Aviation Electrician’s Mate 3c Roger Shenk Receives Wings
Roger Shenk son of Mr and Mrs E W Shenk of Cross Junction received his Navy Aircrewman wings after qualifying as a flight electrician on the C 121 He earned flight hours in Vietnam and at Patuxent River Md He is a 1966 James Wood High School graduate and trained at Great Lakes and Jacksonville before posting to Patuxent River since October 1967 between deployments to Vietnam and other project missions.
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Aviation Electrician
Roger WiShenk
E.W. Shenk
Cross Junction
Qualit
Vietnam
Mekong River Lifeline Shapes Vast Rice Belt
The Mekong River spans 2,600 miles from the Tibetan Plateau in China through Tibet to the Lower Mekong Basin in Laos, Cambodia, and South Vietnam. It irrigates Asia’s largest rice-growing area and serves as a major north south corridor, linking high plateau to delta.
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Mekong
Southeast Asia
Indochina
Tibetan
China
Tsinghai
Tibet
Laos
Cambodia
South Vietnam
South China Sea
Service News Briefs Highlight Vietnam Tours and Promotions
Daniel E Whitacre serves in Vietnam with the 135th Light Maintenance Company at Cam Ranh Bay and earned the expert rifleman medal before his R R in Sydney. Michael D Cox earns airman first class in the Air Force as a communications specialist at McChord AFB. Michael A McKee completes basic training at Lackland and reports to Offutt. Frederick E Russell joins the Army at Fort Dix N J and addresses 231-74-0477 Co D 1st Bn 2nd BCT 4th PIT 08640.
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Vietnam
Daniel E. Whitacre
Sydney
Australia
Cam Ranh Bay
Fort Benning
Aberdeen
135Th Light Maint. Co
Apo San Francisco
Calif
Michael A. McKee
Roy.McKee
Sunnyside
Lackland Air Force Base
Tex
Offutt Air Force Base
Nebr
U.S. Army
Frederick E. Russell
Elizabeth Russell
Middletown
Fort Dix
N.J
Frederick EF. Russell
Army Specialist Five Kenneth Campbell in Vietnam
Kenneth L Campbell son of Mrs Mary Jett promoted to Army Specialist Five near Long Binh Vietnam where he serves as a parts clerk in Company B 169th Engineer Battalion His father Marvin L Campbell lives at Stephenson
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Kenneth L. Campbell
Robert M. Jett
Walnut St
Berryville
Long Binh
Vietnam
169Th Engineer
Marvin L. Campbell
Stephenson
Marine promotes Allen Haines to sergeant in the Marines
Cpl. Lewis Allen Haines son of Mrs Dorothy Haines and the late Vernon A Haines promoted to sergeant in the U S Marine Corps effective June 1 He enlisted in May 1968 and serves as requisition clerk for the 2nd Light Anti Aircraft Missile Battalion Supply at Marine Corps Base 29 Palms California H C Battery 2nd LAAM B 73 29 Palms 92278
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Cpl
Lewis. Allen, Haines
Dorothy Haines
Woodland Ave
Vernon A. Haines
U.S. Marine Corps
Marines
Marine Korp Base
29 Palms
Calif
Handley High School
Lewis A. Haines
H&c Battery
L.A.A.M. B
M.C
Palms
Army Pfc Gary M. Martin Completes Identification Course
Pfc Gary M. Martin USASA graduates from the Special Identification Techniques Operator Course at Fort Devens Massachusetts. He spent an 18 day leave with his parents Mr and Mrs Arthur Martin of Stephens City before assignment to the 509th Transit Det Saigon. He underwent mission training at Two Rock California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary M. Martin
USASA
Fort Devens
Mass
Arthur Martin
Stephens City
509Th
Saigon
Two Rock
Calif
Promotion for Lt Ronald K Kaplan to lieutenant commander
Lt Ronald K Kaplan promoted to lieutenant commander in the Naval Air Reserve. Based at Marta Naval Air Station Alameda California he serves as maintenance readiness training division officer for the Aircraft Maintenance Department. He is the son of Mrs Ruth N Kaplan of Berryville and married to Nancy Lee Saunders of Culpeper.
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Ronald K. Kaplan
Naval Air Reserve
Marta
Naval Air Station
Alameda
Calif
Aircraft Maintenance Department
Kaplan
Ruth N. Kaplan
Berryville
Nancy Lee Saunders
Culpeper
Also Mentioned on This Page
Roger W. Shenk
Michael D. Cox
Bone D.cox
Bonnie Steconkier 4
U.S. Air Force
Cox
McChord Air Force Base
Wash
Air Forcemmunications Service
USAF
Drewry Mason High School
Ridgeway
Roanoke College
Daniel Whitacre
Michael McKee
Frederick Russell
Stuart M. Perry, Inc
Winchester
Donaley
Maryville, MO
Cat
Bryarly & Louthan Ive Insurance and Bonding
Rouss Ave
POE Olds
Full Power & Air Cond
Camaro
Cadillac Sdn
Pont. G.T
Hillman Sdn
Nat
Pontiac Sdn
Catalina
OLDS
CHEV
Poe
Oldsmobile
Commercial St
Wilson Blvd
Laundromat
Douglas Jenkins
Mgr. Rental Department
Spitzer's Furniture CO
S. Braddock St
Winchester, Virginia
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