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Association of the 1st Battalion, 50th Infantry (Mechanized) Site Updates - 2016

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This page is designed to be a "quick reference" page of work done on our Web Site. Visit this page often to check on the latest additions and corrections to the site. Please visit the Members Email page and check your email and unit  affiliation information. If changes, additions or deletions are warranted, please use the links provided there to request updates. Historian Jim Sheppard is handling updates.  Feel free to contact him with comments and/or suggestions.

December 25, 2016

Updated email address for Ron Davison on the Members email page.

December 21, 2016

Added obituary for Verl "Chief" Lantz on the "Taps" page. CWO Lantz served with D Company in 1968-69 as the Battalion Supplu Section Leader.

December 16, 2016

Added photos and descriptions of the gathering of some of our medics at Fort Sam Houston in September on the "Reunions" page.

December 14, 2016

Added December Newsletter to the Newsletters page.

November 22, 2016

Added photo of Gregory R. Kelly, Company F (LRP), 50th Inf., 25th Inf Div, to his Memorial page. We now have photos for 205 of our 216 50th Infantry men KIA in Vietnam!

November 16, 2016

Added obituaries for Randy Groebler and Michael Seiple to the "Taps" page. Randy Groebler served with D Company in 1967 and Michael Seiple was with the 2nd Platoon of B Company in 1969.

November 10, 2016

Added additional reunion details and a downloadable registration form on the "Reunions" page.

October 28, 2016

Added new email address for Lou Frisbie, on the Members email page.

October 25, 2016

Added photos of the location of the mine incident to the memorial pages of "Red" Aaron and Ramon Grayson, both KIA on May 5, 1970, while with "B" Company.

October 3, 2016

Added Louis Wickham (Bravo, 1970) to the Life Members page.

September 28, 2016

Added new email addresses for Larry Ashlock and Tom Rozek, on the Members email page.

September 27, 2016

Added photos of 4 of our KIAs to their respective Memorial pages: Allen Walker Thomas, Ricky Lee Null, Lawrence Martin Jennings, and James L. Dillard, III, We now have photos for 204 of our 216 50th Infantry men KIA in Vietnam!

August 23, 2016

Added August Newsletter to the Newsletters page.

August 12, 2016

Added photo of Thomas Timothy Smith to his memorial page. Thanks to former Company D man Joe Conti for sending me the picture. We now have photos for 200 of our 216 50th Infantry men KIA in Vietnam! Also added updated memorial pages for Harold Green and James Powell, KIA on May 5, 1970.

August 5, 2016

Added photos of the recent Change of Command of the 50th Infantry and added some details on the next Association Reunion on the "Reunions" page. Also added LTC Franklin Baltazar to the Life Members page.

June 28, 2016

Added Rigo Ordaz, James Macqueen and Randy Groebler to the "Taps" page. Added obituary for Rigo Ordaz ...awaiting response from the Groebler Family for an obituary for him. Rigo and Randy served with D Company, Macqueen was 2nd Platoon Leader with B Company in 1970.

May 14, 2016

Added Gary Parks to the "Taps" page. Apparently, the former "B" Company SP4, who was badly wounded at An Lac on January 3rd, 1968, passed away on Fenruary 17th, 2009, and is buried in Perryville, PA. Also Added obituaries for Mel Valasek and Louis Palmerlee. Mel was a Medic with HQ Co from 9/67 to 8/68 and Lou Palmerlee served with the 1st Platoon of Company B in 1969-70.

April 26, 2016

Added photo to the memorial page for Roger Craig, KIA May 3, 1970

April 20, 2016

Added obituaries for CPT Kinard and Gale B. "Bruce" Cowan on the "Taps" page. Major (Retired) Kinard served as Commanding Officer of "A" Company from August, 1968 to January of 1969. SP4 Bruce Cowan served with the Short Range Ambush Platoon while assigned to Company A in 1969.

April 17, 2016

Added obituaries for John Johnson and Matt Morrison on the "Taps" page. John Johnson served as the Battalion Executive Officer from September to December, 1970. Matt Morrison served with the 2nd Squad of the 3rd Platoon in Charlie Company in 1967.

April 14, 2016

Added obituary for Mitchel Collins on the "Taps" page. Mitch served in the 4th Squad of the 1st Platoon in "B" Company from September, 1967 to August of 1968.

April 11, 2016

Added obituaries for James Fitzgerald, LTC Cheney L. Bertholf and Col. Richard Hooker, Sr. (Ret) on the "Taps" page. James, "Doc" Fitzgerald, served as a medic with "A" from February, 1968, to February, 1969 and Colonel Hooker was the last Battalion Commander in Vietnam. LTC Bertholf commanded the battalion from February through July of 1968.

April 8, 2016

Added April Newsletter to the Newsletters page.

April 5, 2016

Added email address for Steve Dennis, Charlie Mortars 12/67-12/68, on the Members email page.

February 18, 2016

Made a change in the photo on the memorial page of Joseph Perez, 43E-068, KIA March 9th at LZ Litts. I received a corrected photo from a man who went through Basic and AIT with Joe and he sent photos right from their graduation Album.

February 12, 2016

Finally completed posting photos of our reunion last April on the Reunions page.

January 14, 2016

Updated email address for Keith Larue on the Members email page.

January 12, 2016

Added Pablo Sanchez and Thomas Woodland to our KIA memorial lists. These two PFCs were the Quad-50 gunners from "E" Battery, 41st Artillery working with "A" Company when KIA on April 2, 1968.

January 11, 2016

Added Sherman Sorrell to our KIA memorial lists. SSG Sorrell was with HHB, 7/13th Artillery and working with (Attached to) "A" Company when KIA on December 15, 1967. Keith LaRue confirmed this KIA at the 2015 reunion.

January 1, 2016

Happy New Year to all! I have loaded this new "site updates" page for 2016 and archived the 2015 updates to the "Site Map" page. Today marks the beginning of my 11th year maintaining our website... and I am into my 17th year as Association Historian.

2015 Archive

Archive of the "Site Updates" from the year 2015

2014 Archive

Archive of the "Site Updates" from the year 2014

2013 Archive

Archive of the "Site Updates" from the year 2013

2012 Archive

Archive of the "Site Updates" from the year 2012

2011 Archive

Archive of the "Site Updates" from the year 2011

2010 Archive

Archive of the "Site Updates" from the year 2010

2009 Archive

Archive of the "Site Updates" from the year 2009

2008 Archive

Archive of the "Site Updates" from the year 2008

2007 Archive

Archive of the "Site Updates" from the year 2007

2006 Archive

Archive of the "Site Updates" from the year 2006