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1926413
Boot
Camp: Platoon 234, MCRD Sand Diego, California
Highest
Rank: Private First Class (PFC)
Schools:
Fire
Direction School, Camp Pendleton California
MOS:
0800 Fire Direction Controller
Weapons
Qualifications/famaliarization:
Rifle
Expert M-1
Rifle
Expert M-14
Pistol
Expert .45 Cal
Browning
Automatic Rifle
3.5
Inch Rocker Launcher
Awards:
Good
Conduct Award
Duty
Stations:
2nd
Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, Camp Pendleton
Camp
Sukaran Okinawa
Japan
Battery
F, 2nd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, Thailand
Back L to R = R. J. Smith, J. E. Wilson, T. W. Aubuchon
Front= Jim Strother
Newspaper clippings
Military Payment Certificate
Better known as
MPC or Funny Money
In
February 1964 I had a bad car wreck which effectively ended my
Military Career. In January of
1965 I was sent to St. Louis Missouri for
physical evaluation. I was subsequently
sent to Kansas City for another
evaluation. After these evaluations I was
sent home. In Civilian live
I
became an
Assistant Manager of Harkins Oil Company.
A year later I
moved
to Sparta and owned ½ interest in a Custom Slaughter Plant.
I
married 4 years later and moved to Bruner Missouri. For the next 13
years
I farmed, layed brick, and drove Stock Cars, In 1980 was divorced
and
have never re-married. I have 3 children
and 1 step-son by my ex-wife,
and
seven grandchildren. I have advanced
R.A. and nerve damage from the
past
but other that that the Lord has treated me good.
