Organization
Our organization is made up of members who served honorably in the battalion from World War II to the present: European Occupation; Cold War; Vietnam; Desert Storm; Bosnia; Kosovo; Iraq, and Afghanistan. We presently have about 200 members whose ranks range from PFC to Major General. Our dues are only $10 a year. We publish three newsletters a year and distribute them by e-mail (A few are sent US Mail to members without e-mail addresses). We hold a three-day reunion each September in different US cities. Our officers and board members are listed below:
Veterans of the First Engineer Battalion
Board of Directors for 2020-2021
(September 9, 2020)
Jerry Hunter
President (Term expires 2022)
Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom
4 Foxboro Court
Troy, IL 62294
573-855-1306
cw4jerry.hunter@gmail.com
Joe Vargas
Vice President (Term expires 2022)
Vietnam
2582 E. 109th Avenue
Northglenn, CO 80233
303-430-4218
jxvarga@centurylink.net
Jay Franz
Immediate Past President
Ft. Riley, Vietnam
10213 E. Sonoran Heights Place
Tucson, AZ 85748
520-751-9259
jayandcaren@gmail.com
Harold Kent Austin
Secretary
Vietnam
2301 Spring Lane
Marion, IL 62959
618-997-3466
skylion1945@gmail.com
Dale Greenfield
Treasurer
Desert Storm
20539 401st Ave
Huron SD 57350
605-350-2319
dale.greenfield@yahoo.com
F.C. "Chuck" Humphrey
Website Coordinator
Vietnam
852 Brookside Lane
Pocatello, ID 83204
208-238-3584
humpflow@isu.edu
Chad Covey
Director (Term expires 2021)
Vietnam
1843 Hidden Pointe Drive
Hickory, NC 28601
828-328-1843
chadcovey1@gmail.com
Tom Jennings
Director (Term expires 2021)
Vietnam
27 Hampton Court
Red Bank, NJ 07701
732-618-1683
tomandgeri07@gmail.com
Joe Coppolo
Director (Term expires 2022)
Vietnam
2201 Wildwind Road
Las Cruces, NM 88007
575-649-6011
gunsmithjoe40@gmail.com
Alan Simmons
Director (Term expires 2022)
Vietnam
1612 N. Stillwood Drive
Leland, NC 28451
910-399-7057
bandaid125@gmail.com
Blair Smoulder
Director (Term expires 2022)
Vietnam
56 Kamp Street
Warren, PA 16365
814-688-2487
btsmoulder@yahoo.com
Larry Blair
Chaplain
Vietnam
7309 Luella Anne Dr NE
Albuquerque, NM 87109
505-249-1035
blairylar@hotmail.com
Kate Guttormsen
Newsletter Publisher
Operation Iraqi Freedom
17563 Colonial Park Dr.
Monument, CO 80132
808-349-2556
kpguttormsen@gmail.com
Tom Jennings
2021 Reunion Coordinator
Vietnam
27 Hampton Court
Red Bank, NJ 07701
732-618-1683
tomandgeri07@gmail.com
Dale Greenfield
2022 Reunion Coordinator
Desert Storm
20539 401st Ave
Huron SD 57350
605-350-2319
dale.greenfield@yahoo.com
Robert (Bob) Roby
Liaison NCO to the First Engineer Battalion and to the Society of the First Infantry Division
Vietnam
12 Oak Valley Drive
Manhattan, KS 66502
785-806-8038
roby1351@gmail.com
Terry Hueser
Liaison Officer to the First Engineer Battalion and to the Society of the First Infantry Division
Vietnam
2005 Meadowlark Lane
Sun City Center, FL 33573
312-927-6462
huesert@aol.com