brown

US Army, Vietnam.

Paul Cody

US Army. Drafted, served in Vietnam. Awarded Purple Heart.

Jerry Conklin

US Army 1966-69.
Stationed in Korea, US, Germany.
Discharged as E-5 Sergeant.

Ed Conover

US Army Reserves.

Rodney Dutton

Enlisted in US Army, 1966-69.
Basic training at Fort Dix.
AIT and Ready Vietnam training at Fort Gordon, GA.
Served three voluntary tours (24 months) in South Vietnam.
First 12 assigned, then volunteered for two six-month extensions.
Active duty 2 years, 8 months, 16 days.
"Went home from there arriving August 16, 1969, just as Woodstock was launched."

William Ferris

"Joined Air Force days before getting draft papers."
Served four years in TX, ND, Cape Cod, Vietnam, back to ND.

Ed Groden

Spouse of Nancy Bowe Groden

Enlisted, US Army, in 1967.
Basic training at Fort Bragg.
Advanced training at Fort Dix and Fort Benjamin Harrison.
Did 60 honor guard funerals in Indiana and Michigan.
Stationed in Long Binh and Ton Son Nut, Vietnam, Army Mortuary.
Discharged in 1970, E-5.

Susan Harris

US Air Force, 1968-1972, job position as PT.
Honorably discharged at rank of Captain.

Edward Holtz

Drafted into US Army, 1967-69, with Paul Cody and Paul Bradford.
Tour in Vietnam.

Robert Ingold

Enlisted in US Air Force, 1966-70.
Stationed in Dover, DE.
Rank of Staff Sergeant.
Honorable discharge, March, 1970 "due to budgetary restrictions."

Tom Jensen

US Air Force, 1966-70.
One year in Thailand.

Phil Longyear

US Army

William McClintock

USAF and Reserves.
Flew C141 jet transport for 23 years.
35 combat missions in Vietnam.
More information in Bill's bio (click here)

Dave McLaughlin

Army (?)

John Metcalf

US Army.
Two years in Germany.

Bob Montgomery

US Air Force, 4 years.

Charles Moyer

Spouse of Donna Toomey Moyer

US Marines, retired with rank of Colonel.

Tom Neimeyer

?

Albert Pezzimenti

US Navy, 1966-68.

Frank Pezzimenti

US Army, 1966-68.

Diane Pittenger

US Army. Basic training Oct., 1980
Honorably discharged with physical disability, 1981.

Stephen Reed

Served as a paratrooper in the United States Army, 173rd Airborne Brigade during the Vietnam War.

Bill Reeser

US Marine Corps, 1965-68.

Keith Schneckenburger

US Air Force 1967-71.

Richard Setter

Honored Service Member.
Enlisted in the US Army. Served during the Vietnam conflict.
Rank of Specialist Fourth Class.
Served with the 25th Infantry Division, 65th Engineering Battalion, B Company, service occupation of Combat Engineer.
Casualty on November 4, 1968, in or around Hua Nghia province, South Vietnam.
Death attributed to "Hostile action ... air crash on land."

Honored on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, Panel 39w, Line 18.

Richard Setter remembered on the VVMF Wall of Faces (click here)

Ken Tay

Army, Vietnam (?)

Andrew Trautman

US Army, drafted 1966. Inducted same day as Richard Barbato.
Basic training at Ft. Dix.
Deployed to Korea for 13 months, infantry in DMZ.

Rudy van der Velden

Spouse of Diana DeLano van der Velden

US Army. Served in Vietnam.

Bob White

US Air Force (Air intelligence, Vietnam)

Gary Yerkes

Spouse of Beverly Hall Yerkes

US Army 1966-68.
Engineer, one year in Vietnam.
Awarded Purple Heart.