Hello. Please accept my gratitude
And appreciation for contacting the Billy Joe Clayborn family. I am his youngest daughter, six at the time of his death...I have very few memories, and a lot of questions. I look forward to the reunion as my mother does too...thank you again for all you do and have done. God bless....

Hey Brothers I sent a card to Charlie Klotz Family from the 589th an the card came back. Does anyone have a good address. I sent it to 1335 Cheyenne St. Leavenworth Ks. 66048 Thanks Randy

hello brothers , are any of you guys in the veterans choice program ??? they tell me i have to get all appointments and doc visits pre approved , every time i go to the doc , if he needs blood , i have to call the toll free number and get there permission every time . sense i have been in there program i have had over 1,000 dollars worth of bills sent to me , because my doctor did not call in ,and get there permission. sorry guys but this is not going to work . hell i cant remember to call in for every dam thing . the only things the doctor's and the choice program people have in common is they are all getting paid , i am not . i dont think its going to last guys so dont give up your medicare. welcome home brothers :bonk: :mad:

Hello to all of my 589th Brothers. Sorry to hear that two of our Brothers past away. I know that Rufus Hill and Charlie Klotz are in heaven building roads for the great master of all. They will build roads for us to follow. May God bless there families.

Carp, you said a lot about a great guy! My thoughts and prayers are with his family. I, too was very glad to see him this past year at the reunion. He was the PLT SGT of the EM PLT when I first got to Nam and he was a big help as I was broke in. It reasons like this that we all need to keep coming to the reunions and inviting everyone we know to come also. Hope to see you all again in September! Welcome Home!

hello brothers , i am very sad today , Sargent Rufus Hill passed away this afternoon April 14 .at his home in kemtner Tex. Sargent hill was the earth moving platoon Sargent in Texas and in viet Nam , he was a great person and a great leader , he will be missed by me and all the e m platoon,Sargent Hill came to the reunion for the first time last year as i did . wow what a great thing it was to see him again after over 40 years , i wish there were words to describe Sargent Hill , he will be missed and he was a very loved man by his family and his men ,like myself , we will miss you Sargent Hill , may you rest in piece Mr Rufus Hill . thank you brothers and welcome all .

I did not know Charlie but we are always saddened to hear of a Brother passing. My thoughts and prayers are with you and the family.

I am sad to announce that my brother-in-law, Alfred Charles "Charlie" Klotz passed away today, April 13, 2015. Charlie and I both served in the 589th, he was a member of "A" Company and deployed with the 589th from Ft. Hood in 1967. He was a dozer operator and he told me his dozer was the first vehicle to reach the top of Ankhe mountain. He was truly a member of the "Mountain Movers". Remember him in your prayers.

Tina I am sorry but Cirilo is not feeling very well, as in my prior text to you, he does dont feel he can contact you until he is better... I know he wants you to know that your grandfather was a heroe and he feels that that ambush saved the base camp from being attacked... Cirilo did try to push your grandfather out of the truck with him but due to his owe injuries he was unable to., after the ambush Cirilo crawled back to your grandfathers side and Cirilo wants you to know he did NOT die alone. I know how important it is to get information on the last accounts of a loves one life that has been lost... I lost two loved ones in that war.
I know your grandfather would be proud of your service. I will try to contact you soon. Cirilo / Diane

Hello Tina,

Thank you for your service, I know your Grandfather would be very proud of you. Please feel free to explore our website. We have over 8,000 photos and hopefully you will find some of Billy Clayborn under the C Co. tab. I was in A Co and though I did not know him personally, I have heard the stories from our C Co guys of his bravery and dedication to our country.

May God Bless and keep you always,
A fellow Vet

TINA - your Grandfather was the Supply Sergeant for Company C. While I didn't know him other than to see him around, I've heard the story of the ambush in a fair amount of detail from the person who was with him. I'll email you my phone number. Please consider coming to our reunion in September (info on the web page). Other survivor family members come to the reunion. Look for and join the Company C guys. Regards. Larry

Thanks Carp. The Engineer Museum has a 290M tractor and the money to restore it. The pan they want to buy is already restored - they need the funds to purchase the pan.

My grandfathers name was billy joe clayborn. He died by small arms fire. Him and a guy were in a truck and got fired upon and my grandpa died and the other lived thankfully to tell my family the story i havent completely been told. I found this page researching his information. I am his first grandchild and the only one in the family that joined the military after his passing. I retired in 2007 in the navy from a medical disability. I was a corpsman/doc/ surgical technologist before i retired. I joined to honor him. Ive been told he had a helo pad dedicated to him after he died in december 1968 right before Christmas. Worst birthday/Christmas gift my grandma ever recieved.