Earl Leroy Capps, Danang, South Vietnam, 1968


Recently, we received an email from a Charles Colman, who ran across our blog while searching for people he'd served with in Vietnam. While we didn't have an answer for him, we know these blogs have a wide viral reach, so we decided to help him out by posting what he had to tell us:

I am writing in search of Earl Leroy Capps who my brother and I served with in Danang, South Vietnam in 1968. If you know an Earl Capps who may have been in Danang in 1968 I would appreciate hearing from you or him.

The unit both my brother, Bill, and I served with was the Small Craft Repair Facility (SCRF), which was part of Naval Support Activity: Danang, Republic of Vietnam. I served there from August 1968 to August 1969, Bill served there from September 1968 to September 1969 and Earl Capps from late 1967 to late 1968.

So far I have found 12 of the 48 or so guys I served with in Danang, South Vietnam. I am proud to say the vast majority of them came back the states and went on to be solid citizens after their service by buying homes, holding down jobs and raising families.


We're certainly grateful for his service and glad to help forward this request via the Blogland. If you can help, please do.

If you would like to know more, you can visit www.military.com and under the drop-down menu Community -Unit pages enter SCRF - Small Craft Repair Facility Danang. Or you can contact Mr. Colman, whose contact information is provided below:

Charles R. Colman crcolman@hotmail.com
Phone: 408-972-5101 Cell: 408-807-5790

2 Response to "Earl Leroy Capps, Danang, South Vietnam, 1968"

  1. just broke even in costa rica moye 6/6/08 02:06
    while my name is not capps i do have the vietnam era service ribbon from the air force hope he finds who he is looking for
  2. Anonymous 25/6/08 01:57
    tell mr coleman to look into castaway computers in milwaukee

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