1st USA Missile Detachment
Wesel, Germany
This is the 1st USA Missile Detachment, 1970 edition. Send me an email if you can identify the men in the picture by clicking here. Missing in the picture is Ken Bowles who took it . . . click here for pictures of the ugly fella.
Some Have Been Identified by Detachment Members in Recent Years:
Flag Bearer on Left: SP5 Henry Barr (Detachment Clerk)
Seated Row Left to Right: ?????; SFC ?????; Detachment Sergeant, CPT Russell Clark (Commanding Officer); LT Tom Ryan (S-2, My Boss); LT Janz
Kneeling Row Left to Right: None Identified.
First Standing Row Left to Right: None Identified.
Second Standing Row Left to Right: None Identified.
Third Standing Row Left to Right (This Row is Intermittent): None Identified.
Here Is A List Of Personnel Who Were Present Roughly From 1968 To 1971. Not All Are In The Picture. Please Contact Me If The Names Or Final Ranks Are Incorrect And If You Have Additions:
SGT Jesse Alvarado, SP5 Henry Barr (Detachment Clerk), SGT Ken Bowles (S-2), 1LT Bowman, SP4 Bill Braun, ??? Cassidy, 1LT Ralph Chonzena, CPT Russell Clark (Commanding Officer), 1LT Clugston, 1LT Cunningham, SP4 Robert Dowdle, 1LT Ferguson, SP4 Foster, ??? Roger Giffin, ??? Green, SP4 Jeff Gunnis, ??? Hall, SP4 Hanson, SP4 Ron Hoover, SP4 Hugh Hudson, 1LT Janz, ??? Johnson, PFC Ivor Jones, SGT Kabel, SGT Bob Karandjeff, SFC Lyle (Detachment Sergeant), 1LT Malone, SP4 Gary Mattingly, SP4 Meade, SSG Paul Murray, SP4 Dick O'Connor, 1LT Oliver, SP4 Paglucia, SSG John Petch, SP4 Pete Peterson (Detachment Clerk), SP4 Terry Powell (S-2), ??? Richardson, SGT Willie Reeves, SGT Venancio Rodarte (Mess), SGT Jim Rose, 1LT Tom Ryan (S-2), CPT Savatiel (Commanding Officer), SP4 Robbie Smith, *SP5 Dennis Spivey, SP5 Tom Thompson (S-2), *SP4 Thorson, *SP4 Tom Watkins, SP4 Tom West, SP4 Oscar White, SGT Gary A Wilson
*Signal Corps Team
Click on the 1st USAFAD link below for personnel from other years.
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Several of us have pooled our pictures of the 1st USA Missile Detachment at Terry Powell's Web Page.
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