Birth 31JUL28 Rank GSGT Date of Death 02JUN66 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Thua Thein, S. Vietnam Town of Record Tacoma Unit unknown Death Code Non-Hostile; Ground Casualty; Heart Attack Hometown   service # 589302 Panel 07EAST - 134 married Married MIA -   Medals   Comment   Tour Date   Cemetery

    Everett Earl LIGHT

Birth 26OCT39 Rank 2LT Date of Death 04JUN66 P. of birth Corpus Christi TX Service Army (Reserve) Place S. Vietnam Town of Record Triangle VA Unit A Co, 1/35th Inf, 3rd Brigade, 24th Inf Div Death Code Non-Hostile, Ground Casualty; Accidental Homicide Hometown   service # O5326272 Local Tacoma married married Panel 08EAST - 7 Medals   Tour Date 04MAY66 Comment Cacti Cemetery

Lt. Light Dies In VN Of Wounds
    A Tacoma Army Lieutenant died of wounds received in Viet Nam Sunday a month to the day after he left for the war.
    Second Lt. Everett E. Light, 26, died of wounds suffered when he was accidentally shot by another soldier, according to his wife, Mrs. Della Light, of 4914 115th St. SW.
    Mrs. Light said Tuesday she had no other information concerning the incident.
    Lt. Light, a native of Corpus Christi TX, was a veteran of nearly 10 years in the Army. He had been an enlisted man until he attended officer candidate school last year. He was commissioned last May.
    Soldier of Month
    While at Fort Lewis, the Lieutenant had distinguished himself by being named divisional soldier of the month in 1961. In 1963 he was cited for having the outstanding squad in his battle group.
    Lt. and Mrs. Light met and married while he was stationed at Fort Lewis. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Reece, of Puyallup.
    Mrs. Light said her husband had been involved in heavy fighting since he arrived in Viet Nam for duty with the 25th Infantry Division.
    Wounded by Shrapnel
    She said Lt. Light had been wounded by shrapnel two weeks ago, but had returned to duty with his unit.
    Mrs. Light said her husbands body will be returned to Tacoma where military services will be handled by his former Fort Lewis unit, the 2nd Battalion of the 12th Infantry Regiment.
    The Lieutenant is survived by two children, a daughter, Shannon Angelene, who was a year old two days before her father left for Viet Nam, and a step-daughter, Deborah Jo, 10. (Tacoma News Tribune, Tacoma WA, 7 Jun 1966, front page)

Body of Army Lt. Everett Light Here from VN   Services for Army Lt. Everett E. Light, 26, who died Saturday in Viet Nam, will be announced by Mountain View Funeral Home. Lt. Light, whose wife, Della lives at 4914 115th St. SW., was killed when he accidentally shot by another soldier. His body was escorted back to Tacoma by his nephew, Pfc. Michael V. Weatherman. Besides those listed previously, survivors include his mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. Norman E. Jerger, of Rome, Italy; his father, Everett E. Light Sr., of Lakewood Ca; three brothers, Donald and Scott Light, both of Mojave Ca, and Daniel Jerger of Rome; a sister Wendy Jo Jerger, also of Rome; and his grandmother, Mrs. J. W. Snedden, of Corpus Christi TX. (Tacoma News Tribune, Tacoma WA, 9 Jun 1966 )

    Allen Frank SCRANTON Jr.

Birth 18AUG47 Rank PFC Date of Death 05JUN66 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Kent Unit D Co, 1st Bn, 9th MARS Death Code Hostile Died Wounds; Ground Casualty; Other Explosive Device Hometown   service # 2164217 Panel 08EAST - 12 married Single MIA -   Medals   Comment   Tour Date   Cemetery Ft Bliss National Cem., El Paso Co. TX

    Robert Bernard HEMNES

Birth 16AUG43 Rank CPL Date of Death 07JUN66 P. of birth   Service Army Place S. Vietnam Town of Record Ferndale Unit 101st Abn Div, Btry B, 2nd Bn, 320th Arty Death Code Hostile, Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 19789313 Panel 08EAST - 17 married Single MIA -   Medals   Comment   Tour Date 30JAN66 Cemetery Arizona

Laurel Man 7th Area Casualty in Viet Nam A Whatcom County paratrooper was killed Tuesday in Viet Nam. He was the seventh man from this area to lose his life there since November. Cpl. Robert Hemnes, 21, B Airborne Division, was the victim. He had been in the Army for two years and in Viet Nam since January. The 101st Airborne was engaged Tuesday in action with a reinforced company of North Vietnamese regulars on the high plateau of central Kontum Province, 300 miles north of Saigon. According to press service reports the Americans killed 77 North Vietnamese in the action and took "light casualties." Corporal Hemnes' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hemnes, are now living in Globe AZ. They formerly lived in the Laurel area and Robert was a 1963 graduate of Meridian High School. Before going to Viet Nam, Corporal Hemnes served in the Dominican Republic when his division was rushed there during the revolution. Besides the parents he is survived by five brothers and two sisters, including a twin brother, Richard, who is also serving in Viet Nam in another unit. The others are Albin of Ferndale, Edwin of Bellingham, John of Seattle and Marvin in the Navy, and Marion McKelvy of Globe and Caroline McManes of Lancaster OH. The family is planning services in Globe. Robert was a member of Central Lutheran Church here before joining the Army. (The Bellingham Herald, Bellingham WA, Thursday, 9 Jun 1966)

    Phillip Robert SMITH

Birth 19JUN40 Rank SP5 Date of Death 08JUN66 P. of birth   Service Army Place S. Vietnam Town of Record Bothell Unit 1st Inf Div, Trp A, 1st Sqdr, 4th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Other Causes Hometown   service # 28979913 Panel 08EAST - 24 married Single MIA -   Medals   Comment   Tour Date 12JAN66 Cemetery

First Local Viet Nam Casualty
BOTHELL SOLDIER DEAD
    The first local soldier killed as a result of the Viet Nam war was returned home for burial this week.
    He was Sp5 Phillip R. Smith.
    Smith, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bertram H. Smith, 19019 103rd Ave. NE, Bothell, was 25 years old.
    Details of Smith's death have not been released by the army, however, an army spokesman said that "he was killed as the result of hostile enemy action on 8 Jun (1966)."
    Smith enlisted in the army three years ago and spent two year's service in Germany. In January he volunteered for action and was sent to Viet Nam
    Phillip Smith was a 1958 graduate of Bothell High School and was a member of the National Guard unit employed at Nike Installation before he enlisted in the army.
    He moved to this area with his parents from Corvallis OR, in 1942 and attended Northshore schools for 12 years.
    Phillip Smith is survived by his parents two sisters, Mrs. Jean Sharpe of Bothell and Mrs. Janet Harriman of Seattle; and his grandmother, Mrs. Rose Babb of Bothell.
    Graveside services will be held today at 2 p.m. in the Veterans' Section of Washelli under the direction of Clark's Bothell Funeral Home. (Northshore Citizen, Bothell, Wednesday, 15 Jun 1966)

    Will Page BARTON II

Birth 21APR47 Rank PFC Date of Death 09JUN66 P. of birth Berkeley CA Service Army Place S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit 101st Abn Div, B Co, 2nd Bn, 502nd Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 19837049 Panel 08EAST - 25 married Single Link Lewis & Clark Medals Bronze Star, Purple Heart Comment   Tour Date 25MAR66 Cemetery   Lewis and Clark High School, Spokane WA, 1965

Two Spokane Men Die in Viet Nam
    Two Spokane youths who last fall joined the Army and completed paratroop training in March were killed Thursday in combat in Viet Nam
    They were Pfcs. Will P. Barton 2nd, 19, son of Air Force M. Sgt. and Mrs. Will P Barton, S4022 Sherman, and Joseph R. Ellman, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon A. Ellman, E3727 29th.
    The Bartons were notified Friday and the Ellman's received word Saturday of the deaths of their sons. Whether the two members of the 101st Airborne Division, the "Screaming Eagles," were together when they were hit was not known.
    Telegrams to the parents said that Barton died "of wounds, received when hit by automatic weapons fire while on combat operations against hostile forces" and that Ellman died "of gunshot wounds while on combat operations."
    The two joined the Army together and were to have left at the same time for training, but Barton left in September and Ellman followed him two weeks later because a sprained ankle delayed him.
    They trained at Ft. Ord CA and Ft. Gordon GA and by the time they graduated from jump school at Ft. Benning GA in March, Ellman had caught up with Barton.
    Barton was born in Berkeley CA and had lived in Spokane since his family moved here in 1952. He attended Manito Kindergarten, Jefferson Grade School, Sacajawea Junior High School, and graduated from Lewis and Clark High School last June.
    His survivors include a brother, John, 16 and a sister, Cynthia, 13, both at home.
    Ellman was born in Riverside CA and had lived in Spokane since his family moved here in 1953. He attended Adams Grade School and was graduated from Lewis and Clark High School in June, 1964.
    He was in swimming at the high school, and worked for about a year before joining the Army. His survivors include two sisters, Mrs. James (Patty) Bro of Spokane, and Miss Linda Mae, 19. at the home. (Spokesman-Review, Spokane WA 12 Jun 1966)

General Cites Soldier Killed in Vietnam Brig. Gen. Francis W. Nye, commander of the 18th Air Division, Monday presented the Bronze Star and Purple Heart posthumously to Army Pfc. Will P. Barton II in ceremonies at Fairchild Air Force Base. Receiving their son's medal are Air Force Sgt. and Mrs. Will P. Barton, S4022 Sherman. Young Barton was killed in combat 9 Jun 1966 (Spokesman-Review, Spokane WA, Tuesday 13 Dec 1966)

    Joseph Raymond ELLMAN

Birth 10NOV45 Rank PFC Date of Death 09JUN66 P. of birth Riverside CA Service Army Place S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit 101st Abn Div, C Co, 2nd Bn, 502nd Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 19837081 Panel 08EAST - 26 married Single Link Lewis & Clark Medals   Comment   Tour Date 2APR66 Cemetery

Two Spokane Men Die in Viet Nam
    Two Spokane youths who last fall joined the Army and completed paratroop training in March were killed Thursday in combat in Viet Nam
    They were Pfcs. Will P. Barton 2nd, 19, son of Air Force M. Sgt. and Mrs. Will P Barton, S4022 Sherman, and Joseph R. Ellman, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon A. Ellman, E3727 29th.
    The Bartons were notified Friday and the Ellman's received word Saturday of the deaths of their sons. Whether the two members of the 101st Airborne Division, the "Screaming Eagles," were together when they were hit was not known.
    Telegrams to the parents said that Barton died "of wounds, received when hit by automatic weapons fire while on combat operations against hostile forces" and that Ellman died "of gunshot wounds while on combat operations."
    The two joined the Army together and were to have left at the same time for training, but Barton left in September and Ellman followed him two weeks later because a sprained ankle delayed him.
    They trained at Ft. Ord CA and Ft. Gordon GA and by the time they graduated from jump school at Ft. Benning GA in March, Ellman had caught up with Barton.
    Barton was born in Berkeley CA and had lived in Spokane since his family moved here in 1952. He attended Manito Kindergarten, Jefferson Grade School, Sacajawea Junior High School, and graduated from Lewis and Clark High School last June.
    His survivors include a brother, John, 16 and a sister, Cynthia, 13, both at home.
    Ellman was born in Riverside CA and had lived in Spokane since his family moved here in 1953. He attended Adams Grade School and was graduated from Lewis and Clark High School in June, 1964.
    He was in swimming at the high school, and worked for about a year before joining the Army. His survivors include two sisters, Mrs. James (Patty) Bro of Spokane, and Miss Linda Mae, 19. at the home. (Spokesman-Review, Spokane WA 12 Jun 1966)

    Edward Thomas FRODSHAM

Birth 07JAN47 Rank PFC Date of Death 09JUN66 P. of birth   Service Army Place S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit 101st Abn Div, A Co, 1st Bn, 327th Inf Death Code Hostile Died: Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 19860750 Panel 08EAST - 27 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 25 Apr 66 Comment Screaming Eagles Cemetery

    Norman Raymond WILSON

Birth 22FEB40 Rank PFC Date of Death 15JUN66 P. of birth   Service Army Place S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit C Btry, 2nd Bn, 13th Arty Death Code Hostile Died Missing; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 14724344 Panel 08EAST - 50 married Married MIA -   Medals   Comment   Tour Date 5 Apr 1966 Cemetery

    William Joseph GOODSELL

Birth 07MAY29 Rank MAJ Date of Death 16JUN66 P. of birth   Service Marines (Reserve) Place S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit VMO-6 Death Code Hostile, Air Loss, Crash on Land; Helicopter - Pilot Hometown   service # 55282 Panel 08EAST - 51 married Married Link Popasmoke.com and Helicopter Medals Navy Cross Comment   Tour Date   Cemetery

Marine Major Honored Posthumously
    Marine Corps Maj. William J. Goodsell was honored posthumously yesterday for giving his life while trying to aid 18 wounded marines in Vietnam.
    "I don't think he would have had it any other way." his mother, Mrs. Robert D. Leslie, 402 S. 165th St., said. Then she broke down and wept.
    Maj. Allan Bloom, executive officer of the Marine Air Reserve Training Detatchment at the Sand Point Naval Air Station, made a dual presentation to Goodsell's wife, Jeanne of Edmonds and Mrs. Leslie. Posthumously awarded were the Navy Cross and Gold Stars in lieu of the sixth through 19th Air Medal.
    Those attending the presentation included Goodsells three children, Debra, 12; Chris, 10, and Terri, 9, and his brother Frank.
    Goodsell, 37, was killed 16 Jun (1966). He had five weeks to go to complete a year's tour of duty in Vietnam.
    He was awarded the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism in action over an area known as Hill 488. Five days before he had taken command of Marine Helicopter Observation Squadron 6, at Chu Lai. He had made repeated rocket and machine gun attacks against an estimated 250 Viet Cong who had encircled and trapped 18 marines. Then Goodsell flew within 50 feet of the ground to mark with smoke a landing zone for medical evacuation helicopters. Viet Cong foxholes fired with automatic weapons. Goodsell was hit four times. He maintained control of the helicopter until his co-pilot could take over. The Navy Cross Citation said.
    He attended Highline High School and the University of Washington before joining the service. Goodsell was living in Garden Grove CA, before going overseas but had planned to retire in three years and return to Seattle. (Seattle Times, Seattle WA, 5 Mar 1967)

NAVY CROSS CITATION:
For extraordinary heroism while serving with Marine Observation Squadron SIX in the Republic of Vietnam on 16 June 1966. Serving as Tactical Air Coordinator (Airborne) in an armed UH-1F helicopter, Major Goodsell made repeated rocket and machine gun attacks against an enemy battalion that had encircled and trapped a Marine reconnaissance unit. When a relieving force was airlifted into the battle, he guided the transport helicopters to the landing zone and delivered such devastating attacks on the enemy positions that only one aircraft in the assault force was struck by hostile fire. He then proceeded to fly dangerously low to seek out enemy positions and aid the assault force in their rescue of the beleaguered reconnaissance unit. When a juncture of the units was accomplished, he guided the medical evacuation helicopters to the friendly positions where eighteen wounded Marines lay waiting. Realizing the necessity to accurately mark the Marine positions because of the close proximity of the enemy, he courageously elected to fly very low and slow over the position to mark it with a smoke grenade. As his mark landed directly on target, he was taken under fire by several automatic weapons positions and although mortally wounded he maintained control of his aircraft until relieved by his copilot. By his bravery and fearless devotion to duty, Major Goodsell reflected great credit upon himself and the Marine Corps and upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life in the cause of freedom.

Marines who died in the crash on 16JUN66 Major William Goodsell was the only fatality. His co-pilot landed the helicopter and the crew was rescued from a hostile site by the wingman. More information available at Pop A Smoke.com

Researcher notes: Hill 488 written by Ray Hildreth gives a graphic account of the event in which Major Goodsell was killed.

    Gary Richard HOLT

Birth 28JUL46 Rank PFC Date of Death 24JUN66 P. of birth Aberdeen Service Army (Draft) Place S. Vietnam Town of Record Tacoma Unit 1st Cav Div, A Co, 2nd Bn, 7th Cav Death Code Hostile Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown Tacoma service # 56411018 Panel 08EAST - 85 married Married MIA -   Medals   Comment   Tour Date 28APR66 Cemetery

Gary Holt, 19, Victim of V. Nam War
    A 19-year-old soldier from Tacoma, who wrote from Viet Nam that he couldn't "wait for spring" to get home to his bride of six months, was killed by a bomb fragment Friday, three days before she received two letters from him, along with word of his death.
    The letters were from Pfc. Gary R. Holt, serving with Company A of the 1st Cavalry Division, to the girl he married in Tacoma last 23 Dec (1965), a month after he entered the Army. She is the former Marlen Secrist, of Tacoma.
    The soldier had left for Viet Nam 24 Apr (1966).
    He was born in Aberdeen grew up in Tacoma and graduated from Mount Tahoma High School in 1964. He attended Olympic College in Bremerton and worked for several years at the Tradewell, Inc. store at 5605 Pacific Ave.
    One of the letters received by his wife contained a picture of him.
    "He was so fine, so nice," she said. "All I can say is that I love him."
    She is living at 1111 S. Highland St.
    Other surviviors are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Holt, of Olympia, and two brothers, Tim of Olympia, and Jack Jr., of Lincoln NE.
    Services will be announced by Mountain View Funeral Home. (Tacoma News Tribune, Tacoma WA, Tuesday, 28 Jun 1966)

    Lawrence Frederick NYMAN

Birth 09APR41 Rank LTJG Date of Death 24JUN66 P. of birth   Service Navy (Reserve) Place N. Vietnam Town of Record Aberdeen Unit U.S.S. Constitution Death Code Non-Hostile, Fixed Wing Pilot, Air Loss, Crash at Sea, Hometown   service # 535368550 Panel 08EAST - 87 married Married MIA - 23JUN66 Medals   Comment NAS PNCLA., FLA MIA Com. BNR Link Virtual Wall and MIA

Lt. L. Nyman Dies in Crash Off Viet Nam
    A young Aberdeen man, Lt. (j.g.) Lawrence Frederick Nyman, 25, was killed Wednesday in a Navy aircraft accident off Viet Nam. According to the information received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl V. Nyman, 623 W. Scott St., the F4-B Phantom jet, piloted by Lt. Nyman, crashed into the water during a night carrier control approach of the USS Constellation. An intensive search by the Navy failed to locate the aircraft of Nyman and the other man with him. The Navy informed the family this morning that the young man had been officially listed as dead. Lt. Nyman was a 1959 graduate of Weatherwax High School where he was one of the top 10 in the class and vice president of the senior class. He was an Eagle Scout. In 1963, he was graduated from Stanford University with a degree in industrial engineering. He was employed by the U. S. Steel Co. in Pittsburg CA, before entering the Navy's Officers Training School in Rhode Island. He received his wings last October and has been attached to the Constellation since then. He had been at Viet Nam since 15 June (1966). At Stanford, Nyman was a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilos Fraternity. Commenting on the tragedy, Mrs. Nyman said she is comforted by the fact that her son was doing what he wanted to do.
    SOUGHT FLIGHT DUTY " He always knew what he wanted and went after it," she said. "He wanted to be a Navy Flyer and he was bound to go to Viet Nam. I'm sorry he couldn't have been there longer and accomplished more of what he wanted." Surviving besides his parents, are two brothers, David, Richland, and Jeffrey, at home; three sisters, Kathleen, Judy and Jeanne, also at the home; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tuominen, Aberdeen, and uncles in the Laaksonen family. ( Aberdeen Daily World, Aberdeen WA 25 Jun 1966)

(MIA records extracted from P.O.W. Network) Lawrence Frederick Nyman was born 9 Apr 1941. His unit was VF 151 and he flew from the USS CONSTELLATION. His aircraft went down over the Gulf of Tonkin about 120 miles out. The two man crew's bodies were never recovered.
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    Fredrick Marlton BINDER

Birth 03JUN46 Rank CPL Date of Death 27JUN66 P. of birth   Service Army Place S. Vietnam Town of Record Kent Unit Americal Div, 161st Asslt Hel Co, 14th Avn Bn Death Code Non-Hostile Died Missing, Helicopter - Crew, Air Loss, Crash - Land Hometown   service # 19832535 Panel 08EAST - 99 married Single Link Helicopter Medals   Comment   Tour Date 29 Nov 65 Cemetery

Incident report from 161st Avn Comp. Person who witnessed this incident said it occurred at the Tuy Hoa airbase. The 161st Huey (UH-1B sn 64-14047) was just leaving the Tuy Hoa airbase, having just refueled. At this point, it had a mid-air collision with another Huey (UH-1B sn 65-09486) belonging the 1/9th Cav of the 1st Cavalry Division. Seems each aircraft was being directed by separate air traffic controllers. More information on the Pelicans aka Scorpions a,a 161st Aviation Company is at 161st

    Richard Paul HOLIEN

Birth 04FEB45 Rank SGT Date of Death 30JUN66 P. of birth   Service Army Place S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit 1st Inf Div Trp C 1st Sqdr 4th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 19754209 Panel 08EAST - 112 married Single MIA -   Medals   Comment   Tour Date 21 Sep 65 Cemetery

Sgt. Holien Is Killed in Viet Nam
    Sgt. Richard Paul Holien, 21, of Spokane, was killed Thursday in combat in Viet Nam. Sgt Holien, who was a member of the 1st Infantry Division, was killed by mortar fragments, the Department of Army informed the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Holien, W3431 Olympic Place, Friday. He graduated from Shadle High School in 1963 and enlisted in the Army in September of that year. Prior to going to Viet Nam, he served one year in Korea. He held the purple heart for being wounded in action in Viet Nam around Thanksgiving last year, his father reported. He had lived in Spokane seven years.
Messiah Church Member
    Sgt. Holien was a member of Messiah Lutheran Church and while attending school worked at Albertson's store at Ash and Rowan. In addition to his father and stepmother, he is survived by a brother, Kenneth, at the home; two sisters, Mrs. Jeah Haringer, Tacoma WA and Mrs. Mary Walden, Richmond IN; his grandmother, Mrs. Paul Haller, uncles and aunts. His father is a retired Army master sergeant. Military services will be held in Spokane. (Spokesman Review, Spokane WA, 3 Jul 1966)