Fort Campbell 1967 Basic Training Yearbook — Company E, 4th Battalion, 1st Training Brigade (Review, Photos & Roster)

Front Cover, Fort Campbell Basic Training Yearbook 1967 Company E, 4th BTN, 1st Training Brigade. | GGA Image ID # 2317e8093f

📖 Review & Summary — Fort Campbell Basic Training Yearbook (1967)

Company E, 4th Battalion, 1st Training Brigade

⭐ Why this yearbook matters

This 1967 Fort Campbell yearbook captures a full eight-week cycle of U.S. Army Basic Combat Training during the height of the Vietnam buildup. Company E trained from 3 January 1967 to 24 February 1967, under a detailed leadership roster that reaches from brigade command down to cooks and the armorer. For researchers, that granularity is gold: it lets you map the Army’s training ecosystem at the company level — officers, NCOs, support roles, and 200+ recruits whose lives were about to change.

Vietnam War context: Many of these soldiers would have shipped out within months. The book preserves faces, names, and organizational roles right before deployment. 🎖️

An unusually complete chain of command: You get the brigade and battalion staff, the company’s line leaders, plus training NCOs, drill sergeants, platoon sergeants, clerical and mess staff — the whole machine.

Research power: Every photo page is labeled, making it easy to cite a recruit’s image and tie it to a date window and unit.

🏅 Most engaging content & what makes it special

“Leaders in layers” (Pages 1–3): Seeing COL Reginald J. Hinton, LTC Leonard H. Healy, brigade/battalion sergeants major, and then the company cadre (from 1LT Richard Choat to the drill team) shows exactly how orders and culture flowed.

Company-level training team: The blend of platoon sergeants, drill sergeants, a supply sergeant, mess steward, first cooks, and an armorer documents the everyday logistics of forging civilians into soldiers.

Full recruit run: Nine pages of recruits (from Andrew Allen to John H. Zeibert, Jr.) provide a photographic roll of a draft-era company in microcosm — regionally and socially diverse, and ready to serve.

Company E, 4th BTN, 1st Training Brigade 1967 Organization and Schedule

• Organization: 4th Battalion, 1st Training Brigade
• Commenced Training: 3 Janaury 1967
• Completed Training: 24 February 1967

Company E, 4th BTN, 1st Training Brigade 1967 Leadership

• Brigade Commander: COL Reginald J. Hinton
• Battalion Commander: LTC Leonard H. Healy
• Brigade Sergeant Major: SGM Albert R. Wallace
• Battalian Sergeant Major: SGM George J. Vaughan
• Company Commander: 1LT Richard Choat
• Training Officer: 1LT William Palmer
• First Sergent: PSG Donald C. Haase
• Field First Sergeant: SFC Robert Krumm
• Training NCO: SFC Walter Yamamoto
• Platoon Sergeant: SFC Gus McDowell, Jr.
• Platoon Sergeant: SSG Johnny Velasquez
• Platoon Sergeant: SSG Thomas Barnes
• Platoon Sergeant: SSG Charles Andre
• Drill Sergeant: SSG Jack M. Collins
• Drill Sergeant: SSG Joseph B. Kovary
• Drill Sergeant: SSG Wyley Seals
• Drill Sergeant: SGT John Hill
• Drill Sergeant: SGT Earl Waters
• Supply Sergeant: SSG Ferrell Glass
• Mess Steward: SSG Bill Cunningham
• First Cook: SP5 Julius Heyward
• First Cook: SP5 Alvin Johnson
• Armorer: SP4 Charles Meier

Company E, 4th BTN, 1st Training Brigade 1967 Fort Campbell Basic Training Recruit Photos, Part 1 (Andrew Allen-William J. Carrington)

1. Andrew Allen
2. Larry A. Aper
3. Edward E. Arndt
4. Floyd Banks
5. Chester H. Bankstou
6. Dell E. Bedard
7. Joseph A. Bisceglie
8. Roy D. Bishop
9. Joseph B. Blanchard
10. Kenneth D. Bledsoe
11. Cledith R. Boone
12. Ralph Bostick, Jr.
13. Allen C. Bowman
14. Willie G. Brasfield
15. Roy L. Brown
16. Jerry L. Buhoueckey
17. Carl E. Bunch, Jr.
18. Russell Bushart, Jr.
19. Benjamin Caban
20. Ronald L. Calhoun
21. Almon A. Campbell
22. Clarence A. Cannon
23. Joseph G. Capers
24. Richard W. Carlin
25. William J. Carrington

Company E, 4th BTN, 1st Training Brigade 1967 Fort Campbell Basic Training Recruit Photos, Part 2 (Gayle M. Chavies-Teddy F. Farrar)

1. Gayle M. Chavies
2. Larry D. Childers
3. John B. Clauer
4. Dean J. Cooper
5. Lenord G. Corner
6. Larry D. Cox
7. Samuel E. Cullen
8. Carl L. Cummings
9. Joseph L. Cummings
10. William R. Davis
11. Franklin J. Dawson
12. Theodore A. Delemore
13. Robert E. Denney
14. Franklin N. Dickeson
15. Thomas A. Dixon
16. George A. Dozier
17. John R. Drabek
18. James H. Driver
19. James E. Duckett
20. Dallas J. Dunn
21. Gene D. Eaglebarger
22. William G. Engel
23. Warren H. Engie
24. Raymond J. Fane
25. Teddy F. Farrar

Company E, 4th BTN, 1st Training Brigade 1967 Fort Campbell Basic Training Recruit Photos, Part 3 (Terry L. Finger-Donny L. Hart)

1. Terry L. Finger
2. James E. Finley
3. Robert W. Forgue
4. James T. Foster
5. Jerry W. Fraizier
6. Phillip R. Fujawa
7. Terry M. Fuller
8. Earnest K. Fulton
9. Sam G. Galloway
10. Norman Gates
11. Danny E. George
12. Juan B. Gonzalez
13. Dennis L. Gordon
14. Buford D. Gragg
15. Johnny M. Gray
16. Michael R. Greene
17. Samuel L. Gregory
18. Kenneth E. Grizzard
19. Donnell Guyton
20. Peter J. Hann
21. David R. Hansen
22. James E. Harman
23. James E. Harris
24. Jessie E. Harris
25. Donnie L. Hart

Company E, 4th BTN, 1st Training Brigade 1967 Fort Campbell Basic Training Recruit Photos, Part 4 (Gordon A. Hatcher-Richard G. Kelch)

1. Gordon A. Hatcher
2. Aylis Hatfield
3. Clemmie Henderson
4. Frank G. Hengels
5. Charles T. Hickerson
6. Albert W. Hill
7. John D. Holliday
8. Eddie F. Holmes
9. Larry E. Hoss
10. William S. Hovseweart
11. Lowery Howell
12. Jimmy Hudson
13. Allen F. Hyman
14. Henry K. Ichida
15. Foster C. Ingram
16. Joe W. Jackson
17. Donald L. Jacobs
18. Lewis W. Jones
19. Steven W. Jones
20. Felix Jordan
21. Thomas Justin
22. James A. Kasenberg
23. Joseph D. Kazmierzak
24. Kenneth K. Keeling
25. Richard G. Kelch

Company E, 4th BTN, 1st Training Brigade 1967 Fort Campbell Basic Training Recruit Photos, Part 5 (Charles H. Kersey-Terrence T. Mulholland)

1. Charles H. Kersey
2. Samuel W. Killebrew
3. Eddie S. Kyker
4. Lanny C. Landers
5. Joseph W. Larkin
6. Michael J. Lennon
7. Vincent J. Leone
8. Douglas G. Lewis
9. Samuel C. Lewis
10. Robert L. Link
11. Isaac O. Love
12. Howard M. McBride
13. William L. McCuien
14. Daniel W. McEachern
15. Luther H. McGhee
16. James G. McGrath
17. William L. McKinnie
18. Edwin R. Martin
19. Dan J. Medling
20. Dennis P. Miklosh
21. Albert G. Miller
22. Keith W. Mills
23. Joseph M. Molnar
24. Timothy J. Moore
25. Terrence T. Mulholland

Company E, 4th BTN, 1st Training Brigade 1967 Fort Campbell Basic Training Recruit Photos, Part 6 (Mark E. Myers-Leland Richardson)

1. Mark E. Myers
2. Steve M. Myers
3. Leonard C. Newby
4. Frederick L. Newton
5. Donald E. Nipper
6. Barry D. Nolan
7. Vernon D. Noland
8. Charles E. Norman
9. Norman E. Norris
10. David G. Oliver
11. Terry D. Page
12. Delmer C. Parton
13. Hurstie Patterson
14. Anthony R. Pauwels
15. Glenn E. Penney
16. Roy W. Pennington
17. Eric L. Peterson
18. Herbert L. Phillips
19. James K. Planck
20. Ronald G. Plunk
21. George R. Powers
22. Gerald F. Rajski
23. Michael P. Redmon
24. Gary D. Richardson
25. Leland Richardson

Company E, 4th BTN, 1st Training Brigade 1967 Fort Campbell Basic Training Recruit Photos, Part 7 (Woodrow Rigney-Arthur T. Snell)

1. Woodrow Rigney
2. Gary A. Roache
3. John F. Roberts
4. J. D. Robertson
5. Jay H. Ross
6. Jerry R. Rowland
7. Don E. Rudisill
8. Johnny R. Rynes
9. Charles J. Schneider
10. Alan G. Scholten
11. Kent A. Schweder
12. Richard J. Serola
13. Robert R. Segraves
14. David R. Shasteen
15. Michael F. Shelton
16. Allen Y. Shimizu
17. Thomas L. Shook
18. James Sidenbender
19. William J. Skinner
20. Terrence E. Skrypkum
21. Leo T. Small, Jr.
22. Don D. Smith, Jr.
23. Donnie R. Smith
24. Harlan E. Smith
25. Arthur T. Snell

Company E, 4th BTN, 1st Training Brigade 1967 Fort Campbell Basic Training Recruit Photos, Part 8 (Edward F. Sobin-Joseph H. Willougby)

1. Edward F. Sobin
2. William Stacy
3. Dennis L. Steder
4. Kenneth R. Steiner
5. Frank W. Stima
6. Jimmy L. Stomberg
7. Thomas N. Stone
8. Michael T. Sullivan
9. Donald D. Swanson
10. Walter B. Tabb, Jr.
11. Jack L. Tinney
12. Polyuios A. Tulpan
13. Leon W. Ullrich
14. Floyd J. Van Ostrand
15. Elmer W. Vaughn
16. Gary S. Vaughn
17. Thomas E. Votava
18. David Walker
19. Harold M. Washington
20. Paul D. Watson
21. Marion A. Webb
22. Roger J. Welch
23. Joseph R. Williams
24. John W. Whalen
25. Joseph H. Willougby

Company E, 4th BTN, 1st Training Brigade 1967 Fort Campbell Basic Training Recruit Photos, Part 9 (Stephen W. Wilson-John H. Zelbert, Jr.)

1. Stephen W. Wilson
2. Leslie J. Wysocki
3. John D. Young
4. John H. Zeibert, Jr.

Company E, 4th BTN, 1st Training Brigade 1967 Fort Campbell Basic Training Leadership, Page 1. Portrait Phots Include: COL Reginald J. Hinton, LTC Leonard H. Healy, SGM Albert R. Wallace, and SGM George J. Vaughan. | GGA Image ID # 23160ea7fe

Company E, 4th BTN, 1st Training Brigade 1967 Fort Campbell Basic Training Leadership, Page 2. Portrait Photos Included: 1LT Richard Choat, 1LT William Palmer, PSG Donald C. Haase, SFC Robert Krumm, and SFC Walter Yamamoto. | GGA Image ID # 2316804deb

Company E, 4th BTN, 1st Training Brigade 1967 Fort Campbell Basic Training Leadership, Page 3. Portrait Photos Included: SFC Gus McDowell, Jr., SSG Johnny Velasquez, SSG Thomas Barnes, SSG Charles Andre, SSG Jack M. Collins, SSG Joseph B. Kovary, SSG Wyley Seals, SGT John Hill, and SGT Earl Walters. | GGA Image ID # 2316af187f

NOTE: Additional Company E Leadership Portrait Photos Were Included on the Last Image with Recruits: SSG Ferrell Glass, SSG Bill Cunningham, SP5 Julius Heyward, SP5 Alvin Johnson, and SP4 Charles Meier. | GGA Image ID # 2317daf6e5

👤 “Notable Officers”

COL Reginald J. Hinton (Brigade Commander) — A highly decorated combat officer who earned three Silver Stars for gallantry in the Korean War. He later served as a senior commander stateside, including brigade command at Fort Campbell during your 1967 training cycle.

For the rest of the 1967 Company E leaders and NCOs (e.g., LTC Leonard H. Healy, SGM Albert R. Wallace, SGM George J. Vaughan, 1LT Richard Choat, SFC Walter Yamamoto, SSG Wyley Seals, etc.), a quick pass through public databases didn’t turn up reliable, clearly attributable biographies or national-level distinctions I can confirm by name without risking mix-ups (several are common surnames, and middle initials matter a lot for accurate matches).

How to surface more notables (fastest, lowest-risk)

If you want to keep digging, the best way to find additional “notable” careers is to run your roster + leadership names through:

• Military Times Hall of Valor (for valor awards),
• Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Wall of Faces (for KIA matches),
• obituaries/newspaper archives (for later-life achievements), and
• Army Registers / Official Army Register (1960s–1970s) for promotions and assignments.

Company E, 4th BTN, 1st Training Brigade 1967 Fort Campbell Basic Training Recruit Photos, Part 1 (Andrew Allen-William J. Carrington). | GGA Image ID # 2316bbb161

Company E, 4th BTN, 1st Training Brigade 1967 Fort Campbell Basic Training Recruit Photos, Part 2 (Gayle M. Chavies-Teddy F. Farrar). | GGA Image ID # 2316de5477

Company E, 4th BTN, 1st Training Brigade 1967 Fort Campbell Basic Training Recruit Photos, Part 3 (Terry L. Finger-Donny L. Hart). GGA Image ID # 2316de8365

Company E, 4th BTN, 1st Training Brigade 1967 Fort Campbell Basic Training Recruit Photos, Part 4 (Gordon A. Hatcher-Richard G. Kelch). | GGA Image ID # 2316febc5d

Company E, 4th BTN, 1st Training Brigade 1967 Fort Campbell Basic Training Recruit Photos, Part 5 (Charles H. Kersey-Terrence T. Mulholland). | GGA Image ID # 2317429f52

Company E, 4th BTN, 1st Training Brigade 1967 Fort Campbell Basic Training Recruit Photos, Part 6 (Mark E. Myers-Leland Richardson). | GGA Image ID # 23175b795a

Company E, 4th BTN, 1st Training Brigade 1967 Fort Campbell Basic Training Recruit Photos, Part 7 (Woodrow Rigney-Arthur T. Snell). GGA Image ID # 23179de83d

Company E, 4th BTN, 1st Training Brigade 1967 Fort Campbell Basic Training Recruit Photos, Part 8 (Edward F. Sobin-Joseph H. Willougby). | GGA Image ID # 2317be14d4

Company E, 4th BTN, 1st Training Brigade 1967 Fort Campbell Basic Training Recruit Photos, Part 9 (Stephen W. Wilson-John H. Zelbert, Jr.). Company E Leadership Portrait Photos Included: SSG Ferrell Glass, SSG Bill Cunningham, SP5 Julius Heyward, SP5 Alvin Johnson, and SP4 Charles Meier. Two Uncaptioned Training Photos Were Also Included. | GGA Image ID # 2317daf6e5

👤 “Notable soldiers” — initial leads & how to verify

A quick scan of open sources does not (yet) reveal nationally prominent figures in this specific Company E roster. That’s common for unit yearbooks — the value is often genealogical and local-history rather than celebrity.

How to uncover notable service or post-service lives (recommended primary sources):

Valor awards & citations: Military Times Hall of Valor (search by surname + initials).

Vietnam service & casualties: Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency; Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (Wall of Faces).

Unit lineage: U.S. Army Center of Military History (CMH) and regimental associations.

Local legacies: Newspaper archives (Newspapers.com / Chronicling America), obituaries, county veteran memorials.

Personnel snapshots: NARA’s AAD enlistment records (WWII/Korea era) won’t cover Vietnam draftees directly, but state-level archives and veterans’ organizations often do.

🖼️ Noteworthy images

Leadership Page 1 — COL Reginald J. Hinton; LTC Leonard H. Healy; SGM Albert R. Wallace; SGM George J. Vaughan.

Leadership Page 2 — 1LT Richard Choat; 1LT William Palmer; PSG Donald C. Haase; SFC Robert Krumm; SFC Walter Yamamoto.

Leadership Page 3 — SFC Gus McDowell, Jr.; SSG Johnny Velasquez; SSG Thomas Barnes; SSG Charles Andre; SSG Jack M. Collins; SSG Joseph B. Kovary; SSG Wyley Seals; SGT John Hill; SGT Earl Walters.

Recruit Pages 1–9 — Nine sequential panels of individual portraits, closing with Page 9 that also includes additional leadership portraits (SSG Ferrell Glass; SSG Bill Cunningham; SP5 Julius Heyward; SP5 Alvin Johnson; SP4 Charles Meier) and two uncaptained training shots.

Tip for educators: Pair the leadership pages with the recruit panels to discuss how training culture, standards, and discipline were communicated from the top down. 🧭

🎓 Who will get the most from this page?

Teachers & students: Primary source for the draft era — organizational structure, discipline, and training in the Vietnam build-up.

Genealogists: Names + faces + dates + unit = a solid anchor for service timelines.

Historians & archives: A snapshot of a training company’s human capital — leadership depth, NCO corps, and support functions.

Veterans & families: A shared memory artifact — the people, the uniforms, the exact moment before the Army sent them onward. 🇺🇸

🧭 Key to officer, NCO, & enlisted ranks seen here

• COL — Colonel (O-6)
• LTC — Lieutenant Colonel (O-5)
• 1LT — First Lieutenant (O-2)
• PSG — Platoon Sergeant (usually E-7)
• SFC — Sergeant First Class (E-7)
• SSG — Staff Sergeant (E-6)
• SGT — Sergeant (E-5)
• SGM — Sergeant Major (E-9)
• SP5 — Specialist Five (E-5) historic grade
• SP4 — Specialist Four (E-4) historic title; now “Specialist (E-4)”

📗 Dictionary: terms civilians might not know

Basic Combat Training (BCT): The Army’s initial entry training — weapons, drill, fitness, fieldcraft, and soldierization.

Training Brigade/Battalion/Company: The Army’s nested structure for running BCT (brigade > battalion > company).

Field First Sergeant: Senior enlisted leader managing daily training & discipline in the field environment.

Training NCO: NCO assigned to curriculum execution, standards, and schedules.

Mess Steward / First Cook: NCO and senior cook responsible for the dining facility (DFAC) and meal operations.

Armorer: NCO responsible for issue, maintenance, and accountability of weapons.

Platoon Sergeant: The senior NCO leading a platoon under a platoon leader (usually a lieutenant).

Drill Sergeant (1960s title often “Drill Sergeant/Drill Instructor”): The NCO who directly trains recruits.

Company Clerk: Enlisted admin specialist handling rosters, orders, and records.