Navy Corpsmen in the Vietnam War

Harry Spiller is the author of 18 books and numerous magazine articles. He served for 10 years in the U.S. Marine Corps with two tours in Vietnam. He also served as sheriff of Williamson County, Illinois, and retired as an associate professor of criminal justice from John A. Logan College. He lives in Marion, Illinois.

Table of Contents


Author’s Note

Acknowledgments

The Corpsman’s Oath

Introduction

1. HM3 William R. Ditterline (Petty Officer Third Class)

2. HM2 Jay Allen Cohen (Petty Officer Second Class)

3. HM3 Thomas G. Kirby (Petty Officer Third Class)

4. HM3 Lamar Hendricks III (Petty Officer Third Class)

5. HM3 Henry Richards (Petty Officer Third Class)

6. HM3 John N. Wurth (Petty Officer Third Class)

7. HM2 Daniel J. Milz (Petty Officer Second Class)

8. HM2 Martin P. Beichner, Jr. (Petty Officer Second Class)

9. HM3 Leon D. Brown (Petty Officer Third Class)

10. HM3 Loren D. Brown (Petty Officer Third Class)

11. HM2 Paul Douglas Reininger (Petty Officer Second Class)

12. HM3 Paul T. McCann (Petty Officer Third Class)

13. HM3 Ronald L. Dotson (Petty Officer Third Class)

14. HM2 Dennis Kauffman, Sr. (Petty Officer Second Class)

15. HM3 Steven Lee (Petty Officer Third Class)

16. HM3 Garland E. Sizemore (Petty Officer Third Class)

17. HM3 Theodore Schindeler (Petty Officer Third Class)

Appendix A: A Corpsman’s Prayer

Appendix B: Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines, KIAs in the Battle at Cam Vu, April 30, 1968

Appendix C: Navy Corpsmen Killed in Action in Vietnam, 1962–1975

Index