MACV Team 118- ???
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MACV Team 118- ???
This Page is intended for the discussion of the Military Assistance Command Vietnam Team 118 located in ???
I am trying to help my father, SP4 Danny Bean, reconnect with men he served with in Vietnam in 1972.
His Army records show he was with the 549th Quartermaster Company (Aerial Delivery) and contain entries for MACV Team 118 during his Vietnam TDY. His Vietnam service was from February to July 1972, and he was involved in aerial resupply work during this period.
I would especially like to hear from Russell Smith or anyone else who was with Team 118 in 1972 and might remember Danny Bean, men from the 549th, or the 549th leadership during that period.
Danny is still with us, and finding someone who remembers him or the men he served with would mean a great deal to him.
I was with team 118 from Jan 72 thru Dec 72. We were located in a small village of Go Viap just out side of Tan Son Nhut at a camp called Pha So Nam. In Dec 72 we moved into Saigon as the draw down began. This was 3rd tour and a very sad departure. Most of the locals never believed we would abadon them.
It’s full title was Quartermaster, Commissary and Purchasing Advisory Division (QMCPAD or, as it was playfully pronounced by the team members, KWIM SEE PAD). The “QM” covered all the traditional Quartermaster functions (Class I, II & IV, and III), parachute rigging, GR, etc..The headquarters was in Cholon but most of the advisors had their offices at the various sites where they worked. For an extreme example, although I was assigned to Team 118, I was actually attached to another team (in Danang!) where my VN counterpart was located. I was assigned to the team from Aug ’70 to Sep ’71.
Remember it well! Took Jim’s job when initially assigned to VN. Spent 9 months working with team and then transferred to Supply Battalion at Long Bihn as XO, Met Jim in 1983 when moving to Norcross,Ga. we were attending the same church and remain close friends today!!
MACV Team was located in Cholon. It was the Quartermaster-commissary advisory team. Responsibilities included all military supply functions plus the ARVN Quartermaster School, scout and sentry dog training, parachute packing operations and mortuary/graves registration operations. Team HQ was collocated with the ARVN Quartermaster General staff in an old French casern in Cholon.