Birth 28JUL42 Rank 2LT Date of Death 03APR68 P. of birth Tacoma Service Army (Reserve) Place Thua Thien, S. Vietnam Town of Record Tacoma Unit 1st Cav Div, C Co, 2nd Bn, 7th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 05342191 Panel 47EAST - 46 married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 30JAN68 Comment   Cemetery

    Thomas Peter VISKER

Birth 22MAR47 Rank PFC Date of Death 03APR68 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Binh Dinh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Warden Unit I FF, Btry C, 2nd Bn, 17th Arty Death Code Hostile Died; Ground Casualty; Burns Hometown   service # 56985921 Panel 47EAST - 57 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 12JAN68 Comment   Cemetery

Birth 09JAN39 Rank SSGT Date of Death 04APR68 P. of birth   Service Army Place Thua Thien, S. Vietnam Town of Record San Francisco CA Unit 82nd Abn Div, C Co, 1st Bn, 505th Infantry Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 19862498 Local Hoquiam married single Panel 48EAST - 02 Medals   Tour Date 14FEB68 Memorial Washington State Vietnam Memorial, Olympia WA Cemetery Bethany Lutheran Cem., Spanaway WA

Birth 02JAN47 Rank PFC Date of Death 04APR68 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Tay Ninh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Kent Unit 25th Inf Div, C Co, 2nd Bn, 34th Arm Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 56959535 Panel 48EAST - 10 married single Link vets1-82fa Medals   Tour Date 11MAR68 Comment   Cemetery    Washington State University, Pullman WA, 1967 yearbook: Orton Hall; Christian Science Organization

    Mark Owen CHARETTE

Birth 26JAN49 Rank SGT Date of Death 06APR68 P. of birth   Service Army Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Puyallup Unit 101st Abn Div, B Co, 1st Bn, 502nd Inf Death Code Hostile, Died Wounds; Ground Casualty; Other Explosive Device Hometown   service # 19897737 Panel 48EAST - 25 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 03MAR68 Comment   Cemetery

Birth 08JUN47 Rank PFC Date of Death 06APR68 P. of birth   Service Army Place Quang Ngai, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit USARV, C Co, 19th Eng Bn Death Code Hostile, Died Wounds; Ground Casualty; Other Explosive Device Hometown   service # 18979539 Panel 48EAST - 31 married single Link 19th Combat Engineers Medals   Tour Date 09DEC67 Comment   Cemetery

Birth 24MAY47 Rank PFC Date of Death 08APR68 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Binh Duong, S. Vietnam Town of Record Kirkland Unit 25th Inf Div, D Co, 1st Bn, 27th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 56959278 Panel 48EAST - 55 married Single Link kolchak.org Medals   Tour Date 12FEB68 Comment   Cemetery

    John Francis FRANCAVILLA

Birth 24JUN48 Rank LCPL Date of Death 09APR68 P. of birth Detroit MI Service Marines Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Renton Unit I Co, 3rd Bn, 26th Mars Death Code Hostile; Ground Casualty; Artillery, Rocket, or Mortar Hometown   service # 23151172 Panel 49EAST - 01 married Single Link * Hill881s * Virtual Wall Medals   Tour Date 08DEC67 Comment   Cemetery Lincoln Park MI Renton High School, Renton WA, Senior - Class 1967: Track 10, 11; Wrestling 10, 12; Boys' Club 10-12

    Gerald Steven HANSEN

Birth 25MAR47 Rank PFC Date of Death 09APR68 P. of birth Tacoma Service Army (Draft) Place Binh Dinh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Enumclaw Unit 1st Log Cmd, 526th CC& S Co Death Code Hostile; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 56959460 Panel 09APR68 married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 07FEB68 Comment   Cemetery Evergreen, Enumclaw White River High School, Buckley WA, Junior - yearbook 1965: football, track

    Robert Donald MARCO

Birth 20OCT47 Rank LCPL Date of Death 10APR68 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Yakima Unit L Co, 3rd Bn, 7th Mars Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 2251170 Panel 49EAST - 13 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 21APR67 Comment   Cemetery

    Bryan Thomas MUKAI

Birth 29NOV48 Rank PFC Date of Death 10APR68 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Thua Thien, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit 101st Abn Div, A Co, 2nd Bn, 501st Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 56986093 Panel 49EAST - 13 married Single Memorial Lewis & Clark Medals   Tour Date 10MAR68 Comment   Cemetery Spokane Memorial Gardens, Spokane WA     Lewis & Clark High School, Spokane WA, Sophomore; yearbook 1965

    Robert Norman WRIGHT

Birth 11MAY36 Rank WO Date of Death 10APR68 P. of birth Great Falls MT Service Army (Reserve) Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit 1st Log Cmd, 329th Transportation Co Death Code Non-Hostile Died Missing; Ground Casualty; Drowned Hometown Seattle service # W3101481 Panel 49EAST - 18 married Single In service 14 yrs Medals   Tour Date 16SEP67 Comment Enlisted: 1953 Cemetery Evergreen-Washelli, Seattle WA Franklin High School, Seattle WA, Senior - Class 1952

2 Seattle Men Die In Vietnam Service.
  Two Seattle men were on the Vietnam war casualty list made public yesterday by the Defense Department. Army 2nd Lt.John J. O' Brien, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene F. O'Brien, 3737 13th Ave. W., was killed in action Monday. Reclassified from missing to dead from non-hostile causes was Warrent Officer Robert N. Wright, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred S. Wright, 5114 17th Ave S.
  O'Brien, 22, was a 1964 graduate of Queen Anne High School. He attended Everett Community College, majoring in political science, two years before entering the Army in August, 1966. He had been in Vietnam about two weeks. O'Brien had been active in the Boy Scouts and was a ham radio operator. He obtained a pilot's license before entering the Army. Besides his parents, he is survived by a brother, Frank O'Brien, Seattle, and a sister, Kathleen O'Brien, at the family home.
  Wright, 31, attended Franklin High before entering the service in 1953. (Seattle Times, Seattle 19 Apr 1968)

    Keith Noel ATCHLEY

Birth 12FEB47 Rank SP4 Date of Death 11APR68 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Woodland Unit 196th LIB, B Co, 4th Bn, 31st Inf Death Code Hostile; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 56931947 Panel 49EAST - 19 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 10AUG67 Comment   Cemetery

Birth 16FEB45 Rank SP5 Date of Death 11APR68 P. of birth   Service Army Place Kien Hoa, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit 1st Avn Bde, 336th AHC Death Code Hostile; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 19872083 Panel 49EAST - 21 married Married Link Virtual Wall Medals   Tour Date 11APR67 Comment   Cemetery

    John Andrew HOGGATT

Birth 30JUL43 Rank PFC Date of Death 11APR68 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Thua Thien, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit 101st Abn Div, A Co, 2nd Bn, 501st Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 56960038 Panel 49EAST - 22 married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 25MAR68 Comment   Cemetery

Birth 23FEB42 Rank SP4 Date of Death 12APR68 P. of birth Houston TX Service Army (Draft) Place Tay Ninh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Lynnwood Unit 25th Inf Div, D Co, 3rd Bn, 22nd Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 56958677 Panel 49EAST - 35 married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 20OCT67 Comment   Cemetery Rose Garden, Floral Hills

    Patrick George MC GARVEY

Birth 25DEC46 Rank CPL Date of Death 12APR68 P. of birth Seattle Service Marines Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit 3rd Mar Div, H&S Co, 1st Bn, 26th Mar Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Artillery, Rocket, Mortar Hometown   service # 2251334 Panel 49EAST - 35 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 24NOV67 Comment   Cemetery    Mead High School, Spokane WA, Sophomore - yearbook 1964

Brother of Wounded Marine Is Killed.
  One of two former Seattle brothers who recently had a surprise reunion atop war torn Hill 881 in South Vietnam has been killed in action, the Associated Press reported. The other, wounded critically in February, is recovering in a military hospital in Hawaii and soon will be taken to the Naval Hospital in Bremerton.
  Marine Cpl. Patrick George McGarvey, 21, met his brother, Marine Pfc.Timothy John McGarvey, 19, last January at the hilltop outpost after both had been stationed at Khe Sanh, without being aware of each others presence.
  Patrick, who was born on Christmas Day, 1946, was killed by mortar fire at Quang Tri on Good Friday. Timothy was wounded by mortar fire on Hill 881 11 February (1968).The brothers are the sons of R. G. (Rink) McGarvey, 2326 N.W. 194th Place, and Mrs. Francis J. Fry, Spokane.
  Both were born here, reared in the Richmond Beach area and attended Richmond Beach Elementary School. They moved to Spokane about 12 years ago. They entered the Marine Corps last year and both went to Vietnam in December.
  Surviving Patrick besides his father and stepmother, mother and stepfather and Brother Timothy, are another brother, Michael M. McGarvey, 24, Seattle; a sister Colleen A. McGarvey, 18, Spokane; a half sister, Nancy Fry, 8, Spokane; two stepsisters, Mrs. Woody Grisvold, Kent, and Mrs. Thomas Spitler, Adak AK and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. M.F.McGarvey, Richmond Beach, Seattle, and Mrs. Inar Bengsten, Seattle, and George Baerman, Spokane.
  Funeral services for Patrick will be in Spokane. (Seattle Times, Seattle WA, Wednesday,17 Apr 1968)

McGARVEY, Patrick G., Cpl. -- His Home, N9721 Stevens. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. Fry, at the Home, and Mr. and Mrs. Roy G. McGarvey, Seattle WA; brother of Colleen McGarvey, Nancy Fry, both at the Home. Michael McGarvey, Seattle; Timothy McGarvey, U.S. Marines; grandson of Mr. and Mrs. M. F. McGarvey and Mr. and Mrs. Einar Bengfsen, all of Seattle; George Baerman, Spokane; 2 step-sisters. Members of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 7th Ward. Graduate of Orchard Prairie School, Mead High School. Funeral services, Sat., 27 Apr (1968) 3 p.m. in the Alwin Chapel of the Hazen & Jaeger Funeral Home, N1306 Monroe St. Bishop William L. Batt, officiating. Burial services Fairmount Memorial Park. (The Spokesman-Review, Spokane WA, 22 Apr 1968)

    George Francis VISE

Birth 07OCT48 Rank LCPL Date of Death 12APR68 P. of birth Seattle Service Marines (Draft) Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit H&S Co, H&S Bn 1 FSR FLC Death Code Non-Hostile Died; Ground Casualty; Accidental Homicide Hometown   service # 22200008 Panel 49EAST - 37 Married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 5Dec67 Comment 2 yrs, 1 mo, 4 dys Cemetery Evergreen-Washelli, Seattle WA Roosevelt High School, Seattle WA, Senior - Class of 1966: Football Mgr., Baseball Mgr., Hunting

L-CPL George F. Vise, USMC, of 838 NE 80th, age 19, in Vietnam 12 April (1968). Son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Vise. Brother of Ronald, Rick, Susan, Donna Ray, Leslie Ann and Misty Joy all at home. Services today, Thursday 1pm, at Calvary Temple with burial in Washelli, Green Lake Funeral Home directing. Memorials may be made to Children's Orthopedic Hospital. (Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park, Seattle WA - Obituary Records)

    Timothy George MATTSON

Birth 05JUN47 Rank CPL Date of Death 14APR68 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Quang Ngai, S. Vietnam Town of Record Brush Prairie Unit USARV, C Co, 19th Eng Bn Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 56932724 Panel 49EAST - 53 married Single Link 19th Combat Engineers Medals   Tour Date 07DEC67 Comment   Cemetery

    John Joseph O'BRIEN

Birth 29DEC45 Rank 2LT Date of Death 15APR68 P. of birth   Service Army (Reserve) Place Gin Dinh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit 25th Inf Div, B Co, 1st Bn, 27th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # O5345787 Panel 50EAST - 06 Married Single Links kolchak.org and Virtual Wall Medals   Tour Date 30MAR68 Comment   Cemetery   Queen Anne High School, Seattle WA, Senior - Class of 1964: Boys' Club; Varsity Cross-Country; Track

    Vernon Walter BURGESON

Birth 05APR40 Rank SSGT Date of Death 17APR68 P. of birth Tacoma Service Army Place Thua Thien, S. Vietnam Town of Record Tacoma Unit 9th Inf Div, A Trp, 3rd Sqd, 5th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Artillery, Rocket, Mortar Hometown   service # 15606371 Panel 50EAST - 25 married Married Link 9th Infantry Medals   Tour Date 17JAN68 Comment   Cemetery

    Roger Douglas SAUX

Birth 22JUN46 Rank CPL Date of Death 18APR68 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Dinh Tuong, S. Vietnam Town of Record Taholah Unit 9th Inf Div, C Co, 4th Bn, 47th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died Wounds; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 56958269 Panel 50EAST - 41 married Married Link 9th Infantry Medals   Tour Date 07DEC67 Comment Native American Cemetery

    Paul Noble LARSON

Birth 04AUG43 Rank WO Date of Death 19APR68 P. of birth   Service Army (Reserve) Place Phu Bon, S. Vietnam Town of Record Everett Unit 1st Avn Bde, 155th Aviation Co, 52nd Avn Bn Death Code Hostile, Died; Helicopter Crew; Air Loss, Crash on Land Hometown   service # W3157830 Panel 50EAST - 49 Married Single Link Helicopter Medals   Tour Date 13NOV67 Comment   Cemetery

    Jerald David "Rocky" SWAN

Birth 18DEC47 Rank PFC Date of Death 20APR68 P. of birth Bremerton Service Army Place Thua Thien, S. Vietnam Town of Record Mountlake Terrace Unit 101st Abn Div, C Co, 1st Bn, 501st Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 18979278 Panel 51EAST - 13 single Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 17JAN68 Comment   Cemetery Washelli Cemetery, Seattle WA Mountlake Terrace High School, Mountlake Terrace, Senior - Class 1967: Football 2,3,4; Wrestling 2; Track 3; Lettermen 3,4

Funeral Services for Army Pfc Jerald D. Swan, 20, of 4104 220th S.W., Mountlake Terrace, will be at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Bonney-Watson Northgate chapel. Burial, with full military honors, will be in Washelli. He died in action 20 Apr (1968) in Thua Thien, Vietnam. Born in Bremerton, Private Swan came here in 1956. He graduated from Mountlake Terrace High School in 1967. He was on the football and wrestling teams. He joined the Army in May,1967. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Swan; two sisters, Joy Swan at the home, and Mrs. William C.Layn, Paragould AK, and two brothers, John D., Mountlake Terrace, and James D. Swan, Alderwood Manor. (Seattle Times, Seattle WA, 6 May 1968)

Terrace Youth Killed In Action In S. Vietnam Army Pfc. Jerald D. Swan, 20, of Mountlake Terrace, was killed in action in South Vietnam 20 Apr (1968). Swan was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John D.Swan, 4104 220th St. S.W. Swan, known as Rocky, enlisted in the Army last July after graduation from Mountlake Terrace High School where he was a letterman football player. He went to South Vietnam in January as a member of the 101st Airborne and was stationed near Hue. Survivors, in addition to his parents, include three brothers, James, John and Jay Swan, and two sisters, Joy at home, and Mrs. W.C. Lane, Paragould AK. The Defense Department also announced Marine Lance Corporal Larry E. Anderson of Spokane had been killed in action. (Seattle Times, Seattle WA, 1 May 1968)

Samuel Rueben HUGHES

Birth 05OCT44 Rank SP5 Date of Death 21APR68 P. of birth   Service Army Place Thua Thien S. Vietnam Town of Record Los Angeles CA Unit Special Forces Death Code Hostile; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 19853162 Local Seattle married single Panel 51EAST - 21 Medals   Tour Date 04FEB68 Memorial Washington State Vietnam War Memorial, Olympia WA Cemetery

Birth 26JUL47 Rank PFC Date of Death 21APR68 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Quang Tin, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit 198th LIB, H Trp, 17th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Other Explosive Device Hometown   service # 56957013 Panel 51EAST - 24 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 04OCT67 Comment   Cemetery Washington Memorial Park

Military services for Army Pfc. Robert Lee Ollom, 21, of 13228 24th Ave. S., were scheduled this afternoon in Washington Memorial Chapel, with burial in Washington Memorial Park. He was killed in action 21 Apr (1968) in Vietnam. Private Ollom, born in Oregon City, came to Seattle some years ago. He graduated from Glacier High School in 1965 and enlisted in the Army a year later. He had been in Vietnam since November. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth L. Ollom, Seattle; two brothers, James and Laurance Ollom, both of Seattle; a sister Marjean Ollom, Seattle; his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Nicholls, Estacada OR, and his paternal grandfather, Homer Ollom, Seattle. (Seattle Times, Seattle WA, 1 May 1968)

    Larry Edward ANDERSON

Birth 08NOV48 Rank LCPL Date of Death 24APR68 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit ... Death Code Hostile Died; Ground Casualty; Misadventure Hometown   service # 2388834 Panel 51EAST - 46 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 09JAN68 Comment   Cemetery

    Dale Lee LAMBERT

Birth 09DEC45 Rank SP5 Date of Death 24APR68 P. of birth Coulee Dam Service Army Place Thua Thien, S. Vietnam Town of Record Elmer City Unit 101st Abn Div, HHC, 2nd Bn, 502nd Inf Death Code Hostile, died while missing; Helicopter Non Crew; Air Loss, Crash on Land Hometown   service # 19836751 Panel 51EAST - 47 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 08APR66 Comment   Cemetery Catholic Cem.

Harley Richard COWAN

Birth 11OCT47 Rank HM3 Corpsman Date of Death 26APR68 P. of birth Pasco Service Navy Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Kennewick Unit D Co, 2d Platoon, 1st Bn, 4th Mar, 3rd Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # B809115 Panel 52EAST - 16 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery

    Daniel William KEO

Birth 31MAR49 Rank PFC Date of Death 28APR68 P. of birth Honolulu Service Marines Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Bothell Unit CO G, BLT 2 Bn, 4 Mar 9 MAB, 3rd Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 2377152 Panel 52EAST - 39 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 22NOV67 Comment   Cemetery Punchbowl Cemetery, Honolulu HI Bothell High School, Bothell WA, Junior - 1966 yearbook: varsity football

    Lewis Charles NELSON

Birth 31DEC43 Rank SP4 Date of Death 28APR68 P. of birth Seattle Service Army (Draft) Place Kontum, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit 4th Inf Div, C Co, 1st Bn, 22nd Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 56958608 Panel 52EAST - 41 married Single Links 22 Inf. and Virtual Wall Medals   Tour Date 14OCT67 Comment   Cemetery Forest Lawn Chief Sealth High School, Seattle WA, Junior - Yearbook 1961

    Gerald David AITON

Birth 27JUL46 Rank PFC Date of Death 29APR68 P. of birth   Service Army Place Dinh Tuong, S. Vietnam Town of Record Centralia Unit 1st Avn Bde, 191st Aviation Co Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 19818921 Panel 52EAST 45 married Single Link   Medals   Tour Date 08AUG67 Comment   Cemetery

Birth 02SEP41 Rank SGT Date of Death 29APR68 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Dinh Tuong, S. Vietnam Town of Record Olympia Unit 9th Inf Div, B Co, 2nd Bn, 60th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 56958689 Panel 53EAST - 04 married Single Link 9th Infantry Medals   Tour Date 20OCT67 Comment   Cemetery

Birth 30OCT47 Rank PFC Date of Death 29APR68 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Hua Nghia, S. Vietnam Town of Record Tacoma Unit 25th Inf Div, HHC, 4th Bn, 23rd Inf Death Code Hostile, Died Wounds; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 56959340 Panel 53EAST - 08 married Single Link Virtual Wall Medals   Tour Date 06JAN68 Comment   Cemetery

Birth 16JUN46 Rank RM3 Date of Death 30APR68 P. of birth   Service Navy Place Cua Viet River, Bien Hoa, S. Vietnam Town of Record Kelso Unit Riverboat YFU 1477 Death Code Hostile,; Ground Casualty; Other Explosive Device Hometown   service # B803707 Panel 53EAST - 16 married Single Link LCU-1477 Medals   Tour Date 23DEC66 Comment   Cemetery

Birth 31JAN42 Rank 2LT Date of Death 30APR68 P. of birth   Service Marines (Reserve) Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Bellingham Unit B Co, 1st Bn, 3rd Mars Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown Olga, Orcas Island service # 103715 Panel 53EAST - 20 married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 09DEC67 Comment   Cemetery Orcas Island Orcas Island High School, Olga, Orcas Island Senior Class of 1960: Basketball 4 yrs, Baseball 4 yrs, Football 3 yrs, Editor of Annual, Fres. Treas., Lettermen's Club 1 yr, Band 4 yrs, "One Mad Night", Captain Basketball Team 1 yr., Christmas Play 2 yrs, Ambition: None

Remembrance To one of the greatest classmates ever. I heard that you made lieutenant and choose to stay with your men for 10 more days so you could all come home together. During that time you were chosen by God to come home to him. Miss you. Joyce Stinson Roberts, (In store interview,August 2006)

Lt. O'Dell Dies in Vietnam Action
    Marine Lt. John Michael O'Dell, a former Bellingham resident and a graduate of Western Washington State College, was killed in Action 30 Apr (1968) in Vietnam, it was learned here today.
    Lieutenant O'Dell, 26 was the brother of Don E. O'Dell, a Shuksan Middle School teacher, and Mrs. William Dandliker, 1206 Jefferson St.
    The circumstances of his death are unknown.
    He enlisted in the Marine Corps last spring and received his second lieutenant's commision in June at Quantico VA. He went to Quang Tri, Vietnam, in December and had been in Khe Sanh for the past month
    He was a member of B Company, First Battalion, Third Marines.
    Orcas Graduate
    Lt. O'Dell was graduated from high school on Orcas Island in 1960 and received his bachelor's degree in politcal science from Western in 1966. Survivors include his widow, Kathi, Seattle; his mother, Mrs. Art Schulberg, Seattle and Orcas Island, and a brother, Ken O'Dell, who is stationed with the Air Force in Amarillo TX.
    Funeral services are tentatively scheduled for Friday in Seattle and graveside services Saturday on Orcas Island. (The Bellingham Herald, Bellingham WA, Monday, 6 May 1968)

Seattleite Marine Killed In Vietnam Marine 2nd Lt. John M. Odell, 26, 7312 40th Ave S.W., has been killed in the Vietnam War, the Defense Department said yesterday. Odell was the son of Mrs. Arthur Schulberg of Orcas Island. Odell was commissioned as a marine officer last June after graduating from Western Washington State College. He had been married to the former Katherine C. Kandlick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William F. Kandlick, also of 7312 40th Ave.S.W., for two years. The Defense Department reported three other Washington state men had died in action in Vietnam. They were Army Sgt. Roger H. Sparks, Bellingham, Pfc. Clifford E. Tyson, Tacoma, and Sgt. Thomas O. Reyna, Lynden, Whatcom County. (Seattle Times, Seattle WA, 7 May 1968)