15th Engineer Battalion
Chain of Command
Vietnam
APO San Francisco 96370
The basis of the following chart is courtesy of CWO Gimur
"Mac" Magnusson (PBO and S4). Thanks to Chuck Mandelbaum (CO, E Company
and Battalion S1), who visited the NARA, MD (2001), 34 new names have been added
and 28 pieces of additional information have been added for existing entries.
Additional thanks to Tom Newsham (CO, B Company and Battalion S4)
for supplying nearly 40 new names (2002) from 1969 Battalion documents he kept.
Updates and corrections will be posted as they
arrive. Forward any updates to the Web Master.
Last updated 12 October 2002
Command Responsibility | Rank | Last Name | First Name | MI | Date |
Headquarters | |||||
Battalion CO - Division Engineer | LTC | Supplee | C. | R. | 4/66 - 8/66 |
LTC | Read | William | E. | 8/66 - 9/67 | |
LTC | Loper | Thomas | C. | 9/67 - 8/68 | |
LTC | Jester | Guy | E. | 8/68 - 8/69 | |
Battalion XO | Major | Lewis, Jr. | David | W. | 68 |
Major | Bakeman | Charles | D. | 68/69 | |
Major | Carwile | 67 | |||
Major | Davies | 67 | |||
Major | Stewart | 68 | |||
Major | Keech | William | H. | 69 | |
Battalion Sergeant Major | MSG | Gunn | 68 | ||
MSG | Sutton | Hubert | F. | 68 | |
SFC | Gonzales | Marcelino | 68 | ||
Assistant Division Engineer | Major | Williams | Stuart | H. | 68 |
Major | Ride, Jr | Albert | W. | 67 | |
Major | Lewis, Jr. | David | W. | 67 | |
Major | Keech | William | H. | 69 | |
Major | Lingan | Thomas | B. | 79 | |
Battalion S1 | CPT | Mandelbaum | Charles | R. | 66 |
CPT | Larson | Richard | J. | 67/68 | |
LT | Petermann | Ernie | W. | 68 | |
CPT | Pierman | Dennis | F. | 69 | |
LT | Brown | Joseph | K. | 69 | |
Asst BN S1 | LT | Feeley | David | R. | 68 |
CPT | Barta | Donald | 66/67 | ||
LT | Owen | Craig | L. | 68 | |
Battalion S2 | CPT | Matteson | Stephen | C. | 68 |
LT | Tindal | Tracy | E. | 68 | |
LT | Brenton | Jack | R. | 67 | |
LT | Murphy, Jr. | Edward | R. | 68 | |
LT | Kobes | Frank | J. | 69 | |
Battalion S3 | Major | Roth | Morton | F. | 68 |
Major | Smith | Vernelle | T. | 68 | |
Major | Vandenbosch | Jon | 67 | ||
CPT | Barta | Donald | 66/67 | ||
Major | Anderson | George | B. | 66/67 | |
Major | Brown | Arthur | S. | 68/69 | |
Assistant Battalion S3 | CPT | Scharf | Richard | D. | 68 |
CPT | Barta | Donald | 66/67 | ||
CPT | Leverett | Hubbert | L. | 68 | |
CPT | Czarniecki | John | J. | 68 | |
CPT | Miller | Brink | P. | 68 | |
CPT | Carroll, III | Philip | W. | 69 | |
CPT | Perry, Jr. | Fredrick | C. | 69 | |
LT | Rhyne | Jack | L. | 68 | |
LT | Houghton, Jr. | Charles | B. | 69 | |
Battalion S4 | CWO | Magnusson | Grimur | 68 | |
Major | Wheeler | David | E. | 67,68 | |
Major | Williams | Stuart | H. | 68 | |
Major | McKee | Arthur | J. | 68 | |
Major | Johnston | James | M. | 67 | |
Major | Emig | Donald | K. | 68, 69 | |
CPT | Cabell | Lawrence | C. | 69 | |
CPT | Newsham | Thomas | D. | 69 | |
Unit Supply Tech | CWO | Barron | George | T. | 69 |
Battalion Surgeon | CPT | Del Valle | Carlos | M. | 68 |
CPT | Shefren | Gerald | M. | 69 | |
Battalion Chaplain | CPT | O'Loughlin | Stanley | J. | 68 |
Major | Dodd | Joseph | K. | 69 | |
Battalion Commo Officer | LT | Aldridge | Daniel | E. | 68 |
LT | Bruner | Larry | B. | ||
LT | Baker | Forrest | D. | 67 | |
LT | Lambelet | Lawrence | E. | 67 | |
LT | DeLapp | Norman | L. | 67 | |
LT | Sultzbaugh | Dean | B. | 68/69 | |
CPT | Lee | Dennis | W. | 69 | |
PBO | CWO | Magnusson | Grimur | 67/68 | |
Engineer Equipment Officer | CPT | Yoshitani | Ken | 68 | |
CPT | Anderson | Calvin | M. | 67 | |
CPT | Corbett | David | A. | 67 | |
LT | Scott | Joseph | L. | 68 | |
LT | Asper | William | H. | 69 | |
Asst Engr Equip Off | LT | Collins | Michael | P. | |
EERT | W01 | Danfort | James | 69 | |
Battalion Maintenance | W01 | Taylor | Thomas | E. | 67 |
CWO | Francis | 67 | |||
Wheeled Vehicle Repair Tech | W01 | Samuel | William | H. | 69 |
Engineer Equipment Repair | CWO | Flannagan | James | P. | 68 |
Liaison Officer | CPT | Meeth, III | Harry | 68 | |
LT | Dobrowski | Richard | E. | 68 | |
LT | Jones | David | E. | 69 | |
Asst Liaison Off | LT | Scott | Kaye | F. | 68 |
Asst. Base Development Officer | LT | Guthrie | James | F. | 68 |
Recon Officer | LT | Bonamico | Henry | D. | 68 |
LT | Hutchison | Cecil | E. | 67 | |
LT | Baxter | James | R. | ||
LT | Corey | Larry | W. | 68 | |
LT | Ghage | James | C. | 69 | |
LT | Popelka | Charles | E. | 69 | |
LT | Michael, Jr. | Pierce | B. | 68/69 | |
LT | Tindal | Tracy | E. | 68 | |
Headquarters Company | |||||
CO | CPT | Sargent | David | J. | 68 |
CPT | Sotzing | Richard | A. | 67 | |
LT | Pessagno | John | M. | 68 | |
LT | Bonamico | Henry | D. | 68 | |
LT | Floyd | Benzell | 69 | ||
LT | Owen | Craig | L. | 69 | |
XO | LT | Thomas | Jack | E. | 68 |
LT | Siglin | Donald | J. | 67 | |
LT | Feeley | David | R. | 68 | |
LT | Durden | Lou | 67/68 | ||
MRE | LT | Wilson | Monte | L. | 69 |
Flamethrower Platoon Leader | LT | Patch | Paul | E. | 68/69 |
LT | Feeley | David | R. | 67 | |
Equipment Platoon Leader | LT | Gray | Terry | W. | 68 |
2LT | Waller | Carroll | T. | 67 | |
LT | Nelson | Donald | R. | 68 | |
LT | Laurence, Jr. | James | H. | 68 | |
A Company | |||||
CO | CPT | Smart | Neil | A. | 67/68 |
CPT | Yoshitani | Ken | 68 | ||
CPT | Miller | Frank | D. | 66/67 | |
CPT | Perry, Jr. | Frederick | C. | 68/69 | |
CPT | Pierman | Dennis | F. | 69 | |
XO | LT | Wright | Derek | R. | 68 |
LT | Passagno | John | M. | ||
LT | Coogan | Richard | T. | 69 | |
LT | Myers | Ivyl | L. | 67 | |
LT | Gray | Terry | W. | 67 | |
LT | Durden | Lou | 67/68 | ||
Platoon Leader | LT | Murphy, Jr. | Edward | R. | 68 |
LT | Driscoll, Jr. | Raymond | F. | 68 | |
LT | Witty | Kevin | D. | 68 | |
LT | Berger | Edward | C. | 68 | |
LT | Houston | 67/68 | |||
LT | Brown | James | T. | 69 | |
LT | Brown | Joseph | K. | 68/69 | |
LT | Brenton | Jack | R. | 66/67 | |
LT | Arens | Noel | J. | 67 | |
LT | Willoughby | Floyd | G. | 67 | |
LT | Myers | Ivyl | L. | 67 | |
LT | Lynch | Richard | P. | 68/69 | |
LT | O'Dowd | Peter | J. | 68/69 | |
LT | Rulon | Ronald | |||
LT | Stone | John | L. | 68 | |
B Company | |||||
CO | CPT | Miller | Brink | P. | 67/68 |
CPT | Mayo | Richard | E. | 66/67 | |
CPT | Newsham | Thomas | D. | 68/69 | |
CPT | Bruner | Larry | B. | 68/69 | |
CPT | Lambelet | Lawrence | E. | 68 | |
CPT | Matteson | Stephen | C. | 68 | |
CPT | Lingan | Thomas | B. | 8/76-6/79 | |
XO | CPT | Lambelet | Lawrence | E. | 67 |
LT | King, Jr. | Fred | B. | 69 | |
Platoon Leader | LT | Longwell | Ronald | L. | 68 |
LT | Campbell | Douglas | J. | 68 | |
LT | Owen | Craig | L. | 68 | |
Lt | Witty | Kevin | |||
LT | King, Jr. | Fred | B. | 68 | |
LT | Corey | Larry | W. | 68 | |
LT | Mazurek | Robert | F. | 68/69 | |
LT | Delk | Lucious | E. | 68 | |
LT | Quintero | Alexander | 68 | ||
LT | Combs | Christopher | S. | 68/69 | |
LT | Coogan | Richard | T. | 69 | |
LT | Morris | John | C. | 69 | |
LT | Stapelton | Robert | N. | 68/69 | |
C Company | |||||
CO | CPT | Best | Thomas | W. | 68 |
CPT | Scharf | Richard | D. | 68 | |
CPT | Brown | Arthur | S. | 68/69 | |
CPT | Davis, Jr. | Charles | L. | 67 | |
CPT | Walker | ||||
CPT | Brunnhoeffer | Gilbert | 69/69 | ||
XO | LT | Bruner | Larry | B. | 68 |
LT | Rhyne | Jack | L. | 68 | |
LT | Johnston | Eldon | G. | 69 | |
Platoon Leader | LT | Scott | Kaye | F. | 68 |
LT | Brunner | Larry | B. | ||
LT | Baxter | James | R. | 67/68 | |
LT | Johnston | Eldon | G. | 68 | |
LT | Bugni | Donald | L. | 68 | |
LT | Kuhns | Frederick | L. | 68 | |
LT | Word | James | T. | 68 | |
LT | Shultz | James | |||
LT | Royster | Charles | E. | 68/69 | |
LT | Coogan | Richard | T. | 68 | |
LT | Crews | John | F. | 68/69 | |
LT | Guthrie | James | F. | 68/69 | |
LT | Miller | Andrew | K. | 68 | |
D Company | |||||
CO | CPT | Allen | John | M. | 68 |
CPT | Corbett | David | A. | 66/67 | |
CPT | Wettack | John | T. | 67 | |
CPT | Brown | Michael | H. | 68/69 | |
CPT | Meeth, III | Harry | 68 | ||
XO | LT | Lee | John | C. | 68 |
LT | Rulon | Ronald | 66/67 | ||
LT | Perry | William | R. | ||
LT | Houghton, Jr. | Charles | B. | 68/69 | |
LT | Hoover | Richard | A. | 69 | |
LT | Floyd | Benzell | 69 | ||
Platoon Leader | LT | Bryant | Gerald | P. | 68 |
LT | Houghton, Jr. | Charles | B. | 68/69 | |
LT | Kolstadt | Lee | T. | 68 | |
LT | Michael, Jr. | Pierce | B. | 68 | |
LT | Perry | William | R. | 68 | |
LT | Hoover | Richard | A. | 68 | |
LT | Longwell | Ronald | L. | 68 | |
LT | Szuba | Walter | J. | 68/69 | |
LT | Collins | Michael | P. | 68 | |
LT | Lawrence, Jr. | James | H. | 68/69 | |
LT | Roberts | Fred | B. | 69 | |
LT | Aldridge | Daniel | E. | 68/69 | |
LT | Floyd | Benzell | 68 | ||
E Company | |||||
CO | CPT | McKee | Arthur | J. | 68 |
CPT | Carell | Lawrence | C. | 68/69 | |
CPT | Vogel | William | M. | 67 | |
CPT | Mandelbaum | Charles | R. | 67 | |
CPT | McNear | Richard | E. | 66/67 | |
CPT | Campbell | Lawrence | C. | ||
CPT | Cabell | Lawrence | C. | 68/69 | |
CPT | Leverett | Hubbert | L. | 69 | |
XO | LT | Strasseer | Richard | R. | 68 |
LT | Brewer | Jack | W. | 67 | |
LT | Rondick | Peter | F. | 67 | |
LT | Czarniecki | John | J. | 68 | |
LT | Hadfield | John | S. | 69 | |
AVLB Platoon Leader | LT | McDonald | John | S. | 67/68 |
Platoon Leader 1st Airboat | LT | Stone, Jr. | Norman | E. | 67/68 |
LT | Loverich | Wayne | S. | 69 | |
LT | Porter | Charles | M. | 68 | |
Platoon Leader 2nd Airboat | LT | Hoskins | John | T. | 68 - KIA |
LT | Kuhns | Frederick | L. | 68 | |
LT | Davidson | John | F. | 68 | |
LT | Dobrowski | Richard | E. | 67/68 | |
Platoon Leader | LT | Green | Larry | B. | |
LT | Eaton | Robert | J. | ||
LT | Wooden | David | L. | 69 | |
LT | Murphy | 68 | |||
LT | Loverich | Wayne | S. | 68 | |
LT | Strasseer | Richard | R. | 68 | |
LT | Jestes | Jimmie | C. | 68/69 | |
LT | Nelson | Donald | R. | 68/69 | |
LT | Gerken | Glenn | R. | 69 | |
LT | Deberry | Lawrence | B. | 68 | |
Assignment Unknown | |||||
LT | Peterson | 68 | |||
LT | Burger | 68 | |||
CPT | Maxheimer | 68 | |||
LT | Capurro | 68 | |||
Note: Cpt. Brink Miller, CO of B Company and Cpt. Frank Miller, CO of A Company | |||||
were brothers. Their father MG Frank Miller Sr., who was in VN in 1967, came to | |||||
visit the 15th Engineer Battalion a number of times |