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Association of the 1st Battalion, 50th Infantry (Mechanized) Site Updates - 2019

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This page is designed to be a "quick reference" page of work done on our Web Site. Visit this page often to check on the latest additions and corrections to the site. Please visit the Members Email page and check your email and unit  affiliation information. If changes, additions or deletions are warranted, please use the links provided there to request updates. Historian Jim Sheppard is handling updates.  Feel free to contact him with comments and/or suggestions.

December 28, 2019

Changed my mailing address to my new home: Jim Sheppard, 21 NW 29th Place, Cape Coral, FL 33993, on the "Contact Officers" page. Also Added Medic Tom Tierney to the Life Members page and the Email Addresses page.

October 27, 2019

Added obituary for Jerry Seliski, C Co, 1968-9, on the "Taps" page. He passed away when his private airplane crashed in North Dakota in early October of 2019.

October 20, 2019

Added obituary for Bob Carney, C Co, 1970, on the "Taps" page. He passed away on October 15th, 2019.

September 6, 2019

Added obituary for John Smerdon, A Co and SRAP, 1968-9, on the "Taps" page. He passed away on July 7th, 2019.

August 8, 2019

Added Photo Album for Medic Tom Tierney on the Photo Albums page.

August 5, 2019

Updated email address for Don McClure on the "Email List" page.

August 3, 2019

Added August Newsletter to the Newsletters page.

July 31, 2019

Added Photo Album for Charles Tilton on the Photo Albums page.

July 29, 2019

Added obituary for Dan Odom , Medic, B and D Co, 1968-9, on the "Taps" page. He passed away on June 9th, 2018.

July 21, 2019

Updated email address for Mike Chisam on the "email list" page.

July 13, 2019

Updated email address for Robert Marshall on the "email list" page.

July 12, 2019

Added a link to our listing of 50th Infantry Obituaries on the home page under "Taps-Obituaries" . Also added obituaries for Jimmy Copeland, Tom Herren and Michael McFarland on the "Taps" page.

July 11, 2019

Finished posting the Reunion Photos on our 2019 Reunion photo page.

May 28, 2019

Added obituary for Lawrence Manuel Clouse , C Co, 1967-8, on the "Taps" page. He passed away on May 13th, 2019.

May 25, 2019

Began work on organizing the Reunion Photos and they will be posted during the upcoming month. The minutes of Association General Membership Meeting have been posted and can be viewed via a link on the "Reunions" page.

April 27, 2019

Added obituary for SFC Alfred R. Ludwig , S-4, HQ Co, and D Company, 1968-9, on the "Taps" page. Ludwig was a veteran of Korea (Marine Corps) and Vietnam and retired as a CWO2. He died on December 23, 2013.

April 26, 2019

Added obituary for William Brennan , S-4, HQ Co, 1967-8, on the "Taps" page. Former SSG (SFC, Retired) died on February 12, 2012.

April 13, 2019

Added photo of Thomas Edward Cast , B Co, 1967, on his memorial page. Cast was the last man without a photo of all our men KIA in Vietnam.

March 31, 2019

Added obituary for Joe Gelarden , A Co, 1968-9, on the "Taps" page. Also added April Newsletter to the Newsletters page.

February 27, 2019

Added obituary for Charles Tilton , D Co, 1967-8, on the "Taps" page

February 27, 2019

Added obituaries for John Nichols, HHC, 1967-8, and Herb Randall, C Co. on the "Taps" page. Also added photos of two of our KIAs: Fred Denkins of D Company and Roy Givens of C Company. This means that of the 216 men we honor as having been KIA while assigned or otherwise associated with the 50th Infantry Regiment in Vietnam...only a single man remains without a photo: Thomas Edward Cast from Detroit. Volunteer Barbara Daniels is working on finding us a photo!

February 10, 2019

Updated email address for Ray Sarlin on the "email list" page.

January 18, 2019

Added obituary for Ron Overcasher, Company D, 1967-8, who died after a 17 year battle with Heart Disease on September 30, 2008, on the "Taps" page.

January 17, 2019

Added obituary for Gordon Wemmitt, Company A, 1969, who died after a long battle with Cancer on March 31, 2007, on the "Taps" page.

January 14, 2019

Added obituary for LT Seth Sindel, 1st Platoon Leader, Company C, 1967-8 on the "Taps" page.

January 2, 2019

Added Marvin Brophy to the Scouts page.

January 1, 2019

Happy New Year to all! I have loaded this new "site updates" page for 2019 and archived the 2018 updates to the "Site Map" page. Today marks the beginning of my 14th year maintaining our website... and I am into my 20th year as Association Historian...elected to my position at the 1999 Association Reunion in Kansas City. It has been a life-changing experience! Thank you all for allowing me to serve!

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