Posted on Nov 1, 2017
SGT Craig Northacker
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I went to jump school in early 1974. There was a young XO who was robbed and murdered while picking up the payroll. Does anyone remember that? I found out when I reported to Bragg and the CID wanted to question me about possibilities. He was a really great person - I was very sorry to hear about it. Lt Calley was under house arrest at the same time. Sort of.
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SGT Eric Knutson
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I might suggest looking into the local LEO office, and the local DA office. while he was the XO, are you sure the murder happened on post? the local authorities might have more information if they handled the case, which they would have if the suspect was a townie. Just a thought, good luck.
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I read up on the Lt Calley thing.. Interesting, and a direct representation of following an illegal order. Not unlike Abu Ghraib only the low level people got in trouble. As far as we come it never really changes does it?

I spent some time looking for any payroll thefts on the net best I could come up with was the Wham one in the 1800's. Jesse James hit them a few times too, next large one was U.S. Army Rangers from Fort Lewis rob the Bank of America branch in South Tacoma WA on August 7, 2006.

The only other thing I found was Jeffrey Robert MacDonald a Green Beret who was convicted in 1979 of murdering his pregnant wife and two daughters in February 1970. That happened at Bragg.
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Thanks for looking. I could not find anything, either, which to me is pretty bizarre or something else was going on. Especially back then.
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MAJ Ray Carter
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I went through Field Artillery Officer Basic Course July-October 1973 at Fort Sill with him. Three of us were assigned to Fort Benning. I went to 2/10 FA 197th Inf Bde and the other two 2LT’s went to be Airborne School XO’s.
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