Appendix F

SENIOR ENGINEER COMMANDERS IN VIETNAM, 1965-1970

Command

Assumption or Duration of Command

U.S. Army, Vietnam, Engineer

Major General Robert R. Ploger

September 1965

Major General Charles M. Duke

August 1967

Major General William T. Bradley

May 1968

Major General David S. Parker

July 1969

Major General John A. B. Dillard 1

December 1969

18th Engineer Brigade

Colonel C. Craig Cannon

September 1965

Brigadier General Robert R. Ploger

September 1965

Colonel Paul W. Ramee

December 1966

Brigadier General Charles M. Duke

April 1967

Brigadier General Andrew P. Rollins, Jr.

September 1967

Brigadier General Willard Roper

November 1967

Colonel John H. Elder, Jr. (P)

September 1968

Colonel John W. Morris (P)

May 1969

Brigadier General Henry C. Schrader

May 1970

35th Engineer Group

Colonel William F. Hart, Jr.

June 1965

Colonel William L. Starnes

June 1966

Colonel Gilbert H. Newman

February 1967

Colonel John A. Hughes, Jr.

June 1967

Colonel Delbert M. Fowler

July 1968

Colonel William L. Barnes

December 1968

Colonel Harry A. Griffith

July 1969

Colonel Richard A. Chidlaw

April 1970

Colonel John S. Egbert

November 1970

45th Engineer Group

Colonel George M. Bush

June 1966

Colonel Kenneth T. Sawyer

May 1966

Colonel George B. Fink

December 1967

Colonel John G. Waggener

July 1968

Colonel Carroll N. LeTellier

July 1969

Colonel William R. Wray

December 1969

Colonel Kenneth E. McIntyre

September 1970

937th Engineer Group

Colonel Roland A. Brandt

August 1965

Colonel William W. Watkin

January 1966

Colonel Ernest P. Braucher

August 1966

Colonel Robert C. Marshall

November 1967


1 Killed in Action, May 1970.
(P) Selected for promotion before assuming command.

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SENIOR ENGINEER COMMANDERS IN VIETNAM, 1965-1970-Continued

Command

Assumption or Duration
of Command

Colonel William J. Talbott

March 1968

Colonel Jesse L. Fishback

August 1968

Colonel William G. Kratz

February 1969

Colonel Carroll E. Adams, Jr.

January 1970

Colonel James C. Donovan

May 1970

Colonel William J. Schuder

September 1970

20th Engineer Brigade

Brigadier General Curtis W. Chapman, Jr.

August 1967

Colonel Harold R. Parfitt (P)

November 1968

Brigadier General Edwin T. O'Donnell

November 1969

Brigadier General Kenneth B. Cooper

October 1970

34th Engineer Group

Colonel Joe M. Palmer

March 1967

Colonel William G. Stewart

March 1968

Colonel Ernest Graves, Jr.

September 1968

Colonel Alton G. Post

January 1969

Colonel John E. Sterling

July 1969

Colonel Wayne S. Nichols

July 1970

79th Engineer Group

Colonel David C. Clymer

July 1966

Colonel Walter C. Gelini

November 1966

Colonel Joseph A. Jansen

November 1967

Colonel John H. Elder, Jr.

February 1968

Colonel Richard L. West

July 1968

Colonel Charles R. Clark

January 1969

Colonel Amos L. Wright

August 1969

Colonel Ernest J. Denz

February 1970

159th Engineer Group

Colonel James H. Hottenroth

October 1965

Colonel Richard McConnell

September 1966

Colonel Richard H. Groves

November 1967

Colonel Harvey C. Jones

January 1968

Colonel Bates C. Burnell

July 1968

Colonel James E. Devine

February 1969

Colonel Joseph K. Bratton

August 1969

Colonel Levi A. Brown

August 1970

921st Engineer Group (never operated as a command organization in South Vietnam)

Colonel Walter C. Gelini

June 1966

Lieutenant Colonel William P. Gardiner

September 1966

14th Engineer Battalion (Combat)

Lieutenant Colonel William F. Brandes

5 June 1966-22 February 1967

Lieutenant Colonel James L. Lammie

20 June 1967-14 January 1968

Lieutenant Colonel Ralph A. Karst

18 July 1968-27 August 1968

Lieutenant Colonel Arthur J. Gow

27 August 1968-21 February 1969

Lieutenant Colonel Ted E. Bishop

21 February 1969-3 August 1969

Lieutenant Colonel Drake Wilson

4 August 1969-11 April 1970

Lieutenant Colonel George R. Vavra

12 April 1970-9 September 1970

Lieutenant Colonel Byron N. Schriever

9 September 1970-7 January 1971

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SENIOR ENGINEER COMMANDERS IN VIETNAM, 1965-1970-Continued

Command

Assumption or Duration
of Command

19th Engineer Battalion (Combat)

Lieutenant Colonel Amos C. Mathews

30 June 1965-16 July 1966

Lieutenant Colonel Nolan C. Rhodes

16 July 1966-23 July 1967

Lieutenant Colonel Andrew C. Remson, Jr.

23 July 1967-2 March 1968

Lieutenant Colonel James L. Sutton

2 March 1968-2 September 1968

Lieutenant Colonel Donald A. Wisdom

7 September 1968-7 February 1969

Lieutenant Colonel Gilbert L. Burns

7 February 1969-10 July 1969

Lieutenant Colonel Wilson P. Andrews

11 July 1969-14 February 1970

Lieutenant Colonel Pleasant H. West

10 June 1970-3 November 1970

20th Engineer Battalion (Combat)

Lieutenant Colonel Richard L. Harris

16 December 1965-13 July 1966

Lieutenant Colonel Robert L. Gilmore

14 July 1966-5 July 1967

Lieutenant Colonel James H. Phillips

31 January 1968-25 February 1968

Lieutenant Colonel Maurice H. Leiser

25 February 1968-29 September 1968

Lieutenant Colonel John F. Wall, Jr.

11 October 1968-19 June 1969

Lieutenant Colonel Morris L. Gardner

23 June 1969-12 January 1970

Lieutenant Colonel Fred V. Cole

13 January 1970-12 May 1970

Lieutenant Colonel Richard T. Robinson

24 May 1970-6 December 1970

27th Engineer Battalion (Combat)

Lieutenant Colonel Charles R. Roberts

9 September 1966-21 April 1967

Lieutenant Colonel Allen P. Richmond

23 April 1967-5 October 1967

Lieutenant Colonel Kent C. Kelley

16 October 1967-11 April 1968

Lieutenant Colonel Malcolm D. Johnson

10 July 1968-24 June 1969

Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Wood, Jr.

25 June 1969-11 January 1970

Lieutenant Colonel Harlan W. Johnson

11 January 1970-15 August 1970

Lieutenant Colonel Russell L. Jorns

23 August 1970-15 August 1971

31st Engineer Battalion (Combat)

Lieutenant Colonel Edwin D. Patterson

15 February 1967-16 October 1968

Lieutenant Colonel Gerald P. Kelley

17 October 1968-25 April 1969

Lieutenant Colonel George N. Andrews

26 April 1969-14 January 1970

Lieutenant Colonel Gwynn A. Teague

15 January 1970-8 July 1970

Lieutenant Colonel Richard H. Gray

11 July 1970-16 January 1971

34th Engineer Battalion (Construction)

Lieutenant Colonel John C. Ogilvie

28 July 1966-3 June 1968

Lieutenant Colonel Edward P. Stefanik

3 June 1968-31 March 1969

Lieutenant Colonel Charles D. Millward

1 April 1969-17 December 1969

Lieutenant Colonel Donald E. Sells

17 December 1969-21 July 1970

Lieutenant Colonel Dale K. Randels

22 July 1970-21 February 1971

35th Engineer Battalion (Combat)

Lieutenant Colonel Wesley E. Peel

7 November 1966-30 April 1967

Lieutenant Colonel David N. Hutchison

1 July 1967-18 January 1968

Lieutenant Colonel John V. Parish, Jr.

19 January 1968-10 July 1968

Lieutenant Colonel Joseph A. Yore

16 July 1968-12 January 1969

Lieutenant Colonel Lawrence R. Smith

13 January 1969-7 July 1969

Lieutenant Colonel James W. Ray

8 July 1969-24 June 1970

Lieutenant Colonel Robert F. Thomas

25 June 1970-13 September 1970

36th Engineer Battalion (Construction)

Lieutenant Colonel Thomas C. Hunter, Jr.

13 July 1967-15 April 1968

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SENIOR ENGINEER COMMANDERS IN VIETNAM, 1965-1970-Continued

Command

Assumption or Duration
of Command

Lieutenant Colonel Richard E. Leonard

15 April 1968-27 March 1969

Lieutenant Colonel Vito D. Stipo

28 March 1969-7 March 1970

Lieutenant Colonel Early J. Rush III

8 March 1970-7 September 1970

39th Engineer Battalion (Combat)

Lieutenant Colonel Ernest E. Lane, Jr.

26 December 1965-16 May 1966

Major John H. Shultz

17 May 1966-4 July 1966

Lieutenant Colonel Taylor R. Fulton

5 July 1966-1 July 1967

Lieutenant Colonel Joseph F. Castro

2 July 1967-9 December 1967

Lieutenant Colonel James M. Miller

9 December 1967-22 June 1968

Lieutenant Colonel Tenho R. Hukkala

22 June 1968-3 June 1969

Lieutenant Colonel Thomas A. Ghormley

4 June 1969-12 December 1969

Lieutenant Colonel Hugh G. Robinson

13 December 1969-30 July 1970

Lieutenant Colonel James G. Ton

31 July 1970-31 January 1971

46th Engineer Battalion (Construction)

Lieutenant Colonel George G. Hagedon

15 September 1965-17 January 1966

Lieutenant Colonel George Mason

17 January 1966-9 December 1966

Lieutenant Colonel William V. McGuinness, Jr.

9 December 1966-7 September 1967

Lieutenant Colonel George B. Gray, Jr.

7 September 1967-19 May 1968

Lieutenant Colonel Pendleton A. Jordan

19 May 1968-18 November 1968

Lieutenant Colonel John E. Gray

20 November 1968-10 June 1969

Lieutenant Colonel Marion F. Meador

10 June 1969-31 May 1970

Lieutenant Colonel Joseph L. Spruill

1 June 1970-12 December 1970

62d Engineer Battalion (Construction)

Lieutenant Colonel Paul D. Triem

3 August 1965-28 June 1966

Lieutenant Colonel Andrew J. Waldrop

8 July 1966-31 May 1967

Lieutenant Colonel Robert E. Crowley

31 May 1967-16 July 1968

Lieutenant Colonel Valentine Carrasco

16 July 1968-12 January 1969

Lieutenant Colonel Maximiano Janairo

13 January 1969-6 July 1969

Lieutenant Colonel Paul C. Driscoll

7 July 1969-4 July 1970

Lieutenant Colonel Robert P. Monfore

5 July 1970-10 June 1971

70th Engineer Battalion (Combat)

Lieutenant Colonel Leonard Edelstein

5 December 1964-17 July 1966

Lieutenant Colonel John R. Redman

17 July 1966-2 March 1967

Lieutenant Colonel Philip D. Sellers

2 March 1967-3 October 1967

Lieutenant Colonel Robert E. Ayers

30 October 1967-22 April 1968

Lieutenant Colonel Charles G. Willard

22 April 1968-28 September 1968

Lieutenant Colonel Robert K. O'Connell

28 September 1968-25 June 1969

Lieutenant Colonel James E. Hays

25 June 1969-31 October 1969

84th Engineer Battalion (Construction)

Lieutenant Colonel Joseph J. Rochefort

11 June 1965-22 January 1966

Lieutenant Colonel James G. Madison, Jr.

23 January 1966-4 August 1966

Lieutenant Colonel William A. Rank

14 August 1966-20 September 1967

Lieutenant Colonel James F. Fraser

20 September 1967-28 February 1968

Lieutenant Colonel Ralph T. Garver

1 March 1968-5 September 1968

Lieutenant Colonel Robert J. Corley

5 September 1968-1 March 1969

Lieutenant Colonel William Y. Epling

1 March 1969-30 August 1969

Lieutenant Colonel Richard M. Wells

31 August 1969-16 August 1970

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SENIOR ENGINEER COMMANDERS IN VIETNAM, 1965-1970-Continued

Command

Assumption or Duration
of Command

86th Engineer Battalion (Combat)

Lieutenant Colonel Colin M. Carter, Jr.

2 June 1966-25 April 1967

Lieutenant Colonel James F. Miley

25 April 1967-26 September 1967

Lieutenant Colonel Clyde A. Selleck, Jr.

26 September 1967-29 August 1968

Lieutenant Colonel Ernest D. Peixotto

29 August 1968-13 July 1969

87th Engineer Battalion (Construction)

Lieutenant Colonel John J. McCulloch

28 June 1965-4 September 1966

Lieutenant Colonel William I.. Durham

4 September 1966-28 February 1967

Lieutenant Colonel Robert L. Moore

1 March 1967-22 June 1967

Lieutenant Colonel Charles J. Fiala

29 June 1967-26 May 1968

Lieutenant Colonel William R. Needham

27 May 1968-7 January 1969

92d Engineer Battalion (Construction)

Lieutenant Colonel Harry W. Lombard

1 May 1967-30 April 1968

Lieutenant Colonel Robert L. Crosby

1 May 1968-31 October 1968

Lieutenant Colonel Bruce W. Jamison

1 November 1968-27 December 1968

Lieutenant Colonel Anthony A. Smith

28 December 1968-19 June 1969

Lieutenant Colonel William A. Anderson

19 June 1969-20 January 1970

Lieutenant Colonel Beaufort C. Katt

20 January 1970-19 July 1970

Lieutenant Colonel Charles E. Eastburn

19 July 1970-7 July 1971

93d Engineer Battalion (Construction)

Lieutenant Colonel Carrol Guth

27 May 1967-9 January 1968

Lieutenant Colonel James Dorman

10 January 1968-7 July 1968

Lieutenant Colonel Ralph H. Sievers, Jr.

8 July 1968-28 March 1969

Lieutenant Colonel John J. Plunkett

28 March 1969-16 January 1970

Lieutenant Colonel Michael E. Kallman

17 January 1970-14 July 1970

Lieutenant Colonel Windle E. Kirk

14 July 1970-4 February 1971

168th Engineer Battalion (Combat)

Lieutenant Colonel Manley E. Rogers

8 November 1965-27 April 1966

Lieutenant Colonel Edwin F. Pelosky

28 April 1966-17 May 1967

Lieutenant Colonel John R. Manning

17 May 1967-7 May 1968

Lieutenant Colonel John E. Schweizer

7 May 1968-19 January 1969

Lieutenant Colonel Albert L. Romaneski

19 January 1969-30 August 1969

Lieutenant Colonel Harry M. Roper, Jr.

31 August 1969-1 April 1970

169th Engineer Battalion (Construction)

Lieutenant Colonel Marvin W. Rees

15 April 1966-30 April 1967

Lieutenant Colonel William R. Wray

1 May 1967-20 January 1968

Lieutenant Colonel Louis W. Prentiss

20 January 1968-18 July 1968

Lieutenant Colonel Raymond J. Eineigl

18 July 1968-11 January 1969

Lieutenant Colonel Clifford Flanigan

12 January 1969-18 June 1969

Lieutenant Colonel Robert S. McGarry

19 July 1969-4 January 1970

Lieutenant Colonel Nick J. Andre

4 January 1970-1 August 1970

Lieutenant Colonel Connelly Sanders

4 August 1970-10 September 1970

299th Engineer Battalion (Combat)

Lieutenant Colonel Reuben L. Anderson, Jr.

27 September 1965-17 April 1966

Lieutenant Colonel Richard M. Connell

29 April 1966-27 October 1966

Lieutenant Colonel Walter G. Wolfe

29 October 1966-14 October 1967

Lieutenant Colonel Domingo I. Aguilar

14 October 1967-4 January 1968

Lieutenant Colonel Max B. Scheider

4 January 1968-4 July 1968

Lieutenant Colonel Joseph A. Schewski

5 July 1968-26 January 1969

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SENIOR ENGINEER COMMANDERS IN VIETNAM, 1965-1970-Continued

Command

Assumption or Duration
of Command

Lieutenant Colonel Newman A. Howard, Jr.

29 January 1969-16 July 1969

Lieutenant Colonel Robert L. Ackerson

31 July 1969-11 January 1970

Lieutenant Colonel Joseph P. Franklin

11 January 1970-30 July 1970

554th Engineer Battalion (Construction)

Lieutenant Colonel Harry W. Wilkinson

31 March 1967-22 March 1968

Lieutenant Colonel Joe H. Sheard

22 March 1968-29 September 1968

Lieutenant Colonel Charles L. McNeill

30 September 1968-3 April 1969

Lieutenant Colonel Elbert D. H. Berry

3 April 1969-29 September 1969

Lieutenant Colonel James E. Lynch

30 September 1969-14 March 1970

Lieutenant Colonel Clarence D. Gilkey

14 March 1970-9 October 1970

577th Engineer Battalion (Construction)

Lieutenant Colonel James L. Kelly

17 January 4966-23 December 1966

Lieutenant Colonel Carl P. Rodolph, Jr.

23 December 1966-10 September 1967

Lieutenant Colonel John R. McDonald

11 September 1967-5 July 1968

Lieutenant Colonel Richard S. Kem

5 July 1968-27 July 1969

Lieutenant Colonel Charles E. Edgar

2 November 1969-9 June 1970

588th Engineer Battalion (Combat)

Lieutenant Colonel William T. Moore

4 April 1965-18 June 1966

Lieutenant Colonel James F. Boylan

1 August 1966-17 July 1967

Lieutenant Colonel Frederick G. Rockwell, Jr.

18 July 1967-20 February 1968

Lieutenant Colonel Coleman C. Clement

20 February 1968-5 October 1968

Lieutenant Colonel John C. Levanger

6 October 1968-8 April 1969

Lieutenant Colonel John A. Poteat, Jr.

8 April 1969-7 October 1969

Lieutenant Colonel Thomas A. Stumm

7 October 1969-14 May 1970

Lieutenant Colonel Nelson P. Conover

14 May 1970-13 November 1970

589th Engineer Battalion (Construction)

Lieutenant Colonel Myron D. Snoke

29 July 1966-21 October 1967

Lieutenant Colonel Allen F. Grum

23 October 1967-1 June 1968

Lieutenant Colonel Albert C. Costanzo

1 June 1968-15 December 1968

Lieutenant Colonel Al S. Rosin

45 December 1968-3 June 1969

Lieutenant Colonel Donald A. Ramsay

4 June 1969-21 May 1970

Lieutenant Colonel Byron N. Schriever

21 May 1970-9 September 1970

815th Engineer Battalion (Construction)

Lieutenant Colonel Charles A. Melton

21 March 1967-8 December 1967

Lieutenant Colonel Ames S. Albro, Jr.

9 December 1967-16 June 1968

Lieutenant Colonel Donald D. Gabe

19 June 1968-14 August 1968

Lieutenant Colonel Charles A. Debelius

18 December 1968-11 August 1969

Lieutenant Colonel James C. Donovan

11 August 1969-15 April 1970

Lieutenant Colonel Charlie L. Blalock

15 April 1970-11 October 1970

864th Engineer Battalion (Construction)

Lieutenant Colonel James E. Bunch

5 July 1964-17 January 1966

Lieutenant Colonel Robert A. Seelye

17 January 1966-5 September 1966

Lieutenant Colonel Ray S. Hansen

5 September 1966-31 July 1967

Lieutenant Colonel Laurence L. Heimerl

1 August 1967-8 March 1968

Lieutenant Colonel Donald C. Wisdom

8 March 1968-7 September 1968

Lieutenant Colonel Authur Daoulas

7 September 1968-5 July 1969

Lieutenant Colonel Russell A. Glenn

5 July 1969-24 January 1970

Lieutenant Colonel Jack W. Martin

25 January 1970-30 July 1970

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SENIOR ENGINEER COMMANDERS IN VIETNAM, 1965-1970-Continued

Command

Assumption or Duration
of Command

Lieutenant Colonel Phillip D. Engle

30 July 1970-26 July 1971

1st Engineer Battalion (1st Division)

Lieutenant Colonel Howard L. Sargent, Jr.

20 September 1965-16 August 1966

Lieutenant Colonel Joseph M. Kiernan

16 August 1966-3 June 1967

Major Edwin C. Keiser

3 June 1967-25 July 1967

Lieutenant Colonel Thorwald R. Peterson

25 July 1967-8 July 1968

Lieutenant Colonel Robert Segal

9 July 1968-5 June 1969

Lieutenant Colonel Rodney E. Cox

5 June 1969-3 April 1970

4th Engineer Battalion (4th Division)

Lieutenant Colonel Gerhard W. Shulz

9 July 1966-17 February 1967

Lieutenant Colonel Norman G. Delbridge

18 February 1967-10 July 1967

Lieutenant Colonel Emmett C. Lee, Jr.

10 July 1967-18 July 1968

Lieutenant Colonel Elvin R. Heiberg

18 July 1968-6 April 1969

Major Robert H. Easton

6 April 1969-19 May 1969

Lieutenant Colonel John R. Brinkerhoff

19 May 1969-13 May 1970

Lieutenant Colonel Richard L. Curl

13 May 1970-5 December 1970

8th Engineer Battalion (1st Cavalry Division)

Lieutenant Colonel Robert J. Malley

16 August 1965-19 June 1966

Lieutenant Colonel Charles G. Olentine

19 June 1966-26 May 1967

Lieutenant Colonel Edwin S. Townsley

26 May 1967-18 May 1968

Lieutenant Colonel Francis J. Walter

18 May 1968-6 May 1969

Lieutenant Colonel Andre G. Broumas

6 May 1969-19 September 1969

Lieutenant Colonel Scott B. Smith

19 September 1969-1 July 1970

Lieutenant Colonel Homer Johnstone, Jr.

4 July 1970-1 April 1971

15th Engineer Battalion (9th Division)

Lieutenant Colonel William E. Read

7 October 1966-29 September 1967

Lieutenant Colonel Thomas C. Loper

30 September 1967-2 September 1968

26th Engineer Battalion (23d Division)

Lieutenant Colonel Matthew W. Hoey

14 June 1968-4 March 1969

Lieutenant Colonel Harry V. Dutchyshyn

4 March 1969-1 March 1971

65th Engineer Battalion (25th Division)

Lieutenant Colonel Carroll D. Strider

22 February 1966-16 February 1967

Lieutenant Colonel Avery S. Fullerton

16 February 1967-17 November 1967

Lieutenant Colonel Henry A. Flertzheim

17 November 1967-17 June 1968

Lieutenant Colonel James W. Atwell

17 June 1968-15 November 1968

Lieutenant Colonel Edward C. Gibson

7 December 1968-7 December 1969

Lieutenant Colonel James L. Trayers, Jr.

7 December 1969-1 June 1970

Lieutenant Colonel Forrest T. Gay III

1 June 1970-5 December 1970

326th Engineer Battalion (101st Division)

Lieutenant Colonel William F. Reilly

23 November 1967-16 November 1968

Lieutenant Colonel Henry J. Hatch

25 May 1969-10 July 1969

Lieutenant Colonel Carl P. Rodolph, Jr.

6 July 1970-28 June 1971

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