WITTMUSS, MICHAEL, HM1

Hospital Corpsman
 
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Current Service Status
USN Retired
Current/Last Rank
Petty Officer First Class
Current/Last Primary NEC
HM-8472-Biomedical Photography Technician
Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Hospital Corpsman
Primary Unit
1983-1988, HM-0000, US Marine Corps (USMC)
Previously Held NEC
HN-0000-Hospitalman
HM-8404-Medical Field Service Technician/FMF Combat Corpsman
HM-0000-Hospital Corpsman
Service Years
1966 - 1988
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Cold War
HM-Hospital Corpsman
Five Hash Marks

 Official Badges 




 Unofficial Badges 

Cold War Medal


 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Military Order of the Purple HeartVietnam Veterans of America (VVA)Post 264Post 4959, Blue Valley Post
Branch 276
  1986, Military Order of the Purple Heart - Assoc. Page
  1990, Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) - Assoc. Page
  1998, American Legion, Post 264 (Member) (Dorchester, Nebraska) - Chap. Page
  1999, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW), Post 4959, Blue Valley Post (Member) (Crete, Nebraska) - Chap. Page
  2000, Fleet Reserve Association (FRA), Branch 276 (Member) (Omaha, Nebraska) - Chap. Page


  1968-1969, HM-8404, 1st Bn, 5th Marine Regiment (1/5)

HM-Hospital Corpsman

From Month/Year
December / 1968
To Month/Year
July / 1969

Unit
1st Bn, 5th Marine Regiment (1/5) Unit Page

Rank
Petty Officer Third Class
NEC
HM-8404-Medical Field Service Technician/FMF Combat Corpsman

Base, Station or City
QUANG NAM PROV.
State/Country
Vietnam, South (Vietnam)
  
 
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 1st Bn, 5th Marine Regiment (1/5) Details

1st Bn, 5th Marine Regiment (1/5)

Type
Combat - Ground 		 

Parent Unit
US Marine Corps (USMC)
Strength
Unit

Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Sep 9, 2013
   
Memories For This Unit

Best Friends
Robert Ifyu, HM3

Best Moment
Boarding the "Freedom Bird" in Da Nang with my travel orders back to the world. Dec. 17,
1969.
   

Worst Moment
Three worst moments actually
1. My first firefight in combat
2. the day I was wounded, 24 Jan. 69
3. The day my platoon Cmdr (F.A. Hartman)
was KIA 25 April 1969

Chain of Command
Capt. Satterfield, USMC
Charlie Company CO "Charlie-six"

F. A Hartman, 2nd Lt. USMC
1st Pltn. Cmdr. "One Actual"
   

Other Memories
Trying to stay awake on countless night ambushes out in the Arizona territory near An
Hoa.
Receiving incoming NVA 122mm rocket fire on our base camp.
Treating my first serious combat casualty.(this Marine was totaly f@@ked up!)
Eating nothing but C-rations for endless months, and drinking yuky rice paddy water.
   
Yearbook
 
My Photos For This Unit
No Available Photos
26 Members Also There at Same Time
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1st Bn, 5th Marine Regiment (1/5)
Canup, Dale, PO2, (1966-1970) HM HM-8404 Petty Officer Second Class
Marrs, Lyle, PO2, (1965-1969) HM HM-8404 Petty Officer Second Class
Raper, Alvin Louis, PO2, (1959-1968) HM HM-8404 Petty Officer Second Class
Stang, Jon, PO2, (1968-1975) HM HM-8404 Petty Officer Second Class
Baviello, Paul, PO2, (1966-1972) HM HM-8404 Petty Officer Third Class
Chester, Dennis Edward, PO3, (1966-1968) HM HM-8404 Petty Officer Third Class
Keser, David, PO2, (1967-1971) HM HM-8404 Petty Officer Third Class
Murphy, Daniel Joseph, PO3, (1966-1968) HM HM-8404 Petty Officer Third Class
Roland, Thomas Milton, PO3, (1965-1968) HM HM-8404 Petty Officer Third Class
Salyer, Fred Lamarr, PO3, (1966-1968) HM HM-8404 Petty Officer Third Class
Wells, Steve, PO3, (1968-1972) HM HM-8404 Petty Officer Third Class
Wolter, Steven Ross, PO3, (1966-1968) HM HM-8404 Petty Officer Third Class
Willeford, Franklin Patrick, HN, (1965-1968) HM HM-8404 Hospitalman
Buswell, Robert Dale, PO3, (1966-1969) HM HM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Nadler, Sheldon, PO3, (1965-1969) HM HM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Schneider, Ronald, PO3, (1966-1970) HM HM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Takesian, Eli, CAPT, (1958-1987) OFF 410X Lieutenant Commander
Brooke, Earl Thomas, HN, (1966-1968) HN HN-8404 Hospitalman
Chesley, Leonard George, HN, (1967-1968) HN HN-8404 Hospitalman
Hall, Robert Kenneth, HN, (1966-1969) HN HN-8404 Hospitalman
Hamman, Lee Tomas, HN, (1968-1969) HN HN-8404 Hospitalman
Haskins, Michael Wayne, HN, (1967-1968) HN HN-8404 Hospitalman
Murphy, Robert, PO3, (1968-1972) HN HN-8404 Hospitalman
Reinhold, Michael J., HN, (1967-1968) HN HN-8404 Hospitalman
Smith, John Byron, HN, (1966-1968) HN HN-8404 Hospitalman
Wells, Larry Other Service Rank

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