The WWII, Korea, Vietnam 3rd Award Combat Infantryman Badge Holders, Photos and Biographies

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Hello Member # 34,986 this is newbie to this forum Member # 163,287 and I wanted to thank you for your work with the Triple CIB and encourage you to keep up the good work. I know it is not easy cause I've doing it for about 12 years as well and not had a whole lot of luck. My dad, Lionel F. Pinn, Sr., is a member of this exclusive club and I felt compelled to know more. One of the best resources I have found is this forum and your work. I am writing now to ask permission to uses some of your work with notation and acknowledgment. I am the admistrator for the Facebook Page doing the same work and documentation. Thanks again, L. Pinn, Jr.

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Hello Member # 34,986 this is newbie to this forum Member # 163,287 and I wanted to thank you for your work with the Triple CIB and encourage you to keep up the good work. I know it is not easy cause I've doing it for about 12 years as well and not had a whole lot of luck. My dad, Lionel F. Pinn, Sr., is a member of this exclusive club and I felt compelled to know more. One of the best resources I have found is this forum and your work. I am writing now to ask permission to uses some of your work with notation and acknowledgment. I am the admistrator for the Facebook Page doing the same work and documentation. Thanks again, L. Pinn, Jr.

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108. GROVE, Raymond J.

 

Found this, and that's about all.

 

He was a member of B-56 in Vietnam.

 

https://books.google.com/books?id=cWNKpjWr5B0C&pg=PA120&lpg=PA120&dq=Raymond+J.+Grove+Vietnam&source=bl&ots=_br4SqBvSQ&sig=Gfez-8NVCmW0eEzxJJXAZR9QvZM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjNjsSsjPzOAhWLCMAKHW36BIQQ6AEIOjAF#v=onepage&q=Raymond%20J.%20Grove%20Vietnam&f=false

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109. HALL, T. M.

 

No info.

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110. HAMILTON, John R.

 

 

This is all I could find.

 

http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=105450

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111. HARBIN, Darwin D.

 

Couldn't find anything other than he was a Lt Col.

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112. HARRIS, Thomas C.,Jr.

 

No Info

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113. HARTMAN, William F

 

That's about it, was in the 101 in WW2.

 

http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=84235

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114. HAZAM, Mitchell J.

 

His topic

 

http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/141892-few-photo-finds-at-flea-market/

 

 

http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=105743

http://www.vietnamwarhonors.com/index.php?page=directory&rec=10167

 

 

His OBIT.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1995/11/22/william-h-cooper-dies-at-71/b36fd0c3-bfc3-4217-87e6-5677824e37bc/

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115. HENDRY, James B.

 

no Info

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116. HENRY, Lee S.,Jr.

No Info

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117. HERRIN, Richard E.

 

No info

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118. HIBBERT, Omega G.

 

 

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=787288

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119. HICKEY, Lawrence T.

 

A few items on Hickey, Lawrence T.

 

A little bit on his WWII Service.

 

https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.onetz.de/deutschland-und-die-welt-r/lokales/us-armee-widmet-truppenkantine-im-lager-grafenwoehr-oberstabsfeldwebel-lawrence-t-hickey-mentor-der-jungen-soldaten-d1298375.html&prev=search

 

 

In Vietnam he was the CSM of the 3rd Battalion 22nd Infantry, 25th Infantry Division 1968-69.

 

He also was the first Enlisted Commandant of the 7th Army Europe NCO Acadimy in 1972

 

https://army.togetherweserved.com/army/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=AssignmentExt&ID=214707

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120. HODGES, Warren D.

 

In WWII Hodges was in the 35th Infantry Division.

 

http://en.ww2awards.com/person/48844

 

In Korea, 2nd Infantry Division

 

http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=106055

 

 

Vietnam, 4th Infantry Division 1968-69 Chief Of Staff, maybe a Brigade commander for a bit, Brigade unknown.

 

Here's his name on an IVY Division Soldiers Medal award.

 

https://charliecompanydotorg.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/west-004-sm.pdf

 

And he's mentioned in Shelby Stanton's Rangers at War.

 

https://books.google.com/books?id=V_kL2gg5W8AC&pg=PT133&lpg=PT133&dq=Colonel+Warren+D.+Hodges+4th+Infantry+Division+Vietnam&source=bl&ots=xeO2EtMJ5t&sig=brRcyGqzhYa5mb_TCt3ATNgz-K4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjuiNOo8o3QAhUB2mMKHQNSBJkQ6AEIGzAA#v=onepage&q=Colonel%20Warren%20D.%20Hodges%204th%20Infantry%20Division%20Vietnam&f=false

 

 

Warren D. Hodges (1980–1987)

Warren Hodges

 

 

Warren D. Hodges was born in Lawrence, Kan. and attended the University of Kansas, where he played baseball and football before joining the Army in 1942. He later earned a degree from the University of Nebraska. He was also a graduate of several military command schools.

Hodges served during World War II in France and Germany, where he was wounded, and was later assigned to Japan, where he was General Douglas MacArthur's honor guard commander.

In July 1950, he returned to active duty in Korea as a battalion commander and regimental operations officer. He then served in the United States, Greece and Pakistan. He was deputy chief of the National Guard at the Pentagon before going to Vietnam, where he served as a brigade commander and division chief of staff. In 1969, he became chief of staff at Aberdeen Proving Ground and then commander of the combined Edgewood Arsenal and APG. He retired in 1972. He became an assistant secretary for capital planning in the state Department of Planning, and was named to head the Maryland National Guard by Governor Harry R. Hughes in 1980. He held the post until 1987.

Among his awards were the Combat Infantryman Badge with two stars, Distinguished Service Medal, Silver Star, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star and Purple Heart. He belonged to many veterans and military societies.

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35. CARPENTER, Archie Eldon.

 

1st Cav Div in Korea. No other info found.

 

http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=102049

 

photo update for CARPENTER, Archie Eldon.

 

 

Photos kindly provided by seanmc1114, and are more recent unknown date and unknown affair

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10. BARSZCZ, Michael

 

No info

 

 

Found info on Barszcz,'s service.

 

In WWII he was in either the 25th Inf Div or the Americal from Guadalcanal to the Philippines, probably the 25th.

 

Korean war service.

 

The Battle of the Kum River.

 

http://www.history.army.mil/books/korea/20-2-1/sn11.htm

 

 

http://www.koreanwarcasualties.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=63925

 

Curiously on his Silver Star document his first name is given Anthony.

 

http://yellowlegs-and-others.com/Biography/biography-detail/B/Barszcz,_Michael_(Mike)_[Capt._G19thIR].html

 

In Vietnam he was the Bn CO of the 4th Battalion 23rd Infantry "Tomahawks", 1965-66, he may of been the CO when this battalion was in Alaska and took it to Hawaii and then South Vietnam.

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64. DAVIS, Fred E., Sr.

 

no info

Unit INFO update.

 

https://army.togetherweserved.com/army/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=Person&ID=347286

Note it says 3rd Battalion "75th Rangers Regiment" for WWII this of course would be incorrect, Davis would be in the the 3rd Ranger Battalion.

 

 

Last Name: DAVIS

First Name, MI: FRED E

Battalion: 3

Company: E

Rank: Sgt.

Service Number: 14029914

Date of Death:

Place of Death:

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86. FERGUSON, Charles R.

 

Believe he was a Jr.

 

As I found this CSM Charles R. Ferguson Jr.

 

http://triggertimeforum.yuku.com/topic/11848/Looking-info-WWII-service-CSM-Charles-R-Ferguson-Jr#.V51kdKLozIU

 

 

But that's about all I could find.

UPDATE

 

According to a post in this topic by member zad82nd he was in the 30th Infantry, 3rd Division in WWII.

 

http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/281781-three-war-veteran-sergeant-major/&do=findComment&comment=2269596

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115. HENDRY, James B.

 

no Info

Photo Update on Hendry, taken in 1962, a curious one, as we see Hendry wearing artillery branch of service badges, two guesses here, is he briefly switched branches in the 50s, and would transfer back to infantry by mid 60s, or he remained in artillery and was over there as an advisor, advisors who were officers getting the CIB no matter what there branch was.

 

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67. DeGRAF, William B.

 

de.jpg

 

http://wpsdc.org/alumni/2014-01-30-bill-degraf-50-among-2014-distinguished-graduates

 

http://www.vietnamwarhonors.com/index.php?page=directory&rec=71767

 

 

Photo Update on DeGraf

 

DeGraf in 1962.

 

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Photo Update on Hendry, taken in 1962, a curious one, as we see Hendry wearing artillery branch of service badges, two guesses here, is he briefly switched branches in the 50s, and would transfer back to infantry by mid 60s, or he remained in artillery and was over there as an advisor, advisors who were officers getting the CIB no matter what there branch was.

 

hendry0001.jpg

Checked the registry for him, yep in 62 he was Art, by the late 60s he was back in Inf, he apparently wrote a book.

 

https://books.google.com/books?id=yJAE8oAqjXsC

 

 

More over, in July 1970 he was Deputy Commander of the 199h Inf Bde (Sep) as a Colonel he was supposed to take over command of the 199th Inf Bde (Sep), but something happened.

 

http://www.oocities.org/pentagon/bunker/4004/crashinjures199thcol.htm

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105. GRANGE, David E.,Jr.

 

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Fort Benning 1979.jpg

The oft talked about David Grange Jr and his late 70s direct embroidered Tapes and Qualification badges and Stars on his fatiques.

 

He's still with us at 91 years of age. He was at Benning when I went through in Jan-April 80 for Basic and AIT.

 

grange3rdbde.jpg

As 3rd Brigade 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile) in 1971.

 

 

 

 

http://old.506infantry.org/his2id/hiskoreaarticle11.html

Photo update for Grange, David E Jr, from the C&GS College 1962.

 

 

With his folks we see, we see the future General, his son Grange, David L.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_L._Grange

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12. BEARD, Rutland D., Jr.

 

35366453_136354315536.jpg

 

http://carol_fus.tripod.com/army_hero_rutland_beard.html

 

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35366453

 

 

 

 

 

Photo Update Beard in 1962.

 

 

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46. CLELAND, John R. D.

 

John RD Cleland.jpg

http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/bib/loc.natlib.afc2001001.78367

http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=102449

 

Cleland commanded the 8th Infantry Division (Mech) in West Germany July 1975-June 1977.

 

I think this John R D Cleland was in fact a Juinor, and this is his father John R D Cleland Senior.

 

http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=11239

 

 

 

photo update

 

Cleland in 1958, note in this portrait he's not wearing his CIB.