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Who's Who from 5th Mobile Strike Force Command (Special Weapons Platoon) (Draft)
The following is a listing of all personnel in our database, who served in the 5th Mobile Strike Force Command (B-55) Special Weapons Platoon. If you can correct any errors or if you can sort out specific teams, particularly those whose specific assignment is unknown, or if you have any rosters, please let me know by e-mail at (sherman1@flash.net) or by phone at (713) 683-9076 or If you know where these individual troopers went after the unit was disbanded, please make sure I have that inofrmation in my files.
Narrative Information: In early 1969 a Special Weapons Platoon was formed for a specific operation on Nui Coto in the Seven Mountains area. This Platoon, made up of volunteers from new arrivals, included flame thrower, .50 caliber machine gun and 106 recoiless rifle teams. (See Green Beret Magazine IV:6:11)
[B-55 Staff] [Special Weapons Platoon] [B-55 Assignments Unknown] [A-503] [A-504] [List of Known Operations]
Parrish | Leslie D | 1LT | 02/11/69 | 03/16/69 | SWP CDR | SWP | ||
McNutt | Frank E | 1LT | 02/17/69 | 06/01/69 | SWP XO | SWP | KIA | |
Moore | Billy K | MSG | 02/17/69 | SWP NCOIC | SWP | Y | ||
Hamby | Eddie G | SFC | 02/07/69 | 06/01/69 | RR TM LDR | SWP | ||
House | Willis F | MSG | 03/13/69 | F/T TM SGT | SWP | KIA | ||
Gibson | Bernard D | SGT | 02/15/69 | 02/28/70 | F/T | SWP | Y | |
Hardy | Carroll W | SP4 | 02/25/69 | 06/01/70 | F/T | SWP | ||
Lois | Thomas R | SP4 | 02/25/69 | 06/01/69 | F/T | SWP | ||
Mahoney | Michael | SP4 | 01/01/69 | F/T | SWP | |||
Paul | David J | SP4 | 02/25/69 | 06/01/69 | F/T | SWP | ||
Ster | Daniel P | SP4 | 02/25/69 | 06/01/69 | SWP F/T | 523 MSF CO | ||
Cole | Terry A | SP4 | 03/16/69 | 05/01/69 | F/T | SWP | ||
Saunders | Alex P | SP4 | 03/01/68 | 06/01/68 | .50 CAL | SWP | ||
Frisbie | Robert G | SP4 | 06/01/68 | SWP | ||||
Niewenhous | George | Jr | SP4 | 12/20/68 | 04/14/69 | SWP | ||
Hayes | John M | SP5 | 01/01/69 | SWP | ||||
Hopkins | Dewayne M | SP4 | 01/01/69 | 06/24/69 | SWP | |||
Howard | Charles L | SSG | 01/01/69 | 06/01/69 | SWP | |||
Minatra | Billy M | SP4 | 01/01/69 | SWP | ||||
Newman | Otto | Jr | SFC | 01/01/69 | 04/18/69 | SWP | ||
Parks | Clifford W | III | SSG | 01/01/69 | 10/05/69 | 71L4S | SWP | |
Sanders | Curtis L | SGT | 01/01/69 | 03/16/69 | SWP | |||
Strout | Philip W | SP4 | 01/01/69 | 04/01/69 | F/T | SWP | KIA | |
Wieprecht | David E | SP4 | 01/16/69 | 06/01/69 | F/T | SWP | ||
Koch | Robert A | SP4 | 02/06/69 | 06/01/69 | SWP | |||
Nystrom | Edwin O | SP4 | 02/06/69 | 05/22/69 | SWP | |||
Colvin | Robert | SFC | 02/07/69 | 04/01/69 | SWP | Y | ||
Morris | Melvin N | SGT | 02/07/69 | SWP | ||||
Chaplin | Robert W | Sr 'Bob' | SFC | 02/12/69 | 02/04/70 | MEDIC | SWP F/T TM LD | Y |
Montana | John M | SSG | 02/17/69 | SWP | ||||
Mulligan | Frank D | SFC | 02/17/69 | SWP | ||||
Smith | Otis W | SP4 | 03/01/69 | SWP | ||||
Woody | Richard W | SP4 | 03/01/69 | SWP | ||||
Korzuchin | Alexy | SP4 | 01/01/69 | 06/01/69 | RAD OP | SWP | ||
Weaver | William O | Jr | SP4 | 01/01/69 | RAD OP | SWP | ||
Whitlark | Laurie W | SGT | 02/05/69 | RAD OP | SWP | |||
Luhmann | Harold J | SP4 | 02/07/69 | 06/01/69 | RAD OP | SWP | ||
Austin | Lawrence D | SP5 | 01/01/69 | 04/01/69 | DEMO | SWP | Y | |
Grant | John A | 'Pappy' | SP4 | 01/01/69 | 06/11/69 | 12B2S | SWP | |
Coleman | Howard W | Jr | SFC | 01/01/69 | MEDIC | SWP | ||
Houston | Everett L | SSG | 01/01/69 | 06/01/69 | MEDIC | SWP | ||
Zimmerman | James J | SGT | 02/09/69 | 06/01/69 | MEDIC | SWP | ||
105 Section | ||||||||
Roberts | Kenneth L | SFC | 02/25/69 | 02/24/70 | CH CPTR | 105 | ||
Hickox | Ottis L | SFC | 01/01/70 | 07/13/70 | CH CPTR | 105 | ||
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