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IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING EMAILS
Please be advised that there has been harvesting of email addresses. You might receive an email and it will look legitimate, however it is not from your brother as it might appear to be. Over the past month I have received multiple emails from what appears to be 6-31st brothers stating that they are stranded in the UK. Here is the copy from one of the emails.
How are you? Hope all is well with you and I hope this email get to you in good health? I am sorry I didn’t inform you about my leaving for the Conference here in England but it was spur of the moment.
I hate to ask you but I need a favor from you because i misplaced my wallet on my way to the hotel where my money and other valuable things were kept. Am in need of 2,500 Dollars! to sort-out my hotel bills and get myself back
home. I will appreciate whatever you can afford to help me with, i'll pay you back as soon as i return. Kindly let me know if you can be of help, so that i can send you the details to use when sending the money via Western Union Money Transfer.your help will be greatly appreciated. Regards,
PLEASE if you receive an email of this sort do not reply and especially do not offer any financial assistance.
I have temporarily removed the member roster from the website - I will replace it as soon as I remove all email addresses from the roster for publication.
LOCATED
Alpha Company, Mike Reenan
Here's Mike's note to us - if you remember Mike, give him a holler
My name is Michael Terrence (Mike) Reenan. I served in A Company ,6/31, from 2/17/69 until 3/24/69. I was wounded near the Plain of Reeds, along with about twenty-four others - three of whom were killed. Although at the time I didn't think that the gunshot wound in my elbow was very serious, I spent a week in the field hospital in Dong Tam, a week in Vung Tau, and two weeks in Japan en route to the Army Orthopedic Hospital at Valley Forge, Pa. After a couple of months in physical therapy, I was able to serve out the remainder of my commitment at Ft. Knox, Ky.
I believe that I am the unknown soldier that you have listed as, "Mike Reiser." I was only with the unit for about a month. I couldn't write for a while, due to the elbow injury, and the only two guys that I knew were Ray Abe and Dan Rose.
I found your site, and thought about contacting you a couple of years ago, when a good friend of mine was contacted about going to a 9th Infantry reunion. I felt rather stupid, though, having never tried to contact anyone in forty years. At this time, I would appreciate it very much if you would add my name to the membership list. ( I was a PFC when I was shot.)
Thank you, Mike Reenan
Charlie Company
Harold Price
From Ronnie Ponder - Harold had received your letter asking him to sign in on the site but had not acted on it. Diana and I made a trip to Georgia and surprised him at his Auto Supply Store. It was great to see him again after all these years. He is excited about getting together this year.
Jim Meza
HHC
James Dietz
Turns out Jim Dietz and Mike Reenan are friends. One day Jim showed up wearing an Octofoil cap and he and Mike started talking about Vietnam. Turns out not only were they neighbors growing up living on different ends of a long road but, they were both with the 9th, 6/31 in Vietnam at the same time. Small world.
Jim is hoping to attend the Reno reunion with Mike in August.
TAPS
Robert Poirier, Delta 2nd Pltn '69 - passed away 11/29/2007 of cancer
Eddie L. Mendes, Bravo '68-69, passed away 08/03/2008
Paul R. Espinosa, Echo 69-70, passed away 05/10/2010 of cancer
Stephen Atkins, Charlie Co 67-69, passed away 03/26/2010 of cancer
ERROR IN MEMBER LIST
I am happy to report we had an error in the member list.
Thomas Teall, HHC 69/70 Maintenance is alive and kickin, so Tom reports. He is now living in San Antonio, TX
we had received a returned newsletter stating he was deceased. Tom sent us an email to advise us of the error.
What good news to receive on Veteran's Day 2009!
IN MEMORY
Del and Corrie Bumann recently sent us a patch.
Del had the patch created in memory of his 6-31 brother, he presented the patches to the 4th platoon guys at their recent reunion.
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