Battalion Medical Platoon

Medic Jamie Cruz in front of the Battalion Aid Station at LZ Uplift

The blue buttons below are links to former 1/50th medic's photo album pages.

Battalion Medical Platoon

The battalion medical platoon provides medical support to the battalion's assigned and attached personnel. It is responsible for providing treatment and evacuation of casualties. Infantry health services support consists of the prevention, treatment, and evacuation of casualties. Prevention is emphasized; soldiers can lose their combat effectiveness because of nonbattle injuries or disease.

The medical platoon stocks medical supplies and provides all Class VIII (Medical Supplies) support for the battalion. It is also responsible for maintaining and evacuating battalion medical equipment.

Pictured at right is Ventura Rodriguez, Medic: "D" Company & SRAP, 1968-69.(Photo on right courtesy of Jamie Cruz, on left courtesy Jim Kelliher)

1/50(M) Battalion Medical Platoon Personnel

The medical platoon leader (a physician), with the aid of a physician's assistant (PA), operates the battalion aid station. The medical operations officer, a medical service corps officer, coordinates the operations, administration, and logistics of the medical platoon. This includes coordinating patient evacuation to the supporting medical company and providing support to company teams.

Medical Platoon Personnel

Battalion Surgeon (Platoon Leader)		Medical Operations Officer		Medical NCO (Physician's Assistant)
	CPT Ray Cave Sep 67 - Jul 68 CPT Ralph Macek, Jul 68-Oct 68 CPT Larry Dossey Nov 68 - Oct 69 CPT CPT Gall -Dec 70		CPT Chuck McAleer Sep 67- Aug 68 1LT Brown(?) 2LT Katzman -Dec 70		SSG Wm Reynolds MSG Fred Miranda SSG Stevens PSG Charles Trotter

Medical Corpsman and NCO (MOS 91A and 91B)			Practical Nurse (MOS 91C)
Anderson, Aubrey, SP4 Anderson, Paul D, SP4 Apana, Dennis, SP4 Armitage, David, SP4 Baker, Jerry D, SP4 Baker, William C. SP4 Beck, Kent E, SP5 Begley, Kevin, SP4 Bell, William, SP5 Bergman, Ron, SP5 Blain, James, SP4 Blair, David, SP4 Brockway, Bruce, SP5 Brown, Larry, SP4 Burchette, SP5 Camp, Steve Canter, Sheldon L, SP4 Cruz, Jaime, SP4 Davis, James, SP4 Dawson, Herbert, PFC Demeo, Tony, SP5 Daorrell, Eddie, SP5 Elliott, Roger, SP4 Ely, John L, SP4 Fain, George W, SP4 Fenstermacher, Rob, PFC Fitzgerald, Jim, SP5 Fleming, Curtis, SP4 Garcia, Joseph G., SGT	Gross, Michael, PFC Hannan, Mark D, SP4 Harris, Anthony Heiser, David, SP5 Henson, Danny, SP4 Hill, Tommy, SP5 Janvier, Woodrow "Woody", SP4 Johnson, Clemmie, SP5 Kirkwood, John M. Koplin, Michael, SP5 Lapolt, Ronald C., SP4 Latson, B, SP5 Linnan, John T, SP4 Lokery, Clarence, SP4 Luna, Pablo SP4 Mabray, William, SP4 Mangum, Tony, SP4 McCracken, David J., SP4 Melendez, Robert Milroy, Toby Modaff, James, PFC Odom, Dan Oliphant, Steve Oropeza, Ronald SP4 Parish, Greg, SP4 Parsons, Robert E, SP4 Parton, Donald R., SP4 Pearson, Philip C, SP4 Perry, John, SP5	Peterson, Walter E., PFC Prado, Frank, SP4 Provencher, Ron , PFC Rainwater, Franklin, SP5 Reed, Craig L., SP5 Reynolds, William, SSG Rodriguez, Ventura, SP4 Roth, Russ Rothwell, Kevin, PFC Ryan, Leo Schlecht, Daniel, SP5 Schnepper, John L, SP4 Sims, Erwin Bruce, PFC Spry, Ronald J, PVT Smith, Randy SP4 Strickland, Samuel, PFC Swain, Robert G, SP4 Tabor, Bruce W. PFC Tarvin, Tyrone, SP4 Tierney, Tom, SP5 Tovar, Pete, PFC Valasek, Melvin, SP4 Valleau, Warren J, SP4 Waller, Larry, PFC Watson, Chad, SP4 Whitbeck, Robert, PFC Williams, JAmes, PFC Wood, George D, SP4	Flores, Francisco (Tom?), SP6 Givens, Louis, SP6 Lower, David B, SP6 Morrison, Alvin B, SP5

Battalion Medical Platoon Organization

The medical platoon consists of a platoon HQ, a medical treatment squad, an ambulance squad, and a combat medical squad.

The medical platoon established and maintained the battalion aid station.

The platoon attached combat medical aidmen to line companies to provide emergency medical aid and evacuation. A medic was assigned to each platoon to assess, to triage, and to begin treatment of casualties. Medics also provided first aid for minor injuries or illnesses in addition to emergency medical treatment to stabilize seriously wounded soldiers for transportation to the battalion aid station. Medics also advised and assisted their assigned company in maintaining the health of the soldiers.

Journalist Ron Fischer, a high school friend of Charlie Company's Russell Haas, who was killed in action on March 2, 1968, has written several articles about the men from the battalion and their efforts in Vietnam. He published an article (View Here) about our battalion Surgeon Captain Ray Cave, in March of 2016 and attended a tribute honoring the Leitchfield Kentucky Physician on January 11, 2017. In attendance with Ron were Association Members John Topper, Chuck McAleer, Toby Milroy and Randy Smith. Click on thie link to view a video of our members presentations at the Ray Cave tribute held at the local Leitchfield, Kentucky VFW.

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