• • • • • ARMED FORCES • • • • •
M a r i n e Second Lieutenant
Walter F. Siller, J r . , son of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter F. Siller of 100
Cedar Shore Drive, Massapequa,
was graduated from the Officer
Candidates Course at Marine
C o r p s School, Quantico, Virginia.
Captain Douglas N. Abaid, son
of Mr. and Mrs. George Abaid,
26 Pine Tree Drive, Farming-dale,
completed a medical service
officer basic course at Brooke
Army Medical Center, Fort Sam
Houston, Texas.
Capt. Abaid received his D. D. S.
degree in 1966 from New York
University College of Dentistry.
Electrician's Mate Third Class
Clinton Mevz, Jr., USN, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Mevz of
409 Charles Ave., Massapequa
Park, is serving aboard the attack
aire raft carrier USS Ranger,
operating in the Gulf of Tonkin
off the coast of North Vietnam.
* * *
Marine Corporal Thomas P.
Hyland, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas P. Hyland of 126 N.
Kings Ave., No., Massapequa, has
reported for duty with the Second
Battalion, Seventh Marine Regiment,
First Marine Division in
the Republic of Vietnam.
Aviation Storekeeper Third
Class Bruce J. Calhoun, USN,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Calhoun of 9 Leonard St., Farm-ingdale
, is serving aboard the
attack aircraft carrier USS
Ranger, operating in the Gulf of
Tonkin off the coast of North
Vietnam.
Marine Lance Corporal Thomas
G. Ingrao, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Gaetano Ingrao of 18 Norman
Place, Massapequa, is serving
with Headquarters and Headquarters
Squadron, a supporting
unit of the Marine Corps Air
Station. Beaufort, S. C.
* * i
Airman Apprentice Robert E.
Fischer, USN, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred Bertuglia of 3 Alexander
Drive, Farningdale, has
reported for duty at the U. S. Naval
Air Station, Pensacola, Florida.
* * *
Aviation Structural Mechanic
Third Class Brian L. Morgan,
USN, son of Mr. Leo J. Morgan
of 218 Fulton St., Farmingdale,
reported to Helicopter Anti- Submarine
Squadron Ten at Imperial
Beach, California for eight weeks
of training in the maintenance of
the SH- 3A " Sea King" helicopter^
* * *
Airman Patrick M. RennerT
USN, son of Mrs. Mary M. Ren-ner
of 729 Conklin St., Farming-dale,
is serving aboard the U. S.
Seventh Fleet attack carrier USS
Kitty Hawk off the coast of North
Vietnam.
* * *
M a r i n e Lance Corporal
George Burns, son of Mr. and
Mrs., G. R. Burns of 197 Massachusetts
Ave., Massapequa, has
completed the Aviation Radio Repair
Course at the Marine Corps
Recruit Depot in San Diego, California.
Hospitalman Richard C. Foster,
USNR, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles H. Foster of 5 Harvard
Place, Farmingdale, has reported
for duty at the United States
Naval Hospital at Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba.
Richard A. Beale, 21, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Marcel C. Beale,
40 Burton Lane, Massapequa, was
promoted to Army sergeant in
Korea, where he is a radio relay
and carrier attendant in 226th
Signal Company, 4th U. S. Army
Missile Command near Camp
Page.
Army Private First Class
Stanley H. Busch, 18, son of
Stanley H. Busch Sr., 22 Boston
Ave., Massapequa, was assigned
as an ammunition storage specialist
in the 33 rd Ordnance
Company near Cam Ranh Bay,
Vietnam.
Airman First Class Gary P.
Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs. John
A. A lien of 25 Chestnut St., Massapequa,
is on duty at Tuy Hoa
Air Base, Vietnam.
The airman, a security policeman,
is a member of the Pacific
Air Forces. Before his arrival
in Vietnam, he was as singed to
the 363rd Tactical Wing at Shaw
Air Force Base, South Carolina.
Dwayne L. Dyste, 24, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Dyste,
37 Division Ave., Massapequa,
was promoted to Army
specialist four in Vietnam, where
he is serving with the 516th Personnel
Service Company near
Cam Ranh Bay.
Spec. Dyste is a 1961 graduate
of Massapequa High School and
received a B. S. degree in 1965
from the Bryant College in Providence,
R. I. He is a member of
the Tau Epsilon fraternity.
Shapula of 32 Michel Ave., Farmingdale,
has completed basic
training at Lackland Air Force
Bace, Texas. He is now assigned
as a security policeman
with a unit of the Air Defense
Command at Selfridge AFB,
Mich. Airman Milewski, a 1966
graduate of Farmingdale High
School, attended the State University
of New York at Farming-dale.
Airman Donald R. Wilkens son
of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas W.
Wilkens of 23 Second Ave., South
Farmingdale, has completed
basic training at Amarillo Air
Force Base, Texas. He is r e maining
at the Air Force Technical
Training Center for specializing
schooling as an administrative
specialist.
Airman Wilkens, a 1966 graduate
of Farmingdale High School,
attended the State University
of New York at Farmingdale.
* * *
Airman William R. Downey
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Downey
of 337 Atlantic Ave., Massapequa
Park has recently completed
Basic Training at Amarillo Air
Force Base, Texas.
Airman Downey, a 1966 graduate
of Bemer High School is now
attending the Air Force Technical
Training Base at Chanute Air
Force Base, Illinois.
Airman Ted D. Alio, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Dixon Alio of 572 Sea-ford
Ave., Massapequa, has completed
basic training at Lackland
Air Force Base, Texas.
Airman Alio, a 1961 graduate
of Massapequa High School, r e ceived
an A. A. degree in 1964
from Nassau Community College.
Midshipman Second Class John
C. Maggi, son of Mr. and Mrs.
L. J. Maggi of 154 Division Ave.,
Massapequa recently visited the
Saufley Field Naval Auxiliary
Air Station at Pensacola, Florida,
where he took part in a basic
Flight Indoctrination Field ft- ip.
During the field trip, he was
given an indoctrination flight in
the T- 34 Mentor, a military version
of the Beech- craft Bonanza.
Saufley Field, part of the Naval
Air Basic Training Command,
provides flight training for future
Navy, Marine Corps and Coast
Guard aviators.
Marine First Lieutenant William
E. Keller J r . , son of Mr.
William E. Keller Sr. of Mas-,
sapequa, was awarded the Navy
Achievement Medal with Combat
" V."
He received the award in ceremonies
at Marine Barracks,
Eighth and " I " St., Washington,
D. C.
Lieutenant Keller was cited for
superior performance as commanding
officer, Headquarters
and Service Company, Third Battalion,
Seventh Marines, First
Marine Division, and as adjutant
of the same battalion in Vietnam
from July 1966 to July 1967.
First Lieutenant Keller entered
the service in October 1951.
Marine Private Brian P. Burns
son of Mr. and Mrs. William H.
Burns of 11 Rutland Road, N.
Massapequa, and Marine Private
Mark D. Kaplan, son of Mr. and M
Mark D. Kaplan, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Kaplan of 196 Daniel
Road, N. North Massapequa, were
graduated from eight weeks of
recruit training at the Marine
Corps Recruit Depot at Parris
Island, South Carolina.
Seaman Recruit Robert W.
Thompson, USN, 18, son of Mrs.
J, Thompson of 8 Yoakum Ave.,
Farmingdale has been graduated
from nine weeks of Navy basic
training at the Naval Training
Center, Great Lakes, Illinois.
Airman Thomas L. Milewski,
whose mother is Mrs. Mary A.
Airman First Class Richard J.
Thumudo, whose mother, Mrs.
Johanna Blumlein, lives at 27
Orchard St., Massapequa, is on
duty at Da Nang AB, Vietnam.
Airman Thumudo, a security
policeman, is assignedtoaunitof
the Pacific Air Forces. Before
his arrival in Southeast Asia, he
served at Beale Air Force Base,
California.
* . * *
Airman William E. Zeillmann,
son of Mr.' and Mrs. Joseph
J. Zeillmann of 14 Oakdale Place,
Massapequa, has completed basic
training at Lackland Air Force
Base, Texas. He is now assigned
as a security policeman with a
unit of the Tactical Air Command
at McConneli Air rorce case,
Kansas. Airman Zeillmann, a
1966 graduate of Alfred G. Bemer
High School, attended Waynes-burg
( Pa.) College.
f- * *
Marine Private John Lom-bardo,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Lom-bardo
of 442 Park Lane, Massapequa
Park, completed two weeks
of training under simulated combat
conditions in the fundamentals
of day and night patroling employment
of infantry weapons,
survival methods and assaulttac-tics
at Camp Le June, North Carolina.
* * *
Seaman Recruit Thomas P.
Merck, USN, 18, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Edwin Merck of 8 Conde
Lane, Massapequa Park, has been
graduated from nine weeks of
Navy basic training at the Naval
Training Center, Great Lakes,
Illinois.
Marine Private Roy T. Simpson,
son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A.
Simpson of 143 W. Shore Drive,
Massapequa, completed two
weeks of training under simulated
combat conditions in the
fundamentals of day and night
patroling, employment of infantry
weapons, survival methods and
assault tactics atCampLeJeune,
North Carolina.
* * *
Army Private Joseph M. O'-
Shaughnessy, 18, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph A. O'Shaughnessy,
373 Kentucky Ave., North Massapequa,
completed an eight- week
construction machine operator
course at Fort Leonard Wood,
Missouri.
He was trained in the operation
of bulldozers and learned the
techniques of cutting ditches and
forming drainage systems.
* * *
Army Private William R.
Sonnenberg, 19, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry F. Sonnenberg, 223 N.
Delaware Ave., North Massapequa,
completed nine weeks of
advanced infantry training at Fort
Polk, Louisiana. His last week
of training was spent in guerrilla
warfare exercises.
* * *
Robert J. Divine Jr., 22, son of
Robert J. Divine, 466 Ocean Ave.,
Massapequa Park, was promoted
to Army specialist four Nov. 16
while serving as a senior helicopter
mechanic in the 79th
Transportation Company in Vietnam.
* * *
Private Walter R. Gafforio,
20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter A.
Gafforio, 74 Pine St., North
Massapequa, was awarded the
Aircraft Crewman Badge upon
completion of the airborne sensor
specialist course at the Army
Combat Surveillance School, Ft.
Huachuca, Arizona.
* * *
William D. Kitzmiller, 23, son
of Mr. and Mrs. William J.
Kitzmiller, 15 Highwater Ave.,
Massapequa, was promoted to
specialist four at Fort Hood,
* * *
Seaman Apprentice Joseph J.
McCarthy, USCE, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry F. McCarthy of 419
Broadway, Massapequa Park has
graduated from eight weeks of
basic training at the Coast Guard
Recruit Training Center, Cape
May, New Jersey.
* * *
Robert W. Gaulrapp, 25, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gaulrapp,
91 Harbor Lane, Massapequa
Park, was commissioned an
Army second lieutenant on completion
of the Ordnance Officer
Candidate School at Aberdeen
Proving Ground, Maryland.
His wife Barbara, also lives at
91 Harbor Lane, Massapequa
Park.
Lt. Gaulrapp graduated from
Upsala College, East Orange,
New Jersey, in 1965 with a B. S.
degree.
* * *
Marine Private Thomas F . Sullivan,
son of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas H. Sullivan of 281 N.
Linden St., Massapequa, completed
two weeks of training under
simulated combat conditions
in the fundamentals of day and
nigiit p « i » - oj; n£ r. omnlnvment of
infantry weapons, survival methods
and assault tactics at Camp
Le Jeune North Carolina.
aircraft maintenance specialist.
Airman Kerr is a 1967 graduate
of Alfred G. Berner High
School.
Coast Guard Cadet First Class
Cliff K. Vogelsberg Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Vogelsberg
of 455 Charles Ave. tj Massapequa
Park, he completed his
first semester of his first year
at the UJ5. Coast Guard Academy
at New London, Conn.
* * •
Seaman Recruit S t e p h e n D.
Barsh, USN, 18, son of Mrs.
Evelyn Doherty of 405Briarwood
Road, North Massapequa, has
been graduated from nine weeks
of Navy basic training at the
Naval Training Center at Great
Lakes, Illinois.
* * *
Private First Class Albert F.
Pfeifer, 19, son erf Mr. and Mrs.
Albert J. Pfeifer, 169 Division
Ave., Massapequa, completed a
Nike missile radar and computer
repair course at the Army
Missile and Munitions School,
Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.
* * *
Michael W. Palmer, 22, whose
parents, Mr. and Mrs. William
J. Roth, live at 46 Tyrconnell
Ave., Massapequa Park, N. Y.,
was promoted to Army private
pay grade E- 2 upon completion
of basic combat training at Ft.
Knox, Kentucky.
The promotion was awarded
two months earlier than is customary
under an Army policy
providing incentive for outstanding
trainees.
The private's wife, P a m e l a,
lives at 3130 Maywood Place,
Louisville, Ky.
'
Airman Michael J. Kerr n,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M.
Kerr of 78 Westwood Road N,
Massapequa, has completed basic
training at Amarillo Air Force
Base, Texas. He has been assigned
to the Air Force Technical
Training Center at Shep-pard
Air Force Base, Texas
for specialized schooling as an
Army Private William Cost-anzo,
19, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond J. Costanzo, 700 Fulton,
Farmingdale, N. Y., fired expert
with the M- 14 rifle near the completion
of basic combat training
at Ft. Benning, Georgia.
The expert rating is the highest
mark a soldier can achieve on
his weapons qualification test*
Airman Barry D, O'Brien, son
of Mrs. Olivia J. O'Brien of 125
Fox Blvd., Massapequa, has completed
basic training at Lackland
Air Force Base, Texas. He has
been assigned to the Air Force
Technical Training Center at
Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi,
for specialized schooling
as a communications electronics
specialist. Airman O' Brien,
a 1965 graduate of Massapequa
High School, attended
Nassau Community College.
Come
And Worship With Us In
Our Beautiful New Auditorium
Hflar
Pastor Lanry Walker
Sunday, January 7
at 11 a0m8 ' Giants, ( grasshoppers and God'
at 7: 00p. mu Candlelight Communion Service
Everyone Welcome
Farmingdale Baptist Church
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