Charlie Company - Weapons Platoon, 1st Battalion / 3rd Marine Regiment

Posted on Jul 16, 2020 (last modified May 8, 2021)

Charlie Company - Weapons Platoon, 1st Battalion / 3rd Marine Regiment

Published as a compliment to The Cage, an in-progress book project. Photo courtesy of Tom Harrison, taken in Okinawa, Japan, 1967; see more Tour of Duty Photos from Tom Harrison.

Posted on Jul 16 2020 (last modified Jul 30 2020)

Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, Vietnam

1. Ron Asher, Guns
2. Greene (possibly)
3. Jack Milligan, Guns
4. Don Bumgarner, 60MM Mortars
5. PFC Hefler
6. Phil Baden, Guns
7. John Hughes, Guns
8. Westphal, 60MM Mortars
9. Gerald Kelly, 60MM Mortars
10. Ken Burkitt, Rockets
11. Richie Huffman, CP, Mortars, Guns
12. unidentified
13. Thomas "Tom" Harrison
See also: Tour of Duty Photos From Tom Harrison
14. Tom "Sobie" Sobranski, 60MM Mortars
15. James (Jim) R Cooper, Guns; KIA May 10,1967
16. unidentified
17. unidentified
18. “Ski”, Guns, Rockets
19. unidentified
20. unidentified
21. Ed Kalwara, Guns
See also: Tour of Duty Photos From Ed Kalwara
22. unidentified
23. unidentified
24. unidentified
25. Frank Bilbao, Rockets
26. James Bradford, Rockets
27. unidentified
28. "Marvin" Hawthorne (from Texas), Guns; KIA Aug 17,1967 on Operation Cochise
29. Cpl Ward, Guns (possibly)

30. Mike Hartman, Guns
31. unidentified
32. unidentified
33. unidentified
34. Johnson, 60MM Mortars
35. "Marty" Cortez, Rockets
36. Joe Pearce, Guns; KIA on 2nd tour of Nam
37. unidentified
38. unidentified
39. Roger Bacon, Guns
40. unidentified
41. unidentified
42. unidentified
43. unidentified
44. unidentified
45. unidentified
46. William "Doc" Eastman, Weapons Platoon SR Corpsman
47. unidentified
48. unidentified
49. unidentified
50. unidentified
51. Gunny Sgt Williamson, Weapons Platoon Leader
52. SSgt Zamora, Weapons Sgt
53. unidentified
54. unidentified
55. Cpl Dazaro, 60MM Mortars
56. Cpl Hatcher (maybe Hatchett), 60MM Mortars
57. Cpl Sanders, Guns; KIA May 10,1967, awarded Navy Cross posthumously