Arndt, LaVerne B., Capt

Infantry
 
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Current Service Status
USMC Veteran
Current/Last Rank
Captain
Current/Last Primary MOS
0302-Infantry Officer
Current/Last MOSGroup
 Infantry
Previously Held MOS
521-Basic Marine, Enlisted
0300-Basic Infantryman
0301-Basic Infantry Officer
0311-Rifleman
0805-Air Observer - Officer
Primary Unit
1968-1969, 0302, 2nd Infantry Training Regiment (Cadre), MCB Camp Pendleton
Service Years
1963 - 1969
Official/Unofficial USMC Certificates
Arctic Circle Certificate (Bluenose)
Cold War Certificate
Golden Shellback Certificate
Shellback Certificate
Voice Edition
Captain

 Official Badges 

US Marine Corps Honorable Discharge (Original)


 Unofficial Badges 

Cold War Medal Shellback Bluenose Vietnam Veteran 50th Commemoration

Vietnam 50th Anniversary Southeast Asia War Games Cold War Tet Offensive Commemorative Medal

American Spirit Honor Medal


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  1967-1967, 0302, G Co, 2nd Bn, 5th Marines (2/5)
From Month/Year
May / 1967 		To Month/Year
December / 1967
Unit
G Co Unit Page
Rank
Second Lieutenant		 MOS
0302-Infantry Officer
Base, Station or City
An Hoa		State/Country
Vietnam
  
 
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 G Co, 2nd Bn, 5th Marines (2/5) Details

G Co, 2nd Bn, 5th Marines (2/5)
Type
Infantry 		 
Parent Unit
2nd Bn, 5th Marines (2/5) 		Strength
USMC Company
Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Jun 27, 2022
   
Memories For This Unit

Best Friends
Bill Harvey, Andy Johnson, Tracy Alton, James Dan Moore, John Hayles, Lee Walker, Doc Moore, Doc Graham. SSgt Fred Caldwell.

Best Moment
1st Platoon KIA on Op Calhoun. Pay Officer duty to Danang for a boondoggle day or night usually pending flights to An Hoa.
   

Worst Moment
Losing Corporal Mike Hare to a sniper bullet June 17, 1967. Cpl Larry Arnold loss to a booby trap round explosion Sept 26, 1967 Operation Essex in Antenna Valley. Lost 10 men in the 9 day operation.

Chain of Command
Capts. Richard Marsden and Buck Dyer
   

Other Memories
Antenna Valley monsoon flood
   
Yearbook
 
My Photos For This Unit
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Op Calhoun break
Rolling Thunder parking lot
Recon Mtn. Nong Son
Lt. Arndt Nong Son Coal mine background
549 Members Also There at Same Time
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This Unit Only
G Co
Caldwell, Fred, SSgt, (1960-1971) 3 0369 Staff Sergeant
Adams, William Ernest, Sgt, (1961-1968) 3 0311 Sergeant
Ellis, Gene Howard, Sgt, (1964-1967) 3 0311 Sergeant
Poirier, Roger Milton, Sgt, (1959-1967) 3 0351 Sergeant
Williams, Steve, SgtMaj, (1959-1994) 3 0331 Sergeant
Abbott, Raymond Lawrence, Cpl, (1966-1967) 3 0331 Corporal
Arnold, Joe Eddy, Cpl, (1967-1968) 3 0311 Corporal
Arnold, Larry Franklin, Cpl, (1965-1967) 3 0331 Corporal
Bell, Dave, Cpl, (1966-1972) 3 0311 Corporal
Draper, Robert Dale, Cpl, (1966-1967) 3 0311 Corporal
Galutz, James Anthony, Cpl, (1965-1967) 3 0311 Corporal
Gerow, Ben, Cpl, (1967-1970) 3 0331 Corporal
Hare, Michael James, Cpl, (1965-1967) 3 0311 Corporal
Hoppe, Patrick Bert, Cpl, (1966-1967) 3 0351 Corporal
Lucas, Glenn Allen, Cpl, (1966-1968) 3 0311 Corporal
O'Brien, William Joseph, Cpl, (1963-1967) 3 0311 Corporal
Scott, Clarence Walter, Cpl, (1966-1967) 3 0311 Corporal
STEWART, KEN, Cpl, (1966-1968) 3 0311 Corporal
Warner, David Howard, Cpl, (1966-1968) 3 0311 Corporal
Weekfall, Eddie Lee, Cpl, (1966-1967) 3 0311 Corporal
Wheeler, R Michael, Cpl, (1963-1969) 3 0311 Corporal
Winter, John Wesley, Cpl, (1966-1968) 3 0311 Corporal
Camarillo, Fernando, LCpl, (1967-1968) 3 0351 Lance Corporal
Crigger, Henry Gleaves, Cpl, (1966-1967) 3 0311 Lance Corporal
Edwards, Roger Wayne, LCpl, (1966-1967) 3 0311 Lance Corporal
Feder, Nick, Sgt, (1965-1989) 3 0311 Lance Corporal
Flores, Arnoldo, Sgt, (1965-1969) 3 0331 Lance Corporal
Jimenez, Thomas, LCpl, (1967-1968) 3 0311 Lance Corporal
Jimenez, Thomas Ortega, LCpl, (1967-1968) 3 0311 Lance Corporal
Johnson, Carl, Sgt, (1967-1970) 3 0311 Lance Corporal
Kandel, James Edward, LCpl, (1967-1968) 3 0311 Lance Corporal
Lamb, DuWayne, LCpl, (1967-1976) 3 0311 Lance Corporal
Lewis, John Frederick, LCpl, (1966-1968) 3 0311 Lance Corporal
Mack, Rick, PFC, (1966-1970) 3 0331 Lance Corporal
Majors, James Ray, LCpl, (1966-1967) 3 0311 Lance Corporal
McCuaig, Glenn Richard, LCpl, (1966-1967) 3 0311 Lance Corporal
Ortiz, Larry, LCpl, (1967-1969) 3 0331 Lance Corporal
Partin, George Edward, LCpl, (1966-1967) 3 0311 Lance Corporal
Schafer, Gary Ray, LCpl, (1966-1967) 3 0331 Lance Corporal
Tooke, John Karl, LCpl, (1966-1967) 3 0311 Lance Corporal
Trombley, Michael Lawrence, LCpl, (1966-1967) 3 0311 Lance Corporal
Walker, Larry Wayne, LCpl, (1967-1968) 3 0311 Lance Corporal
Weber, Gregory John, LCpl, (1967-1968) 3 0331 Lance Corporal
Wennes, Robert Allen, LCpl, (1966-1967) 3 0311 Lance Corporal
Bell, Ruben Neal, PFC, (1967-1968) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Blunn, David Lee, PFC, (1966-1967) 3 0331 Private 1st Class
Bruns, Robert Harris, LCpl, (1966-1967) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Carter, Clyde Elmer, PFC, (1967-1968) 3 0351 Private 1st Class
Cook, Peter Evertt, PFC, (1966-1967) 3 0331 Private 1st Class
DeLaughder, David Lee, PFC, (1966-1967) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Freeman, Ardenia, PFC, (1967-1967) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Goossens, Matthew Raymond, PFC, (1966-1967) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Holmon, Alphonzo, PFC, (1967-1968) 3 0351 Private 1st Class
Howard, Horace Harold, PFC, (1967-1968) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Jenkins, James Lucky, PFC, (1966-1967) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Johnson, John Kirby, PFC, (1966-1967) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Jurado, Ramon Jesus, PFC, (1967-1968) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Kennedy, Bruce, LCpl, (1966-1968) 3 0311 Private 1st Class
Kerr, J. L., PFC, (1966-1967) 3 0311 Private 1st Class

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