E - H AVU Member's Profile Listed Alphabetically
Dennis Ekdahl
US Air Force
Air Force 1965-1968
Vietnam
Load Master C141's in country every month. 1967-1968 flew C130's into every little hole that had a landing strip from grass fields to cement. Air dropped supplies at Khe Sanh for days.
Married 48 years
3 Children
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Dennis Ekdahl Photo Gallery
Hank Espinoza *Life Member*
USMC
456 Collins Street
El Rio, CA
805-988-0204
Marines 1964-1968
Vietnam
"F" Co 2nd Btn 7th Marines 1st Marine Div
Camp Pendelton - Okinawa - Vietnam - Japan (Hong Kong R&R)
David Estrada *Life Member*
USMC
PO Box 658
Oceano, CA 93475
805-202-6741
Marines 1974-1978
Vietnam, Philippine Islands, Okinawa
USS Blue Ridge - USS Dubuque
Lloyd Francis *Life Member*
USMC
Simi Valley, CA
Marines
May 1968 - May 1971
MCRD, San Diego, CA
MCB, Xco, 3rd Bn, 2nd ITR, CAMPen, CA 92055
MCB, Student CO. Schools Bn. CamPen MOS:2144
HqBtry, 4th Bn, 11th Mar, 1st Mar Div (Rein), FMF
Vietnam
7th 155mm Gun Btry (SP, 29 Palms, CA TracVehRepMan
Vietnam
Dec 1968 - Dec 1969
Married, 2 sons (37 & 35), 2 stepsons (44 & 36), 1 granddaughter (3.5), 3 step granddaughters
(23, 18 & 7 months) 1 step-grandson (3.8)
Retired SoCalGasCo. 12/2006 33 1/2 years.
Bachelors of Biblical Studies, Eternity Bible College May 19, 2012
Richard Gibson *Life Member*
US Navy
Navy
'OS' school & training in Virginia. Served onboard the USS Henderson DD-785 & USS Racine LST-1191
Enjoy my family, muscle cars, lake house and riding
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Richard Gibson Photo Gallery
Charles Goehring *Life Member*
US Navy
818-883-3910
23801 Hartland Street
West Hills, CA 91307-3023
Navy
Vietnam
69-76 USS Alamo and North Island NAS
Computer and music guy. I play bass and want to start an AVU band.
Danny Golson
US Army
PO Box 692
Piru, CA 93040
805-625-0714
Army
1968-1970
Vietnam
4th INF DIV Camp Radcliff, An Khe, Plei Jerang, Camp Eneri
I'm married. My hobbies are sports, Lakers, Dodgers and Rams
Raul Gomez *Life Member*
USMC
9528 Sharon Dale Rd.
Cali Mesa, CA 92320
909-570-4965
Marines
January 1968 - January 1970
Da Nang
Vietnam
Disabled Vietnam Vet - Dodger Fan
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Raul Gomez Photo Gallery
Francisco Gutierrez *Life Member*
US Navy
144 Shelley Circle
Ventura, CA 93003
805-658-8965
Navy
Vietnam
4 Years, Gulfport, MS
I entered the Navy after receiving my draft notice. Got all my papers in three days and joined the Navy, voluntering for the Seabees. What are seabees? Sent to Viet Nam, Dong Ha, Da Nang, Quan Tri & Rock Pile. Spent 2 years, 2 months and 12 days on sea duty with 2 tours in Nam. Got married between tours and still married. Two kids.
Roy Hale *Life Member*
US Navy
1609 Barolo Place
Santa Maria, CA 93458
Marines
1980-1984 Active Duty
1984-1990 Reserve with large periods of Active Duty. MCRD San Diego, 1st ITB, Camp Pendleton-0311, MCLB GA-3052, MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, MCESG Quantico, VA-8156, Austria, El Salvador, Nicarague, Panama, Jamaica, Ft. Huachuca, AZ-0231, TDC Korea for 2ID, Yongsun, Korea for 8th Army, Oahu for CINCPAC.
Central America
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Roy Hale Photo Gallery
Ronnie Helge
USMC
2151 Timberlane Ave.
Simi Valley, CA 93063
805-842-1648
Marines
1967-1970
Vietnam and Camp Pendelton
Daniel Hinojosa *Life Member*
US Navy
1023 W Orangewood Ave
Anaheim, CA 92802
714-240-6831
Navy
February 1965 thru July 1968
NAS Alameda, CA - Kodiak, AK - Seattle, WA, Pier 91
Enlisted in the US Navy on February 1965 and served until July 1968
Boot Camp at San Diego, CA
Naval Reserve - 2 years
Born and raised in Austin, TX
Degree in Associate in Science from Compton College - Completion in June 11, 1975
Married to Esther Maria "Forever"
We have five (5) Sons
Eleven (11) Grandchildren
One (1) Great Granddaughter
Retired - Construction Project Manager
Major Dallas Cowboys Fan
Love and enjoy listening to Tex-Mex sounds and my good friend Tony Bacolot playing the oldies.
God Bless the United States of America, American Veterans United and its members.