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Post by NhaTrangRVN68 on Feb 29, 2004 15:56:59 GMT -5
Served with the 272nd MP CO.in Nha Trang in 1968.Any others out there?
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Post by PATRICK BEEVER on Jun 9, 2004 0:21:52 GMT -5
HELLO OUT THERE. I WAS IN NAM STARTING NEW YEARS DAY 1968. MY NAME IS PATRICK BEEVER. ANYONE OUT THERE? JOHN AINSWORTH? JOHN CANDY? SGT. CARTER, AL BEYER? ANYBODY. I HAVE CONTACTED HENRY BARRY RECENTLY AND AL BEYER YEARS AGO.
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Post by NhaTrangRVN68 on Jun 11, 2004 16:47:46 GMT -5
Pat,Were you with the 272nd in Nha Trang or with another unit in Nha Trang?I was with the 272nd MP from Jan.68-Nov.68.I don't recall any of the names you mentioned but do remember 8 or 10 of them.Have located Bruce Kale,Don Brown and a few others.My first night of guard duty was Jan.5th at the IFFV Hqtrs.(Gran Hotel)on Beach Rd...Rotated guard duty there and at Roberts Compound and our own compound two blocks North of IFFV Hqtrs.
Gill
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Post by Bill Hedges on Jul 26, 2004 19:31:48 GMT -5
served with the "Deuce" from August 1968 to August 1969 spent most of my tour as the PMO driver
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Post by PATRICK BEEVER on Aug 25, 2004 20:37:28 GMT -5
GILL,
YES I WAS IN THE 272 MPCO. WE WERE IN TENT BARRACKS AT FIRST AND THEN MOVED TO CONCRETE BARRACKS AT HEADQUARTERS ON OCEAN RD. LATER. MY PLATOON LEADER (PURDUE) WAS KILLED DURING THE TET OFFENSIVE WHILE TRYING TO GET THE NURSES OUT OF THERE VILLA ACCROSS THE STREET FROM OUR TENT COMPOUND. I REALLY DON'T RECOGNIZE THE NAMES YOU LISTED EITHER (STRANGE) BUT IT WAS A LOT OF GUYS THERE. I WAS IN THE TENT LEFT OF THE GATE AS YOU WALKED INTO THE COMPOUND. I WAS OUTSIDE GETTING READY TO GO ON DUTY WHEN THE SHOOTING STARTED. SORRY IT TOOK SO LONG TO ANSWER YOUR MESSAGE. I FORGOT TO LOOK THIS CONNECTION UP GAIN ON GOOGLE. TAKE CARE AND LET ME KNOW HOW YOU ARE DOING, AND I'LL DO THE SAME.
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Post by NhaTrangRVN68 on Aug 28, 2004 15:50:15 GMT -5
Pat,I think the thing about not remembering a lot of names had to do with guys being on different shifts,It took a lot longer to know the guys not on your shift cause you only would see them when changing posts etc.More names...bill Ondrejcik,Jim Brown(were in your tent)others...Dave Thompson,Nothrop,Beltran,Kirwaan,Bill"Ben"Benson(african-american guy,,was a body builder),,Corporal Lewis,Robilotta,Mulke(got purple heart for wound during fire fight that first night).Think I can recall some others too.I was in tent to the right as you came in through front gate.Was on Sgt.Hatch's group.Had permanent nights from Tet after that.Was on back gate at IFFV that night.We got back to 272 compound in the agternoon after KIAS were taken out.Soutar was guy who got killed on top of water tower in back of our compound at the wall.Got a bunch of pics.of Nha Trang,our compound and "nurses villa all shot up".
Send me an e-mail.I put my "addy"in on this site.Just click on"Nha Trang"user name and it will come up.
Gill
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Post by PAT BEEVER on Sept 13, 2004 17:41:18 GMT -5
GILL,
YOU ARE REALLY GOOD REMEMBERING A LOT OF NAMES AND STUFF. I HAD FORGOTTEN IT EAS CALLED ROBERTS COMPOUND EVEN. DO YOU REMEMBER THE POPASON THAT WORKED IN OUR BARRACKS? YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE THIS BUT I SAW HIM IN ATLANTIC CITY YEARS AGO WORKING AS A CLEANUP GUY AT RESORTS CASINO.WE KEPT STARRING AT EACH OTHER, HE CAME OVER TO ME AND AND ASKED IF I WAS 272 MP, IT WAS UNREAL. YOUR TENT WAS DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM MINE AT THE LEFT OF THE ENTRANCE GATE. I WAS ON MY WAY TO THE CORNER ACCROSS FROM THE KOREAN GENERALS VILLA WHEN ROUNDS STARTED COMING IN. I WAS THROWING MY OD'S ON WHEN I SAW A STREAM OF ROUNDS GO ACCROSS THE CAPTAINS VILLA AND OUR REC ROOM. ITS SO GOOD TO TALK TO SOMEONE THAT WAS THERE. DID YOU MOVE UP TO THE BUILDINGS AT HEADQUARTERS ALSO ON OCEAN HWY? I WILL LOOK UP YOUR PICTURES. UNTIL LATER, TAKE CARE. PAT (BEEV TO MY FRIENDS))
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Post by PAT BEEVER on Sept 13, 2004 17:49:41 GMT -5
GILL,
I FORGOT. SEND PICTURES TO BEEVEY1@AOL.COM. ALSO FOR SOME REASON MY MESSAGES ARE MESSED UP IN THE SPELLING WHEN I LOOK AT THEM ON THE MESSAGE BOARD. I DON'T KNOW WHY BUT I HOPE YOU ARE ABLE TO READ THEM AND BELIEVE ME ITS NOT ME I'M A PRETTY GOOD SPELLER. STILL HAVE A LOT TO SAY BUT LITTLE TIME ON COMPUTER AS WIFE AND KIDS USE IT. LATER.
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Post by Ron Raccioppi on Mar 30, 2014 6:22:23 GMT -5
Hi guys, We now have a 272nd MP Co. web page to contact each other and a list of over 350 members that served with the 272nd in Vietnam. Please take a look at Vietnam272nd.com You will find a MESSAGE BOARD, 400 PHOTOS, links page, History of the 272nd in Vietnam from 1965 arrival to about 1970, Memorial page for our fallen brothers and much more. Please stop by and get acquainted with a "Brother". I can be reached at Vietnam272nd@aol.com served April 66 - April 67.
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Post by Don Robertson on Apr 25, 2014 14:39:23 GMT -5
Served with the 272nd from Apr 68 to Apr 69--Bong Son Plt Leader 1LT Steve Nafe,Others there Cpl Tom Lewis.Sp4 Kopple(Sic) SSG Clay Corkran(Deceased),SSG Tony D'Aquisto----Nha Trang (Palace Guard) 1LT Wells,SFC Fay Patterson,SSG Hatcher,SGT George Hoyer-Ross(FFA revoked his license for 1 year for buzzing a airport in TX the day before leaving for VN--a really fun guy,was a SSG can't remember his last name)1SG Garrett. Served at Phan Thiet,for a short time as acting PLT Leader-SP4 (body builder)Mike(first name only wrecked my little Frig,that was had to get!!!!!Nice to recall some of the fun times ( At Bon Son-was a PM investigator for Maj John Thomas,173rd Abn Bdg(super officer)
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Post by Nona on May 3, 2014 18:14:08 GMT -5
Does anyone remember a Jackie Lamoyne Stapleton? Convoy escort. He had a big yellow lemon on the front of his deuce?
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Post by Don Brown on Dec 2, 2014 16:00:50 GMT -5
I was in the 272nd M.P.CO. Nov. 67-68 and was very close friends with Bruce Kale, Frank Beltran and Joe Kirwan. I also knew Benson (mail clerk), biggest guy I had ever seen at that time. My barracks was across from the French Villa which got destroyed during the Tet Offensive. I was guarding the rear gate to Roberts Compound that night during the Tet Offensive. I wish everyone the best .
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Post by William Sherk on Feb 12, 2015 15:10:13 GMT -5
I was in Nha Trang April 1968 until April 1969 with the 272 MP's
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Post by Ramon Evans on Sept 27, 2015 0:31:47 GMT -5
Hi,
My name is Ramon(Ray) Evans, and was in the 504th MP Battalion in Nha Trang during the Tet offensive. I am writing this post as I met one of your 272 MP Co. members named Willis Peters, and we had a great discussion of or time in Vietnam. I would like you to send me an Email, and we can also discuss our experiences. Whether you knew Willis or not I can get you in contact with him. Willis left and returned to Nhatrang in 1968, and he has many interesting. My email is evansfan@pacbell.net my phone number is 714 970-1891.
Regards,
Ray
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Post by John George on Jun 13, 2016 20:56:08 GMT -5
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