Birth 05SEP41 Rank SSGT Date of Event 02DEC67 P. of birth   Service Army Place S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit 1st Avn Bde 48th Aviation Co Death Code Non-Hostile Died Missing; Helicopter - Crew; Air Loss Crash - Land Hometown   service # 533407599 Panel 31EAST - 23 married Single MIA remains found 1993; burial 24 Oct 2002 Medals   Link Vietnam Helicopter Lewis & Clark Comment   Cemetery Arlington National Cemetery

    Donald Richard COTE

Birth 27FEB47 Rank CPL Date of Death 04DEC67 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Kian Phong, S. Vietnam Town of Record Mountlake Terrace Unit 9th Inf Div, A Co, 3rd Bn, 47th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown Bellevue service # 56412911 Panel 31EAST - 33 Married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 05JUN67 Comment 9th Infantry Cemetery

Birth 21MAR47 Rank PFC Date of Death 06DEC67 P. of birth Vancouver WA Service Army (Draft) Place Binh Thuy, S. Vietnam Town of Record Bellevue Unit 199th LIB, B Co, 3rd Bn, 7th Inf Death Code Hostile, Ground Casualty - Multiple Fragmentation Wounds, died while missing Hometown   service # 56958504 Panel 31EAST - 53   married Single MIA -   Medals Bronze Star with V device for valor and the Purple Heart Tour Date 10OCT67 Comment   Cemetery       Bellevue High School, Bellevue WA, Senior - Class of 1965: (no activities listed)

War Victim Is Honored Pfc. Joseph L. Reynolds, 20, killed in action in Vietnam, 6 Dec (1967), has been awarded posthumously the Bronze Star with V device for valor and the Purple Heart. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Reynolds, 234 110th Ave. S. E., Bellevue, accepted the award. Private Reynolds, a radio operator with the 199th Light Infantry Brigade, was wounded fatally when he ran from a position of safety during an enemy attack near Biea Hoa to aid wounded infantry men. The company had been surprised by intense Viet-Cong fire during a search-and-destroy mission. (Seattle Times, Seattle WA, 23 Feb 1968)

Richard Emmett PRATT

Birth 13APR45 Rank SP4 Date of Death 08DEC67 P. of birth Spokane Service Army Place Khanh Hoa, S. Vietnam Town of Record Okanogan Unit 1st Avn Bde 92nd Aviation Co Death Code Non-Hostile Died Illness/Injury; Helicopter - Crew; Air Loss Crash - Land Hometown   service # 18992951 Panel 31EAST - 66   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 02NOV67 Comment   Cemetery Okanogan City Cemetery

Army Spec. 4 Richard Emmett Pratt - Services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. from the Okanogan Episcopal Church with the Rev. Lewis Hodgkins officiating. Interment will be in the Okanogan Cemetery. Arrangements by William Barnes, Okanogan.

    Denny Albert BATTY

Birth 22DEC45 Rank SP4 Date of Death 12DEC67 P. of birth   Service Army Place Binh Duong S. Vietnam Town of Record Campbell CA Unit 9th Inf Div Death Code Hostile, died of wounds; Ground Casualty; Mutliple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 19837190 Panel 24EAST - 14  married single Memorial Washington State Vietnam War Memorial Medals   Tour Date 04OCT67 Comment   Cemetery Kennewick

    Gregory Paul CURTIS

Birth 28AUG48 Rank PFC Date of Death 14DEC67 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Kontum, S. Vietnam Town of Record Longview Unit 4th Inf Div, B Co, 1st Bn, 8th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Misadventure Hometown   service # 56931955 Panel 31EAST - 90   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 21AUG67 Comment   Cemetery

Birth 07JUL45 Rank SSGT Date of Death 14DEC67 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Tay Ninh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Renton Unit 25th Inf Div, A Co, 2nd Bn, 14th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died Wounds; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown Bellingham service # 56957000 Panel 31EAST - 93   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 27MAR67 Comment   Cemetery

    Juan Sanchez OZUNA

Birth 16JUN46 Rank SGT Date of Death 15DEC67 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Binh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Wapato Unit 1st Cav Div, B Co, 1st Bn, 12th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 56957203 Panel 32EAST - 03   married   MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 06APR67 Comment www.ranger25.com/ Cemetery

Birth 16DEC41 Rank CWO Date of Death 19DEC67 P. of birth   Service Army (Reserve) Place Binh Duong, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit 1st Avn Bde 162nd Aviation Co Death Code Non-Hostile died missing; Helicopter - Pilot; Air Loss, Crash on Land Hometown   service # W3154173 Panel 32EAST - 22 married Married Link Helicopter Medals Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star, and Air Medal with Clusters. Tour Date 21MAY67 Comment   Cemetery       Queen Anne High School, Seattle WA, 1960

Birth 21APR46 Rank SGT Date of Death 19DEC67 P. of birth Spokane Service Army Place Lah Dong, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit Co. E, 20th Inf, 1st Bgde, Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol, 101st Airborne Div. "The Screaming Eagles" Death Code Hostile, Ground Casualty - Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 19836749 Panel 32EAST - 23   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 21MAR67 Comment Screaming Eagles Cemetery Spokane Memorial Gardens, Spokane WA

Obituary Military funeral services for Sgt. Patrick L. Henshaw, 21, Spokane soldier killed 19 Dec (1968) in Vietnam, will be today at Hazen & Jaeger Funeral Home at 11 a.m. with Army chaplain Arlin F. Fowler officiating. An Army honor guard from Ft. Lewis will participate. Born and reared here, Sgt. Henshaw was a member of the varsity wrestling team at Shadle Park High School, where he was graduated in 1965. Survivors include his step-father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Dervin M. Higley, at the Home, N4007 Walnut; his father, Howard C. Henshaw, Spokane; a stepbrother, Gary Higley, and half sister, Anita Higley, both at the Home; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Henshaw, and Mrs. Charles E. Riffle, all of Spokane; three uncles, an aunt and numerous nieces and nephews. (The Spokesman-Review, Spokane WA, 3 Jan 1968)

HENSHAW, Patrick L. Sgt. -- Passed away 19 Dec (1968), in Vietnam. Resident of Spokane. Son of Mrs. Hazel Higley and Howard C. Henshaw, both of Spokane. Grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Henshaw and Mrs. Charles E. Riffle, Spokane. Nephew of James Henshaw Foothills; Herman Watts, Fairbanks AK and Edward Henshaw, Spokane; Mrs. Willard Ollila, Dishman; numerous nieces and nephews. He was member of the Varsity Wrestling team of Shadle Park High School. Graduated in 1965 of Shadle Park High School. Funeral services Wed. 3 Jan, 11 a.m. in the Alwin Chapel of the Hazen & Jaeger Funeral Home, N1306 Monroe St. Chaplain Arlin R. Fowler officiating. Burial services Spokane Memorial Gardens. (The Spokesman-Review, Spokane WA, 3 Jan 1968)

    William Carey JANES

Birth 01JUL47 Rank SP4 Date of Death 20DEC67 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Binh Duong, S. Vietnam Town of Record Wauna Unit 25th Inf Div, C Co, 2nd Bn, 22nd Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 56957109 Panel 32EAST - 31   married Single Link Virtual Wall Medals   Tour Date 29MAR67 Comment   Cemetery

Birth 29APR41 Rank LTC Date of Event 22DEC67 P. of birth   Service Marines (Reserves) Place Saravane Prov., Laos Town of Record Puyallup Unit VMFAA 122, MAG 11, 1st Mar Air WG Death Code Hostile, Died Missing; Fixed Wing - Pilot; Air loss, Crash - Land Hometown Puyallup service # 539384075 Panel 32EAST - 44 married Single MIA - BNR Medals   Links Gary Fors, and Virtual Wall Comment "THE BAMBOO CAGE" by Mr. Nigel Cawthorne Cemetery       Washington State University, Pullman graduated - 1963: Business Administration; member Society for the Advancement of Management

MIA information extracted from the Pownetwork.Org Gary Henry Fors was born 29 Apr 1941. His unit was VMFA122, MAG 11. On 22 Dec 1967 Capt. Fors, pilot, and weapon systems operator, Lt. Gary Lashlee, led an attack mission over Laos in their F4B Phantom. About 5 miles inside Laos in northern Saravane Province, Fors' aircraft was hit and he and Lashlee ejected. The 'back seat' ejects first so Lashlee was in position to see Fors parachuted safely to the ground near the aircraft crash site. He also observed communist troops were headed towards Fors position. Lashlee drifted away, and was rescued within half an hour. The Marine Corps declared Fors was captured. Reports about Gary Fors whereabouts has continued to this day. The crash site has been found and items belonging to Fors found. Fors family still searches for him... More (lots) information available on Gary Fors available at POWNETWORK.org

    Charles C. PETERSON

Birth 02JUL45 Rank 1LT Date of Death 22DEC67 P. of birth Dickinson ND Service Army (Reserve) Place Binh Duong, S. Vietnam Town of Record Snohomish Unit 25th Inf Div, D Co, 3rd Bn, 22nd Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 05332064 Panel 32EAST - 46   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 24SEP67 Comment Cemetery       Snohomish High School, Snohomish WA, Senior - Class of 1963: College Prep; Baseball 3, 4; Lettermen's Club 4; Gymnastics 3, 4; Boys' Club Basketball 4; Football 3; Wrestling 3

    Joseph Thaxter CLARK

Birth 25NOV36 Rank CWO Date of Death 26DEC67 P. of birth   Service Army (Reserve) Place Binh Hoa, S. Vietnam Town of Record Davenport Unit 334th AHC, 145th CAB, 1 AVN Bde Death Code Non-Hostile Died Missing; Helicopter - Crew; Air Loss Crash - Land Hometown   service # W3153225 Panel 32EAST - 69 Married Married Links Helicopter, and Virtual Wall Medals   Tour Date 27JUL67 Comment   Cemetery

Birth 15SEP44 Rank 2LT Date of Death 27DEC67 P. of birth Tacoma Service Marines (Reserve) Place Thua Thien, S. Vietnam Town of Record Stanwood Unit Co L, 3/1st Mar, 1st Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 101770 Panel 32EAST - 69 married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 22NOV67 Comment   Cemetery   University of Washington, Seattle WA Freshman - yearbook 1963

    Robert Michael THOMPSON

Birth 24JAN48 Rank PFC Date of Death 27DEC67 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Binh Dinh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Tacoma Unit 1st Cav Div, A Co, 1st Bn, 12th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 56958349 Panel 32EAST - 83   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 23AUG67 Comment www.ranger25.com/ Cemetery

    Robert Lester 'Les' VAUGHAN

Birth 14MAR49 Rank LCPL Date of Death 27DEC67 P. of birth Emmet ID Service Marines Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Ridgefield Unit M Co, 3rd Bn, 1st Mars Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 2325843 Panel 32EAST - 83 Married Single Link Virtual Wall Medals   Tour Date 17OCT67 Comment   Cemetery Willamette National Cemetery, Portland

Ridgefield Marine Dies in Vietnam A Ridgefield Marine, Lance Cpl. Robert "Les" Vaughan, 18, has become the 21st member of the armed forces with Clark County ties to die in the Vietnam war, it was learned today. Vaughan, the son of Mrs. Lela Brewster of 603 Main St., Ridgefield, was reported killed 27 Dec (1967) while on patrol at Quang Tri. Mrs. Brewster said she was notified of her son's death last Thursday, and that he was said to have died of gunshot wounds of the body. The young Marine attended Ridgefield High School before entering the Marines in October, 1966. He had been in Vietnam for three months at the time of his death, serving with M Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines. Mrs. Brewster said her son will be buried in Willamette National Cemetery when the body is returned from Vietnam. (The Columbian, Vancouver WA, 1 Jan 1968)

Cpl. Robert Vaughan Ridgefield WA (Special) Lance Cpl. Robert Les Vaughan, 18, Ridgefield WA, was killed 27 Dec (1967) at Quang Tri, South Vietnam. He is the son of Mrs. Lela Brewster, of Ridgefield. Cpl. Vaughan was born 14 Mar 1949, in Emmet ID and joined the Marine Corps in October, 1966. He went to Vietnam last October. In addition to his mother, survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Sharon Lucas, Vancouver, and Mrs. Sharlene McCoy, Clear Lake CA; and five brothers, Larry, Vancouver, and Tom Vaughan, Gary Brewster, Mike Brewster, and Chris Brewster, all of Ridgefield. Funeral arrangements are pending at Vancouver Funeral Home. Burial will be in Willamette National Cemetery, Portland. (The Oregonian, Portland OR, 4 Jan 1968)