Ogilvie, James, GySgt

Infantry
 
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Current Service Status
USMC Veteran
Current/Last Rank
Gunnery Sergeant
Current/Last Primary MOS
0369-Infantry Unit Leader
Current/Last MOSGroup
Infantry
Previously Held MOS
5574-Musician, Soprano or Mellophone Bugle
0311-Rifleman
Primary Unit
1980-1983, 0369, Marine Barracks Norfolk Naval Base (NOB), VA
Service Years
1961 - 1983
Official/Unofficial USMC Certificates
Order of the Ditch
Golden Shellback Certificate
Meritorious Mast
Panama Canal Certificate
Shellback Certificate
Marine Combat Water Survival Qualified (WSQ)
Enlisted Collar Insignia
Gunnery Sergeant
Five Hash Marks

 Official Badges 

French Fourragere USMC Retired Pin (20 Years) US Marine Corps Honorable Discharge (Original)


 Unofficial Badges 

Cold War Medal Shellback Golden Shellback


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Post 76, Sam Houston PostFleet Reserve Association (FRA)American LegionMarine Corps Association and Foundation (MCA&F)
Scottish American Military SocietyMilitary Order of the Devil Dogs2nd Marine Division Association1st Marine Division Association
Alamo; Detachment 315Marines' Memorial Association & FoundationPup Tent 70
  1966, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Post 76, Sam Houston Post (San Antonio, Texas)
  1971, Fleet Reserve Association (FRA)
  1979, American Legion
  1983, Marine Corps Association and Foundation (MCA&F)
  1984, Scottish American Military Society
  1987, Military Order of the Devil Dogs
  1992, 2nd Marine Division Association
  1996, 1st Marine Division Association
  2003, Marine Corps League, Alamo; Detachment 315 (Immediate Past Golden Rodent) (San Antonio, Texas)
  2005, Marines' Memorial Association & Foundation
  2012, Military Order of the Cootie, Pup Tent 70 (Sergeant At Arms) (Universal City, Texas)


 Additional Information
What are you doing now:

Serve as Armed Security Officer for 12th Security Sqd, Randolph AFB, TX RETIRED FOR GOOD 10-01-07

   
Other Comments:

Will enjoy kayaking / Gym workout with the ladies ( with my wife there too :-) and volunteering wirh a great bunch of guys at VFW POST 76 (Oldest Post in Texas), Honor Guard - we give our fellow veterans in and around San Antonio, TX proper volleys and taps at there funerals.
2017, my wife passed in 2012, and now have a fiancee (Jan) for the past couple years, both enjoying life here in Texas.  She is from England and I a Scott - but we both get along :-)

   

  1969-1971, 0311, MAG-39



From Month/Year
- / 1969
To Month/Year
- / 1971
Unit
MAG-39 Unit Page
Rank
Sergeant
MOS
0311-Rifleman
Base, Station or City
Quang-Tri
State/Country
Vietnam
 
 
 Patch
 MAG-39 Details

MAG-39
Type
Aviation
 
Parent Unit
Marine Air Group (MAG)
Strength
USMC Squadron
Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Jan 15, 2011
   
Memories For This Unit

Best Friends
Sgt. Amos "Pappy" Henderson
GySgt "Big" Jim Wells

Best Moment
Earning my Combat Crew Wings

   

Worst Moment
Loosing some of my pals during attacks

Other Memories
Official Unit was "PMAG-39" flew with HMM 262 "Flying Tigers" ( Cattle-Call ), as Aerial Gunner. Other times was PMO for the MAG, securing the lines for the Combat Base.

   
   
Yearbook
 
My Photos For This Unit
PMAG 39, RSVN 69
62 Members Also There at Same Time
MAG-39

Robinson, Clifford, Sgt, (1967-1970) 3 0311 Sergeant
Krupa, Richard Didacus, 1stLt, (1967-1969) 3 0302 First Lieutenant
Massey, Harold, Capt, (1966-1970) 75 7562 Captain
Schober, Jack Ervin, Capt, (1961-1969) 75 7576 Captain
Ochoco, Sam, Maj, (1958-1984) 1 0102 Chief Warrant Officer 2
Bierstedt, Russell, MSgt, (1971-1994) 61 6119 Master Sergeant
Castro, Frank, MSgt, (1969-1995) 64 6413 Master Sergeant
Jarrard, Terry, Sgt, (1966-1970) 28 2851 Sergeant
Lambing, David, Sgt, (1964-1970) 25 2511 Sergeant
Lewis, Gary, CWO2, (1963-1979) 6712 Sergeant
McCarthy, Robert, Sgt, (1965-1969) 65 6511 Sergeant
McNemar, Terry W., Sgt, (1967-1971) 28 2851 Sergeant
Villarreal, Jesse, Sgt, (1968-1973) 13 1391 Sergeant
Walker, Leslie, Sgt, (1963-1973) 13 1349 Sergeant
Benoit, Bruce, Cpl, (1967-1970) 35 3516 Corporal
Cannady, Lynn, Cpl, (1965-1969) 21 2111 Corporal
Cox, David, Sgt, (1967-1971) 28 2881 Corporal
Hahn, Rodney, Cpl, (1967-1971) 61 6199 Corporal
Hamilton, Forrest, Cpl, (1966-1970) 68 6800 Corporal
Harris, Clifford, Cpl, (1967-1970) 35 3531 Corporal
Jones, Peter, Cpl, (1966-1969) 68 6800 Corporal
Mulheron, Thomas, Cpl, (1966-1969) 13 1371 Corporal
Newman, Dennis, Cpl, (1968-1970) 11 1141 Corporal
Payton, John, Cpl, (1968-1972) 70 7050 Corporal
Scrimshaw, Wayne Gregory, Cpl, (1967-1969) 68 6821 Corporal
Slaton, Alvin Maynard, Cpl, (1964-1969) 63 6342 Corporal
Stevens, Richard, Cpl, (1968-1970) 11 1141 Corporal
Sumrall, Paul, Cpl, (1966-1970) 2 0241 Corporal
Westberry, Clarence, Cpl, (1965-1970) 70 7051 Corporal
Hedler, Mike, LCpl, (1966-1970) 25 2531 Lance Corporal
Hill, Alton, LCpl, (1968-1971) 25 2511 Lance Corporal
Johnson, Dennis, Maj, (1967-1987) 66 6612 Lance Corporal
Lemos, Antonio, LCpl, (1967-1971) 30 3013 Lance Corporal
Lenz, Thomas Wayne, LCpl, (1966-1969) 62 6242 Lance Corporal
Pyle, Timothy Howard, LCpl, (1968-1969) 63 6320 Lance Corporal
Sanchez, Edward Charles, LCpl, (1966-1969) 63 Lance Corporal
Stollar, Larry David, LCpl, (1966-1969) 70 7051 Lance Corporal
Creech, Michael, LCpl, (1967-1970) 35 3516 Private
Aalto, Benito, Cpl, (1968-1970) 1345 Corporal
Beal, John, Sgt, (1966-1972) Sergeant
Gronau, Ron, Cpl, (1965-1971) 62 Corporal
Bazemore, William Hodges, LCpl, (1966-1969) Lance Corporal
Chatelain, Jerry, Maj, (1967-1995) Lance Corporal
Gutierrez, Ruben, LCpl, (1968-1970) Lance Corporal
H&MS-39

Edwards, Jerry, Sgt, (1965-1969) 35 3531 Sergeant
Holifield, Vance, Sgt, (1965-1969) 70 7051 Sergeant
Jeronymo, Albert, Sgt, (1966-1970) 25 2542 Sergeant
Lopez, Tony, Sgt, (1966-1973) 35 3531 Sergeant
McCarthy, Robert, Sgt, (1965-1969) 65 6511 Sergeant
Porter, L William, Sgt, (1967-1971) 28 2815 Sergeant
Durovsky, Phil, Cpl, (1968-1970) 35 3531 Corporal
Greenwood, Ralph, Sgt, (1968-1972) 33 3311 Corporal
Greenwood, Ralph, Sgt, (1968-1972) 33 3311 Corporal
Greenwood, Ralph, Sgt, (1968-1972) 33 3311 Corporal
Greenwood, Ralph, Sgt, (1968-1972) 33 3311 Corporal
Griffith, Dale Eugene, Cpl, (1963-1969) 33 3371 Corporal
Johnson, Kenneth, Cpl, (1966-1969) 11 1141 Corporal
Montanez, Carmelo, Cpl, (1968-1970) 35 3531 Corporal
Pumphrey, James JL, Cpl, (1967-1970) 25 2531 Corporal

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