Jim Bacorn

Company B 1/22 Infantry

4th Infantry Division

July 1969 - July 1970

Squad Leader and later Platoon Sgt. of Company B, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry of the 4th Infantry Division.
Located in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam with headquarters at Pleiku, An Khe and Kontum.

Nickname: CHEYENNE.
Came from the fact that ‘Nervecenter’ thought I looked like the character in the TV Western ‘Cheyenne’.

Feb. 1969 to July 1969: Ft Lewis Washington.

July 1969 to July 1970: Republic of Viet Nam.

July 1970 to Feb. 1971: Ft. Carson Colorado.

Code Names:

RAIDER : Company B
RAIDER ONE : 1st Platoon
RAIDER TWO : 2nd Platoon
RAIDER THREE : 3rd Platoon
RAIDER FOUR : 4th Platoon (Mortar and Light Artillery)

T.J. : Captain Gilbert Tijerina - Company Commander

MEMBERS OF 1ST SQUAD :

Cheyenne : Jim Bacorn ( Squad Leader 1st Squad and acting Platoon Leader )
Nerve Center : James Giroux
Rebel : Howard Lynch
Zeke : Les Raby
Red : Mike McCafferty
9er5 : Richie Baker
Sad Sack : Robert Sackett

MEMBERS OF 1ST PLATOON :

Little Mack : LT Jim McCallan, Platoon Leader
Tarheel : Wayne Jarrett, 2nd Squad Leader
Davey : Melvin Rutherford, 3rd Squad Leader
Biggun : James Bookman, 1st Gun Team Leader
Hoss : James Morrison, 2nd Gun Team Leader
Jimmy Mack : James McPeak, Platoon Medic

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