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Who's Who from 5th SGF(A) Command Section (Draft)
The following is a listing of all personnel in our database, who served as Group Commander, DCO, XO or SGM. Were there aides, clerks, drivers or others assigned to the command section (and if so, who were they?) or were these additional duties given to people in slots in other sections? If you can correct any errors or if you can add any names 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
Narrative Information: US Army Special Forces - Vietnam (Provisional) is included in the 5th SFGA TDY booklet. Training and Support Headquarters (TSH) will be on another, separate, table.
| GROUP CO | |||||||
| Spears | John H | COL | 08/01/64 | 07/15/65 | SF-V | D | |
| Hughes | Irving C | LTC | 04/23/65 | 04/28/65 | ACTING | D | |
| Hughes | Irving C | LTC | 06/27/65 | 06/30/65 | ACTING | D | |
| McKean | William A | "Bulldog" | COL | 07/16/65 | 06/12/66 | D | |
| Kelly | Francis J "Blackjack" | "Frank" | COL | 06/13/66 | 06/03/67 | D | |
| Ladd | Jonathan F | COL | 06/04/67 | 06/03/68 | D | ||
| Aaron | Harold R | COL | 06/04/68 | 05/08/69 | D | ||
| Ross | Charles G | LTC | 01/13/69 | 01/18/69 | ACTING | Y | |
| Ross | Charles G | LTC | 03/18/69 | 03/23/69 | ACTING | Y | |
| Ross | Charles G | LTC | 05/09/69 | 05/28/69 | ACTING | Y | |
| Rheault | Robert B | COL | 05/29/69 | 07/20/69 | Y | ||
| Lemberes | Alexander | COL | 07/21/69 | 08/30/69 | |||
| Healy | Michael D | COL | 08/31/69 | 12/30/69 | Y | ||
| Healy | Michael D | COL | 12/31/69 | 01/10/70 | Y | ||
| Healy | Michael D | COL | 01/11/70 | 03/25/70 | Y | ||
| Healy | Michael D | COL | 03/26/70 | 08/09/70 | Y | ||
| Veazey | Eli L | LTC | 08/10/70 | 09/12/70 | ACTING | Y | |
| Healy | Michael D | COL | 09/13/70 | 12/16/70 | Y | ||
| Lawrence | Paul S | LTC | 12/17/70 | 01/01/71 | ACTING | Y | |
| Healy | Michael D | COL | 01/02/71 | 01/15/71 | Y | ||
| GROUP DCO | |||||||
| Hughes | Irving C | LTC | 10/01/64 | 10/01/65 | A&L | D | |
| Spragins | C E | "Pete" | LTC | 04/01/65 | 10/01/65 | Y | |
| Bennett | John C | LTC | 10/11/65 | 03/31/66 | D | ||
| McCracken | Walter S | LTC | 03/09/66 | 08/14/66 | NOR SFOB? | Y | |
| Stein | Lewis I | LTC | 05/26/66 | 09/01/66 | (A&L) | ||
| Warren | John S | LTC | 07/01/66 | 10/19/66 | (SO) | D | |
| Simpson | Charles M | III | LTC | 07/25/66 | 07/24/67 | (CI) | D |
| Norman | William C | LTC | 09/08/66 | (SO) | Y | ||
| Kinney | Howard D | Jr | LTC | 10/17/66 | 12/01/66 | (A&L) | Y |
| Kelley | Eugene | Jr | LTC | 07/04/67 | 06/16/68 | ||
| Faistenhammer | Ludwig | Jr | LTC | 11/16/67 | 02/01/67 | (A&L) | Y |
| Hassinger | Robert W | LTC | 02/07/68 | 07/21/68 | Y | ||
| Cerrone | Michael J | Jr | LTC | 05/13/68 | 10/21/68 | ||
| Schungel | Daniel F | LTC | 06/01/68 | 08/11/68 | D | ||
| Vipperman | Louis O | LTC | 10/30/68 | 12/29/68 | (A&L) | ||
| Facey | Kenneth B | LTC | 11/03/68 | 08/09/69 | Y | ||
| Catchings | Evell J | Jr | LTC | 11/09/68 | 06/13/69 | A/DCO (A&L) | T |
| Ross | Charles G | LTC | 04/01/69 | 08/19/69 | |||
| Hettlinger | Walter | LTC | 11/07/69 | 04/17/70 | D | ||
| Lillard | James A | LTC | 12/16/69 | 06/30/70 | Y | ||
| Veazey | Eli L | LTC | 07/06/70 | 08/10/70 | Y | ||
| Lawrence | Paul S | LTC | 08/01/70 | 12/16/71 | Y | ||
| Veazey | Eli L | LTC | 09/13/70 | 10/26/70 | Y | ||
| Tullis | Murl F | LTC | 01/16/71 | 04/08/71 | |||
| Dechert | Louis T | LTC | 01/28/71 | 10/26/71 | Y | ||
| Collins | Franklin W | LTC | 02/01/71 | 02/23/71 | |||
| GROUP XO | |||||||
| Rheault | Robert B | LTC | 10/01/64 | 05/01/65 | (O&I) | Y | |
| Vail | James N | LTC | 04/21/65 | 04/22/66 | |||
| Gustafson | Melvin E | LTC | 02/13/66 | 06/13/66 | (CI) | Y | |
| Gilbert | Robert R | LTC | 04/01/67 | 09/01/68 | |||
| Beck | William J | LTC | 06/01/67 | 03/25/68 | |||
| Hoyt | Charles J | LTC | 07/25/69 | 12/15/69 | |||
| Norton | Charles W | Jr | LTC | 10/06/69 | 12/16/69 | ||
| Veazey | Eli L | LTC | 10/30/69 | 07/06/70 | OR S-4 | Y | |
| Vipperman | Louis O | LTC | 12/30/69 | 09/23/69 | |||
| Chamberlain | George R | LTC | 09/14/70 | 02/28/71 | |||
| GROUP SGM | |||||||
| Schmidt | James O | SGM | 06/01/64 | 10/01/64 | Y | ||
| Francis | Clyde W | SGM | 10/01/64 | 10/01/65 | Y | ||
| Pioletti | John F | SGM | 10/01/65 | 08/01/66 | |||
| Dunaway | George W | SGM | 08/01/66 | 06/03/67 | Y | ||
| Mattox | Robert D | CSM | 06/04/67 | 06/03/68 | Y | ||
| Odom | George W | CSM | 06/03/68 | 06/01/69 | Y | ||
| Bowser | Myron J | "Ron" | CSM | 07/01/69 | 02/01/71 | Y | |
| Darcy | Paul M | CSM | 01/01/71 | 02/28/71 | D | ||
| Other Staff in Command Section | |||||||
| Mullane | Joseph F | SSM | 03/27/69 | 04/03/70 | Asst to CO | Y | |
| Page last modified: Sunday July 09, 2006. | |||||||
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