COMPANY "C"

7TH BATTALION, 3RD TRAINING REGIMENT 4th PLATOON

 

FORT KNOX, KENTUCKY

23 FEB 1960 - 19 APR 1960

Here Are The Boys From The 4th Platoon of Company "C"

It's been nearly 49 years now, I wonder how many are still around.

That's me, 3rd from left, standing, the little skinny guy, who turned 18 years old during basic training.

We had a group of guys from Arkansas, I seem to recall that they were from a National Guard or Reserve Unit, and their leader was the guy on the far left end standing, Don Wray, from Des Arc, Arkansas.   Everyone called him "Buddy".

They had a guy from this unit, he's in the picture, I won't say who, that this was his 6th or 7th time trying to make it through basic.  Back then you just didn't say "I quit" and go home.   You had to finish Basic Training.

Anyway, the guys from this Arkansas Unit were suppose to see that this fellow made it through "this time".  No...... he didn't make it, again !!!!!  And not from a lack of trying on the other fellows part.  They had nightly "blanket parties" with this fellow, to no avail.

We also had a large group of guys from the Detroit area, and another large group of guys from Pennsylvania, as well as some guys from Buffalo and New York City.  There was also a large group from Washington, D. C., and others from Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee.  

We were "4th Platoon", and you'll note that the last names were alphabetically from the letter "S" to the letter "Z".  That's the way you got assigned to a "Platoon", alphabetically. 

Our Battalion/Training Unit had four (4) Platoons, "1st", "2nd", "3rd" and "4th".   My buddy Ronnie Kea, we joined on the "Buddy Plan", was in "2nd Platoon", as his last name fell into that Platoon.    He doesn't remember.  I think he'd rather forget his Basic Training days.   We still talk on the telephone at least weekly.

 

For notes about other members of "C" Company, click the below link:

"C" Company Notes

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Donald E. Wray Des Arc, Arkansas Arkansas  
James J. Schuster Ottawa, Ohio    
Gwen William Whitworth Jr. Wayne, Michigan Retired Police Captain

New Boston, Michigan

 
William N. Spence Pulaski, Virginia    
Bobby D. Turner Cincinnati, Ohio    
Jodie L. Seaborn Harrisburg, Arkansas Menomonie, Wisconsin  
William D. Smith Ann Arbor, Michigan    
Joe Zaragoza Seward, Pennsylvania    
Charles H. Stanley Cleveland, Ohio    
Philip Speicher Johnstown, Pennsylvania    
Don Struke Altoona, Pennsylvania Baltimore, Maryland Area
Bobby D. Stair Drasco, Arkansas    
Richard H. Thornton Pulaski, Virginia    
Robert V. Straw White Mill, Pennsylvania    
Ronald Wright New York City, New York    
Larry Smith Buffalo, New York    
Frederick W. Sickau Buffalo, New York    
James K. Stanley Dearborn, Michigan    
James T. Susley Buffalo, New York    
James H. Smith Detroit, Michigan    
Jerry L. Yeater Columbus, Ohio    
James R. Stewart Washington, D.C.    

 

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Tony T. Yonovak Washington, D.C.    
Louis R. Wagner, Jr. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania    
Myrl J. Stuler Warren, Ohio    
Robert Ira Schneider Detroit, Michigan    
Donald W. Woods Pine Bluff, Arkansas    
James J. Stanly Cleveland, Ohio    
Harold W. Shortt Virginia    
Ron Wilson Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania    
Donald J. Swearinger Cleveland, Ohio    
Frederick Weatherton Blairsville, Pennsylvania    
Calvin I. Varner Indiana, Pennsylvania    
Leon H. Smith Washington, D. C.    
Stanley L. Studniary Windber, Pennsylvania Deceased: 20 August 2002

Reno, Nevada

Junior F. Watters Mountain View, Arkansas    
Russell J. Vara Buffalo, New York    
Willie Joe Trammel Nashville, Tennessee    
Victor Simmons Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania    
Gerald Teclarhozf Johnstown, Pennsylvania    
Ralph M. Webb Pulaski, Virginia    
John J. Ventresca Washington, D. C. Washington, D.C. Suburbs  
Bobby E. Wright (Standing) Somerset, Kentucky    

 

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Dan Stewart Detroit, Michigan    
Bob Wood Detroit, Michigan    
Harold West Cleveland, Ohio    
Carlus R. Smith, Jr. Louisville, Kentucky    
Robert L. Smalls Washington, D.C.    
Carsey A. West Fayetteville, Arkansas    
Johnny H. Turner Helena, Arkansas    

 

If anyone listed above comes across this page, contact me.  Would love to know what everyone has been doing the past 46 years.

Just click on my name below to send me an e-mail:

G. William Whitworth Jr

New Boston, Michigan - Telephone:  (734) 654-6411

 

You can also visit "C" Company at military.com

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