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US Consulate General
Calcutta, India
(deactivated 1991)
            
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Detachments Within India
  • USEMB New Delhi (active MSG Detachment Post)
  • Bombay (Mumbai) MSG Detachment deactivated in 1968  -  To be reactivated in 2009
  • USConGen Calcutta (Kolkata) MSG Detachment deactivated in 1991
  • Madras (Chennai) MSG Detachment deactivated in 1969

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Calcutta MSGs 1949 - 1991

Airgood, Anthony (88-89)

Baker, Clark, Sgt. (78)                                

Brey, Glenn, Cpl.  (59-60)

Broderick, James M., Sgt. (79-80)

Brown, Michael, Cpl. (89-90)

Caton, Ralph W., Cpl (59-61)                   

Clendenin, Leonard, LCpl. (62-63)

Cowan, Joseph, Cpl. (63-65)

Crane, Darius (91)              

Cunningham, Cpl. (74-76)

Davis, Kim E., SSgt. (88-90)

Dukes, David, Sgt. (79-80)

English, Bill, Cpl. (75-76)                          

Gates, Edward, Sgt. (88-89)

Giles, Ronald H. (64-65)

Gillit, Jimmy W., Cpl. (79-80)                     

Goshey, Frank, Sgt. (62-64)

Grandchamp, Don D., Sgt. (79-80)          

Griffith, Gene, SSgt. (90-91)

Harkins, James K., GySgt. (74-76)           

Henderson, Al, Cpl. (74-76)

Hinton, Sgt. (74-76)

Homan, Leroy (60-61)

Hott, Jack P., Cpl. (62-64)                          

Hough, John, Cpl. (89-90)

Howe, GySgt. (65-67)

Ingham, Joel , Sgt. (90-91)

Jordan, Dean (83-86)                     

Judkins, LCpl. (74-76)

Kennington, William H., SSgt. (80-81)

Kleen, Sgt. (74-76)

Knight, William A., SSgt. (59-61)              

Knutson, David, Sgt. (89-90)                    

Kulikoski, Walter G., SSgt. (61-62)

Mafnas, Jesse, Sgt. (89-90)                                                             

McClain, Allan C., Sgt. (59-61)                 

McClure, William R., Cpl. (61-63) 

Morel, Michael W., Sgt. (79-80)    

Morris, Larry C., Cpl. (60-61)                     

Myers, Thomas, Sgt., (89-90)

Neff, Gaylord M. GySgt. (62)

Niskalla, William J., GySgt. (78-79)                      

Nugent, Paul J., SSgt. (91)                                   

Olsen, Dan, Sgt. (76-77)                            

Pilarski, Brent, LCpl. (74-76)

Rivera, William, Sgt. (75)   

Schenck, Kenneth M., Sgt. (62)

Stevens, James, Sgt. (90-91)                    

Stratton, Steven, Cpl. (75-76)

Stewart, Cpl. (74-76)

Stroud, Kenneth M., GySgt. (60-61)

Topper, Joseph, LCpl. (63-65)                  

Weideman, Ralph, MSgt. (57-59)

Wick, Larry, Sgt. (88-89)                             

Wilson, Paul, SSgt. (63-65)                       

Withers, Cpl. (74-76)                      




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1991
Consul General: Ron Lorton
Administrative Officer:  F. Stephen Mallot
Regional Marine Officer (RMO):  

NCOIC:  SSgt. Paul J. Nugent          
Watchstanders: 

Detachment Deactivated
Referencing the MSG Battalion Sgt. Major Paul J. Nugent's bio, he was assigned to deactivate the MSG detachment in Calcutta, India in 1991.



1990
Consul General: Ron Lorton
Administrative Officer:  F. Stephen Mallot
Regional Marine Officer (RMO): 

Detachment Commander: SSgt. Kim E. Davis, Sgt. Tom Myers and SSgt.
       Gene Griffith
      
Watchstanders:  Sgt. Ed Gates, Sgt. Dave Knutson, Sgt. Larry Wick, Sgt.
       Jesse Mafnas, Sgt. James Stevens, Sgt. Joel Ingham, Cpl. Mike Brown    
       and Cpl. John Hough

    SSgt. Jesse Mafnas was MSG Detachment Commander at the U.S.
           Embassy in Baku, Azerbaijan in 2003
1989
Consul General: Ron Lorton
Administrative Officer:  F. Stephen Mallot
Regional Marine Officer (RMO): 

Detachment Commander:  SSgt. Kim Davis

Watchstanders: Sgt. Tom Myers, Sgt. Ed Gates, Sgt. Dave Knutson, Sgt.
              Larry Wick, Sgt. Jesse Mafnas, Sgt. James Stevens, Sgt. Joel Ingham,
              Cpl. Mike Brown and Cpl. John Houghh
1988

1987

1986

1985

1984

1983

1982

1981

1980

1979

1978
NCOIC:         
Watchstanders: Sgt. Clark Baker
Indira Gandhi defeated by Moraji Desai, who headed the Janata Party
1977
NCOIC:         
Watchstanders: Sgt. Dan Olsen
Indira Gandhi defeated by Moraji Desai, who headed the Janata Party
1976
Consul General   Korn
Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM)
Administrative Officer: 
Regional Marine Officer (RMO): 

NCOIC:  MGySgt. James Harkins          
Watchstanders:  Sgt. Kleen, Sgt. Hinton, Sgt. Dan Olsen, Cpl. Cunningham, Cpl. Al Henderson, Cpl. Stewart, Cpl. Withers
Cpl. Bill English, Cpl. Steve Stratton, LCpl. Judkins and LCpl. Brent Pilarski
  
Indira Gandhi defeated by Moraji Desai, who headed the Janata Party
1975
Consul General: Pickering
Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) 
Administrative Officer: 
Regional Marine Officer (RMO): 

NCOIC:  MGySgt. James Harkins          
Watchstanders:  Sgt. Kleen, Sgt. Hinton, Sgt. William Rivera, Cpl. Cunningham, Cpl. Al Henderson, Cpl. Stewart, Cpl. Withers,
Cpl. Bill English, Cpl. Steve Stratton, LCpl. Judkins and LCpl. Brent Pilarski, 

1974
Consul General: Pickering
Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) 
Administrative Officer: 
Regional Marine Officer (RMO): 

NCOIC:  MGySgt. James Harkins          
Watchstanders:  Sgt. Kleen, Sgt. Hinton, Cpl. Cunningham, Cpl. Al Henderson,
 Cpl. Stewart, Cpl. Withers, LCpl. Judkins and LCpl. Brent Pilarski

Construction of a new consulate building necessitated an increase in the MSG detachment to provide security for both buildings during the transition phase.
1973

1972

1971
Consul General: 
Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) 
Administrative Officer: 
Regional Marine Officer (RMO): 

NCOIC:            
Watchstanders: