1962 ~ Battalion Roster |
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560th Those members of the Battalion who volunteered or were members of C Company when it was redesignated as the 560th MP Company for deployment to Vietnam. |
Headquarters & Headquarters Detachment |
LTC |
Battalion Commander |
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LTC |
Battalion Commander |
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| Hall, Richard J. | SGM | Battalion Sergeant Major | |
| Messner, Quinton | 1LT | ||
| Watts, Pitt M. III | 1LT | Transferred to A Company. | |
| Lester, James C. | MSG | ||
| Stevens, Festus | MSG |
| Bednardi, Robert D. | SP/4 | ||
| Bishoff, LeroyD. | SGT | ||
| Bralley, Walter M. | SSG | ||
| Brown, Press Jr. | PFC | ||
| Clemmer, James T. Jr. | PFC | ||
| Curran, Raymond D. | SP/4 | ||
| Default, Raymond J. | SSG | ||
| Doughtie, Robert L. | SP/4 | ||
| Dark, Paul S. | SP/4 | ||
| Day, Thomas C. | SP/4 | ||
| Entler, Daniel J. | SSG | ||
| Freeman, Varel D. | SSG | ||
| Gossein, Ronald R. J. | PFC | ||
| Guerin, Patrick T. | PFC | ||
| Hanks, Cary S. | SSG | ||
| Herald, Michael J. | PFC | ||
| Hillyard, Robert J. | PFC | ||
| Johnson, Tillman E. | SFC | ||
| Ledoux, Louis G. | SFC | ||
| McCluskey, Guy L. | PFC | ||
| Menne, Donald C. | SP/4 | ||
| Morton, Joseph B. Jr. | PFC | ||
| Murray, Edward J. | SP/4 | ||
| Pettiford, Andrew R. | PFC | ||
| Price, Steve W. | PFC | ||
| Swafford, Aulbi L. | PFC | ||
| Thomas, Robert L. | PFC | ||
Vance, Jerry N. |
SP/5 |
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Wabakken, Daniel L. |
SP/4 |
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| Walker, John H. | PFC | ||
| Wallace, Ted K. | PFC | ||
| Warner, Lane A. | PFC | ||
| West, Thomas C. | PFC |
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A Company |
Perrin, Everett |
CPT |
Commanding Officer |
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First Sergeant |
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| Watts, Pitt M. III | 1LT | Transferred from HQ&HQ Detachment. | |
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Kochenour, John A. "Jack" LTC Ret. |
2LT |
Platoon Leader. March-Transferred to C Company until July and returned. |
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Carter, Wayne R. |
SP/4 |
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Lewis Ralph C. |
SP/4 |
Exerxise Swift Strike-II, Deployment to Oxford, Mississippi. |
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B Company |
Commanding Officer |
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First Sergeant |
Giesler, Adolph |
PFC |
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LaRuffa, Dominick |
PFC |
Deployment to Oxford, Mississiiipi Civil Unrest |
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Hackbarth, Gary L. |
PFC |
Transferred to C Company |
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Lewis, George |
SP/4 |
Deployment to Oxford, Mississippi Civil Unrest. |
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Propes, Gordon S. |
PFC |
Exerxise Sea Wall, Swift Strike-II, Deployment to Oxford, Mississippi. |
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Taylor, Robert B. |
CPL |
Exerxise Swift Strike-II, Deployment to Oxford, Mississippi.. |
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Wasiak, W. William |
SGT |
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C Company |
Nestler, Karl |
CPT |
Commanding Officer |
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First Sergeant |
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Kochenour, John A. "Jack" LTC Ret. |
2LT |
Platoon Leader. Transferred from A Company, returned to A Company July. |
Wall, William R. |
SGT |
560th |
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Berryman-Dietrich, Eric CMDR USN Ret. |
SP/4 |
560th |
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Hackbarth, Gary L. |
PFC |
Transferred from B Company. |
Nelson, Oscar L SFC Ret. |
SP/4 |
560th |
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