Bio: Rinehart, Warren D. – Pvt. (Completes 9-week Course – 1971)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Rinehart

---------Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 26 Aug 1971

Ft. Polk, Louisiana – Army Private Warren D. Rinehart, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Rinehart, Owen (Clark Co., Wis.), recently complete nine weeks of Advanced Individual Infantry training at Ft. Polk, Louisiana.

During the course he received Guerrilla training and lived under simulate Vietnam conditions for five days, fighting off night attacks and conducting raids on enemy villages.

He was taught methods of removing booby traps, setting ambushes, and avoiding enemy ambushes.

Other specialized training included small unit tactics, Map Reading, Land mine warfare, Communications, and firing the M-16 rifle, M-60 machine gun, and the 3.5 inch Rocket Launcher.

Pvt. Rinehart's wife, Patricia, lives on Route 2, Withee (Clark Co.).