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Reunion 2006 Report
In a speech given by the author of "We Were Soldiers Once, And Young" Joe Galloway relayed the following - Mike Norman, a former Marine grunt....wrote a wonderful book called "These Good Men" about his quest to find and reunite with all the survivors of his platoon from Vietnam. He thought long and deep about why we gather as we have done this evening and he explained it thusly:
"I now know why men who have been to war yearn to reunite. Not to tell stories or look at old pictures. Not to laugh or weep. Comrades gather because they long to be with the men who once acted their best. Men who suffered and sacrificed; who were stripped raw, right down to their humanity. I did not pick these men. They were delivered by fate and the military. But I know them in a way I know no other men. I have never given anyone such trust. They were willing to guard something more precious than my life. They would have carried my reputation - the memory of me. It was part of the bargain we all made, the reason we were so willing to die for one another. As long as I have memory I will think of them all.....every day. I am sure that when I leave this world my last thought will be of my family and my comrades, such good men."
With those words... we are happy to present to you the 31st Regiment Association 2006 Annual Reunion Report.
We have created a 2006 Reunion Photo Album, this album can be accessed by Clicking Here.
Reunion Photographs...
Any photographs that are submitted to us will be posted in the Reunion 2006 gallery, we welcome all submissions. These photographs are posted to share with all visitors.
There is however another source of photographs from the Syracuse reunion. A professional photographer was commissioned to take photographs at the reunion and you can view these photographs at the 31st website. These photographs are proprietary and remain the property of In-Focus Photography so at this time we cannot display them in our galleries, as they should not be copied or downloaded for personal or commercial use.
If you would like to view these photographs follow this link.
Attending the Reunion...
The 6-31st had approximately 90 men in attendance this year, there are a few Delta men that planned on attending, however I have not been able to confirm at this time if they did. We are still waiting on the final results. The following list is of those men that we confirmed as attending.
Company
|
ATTENDED
|
Alpha
|
24
|
Bravo
|
4
|
Charlie
|
9
|
Delta
|
42
|
Echo
|
8
|
HHC
|
3
|
Battalion
|
90
|
Last
|
First
|
Rank
|
Co.
|
Years
|
Pltn
|
Attended
|
Abraham
|
Nicholas D.
|
ALPHA
|
YES
|
|||
Alexander
|
Norm
|
ALPHA
|
YES
|
|||
Barrix
|
Terry
|
ALPHA
|
70
|
YES
|
||
Bookout
|
David
|
ALPHA
|
YES
|
|||
Corson
|
John (Ron)
|
ALPHA
|
69
|
YES
|
||
Denton
|
Bruce C.
|
ALPHA
|
YES
|
|||
Grandstrand
|
Winslow
|
ALPHA
|
YES
|
|||
Grant
|
Bob
|
ALPHA
|
69/70
|
YES
|
||
Hess
|
Donald (Dean)
|
ALPHA
|
69/70
|
YES
|
||
Lavezzi
|
George B.
|
CPT
|
ALPHA
|
YES
|
||
Manderscheid
|
Mike (Doc)
|
ALPHA
|
70
|
MEDIC
|
YES
|
|
Matthews
|
Kent Douglas
|
SP4
|
ALPHA
|
YES
|
||
McCammon
|
Chuck
|
ALPHA
|
69/70
|
YES
|
||
Mikolaycik
|
John
|
SP4
|
ALPHA
|
69/70
|
3rd
|
YES
|
Nicolini
|
Alexander
|
CPT
|
ALPHA
|
69/70
|
S-1
|
YES
|
Ollendorf
|
Rick
|
ALPHA
|
70
|
YES
|
||
Parks
|
Tom
|
|
ALPHA
|
|
|
YES
|
Patten
|
Jeff
|
ALPHA
|
69/70
|
YES
|
||
Quick
|
John C.
|
ALPHA
|
YES
|
|||
Spicer
|
Roy E.
|
ALPHA
|
YES
|
|||
Steed
|
Kenneth M.
|
ALPHA
|
69
|
YES
|
||
Tierney
|
Jim
|
SGT
|
ALPHA
|
69/70
|
1st
|
YES
|
Tyo
|
David (James)
|
|
ALPHA
|
|
|
YES
|
Whittington
|
William (Brandon)
|
ALPHA
|
YES
|
|||
Atkinson
|
John C.
|
1LT
|
BRAVO
|
69/70
|
HQ
|
YES
|
Barry
|
Thomas K.
|
SP4
|
BRAVO
|
69/70
|
2nd
|
YES
|
Callahan
|
Moses W.
|
SP4
|
BRAVO
|
69/70
|
2nd
|
YES
|
Whitmore
|
Harry
|
1LT
|
BRAVO
|
69/70
|
S-5
|
YES
|
Adamson
|
Forrest D.
|
SFC
|
CHARLIE
|
68/69
|
YES
|
|
Bovill
|
David
|
CHARLIE
|
69/70
|
YES
|
||
Dominguez
|
Louis
|
SP4
|
CHARLIE
|
67/68
|
WPNS
|
YES
|
Halfacre
|
Noah
|
1LT
|
CHARLIE
|
70
|
YES
|
|
Mauldin
|
George R.
|
CPT
|
CHARLIE
|
YES
|
||
McMullen
|
Bill
|
SP4
|
CHARLIE
|
67/68
|
HQ
|
YES
|
Mills
|
Stephen D.
|
PFC
|
CHARLIE
|
68
|
HQ
|
YES
|
Owen
|
William J.
|
CPT
|
CHARLIE
|
HQ
|
YES
|
|
Wathen
|
James G.
|
CHARLIE
|
69/70
|
MEDIC
|
YES
|
|
Barr
|
Charles
|
DELTA
|
68/69
|
3rd
|
YES
|
|
Betzer
|
Darwin
|
SGT
|
DELTA
|
68/69
|
3rd
|
YES
|
Chavez
|
Ronald
|
DELTA
|
68/69
|
1st
|
YES
|
|
Coate
|
Thomas C.
|
SGT
|
DELTA
|
68/69
|
1st
|
YES
|
Coronado
|
Ricardo P.
|
DELTA
|
68/69
|
1st
|
YES
|
|
Davis
|
Terry L.
|
SGT
|
DELTA
|
68/69
|
2nd
|
YES
|
Dorn
|
Richard
|
LT
|
DELTA
|
69/70
|
2nd
|
YES
|
Frenyea
|
Robert
|
DELTA
|
69/70
|
3rd
|
YES
|
|
Galindo
|
Al
|
|
DELTA
|
68/69
|
1st
|
YES
|
Hardman
|
Clyde
|
DELTA
|
68/69
|
3rd
|
YES
|
|
Harris St. Omer Jr.
|
Charles B.
|
DELTA
|
68/69
|
HQ
|
YES
|
|
Havens
|
Virgil
|
SGT
|
DELTA
|
68/69
|
3rd
|
YES
|
Havron
|
Rex A.
|
SGT
|
DELTA
|
69/70
|
2nd
|
YES
|
Hill
|
Robert M.
|
2LT
|
DELTA
|
67/69
|
1st
|
YES
|
Howdeshelt
|
John H.
|
DELTA
|
69
|
2nd
|
YES
|
|
Hoyer
|
Will
|
DELTA
|
70
|
1st
|
YES
|
|
Kallos
|
Peter J.
|
DELTA
|
70
|
3rd
|
YES
|
|
Kennedy
|
W. David
|
2LT
|
DELTA
|
68/69
|
WPNS
|
YES
|
Knode
|
John
|
DELTA
|
69/70
|
3rd
|
YES
|
|
Locke
|
Terry
|
SGT
|
DELTA
|
69/70
|
3rd
|
YES
|
Martin
|
James J.
|
SGT
|
DELTA
|
69
|
1st
|
YES
|
McNichols
|
John W.
|
SGT
|
DELTA
|
69/70
|
1st
|
YES
|
Mihalek
|
John
|
DELTA
|
70
|
3rd
|
YES
|
|
Moore
|
Robert J.
|
DELTA
|
69/70
|
3rd
|
YES
|
|
Morris
|
David
|
DELTA
|
68/69
|
3rd
|
YES
|
|
Olson
|
Gerard (Jerry) E.
|
DELTA
|
69/70
|
3rd
|
YES
|
|
Ouellette
|
Ronnie
|
DELTA
|
69/70
|
3rd
|
YES
|
|
Pilkinton
|
Johnny M.
|
DELTA
|
68/69
|
1st
|
YES
|
|
Pulvirenti
|
Al
|
DELTA
|
69/70
|
3rd
|
YES
|
|
Raymond
|
Ron
|
SGT
|
DELTA
|
68/69
|
1st
|
YES
|
Sanchez
|
Fred
|
SGT
|
DELTA
|
69/70
|
3rd
|
YES
|
Schoenherr
|
Raymond D. (Blackie)
|
DELTA
|
69/70
|
3rd
|
YES
|
|
Spekczynski
|
Richard P.
|
SSG
|
DELTA
|
68/69
|
1st
|
YES
|
Spoto
|
Herman J.
|
DELTA
|
67
|
2nd
|
YES
|
|
Tapp
|
Charles
|
SSG
|
DELTA
|
70
|
2nd
|
YES
|
Tapper
|
Melvin
|
DELTA
|
67
|
2nd
|
YES
|
|
Taylor
|
Eddie
|
|
DELTA
|
68/69
|
3rd
|
YES
|
Trentini
|
John
|
DELTA
|
69/70
|
3rd
|
YES
|
|
Walker
|
Dennis K.
|
SGT
|
DELTA
|
69/70
|
2nd
|
YES
|
Ward
|
James G.
|
SGT
|
DELTA
|
68/69
|
2nd
|
YES
|
Warnecke
|
Allen (Cherry Boy)
|
DELTA
|
68/69
|
3rd
|
YES
|
|
Weckwerth
|
Gary
|
DELTA
|
70
|
3rd
|
YES
|
|
White
|
Jerry
|
SSG
|
DELTA
|
69/70
|
3rd
|
YES
|
Zike
|
Vincent
|
DELTA
|
69/70
|
3rd
|
YES
|
|
Bledsoe
|
David
|
ECHO
|
67/69
|
63B
|
YES
|
|
Decker
|
Arthur
|
ECHO
|
68/69
|
COMMO
|
YES
|
|
Dungan
|
James "Richard"
|
SGT
|
ECHO
|
69
|
Recon
|
YES
|
Ezso
|
Daniel W.
|
ECHO
|
68/69
|
CLERK
|
YES
|
|
Spicer
|
Roy
|
|
ECHO
|
69
|
|
YES
|
Stephenson
|
Richard H.
|
ECHO
|
68/69
|
YES
|
||
Varenhorst
|
Don (Jed)
|
ECHO
|
69
|
RCN
|
YES
|
|
Woody
|
Carl E.
|
2LT
|
ECHO
|
68/69
|
3rd
|
YES
|
Burns
|
William G.
|
CPT
|
HHC
|
69/70
|
CHPL
|
YES
|
Carlson
|
Gerald J.
|
COL
|
HHC
|
HQ
|
YES
|
|
Osterheld
|
Robert
|
HHC
|
69/70
|
COMMO
|
YES
|
|
Adams
|
Ronald E.
|
DELTA
|
70
|
2nd
|
|
|
Bridgeforth
|
Jesse
|
DELTA
|
68/69
|
2nd
|
|
|
Fuller
|
Edward J.
|
DELTA
|
68/69
|
2nd
|
|
|
Roberts
|
James E.
|
DELTA
|
68
|
WPNS
|
|
|
Wilkins
|
Joseph
|
DELTA
|
69
|
2nd
|
|
A few of the men that did plan on attending had to cancel at last minute due to health or family reasons. Please keep them and their families in your thoughts and prayers.
