I was stationed with an A1C Clarence J. Schofield (or Scofield)
at Phan Rang AB, in early 1966, until I was transferred to
Phu Cat. There was a big write-up
in Stars and Stripes about an incident having to do
with a grenade being dropped accidentally by an Airborne guy;
Scofield picking it up and quickly disposing of it. There
were about fifty civilians and military standing inside the
pavilion at the time, and tragedy was avoided by Schofield's
quick action. The article in S&S was titled, "Portrait of
a Hero", circa Feb/Mar 66.
Below are photos of A1C Schofield
taken by a S&S Photog. A1C Schofield received at least two
medals:Airman's Medal, and Bronze Star-V. I
think he's from Georgia - have tried to find him on a web
search without luck. I believe he was in his mid-30's in 1966;
that would make him sixty-something now. He was one of the
four or five of us at Phan Rang that guarded the Buu-Son terminal
where Air Vietnam flew out of; also, 101st Airborne flew out
of Buu-Son (it was an old French pavilion, PSP matting runway,
before the base runway was finished. Bruce
Pritchett
Phan
Rang Air Base 
