Birth 15JUN45 Rank CPL Date of Death 02APR66 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam town of rec. Wenatchee Unit B Co, 1st Bn, 3rd MARS Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 2012981 Panel 06EAST - 73 married Single Medals   Link 1st Bn/3rd Marines Comment   Tour Date ... Cemetery Wenatchee Cemetery

Corp. Dale L. Courchane USMC Services will be conducted in the Colonial Chapel of the Jones and Jones Funeral Home Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. The Rev. Charles M. Fox will officiate. Interment servies will follow in Wenatchee Cemetery with Military Honors by the Fifth 8-Inch Howiizer Battery, USMC. Arrangements are by Jones and Jones. (Wenatchee Daily World, Wenatchee 14 Apr 1966)

Remembering his brother by David "Chalk" Courchane, Viet Nam veteran - First Cavalry Division (Airmobile) (email 11 Jan 2009)

Marine landing in 1965. Dale Courchane (second from right) The ship in background may be the USS Mitchell, named after William Lendrum "Billy" Mitchell, US Army aviation pioneer. Dale Courchane (third from right)

His name is inscribed on the following Vietnam Memorials: National Memorial in Wash., D.C. "The Wall" Panel 6E Line # 73 Veterans of the Salish & Kootenai Tribes - Pablo, Montana His photograph is among other Salish and Kootenai veterans on the wall of the dining room in the St. Ignatius Longhouse. He was also given a plaque by the Flathead Warrior Society courtesy of his 1st cousin, Julian Charles “Chuck” Courville. Vietnam Veterans of Washington Memorial - Olympia, Washington Vietnam Veterans of the Inland Empire Washington - Spokane, Washington Vietnam Veterans of Montana – Missoula, Montana

    David Marshall DAVIES

Birth 23APR40 Rank CAPT Date of Death 02APR66 P. of birth Nebraska Service Army Place S. Vietnam town of rec. Seattle Unit 506th Field Depot Death Code Hostile Died Wounds; Ground Casualty; Other Explosive Device Hometown   service # 096840 Panel 06EAST - 74 married Married Medals   Enlisted 01JUL62 Tour Date 28JUL65 Comment   Cemetery Evergreen-Washelli, Seattle WA

Lieut. David M. Davies Funeral Funeral services for Army 1st Lieut. David M. Davies, 25, who died Friday in Saigon of injuries suffered when the Victoria Hotel was bombed by Viet-Cong terrorists will be at 10:30 o'clock Saturday at the Sand Point Community Methodist Church. Burial with military honors, will be in Washelli. Arrangements are under the direction of the White Center Funeral Home. Survivors include his wife, Susan Storey Davies, 12213 Occidental Ave. S., and three children. The family suggests remembrances to the Boy Scouts of America. (Evergreen-Washelli, Seattle WA - Obituary Records)

Davies 1st Lt. David M. Beloved husband of Susan. Father of John, Trish, and Jill. Beloved son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Davies. Brother of Susan, all Seattle; Williams U.S.M.C. Grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Davies, Fremont NE. Services Saturday, 10:30 a.m. at Sandpoint Community Methodist Church, 4710 N. E. 70th St. Yarington's White Center Funeral Home. (Evergreen-Washelli, Seattle WA - Obituary Records)

(Researcher notes on Capt. Davies) On 1 April 66, the VC detonated 200 pounds of explosives just outside of the Victoria Hotel in Saigon. We, [Vietnam researcher] knew that 3 MP's were killed outright (with 3 civilians), but there were 67 men injured in this blast - causing havoc at the hospital that day. Based on this obit, he must have died of wounds sustained the next day. In 1966, Saigon was considered a choice "in-country" R&R site, with a lot of the men staying at the lavish Victoria Hotel. (Vietnam Researcher, Bruce Swander, email 9 Dec 2003)

    Donovan Jess PRUETT

Birth 15JAN37 Rank SSGT Date of Death 03APR66 P. of birth   Service Army Place S. Vietnam town of rec. Deer Park Unit 1st Brigade, Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol, 101st Airborne Div, "Screaming Eagles" Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 19497042 Panel 06EAST - 82 married Single Medals   MIA -   Tour Date 08JUL65 Comment Screaming Eagles Cemetery Woodland Cem., Deer Park WA

Deer Park Man Killed in Action
A U.S. Army paratrooper from Deer Park has been killed in action in Viet Nam and another Marine from Spokane has been wounded. The latest victims of the fighting are:
Staff Sgt. Donovan J. Pruitt, 29, nephew of Mrs. Grace Townsend, Route 3, Deer Park, killed in action.
Cpl. Jack A. West, 20, son of Mrs. John E. Kinne, N5916 Nevada, who suffered a wound of the left arm.
Military authorities notified the next of kin Monday of the newest casualties.
    Attended Deer Park Schools
Sgt. Pruitt, a native of North Dakota (online cem. rec. says South Dakota)who came to the inland Empire at an early age, attended grade school and high school in Deer Park before enlisting about nine years ago. He planned to return to Deer Park to live in July of this year. Before coming to Deer Park to live with his aunt, he had lived at both Coulee Dam and Spokane. His mother was killed several years ago in an automobile accident. In addition to his aunt, he is survived by three brothers, Clyde Pruitt, Kent; and Brent and Lawrence Pruitt, both of Redmond; and two uncles, Lee Bossart, Spokane and Willard Bossart, Deer Park. Survivors said the body will be returned to Deer Park for Burial
    West Rogers Graduate
Cpl. West who was graduated from Rogers High School in June 1964, enlisted in the Marine Corps shortly a there after and has been in Viet Nam for about a year. A native of Orofino ID he has lived in Spokane most of his life. A brother, Harold attends Gonzaga University. His mother said she was notified that her son suffered a wound of the left arm, but his condition at present is good. She said he had been listed as a casualty on two other occasions. He suffered a shrapnel wound in the left side, she said, and was injured on another occasion when he became entangled in barbed wire. She said he expected to return home 15 Apr (1966) prior to this latest wound. (Spokesman Review, Spokane WA, 5 Apr 1966)

    Steven Marty SMITH

Birth 01JAN48 Rank PFC Date of Death 04APR66 P. of birth   Service Army Place S. Vietnam town of rec. Puyallup Unit 25th Inf Div, B Co, 1st Bn, 5th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 19819494 Panel 06EAST - 83 married Single Medals Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Bronze Star, and FSV Medal of Military Merit Links Bobcats Tour Date 16JAN66 Comment   Cemetery Woodbine Cemetery, Puyallup WA

Vietnamese Honor Slain Puyallup GI The Cross of Gallantry With Palm, of the Republic of South Vietnam, has been awarded posthumously to Pfc. Steven Marty Smith. Smith, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Smith, 512 2nd Ave. NE., Puyallup, was killed by a bullet fired by an enemy sniper exactly one year ago Tuesday. The Cross of Gallantry is the second highest military decoration awarded by the Republic of South Vietnam. Smith's father told The News Tribune the medal would be added to two previously award his son. They were the U.S. Bronze Star, and the FSV Medal of Military Merit. Smith enlisted in the Army in January 1965 out of Puyallup High School, and was assigned to Vietnam in January 1966. He was killed in the Cu Chi region of Vietnam, 40 miles northwest of Saigon. (Tacoma News Tribune, Tacoma WA, 5 Apr 1967)

Keith Walter KAUFFMAN

Birth 04MAR32 Rank SP5 Date of Death 05APR66 P. of birth   Service Army Place S. Vietnam town of rec. Clarkston Unit 25th Inf Div, A Co, 2nd Bn, 27th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 19374396 Panel 06EAST - 85 married Single Medals   Links Wolfhounds - Medic Corpsman Tour Date 04JAN66 Comment   Cemetery

Zed Connor 'Skip' CREVELING

Birth 06JUL47 Rank PFC Date of Death 11APR66 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam town of rec. Seattle Unit 3rd Marine Div, L Co, 3rd Bn, 3rd Mars Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Other Explosive Device Hometown Ballard (Seattle) service # 2164207 Panel 06EAST - 98 married Single Medals   Link VirtualWall.Org Comment   Tour Date ... Cemetery Washelli Cemetery, Seattle (06/20/66)   Ballard High School, Seattle WA, 1965