My Dad's service in Vietnam (A Co 2/5th 1st Cav)

Hi Brad, my name is William Hendrix, I am trying to get information on my father’s service in Vietnam, his unit was Co A 2nd Bn 5th Cav 1st Air Cavalry. 1st Sgt Luther C Hendrix. I really don’t know how to get info. I think I am going to contact the 5th Cavalry in Texas. If anybody has any suggestions, would You please respond. Thank You

Hi Brad, my name is William Hendrix, I am trying to get information on my father’s service in Vietnam, his unit was Co A 2nd Bn 5th Cav 1st Air Cavalry. 1st Sgt Luther C Hendrix. I really don’t know how to get info. I think I am going to contact the 5th Cavalry in Texas. If anybody has any suggestions, would You please respond. Thank You

There are several sites I use in my research.  I also paid a professional researcher (Army VN vet) to pull records from the Archive in DC.  It is a very tedious process but I have been able to talk to a handful of vets that were in A Co.  Unfortunately, easily accessible records only drill down to the company level.  I would love to chat further, share some of my resources, but this particular forum doesn't allow for the sharing of contact info.  If the moderators will allow, I can share some websites I use

I appreciate that, I called the 1st Cav association but they said there was a fire and a lot of records got destroyed. The only thing the had to say was the archives. I appreciate any thing You can do. Thank You very much , William Hendrix

Hello William. My name is Norman Ray. I was a medic in A 2/5 from Sep68 to May69. The name Hendrix was the last name of our 1st Sergeant. He was a very easy going man and we all thought the world of him. at one time we had a soldier who did not want to follow the rules and Top told him the rules were for everyone not just a few. This man threatened Top and was taken by M. P.s. He asked if I heard all that was said and I said yes. He asked if I would write it down for him. I did. A couple of months later I was testifying at a court martial in Phouc Vinh. Top was very well liked and respected by all the men. One other thing about Top was he stayed in the field with us at all times   and never stayed in the rear like some of the others did. He was a fine man and a fine soldier

Norman I really appreciate that, He passed away in 85, I have been trying to get some records from govt.. that really means a lot to me. Bill Hendrix