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MAY/JUNE, 2010 99th FA News Jim Miller 819 West Howard St. Winona, MN 55987-2642 (507) 454-4224 jimarmiller@hbci.com It is necessary to start this column with notification of the passing of some of our fellow Troopers. I received word from Phyllis RUTLEDGE that John had passed away February 18th. John would have been 80 in July. John served in B Btry during the Occupation of Japan and the Korean War. He was very active in the 99th FA Battalion Association. I first met John at the 99th FA Bn Assn reunion in June of 1998. He and Phyllis hosted that reunion in his home of Lafayette, Indiana. That was the first of three 99th reunions that Marge and I had the privilege of attending and I was always appreciative of the work that John and Phyllis put into hosting that event. It got me actively involved in the 99th and the 1st Cav Div Assn. We will all miss John RUTLEDGE. If you’d like to drop Phyllis a note: 208 Eastland Drive, Lafayette, IN 47905. I also received word by e-mail from James BAILEY that his father, LT Robert BAILEY, served in the 99th from the end of the Admiralty Campaign through the Luzon Campaign as an FO. He took part in the Flying Column. He later served as a spotter on the destroyer, USS Bailey. In 1945, he took part in disarming the Japanese in Korea. James BAILEY served in Vietnam as a 1st Cav Trooper in the 15th Medics. He said that he came away with a better insight of what the WW II veterans did; they were truly the “Greatest Generation.” I also received word from Buck BURGESS that Miles JOHNSON of A Btry died. Thank you to these three combat veterans for their honorable service to their country. Farewell, Comrades, farewell. Buck BURGESS and I always have a lot to talk about. It seems like we were in the same place at almost the same time in our military careers. It’s funny isn’t it that I might have handed you a wire to hook up to the switchboard or your EE-8 and never knew who you were. We might have hit the dirt, probably the mud, together when some “incoming” was coming in. Ask me today and you’ll probably get a blank stare; that’s something I’m good at these days. Buck told me about going to an Army graduation ceremony for a grandson which he thought was great except they were all wearing BDU’s. He and I both think the lack of an everyday dress uniform takes something away from the military look of the Army today. Buck has been wondering what ever happened to Cecil HART- MAN. Anyone know My old buddy, John BATT and I have had a couple of interesting phone conversations. It usually takes us two or three tries to get connected. He and I share birthdays a few days apart. We both turned () 80 the second week in March. John has decided to have his “other” knee replaced. He’ll probably be running in marathons by next March. I talked to Bill LAFERTY the other day. Bill served with the 583rd FA at Camp Drake, Japan. I got some technical info from Bill that I’ve been looking for. On my second and third (last) enlistments, I served with a 155mm Howitzer battalion in the 1st INF Div, The Big Red One. Several years ago, I was trying to describe the tractors that we used to pull the howitzers to my son. Although he was an officer, infantry, he didn’t know what I was talking about. Mr. LAFERTY gave me some nomenclature: M-4 or M-8. His outfit was 8 inch howitzer so they needed bigger tractors. When USO. I Googled M-4, I saw that it replaced the M-5 (that makes sense in the Army, right). When I brought up the M-5, there was the tractor that we chewed up New Members Continued from pg. 13. SPC REYES, SAUL A. TX C 2STB 1003 CPL REYNOLDS, KAMOWA TX A 5-82FA 07 1SG RICE, TORRY TX B 3-8C 0810 CPT RIDEAU, ALPHONSE T. TX 4BCT 1009 SP4 ROBERTS, ANTHONY LORREN FL B 1-12C 6608 SFC ROBLING, MICHAEL TX C 4BSTB 0912 SSG RODRIGUEZ, ALLAIN TX C 4BSTB 0910 PVT RODRIGUEZ, ANDRES NJ A 1-9C 1003 1SG ROGERS, WALTER P. TX C 2STB 1003 SGT ROLDAN, JOHNNY A. TX C 4BSTB 1002 SSG ROSALES, JASON G. TX A 5-82FA 0907 SGT RUSSELL, JOHN TX C 2STB 1003 SGT SABLAN, JONATHAN TX HHC 4BSTB 0908 SSG SAFFELL, DOUGLAS JAMES TX G 5-82FA 1004 WO1 SANCHEZ, ANTONIO TX HHC 4BCT 1003 SFC SANFORD, ROBERT C. MN A 4-9C 7606 SPC SCHAEFFER, ARTHUR TX C 2-8C 0712 PFC SCHEBLER, ADAM P. IA HHC 1BSTB 1003 SPC SCHMITTOU, CHRISTOPHER TX C 2STB 1003 SPC SCOGGINS, WILLIAM BERT TX B 5-82FA 0806 SPC SCOTT, BYRON THOMAS TX HHC 3BCT 0804 SPC SCOTT, DAVID D. FL A 5-82FA 0802 1SG SEAMANDS, DAVID EUGENE TX 545MP 9304 SSG SEMETARA, SHAYNE NV D 1-8C 0303 LT SHAFER, SCOTT TX 1-12C 1003 SPC SHEPPARD, JASON MI C 2STB 1003 WO2 SHERIDAN, EZEKIEL TX HHC 4BCT 1003 SSG SHIELS, EVAN O. TX C 2STB 1005 LTC SICOLI, PETER TX HHC 1-8C 1003 PFC SIEBERG, ZACHARY TX A 5-82FA 0801 LTC SIEGRIST, JEREMY TX HHC DHHB 1004 PFC SIELOFF, KYLE TX G 5-82FA 1005 LT SILER, FRANK E. TX HHC 4BSTB 0903 CW2 SINGLETON, KALONJI TX A 4BSTB 1001 CPT SINGLETON, SCHNICKA L. TX HHC 4BCT 1001 Marilyn Maxwell serving with the Page 14 a lot of Bavarian farm land with. When we came to Fort Riley from Germany on Operation Gyroscope, we went to five ton trucks. I guess they didn’t want us to tear up Kansas farm land. Bill also said that he helped bring the restored LST back to the US. He said that was quite a trip. I can believe that. Sailing to Japan on the USS Funston was bad enough and it was a little bigger than an LST. If you remember, Bill and Richard SCHULZ were in the 583rd at Camp Drake and share a lot of small world items with me. Back a couple of issues, I wrote about the famous Browning .50 cal machine gun and warned that I would relate a couple of stories about my involvement with that noble weapon. When we were in Japan before Korea, the Hqs Btry Wire Section had a couple of .50 cal mg. One went in the deuce-and-a-half in a ring mount for anti aircraft protection and the other was mounted on a pipe mount in a ¾ ton wire truck. The one on the ¾ ton wire truck did not work! This fact didn’t keep us from cleaning it and mounting it for looks when we were touring around. On the way back from Mito, on alert after the North Koreans had invaded the South, we were given a full box of .50 cal ammo and told to load the inoperable machine gun and watch for enemy planes. I guess the idea was to yell up to enemy pilots and say, “Hey, look out we’ve got a machine gun down here.” Anyway, we were in Korea before a replacement arrived. Two of us took the new gun out to test fire. We had a tripod mount and took it up on a hill which isn’t hard to do in Korea. This during the Pusan Perimeter so you could fire anywhere across the Naktong River safely and you might do some damage. So we set it up and started firing trying to hit trees, rocks, signs, or anything else we could see. I was lying beside the gun, when the guy firing noticed that the barrel was sinking towards the dirt. “Raise the barrel!” He shouted. I don’t know; maybe it was the noise and excitement, but I reached over and grabbed the red hot barrel and started lifting it up. “Oh, you mean the mount,” I yelled as I watched the skin peeling off my hand. No wonder I was never asked to be part of the Heavy Weapons Platoon. I was too embarrassed to seek medical help; I just used stuff out of the first aid kit to heal it. I burned the same hand in an equally stupid move later. Ed CARTY, former long time writer of this column and I did a lot of e-mailing. He said that his old buddy Bob PARKER from the wire section called him. John BAGGE, C Btry WW II, called and e-mailed me to get back in touch after a hard year. He turned 88 and is wondering if anyone else from C Btry is still kicking. Don WHITE called and told me about planting and harvesting crops down in Florida. We were still sitting under a foot of snow. But I like it when Don calls; I just sort of imagine green stuff growing and people out in shorts. It gives me hope. I received a classic photo from Lloyd PITMAN. Lloyd was digging around in some stuff and he found a photo of the Toya Maru. I know how interested Peter O’BRIEN and some of the “younger” guys from the 99th are about the Toya Maru tragedy so I e-mailed it to him. Peter wrote an article about the Toya Maru catastrophe which will run separately in the Saber: watch for it! Many thanks go to Lloyd PITMAN for thinking about us when he saw that photo. Continuing our new tradition of printing “before and after” photos, I have included Charles GREEN in this issue. I always appreciate Charles and Jo GREEN for all the help they provide me in this job. The other photo is of Marylyn MAXWELL, the female (and that was important in October of 1950) vocalist for the Les BROWN band with Bob HOPE. I can’t forget RJ CLARK. We’ve got something going with Camp Drew being used as a Charles Green - then and now. hospital during the Korean War which I’ll give you at a later date. Give a few minutes remembering those 99th Troopers who have gone before us. Pray for those who are suffering and remember: Red GREEN says, “We are all in this together.” SGT SMITH, COREY J. TX E 1-5C 0903 CPL SMITH, JAMES P. NH B 8ENG 5103 PFC SMITH, KYLE L. TX C 2-12C 1003 1SG SMITH, RONALD W. MN A 229AHB 7109 SGT SORIA, ANGELINA TX 1267 1-ASSOC CSM SOTO-BONILLA, CARLOS R. TX HHB 3-82FA 0806 LTC SOUTHERLAND, GROVER TX 1-7C 1004 CPT SOYARS, TIM R. TX C 2-5C 6703 2LT SPARKES, MICHAEL BRENT TX HHC 4BCT 1003 MAJ SPENCE, SEAN TX 4BCT HHC 1LT SPERATI, MICHAEL TX HHC 4BCT 0910 SGT ST LEGER, RICHARD CA 11AVN 6607 CW4(RET) STARBUCK, LAWRENCE E. CO D 227AHB 6510 E-5 STEPHENS, DONALD J. FL RPS 6910 SFC STREIGLE, BRIAN TX C 2STB 1003 SPC STRUTHERS, PATRICK T X C 2STB 1002 2LT SUMALINDINIE, SERION TX GFSC 5-82FA 1003 MSG SUTTON, CASH E. IA 4BCT 1003 SPC TABOADA, ELBERT A. TX HHC 4BSTB 1003 SPC TALAVERA, GEOVANNY TX B 2STB 0904 E-6 TAYLOR, SHANE TX 4BSTB 0807 SP-4 THOMPSON, GARY R. NY B 2-12C 6806 SGT THOMPSON, RODGER E. PETE VA B 1-8C 7004 SP-4 TOFTNER, LEE MN HHC 1CDH 5707 SGT TORRES, EDWARD G. TX 4BCT 1005 SGT TOTTEN, LAMAR TX HHC 615ASB 9912 SGT TRAMIEL, CASSANDRA TX HHC 1ACB 0703 MAJ TRAN, XUAN N. TX 1ACB 1005 CSM TRAYLO,R MARTIN TX 2BCT 10 CW3 TREVINO, CARLOS TX HHC 4BCT 09 E-3 TROXELL, SHANE CA B 2-12C 1003 SGT TYSEN, PATRICK TX C 2STB 0904 LTC (RET) UNDERWOOD, CONE S. GA HHC 1-5C 6808 CPL VAUGHN, FLOYD CARLTON GA 7C 53 SGT VELILLA, JONATHAN TX G 5-82FA 0705 CW2 VERALOPEZ, AURELIO TX HHC 4BCT 0601 Continued on pg. 15.
Page 15 ALL THE WAY BRIGADE CHAPTER Pres: Bennett Guthrie 29112 S. 558 Road Park Hill, OK 74451 (918) 207-2982 E-mail: bennettguthrie47@msn.com Website: www.honor and courage.net Call or e-mail for meeting info. CAJUN CAVALRY CHAPTER Pres: Perry Tillman 1330 S. Vista Ave. Gonzales, LA 70137 E-mail: diane-perry@worldnet.att.net CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA CHAPTER Pres: John Rangel, Jr. 2665 Teakwood Dr. Hephzibah, GA 30815 (706) 771-1173 Website: gandata.com/First_Cav.htm Meets on 2nd Sat of mo., 1400 at Ryans Steak House on Peach Orchard Rd., Augusta, GA (Mar., June, Sept. and Dec.) COLUMBIA-WILLAMETTE CHAPTER Pres: Klaus W. Lachmann 880 Fran St. SE Salem, OR 97306-1626 (503) 740-2402 E-mail: nagshead65@comcast.net Meets 1830 3rd Wed of odd mos.at DAV Bingo Hall, 8725 NE Sandy Blvd., No Dec. meeting CONNECTICUT CHAPTER Pres: Keith Moyer 48 Boretz Rd. Colchester, CT 06415-1009 (860) 537-1716 E-mail: kpmoyerco@hotmail.com Vice-Pres: Dennis DeLaire 55 Salmon Brook Dr. Glastonbury, CT 06033-2141 (203) 659-4169 http://www.conncav.com Meeting info in newsletter and on web page. COWBOY STATE CHAPTER Pres: L. Pete Quinnell 11 Lone Cedar Dr. Gillette, WY 82716 (307) 682-5354 E-mail: pbquin@vcn.com POC: George Cook 1400 O’Shannon Gillette, WY 82716 Meets in July and on the Sat. closest to Sept. 23 . CROSSED SABERS CHAPTER Pres: Jerry Eller 808 S. 2nd St. Killeen, TX 76541-7703 FIRST CHAPTER Pres: Robert H. Wolfe 4756 Haracourt Dr. El Paso, TX 79924-3047 (915) 755-7944 FIRST COAST TROOP Pres: Mark Adams 495 Romano St. St. Augustine, FL 32086-7136 (904) 794-1895 Vice-Pres: Jim Price 236 Joey St. St. Augustine, FL 32080-6420 (904) 429-7852 Meets monthly on the 3rd Thurs. at 7pm at VFW Post 2391, 6184 US 1 S., South City FLORIDA CHAPTER Pres: John R. Gailfoil, Sr. 1832 SE 29th St. Okeechobee, FL 34974-6402 (863) 467-1288 E-Mail: johngailfoil@hotmail.com POC: Ken Baker 1509 Tate St. Cocoa, FL 32922-6532 (321) 632-4928 E-mail: BakeVet@aol.com Meetts quarterly at different locations around the state. LAKELAND AREA TROOP A Pres: Walter C. Smith 5090 Ironwood Trail Bartow, FL 33830 (863) 644-7207 E-mail: tarbucket67@yahoo.com POC: Verlin Buck Rogers (863) 858-3559 E-mail: vrogers8@tampabay.rr.com Meets at 1100 on the 1st Sat. of mo. at L.J.’s Diner & Lounge, 1395 E Main St., Bartow, FL (corner of Main and Hwy 17 South) SPACE COAST TROOP B Pres: Bill Franklin 473 Kimberly Dr. Melbourne, FL 32940 (321) 255-0868 E-mail: swfwwf@aol.com POC: Ken Baker 1509 Tate St. Cocoa, FL 32922 (321) 632-4928 E-mail: BakeVet@aol.com Meets qtrly. at area restaurants FLORIDA TROOP C Pres: Woodrow N. Hines, Sr. POC:Thomas Horas 1007 Catalpa Ln. Orlando, FL 32806-1742 (407) 894-5213 E-mail: thoras@aol.com Meets 2nd Sat. at 11:00am of ea. mo. at VFW Post 2093, 4444 Edgewater Dr., Orlando, No meeting in June or July. FLORIDA TROOP E “BLACK HATS” Pres: W. E. “Stretch” Hungerford 15 Desert Candle Circle Lehigh Acres, FL 33936 (239) 369-7871 E-mail: wdhung@earthlink.net Website: http://www.seahog.org/cav/ index.html Meets 4th Sat. ea. mo. from Aug. - May 1:00pm. at Buddy Freddies at the corner of Old 41 and Bayshore, N Ft. Myers. FLYING HORSEMAN CHAPTER (Upstate New York Area) Pres: Thomas R. Randall 209-A Harmon St. Elmira, NY 14904-1220 (607) 259-9881 Vice-Pres: Charles T. Sullivan 148 Decker Rd. Lowman, NY 14861-8900 (607) 737-0743 E-mail: firstcavhorse@aol.com Meets 1st Sunday each month at the Elmira Am. Legion Post #443. CHAPTER INDEX FOLLOW ME CHAPTER Pres: James R. Lee 3 Marriott Court Columbus, GA 31907 (706) 568-3732 E-mail: ljam93@bellsouth.net Meets 1900 4thTues. ea. mo. Veterans Ctr., 1000 Victory Dr., Columbus, GA. No meeting in December FORT KNOX AREA CHAPTER Pres.: Robert L. Magruder 8012 Boadfern Dr. Louisville, KY 40291-2304 (502) 239-1522 E-mail: bobmagruder@bellsouth.net POC: Larry A. Whelan 2103 Winston Ave. Louisville, KY 40205 (502) 485-1270 E-mail: lawhelan@insightbb.com http://www.1cda.org/fort _ knox.html Meets 3rd Sat. of mo. at 1300 at the Barker Masonic Lodge, 701 Main St., West Point, KY. JUMPING MUSTANG CHAPTER 1-8 Cav Pres: Tom Brett 4216 Wynnwood Dr. Annandale, VA 22003-3453 (703) 642-1595 E-mail: tombrettphoto@cox.net POC: James C. Knafel 5510E - 500 South Columbia City, IN 46725 (260) 244-3864 E-mail: jjknafel@earthlink.net Website: www.JumpingMustangs.com KETTLE MORAINE CHAPTER Pres: Gerald J. Nelson N99 W16781 Woodcock Rd. Germantown, WI 53022 (262) 251-2298 Vice-Pres.: Gordon Weidner 1219 Cleveland Ave. Racine, WI 53403 (262) 637-3835 Meets quarterly at the Bunker,29224 Evergreen Dr.,in Waterford, WI. (262) 514-2442 GERALD F. KINSMAN CHAPTER Pres: Owen Levine 77 Clubhouse Dr. Leominister, MA 01453 (978) 534-6284 E-mail: sonny01453@comcast.net Meets yearly. JAMES J. MASON WEST MICHIGAN CHAPTER Pres.: Doug Kamphuis 86 Birchwood Ave. Holland, MI 49423 (616) 392-5074 POC: Bob Anderson 2243 Ancient Dr. Wyoming, MI 49519 (616) 534-9180 E-mail: rj.anderson2243@comcast.net Website: jjmwmc1cd.com Meets Sept.-June on 3rd Thurs. of mo. at 7pm, at the Grand Valley Armory in Wyoming, MI . LOS ANGELES/ORANGE COUNTY CHAPTER Pres: John Guillory 780 Mandevilla Way Corona, CA 92879 (951) 278-3740 E-mail: fisheye1@sbcglobal.net Vice Pres: John Burgner 228 South Hacienda St. Anaheim, CA 92804 (714) 535-0737 E-mail: jburgner@sbcglobal.net Meets 0900 on 3rd Sat. of mo. at Brea Veterans Club, 735 S. Brea Blvd., Brea, CA LRRP/RANGER of the 1st Cav. Div. during the Vietnam War. Pres.: Keith Phillips 18288 Acre Ln. Kemp, TX 75143 (903) 498-4194 E-mail: darby7172@embarqmail.com Website: www.tomah.com/lrrp_ranger/ Full chapter meeting during Reunions NATIONAL CAPITOL REGION CHAPTER Pres: Gene Russell 7923 Jansen Dr. Springfield, VA 22152-2413 (703) 569-2770 E-mail: ncr1stcavdivassn@yahoo.com Website: 1cda.org/national_capitol.htm Breakfast meetings are normally held at 0900 on the 3rd Sat. of each month at the SFAC, Bldg. 200 on Ft. Belvoir. Check web page meeting schedule. NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY CHAPTER Pres: Bob Arbasetti 60 River Rd. #E103 Bogota, NJ 07603 (201) 883-0343 E-mail: nynjcavalry@optimum.net Vice Pres.: Joe Panzardi Meets at Elk Lodge at Cedar and Spruce, Ridgefield Park, NJ. NEW YORK TROOP Troop Commander: Joe Panzardi 89-59 217th St. Queens Village, NY 11427 (718) 776-9749 e-mail: aircavny@verizon.net Meets at Fort Totten, Queens, NY in the spring and fall. NORTH CAROLINA - TARHEEL CHAPTER Pres: Allen O. Norris 8160 Waterford Dr. Stanley, NC 28164 (704) 483-8778 E-mail: anorris@infionline.net Contact for Membership: Don Gibson 803 McDonald Church Road Rockingham, NC 28379 (910) 895-0747 e-mail: dtbjgibson@yahoo.com Meets 2nd Sat of Mar., Jun, Sept. & Dec. NORTHWEST CHAPTER Pres.: Roy Rio E-mail: allrio@live.com POC: Ric James PO Box 1305 Bremerton, WA 98337 (360) 536-1050 E-mail: arejay5353@aol.com Meets 1200 3rd Sat of even months in the Sam Allen Room at the Tacoma Elks Club,1965 S. Union, Tacoma, WA ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHAPTER Pres: Richard Sweat 4436 Delighted Cir. N Colorado Springs, CO 80917 (719) 596-7773 n0ike@juno.com Website: 1cda.org/rocky_mountain.htm Meets 9am 2nd Sat. of mo.at at Retired Enlisted Assn. Chapter 1, 834 Emory Cir., Colorado Springs. SAN BERNARDINO CHAPTER Pres: Robert E. Keith 3105 Glenview Ave. San Bernardino, CA 92407 (909) 800-1074 SHERIDAN’S CAVALRY CHAPTER (Greater Chicago Area) Pres.: John Schwan 27 Watergate Dr. S. Barrington IL 60010-7123 (847) 381-6868 E-mail: john@schwanusa.com Vice-Pres: Don Smolinski 435 Fordham Pl. Roselle, IL 60172 (630) 894-2606 E-mail: dsmolin266@comcast.net Website: sheridansfirstcav.com Meets quarterly SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO CHAPTER Pres: Clifford Boxley 24 Paseo St. Lamar, CO 81052 (719) 336-7385 E-mail: crboxley@hotmail.com Vice Pres.: Gregorio Trujillo PO Box 215 Las Animas, CO 81054 (719) 456-0028 Website: www.firstcavalry.net Meets 1st Sat. of ea. mo. at 10am at the Holiday Inn in LaJunta, CO.. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER Pres: Ray McCarville (626) 358-3790 Meets 1st Sat. of mo. at the Monrovian Restaurant at 0730. WALTER H. WESTMAN NORTHLAND CHAPTER Pres: David L. LaPlante 5307 Mayview Rd. Minnetonka, MN 55345 (952) 933-3487 laplanterez@comcast.net POC: James D. Wright 12781 Able St. NE Blaine, MN 55434 (763) 757-7140 E-mail: 1stCav-MN@comcast.net Meets quarterly at different locations. Call or write for information. FORMING CHAPTERS: If you have changes or additions to this listing, contact the Association at (254) 547-6537 or e-mail at . MAY/JUNE, 2010 Las Vegas Area Contact Person: MSG James L. Edwards 3056 E. Russell Rd. LasVegas, NV 86120 oldtoad@excite.com Ken White 3834 Inverness Road Fairfax, VA 22033 (703) 352-1468 Ken.White68@verizon.net Fellow LRRP/Rangers: Here is a short note on a fellow Ranger. I hope to have seen you all at the reunion in Minnesota. A Real Hero - Corporal Benjamin S. KOPP, a rifleman with Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Infantry, died on July 18, 2009 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC, as a result of wounds suffered in Afghanistan. His body was interred at Arlington National Cemetery on August 7, 2009. He was 21 years old. CPL KOPP got wounded on July 10, 2009 when his unit attacked a Taliban safe haven in Helmand Province, according to the 75th Ranger Regiment. The New Members Continued from pg. 14. SGT VILLALTA, ADER E. TX A 5-82FA 0804 CPT VILLALUZ, PETER TX HHT 3BCT 0908 SSG VOSS, JASON TX B 2-7C 1003 PFC WAKEFIELD, BRYCE M. OK C 4BSTB 1003 E-5 WARD, DONALD LYNN OR HHB 2-19FA 6510 SFC WARD, RICKEY FL C 227AVN SPC WARNER, WHESLEY TX HHC 6-9C 1003 CPT WARREN, RASHAUN TX 4BCT 1005 SPC WASSERMANN, JEREMY R. TX HHC 4BSTB 1001 SFC WATSON, MICHAEL J. TX HHC 3BCT 1003 E-4 WAUNEKA, FREDDIE E. NM B 2-7C 6805 CPT WELLER, SHANE TX HHC 3-227AVN 0902 MSG WENDELL, DANNY TX HHC 1ACB 1001 fight lasted several hours and resulted in the death of more than 10 Taliban fighters. CPL KOPP got shot in the leg during the battle. A bullet hit the popliteal artery in his knee and the loss of blood caused him to go into cardiac arrest. He subsequently developed swelling in the brain and was evacuated to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany before being transferred to Walter Reed. CPL KOPP was on his third tour of duty having served two tours in Iraq before going to Afghanistan. Sometimes out of tragedy comes some good. CPL KOPP had told his parents that if anything was to happen to him, he wanted to be an organ donor. After his death, his heart was transplanted into a family friend, Judy MEIKLE, age 57, of Winnetka, Illinois who had a rare form of congenital heart disease, according to CPL KOPP’s mother, Jill STEPHENSON of Rosemount, Minnesota. His kidneys, pancreas and liver were also removed for transplant. Among the mourners at CPL KOPP’s interment were Secretary of Defense Robert M. GATES, Secretary of the Army Peter GEREN, U.S. Senator from Minnesota, Al FRANKEN and several Rangers from Fort Benning, Georgia. E4 WENSEL, JOSHUA E. TX DSTB 0809 PVT WEST, JOSEPH P. TX C 2STB 1003 SPC WHALEN, SEAN TX A 5-82FA 0709 E-2 WILHELM, CHRISTOPHER GA 4BCT 1003 SGT WILLIAMS. ANNIE A. TX .HHC 4BSTB 1002 SSG WILLIAMS, JR., CLAUDE PEURSELL TX G 5-82FA 1003 E3 WILLIAMS, CODY K. UT C 4BSTB 1003 SPC WILLIAMS, JR., JOHN M. TX C 2STB 1003 PVT WILLIAMS, TYRONE NY A 2-7C 1003 SGT WILLIAMSON, CHRIS MO C 2-8C 0701 SSG WOOD, MASON TX C 2STB 1003 E-4 WYATT, STEVEN M. IL A 2-12C 9405 1SG WYDLER, DARA TX HHC 1ACB 0812 SPC YANG, CHIANENG WI HHC 4BSTB 07 Continued on pg. 19
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