Birth 22NOV48 Rank PVT Date of Death 01FEB68 P. of birth Tacoma Service Marines Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Tacoma Unit M Co, 3rd Bn, 1st Mars Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 2315240 Panel 36EAST - 54 Married Single Link * Virtual Wall Medals   Tour Date 20OCT67 Comment   Cemetery

Picture and Remembrance available at Virtual Wall

    Michael George MURDOCK

Birth 05AUG46 Rank CPL Date of Death 01FEB68 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Rockford Unit Co B, 1 RECON Bn, 1 Mar Div Death Code Hostile Died; Helicopter - NonCrew; Air Loss Crash - Land Hometown   service # 2277059 Panel 36EAST - 57 Married Single Link   Medals   Tour Date 09MAR67 Comment   Cemetery     Washington State University, Pullman WA, 1965 yearbook: ROTC

Washington State University Pullman WA 1965

    Glenn Dean TAYLOR

Birth 24OCT41 Rank SP4 Date of Death 01FEB68 P. of birth   Service Army Place Gia Dinh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Redmond Unit 9th Inf Div, B Co, 5th Bn, 60th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 56958510 Panel 36EAST - 61   married Married Links * 9th Infantry * Virtual Wall Medals   Tour Date 07OCT67 Comment 9th Infantry Cemetery

(Remembrance for Glenn Taylor by Marsha Long) Glenn was a wonderful father to his three children aged 3, 5 and 6. He had no interest in higher education instead he loved to work with his hands. He worked as a brick mason until drafted. It was amazing to watch him lift those heavy hogs of bricks onehanded. His family was a longtime Redmond family and he attended Lake Washington High School. It seemed he was drafted, sent to Vietnam and killed.(Verbal recollection from Marsha Long, at Bookstore)

(Remembrance for Glenn Taylor by his daughter, Rebecca)Here is a picture of my Father for your wedsite. He Died in the Tet Offensive, Feb 1st 1968. There are a lot of wonderful memories I have of him. Not near enough. This picture has always been with me and always will be. He is greatly missed. His children were in fact Jeffrey age 8, Rebecca age 7 and Donald age 6, when he died. Thank you Marsha for the remembrance I would like to talk with you about my Dad (Rebecca Taylor James email and picture received 29 Dec 2003)

    Guy Franklin BROOKS

Birth 29MAY48 Rank SP4 Date of Death 02FEB68 P. of birth   Service Army Place Binh Thuan, S. Vietnam Town of Record Pasco Unit 101st Abn Div, A Co, 3rd Bn, 506th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 18992188 Panel 36EAST - 66   married Single MIA -   Medals Bronze Star with "V" Tour Date 03OCT67 Comment   Cemetery

    Stephen Brooks MURDEN

Birth 02OCT46 Rank 1LT Date of Death 03FEB68 P. of birth   Service Army (Reserve) Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Mt Vernon Unit I FF, Btry B, 1st Bn, 40th Arty Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Artillery, Rocket, Mortar Hometown   service # O5424641 Panel 37EAST - 10   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 13SEP67 Comment   Cemetery

Steve Murden is killed in Vietnam war
  Army 1st Lt. Stephen B. Murden, Rt. 5, Mount Vernon, has been killed in action in Vietnam.
  The Defense Department made the announcement Tuesday. The Pentagon also announced the death in action of Army Spec. 4 Robert E. Lockridge, Tacoma. The victims brought the Washington State toll of 410 men killed in the war.
  A graduate of the 1964 Sedro-Woolley graduating class, Steve served as class president and was active on the football and tennis teams. He was also Master Councilor of the Sedro-Woolley DeMolay group.
  After attending Skagit Valley College for one year, Steve enlisted in the Army in November of 1965, taking his basic training at Fort Ord CA. Following that he attended Officers Candidate School at Fort Sill OK, and went to Vietnam in September of 1967. He had just recently be promoted to First Lieutenant. Surviving in addition to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Murden, is an older brother, Capt. Craig Murden, stationed at Randolph Air Field, San Antonio TX, and his grandmother, Mrs. Inga Carlson of Mount Vernon. Skagit Valley Herald, & Feb 1968)
Thank you John Fisher and Bob Witherspoon for your help

    Leon REID

Birth 01FEB41 Rank SP4 Date of Death 04FEB68 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Everett Unit 1st Cav Div, HHC, 1st Bn, 5th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died Wounds; Ground Casualty; Artillery, Rocket, Mortar Hometown   service # 56958387 Panel 37EAST - 27   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 25AUG67 Comment www.ranger25.com Cemetery

Memorial services for Spec 4 Leon Reid, son of Mrs. Eula M. Reid, 2105 McDougall Ave., Everett, who was killed in Vietnam 4 Feb (1968), will be conducted Saturday at 2 pm at the Second Baptist Church. Virginia Ave and California Street, Rev. Leon Jones will officiate. (Everett Herald)

    Patrick A. WHITLOCK

Birth 19JUL47 Rank SGT Date of Death 04FEB68 P. of birth Seattle Service Army Place Dinh Tuong, S. Vietnam Town of Record Poulsbo Unit MACV, Adv Tm # 6 Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 29017871 Panel 37EAST - 29   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 08JUL67 Comment   Cemetery Forest Lawn Cemetery

NK Army Man Killed in Action
    Army Sgt. Patrick A. Whitlock, 20, a North Kitsap man whose wife, Sandra L. Whitlock, resides at 1409 High Ave, has been killed in action in Vietnam.
    Sgt. Whitlock, who was attached to the Military Assistance Advisory Group serving with the South Vietnamese Army, was first reported missing in action 9 Feb (1968), Army sources at Ft. Lewis said this morning.
    On 14 Feb (1968) the vehicle in which he was known to have been riding was reached by allied forces. Sgt. Whitlock was reported dead as a result of gunshot wounds sustained when the vehicle came under attack from Viet Cong forces, the Army said.
    Location of the ambush was not known either by the family or sources at Ft. Lewis.
    Sgt. Whitlock, who had been strongly considering a military career, was born 19 Jul 1947, in Seattle and grew up in the Poulsbo and Suquamish area. He was graduated from North Kitsap High School in 1965 where he had played football.
    Through a square dance club in school he became acquainted with his widow, Sandra, and they were married 26 Aug 1967, in Bremerton.
    Following his graduation he operated a body and fender repair business with a friend on Bainbridge Island until entering the Army 7 Dec 1965.
    Sgt. Whitlock served a tour of duty in Germany with the Army and following his return to the States, requested duty in Vietnam. At the time of his death he had served six months in that country and was slated for promotion to staff sergeant.
    “He requested to go over,” Mrs. Whitlock said. “He felt it was necessary and it was his duty for his country and my feelings are the same as his. We will miss him very much.”
    Besides his widow Sgt. Whitlock is survived by two step-daughters, Samantha Lynn, 2 and Kelli Ann, 8 months; his father Albert Whitlock, Shelton, and a brother, Michael Whitlock, Plant City, Fla.
    Funeral arrangements are pending. Bremerton Sun, Bremerton WA, 17 Feb 1968)

Whitlock, Army Sergeant Patrick A. - 20, died in action in Vietnam 9 Feb 1968. Born 19 Jul 1947 in Seattle, he had lived here all of his life. Survivors include his wife, Sandra L. of Bremerton; two step-daughters, Kellie Ann and Samantha Lynn; his father, Albert Whitlock, Shelton; One brother, Michael Whitlock, Plant city Florida. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Miller-Reynolds Funeral Home. Interment will be at Forest Lawn Cemetery.(Bremerton Sun, Bremerton WA, 22 Feb 1968)

Whitlock Rites Services for Army Sgt. Patrick A. Whitlock, 20, who died in action in Vietnam 9 Feb (1968), will be held Friday at 1:30 p.m. in the chapel of Miller-Reynolds Funeral Home. The Rev. O. A. Crawford of the Emmanuel Lutheran Church will officiate. Burial will follow in Forest Lawn Cemetery. (Bremerton Sun, Bremerton WA 21 Feb 1968)

    Gary Lynn CAMPEN

Birth 18MAR47 Rank PFC Date of Death 05FEB68 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Kontum, S. Vietnam Town of Record Washougal Unit 4th Inf Div, C Co, 1st Bn, 22nd Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 56932456 Panel 37EAST - 33   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 22NOV67 Comment 1st Bn 22nd Inf. Cemetery

Viet War takes life of soldier The first victim of the Vietnam war from Washougal, Pfc. Gary L. Campen, 20, was killed in action last Monday afternoon, the Army reported Thursday. The soldier, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon M. Campen, Rt. 1, Box 452, Washougal, reportedly died of shrapnel wounds received on a combat operation, while engaged in a fire-fight with enemy. He was serving with Company C, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry, 4th Infantry Division.. Campen's death brought to 25 the number of members of the armed forces with Clark County ties to die in Vietnam - five more than the 20 killed in the Korean War. A former student at Washougal High School, Campen entered the Army last year and went to Vietnam in late November after training at Ft. Lewis. (The Columbian, Vancouver WA, 9 Feb 1968)

    Joseph Edward HEIMAN

Birth 05FEB47 Rank SGT Date of Death 05FEB68 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Binh Dinh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit 1st Cav Div, A Co, 227th Assault Hel Bn Death Code Non-Hostile died missing; Helicopter Crew; Air Loss, Crash on Land Hometown   Service # 56956617 Panel 37EAST - 36 Married Married Link Helicopter Medals   Tour Date 05MAY67 Comment   Cemetery

    Mark Mitchell LANGSTON

Birth 29AUG49 Rank LCPL Date of Death 05FEB68 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nam, S.Vietnam Town of Record Portland OR Unit   Death Code Non-Hostile; Ground Casualty; Illness/Disease Hometown   service #   Panel 37EAST - 38  married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 07SEP67 Comment Renton   Cemetery

Former Renton Boy Killed in Vietnam Lance Corp. Mark Langston, 18, son of Mrs. Edna Langston now of Portland, was reportedly killed in action in Vietnam recently. According to friends in Renton, the Langstons lived at 10300 S. E. 92st St. in Renton until about 10 years ago. Friends also said word of her son's death was received by Mrs. Langston last Saturday in Portland. (Record-Chronicle, Renton WA 14 Feb 1968)

    Howard David AKEHURST

Birth 03MAY48 Rank LCPL Date of Death 06FEB68 P. of birth Vancouver Service Marines Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Vancouver Unit HQ Co, 7 COMM Bn, 1 Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 2217851 Panel 37EAST - 47   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 19MAY67 Comment   Cemetery Evergreen Memorial Gardens

Viet war takes life of Marine The Vietnam war has claimed the life of the 26th member of the armed forces with Clark County ties in the death of Marine Lance Cpl. Howard D. Akehurst, 19, of Vancouver. It was reported today that Akehurst was killed 6 Feb (1968) while on patrol near Quam Nam. He died of a gunshot wound in the neck. The Marine's parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Akehurst Jr., 1101 W. McLaughlin Blvd., said they were notified of their son's death Friday. It was also noted that they had received a letter from him, written the previous Saturday, in which he stated he was going to be on guard duty; though he was a heavy equipment mechanic. A 1966 graduate of Fourth Vancouver High School, Akehurst was employed by the Columbian before entering the Marines in June, 1966. He went to Vietnam last May and was serving with the 7th Communications Battalion, Headquarters Engineers Section. (The Columbian, Vancouver WA, 12 Feb 1968)

H. D. Akehurst Funeral services are pending the arrival of the body of Lance Cpl. Howard D. Akehurst, 19, who was killed in Vietnam 6 Feb (1968) in the vicinity of Quam Nam. The young Marine, who had been in Vietnam since last May, was a member of the 7th Communications Battalion, Headquarters, Engineers Section. Born in Vancouver 3 May 1948, Akehurst had lived all his life here before enlisting in the Marine Corps in June, 1966. He was a 1966 graduate of Fort Vancouver High School and had been employed at the Columbian plant. Akehurst was a member of the Vancouver IOOF Lodge NO. 3, and was a past chief ruler of the Evergreen Junior IOOF Lodge and a past grand officer of the Washington State Junior IOOF Lodge. He had also been a Boy Scout. In addition to his parents, Akehurst is survived by a sister, Irene of Vancouver, and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Akehurst of Granby MO. The funeral services will be arranged by the Evergreen Funeral Chapel, with the details to be announced later. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Gardens. (The Columbian, Vancouver WA, 12 Feb 1968)

    Darrel Zane WRIGHT

Birth 12AUG47 Rank SGT Date of Death 06FEB68 P. of birth Modesto CA Service Army (Draft) Place Vinh Long, S. Vietnam Town of Record Port Orchard Unit B Co, 3rd Bn, 47th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 56427774 Panel 37EAST - 75 Married Single Link 9th Infantry Medals Purple Heart and Army Commendation Medal for Heroism Tour Date 05JUN67 Comment   Cemetery Sunset Lane Cemetery Days Creek High School, Day Creek OR, 1964

Thank You Kyle Petrie for picture of Darrel Zane Wright (email received 21 Sep 2003)

PO Man Killed In War
    A Port Orchard man has been reported killed in action in Vietnam during last months major Viet Cong offensive.
    Army Sgt. Darrel Zane Wright, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs., Leo Wright, Port Orchard Rte. 6, Box 62, died 6 Feb (1968) as a result of gunshot wounds, the Army reported.
    Sgt. Wright had been previously reported as missing in action while on a combat operation.
    The sergeant was born in Modesto CA, 12 Aug 1947, and moved with his family to this area in 1953. He was a student at Marcus Whitman Jr. High School in Port Orchard.
    He attended South Kitsap High one year before moving to Days Creek OR, to live with his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Acosta.
    While attending Days Creek High School the young man worked at Senior Residence, a nursing home attached to the Forest Glen Hospital there.
    Prior to his induction into the Army he worked at Bangor Naval Ammunition Depot. In 1966 he entered the Army and last June went to Vietnam where he served with the 3rd Battalion, 47th Brigade Infantry Division, operating in the Mekong Delta region.
    Sgt. Wright was slated for rotation to the U.S. in late May.
    He had previously earned a Purple Heart Medal for a wound suffered last July and an Army Commendation Medal for Heroism. (Bremerton Sun, Bremerton WA 5 Mar 1968)

Darrel Wright Services are pending at Pendleton-Gilchrist Funeral Home for Army Sgt Darrel Z. Wright, 20, or Port Orchard, who was reported killed in action in Vietnam Feb. 6 during last month's major Viet Cong offensive. Sgt. Wright was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Wright, Port Orchard Rte 6, Box 62. In addition to his parents, he is survived by three brothers, Manford R. Wright, Phillips Road, Port Orchard, and Leo and Danny Wright of the family home, his grandmother, Mrs. Faye Spradling, and an uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Spradling, all of 228 S. Marion Ave. (Bremerton Sun, Bremerton WA )

Wright Services Services for Army Sgt. Darrel Zane Wright, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Wright, Port Orchard Rte. 6, Box 62, who died in action in Viet Name Feb. 6, will be held Monday at 2:30 p.m. at the Pendleton-Gilchrist funeral Home. The Rev. Edwin Jorstad of the Port Orchard Assembly of God Church will officiate. Burial will be at Sunset Lane Cemetery with military honors. (Bremerton Sun, Bremerton WA )

    Lionel BUTLER Sr.

Birth 01AUG31 Rank SSGT Date of Death 07FEB68 P. of birth   Service Army Place Quang Tin, S. Vietnam Town of Record Tacoma Unit 196th LIB, F Trp, 17th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 54095011 Panel 37EAST - 79   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 20JAN68 Comment   Cemetery

Birth 13MAY48 Rank LCPL Date of Death 07FEB68 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Thua Thien, S. Vietnam Town of Record Brownstown Unit B Co, 1st Bn, 5th Mar, 1st Mar Death Code Hostile Died Wounds; Ground Casualty; Other Explosive Device Hometown   service # 2251315 Panel 38EAST - 18 Married Single Link Virtual Wall Medals Purple Heart Tour Date 29MAY67 Wounded 06FEB68 Cemetery

Valley Man Succumbs from wounds in Viet. (Brownstown news) Marine Cpl. Robert J. Webb, 19, died Wednesday (7 Feb 1968) in Station Hospital, Da Nang, South Vietnam, of wounds received in action. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. William (Tony) Webb, Box 56, received word of their son's death from the War Department Thursday. They expect to be notified soon when the body will be returned home for burial. It was the third time the Marine had been wounded since his arrival in South Vietnam nine months ago. He had received the Purple Heart. The message delivered to the Webbs by a Marine stationed at the Yakima training center, related that Cpl. Webb suffered fragmentation wounds in the left arm, both legs, and abdomen, and a spinal cord injury. He had been admitted to a hospital Tuesday (6 Feb 1968). Cpl. Webb joined the Marines under the buddy system with Carl Nissen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Nissen, White Swan. Nissen, who also is in Vietnam has been wounded twice. The White Swan High School graduate of 1965 is also survived by a brother James, at home; and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Wilkerson. (Yakima Morning Herald, Yakima WA 10 Feb 1968)    

Norman Ward HOLMES

Birth 18MAR47 Rank PFC Date of Death 09FEB68 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Binh Duong, S. Vietnam Town of Record Cosmopolis Unit 1st Inf Div C Trp 1st Sqdr 4th Cav Death Code 56427342 Hometown   service # 56427342 Panel 38EAST - 52   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 01MAY67 Comment   Cemetery   Weatherwax High School, Aberdeen WA, Senior - Class of 1965: Boys' Fed. 1,2,3; "B" Football 1.2; "A" Football 3; "A" Club 3., I remember most: all the good grades I could have earned.

    David Ralf 'Dave' DEVIK

Birth 22JAN48 Rank LCPL Date of Death 10FEB68 P. of birth Evanston IL Service Marines (Reserve) Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Bellevue Unit 3RD MAF, 1ST MAW, VMGR-152 Death Code Hostile, Died; Fixed Wing Crew; Air Loss, Crash on Land Hometown   service # 2196100 Panel 38EAST - 66   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 08JUL67 Comment   Cemetery Arlington National Cemetery

Area Marine Dies in Action Marine Lance Corporal David Ralf Devik, of Bellevue, son of the archdeacon of the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia, is among the latest Vietnam war dead listed by the Defense Department. Young Devik was killed in action at Khe Sanh 10 Feb (1968). He originally had been classified as missing in action. Young Devik went overseas in July and served as loadmaster and radio operator on a C130 cargo plane with the First Marine Air Wing, based in Okinawa. He was the son of the Rev. and Mrs. Rudolf Devik. The elder Devik was a long time resident of Tacoma. The Defense Department also listed as killed in action Army PFC. Michael M. Cady, son of Mr. and Mrs. Morris F. Cady, of Seattle. (The Tacoma News Tribune, Tacoma WA, 21 Feb 1968)

For David Devik, There Was No Middle Road by Marty Loken
    David Devik was as contradictory as the world in which he lived - "a queer mixture of liberal and conservative," his father said yesterday.
    Marine Lance Cpl. David Ralf Devik - just Dave to those who knew him - was buried two weeks ago in Arlington National Cemetery. He died 10 Feb (1968) aboard a C-130 cargo plane that crashed on the Khe Sanh airstrip after being riddled by enemy ground fire.
    Corporal Devik, the David few Seattle friends knew, had taken another man's place on the delivery run to Khe Sanh from base at Da Nang.
    That was David the marine, whose personal commitment to volunteer for every available duty, cost his life. That was the David who won two Air Medals in his first month of combat duty. the David who liked to fly night missions aboard the flare-shooting planes.
    "For some strange reason - thrust between real companionship and stark terror - Dave seemed to enjoy the experience immensely," his father, the Rev. Rudolf Devik, archdeacon of the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia, said.
    "He and his friends bought Japanese motorcycles and cameras during leaves in Tokyo," the archdeacon said. "Dave said the cycles were really great."
    The Other David - Dave before he joined the service - had "great respect" for conscientious objectores and was fully prepared to become one after graduating from Newport High School in 1966.
    "He was fasincated by the whole arena of social change. He cared . . . and did not like to see people put down," his father said
    The Devik family lived in a poor area of Des Moines IA, when Dave was a youngster, and he learned to "love people - no matter who or what they were."
    When the Deviks moved to Bellevue, where they now live at 5617 126th Ave. S. E., David was exposed to a new, different environment. His unusual concern for the oppressed did not give way to suburban apathy - it was strengthened.
    David saw no middle ground, but he was not sure which way to step. He had an interest in sports, and was a member of Newport High's wrestling team.
    "He never won a match, but he had more guts than anyone I've seen," the archdeacon said.
    David's contradictions abounded. He was serious about many things: started to become deeply involved with central-area organizations and church groups, and had a personal library more impressive than his father's. But, despite his thirst for reading material and knowledge, David's grades in school were only about average
    After high school Dave said he did not undertand how anybody - including me - could stand in the middle road and just watch what was happening in the world," his father said.
    " He wanted to be a conscientious objector and at the same time, he thought about signing up with the Marine Corps. His reasoning tht something had to be done and done all the way - was the same for both arguments."
    At one point David thought he had made the decision. He bought a guitar let his hair grow and stopped shaving.
    He was prepared to refuse induction into the service and suffer the consequences when his identity search hit a brick wall. He joined the Marine Corps Reserves.
    David went to Vietnam last July, but did not share "all the details" in letters to his family.
    Like his son Archdeacon Devik is a bit paradoxical.
    After serving in the South Pacific he became a reservist chaplain in the National Guard. He spends a week-end each month with 4,500 reservists as a member of the 81st Infantry Brigade at Pier 91, but questions the validity and morality of the war.
    "It's absurd," he said "but no more absurd than the times we live in . . . I just hope the degree of absurdity will lessen and some degree of sanity will come into the picture."
    The United States must become the servant of peace, not the unswaying author of peace, he said.
    Servant of peace? Author of peace?
    That, perhaps was the contradiction which haunted David Devik, the corporal who died with marines after treading the elusive line
    Could the armed forces become authors of peace? Was it morally right to serve Was it morally right not to serve?
    David seemed sure on only one thing: There was no middle ground. (Seattle Times, Seattle WA, 7 Mar 1968)

Bellevue Marine Dies In Vietnam. Memorial Services for Marine Lance Corporal David Ralph Devik, 20, will be held at 10 am, Saturday in St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral. He was killed in action at Ke Sanh, Vietnam, 10 Feb (1968). Corporal Devik was the son of the Venerable Rudolf Devik, Archdeacon of the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia, and Mrs. Devik of 5617 126th S.E. Corporal Devik was born 22 Jan 1948, in Evanston IL. He was graduated from Newport High School in 1966, and was sent overseas in July 1967, and was serving as load master and radio operator aboard a C- 130 cargo plane with the First Marine Air Wing based in Okinawa. The family was notified 11 Feb (1968) that he was missing in action. Confirmation that he had been killed was received 15 Feb (1968). In addition to his parents he is survived by three sisters: Susan, 14, Karen, 11, and Mary Claire, 6, and two brothers: Jeffrey, 12, and Timothy, 10. He was a member of St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, Bellevue. Burial is to be at Arlington National Cemetery. The family suggests remembrances to the David Devik Memorial Fund of the Diocese of Olympia to be used for scholarships and youth work in Seattle's Central area a project which had concerned the young Marine. (Bellevue American, Bellevue WA, Thursday 22 Feb 1968)

    Earl Warren HAUG

Birth 23DEC44 Rank SGT Date of Death 10FEB68 P. of birth Everett Service Army (Draft) Place Long An, S. Vietnam Town of Record Everett Unit 9th Inf Div, HHC, 5th Bn, 60th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Artillery, rocket, or mortar Hometown   service # 56957372 Panel 38EAST - 68   married Single Link 9th Infantry Medals   Tour Date 29MAY67 Comment   Cemetery   Snohomish High School, Snohomish WA, Senior - Class 1963: College Prep; Advocati Latini 2; Basketball 2, 3; Boys' Club Basketball 4; Class Sec. 3; Football 2, 3, 4; Lettermen's Club 3, 4; Student Council 2, 3

Sp4 Earl W. Haug, 23, of Rt. 4 Everett, died 10 Feb (1968) as the result of injuries sustained while with the U. S. Army in Vietnam. He was born in Everett, 23 Dec 1944 and had resided in Everett all his life. He attended Snohomish High School graduating in 1963 and also was a student at Everett Community College and the University of Washington before entering the U. S. Army in 1966. He was serving with the 9th Infantry Division at the time of his death. He leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Haug, at home; three brothers, Arthur C. of U. S. Army, Jim Haug of Pullman, and Michael Haug at home; four sisters, Mrs. Carole Charez of Seattle, Barbara Haug, Joan Haug and Monica Haug, all at home. Funeral services will be announced later from the Cassidy Funeral Home. (Everett Herald)

    John Anthony SULLIVAN

Birth 07APR48 Rank PFC Date of Death 11FEB68 P. of birth Bremerhaven, Germany Service Army (Draft) Place Binh Long, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit 9th Inf Div, A Co, 4th Bn, 47th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died Wounds; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 56959183 Panel 38EAST - 81   married Single Wounded 16JAN68 Medals   Tour Date 03JAN68 Comment * 9th Infantry * Virtual Wall Cemetery   Washington State University. Pullman WA, 1967 yearbook: Tau Kappa Epsilon

Seattleite Killed in Vietnam War. Army Pfc. John Anthony Sullivan, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Sullivan, 6217 32nd Ave. N.E. died Sunday in Vietnam of wounds suffered in combat 26 Jan (1968). The family said Sullivan had been in critical condtion since being wounded by a hand grenade. He was a machine gunner in the Mekong Delta. Sullivan was born in Bremerhaven, Germany, where his father, now a retired lieutenant colonel, was serving with the Army of Occupation. The family came to Seattle 14 years ago. Sullivan, known both as John and as Tony, graduated from Seattle Preparatory School in 1966 and attended Washington State University one year. He entered in the Army in July and went to Vietnam, 1 Jan (1968) after training at Fort Polk LA. He was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. Surviving besides his parents are two sisters, H. Margaret, 22, Seattle, and Joan I. Sullivan, at home; three brothers, James Michael, 15, Timothy Patrick, 14, and Robert William Sullivan, 8, all at home, and his grandmother, Mrs. Mary Sullivan, New York City. Funeral Services will be announced by Hoffner's Fisher-Kalfus Funeral Home. Seattle Times, Seattle WA, Wednesday, 14 Feb 1968)

    Ronald Albert GREENWALD

Birth 30MAY44 Rank SP4 Date of Death 12FEB68 P. of birth Hoonah AK Service Army (Draft) Place Thua Thien, S. Vietnam Town of Record Mt Vernon Unit 1st Cav Div, D Co, 1st Bn, 9th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Mutiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown La Conner service # 56956967 Panel 39EAST - 05   married Single MIA -   Medals Air Medal for Meritorious Service Tour Date 09APR67 Comment   Cemetery Hawthorne La Conner High School, La Conner WA, La Conner High School, La Conner WA, Senior - Class of 1962: An outstanding athlete. Ron's athletic potential seems to be inexhaustable. He has been on the Braves football and basketball teams all of his high school years. Also a willing worker, Ron seems to one of the office errand boy titles. Future Ambition . . . Fisherman

N.W. "B" League Co-Champions 1961

Spec 4 Ronald A. Greenwald was born in Hoonah AK to Albert and Pearl (Dick) Greenwald who where native to Alaska. He attended school in LaConner graduating from La Conner High School 1962 and attended Skagit Valley College for 2 yrs. On 3 Oct 1966 he enlisted into the service. He was a single, native american who lived 23 yrs, 9 mos and 12 hours. He was survived by his Parents of Mt. Vernon; Sisters Mrs. Bertha Franulovich, Anacortes; and Mrs. LaVerne Malcolm, Mt. Vernon; and his grandfather Robert Greenwald Sr. Alaska. He received the Air Medal for Meritorious Achievement. Darilee Bednar, Researcher notes

    Kaley Alfred "Kelly" SONNER

Birth 31JUL46 Rank SP4 Date of Death 12FEB68 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Gia Dinh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit 199th LIB, E Co, 2nd Bn, 3rd Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 56412576 Panel 39EAST - 13   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 05MAR67 Comment   Cemetery

Spokane Soldier On Missing List Spokane Mr. and Mrs. Kaley Sonner, Spokane, were notified last night that their son, Sgt. Kaley Sonner, Jr., 21, was missing in action in Vietnam. Sonner, known as Kelly, had been in Vietnam a year. His father said today he expected the youth to be on his way home by now. He was scheduled to leave there 4 Mar (1968). The elder Sonner said with two weeks leeway normally allowed, his son should have been airlifted out of the battle area by now. (Seattle Times, Seattle WA, 15 Feb 1968)

Army Sgt. Kaley Sonner Jr., a Spokane amateur and professional featherweight boxer due to return Home 1 Mar (1968) was killed in action in Vietnam. He had been missing since 14 Feb (1968). His father, Kaley Sonner, W1417 Indiana, said the Defense Department had notified him of the death. Sonner had won all but three of 85 amateur bouts and all six of his professional matches. He was managed by his father. Young Sonner had been in Vietnam almost a year. Besides his parents, he is survived by a brother, Bill, in Vietnam with the Marines and two sisters, Mrs. Sandra Perry of Wapato and Kathleen Sonner, here. (The Spokesman-Review, Spokane WA, 28 Feb 1968)

    James Graham BLAINE

Birth 22MAR49 Rank PFC Date of Death 15FEB68 P. of birth Moscow ID Service Marines Place Thua Thien, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit Co C, 1/5th Mar, 1st Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 2377058 Panel 39EAST - 42   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 16DEC67 Comment   Cemetery St. Joseph Cemetery, Trentwood

The Deaths last week of two Spokane Marines was learned here Monday. One died in Vietnam, combat, the other in a California auto accident. Killed were Pfc. James G. Blaine and Lance Cpl. Michael DeLong. Blaine, 18, son of Dr. and Mrs. James L. Blaine, E11708 Twelfth was killed in Vietnam Thursday.
    The serviceman (James Blaine) was a 1967 Gonzaga High School graduate where he participated in track and basketball. The battle in which the service man lost his life was a clash with the Viet Cong just outside of Hue. Blaine was born in Moscow ID, but had lived here most of his life. Besides his parents, survivors include four sisters, Kebby, Theresa, Mary Helen and Margaret; four brothers, Thomas, Timothy, Robert and Bradley, at the Home, and his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Katherine Graham, here. (The Spokesman-Review, Spokane WA, 20 Feb 1968)

Obituary Rosary will be said Monday at 7:30 at St. John Vianney Church for Pfc. James G. Blaine, 18, who was killed near Thau Thien, Vietnam 15 Feb (1968). Marine pallbearers and a firing detail will participate in the services Tuesday at 11 a.m. in the Gonzaga Preparatory School gymnasium. Born in Moscow ID, Pfc. Blaine came here with his family in 1954. He attended St. John Vanney Elementary School and graduated last year from Gonzaga Prep. He joined the Marines in July and went to Vietnam in December. He is survived by his parents Dr. and Mrs. James L. Blaine, E11709 Twelfth; four sisters, Kebby, Theresa, Mary Helen and Margaret Rose, and four brothers, Thomas, Timothy, Robert and Bradley, all at the Home, and his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Katherine Graham here. The body is at Thornhill Valley Home. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery in Trentwood. The family suggest memorial contributions be made to Gonzaga Preparatory School for (rest of article missing) (The Spokesman-Review, Spokane WA, 2 Mar 1968)

    Michael Morris CADY

Birth 31OCT47 Rank PFC Date of Death 15FEB68 P. of birth Seattle Service Marines Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit 261ST TRANS Co, 48 TRANS GP Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 2315263 Panel 39EAST - 45   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 15DEC67 Comment   Cemetery   Mt. Rainier High School, Des Moines WA, Senior - Class 1966: Band 10; Journalism 11; Debate 12

Debate Club

Seattle Marine Dies in Action in Vietnam Marine Pfc. Michael Morris Cady, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Morris F. Cady, 133 S. W. Normandy Road, was killed in action Sunday at Quang Nam, Vietnam, the Defense Department reported. Born here, Private Cady attended Normandy Park and Marvista Elementary Schools and Olympic Jr high School. He graduated from Mount Rainier high School in 1966 and attended the University of Washington one year. He attended John Knox Presbyterian Church. Private Cady entered the Marine Corps 12 Jul (1967) and went overseas in December after training at San Diego and Camp Pendleton CA. He was with the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines in the 1st Marine Division. Surviving besides his parents are a grandmother, Mrs. R. G. Allison, Sr., Yelm, Thurston county, and a grandmother and stepgrandfather, Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Massey, Seattle. Funeral services at the John Knox Church will be announced by Yarington's White Center Funeral Home. (Seattle Times, Seattle WA, 21 Feb 1968)

    Stevan Roy SARGENT

Birth 19MAY47 Rank SP4 Date of Death 15FEB68 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Long An, S. Vietnam Town of Record Kalama Unit HHC, 3rd Battalion, 39th Inf. Death Code Hostile, Died Wounds Ground Casualty Artillery, Rocket, Mortar Hometown ... service # 56928596 Panel 03EAST - 104   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 08OCT68 Comment 9th Infantry Cemetery

    Robert Alan JACKSON

Birth 17NOV46 Rank SGT Date of Death 17FEB68 P. of birth Bremerton Service Army Place Thua Thien, S. Vietnam Town of Record Port Orchard Unit 101st Abn Div, C Co, 1st Bn, 327th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 19861521 Panel 39EAST - 72   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 22OCT67 Comment Screaming Eagles Cemetery Sunset Lane Cemetery, Port Orchard

    Port Orchard Man Killed in Vietnam
    A Port Orchard man has been listed as killed in action following a fire fight in South Vietnam.
    Army Sgt. Robert A. Jackson, 21, previously listed as missing in action by the Army, was declared killed in action as a result of wounds suffered during a combat on 17 Feb (1968).
    Sgt. Jackson, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Jackson of Harper (Port Orchard Rte. 1, Box 307), was born in Bremerton where he had been active in Peewee baseball as a boy.
    While attending West High School he worked at Cliff and Gene’s Food Market and after graduation worked for the Simpson Timber Co. Shortly before entering the Army in November, 1965, he was employed at Bangor Naval Ammunition Depot and moved with his parents to Port Orchard.
    Sgt. Jackson served with the 327th Infantry unit of the 101st Airborne Brigade. He had been in Vietnam since last October.
    “He really believed in what he was doing over there,” his mother said this morning.
    Besides his parents, Sgt. Jackson is survived by a sister, Mrs. Rob (Diane) Jett of Bremerton and his grandmother, Mrs. Sophie Gilbert of Seattle.
    Funeral services are pending at the Pendleton-Gilchrist Funeral Home. (Bremerton Sun, Bremerton WA Sunday Mar 1968)

Jackson, Robert A. - Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:30 p.m. at the Pendleton-Gilchrist Funeral home. Jackson earlier listed as missing in action by the Army, was declared killed in action as a result of wounds suffered during combat 17 Feb (1968). Jackson's parents are Mr and Mrs. Robert L. Jackson of Harper (Port Orchard Rte. 1, Box 307).The Rev. David Zaskey of South Colby Methodist Church will officiate at the funeral services. Burial with military honors will be in the Sunset Lane Cemetery, Port Orchard. (Bremerton Sun, Bremerton WA)

    David Howard WARNER

Birth 22APR46 Rank CPL Date of Death 17FEB68 P. of birth Seattle WA Service Marines Place Thua Thien, S. Vietnam Town of Record Mercer Island Unit G Co, 2nd Bn, 5th Mars Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 2219754 Panel 39EAST - 78   married   MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 1AUG67 Comment   Cemetery   Central Washington State College, Ellensburg WA, Freshman - yearbook 1965

Island Man Dies in Viet Nam Marine
    Corporal David H. Warner, 22, was killed 17 Feb (1968) while fighting with the 5th Marines in Hue in Viet Nam, according to Defense Department reports.
    The son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Warner of Mercer Island. Corporal Warner was a 1964 graduate of Mercer High School. Born in Seattle, Warner and his family came to Mercer Island in 1953. He attended Central Washington State College before joining the Marine Corps two years ago.
    He had been in Viet Nam since August. Warner's mother said her son had been in the Supply Corps, but had deliberately requested transfer to an active fighting unit. She said, she and Mr. Warner feel David was doing what he felt he had to, and wanted to do.
    Some excerpts from David's last letter home follow:
    "As for Golf Company itself, We are up for three US Citations and two Viet Nam Citations. I would wear those even if I stayed in supply. The Regimental Commander called Golf Company "the best damned bunch of street fighters he had ever seen." As I understand it, the President mentioned G- 2/5 in a radio and TV speech.
    "Golf has definitely won its fame in Hue. The city was once beautiful but looks like hell now. All the buildings have been sacked and we've broken into all the houses. Most of the city has been at least damaged by artillery and mortars. Just recently they've been making air strikes also.
    "With all of this and all the casualties we've taken, we are very definitely winning. If Westmoreland was right about their three-phase plan, then they are hurting, and a truce of some kind should be in order before the summer's end. We have taken on their best and beat them."
    Memorial services will be held early in March, Mrs. Warner said. (Mercer Island Reporter, Thursday 29 Feb 1968)

    Patrick Eugene LINDSTROM

Birth 22SEP48 Rank LCPL Date of Death 18FEB68 P. of birth Newport WA Service Marines Place Quang Tin, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit F Co, 2nd Bn, 5th Mars Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Other Explosive Device Hometown   service # 2251323 Panel 40EAST - 09   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 15MAR67 Comment   Cemetery Fairmount Memorial Park

LINDSTROM, Patrick Eugene Lance Cpl -- His Home, W1105 Dalke. Son of Mrs. June Lindstrom at the Home; William J. Lindstrom, Priest River ID; brother of Connie Lindstrom, Phillip Lindstrom, Robert Lindstrom, all at the Home; grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Garrigan, Priest River ID; nephew of Mrs. Anna Wood, Priest River ID; Lawrence Costigan, Spokane. Graduate of Shadle High in 1966. Active in Shadle Choir & Highlanders. A lifetime resident of Spokane. Funeral services Sat., 9 Mar (1968) at 1 p.m. in the Alwin Chapel of the Hazen & Jaeger Funeral Home, N1306 Monroe St. Rev. Walter P. Lee officiating. Burial services Fairmount Memorial Park. (The Spokesman-Review, Spokane WA, 8 Mar 1968)

Obituary Funeral services for Marine Lance Cpl. Patrick E. Lindstrom, 19, killed in Vietnam action 18 Feb (1968), will be Saturday at 1 p.m. at Hazen & Jaeger Funeral Home. Cpl. Lindstrom was born in Newport WA. He came here when still an infant. He was graduated from Shadle Park High School in 1966 and shortly after joined the Marines. The serviceman was stationed with the 5th Marines of the 1st Marine Division in Vietnam and would have returned Home next week. Survivors include his mother, Mrs. June Lindstrom, at the Home, W1105 Dalke; his father, William J. Lindstrom, Priest River ID; a sister, Connie and two brothers, Phillip and Robert, all at the Home here and his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Garrigan, Priest River. The Rev. Walter P. Lee will officiate at the services and burial will follow in Fairmount Memorial Park. (The Spokesman-Review, Spokane WA, 8 Mar 1968)

    Leonard Morris PHIPPS

Birth 31MAY47 Rank SP4 Date of Death 18FEB68 P. of birth   Service Army Place Ba Xugen, S. Vietnam Town of Record Renton Unit 1st Avn Bde, 336th Aviation Co Death Code Hostile Died; Helicopter - Crew; Air Loss Crash - Land Hometown   service # 18974538 Panel 40EAST - 11   Married Single Link Helicopter Medals   Tour Date 05APR67 Comment   Cemetery   Renton High School, Renton WA, Sophomore - yearbook 1963: Sophomore Track and Football

Assigned to the 336th Assualt Helicopter Company at Soc Trang, Vietnam.
   The UH-1B helicopter was a feared machine by the enemy with two machine guns and multiple rockets. It normally consisted of two pilots, a crew chief that handled communications and logistics, and a door gunner. One pilot, called the Aircraft Commander, would handle navigation and the armament - while the other pilot would concentrate on the flying. This way, if one of the pilots was shot, the other pilot could take over the controls.
   Based out of Soc Trang, in Ba Xugen Province, the 336AHC was responsible for supporting US infantry and South Vietnamese (ARVN) troops. Located far south of Saigon, it was a hotbed of VC activity that used the numerous rivers to bring in ammunition and troops.
   The infamous TET offensive was on 1/31/68, where the NVA attacked every major US base throughout the country. Two weeks later we had them on the run, but were still encountering pockets of the enemy that were trying to survive - or didn't realize that they weren't victorious.
   On 2/18/68, a group of ARVN troops went out on a patrol just outside of the Soc Trang base, and were led by some US Army Advisors. With each South Vietnamese Units we had 'Advisors' there to help direct them how to fight. They got about 200-500 yards into the field when they were attacked. A small firefight ensued and word came back that two of the US Advisors had been killed along with 9 ARVN soldiers.
   Two helicopters from the 336AHC immediately scrambled to go in support of these soldiers. Inside of the UH-1B was WO Michael Koskovich, the Aircraft Commander - with WO Garry Sheppard in the right seat as the pilot. Sitting behind them were SP4 Leonard Phipps (Crew Chief) and SP4 Donald Ewalt, who was manning the 50 cal machine gun mounted on the side door. WO Sheppard was the front helicopter, with a second UH-1H behind him. He was 'in-training' to learn the tactics of the "Fire-Team Leader", the front helicopter in any support missions.
   Flying at about 800', WO Sheppard made a 360 degree circle just outside of the base to determine the outermost forward position of the ARVN troops - and to make a decision where to fly and unleash his rockets. Just as he completed the circle, he was hit repeatedly with machine-gun fire from the ground. The trailing helicopter remembers seeing them hit, along with flames coming out of the helicopter. They radioed them and asked them if they were hit. "Roger That!" said Sheppard, and they could see the main rotor start to slow down. A second transmission went to them saying "Get your Pitch down" - telling them that they needed to lower the nose in order to gain altitude and get out of there. Sheppard's last words were "We're Trying". UH-1H Assualt helicopter, with the numbers 62-02008 painted on the side, hit the ground hard. On impact, the rockets and ammunition burned and exploded - killing all 4 onboard immediately.
   On the ground, the ARVN troops glanced up, saw the crash, and continued fighting. Another helicopter was dispactched to help them out and the firepower of the subsequent helicopters drove the enemy away into the jungles once again. Darkness fell as the fighting continued, and it wouldn't be until the next morning that a team was able to get to the crash site and retrieve the remains of these 4 helicopter crew.
   On this single day, 18 Feb 1968, 84 US Servicemen lost their lives - and just over 600 men were wounded, some to subsequently die later. Just another day in 'Nam.
    Report prepared by Bruce Swander, Researcher. His source was the recollections from the pilot of the second helicopter

    Raymond Earl CARPENTER

Birth 08MAR47 Rank SGT Date of Death 20FEB68 P. of birth   Service Army (draft) Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Amboy Unit 1st Cav Div, B Co, 1st Bn, 12th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 56931475 Panel 40 EAST - 37 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 15MAY67 Comment   Cemetery

    Hurshell Harry GOUGH

Birth 25 DEC32 Rank SSGT Date of Death 20 FEB68 P. of birth Drumright OK Service Air Force Place Khanh Hoa, S. Vietnam Town of Record Drumright OK Unit   Death Code Non-Hostile, Helicopter - Non Crew Air Loss, Crash On Land Hometown   service # 25739065 Panel 40EAST - 37  married Married Local Leavenworth Medals   Tour Date 06DEC67 Comment   Cemetery

S. Sgt Hurshell Gough, USAF, Leavenworth, lost his life in a helicopter crash in Vietnam 20 Feb (1968). He was 36. Sgt. Gough was born 25 Dec 1932 at Drumright OK, and grew up in that state. He enlisted in the US Air Force in 1951. He married Joanie Br... at Leavenworth 13 Jul 1958. Surviving are his widow: one daughter, Shannon, one son Dannie, all at home in Leavenworth, his mother Mrs. Sarah Gough, Oklahoma, four brothers, Eugene Gough, California, B.C. Ruyle and Edward Ruyle, Alabama and one sister Mrs. Stella Boughman, Oklahoma. He was preceded in death by his father, one sister and one brother. Braun Funeral Home,Cashmere, will announce funeral arrangements Leavenworth article(Wenatchee Daily World, Wenatchee 3 Mar 1968) .

    Stephen Michael HANSEN

Birth 22MAR47 Rank SP4 Date of Death 20FEB68 P. of birth Seattle Service Army (Draft) Place Gia Dinh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit 1st Inf Div, B Co, 1st Bn, 28th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown Ballard (Seattle) service # 56957017 Panel 40EAST - 40   married Single Memorial Ballard High School War Memorial Plaque Medals   Tour Date 13APR67 Comment   Cemetery Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park, Seattle WA Ballard High School, Seattle WA, Junior - yearbook 1964

Funeral Services for Army Specialist 4th Class Stephen M. Hansen, 20, of 3028 N.W. 56th St., will be at 3 p.m. Saturday in the Wiggen & Sons Chapel. Burial, with full military honors, will be in the Veterans Section Washelli. He was killed in action in Vietnam 20 Feb (1968). Specialist Hansen was born in Seattle and graduated from Ballard High School. He was in the Infantry. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George E. Hansen; two brothers, Alan L., and Kim R. Hansen, at home; his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. James L. Hansen, Stanwood, Snohomish County, and his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Lillian Fenton, Seattle. (Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park - Obituary Collection)

    James Louis ZYPH

Birth 21JUN46 Rank SP4 Date of Death 24FEB68 P. of birth Yakima Service Army (Draft) Place Thua Thien, S. Vietnam Town of Record Yakima Unit 1st Cav Div A Co 2nd Bn 7th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown Granger service # 56957866 Panel 41EAST - 15   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 06JUN67 Comment   Cemetery

Military funeral services for Spec. 4 James L. Zyph, 22, of Box 81, Granger, are pending the arrival of the body from Vietnam. Spec. 4 Zyph, son of Mrs. Esther Zyph of Granger, was killed in action 24 Feb (1968), the Department of Defense announced Monday. He was born 6 Feb 1946, in Yakima, and was a member of the United Missionary Church of Granger, and the Fraternal Order of the Eagles 2229 of Toppenish. Besides his mother, he is survived by eight brothers, John E. and Joseph L. Zyph, both of Yakima, Jack A., William A., and Thomas A. Zyph, all of Granger, Daniel E. Zyph of Sunnyside, Charles E. Zyph of Klamath Falls OR, and Donald E. Zyph of Washougal; and nine sisters: Margaret E. Belton and Lois E. Middleton, both of Granger, Dorothy E. Belton of Zillah, Helen E. Bass of Granite City IL, Joyce E. Ford of Athens OR, Mary E. Ford of Pendleton OR, Sharon L. Ranes and Shirley E. Newman, both of Toppenish, and Carol L. Chisholm of Dunsmuir CA. Hopkins Mortuary, Toppenish, has charge of arrangements. (Yakima Morning Herald Tues. 8 Mar 1968)

Granger man killed in action. A casualty list released by the Defense Department in Washington, D.C., Monday included the name of a Granger man, among four Washington state men killed in Vietnam. Spec. 4 James L. Zyph, son of Mrs. Esther Zyph of Granger, was killed in action the Associated Press reported. (Yakima Morning Herald Tues. 5 Mar 1968)

    John Leonard STEWART

Birth 25FEB45 Rank PFC Date of Death 26FEB68 P. of birth Seattle Service Army (Draft) Place Quang Ngai, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit 11th LIB, D Co, 3rd Bn, 1st Inf Death Code Hostile, Died Wounds; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown Magnolia (Seattle) service # 56959241 Panel 41EAST - 44   married Married MIA -   Medals Purple Heart Tour Date 11JAN68 Comment   Cemetery Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Queen Anne Hill, Seattle Queen Anne High School, Seattle WA

Class of '63 Honors Fallen Warriors The Vietnam War affected Queen Anne grads of every generation. It cost lives in many classes in the '60s and early '70s. The Queen Anne Class of '63 last year chose to honor their fallen classmates by arranging for a grouping of commemorative tiles at the Leisy Army Reserve Center at Fort Lawton. The Leisy Center is named after 1963 grad, Robert R. Leisy, a Magnolia native who died in Vietnam and subsequently was awarded the Medal of Honor. During their preparations for the 35th anniversary reunion of their class, Rick Malsed proposed that the class recognize Bob Leisy and the three other classmates who fell in the war. The tiles were enthusiastically supported by the class and honor Gary Eddy, Rolf Jorgenson and John Stewart, along with Leisy. In a ceremony last September, attended by classmates and military representatives, the tiles were unveiled and can be seen daily in the lobby. Malsed noted that, curiously enough, all four deceased grew up on Magnolia. (Feb. 1999 Kuay, a publication of Queen Anne High School, Seattle WA)

Two Vietnam Vets at Mt. Pleasant Mt. Pleasant is the final home of many veterans of American wars, from the Civil War to today. In this location are two of our community's young men who died on duty in Vietnam. Part of the host of America's youth who perished in that most troubling conflict, the Vietnam War. Both of these young men grew up on Magnolia, attended Catharine Blaine junior high school and Queen Anne high school.
PFC John L. Stewart was born in 1945, graduated from Queen Anne in 1963. In high school he sang in the choir and was on the Kuay newspaper staff. He attended Broadway Edison after high school. He began his tour of duty in Vietnam in January of 1968, and one month later was dead, age 23 years and two months. His grave marker shows he was in the 3rd Infantry, 11th Light Infantry Brigade in Vietnam, where he won the Purple Heart (PH).(this a portion of the information submitted by John Hennes Queen Anne Alumni. It is part of the printed text of a cemetery tour of Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Queen Anne, Seattle. There is additional information on Eric Herold. Another Queen Anne vet. George "Mac" Hightower is buried at Mt. Pleasant.)

Catherine Blaine Jr. High Memorial

Seattleite, Port Orchard Marine Die in Vietnam A Seattle soldier and a Port Orchard marine have been killed in Vietnam the Associated Press reported.
    The Defense Department announced yesterday that Army Pfc John L. Stewart, 2833 Patten Place W., died 26 Feb (1968). Marine Lance Cpl. Guy North Bernard of Port Orchard was killed in action Saturday near Quang Tri.
    Stewart, 23, born in Seattle, attended Magnolia Elementary School and Catherine Blaine Jr high School. He graduated from Queen Anne high School in 1963 and attended Everett Jr College and the University of Washington.
    Stewart entered the Army in July, 1966 and trained at Fort Lewis and Fort Polk LA. He left Seattle for Vietnam 8 Jan (1968).
    Surviving Stewart are his wife, Susan L.; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Stewart; a brother, Allan Stewart, and three sisters, Lynn, Deborah and Jan Stewart, all at the Home, and his grandmothers, Mrs. Ruth Foss, Seattle, and Mrs. Bernice Stewart, San Pedro CA.
    Funeral Services will be announced by the Arthur A. Wright & Son Queen Anne Chapel.
    Bernard, 22, also born in Seattle, attended Bremerton Elementary School and South Kitsap high School. He enlisted in the Job Corps, then in August, 1966, joined the Marine Corps. He was trained at San Diego and Camp Pendleton CA. He went to Vietnam 5 Feb (1968).
    Funeral services will be announced by the Pendleton-Gilchrist Funeral Home; Port Orchard. (Seattle Times, Seattle WA 6 Mar 1968)

    Jeider Jackson WARREN

Birth 28OCT31 Rank BM1 Date of Death 27FEB68 P. of birth Downsville LA Service Navy Place Military Reg. 4 S. Vietnam Town of Record Castor LA Unit USNAVFORV, TF 117, RIVRON 11, A-111-4 Death Code Hostile, Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown Downville LA service # 3484553 Panel 41EAST - 56 Married married Local Bremerton Medals   Tour Date 15JAN68 Memorial Washington State Vietnam War Memorial, Olympia WA Cemetery Downville LA

2 Kitsap Servicemen Die in Vietnam War
    Two local men have been reported killed in Vietnam.
    U.S. Army Sgt. Richard C. Spencer, 19, son of Mrs. Albina F. Spencer, 1047 Callahan Drive, and Norman C. Spencer, Seabeck Highway (Rte. 1, Box 1417-E), was listed as killed following a patrol boat accident near Saigon, 3 Mar (1968).
    Also reported killed was U.S. Navy Boatswain’s Mate 1.C. Jeider J. Warren, 36, of Olalla Rte. 1, Box 255. He died 27 Feb (1968) as result of injuries suffered during a Naval assault action near Phong Chi, Vietnam.
    News of the Army man’s death came in a telegram to Mrs. Spencer received March 8. The Army said Sgt. Spencer was last seen as a passenger aboard a small patrol boar following another boat. Both boats were en route to a Nike defense position when the wake of the first boat capsized the boat Sgt. Spencer was in.
    A second telegraph received yesterday advised the family Sgt. Spencer’s body had been recovered and identified.
    Sgt. Spencer was born 3 Sep 1948, in Chicago, IL. And moved to this area with his family in 1950. He grew up here and attended Central Kitsap High School.
    In February, 1967, he volunteered for induction into the army and requested Vietnam duty. Following a brief period at Fort Lewis he was transferred to Fort Bliss, Tex, for basic training and later to Fort Polk, La. For advanced infantry training in guerilla warfare.
    The young sergeant left for Vietnam July 12, and served with the 3rd battalion 22nd infantry near Saigon.
    “He wanted to go to Vietnam,” Mrs. Spencer said. “He said, ‘Mom, if we don't go over there, they’re going to come over here.' That’s why I can't understand these kids that protest,” she said. “He was supposed to come home in July for 30 days leave.”
    Besides his mother and father, Sgt. Spencer is survived by an older brother, Alan Spencer, Perry Avenue (Rte. 5, Box 55); a younger sister, Miss Norma Ann Spencer, living with her mother; and his grandmother, Mrs. Gertrude Spencer, Seabeck Highway (Rte. 1, Box 1417-E) as well as an aunt and several cousins living here.
    Funeral services are pending at the Lewis Funeral Chapel. Burial will be at Port Townsend.
    At the time of his death Warren was attached to a naval assault squadron.
    The Navy man was born 28 Oct 1931, in Downsville LA. He was raised in Downsville and entered service with the Navy in 1950 in Freeport LA.
    Prior to serving aboard the USS Sacramento here he was stationed in Long Beach, Calif, where he served aboard minesweepers.
    He was transferred to Vietnam 27 Jan 1968.
    Survivors include his widow, Barbara at the family home, two sons, Michael and Rex Warren, both at the family home; his parents, Mr. And Mrs. O. V. Warren of Downsville; and two brothers and four sisters.
    Memorial services were held today in Downsville LA. Funeral services with military honors will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial Cemetery Washelli, Seattle. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Bonney-Watson Funeral Home of Northgate, Seattle. (Bremerton Sun, Bremerton WA)

    Patricio MALDONADO Jr.

Birth 11MAR43 Rank SGT Date of Death 28FEB68 P. of birth   Service Army Place Kien Tuong, S. Vietnam Town of Record Falfurrias TX Unit 1st Bn(M) 5th Infantry Bobcats Death Code Hostile, died of wounds; Ground Casualty; Artillery, Rocket, or Mortar Local Olympia service # 25857736 Panel 41EAST - 69 Married Married Link Bobcats Memorial Washington State Vietnam War Memorial, Olympia WA Tour Date 20JUL67 Comment On Point" by Roger Hayes Cemetery

    Larry John WALTERMAN

Birth 02FEB42 Rank PFC Date of Death 29FEB68 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Chehalis Unit 196th LIB, B Co, 2nd Bn, 1st Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 56501495 Panel 42EAST - 11   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 31DEC67 Comment   Cemetery