Walter Reed Promotion Highlights Area Servicemen
United States Army and Marine personnel from Bluefield and surrounding areas are featured in promotions and notable training. Homer A. Lewis Jr. advances to sergeant first class at Walter Reed Army Medical Center after 13 years in service. Other local service members, including Pvt. Gary Mullins and Pfc. John Sylvester Jr., complete advanced infantry training and participate in operations in Vietnam and Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer A. Lewis Jr
Bluefield
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Army
Lewis
Opal L. Lewis
Ft. Jackson
S. C
Ft. McNair
Washington, D. C
Tripler General Hospital
Honolulu
Hawaii
Dolores A. Combs
Ruby Roberts
Walter Reed General Hospital
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
Army Biomechanical Research Laboratory
Army Institute of Dental Research
Army Medical Service
Larry W. Kester
L. Kester
da Nang
Vietnam
First Marine Division
Private Barberie completes radio relay course at Ft Gordon
Pvt. Wilfred D. Barberie aged 20 son of Mr and Mrs Wilfred Barberie of Athens Route Princeton completed a nine week radio relay and carrier operation course at the Army Southeastern Signal School Ft Gordon Ga He was trained to operate field telephone telegraph and radio relay equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Brinkley Jr
Route 1
Wytheville
Army Southeastern Signal School
Ft. Gordon
Ronald L. Ingram
Georgia Ingram
Kimball
W. Va
Ft. Polk
Vietnam
Herman Hastings
Roscoe H. Hastings
Anawakt
Qui Nhon
Hastings
Ft. Knox
Ft. Leonard Wood
Wilfred D. Barberie
Wilfred Barberie
Athens Star Route
Princeton
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Walter Reed Promotion
Gary B. Mullins
Eugene Mullins
Roderfield
Ft. Lewis, Wash
John B. Sylvester Jr
John Sylvester
McComas
Manhattan
Boi Loi
Ho Bo
Dau Tieng
4Th Infantry Division
12Th Infantry
Freddy R. Moye
Loraine Moye
Knob St
Ft. Kobbe
Canal Zone
508Th Infantry
Moye
the Sergeant
Spanishburg High School
Ismaelda
Signal School
Noncom School
Ronald E. Barton
Thomas Barton
Rt. 4
Augsburg
Germany
Princeton High
Military Police
Army Sp
Luther E. Marshall
Allen K. Marshall
Premier
Spain
Zaragoza
8Th Infantry Division
1St Airborne Brigade
Airborne
Spanish Parachute Brigade
U. S
U. S. Air Force
Marshall
81St
Redstone Arsenal
Ala
Welch High School
Leonard Blevins
Floyd W. Blevins
Blevins
77Th Artillery
James W. England
Nellie L. England
Superior
Cui Nhon
England
Ft. Story
J. C. Penney Welch High School
J. C. Penney Company
Welch
Marine S
Benjamin F. Walker
Willie M. Walker
Walker Street
Cherry Point
N. C
Yuma
Ariz
Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 531
Marine Corps Air Station
First Marines
Richard W. Hagamon
John E. Hagamon
Glenfork
60Th Infantry
Hagamon
S.C
Glen Rogers High School
Lynn B. Suiter
Herbert Suiter
Pine Hill Park
Ft. Dix
N. J
Pvt
Julian R. Umberger Jr
Rt. 2, Bluefield
Army Artillery and Missile School
Ft. Sill
Oklo
Harold K. Doss
Fred E. Doss
Jackson St
Billy D. Dillion Jr
Bill Dillion
Monterey Hill
Marine Corps Base
Camp Pendleton
Calif
PFC
Keith A. Altizer
Lucy Stickler
Pineville
54Th Transportation Battalion
Altizer
512Th Transportation Company
Ft. Campbell
Pineville High School
John P. Schwartz
J. P. Schwartz
College Ave
Thailand
Air Force Commendation
Welch High
Concord College
Air Force
Hannah H. Schwartz
James E. Hancock
Rt. 1
Matoaka
Korea
Matoaka High
Norma Blankenship
Robert W. Kinder
Quant Quang Tri
U. S. Marine Corps
Junina 1, Kinder
Bluefield, Va
NEW Graham Pharmacy
Virginia
Legal Secretarial
I. B. M. Training
State Boards of Education
West Virginia
the College
United Business Schools Association
James C. Cain
Tulane University
W. Va. Jeycees
Commerce Street
Bluefield, W. Va
Prooe
Chicago
Kroehler
Wid, Virginea
Presto
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