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Welcome to the N.C.O.C. Locator Website.



If you were a Ft. Benning trained NonCommissioned Officer "Shake n' Bake", " NCO "from 1967 to 1972, Bookmark this site for information about your Class and Classmates. There is also information about other NCOC Schools held at Ft. Bliss, Ft. Knox, Ft. Sill, and Ft. Leonard Wood.




Noncommissioned Officer Candidate School

Fort Benning Georgia







Updated: December 15, 2024


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For information about how to get your Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon (Vietnam) Click Here




Note: I just learned that one of our NCOC graduates, Gail M. Kerns, Class 23-68 B was a POW in Vietnam. He came home via the Hanoi Taxi on March 8, 1973. He died on May 10th of this year and will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.





Contents of this Web Site:

Individual Class Data: Using the ARMY FISCAL YEAR date: July 1 to July 1





New Contacts for 2024


To Register and have your Name shown on this web site. Click HERE

This site is totally free and there is no charge to register and be part of our group. We only want to know where everyone is. If you know of someone who has passed, we would like to know that information to make a note on their Class Page.





Total List of all NCOC Casualties, 1,118 Graduates, 3 Company Officers and 1 Cadre, in Chronological Order


Wall of Faces


Virtual Wall







For a Complete Alphabetical Listing of all the men who are now registered and the names of all the Casualties and a link to their Class Page:

Use the first Letter of their last Name.

A to B C to D E to G H to I J to L M to N O to R S T to Z





Where to write to get copies of your Military Records


PX web site. " SHOP MY EXCHANGE "







NCOC Reunion Videos"Select the reunion year to view from the Playlist" From Mahlon Hile and Dennis McNurland
You Tube Video of the 2017 NCOC Reunion Click NCOC Shake & Bake


NCOC Candidates in a training video
Does anyone recognize these men? I would like to know what Class they were with.






"Illegitimati non Carborundum". "Don't let the bastards grind you down."






New Conditions added to Agent Orange Presumptive List





" A Day Above the Clouds"Mt Katahdin, near my Maine Home. I climbed it many times in my youth. The elevation is 1 mile high.





Veterans Affairs has provided few answers around Coronavirus Study:





The Tax Fraud tip line is here:





 Deficit Plan Targets Military, Vets Benefits




" Riding with Private Malone " From John D. Floyd





"Understanding PTSD" by Jenna Baskin





" Cambodia Presentation 1970 " by Terry Braun 3-70





" Mesothelioma Diagnosis "





"Challenges Facing American Indian Veterans." by Robert L. Primeaux





"Our Soldiers protect the right to kneel."

Commentary in an OP-Ed posted in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette following our 2017 NCOC Reunion by Tom Ridge 37-69




Slow-killing parasite from Vietnam may be killing veterans, VA study says.





"Veteran Charities raise the money, Telemarkerters keep most of the money collected, sometimes up to 94%."





Combat Infantry Badge Poem


Stan Silva's web site.


The Salute


The Promise by Jack Murphy




1969 "Draft Lottery"( Would you still have been Drafted? ) If you want to add your name to the date column, just let me know your date of birth. Budd



WANTED for our "Honor Wall".

Note: Our group is in the Process of trying get recognition for our service as Infantry Squad Leaders and Platoon Sergeants in Vietnam. We hope to maybe get a place at the

National Infantry Museum

To do this we have to show who we were and what we did in Vietnam. I am asking for you men to let me know of any outstanding awards you recieved in the service.

Medal Of Honor, Distinguished Servie Cross, Silver Star, Bronze Star for Valor, Purple Heart, Air Medal, Soldiers Medal, Army Commendation Medal with V, Vietnamese Cross of Gallatry.


Also, for you men who made the Army your career. What rank did you reach upon retirement.

The awards will be shown on the Wall of Honor 1 & 2 and your ribbons will appear on your Class Page. The retirement rank will be placed next to your name on your Class Page


To view the two HONOR WALLs, you can click here: NCOC Honor Wall

This site, will allow us to give to you men, some recognition also. I have now added the names of our KIA classmates and I am in the process of adding the names of you men.. Your names will be listed with your highest award along with your Class graduation date. I won't be adding the date your award was issued.

At this point in time, I won't add the names of the Casualties from Vietnam to the Purple Heart list.

Questions? Send info to:Budd Russell



NCOC WALL of HONOR Medal of Honor Distinguished Service Cross Silver Star Soldiers Medal

NCOC WALL of HONOR 2 Bronze Star W/Valor Purple Heart ARCOM-Valor Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry





Quote: "I wasn't a Hero and I wasn't a Coward." from a WW II veteran.





History of the NCOC Program ( "Follow Me" )

N.C.O.C. Missing in Action Report:( 4 )

N.C.O.C Medal of Honor Recipients:( 4 )

Virtual Wall







Click on each Photo to get a larger view.






This is the new NCOC Memorial placed near the parade ground at the National Infantry Museum at Ft. Benning Ga.
Dedicated on October 30, 2009







Washing the Vietnam Memorial

The VVA 641 Chapter in Silver Springs MD washes the Vietnam Memorial in Washington D.C the 1st Saturday of each month during the months from April to November. All the washing is done by hand and brushes. The washing is open to the public.







The Ft. Benning Command Historian, David S. Stieghan would like to hear stories about the early days of the NCOC Program.

He wants to hear about the good, and the bad experiences that graduates had during the course at Ft. Benning and after graduation when they went onto their OJT and service with their Units in Vietnam and elsewhere.

You can call or E-mail David above or reach him by Phone (706) 545-4290/4290 DSN 835-4290/6278 FAX (706) 545-7500 or DSN 835-7500 To send E-mail to him, just click on his name above.





Books and Articles Relating to NCOC:


West Heads Home

 By Peter Farnham Class 26-68 B



Point

 By Jamie C. Thompson Class 3-70 F



Vietnam Draftee Memories

 by Dwight F. Davis Class 37-69 B




The Shake'n Bake Sergeant

By Jerry S. Horton Class 25-69 B




Nam-Sense

By Arthur B. Wiknik Jr. Class 13-69 B




Grief Denied

By Pauline Laurent whose husband was Howard E. Querry Class 1-67 B KIA May 10, 1968





Other Interesting Information








Noncommissioned Officer Candidate Locator


( Lovingly known as, " Shake n' Bake " )

The mission of the N.C.O.C. Locator is to find and catalogue the current addresses of all former N.C.O.C. graduates and help them find their service buddies. If you are a former graduate and interested in finding friends from NCO School, or just want to register so others can find you, please write or E-mail us at the address listed below. [ We are a brother helping brother type group so the info is free for the asking ]

In case you aren't sure of your Class number, we have the rosters from all the classes so we only need your full name and we can tell you what Class you were with.

If you served with, or knew someone who was an NCOC graduate and you would like to contact them, we will act as a go between if they are registered in our database. Not everyone made friends in the service and we want to protect the privacy of our members. Many of the names listed here have an e-mail TAG so you can contact them directly from this site if they have kept us updated on any e-mail address changes. If we have their address we will let them know you wish to make contact with them. If we don't have their current address, we will make a note in their Class file, informing them of your search.







Men listed by their Military Unit.

11th ACR ( 13 ) Americal ( 193 ) 25th Inf. Div ( 141 ) 101st Abn Bde ( 174 )
173d Abn ( 71 ) 1st Inf Div ( 83 ) 1st CAV Div ( 153 ) 4th Inf Div ( 75 )
5th Inf Div ( 30 ) 9th Inf Div ( 98 ) "RANGER" ( 35 ) 82nd Abn Bde ( 11 )
199th LIB ( 29 ) KOREA GERMANY Co D 1/11th 5th Inf Div



Links to other Vietnam Related Web Sites:

Infantry Division Web Sites and Personal Web Pages



Information for men who Graduated from NCOC Schools at other Forts. These contacts might be able to help you find a buddy or info about your Class.

Graduates who attended NCO School at Ft. Sill, OK (1968-1972) are encouraged to contact Larry Daniel

Graduates who attended NCO School at Ft. Bliss, TX (1968-1972) are encouraged to contact John Mowatt.

Graduates who attended NCO School at Ft. Knox, KY (1968-1972) are encouraged to contact Max Torno.This is for the MOS's of 11D (Recon) and 11E (Tankers)

Visit Max's Tanker Web site

E-6's Vietnam Tankers Web Page

Graduates who attended NCO School at Ft. Leonard Wood, MO (1968-1972) are encouraged to contact Jim Fishel. This is for the MOS of 51H (Engineers)






New Address:

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Leonard Russell
N.C.O.C. Locator
Address: 5520 NW 25th Loop
Ocala, FL 34482
Budd Russell, webmaster
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This WEB Page was created by Budd Russell
with help from Craig Thompson, Gary Stevens
Adam Zarzyski, Michael Santerre, Charles Drew
and Christopher L. Smith from Ft. Benning GA.


NCOC Locator started in 1988
Website Created in 1997

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