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**__1st MIBARS - Detachment A - BIEN HOA, Republic of South Vietnam__ **
. Photo above: view from above the Dong Nai River - see the Vietnamese river navy boats; photo below is from the opposite direction. See the front gate and screened in or netted area above the front wall along the roadside of the property. //Both images submitted by Robert Bills.//
 * Bien Hoa City 1970** - //above image submitted by Robert Bills//
 * Detachment "A" - The Old Sawmill**

The above color image is recent by Google and //submitted by Truman O'brien// and the black and white was shot in the 1960's //submitted by Paul Giunta//.

**On 20 April 1970 Det A completed the move from Bien Hoa City to Bien Hoa Army Base.**


Above photo submitted by Dan Newell. III Corps Headquarters on the left adjacent to Bien Hoa Air Base on the right. In the rectangle is Detachment A Operations. Inside the little square on the top is the Image Interpretatation facility; on the bottom is the Image Reproduction Laboratory. We were on a South Vietnamese Military Installation that was frequently visited by high ranking officers and dignitaries of the US and RVN as well as other allies.

If you can add any names to this roster, please do or contact Dan Newell or Don Skinner to get the names posted.
 * 1. - Charles Edgette || 22. - Dennis Cooney ||
 * 2. - Vernon Smythe || 23. - Darren Griffin ||
 * 3. - Jonathan Hescock || 24. - Ron Sines ||
 * 4. - Larry Brunatti || 25. - Larry Doyle ||
 * 5. - Fernando Lopez || 26. - Skip Hurt ||
 * 6. - Stanley Krick || 27. - Ed Fehr ||
 * 7. - Ed Jones || 28. - David Lewis ||
 * 8. - Richard Siccama || 29. - Charles Hutcheson ||
 * 9. - Robert Hurley || 30. - Connely Worsham ||
 * 10. - Joe Holsenback || 31. - Gary Steeple ||
 * 11. - Jack Finley || 32. - Robert Pearson ||
 * 12. - John Couzo || 33. - Sander Haydon ||
 * 13. - Henry (Ray) Whitesell || 34. - Wayne Szczeniewski ||
 * 14. - Jimmy Ray Nelson || 35. - Wayne Sarles ||
 * 15. - Robert Heitkam || 36. - Gary Mosten ||
 * 16. - Dan Newell || 37. - Grief Marion ||
 * 17. - Kenneth Whitehorn || 38. - J. A. Moore ||
 * 18. - Chad (Delmar) Cantrell || 39. - Rex Bostic ||
 * 19. - Tim Hayes || 40. - George Lightner ||
 * 20. - William Blackstone || 41. - Bill Schrieb ||
 * 21. - William Matheny || 42. - Joe Gomez ||

Need to get some names here.


 * 1. Tom Cain || 17. Larry Pauley ||
 * 2. SFC Dixon || 18. Bill Otto ||
 * 3. J. A. Moore || 19. ||
 * 4. Ed Lynch || 20. Bob Niccum ||
 * 5. Joe Holsenbach || 21. Ron Sines ||
 * 6. Paul Vickers || 22. Truman O'Brien ||
 * 7. Leonard Panewicz || 23. Hadley ||
 * 8. Fernando Lopez || 24. Jon Hescock ||
 * 9. Chuck Scanlon || 25. Larry Johnson ||
 * 10. Paul Giunta || 26. Brian Simpson ||
 * 11. Joe Schieszka || 27. Reynolds ||
 * 12. Joe Neander || 28. Walt Griffin ||
 * 13. Charles Edgette || 29. SSG Hefner ||
 * 14. || 30. ||
 * 15. George Hamby III || 31. Bill Mathews (?) ||
 * 16. Sgt Davis || 32. ||



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