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American Embassy
Quito, Ecuador

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Quito MSGs Roster                     * = MEGA Member                   
A
Acosta, Julio Sgt (81-82)
Alexander, (?) Sgt (05)
B
Ballard, Kevin Cpl (81-82)
Beauregard, Robert (92-94)  Detachment Commander
Blout, Ben Sgt (81-82)
Blundell, Michael (3/75-7/77)
Boyer, Theodore (01-03)
Brown, Steve (94-95)
C
Charles, Joseph Gary SSgt (10/98-3/99) Detachment Commander
Clark, Michael (9/86-3/88) Detachment Commander
Clark, Randy Sgt (81-82)
Cook, Peter Cpl (81-82)
Cumings, J. D. (61) NCOIC
D
E
Edwards, Thomas B. (60-62)
Elliot, Craig (92-93)
Escobar, Roger (94-95)
F
Farley, James (85-86)
Fenton, (?) L/Cpl (64)
Fisher, Carl J. (60-61)
G
Garza III, Abel (11/77-11/78)
Gauthier, Jacob (05-06)
Gibbins, Greg GySgt (2/81-3/82) Detachment Commander
Gomez, Randy L. (12/02-8/03)
Googe Jr., Rubin B. Sgt (81-82)
Griffey, John  A. (83-84)
H
Hardy, Jamison A. (3/92-5/93)
Hare, (?) Cpl (62)
Harris, Craig (97-98)
Hennessy, Shawn (95-96)
Henry, Shay (99-01)
Herman, Daniel Cpl (81-82)
I
J
Janeway, Ray E. (52-55) NCOIC - Deceased
Jarrell, (?) Cpl (71)
K
Kolston, Kerry (97-98)
Kovalak, J. (61)
L
Lopez, Cesar (03)
M
Mabe, (?) Sgt (05)
Mack, Brandi (99-00)
McCullough, D. L. (61)
McGriff, Shawn (?)
Merrill, Scott, Sgt. (84-85)
Mills, Lawrence (?)
Miranda, Louis Sgt (81-82)
Mogensen, Michael Thomas (10/78-10/79)
Moore, Billy Cpl (81-82)
Mullery, Brian (86-87)
N
O
P
Pfaff, N. F. (61)
Pomeroy, Jim (70-71) NCOIC
Porter, (?) L/Cpl (71)
Q
R
Rainey, Robert A. (7/76-11/78)
Rector, Andrew B. MSgt (4/89-10/91) Detachment Commander
Rowe, Thomas F. MGySgt (66-67)
S
Shaw, William (93-94)
Smith, (?) Cpl (64)
Smith, L. H. (71)
Smyth Jr., Charle A. (53-55)
Stacy III, James L. (82)
Stepp, William R. (2/70-3/72)
Stockton, Eric J. (?)
T
U
V
Van Deren, Donn (92) Detachment Commander
W
Walsh, John (49) Member of Embassy Detachment in HQMC in 49. One of the first on
                              site to the American Embassy, Quito, Ecuador.
Ward, Al Cpl (81-82)
Weaver, (?) L/Cpl (66)
Witt, (?) Sgt (05)
Woodrick, Brian SSgt (05)
X
Y
Z
Zammit, Matthew (91-93)

























THE NAMES OF CURRENT DETACHMENT MEMBERS ARE NOT TO BE DISPLAYED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE DETACHMENT COMMANDER
2014
Ambassador: Adam E. Namm
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander:
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2013
Ambassador: Adam E. Namm
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander:
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2012
Ambassador: Adam E. Namm
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander:
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2011
Ambassador: Heather M. Hodges
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander:
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2010
Ambassador: Heather M. Hodges
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander:
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2009
Ambassador: Heather M. Hodges
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander:
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2008
Ambassador: Linda Jewell / Heather M. Hodges
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander:
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2007
Ambassador: Linda Jewell
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander:
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2006
Ambassador: Linda Jewell
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: Jacob Gauthier, 

2005
Ambassador: Kristie A. Kenney / Linda Jewell
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander: SSgt Woodrick
Watchstanders: Sgt Alexander, Jacob Gauthier, Sgt Witt, 
MSGs in Quito help homeless:
2004
Ambassador: Kristie A. Kenney
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: 

2003
Ambassador: Kristie A. Kenney
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: Theodore Blundell, Randy L. Gomez, Cesar Lopez, 

2002
Ambassador: Kristie A. Kenney
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: Theodore Blundell, Randy L. Gomez, 

2001
Ambassador: Gwen C.Clare
Company Commander: 
 Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: Theodore Blundell, Shay Henry, Brandi Mack, 

2000
Ambassador: Gwen C.Clare
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander: 
Watchstanders: Shay Henry, Brandi Mack, 

1999
Ambassador: Leslie M. Alexander / Gwen C.Clare
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander: SSgt. Joseph Gary Charles
Watchstanders: Shay Henry, Brandi Mack, 

1998
Ambassador: Leslie M. Alexander
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander: SSgt. Joseph Gary Charles
Watchstanders: Kerry Colston, Craig Harris, 

1997
Ambassador: Leslie M. Alexander
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: Kerry Colston, Craig Harris, 

1996
Ambassador: Peter F. Romero / Leslie M. Alexander
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: Shawn Hennessy, 

1995
Ambassador: Peter F. Romero
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: Steve Brown, Roger Escobar, Shawn Hennessy, 

1994
Ambassador: Peter F. Romero
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander: Robert Beauregard
Watchstanders: Steve Brown, Roger Escobar, William Shaw, 

1993
Ambassador: Peter F. Romero
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander: Robert Beauregard
Watchstanders: Craig Elliot, Jamison A. Hardy, William Shaw, Matthew Zammit,

1992
Ambassador: Paul C.Lambert
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander: Donn Van Deren / Robert Beauregard
Watchstanders: Craig Elliot, Jamison A. Hardy, Matthew Zammit,

1991
Ambassador: Paul C.Lambert
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander:  M/Sgt Andrew B. Rector
Watchstanders: Matthew Zammit, 

1990
Ambassador: Paul C.Lambert
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander:  M/Sgt Andrew B. Rector
Watchstanders: 

1989
Ambassador: Richard Newton Holwill
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander:  M/Sgt Andrew B. Rector
Watchstanders: 

1988
Ambassador: Fernando Enrique Rondon / Richard Newton Holwill
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander: Michael Clark
Watchstanders: 

1987
Ambassador: Fernando Enrique Rondon
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander: Michael Clark
Watchstanders: Brian Mullery, 

1986
Ambassador: Fernando Enrique Rondon
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander: Michael Clark
Watchstanders: James Farley, Brian Mullery, 

1985
Ambassador: Samuel Friedlander Hart / Fernando Enrique Rondon
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: James Farley, Sgt. Scott Merrill,

1984
Ambassador: Samuel Friedlander Hart
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: John A. Griffey, Sgt. Scott Merrill,

1983
Ambassador: Samuel Friedlander Hart
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: John A. Griffey, 

1982
Ambassador: Raymond E. Gonzalez / Samuel Friedlander Hart
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander: GySgt Greg Gibbons
Watchstanders: Sgt. Julio Acosta, Cpl. Kevin Ballard, Sgt. Ben Blount, Sgt. Randy Clark, Cpl. Peter Cook,  Sgt. Rubin B. Googe Jr., Cpl. Daniel Herman, Sgt. Louis Miranda, Cpl. Billy Moore, James L. Stacey III, Cpl. Al Ward

1981
Ambassador: Raymond E. Gonzalez
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander: GySgt Greg Gibbons
Watchstanders:  Sgt. Julio Acosta, Cpl. Kevin Ballard, Sgt. Ben Blount, Sgt. Randy Clark, Cpl. Peter Cook,  Sgt. Rubin B. Googe Jr., Cpl. Daniel Herman, Sgt. Louis Miranda, Cpl. Billy Moore, Cpl. Al Ward

1980
Ambassador: Raymond E. Gonzalez
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: 

1979
Ambassador: Raymond E. Gonzalez
Company Commander:                                 XO:  Captain Richard Huck
NCOIC:
Watchstanders: Michael Thomas Mogensen,

1978
Ambassador: Richard J. Bloomfield / Raymond E. Gonzalez
Company Commander: Major Phillip Ray   XO:  Captain Richard Huck
NCOIC:
Watchstanders: Abel Garza III, Michael Thomas Mogensen, Robert A. Rainey,

1977
Ambassador: Richard J. Bloomfield
Company Commander: Major Phillip Ray              XO: Capt. Germain
NCOIC:
Watchstanders: Michael Blundell, Abel Garza III, Robert A. Rainey,

1976
Ambassador: Robert C. Brewster / Richard J. Bloomfield
Company Commander: Major Phillip Ray              XO: Capt. Germain
NCOIC:
Watchstanders: Michael Blundell, Robert A. Rainey, 

1975
Ambassador: Robert C. Brewster
Company Commander: Major Phillip Ray              XO: Capt. Germain
NCOIC:
Watchstanders: Michael Blundell, 

1974
Ambassador: Robert C. Brewster
Company Commander: 
NCOIC:
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1973
Ambassador: Findley Burns Jr.  / Robert C. Brewster
Company Commander: 
NCOIC:
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1972
Ambassador: Findley Burns Jr. 
Company Commander: 
NCOIC:
Watchstanders: William R. Stepp, 

1971
Ambassador: Findley Burns Jr. 
CompanJim Pomeroyy Commander: 
NCOIC:
Watchstanders: Cpl Jarrell, L/Cpl Porter, L. H. Smith, William R. Stepp, 

1970
Ambassador: Edson O. Sessions / Findley Burns Jr. 
Company Commander: 
NCOIC: Jim Pomeroy
Watchstanders: William R. Stepp, 

1969
Ambassador: Edson O. Sessions
Company Commander: 
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1968
Ambassador: Edson O. Sessions
Company Commander: 
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1967
Ambassador: Wymberly DeR Coerr
Company Commander: 
NCOIC: Thomas F. Rowe
Watchstanders: 

1966
Ambassador: Wymberly DeR Coerr
Company Commander: 
NCOIC: Thomas F. Rowe
Watchstanders: L/Cpl Weaver, 

1965
Ambassador: Maurice M. Bernbaum / Wymberly DeR Coerr
Company Commander: 
NCOIC:
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1964
Ambassador: Maurice M. Bernbaum
Company Commander: 
NCOIC:
Watchstanders: L/Cpl Fenton, Cpl Smith, 

1963
Ambassador: Maurice M. Bernbaum
Company Commander: 
NCOIC:
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1962
Ambassador: Maurice M. Bernbaum
Company Commander: 
NCOIC:
Watchstanders: Thomas B. Edwards, Cpl Hare, 

1961
Ambassador: Maurice M. Bernbaum
Company Commander: 
NCOIC: J. D. Cummings
Watchstanders: Thomas B. Edwards, Carl J.Fisher, J. Kovalak, D. L. McCullough, N. F. Pfaff, 

1960
Ambassador: Christian M. Ravndal / Maurice M. Bernbaum
Company Commander: 
NCOIC:
Watchstanders: Thomas B. Edwards, Carl J.Fisher, 

1959
Ambassador: Christian M. Ravndal
Company Commander: Major James Flores (Peru)
NCOIC:
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1958
Ambassador: Christian M. Ravndal
Company Commander: Major James Flores (Peru)
NCOIC:
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1957
Ambassador: Christian M. Ravndal
Company Commander: Major James Flores (Peru)
NCOIC:
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1956
Ambassador: Sheldon T. Mills / Christian M. Ravndal
Company Commander: 
NCOIC:
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1955
Ambassador: Sheldon T. Mills
Company Commander: 
NCOIC: Ray E. Janeway,
Watchstanders: Charles A. Smythe Jr., 

1954
Ambassador: Sheldon T. Mills
Company Commander: 
NCOIC: Ray E. Janeway,
Watchstanders: Charles A. Smythe Jr., 

1953
Ambassador: Paul C. Daniels
Company Commander: Major John K. Hogan
NCOIC: Ray E. Janeway,
Watchstanders: Charles A. Smythe Jr., 

1952
Ambassador: Paul C. Daniels
Company Commander: 
NCOIC: Ray E. Janeway,
Watchstanders: 

1951
Ambassador: Paul C. Daniels
Company Commander: 
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1950
Ambassador: John F. Simmons
Company Commander: 
NCOIC:
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1949
Ambassador: John F. Simmons
Company Commander: 
NCOIC:
Watchstanders: John Walsh, 

1948
Ambassador: John F. Simmons
Company Commander: 
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