MSG Danny Mathers

Dropped out of High School in Norfolk, Virginia and joined the US Army in January 1968, Went to Basic at Ft Gordon, and AIT at Fort Benning & Fort Polk, MOS 63C, SP-4, PCS to Vietnam and OJT as 11B in September 1968, awarded CIB, BSM & ARCOM and SGT in 1969. NCO Academy in 1970 and ETS in March 1971. Atteneded Chesapeake College and dropped out and went back into the army in May of 1974. Attended Basic a second time as a PV2 and was promoted to SSG 2 years later. Served 3 years in Germany and attended Selection in the fall of 1978 and was assigned to the Unit (CAG) in 1979 and retired in May 1991 as a MSG. Considered being a reserve officer but changed my mind because I would have to leave the Unit for a year or longer. Those courses were correspondence course thru Fort Benning, GA.