John D
Beauchamp
Joined the army in
Aug 1966
basic
training in Ft, Bless TX.
AIT; Ft Knox KY, in air borne armor transferred to 3rd
SQ, 17th Air
Cav
Was the first enlisted man in D Troop and the 16th
enlisted man in the Squadron, in
D
troop 3/17
trained with the RANGER,s in camp Dahlonega
Georgia in Mountain nearing, trained
with
special forces in west Virginia in special opps. And jungle war fair Crossed
trained with in the Sq.
Went to Viet Nam Oct. 16, 1967 on a troop ship USS general
Walker returned to home
Oct. 8, 1968 to Ft. Knox KY. ETS. Aug 1969