Anderson Barracks, Dexheim

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  1. Eddie Anderson says:
    April 6, 2011 at 10:43 am

    I was stationed in Dexhem from 86-91 in Dco Great memories and my wife is from Bodenheim

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    • Astrid Gamble says:
      April 9, 2011 at 12:10 am

      My ex husband was in delta, maybe you remember me. Your name sure sounds familiar.

    • Richard Canizaro says:
      July 28, 2011 at 9:15 pm

      Hi Eddie, It’s me, Richard Canizaro, aka ..Ro. How are you guys doing? I’m living down here in Florida with the family. Before I go into details, shoot me an e-mail so I know you received this message.

  2. Dick Stein says:
    April 5, 2011 at 11:36 am

    Was stationed there from 60-62 and am going to Germany in a month. Looking at the pictures of the base I don’t recognize hardly a thing. I am still going to go by it and maybe stop in a Gasthaus if they are still there.
    Go to http://www.freewebs.com/raybice and check the site out if you want to see what it was like in the old days.

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  3. Charlotte Kleinmann says:
    February 25, 2011 at 9:15 am

    Hi,

    maybe someone can help me? Seeking a man named Ronald Ketteler. It is a time between from 1953 – 1956
    have been stationed in Dexheim.
    I was told that he was perhaps pharmacist by profession. However, these are just guesses. Anyway, he was in Dexheim soldier.

    Perhaps I can also tell someone where I can inform me. It is very important for me to get information about the man.

    my english is not very good, but I hope that you understand me. You are welcome to write me an email. charlotte-kleinmann@t-online.de

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  4. Will says:
    February 20, 2011 at 9:16 pm

    I was with C Company/12th EN from 1986-88. I organized the wrestling and rugby teams. We even formed a local Division 3 soccer team and competed with the local towns. I don’t think we ever scored a single goal. Dexheim was a nice assignment.

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  5. Todd Haggerty says:
    February 2, 2011 at 10:36 pm

    I was a LT in c battery 4/7 Ada in dexhiem…. Had a great time living there….

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    • Sam says:
      April 25, 2011 at 7:04 pm

      Todd,

      Take a look in Facebook at C Battery 2/3 ADA from 1985-1987 before it was redesignated to C battery 4/7 ADA. There is also a Facebook page for 4/7 ADA as well.

      Thanks,
      Sam

  6. Taliseia Graham-Charles says:
    February 2, 2011 at 8:48 pm

    Hello anyone that was there between 1980-1984. I am looking for a old friend name Baron Burems if anyone out there knows him or of him please contact me. Thanks

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  7. john kropp says:
    January 18, 2011 at 8:07 pm

    I was there from 85 till 87 in Dco 12th ENG looking for anybody from that time

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  8. tony blanton says:
    January 2, 2011 at 11:34 am

    I was in C company of 12th engr bn from 1960 to 1963 and have a lot of pics but cant find any addresses of my friends. how can i get them?? I dont think the govt will help.Maybe a reunion site somewhere???

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    • Fred Spangler says:
      January 4, 2011 at 8:06 pm

      Man what a waste! I was with HHC from 77 to 80. interesting and great time. Dose anyone remember Karls place on the main road by the Rein in Nierstein
      Spent many nights playing pinball and drinking. Almost got married but didn’t. I managed the O Club for about a year, was that also renovated?

    • Bill says:
      March 19, 2011 at 9:40 am

      I was there, D co. 62-63

  9. denise könig says:
    December 19, 2010 at 3:25 pm

    hi my name is denise
    i am from germany.
    iam surging for somebody i was not in the army and hope to find someone whu was stationed in dexheim round 1983-85 and knows a earl arthur gibson he was a medical student and far as i know he was send back to the states 85.
    he was born in texas not sure where and must be in his late 40s
    anybody that could help me with any kind of information would be very helpful
    thank you

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  10. len peterson says:
    November 14, 2010 at 2:07 am

    I was stationed at Anderson Barracks in Dexheim from 1968-1970 sounds like the place changed after I was there. It 6 barracks buildings 1 was a co. of 101st airborne
    4 were 12 12th engrs and 1 was an artilary co .there was a mess hall a small commisary a px and small theater bld. head quarts bld. the motor pool and family housing across the field. that was about it otherwise there was grape fields all around.
    If anyone out there has info of how it change sence I was there or has picture you would like to share I would be very greatful.
    with great respect to my brother and sister commrads who spent time serving our country you are not forgotten. It was a time in my life that I will never forget.
    For anyone that would like to contact me via email
    lencpeterson@hotmail.com

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    • Rickey Gore says:
      October 4, 2011 at 10:51 pm

      Len, if you have any pictures of the old commissary, or old px, battalion hq. could you post them on your web. I was at dexheim from 1976-1979, and I haven’t seen any old pictures of the place.

  11. dan wlt says:
    November 12, 2010 at 12:34 am

    was in dexheim 1979-1982 good ole HHC BMO after my discharge on in may82 i returned in june 82 till april 86 I live in Guntersblum as a civillian and worked at Kuemmerling in bodenheim. my favorite memories although “CLOUDY” were from Maria’s Tunnelchen” gasthaus across the way from the Oppenheim Bahnhof I walked to base many a nite after missing the last shuttle bus. its a real shame to see”home” in the disarray its in now. Been looking for an old buddy of mine Jim Smith he was at anderson from 79-82 in E co he was from southern Illinois we grew up together last i heard he was at Ft Lenordwood that was in 1999 ( danoh100662@yahoo.com)

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    • bernie says:
      November 19, 2010 at 8:00 am

      Hello Dan,

      “Maria´s Tunnelchen” has been closed some years ago, now there are Apartments in the that old historical tavern.
      Maria died last year.

      Cheers

    • Bill Gamble says:
      January 7, 2011 at 8:01 pm

      Hey I was in Dexheim from 75-81 Loved it there and yeah I have many blurry memories from the Tunnel, drinking stiefels of beer. I was in the missle battery worked on “the hill” for many glorious years!

    • Wayne Hollins says:
      June 12, 2011 at 11:45 pm

      Hey, Bill,

      I was the motor sergeant in the missle battery from 77-80. I remember you.

      Wayne Hollins

  12. tascha says:
    November 9, 2010 at 10:42 am

    hi my name is natascha i’m looking for my father SPC E-4 ERIC FLOYD he was in A CO 12TH ENGR BN.1982-1984 MAINZ-GONSENHEIM later MAINZ-DEXHEIM.If you know anything about him please email me at sgtfaithswife@live.de I APPRECIATE

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  13. Wayne Holdran says:
    October 8, 2010 at 1:37 pm

    I was Stationed there from 79-86 and again from 88-90 C Co 12th Engr Bn I sure miss that place, had some great times in my life. It doesn’t look the same and what a waste of money on the US part and the Germans useage of the property!

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    • Gene Gehl says:
      February 15, 2011 at 10:31 pm

      I was in Cco 12th Engr Bn 85-87 commo section with SSG Walker, SP/4 Pat StJohn, would you have any photos of the unit or post by chance.

      Thanks,
      Gene Gehl

    • Gary Gutowski says:
      March 27, 2011 at 5:43 am

      Hey wayne, we had some good times back in the day. gary

  14. Wayne Holdran says:
    October 8, 2010 at 1:23 pm

    I was stationed there from 79-86 and again from 88-90 C Co, 12th engr, have many relatives that live across the Rhein in Geinsheim!

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  15. Pops-Truman England says:
    October 1, 2010 at 12:05 am

    Was Stationed at ANDERSON BARRACKS “Dexheim Germany From June 69 to March 71..With Charlie Company with the 12th Engineers..Did have some Beautiful Times while there…The Pics Doesn’t look much like it did in the Late 60′s and early 70′s .. FACEBOOK.. Truman England…Los Angeles Ca…
    E-Mail bikerfour1@yahoo.com

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    • bernie says:
      October 2, 2010 at 5:43 am

      Hello Pops,

      yes in the 60s and in the70s the base was much smaller, in the 80s the Anderson Barracks had a big construction project because of the Patriot Rocket´s , during the “Dessert Strom” the Patriots where move to Kuwait and to Israel.

      During the cold war times in the 80s 4000 soldiers where stationed in Dexheim, the Army has build at this time 2 housing areas outside the base in Nierstein and in Undenheim.

    • Lee says:
      October 9, 2010 at 10:37 am

      I was stationed at Dexheim 1988 to 1991. There were not 4000 troops at Dexheim. 12th Engineers had about 1200 troops and patriots up on the hill had about the same. Those were the only two units at Dexheim during that time. Almost all of us went to the middle east during desert storm, however, Echo Co. 12 Engr BN stayed behind because they were strictly a bridging company and there was a skeleton crew left of the patriot missle bn on the hill. The housing area was technically offbase but was right outside the back gate by the motorpool and was a pretty big housing area that probably extended 1/2 mile on the roadfront towar Nierstein. There was no housing in Nierstein or Undenheim. My first year at 12th Engineers I lived off post in Saulheim but I paid rent to a german couple and it was not military housing. If they added housing in towns after 1991 I never heard about it and to best of my knowledge there is still no housing off base.

    • Lee Sweningson says:
      October 9, 2010 at 11:17 am

      ok, after thinking about it a bit I do remember some sort of housing in nierstein by the railroad tracks but I don’t remember them being official base housing. I will admit that I didn’t know anyone in those buildings so I may be wrong about that. I know there were quite a few military families in those buildings. I never heard anything about housing in Undenheim though.

    • bernie says:
      October 15, 2010 at 3:26 pm

      The Nierstein housing was official, perhaps Undenheim not. In Nierstein the german goverment has build 6 blocks down on the railroad, I think the area was empty for a while after “dessert strom” and the contract with the Army was until 2000 but
      the army agreed to sell it to investors.
      OK regarding the troops I was wrong, you should know it better, thank you for the information.

      what do you mean with “housing area was technically offbase” ?
      Does it means all the supply like Water Elekticity etc. came form german sources ?

      Cheers

      bernie

  16. bernie says:
    September 1, 2010 at 2:13 pm

    The Anderson Barracks where reclaimed by the german goverment in December 2009,
    since January 2010, heating and electricity has been cutted, the complete area is empty It looks a little bit frightening if you see the dark buildings during night time.
    The nature is slowly comming back all over the place.
    Currently the only inhabitan´s are rabbits, birds, foxes and some wild cats.
    As fare as I know the mayor of Nierstein has no plans what to do with the former Military base, even most of the buildings are still in good condition.
    I fear the anderson barracks are on the way to be a “lost place” because nobody will take the responsibility.

    http://www.army.mil/-news/2009/12/28/32326-german-landlords-reclaim-us-facilities-in-dexheim/

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    • bernie says:
      September 4, 2010 at 3:09 pm

      I had the chance to make some pictures through the fence:

      http://www.flickr.com/photos/53623050@N07/4957293847/in/set-72157624878408596/

    • Lee says:
      October 9, 2010 at 10:59 am

      good pics. have always wanted to take my son there. He is 20 now and was born at the air force hospital in weisbaden. Was planning to take him there next year when he turns 21 but now I guess what’s the use. My base is closed down and the hospital no longer there either. What’s to see? Kind of depressing. Wonder when the put the big ass cover at the front gate and the nice guard house. When I was there we had a little shack for a guard house and took turns standing by the yellow posts. None of that stuff was there. Can’t tell ya how many guard shifts I stood their freezing my butt off…….with no live rounds either heh, heh. Always wondered how exactly we were to stop an intruder………Thanks for the pictures. The one from back of motor pool toward housing area shows the building we lived in when my son was born. The one just to the left of the NCO club from that view. Anyway, sad about it being left to rot.

    • bernie says:
      October 15, 2010 at 3:16 pm

      Hello Lee,

      from what I heard here in the community they hired a consulting company to make an pre study how to use the Anderson Barracks in furture, I assume the housing on the east side will be converted into “new nierstein” some buildings like the motor pool can be used from Industrial usage or for storage etc.
      And of course some buildings will be broken down.
      Perhaps someone can use the Partiot Area as well.
      But you are rigth, is sad to see the Area roting, and it is going faster from year to year, I noticed recently some
      grafiti paintings on the buildings standing directly on the road.

      The hospital in Wiesbaden was renovated and the Area is now used for housing, offices, and looks realy nice you should show it to your son.
      In Wiesbaden the Army is investing a lot of money, you see a lot of construction going on in Erbenheim since Heidelberg and Darmstadt has been reclaimed by the german goverment.
      The german goverment organisation that is running the conversion has still a lot work, recently a big Army Complex has bee shreedert,now there is a big IKEA Store.
      The conversion project helps an potential investor with cheap credit money,and if you invest in a housing project
      you can claim from 130 Euro to 250 Euro per Square Meter, let´s say you buy an apartment with 80 Square Meter, you will get 10 000 to 20 000 Euro payback.

    • bernie says:
      October 15, 2010 at 5:00 pm

      I forgot the front house, it was build after 2006, look in Google Earth the pictures are from 2006, and the house is not on it.
      So stupid to do such an investement for a empty Base.

    • David says:
      September 18, 2010 at 8:28 pm

      Thanks for the update. I was stationed there in 1989-91 with 4/7 ADA…I have great memories of Anderson Barracks, a modern military post in the middle of wine country…good times!

    • bernie says:
      September 20, 2010 at 2:50 pm

      Hello David

      yes Dexheim is in a nice landscape, and not so fare away from the Frankfurt Region.
      Unfortunaetly we stupid Germans are not using the Anderson Barracks,
      the new Housing Area on the east site was renovated just after the last soldiers where moved out in 2007.
      And even the grass is growing very high you can see on my Flickr Pictures the buildings in the family housing are still in good condition.
      I think it is different in the barracks, because a lot of buildings are from the 50s and not so usefull, because here on the country side we have not so a high demand on single appartments.

      So have a good time, and if you interested to see some more pictures from old Military Areas, just have a look on the following link:

      Cheers

      Bernhard

      http://www.panoramio.com/user/574374

    • Roland Woodworth says:
      January 29, 2011 at 2:13 am

      I was stationed in Dexheim from 1989 to 1992. I was in Eco Co until the deactivation and later moved to Bravo Co as they moved to Mannheim. I PCS to Ft Campbell in May 1992.

    • Joni Vincent says:
      April 27, 2011 at 8:10 pm

      Bernhard,
      Thanks so much for the pictures. I was in Dexheim from 1986-88 as a dependent. I loved it there and had some amazing times and made life long friends. It is such a shame to see it in the condition it is in now.
      Regards,
      Joni Vincent

  17. Maria Wolverton says:
    August 22, 2010 at 2:18 pm

    Looking for Edward James Nelson stationed around 1976,1977 in Dexheim
    I help someone in Germany to find him.

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  18. James Nash says:
    June 23, 2010 at 1:05 pm

    92-95 – 501st MI BN

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    • Mike Curtis says:
      August 3, 2010 at 8:44 pm

      Hey James,

      I remember you from Germany. If you haven’t got one, you should set up a facebook page. I found Bob Rupakus on there and he has a whole bunch of us old Dexheimer’s as his friends.

      See Ya Around,
      Mike

  19. TERRY SULTZABERGER JR says:
    June 16, 2010 at 5:03 pm

    I WAS STATIONED AT ANDERSON BARRACKS, DEXHEIM FROM JANUARY 1986 TO NOVEMBER 1988. BEST TIMES OF MY LIFE. REMEMBER GOING TO THE BAHNHOF IN NEIRSTEIN, AND TAKING THE TRAIN TO WORMS, TO PARTY AT THE
    “MAD CAFE”. ALOT OF MEMORIES. GREAT WINEFEST’S,GREAT FOOD,GREAT BEER. REALLY MISS CURRYWURST AND AWESOME SCHNITZEL AT THAT RESTAURANT NEAR NEIRSTEIN BAHNHOF. IF ANYONE WAS THERE THEN, SEND ME A MESSAGE

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    • Charlie Bashwiner says:
      August 21, 2010 at 6:40 pm

      I was there too. Nov 86 to feb 89. Best time ever! B Co. 12th engnr BN.

    • Lee Sweningson says:
      October 9, 2010 at 11:04 am

      yo bashwiner, what’s up man. How ya been all these years.

    • Wayne says:
      October 8, 2010 at 1:20 pm

      I was stationed there with C Co., 12th Engr. from 79-86 and again from 88-90

    • Lee Sweningson says:
      October 9, 2010 at 11:02 am

      I used to make a lot of money giving rides to the banhof in nierstein……being married I had a pov and shuttled single guys who did not. Good times.

    • Dennis Perez says:
      February 22, 2011 at 10:47 pm

      I remember….I was there the same time….in Alpha Co. First barrack in from main gate. You might know me as “Commo” (radio communications) Under Sgt. Rosario.. First Sgt. Fowler. Lt. KimShi. You worked on Tracks & Recovery vehicles. I lived on the first floor corner. Remember 1st Sgt.’s Friday COB speech about left handed ciggarrettes, and staying sober over the weekend? HA. I never knew more alcoholics in one place…Great fun times…The Mad Cafe was the place to be. Asbach and colas for happy hour. If you hear from anyone else from the same time, let me know.(ei. PFC. Gomez==the CO’s driver)

  20. Bruce Domenech says:
    June 16, 2010 at 12:30 pm

    We were stationed at Anderson Barracks in 1990, and we were then relocated to Mannhiem, Coleman Barracks. I have very found memories of Anderson Barracks, a military post right in the middle of grape fields. We were stationed there when our daughter was born.

    Would love to catch up with anyone that was stationed there.

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