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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.

31st Association Reunion 2006 Photographs View

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.