Roster, B Co., 1st Battalion 6th Infantry, US Army, Fort Hood, TX, and Vietnam, 1967-68
 
[The following soldiers served in B Co., 1st Battalion 6th Infantry, during 1967 and 1968.  This list  has been created based upon the following documents:  M-16 qualification orders (Special Orders Number 55, dated 18 Sep 67, HQ 198th Inf Bde (LT), Ft. Hood, TX) provided by Tom Besselman (B/1-6 1967-68);  CIB Orders (Special Orders Number 204, dated 31 Dec 67, HQ Americal Div) also provided by Tom; Orders for the Purple Heart (General Orders Number 1309, HQ Americal Div) provided by Joe DeFrank, CIB Orders (Special Orders Number 97, dated 6 Apr 68, HQ Americal Div) provided by David McBeth.  Additional names have been added based on a Memorial Ceremony brochure 198th Infantry Brigade, 21 Sep 68 provided by Alan Allen (A/1-6 67-68)

In the absence of an official roster from the time, the lists of soldiers on this web site have been compiled from various types of orders (weapons qualifications, promotion, awards and decorations, etc).  If you have any such orders concerning soldiers in the 1st Bn 6th Inf for any of the time the unit was in Vietnam, please contact wr9r@aol.com.

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Duce, Roger L.       (KIA 10 May 68) 1LT . 1542
Apple, Lynn N.
Carney, Melvin D.
Lovejoy, Vernon
McBeth, David J.
Yardley, Dwight L. 
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Flannery, Clyde
Roush, William C.
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Glessner, John J.
 
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Bishop, John
Caldwell, Thomas N.
Dunithan, Thomas L.    (KIA 6 Jun 68)
Perschell, Gary
Muszynski, Michael J.  (KIA 1 Jun 68)

Millard, James R.
Stallings, Clarence
Wenzel. Robert L.       (KIA 25 Jul 68)
 

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Anello, Bruce
Baker, Ernest L.
Bannar, George M.
Bastarche, Fidele J.      (KIA 27 May 68)
Brennan, William J.

Defrank, Joseph A.
Gray, Kenneth E.
Keifer, Robert J.
Klein, Robert J.

McGarity, James A.
Piacente, Raymond J.
Young, James 
 

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Antill, Gary E.
Bach, James
Batiste, Milbon J.
Berg, William
Bogan, Stephen R. 

Boggs, Robert
Bowen, David
Bush, Johm M. 
Caldwell, Thomas

Casey, Dennis
Clark, Dennis
Coffil, James
Doss, James

Dryer, William D. 
Ducey, Edward T. 
Evans, Robert R. 
Fanniel, Ulysee

Fieblekorn, Dell
Galbally, Joseph
Garcia, Antonio
Griffin, James H
Harris, John

Johnson, Robert L. 
Jones, Gregory T. 
Keberlein, John
Keller, Norman L.

Knox, Eddlon
Koop, Michael
Kroiss, Richard
Kruger, James

Lamb, James
Louis, Fred
Marble, Michael
Martin, Terry
McWhirt, Paul

Mouton, Leroy
Napolitano, Vincent A. 
O'Neil, Terrence      (KIA 23 May 68)
Pascht, Frederick
Perry, Stanley

Pfeil, Henry J. 
Ridings, James
Riley, Samual K. 
Smith, Larry D.

Startman, Robert
Stewart, Stanley
Thorry, Andrew
Wadell, Vern

Wenzell, Robert 
Wilmouth, Howard R. 
Yonts, Thomas L. 
Young, Charlie L. 

Gaines, Phillip F.      (KIA 12 Apr 68)
Haselbauer, John I.  (KIA 8 Feb 68)
Kinsey, Joe              (KIA 29 Dec 67)
Lampley, James Jr.   (KIA 9 Dec 67)

Moody, Herbert W. (KIA 25 May 68)
Wilfe, John T.           (KIA 1 Jun 68)
York, Larry L.          (KIA 1 Jun 68)

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