MSG Detachment
American Embassy
La Paz, Bolivia




Return to MEGA Archives                                                         Return to MEGA HOME
                                           Return to MSG Detachments Page

For Latest Updates
on this site!
What's New
   
PageMaster:  MEGA Volunteer Needed
Research Assistant: Mary Tracy                                                            
Contact:         history@embassymarine.org



   
 Main Page Of Photo Gallery 
(Send photos & memories  to history@embassymarine.org)
Send your comments and memories to
history@embassymarine.org
  
MSG Detachment Products (Shirts, mugs, stickers)


  





COMMAND CHRONOLOGY
HQBn, HQMC / RMO Region ? (1948-1954)
Fox Co., HQMC / RMO Region ? (1954-1971)
MSG Battalion / Company D (1971-2007)
MCESG/Region  4 (2007-)

Detachment Within Bolivia





CIA Factbook: Bolivia
Military.com: Bolivia
 Lonely Planet: Bolivia
DOS Post Report: La Paz
DOS Consular Information: Bolivia
DOS Public Announcement: Bolivia
 NationMaster: Bolivia
Altapedia Online: Bolivia
Geographia: Latin America
 Country Watch: Bolivia
 Study Abroad: Bolivia
A Lovely World: Country Info
 Library of Congress: Bolivia
US Dept of Agriculture FAS: Country Info
Nations Online: Country Info
Dept of State:  Country & Region Information
US Embassies: World-wide
Embassy World: Information 
Embassy World: US Embassies
 Embassy World: Foreign Embassies
 Aneki World Almanac: Country Info
A Lovely World: Country Info
Yahoo Country Info: Bolivia


 		INFO: US Chiefs of Mission to Bolivia
INFO: Weather - Bolivia
 INFO: Time - Bolivia
 INFO:Bolivia - Languages
 INFO: Spanish / English Phrases
 Travel: Bolivia Web
Travel: CNN Travel Warning

 News:
ton.
La Paz MSGs Alpha Roster                                      
A.
Acosta, D., Sgt. 85-86
B.
Beatty, David 70-70
Bell, Barney 80-81
Boland, GySgt 77-77 NCOIC
C.
Caldwell, Raymond C S/Sgt 80-81 NCOIC
Call, John 72-72
Carbajal, Joe 76-77
Cook, Joe GySgt 79-80  NCOIC
Cotter, Web 69-69
D.
E.
Elliott, Gary 72-72
Ewen, Jim 76-77
F.
Ferreira, Horacio, Sgt. 85-86
Foley, Pete 76-77
G.
Gerke, Dean 76-77
Green, Wally, Sgt. 70-71  NCOIC
H.
Harris, R., Sgt. 85-86
I.
Isler, Sam M/Sgt 72-72 NCOIC
J.
K.
Kloen, Riyce  76-77
Krause, Steve 80-81
L.
Lehman, Steve 72-72
M.
Mann, M., GySgt. 85-86         NCOIC/Det Cmdr.
Martinez, Chico 72-72
Monroe, John 72-72
.

 N.
O.
Obday, Bob 70-70
P.
Patterson, David L. 70-71
Polk, Tim 80-81
Pomeroy, James M. S/Sgt 70-70 NCOIC
Q.
R.
Robbs, Ed 72-72
S.
Salsgiver, Ted 69-69
Sanders, Doyl Sgt 69-70 NCOIC
Santacruz, Dan 72-72
Smith, Ron 72-72
Smith, Scott V. 68-69
Sprague, S. Sgt. 85-86
Stoops, Steve 80-81
Stranski, GySgt 76-77 NCOIC
Summers, Scott 80-81
T.
U.
V.
Veal, Hugh 76-77
W.
Wallace, Don 76-77
Wheeler, R., Cpl. 85-86
Williams, Cpl 80-81
Willis, R., Cpl. 85-86
Wistoff, Dana 80-81
Wright, William F
X.
Y.
Z

THE NAMES OF CURRENT DETACHMENT MEMBERS ARE NOT TO BE DISPLAYED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE DETACHMENT COMMANDER
2010
Ambassador: 
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: 

2009
Ambassador: 
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: 

2008
Ambassador: 
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: 

2007
Ambassador: 
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: 

2006
Ambassador: 
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: 

2005
Ambassador: 
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: 

2004
Ambassador: 
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: 

2003
Ambassador: 
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: 

2002
Ambassador: 
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: 
In August 2002, Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada won the presidential election. He was replaced by Carlos Mesa the following year after 80 people were killed and hundreds more injured during protests against the export of natural gas. Mesa continued the export initiative however, and a referendum in mid-2004 suggested that, despite previous protests, he had the qualified support of the electorate.
2001
Ambassador: 
Company Commander: 
 Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: 

2000
Ambassador: V. Manuel Rocha
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: 

1999
Ambassador: 
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: 

1998
Ambassador: 
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: 

1997
Ambassador: Donna Jean Hrinak
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: 
Hrinak, Donna Jean (b. 1951) of Virginia. Born in 1951.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Dominican Republic, 1994; Bolivia, 1997-98; Venezuela, 2000.
1996
Ambassador: 
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: 

1995
Ambassador: 
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: 

1994
Ambassador: Curtis W. Kamman
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: 

1993
Ambassador: 
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: 

1992
Ambassador: 
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: 

1991
Ambassador: Charles R. Bowers 
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: 
Bolivia is currently vying to strengthen its regional links and is a supporter of a South American common market. Its reputation as a cocaine-producing country in the early 1990s complicated relations with the US, and this strained relationship exacerbated a severe recession that peaked in 1999 with a record 20% unemployment. Inflation has since been reduced to around 4% annually. A huge gulf still separates this divided society, with half the population immersed in the contemporary world and half who remain subsistent peasants.

Charles R. Bowers- of California. Born in 1940.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia, 1991-94.
1990
Ambassador: 
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: 

1989
Ambassador: 
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: 

1988
Ambassador: Edward Morgan Rowell  / Robert S. Gelbard
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: 

1987
Ambassador: Edward Morgan Rowell
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander:
Watchstanders: 

1986
Ambassador: Edward Morgan Rowell
Company Commander: 
Detachment Commander: GySgt. M. Mann                                                    A/: Sgt. R. Harris
Watchstanders: Sgt. D. Acosta, Sgt. Horacio Ferreira, Sgt. S. Sprague, Cpl. R. Wheeler, Cpl. R. Willis, 

1985
Ambassador: Edward Morgan Rowell
Company Commander: 
NCOIC: GySgt. M. Mann                                                                                       A/: Sgt. R. Harris
Watchstanders: Sgt. D. Acosta, Sgt. Horacio Ferreira, Sgt. S. Sprague, Cpl. R. Wheeler, Cpl. R. Willis,   

1984
Ambassador: 
Company Commander: 
NCOIC:
Watchstanders: 

1983
Ambassador: 
Company Commander: 
NCOIC: 
Watchstanders: 

1982
Ambassador: 
Company Commander: 
NCOIC: 
Watchstanders: 

1981
Ambassador:  Edwin C. Corr
Company Commander: 
NCOIC: GySgt Joe Cook followed by SSgt Raymond C. Caldwell.
Watchstanders:  Sgt Dana (Red) Whistoff, Sgt Steve Krause,Sgt Steve Stoops,,Sgt Scot Summers,Sgt Tim Polk
Sgt Barney Bell, Cpl Williams
Edwin C. Corr.of Norman, Cleveland County, Okla. Born in 1934.
U.S. Ambassador to Peru, 1980Bolivia, 1981-85; El Salvador, 1985.

Klaus Barbie was apprehended during this time frame.  Torture testemony   US Gov Investigation Record
1980
Ambassador: Marvin Weissman
Company Commander: 
NCOIC: 
Watchstanders: 

1979
Ambassador: 
Company Commander: 
NCOIC:
Watchstanders: 

1978
Ambassador: 
Company Commander: 
NCOIC:
Watchstanders: 

1977
Ambassador: Paul H. Boeker
RMO:   Major Ray
Company Commander: 
NCOIC: GySgt Stranski, then GySgt Boland           ANCOIC: Sgt Royce Kloen
Watchstanders: Sgt. Jim Ewen, Sgt Don Wallace, Sgt Hugh Veal, Cpl Dean Gerke, Sgt Pete Foley, Sgt Joe Carbajal

1976
Ambassador: William Perry Stedman, Jr.
RMO:   Major Ray
Company Commander: 
NCOIC: GySgt Stranski, then GySgt Boland           ANCOIC: Sgt Royce Kloen
Watchstanders: Sgt. Jim Ewen, Sgt Don Wallace, Sgt Hugh Veal, Cpl Dean Gerke, Sgt Pete Foley, Sgt Joe Carbajal

1975
Ambassador: William Perry Stedman, Jr.
Company Commander: 
NCOIC:
Watchstanders: William F. Wright, 

1974
Ambassador: William Perry Stedman, Jr.
Company Commander: 
NCOIC:
Watchstanders: William F. Wright, 

1973
Ambassador: William Perry Stedman, Jr.
Company Commander: 
NCOIC:
Watchstanders: 

1972
Ambassador: 
Company Commander: 
NCOIC: MGSgt Sam Isler
Watchstanders: Sgt. John Monroe, Cpl. Ron Smith, Sgt. Chico Martinez, Cpl. Dan Santacruz, Sgt. Gary Elliott, Sgt. Ed Robbs, Cpl. Steve Lehman, Cpl. John Call

1971
Ambassador: 
Company Commander: 
NCOIC: Sgt. Wally Green
Watchstanders: David L. Paterson, 

1970
Ambassador: 
Company Commander: 
NCOIC: Sgt. Doyle Sanders, David L. Paterson, SSgt. James M. Pomeroy, Sgt. Wally Green
Watchstanders: Bob Obday, David Beatty, 
Sgt Sanders was replaced by SSgt Pomeroy on arrival
1969
Ambassador: Ernest V. Siracusa
Company Commander: 
NCOIC: Sgt. Doyle Sanders
Watchstanders: Web Cotter, Ted Salsgiver, Scott V. Smith, 

1968
Ambassador: Raul H. Castro
Company Commander: 
NCOIC: 
Watchstanders: Scott V. Smith

1967
Ambassador: 
Company Commander: 
NCOIC:
Watchstanders: 

1966
Ambassador: 
Company Commander: 
NCOIC:
Watchstanders: 

1965
Ambassador: 
Company Commander: 
NCOIC:
Watchstanders: 

1964
Ambassador: 
Company Commander: 
NCOIC:
Watchstanders: 
In 1964, a military junta headed by General René Barrientos overthrew the MNR. Military regimes subsequently came and went with monotonous regularity until the election of the leftist civilian Movimiento de la Izquierda Revolucionaria (MIR) under Dr Hernán Siles Zuazo in 1982. Three years later Zuazo was defeated by Paz Estenssoro, who immediately sought to curb the stratospheric inflation levels (at one point reaching 35,000% annually) and implemented austerity measures.
1963
Ambassador: Douglas Henderson
Company Commander: 
NCOIC:
Watchstanders: 

1962
Ambassador: 
Company Commander: 
NCOIC:
Watchstanders: 

1961
Ambassador: Ben S. Stephansky
Company Commander: 
NCOIC:
Watchstanders: 

1960
Ambassador: 
Company Commander: 
NCOIC:
Watchstanders: 

1959
Ambassador: Carl W. Strom
Company Commander: 
NCOIC:
Watchstanders: 

1958
Ambassador: 
Company Commander: 
NCOIC:
Watchstanders: 

1957
Ambassador: Philip W. Bonsal
Company Commander: 
NCOIC:
Watchstanders: 

1956
Ambassador: 
Company Commander: 
NCOIC:
Watchstanders: 

1955
Ambassador: 
Company Commander: 
NCOIC:
Watchstanders: 

1954
Ambassador: Gerald A. Drew
Company Commander: 
NCOIC:
Watchstanders: 

1953
Ambassador: 
Company Commander: 
NCOIC:
Watchstanders: 

1952
Ambassador: 
Company Commander: 
NCOIC:
Watchstanders: 

1951
Ambassador: Edward J. Sparks
Company Commander: 
NCOIC:
Watchstanders: 
Perhaps the most significant development during this time was the formation of the populist Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario (MNR). In 1951, the MNR, under the leadership of Víctor Paz Estenssoro, prevailed in the general elections but was stymied by a last-minute coup. The coup provoked a popular armed revolt which became known as the April Revolution of 1952. The military was subsequently defeated and Paz Estenssoro was brought back.
1950
Ambassador: 
Company Commander: 
NCOIC:
Watchstanders: 

1949
Ambassador: Irving Florman
Company Commander: 
NCOIC:
Watchstanders: 

1948
Ambassador: 
Company Commander: 
NCOIC:
Watchstanders: 

US Chiefs of Mission to Bolivia
Irving Florman (Ambassador 1949-51) Edward J. Sparks (Ambassador 1951-54) Gerald A. Drew (Ambassador 1954-57) Philip W. Bonsal (Ambassador 1957-59) Carl W. Strom (Ambassador 1959-61) Ben S. Stephansky (Ambassador 1961-63) Douglas Henderson  Raul H. Castro (Ambassador 1968-69) Ernest V. Siracusa (Ambassador 1969-73) William Perry Stedman, Jr.APaul H. Boeker (Ambassador 1977-80) Marvin Weissman (Ambassador 1980) Edwin G. CorrEdward Morgan Rowell (Ambassador 1985-88) Robert S. Gelbard (Ambassador 1988-91) Charles R. Bowers (Ambassador 1991-94) Curtis W. Kamman (Ambassador 1994-97) Donna Jean Hrinak (Ambassador 1997-98) V. Manuel Rocha (Ambassador 2000)
(Ambassador 1981-85) Ambassador Edwin G. Corr:
1934- ) Foreign Service officer
1980 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Peru
1981 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bolivia
1985 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, El Salvador

(Ambassador 1981-85) Ambassador Edwin G. Corr:
1934- ) Foreign Service officer
1980 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Peru
1981 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Bolivia
1985 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, El Salvador

Marine Embassy Guard Association
Historical Archives Detachment Template V3.0 - 11/2008

Copyright (c) 2008 Marine Embassy Guard Association
All Rights Reserved

t