LT Ken Sampson, 4/12 Inf (M) 1989

Here's a fellow who was with us in 4/12 Inf (M) in Baumholder in 1989, and perhaps also before the redesignation from 1/39 Inf (M):

LT Ken Sampson

In addition, there's another name I think I remember, but I may have got it wrong and confused it with the fellow above:

LT Ken Livingston

The first of these gentlemen was definitely there. Can anyone can help? I do have a single 35mm slide of the fellow I'm thinking of if that will help clarify things.

Twenty years gets behind one faster than he expects, with more consequences than he anticipates.

Warriors!

Russ Nehmer, 4/12 Inf (M), H D Smith Barracks

Had an email from Russ Nehmer a while back, who's in uniform once again and serving up in Darmstadt as a Staff Sergeant.

Back in Baumholder Russ served with Echo Company and Delta Company. I had hoped to run his entire email but, since I don't have full permission, here are the pertinent bits that I can safely provide:

Looking for any old contacts. My military email is russell.nehmer@us.army.mil or russell.nehmer@mi.army.mil . Private is rwn01@hotmail.com.

Russ also mentioned many other soldiers he served with around 1990:

Lt Bruce
Lt.Weaver
Lt. Reyes (one heck of a soldier)
SGT Butrum
SGT Larsen
SSG Chapman
SSG Reese

I was pleased that Russ managed to catch up to a couple old colleagues through this site:

SSG Darren Glory
SPC Dave Patrick
SPC Carter Fuller

Finally, Russ asked me to see if there was anyone out there who may have been with him at company level or over in PLDC who might still have a set of orders or other paperwork with his name listed, since his DD214 is missing some details from way back when.

Thanks, Russ, for the news, and good luck catching up with anyone who can help.

Warriors!

As I think of it, don't forget that anyone serving with the battalion in 1989 may also have passed through the 1/39 Inf (M) web beacon as well.

LT Bruce Van Hoozen: 4/12 Inf (M), H. D. Smith Barracks, Baumholder FRG

Bruce Van Hoozen and I swapped a few emails in February, and you can reach him at bvh71@frontiernet.net.

Says Bruce:

I was at Delta for 18 months as both platoon leader and acting
XO. Then I spent 10 months as mortar platoon leader, and was in the infamous S-3 shop until I left the Army in June of '91.

These days he's up in northern Wisconsin, running his own electrical business.

Returning to Baumholder days, Bruce sent me stacks of information and news but I figured I'd better just extract the names for the moment since I don't have his permission to post it all.

First up, Bruce recalls that LT Hill's first name was John. He left the Army about a half a year after being injured at Hohenfels in 1989.

Bruce also recalls a few fellows from the Mortar Platoon, including Mike Standifer, Platoon Sergeant Paine, Platoon Sergeant Kelly and SSGT Grillet.

Beyond that, here are the names of several battalion officers that Bruce remembers, several of whom were with us in 1/39 Inf (M):

LT Ken Sampson

LT John Hill

LT Will Beckman (made O-3 and then went to IOAC in '91)

CPT John Farmer (formerly of the S-3 shop, went up to Bad Kreuznach in 1991 and later left the Army)

CPT Burnsworth (briefly Delta Company CO)

CPT McKinny (Delta Company CO after CPT Burnsworth)

CPT Alston (Delta Company CO after Captain McKinny)

MAJ Hicks (ended up as a bull colonel with a brigade at Fort Riley)

LTC Goodrich

Thanks for the info, Bruce!

Warriors