Birth 27SEP47 Rank A1C Date of Death 02DEC68 P. of birth   Service Air Force Place flight line at Don Muang Royal Thai Air Force Base Bankok Thailand Thailand Town of Record Clarkston Unit 6th Aerial Port Squadron at Bankok Thailand Death Code Non-Hostile Died Illness/Injury; Ground Casualty; Other Causes Hometown   service # 536487347 Panel 37WEST - 28   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 24FEB68 Comment   Cemetery Willamette National Cemetery, Portland OR

Marvin Leo HARTMAN

Birth 02NOV46 Rank SGT Date of Death 08DEC68 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Camas Unit Co C, 1st Batt, 3rd USMC Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Misadventure Hometown Washougal WA service # 2204068 Panel 37WEST - 66   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 24JAN68 Comment   Cemetery Willamette National Cemetery in Portland

Hartman Funeral Services To Include Full Honors. Funeral Services with Full Honors will be conducted Friday, 20 Dec (1968), 11 am at Swank Memorial Chapel in Camas, for Marine Sgt. Marvin Hartman. 22, son of Leonard Hartman 999 Ninth St., Washougal. The Rev. Paul Anderson will officiate at the services, with vault interment to follow in the Willamette National Cemetery in Portland. Hartman, who came to Camas at the age of three, was killed by flying shrapnel, on 8 Dec (1968) in Quang Tri province, just one month before his Vietnam tour of duty was to be up. He had been stationed in Vietnam since last January. The late Sergeant, a former student at Washougal High School, was a squad leader with Co. C, 1st Battalion, 3d Marines. He served three years in the Marine Corps, having enlisted in Dec, 1965. He was a member of the Washougal Church of the Nazarene. In addition to his father the soldier is survived by mother Lula Barnes of Canby OR; three sisters Mrs. Jack Miller of Washougal, Mrs. Roger Kreighbaum of Vancouver, and Mrs. Sheryl Brock of Canby; by his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hartman of Turlock CA, and his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Vina Blevins, also of Turlock. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent to the Washougal Church of the Nazarene, designated Hartman Memorial Fund. (Post-Record, Camas and Washougal WA )

Washougal marine dies in Vietnam Shrapnel from one of our own artillery barrages killed Marine Sgt. Marvin Hartman in Vietnam on 8 Dec (1968) it was learned today from his father, Leonard Hartman of 999 Ninth St., Washougal. He said he had been notified by the Marine Corps that his son was killed in Quang Tri province by "friendly misdirected artillery fire." The 22-year-old Marine had been in Vietnam almost a year and was expected to return home in February. He was a squad leader with Company C. 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Corps three years. The sergeant's mother, Mrs. Lula Barnes lives in Canby OR. The former Washougal High School student was the 38th victim of the Vietnam war with Clark County ties. (The Columbian, Vancouver WA, 11 Dec 1968)

Stephen Edward NEAS

Birth 23SEP49 Rank PFC Date of Death 08DEC68 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Vancouver Unit H Co, 2nd Bn, 5th Mar, 1 Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 2444314 Panel 38WEST - 68  married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 22OCT68 Comment   Cemetery

Pfc. Neas is casualty in Vietnam The death toll of Clark County men in the Vietnam war rose to 39 with the announcement by the Defense Department Monday that Pfc. Stephen E. Neas, 19, has been killed in hostile action there. The young Leatherneck died 8 Dec (1968) of gunshot wounds suffered while on a combat operation in Quang Nam Province, according to Marine Corps officials. He was with H. Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division. His death brought the number of Clark County victims of the Vietnam war to 19 more than the 20 that were killed in the Korean war. He was also the second member of the Marine Corps to have been killed on 8 Dec (1968). The death of Sgt. Marvin Hartman of Washougal was reported last week. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard H. Neas of 1709 N. E. 79th St., Neas had only been in Vietnam a few weeks. He entered the Marine Corps last May. He attended Fort Vancouver High School, and then went briefly to Iiwaco High School before joining the Marines. (The Columbian, Vancouver WA, 17 Dec 1969)

Kenneth Leroy NEWBY Jr.

Birth 24SEP48 Rank HN Date of Death 09DEC68 P. of birth   Service Navy Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Sumner Unit H&S Co, 1/26, 1st Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # B806336 Panel 37WEST - 76   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 15JUL68 Comment   Cemetery

Michael George RAY

Birth 22FEB47 Rank SP4 Date of Death 09DEC68 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Binh Long, S. Vietnam Town of Record Longview Unit 1st Cav Div, A Co, 5th Bn, 7th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 56932375 Panel 37WEST - 77   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 09FEB68 Comment   Cemetery

Dennis Ray WEGNER

Birth 16MAR47 Rank SGT Date of Death 10DEC68 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place S. Vietnam Town of Record Centralia Unit D CO, 14TH ENG BN, 45TH ENG GRP, 18TH ENG BDE, USARV Death Code Non-Hostile Died Illness/Injury; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 56956813 Panel 37WST - 82   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 04MAR67 Comment   Cemetery Claquato Sunset Mem Cem, Lewis City WA

Notes from the good folks at Virtual Wall Sgt Wegner fell ill in Vietnam, was evacuated and died here in the states. His records show him a member of the Med Hold Co, Madigan Gen Hosp, Tacoma Wash

Terry Lynn GREENHALGH

Birth 15SEP40 Rank CAPT Date of Death 22DEC68 P. of birth   Service Air Force Place Laos Town of Record Sunnyside Unit ... Death Code Hostile, Air Loss, Crash on Land - Fixed Wing - Crew Hometown   service # 3132950 Panel 36WEST - 63   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 20NOV68 Comment   Cemetery   Sunnyside High School, 1958, Sunnyside WA

Terry Greenhalgh crashes in Thailand
    Capt. Terry L. Greenhalgh, 28, a former Sunnyside resident, was killed Sunday in an airplane crash near Udorn, Air Force Base, Thailand. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Grenhalgh (spelling different) of Sunnyside.
    Capt. Greenhalgh was returning from an operational mission and was only 10 miles from the Thailand air field when the plane crashed.
    He attended Sunnyside elementary schools, graduated from the Sunnyside High School in 1958 and attended the University of Puget Sound. He was graduated from Central Washington State college in March 1963. While on assignment in Vietnam he flew 60 missions and was returned to Castle AFB to train as an aircraft commander. He returned to Lockburn where he became an Air Force commander, flying the KC-135s. In May 1968, he was reassigned to Mountain Home to flight school and was graduated 23 Oct 1968. On 19 Nov (1968) he left Travis AFB for Udorn AFB in Thailand where he had been stationed for the past month.
    Besides his wife and parents, Capt. Greenhalgh is survived by a daughter, Deanna; his grandmother, Mrs. Byron Allaway, Big Fork MT; a sister, Mrs. Robin Prenniger, Spokane; two brothers, Seaman 3C. Robert L. Greenhalgh, serving with the U.S. Navy in Boston, and Sgt. Jack Greenhalgh, serving with the U.S. Air Force in Tacoma. He was a member of the First Methodist Church of Sunnyside, and was active in the Boy Scouts.
    Capt. Greenhalgh's body is being brought to Sunnyside for funeral services. Smith Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. (Sunnyside Sun, Thursday, 28 Dec 1968)

Ronald Wayne BRUTSCHER

Birth 15OCT47 Rank CPL Date of Death 28DEC68 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Kien Hoa, S. Vietnam Town of Record Walla Walla Unit 9th Inf Div, B Co, 3rd Bn, 60th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 56986876 Panel 36WEST - 83   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 23AUG68 Comment 9th Infantry Cemetery   Walla Walla High School, 1966, Walla Walla WA