Klaxon Posted May 10, 2015 Share #1 Posted May 10, 2015 I've had this poplin jungle jacket for a while and always thought it was interesting. Named with direct embroidery to a Lt. Col. Andrews. Unfortunately the SSI has been removed. From the shadow it could be a lot of things. If he was in VN then a few patches match the size of the shadow (nickel beside to show scale). USARVN I thought might be the most likely based on his BOS. Master Parachutist Wing so I'm guessing Airborne at some point in his career. It's had epaulettes added in ripstop and you can see holes from where DI's were affixed so maybe he was stationed in the ROK. I've tried searching with his name, rank and BOS but no hits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaxon Posted May 10, 2015 Author Share #2 Posted May 10, 2015 Tailor added ripstop epaulettes with holes from DI's and SSI shadow with coin for scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaxon Posted May 10, 2015 Author Share #3 Posted May 10, 2015 Master jump wings and US Army embroidery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaxon Posted May 10, 2015 Author Share #4 Posted May 10, 2015 Andrews. You can see a shadow of where tapes had been on both the right and left hand sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaxon Posted May 10, 2015 Author Share #5 Posted May 10, 2015 Reverse side of the collar embroidery with green thread for the underside. Never seen that done before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted May 10, 2015 Share #6 Posted May 10, 2015 Vietnam Veterans Database Name: ANDREWS D M Branch: ARMY Rate: O05 Rank: LT COL MOS: 3170 MOS Title: General Dentistry Officer Entered: 5909 Discharged: 760802 Service Number: State: UNKNOWN Race: CAUCASIAN He comes up on a search here on the first site at the top, but I don't know how to navigate once I open the site. https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=lieutenant+colonel+DM+Andrews+vietnam&spell=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted May 10, 2015 Share #7 Posted May 10, 2015 Looks 25th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaxon Posted May 10, 2015 Author Share #8 Posted May 10, 2015 Thanks Patches for the lead. I'll do some more digging with the info you gave me. Hi Owen, I put a 25th Med. patch up to it and the shadows much bigger. That's why I thought it might be USARVN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaxon Posted May 11, 2015 Author Share #9 Posted May 11, 2015 Found a bit more info on Col. Andrews from this obit. Says he served in VN late war '72-'73. Cool that he with Special Forces in its early days. Memoriam Remembering Col./Dr. D.M. Andrews 3/30/1934 - 2/29/2012 Graduated from Ohio State School of Dentistry (1959), entered U.S. Army Dental Corps (1959), Master Parachutist, one of the first Army dentists accepted by the newly formed Special Forces/Green Berets (1961-68). Service with them at Fort Bragg, NC and Bad Tolz, Germany. General Dentistry Fellowship (1969-71), Ft. Lewis, WA. Served in Korea (1960-61), and Vietnam (1972-73). Your family misses you and remembers gratefully these times of your military service. -Nancy March Andrews; daughter, Amy Andrews; sons, Dr. David Andrews, Thomas Andrews, Jonathan Andrews. - See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dayton/obituary.aspx?pid=163356425#sthash.vs5wkuXu.dpuf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e19 Posted May 12, 2015 Share #10 Posted May 12, 2015 Newly formed in '61??? SF (10th Grp) was activated 19 June 1952 at Ft Bragg. They sailed to Germany in December of 1953.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
63 RECON Posted May 12, 2015 Share #11 Posted May 12, 2015 Bay state militaria was selling some Andrews items a while back, I think they still have one direct embroidered shirt for sale. This is a nice one, added eppulettes is always cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaxon Posted May 12, 2015 Author Share #12 Posted May 12, 2015 Posted Today, 05:52 PM Bay state militaria was selling some Andrews items a while back, I think they still have one direct embroidered shirt for sale.This is a nice one, added eppulettes is always cool Hi 63Recon, Yes you're right there's one jj jacket similar to mine but "68 dated and in ripstop on the site. No SSI so sadly no closer to figuring out what patch that ghost is from. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro Posted September 29, 2020 Share #13 Posted September 29, 2020 Hi everybody , I have some items of the same Colonel ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted September 30, 2020 Share #14 Posted September 30, 2020 Very cool alessandro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaxon Posted October 2, 2020 Author Share #15 Posted October 2, 2020 Awesome score Alessandro. Nice to know he was part of the 5th group. The beret is really great. Does the JJ have a SSI? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro Posted October 2, 2020 Share #16 Posted October 2, 2020 Hi from Italy, Klaxon and nice to meet you ! No , the jungle jacket has no sign on the arm ... the green cap is locally produced I think because it has a flash on the right side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaxon Posted October 5, 2020 Author Share #17 Posted October 5, 2020 On 10/2/2020 at 10:55 AM, Alessandro said: Hi from Italy, Klaxon and nice to meet you ! No , the jungle jacket has no sign on the arm ... the green cap is locally produced I think because it has a flash on the right side Hi Alessandro, Nice to meet you too. Your right the beret is definitely Vietnam made. cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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