Army Service:   10/65 - 10/67      Ft Knox, Kentucky (Basic)

                                   Ft Campbell, Kentucky (1st Assgn)

    Thailand:   1966 - 67

    

        From: Cpt Travis Rogers travis.rogers@us.army.mil
          To: <foxpro@ix.netcom.com>
        Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 11:13 AM
     Subject: some Rogers 201 info

>     I don't have a photo or his MOS handy (there was no DD214 in the file 
> I found), but I should be able to get them to you within the next week.  
> In the meantime, here's what I know:
> 
>     Earnest L. Rogers was from London, Kentucky, and went by the name 
> Leamon.  He entered the Army in October 1965 at Fort Knox, Kentucky, 
> and got married right after basic training.  
>
>     His first assignment was at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, for less than 
>  a year (unit unknown).  
>
>     He arrived in Thailand in October or November of 1966.  At the time 
> of his ETS in October 1967, he was assigned to C Company, 538th Eng Bn, 
> Camp Sungwien, at the rank of SP/5.  
>
>     After the Army he lived in Ohio and Indiana for a couple of years 
> before settling in Louisville, KY.  There, he started a small concrete 
>business which he successfully ran until his death in 1985.
> 
>     If you knew Leamon or can provide any photos or stories about Company C 
>during the Oct 66 - Oct 67 time frame, please drop me a line. 
> 
> Thanks for all your help,
>
> Travis

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