Ogilvie, James, GySgt

Infantry
 
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 Service Details
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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 of the United States (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 :-)

   


Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase II Campaign (1966-67)/Operation Colorado / Lien Ket 52
From Month/Year
August / 1966
To Month/Year
August / 1966

Description
Aug 6 – 21; 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines and 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st, 3rd and 4th Battalions Republic of Vietnam Marine Corps and ARVN 35th and 39th Ranger Battalions search and destroy operation to locate and destroy the 2nd NVA Division (AKA 620th NVA Division) in the Que Son Valley, Quảng Nam and Quảng Tín Provinces.
   
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
August / 1966
To Month/Year
August / 1966
 
Last Updated:
Mar 16, 2020
   
Personal Memories

People You Remember
Porras/ Botello/ Hooker/ Sylvestri/ Ebert/ Williams/ Big Jim

   
My Photos From This Battle or Operation
No Available Photos

  164 Also There at This Battle:
  • Allen, Bill, Cpl, (1964-1970)
  • Bailey, John, Sgt, (1964-1975)
  • Barber, John, Sgt, (1965-1969)
  • Baretela, Richard, 1stLt, (1962-1967)
  • Beckdolt, Mike, Sgt, (1964-1968)
  • Bernard, Charles, LCpl, (1965-1966)
  • Boyce, Bill, HM3, (1963-1967)
  • Breeden, John, Cpl, (1963-1969)
  • Brown, John, Sgt, (1964-1968)
  • Buh, Danny, MSgt, (1965-1986)
  • Burnham, Alan D., Maj, (1963-1976)
  • Butler, Cory, LCpl, (1962-1967)
  • Cage, James, Cpl, (1965-1969)
  • Campos, Richard, LCpl, (1965-1968)
  • Casey, Tom, Sgt, (1963-1967)
  • Chatman, Milton, Sgt, (1966-1968)
  • Clark, Lendal, Sgt, (1964-1968)
  • Clark, Roger, Cpl, (1965-1969)
  • Clubb, Orville, Sgt, (1962-1966)
  • Crockford, John, LCpl, (1966-1969)
  • Crumbley, George, Capt, (1965-1978)
  • Cummings, Larry, Sgt, (1964-1974)
  • Cutaia, David, Cpl, (1965-1971)
  • Darby, TJ, MGySgt, (1960-1984)
  • Dirmann, James, Capt, (1960-1967)
  • Dumovic, Ralph, Sgt, (1964-1968)
  • Francesco, Gregory, Cpl, (1963-1966)
  • Gainer, Tom, Sgt, (1965-1968)
  • Gamwell, Jr, Edward, Sgt, (1965-1971)
  • Gould, Anthony, Sgt, (1963-1967)
  • Gregory, Carl, Sgt, (1966-1968)
  • Harrington, Hayward, Sgt, (1965-1969)
  • Harris, William, Cpl, (1966-1968)
  • Hazelwood, Charles, Sgt, (1964-1970)
  • Henderson, Joseph, Sgt, (1963-1967)
  • Higgins, Lewis, LCpl, (1965-1967)
  • Howe, Mark, Capt, (1964-1968)
  • Jorgensen, David, Sgt, (1966-1969)
  • Kent, Harry, CWO3, (1965-1997)
  • Koprek, Dale, Sgt, (1964-1968)
  • Lively, Marion, LCpl, (1964-1968)
  • Loman, William, 1stSgt, (1965-1996)
  • Lopez, Albert, Cpl, (1963-1969)
  • Lucas, John, Sgt, (1965-1972)
  • Lucas, John, Cpl, (1963-1966)
  • Martin, Don, GySgt, (1965-1999)
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