Birth 21JAN36 Rank SSGT Date of Death 04JAN68 P. of birth Atlanta GA Service Air Force Place Tay Ninh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Tacoma Unit 619 TCT SQD Death Code Non-Hostile Died Illness/Injury; Ground Casualty; Vehicle Loss Crash Hometown   service # 10109948 Panel 33EAST - 40   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 27AUG67 Comment   Cemetery

Services Planned Services for Air Force S. Sgt. Clifton P. Pierce, 31, son of Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Pierce, of 9822 Angle Lane SW., will be announced by Mountain View Funeral Home. Sgt. Pierce died last Thursday in a jeep accident in Vietnam. (Tacoma News Tribune, Tacoma WA, 10 Jan 1968)

Clifton P. Pierce Funeral services were held last Thursday under the direction of Mountain View Funeral Home for Air Force S.Sgt. Clifton P. Pierce, who died in Vietnam. A News Tribune classified funeral service announcement last Wednesday erroneously listed Tuesday as the date of the service. (Tacoma News Tribune, Tacoma WA, 15 Jan 1968)

    William David DOWD

Birth 01AUG46 Rank SP4 Date of Death 05JAN68 P. of birth   Service Army Place Tay Ninh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Richland Unit 25th Inf Div, HHC, 2nd Bn, 34th Arm Death Code Non-Hostile Died Illness/Injury; Ground Casualty; Accidental Homicide Hometown   service # 18993119 Panel 33EAST - 47 Married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 25APR67 Comment   Cemetery

Birth 24SEP42 Rank SFC Event Date 05JAN68 P. of birth Wichita Falls TX Service Army Place Laos Town of Record Tumwater Unit 176th Aviation Company, 14th Aviation Battalion, 23rd Infantry Division (Americal) Death Code Hostile, Died Missing; Helicopter - Crew; Air Loss, Crash - Land Hometown   service # 537388533 Panel 33EAST - 54  married Single MIA - BNR Medals   Link VHPA.org Comment   Cemetery

    Kenneth Doran BUTLER

Birth 16SEP38 Rank CPL Date of Death 07JAN68 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Portland Unit 1st Cav Div, C Co, 1st Bn, 7th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Artillery, Rocket, Mortar; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 28804928 Panel 33EAST - 65 Married Single Local Vancouver Medals   Tour Date 15DEC67 Comment   Cemetery

    Robert 'Curt' KEARNEY

Birth 17MAY45 Rank SP4 Date of Death 07JAN68 P. of birth Seattle Service Army (Draft) Place Quang Tin, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit 1st Cav Div, A Co, 2nd Bn, 12th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died Missing; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown Ballard (Seattle) service # 56958403 Panel 33EAST - 70  married Single Memorial Ballard High School War Memorial Medals   Tour Date 28AUG67 Comment   Cemetery Evergreen-Washelli, Seattle WA Ballard High School, Seattle WA, Senior - Class of 1964: A.S.B. 2,3,4; Boys' Club 2,3,4; Concert Choir 2,3,4

Specialist 4th Class Robert C. Kearney. Funeral services for Army Specialist 4th class, Robert C Kearney, 22, of 9201 Seventh Ave.N.W., killed in action in Vietnam 7 Jan (1968) will be held at 1pm Saturday at Wiggen & Sons Chapel. Burial will be in the Veterans section, Washelli. A lifelong Seattle resident, Specialist Kearney graduated from Ballard High School in 1964, and worked a year for the State Highway Department measuring ground movement on freeway sites. He entered the Army in April 1967, and went to Vietnam in August. Surviving are his father, Arthur C. Kearney, and a brother Charles A.S. Kearney, Seattle. (Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park, Seattle WA - Obituary Records)

    Lawrence Michael MALONE

Birth 04MAY36 Rank MAJ Date of Death 07JAN68 P. of birth   Service Army Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit 1st Cav Div, HHC, 2nd Bn, 12th Cav Death Code Hostile Died Missing; Helicopter - NonCrew; Air Loss Crash - Land Hometown   service # O83349 Panel 33EAST - 71 married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 12JUL67 Comment ranger25.com Cemetery

Birth 31JAN47 Rank CPL Date of Death 08JAN68 P. of birth Linden TX Service Army (Draft) Place Tay Ninh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Tacoma Unit 25th Inf Div, A Co, 2nd Bn, 22nd Inf Death Code Hostile Died Missing; Ground Casualty; Gun Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 56957087 Panel 33EAST - 81   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 31AUG67 Comment   Cemetery

The deaths of two other state men were reported yesterday. They were Army Sgt. Rainier K. Morgan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claire Morgan of Sumner, Pierce County, and Army Cpl. Phelon H. Cole, son of Mrs. Edward Spruill, Tacoma, both reported dead of hostile action. They previously had been reported missing. (Seattle Times, Seattle WA 16 Jan 1968)

Enrique Lorenzo GARCIA Jr.

Birth 15JUN41 Rank PFC Date of Death 08JAN68 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit Co E, 2rd Bn, 5th Mar, 1st Mar Div Death Code Hostile Died Wounds; Ground Casualty; Other Explosive Device Hometown   service # 2377130 Panel 33EAST - 85   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 23NOV67 Comment   Cemetery

Rainer K. MORGAN

Birth 01SEP44 Rank SGT Date of Death 08JAN67 P. of birth   Service Army Place Long An S. Vietnam Town of Record McGuire AFB NJ Unit A Co, 3rd Bn, 39th Inf, 9th Inf Div Death Code Hostile, died while missing: Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown Sumner service # 12733687 Panel 33EAST - 89  married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 04OCT67 Comment 9th Infantry Cemetery

Sumner Man Killed in VN Army Sgt. Rainer K. Morgan, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claire Morgan of Sumner, has been reported killed in action in Vietnam, the Department of Defense announced Monday. Morgan, who had joined the Army in September 1966 and served in Vietnam since last October, was reported killed while on patrol in the Mekong Delta. He had previously been listed as missing in action. Surviving, besides his parents, are a sister, Barbara Ann, 18, and a brother, Roy Allen, 8. Also reported killed in action in Vietnam was a Seattle man, Marine Pfc. Robert D. King, son of Mr. and Mrs. Don D. King. The death of Army Cpl. Phelon H. Cole, of Tacoma in Vietnam, reported in last Thursday's News Tribune, also was officially announced Monday by the Department of Defense. (Tacoma News Tribune, Tacoma WA, 16 Jan 1968)

    Rainer Sylvester RAMOS

Birth 29MAY47 Rank CWO Date of Event 09JAN68 P. of birth Weisbaden Germany Service Army (Reserve) Place Quang Tin, S. Vietnam Town of Record Bellingham Unit 1st Avn Bde, C Trp, 7th Sqdr, 17th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died Missing; Helicopter - Crew; Air Loss, Crash - Land Hometown   service # 534488925 Panel 34EAST - 10  married Single MIA - BNR Medals   Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery

    David Christopher DAILY

Birth 07DEC46 Rank CPL Date of Death 10JAN68 P. of birth Atlantic City NJ Service Army (Draft) Place Dinh Tuong, S. Vietnam Town of Record Tacoma Unit 9th Inf Div, D Co, 3rd Bn, 60th Inf Death Code Hostile Died Missing; Ground Casualty; Gun Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 56956975 Panel 34EAST - 16   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 08MAY67 Comment 9th Infantry Cemetery

Tacoma GI Dies in Action Army Cpl. David Christopher Daily, 21, son of Mrs. Martha J. Daily, of 623 S. Oakes St., was killed 10 Jan (1968) in action in Vietnam the family reported. Cpl. Daly was born in Atlantic City NJ and came to Tacoma in 1947. He enlisted in the Army in 1966. Survivors in addition to his mother include two brothers, Michael, stationed with the Army at Fort Dix NJ and Dennis P of Tacoma; and a grandmother, Mrs. Maud Jones of Tacoma. Services will be announced by Mountain View Funeral Home. (News Tribune, Tacoma WA, 22 Jan 1968)

    Robert D. Orr KING

Birth 14JAN49 Rank PFC Date of Death 12JAN68 P. of birth Tooele UT Service Marines Place Thua Thien, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit Co A, 1 Bn, 5 Mar, 1st Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Artillery, Rocket, Mortar Hometown Seattle service # 2388753 Panel 34EAST - 37 Married Single Enlisted 29JUN67 Medals   Tour Date 19DEC67 Comment   Cemetery Evergreen-Washelli, Seattle WA   Highline High School, Seattle WA, Junior - yearbook 1967

    Clifford Otis 'Clif' WARE

Birth 19DEC46 Rank CPL Date of Death 14JAN68 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nah, S. Vietnam Town of Record Kent Unit 1ST FSR MAINT BN MTM CO Death Code Non-Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Accidental Homicide Hometown   service # 2148316 Panel 34EAST - 50   married single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 15SEP66 Comment   Cemetery   Kent-Meridan High School, Kent WA, Senior - Class of 1965: FFA 12; Fire Squad 12; Boys' Club 10, 11, 12

    Stephen Peter BARKER

Birth 27SEP47 Rank PFC Date of Death 15JAN68 P. of birth Portland OR Service Marines Place Thua Thien, S. Vietnam Town of Record Bremerton Unit Co C, 1/5th Mar, 1st Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Died Wounds; Ground Casualty; Other Explosive Device Hometown   service # 2315213 Panel 34EAST - 51   married Single P. of Death hospital ship USS Sanctuary Medals   Tour Date 24SEP67 Comment   Cemetery   East High School, Bremerton WA, Junior - yearbook 1965, member of track team 1965

Bremerton Man Dies of Wounds
    Pfc. Stephan P. Barker, 20-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Barker, 4016 Mountain View Drive, has died of wounds sustained in Vietnam action, his parents have been told by Marine Corps representatives.
    “He was proud of the Corps and so strongly believed in what we are doing in Vietnams. We’re very proud of him,” his grieving mother said.
    The young man died Monday aboard the hospital ship USS Sanctuary. He was taken there after sustaining fragmentation wounds from and enemy explosive device while in a defensive position in the vicinity of Thua Thein, the Marine Corps said.
    He was a member of the Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Division.
    “Ours is a Marine Corps family and Steve was very proud to be a Marine,” Mrs. Barker said, explaining that her husband’s brothers were Marines.
    They all saw action overseas, three in World War II and one in Korea. Two, Ernest Barker of Keyport and William Barker of Santa Ana CA, were career men and have retired. James and his brother, Fred Barker, Poulsbo, were in the Corps during World War II.
    “We hope that the cause in Vietnam is worthwhile… the price is so great,” said one of Steve Barker’s aunts yesterday as the family gathered at Barker’s Bremerton Gardens residence.
    The young man was born 23 Sep 1947, at Portland OR, and was reared in Tacoma where he graduated from Stewart Junior High School and began high school at Lincoln.
    The family moved to Bremerton about 3 1/2 years ago and he attended East High School. He was an expert swimmer and used to swim across Port Washington Narrows just about every day. “I used to worry about him so much,” his mother said.
    “And he loved fishing, all kinds of fishing,” she added.
    Before joining the Marine Corps last May, he worked for a time handling ammunition at Bangor Naval Ammunition Depot.
    He had been in Vietnam since early September.
    Surviving, in addition to his parents and uncles, are a brother, Army Pvt. James C. Barker, 25, Fort Lewis; two sisters, Mrs. Larry (Merrily) Rutt, San Diego CA, and Beth Ann Barker, 11, a 6th grade pupil at Manette School; and two aunts, Mrs. Maybelle Hall of Seattle, and Mrs. Ruth Wyatt of Vashon, Vashon Island.
    Funeral services will be held at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Chapel under the direction of Lewis Chapel. The time of services still is to be set. (Bremerton Sun, Bremerton WA, Jan 1968)

    Bert Howard HINSON

Birth 15AUG29 Rank MSGT Date of Death 15JAN68 P. of birth Wink TX Service Army Place Kontum, S. Vietnam Town of Record Wenatchee Unit 4th Inf Div, C Co, 3rd Bn, 8th Inf Death Code Non-Hostile; Helicopter Noncrew; Air Loss, Crash on Land Hometown   service # 560836667 Panel 34EAST - 53   married Married Link VHPA.org Medals   Tour Date 21JUL67 Comment   Cemetery

Research notes: Hinson was working ground control when one of the supply helicopters trail roter hit a pile of supplies. The craft tilt forward hitting and killing Hinson instantly. The helicopter that crashed was with the 170th Assualt Helicopter Company, 1st Aviation Brigade. The door-gunner of this helo also died in the crash: Pfc Rayond N Weber (Livermore, CA). The Tail Number was 66-16576, UH-1H type. (Bruce Swander, Researcher, email received 15 Oct 2003)

    Richard Harold WALKER

Birth 11AUG44 Rank 1LT Date of Death 15JAN68 P. of birth   Service Army (Reserve) Place Tay Ninh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit 25th Inf Div, B Co, 3rd Bn, 22nd Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown Spokane service # 5337626 Panel 34EAST - 56   married Single Links EWU Memorial and Virtual Wall Medals   Tour Date 26SEP67 Comment "Platoon" Bravo Co by Robert Hemphill Chapter 5 Cemetery     North Central High School, Spokane WA, Senior - Class of 1962: Spanish Club; Library Club; Junior Dance Committee; Basketball Manager; Fros Football; Junior Varsity Football; Library Worker; Junior Achievement; Intramurals; Warriors

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Three NW GIs Die in Vietnam Washington (AP) The Defense Department has released the names of three more Washington State men who have died in Vietnam, bring the state's toll in the war to 319. Army 2nd Lt. Richard H. Walker, Spokane and Army S. Sgt. Emile Cole, Seattle were killed in action. Marine Cpl. Clifford O. Ware Kent, died not as a result of hostile action. (The Oregonian, Portland OR, 19 Jan 1968) WALKER, 2nd Lt. Richard H. -- Passed away in Vietnam. His Home, E950 Montgomery. Resident of this community 14 years. Survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold J. Walker; three brothers. Dean R. Walker, Donald J. Walker, Dale T. Walker, all of Spokane; grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Olson, Hansboro ND. Funeral arrangements are in the care of the Hennessey Funeral Home, N2203 Division St.(The Spokesman-Review, Spokane WA, 18 Jan 1968)

Birth 12NOV47 Rank SGT Date of Death 17JAN68 P. of birth   Service Army Place Quang Ngai, S. Vietnam Town of Record Ft. Lewis Unit 198th LIB, HHC, 1st Bn, 6th Inf Death Code Non-Hostile Died; Ground Casualty; Accidental Self-Destruction Hometown   service # 19844255 Panel 34EAST - 64 Married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 13AUG67 Comment   Cemetery

Birth 13JUN45 Rank PFC Date of Death 17JAN68 P. of birth Auburn Service Army (Draft) Place Long An, S. Vietnam Town of Record Auburn Unit 9th Inf Div, C Co, 5th Bn, 60th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 67189135 Panel 34EAST - 62 married Single Link 9th Infantry Medals Silver Star and Purple Heart Tour Date 05SEP67 Comment   Cemetery St. Patrick's Cemetery

Military Last Rites Planned for Soldier
A military funeral is being planned in Kent for an Auburn Army hero who was killed in Vietnam action 17 Jan (1968). The body of Pfc. Ronald Lee Stroomer, 22, will be accompanied to Kent by an honor guard by the end of this week from Fort Ord CA, his mother, Mrs. Lorene W. Wilson of 1940 Elm St., Auburn Said. She said she had received a telegram Monday night that the body of her oldest son was enroute to Fort Ord from the war zone. Military rites are planned at St. Patrick's Cemetery after services in St. Anthony Catholic Church, Kent. The honor guard will accompany the body to Marlatt Funeral Home. Private Stroomer, a Silver Star and Purple Heart medal recipient, was born in Auburn and had lived most of his life in Kent, returning to Auburn about four years ago. He had been in service approximately a year and in Vietnam four months. He received the Purple Heart after last year. A brother, Larry, 20, is on leave from Fort Ord for the last rites. Other surviving members of the immediate family, besides the mother, are brothers James, 16; Timothy, 18; and William, 13. The father died in 1961.(Auburn WA Globe 24 Jan 1968)

    James Arthur JOHANSEN

Birth 21FEB44 Rank WO Date of Death 18JAN68 P. of birth   Service Army (Reserve) Place Binh Dinh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Mercer Island Unit A Co, 229th Assault Hel Bn Death Code Non-Hostile; Helicopter Crew; Air Loss, Crash on Land Hometown   Service # W3156827 Panel 24EAST - 69 Married Single Link VHPA.org Medals   Tour Date 28AUG67 Comment   Cemetery

Birth 28APR48 Rank SP4 Date of Death 20JAN68 P. of birth Colville Service Army Place Hua Nghia, S. Vietnam Town of Record Puyallup Unit Trp A, 3rd Sqrd, 4th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 18976697 Panel 34EAST - 92   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 04APR67 Comment   Cemetery

Portland GI War Victim The 211th Oregonian to die in the Vietnam conflict was listed Wednesday by the Department of Defense among nine soldiers and nine Marines killed in action.
Army Spec. 4 Robert E. Swalley son of Elmer D. Swalley, 2169 NW Everett St., Portland, was reported killed. Details were not immediately available.
Marine Pfc. Paul M. Beddoe Jr. of Medford, died Sunday of wounds received on a Marine reconnaissance mission 20 Jan (1968). The announcement was made Monday. Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Beddoe, Sr., Route 4, Box 466- A, Medford; two sisters, Dr. Gladys M. Beddoe of Riverside CA, and Pamela Beddoe of Medford; and a brother, Alec F. in Loma Linda CA.
Army Spec. 4 Glen R. Barnhill, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd M. Barnhill, Box 43, Wilson Creek WA was listed by the Defense Department Wednesday as killed in action. (Columbian, Portland OR, 25 Jan 1968)

    Glen Robert BARNHILL

Birth 18SEP44 Rank SP4 Date of Death 21JAN68 P. of birth Prosser Service Army (Draft) Place Binh Duong, S. Vietnam Town of Record Wilson Creek Unit 25th Inf Div, C Co, 4th Bn, 23rd Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown Packwood service # 56985526 Panel 35EAST - 02   married Single Link Virtual Wall Medals   Tour Date 29JUL67 Comment   Cemetery

Paul Rex COMBS

Birth 03MAR46 Rank SP4 Date of Death 21JAN68 P. of birth   Service Army Place Tay Ninh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Bellingham Unit 25th Inf Div, B Co, 1st Bn, 5th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 18977267 Panel 35EAST - 04  married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 08OCT67 Comment   Cemetery     Bellingham High School, Bellingham WA, Senior - class of 1964; Ambition: Marine Biologist

    Steven Louis HELLWIG

Birth 12APR48 Rank LCPL Date of Death 21JAN68 P. of birth Seattle Service Marines Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit H&S Co, 1 Bn, 26 Mars, 3 Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Ground Casualty - Artillery, Rocket, or Mortar Hometown Seattle service # 2251440 Panel 35EAST - 06   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 16AUG67 Comment   Cemetery Evergreen-Washelli, Seattle WA Shorecrest High School, Seattle WA, Junior - yearbook 1965

Seattle Man Killed at Khe Sanh Marine Lance Cpl Steve Hellwig, 19, was killed in action Sunday in Khe Sanh South Vietnam, which was abandoned under pressure from the North Vietnamese regulars. Hellwig was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hellwig 1809 N. E. 171st St. Hellwig, a Seattle native was a 1966 Shorecrest High School graduate. He enlisted last February and went to Vietnam in August. He was a radioman. Surviving, besides his parents are two brothers, a sister, and his grandparents. (Seattle Times, Seattle WA, 24 JAN 1968)

Prepared to Give Life"
Letter From Marine Recalled At School After Death Report
    "I can think of no thought which makes me prouder that that I am an American citizen fighting for God, Corps and Country. The feeling that I am fighting for the freedom of fellowmen is equally strong.
    "For these I am prepared to give my life if need be... We will not run from the fight we face."
    Those words were written in November by Marine Lance Cpl. Steven L. Hellwig, 19, in an open letter to Shorecrest High School, from which he graduated in 1966.
    His letter was recalled poignantly after his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hellwig, 1809 N. E. 171st, were notified that he was killed in action at the Khe Sanh, Vietnam, last Sunday.
    Young Hellwig had written the letter after reading of the violence at the anti-war demonstration at the Pentagon.
    "To us here," Hellwig wrote, 'these protesters and 'draft card burners' are cowards with no national pride. They hide their lack of courage behind the words, 'The war is wrong.'
    "They don't deserve the right to be called an American. Does it not say in the laws governing our country open acts against our country are 'treason'?
    "We here are just as afraid to die as they are -- maybe more since we are here. But do you hear us crying? No! We have confidence enough to fight for what we think is right." (Seattle Times, Seattle WA, 26 Jan 1968)

Dale Scott PUISHIS

Birth 02APR48 Rank SP4 Date of Death 22JAN68 P. of birth   Service Army Place Pleiku, S. Vietnam Town of Record Rochester Unit 1st Avn Bde, A Trp, 7th Sqdr, 17th Cav Death Code Hostile Died; Helicopter - Crew; Air Loss Crash - Land Hometown   service # 18977658 Panel 35EAST - 11   married Single; Links VHPA.org , and A Troop Medals   Tour Date 29OCT67 Comment   Cemetery

Birth 04AUG48 Rank SGT Date of Death 27JAN68 P. of birth Italy Service Army Place Bibh Long, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit 1st Inf Div, A Co, 2nd Bn, 2nd Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown Seattle (West Seattle) service # 56957224 Panel 35EAST - 43   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 27MAR67 Comment   Cemetery     Chief Sealth High School, Seattle WA, 1966

    William Leslie DAZEY Jr.

Birth 13SEP46 Rank PFC Date of Death 30JAN68 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Kien Phong, S. Vietnam Town of Record Bellevue Unit 9th Inf Div, A Co, 3rd Bn, 60th Inf Death Code Non-Hostile; Ground Casualty; Accidental Homicide Hometown   service # 56959011 Panel 35EAST - 68   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 09OCT67 Comment 9th Infantry Cemetery Sunset Hills Memorial Park

Rites Held for Vietnam Victim, Army PFC William L Dazey, Jr., who had died of non-hostile causes in Vietnam, 30 Jan (1968) was buried at Sunset Hills Memorial Park on Saturday. A 1964 graduate of Sammamish High school, he entered the Army 4 July at Fort Lewis. He took advanced infantry training at Fort Polk, Louisiana and left for Vietnam in December. He was a member of the 9th Division and was stationed at Dong Tam. PFC Dazey had been a member of the Boy Scouts for two years in Spokane, where he lived before moving to Bellevue five years ago. After graduation from Sammanish he attended Burnley's School of Professional Art for two years. Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Dazey, 16415 S.E.,14th, a brother Terry, US Marines, Memphis TN, and a sister, Deborah Lynn at home. (Bellevue American, Bellevue WA, Thursday 15 Feb 1968)

    Robert Eric LOCHRIDGE

Birth 24MAY46 Rank SGT Date of Death 30JAN68 P. of birth Tacoma Service Army (Draft) Place Phu Yen, S. Vietnam Town of Record Olympia Unit 173rd Abn Bde, D Co, 4th Bn, 503rd Inf Death Code Hostile Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 56427182 Panel 35EAST - 74 married Single Link 173rd Abn Bde and 173rdAirborne Medals   Tour Date 01JUN67 Comment   Cemetery

    Dell Coleman "Coley" ODEGARD

Birth 15JUN48 Rank CPL Date of Death 30JAN68 P. of birth   Service Army Place Phuoc Long, S. Vietnam Town of Record Vancouver Unit 101st Abn Div, B Co, 1st Bn, 327th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Misadventure Hometown   service # 18959387 Panel 35EAST - 78   married Single Link Virtual Wall and Screaming Eagles Medals   Tour Date 27JAN68 Comment   Cemetery

Here are four photo's of Del Odegard from two of his old friends who will never forget him. Larry Melton and Jim Uphouse, Co. B 1/327 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne

Soldier Killed by Shrapnel     Killed by our own artillery, Cpl Dell C. "Coley" Odegard, 19, of Vancouver has become the 24th casualty of the Vietnam war with Clark County ties, and is the third to die there this year.     According to the Army, Odegard died of shrapnel wounds on 30 Jan (1968) from "friendly" artillery while he was on night perimeter guard.     The soldier's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Odegard, 3504 E. Twelfth St., were notified of his death Friday. The Pentagon released the information Monday, along with announcement of two other Washington men killed in action. Army Specialist Four Guy F. Brooks of Pasco and Marine Cpl. Michael G. Murdock of Rockford. Odegard had been in Vietnam since last June as a member of Co B., 1st Bn, 327th Inf., 101st Airborne Div. He entered the Army in January, 1967, and underwent training at Ft. Lewis and Camp Gordon GA, before entering jump school at Ft. Benning GA, where he was a distinguished honor graduate last June. Born in Astoria Or, 15 Jun 1948, Odegard had lived nearly all his life in Vancouver. He was a graduate of Hudson's Bay High School in 1966 and was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church. (Vancouver Columbian, Vancouver WA, 6 Feb 1968)

    Ronald Edwin RAY

Birth 15MAR42 Rank SGT Date of Death 30JAN68 P. of birth   Service Army Place Thua Thien, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit 1st Bn (PROV), 525th MI GP Death Code Hostile Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 19837201 Panel 35EAST - 79   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 22SEP67 Comment   Cemetery Pines Cem., Spokane WA   Washington State University, Pullman WA, 1965 yearbook: Phi Kappa Tau

RAY, Sgt. Ronald E. -- His Home, E18512 Maxwell. Son of Mr. and Mrs. James B. Ray, at the Home; brother of Jack B. Ray, Spokane; grandson of Mrs. Ross (Sara) Ray, Mena AR. Several aunts & uncles. Member of South Pines Baptist Church, Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity. Funeral service, Tues. 20 Feb (1968) at 2 p.m. in the Colonial Chapel of the Hazen & Jaeger Spokane Valley Funeral Home, N1306 Pines Rd., Opportunity. Rev. Frank Barnes officiating. Burial services. The Pines Cemetery. (The Spokesman-Review, Spokane WA, 18 Feb 1968)

    Archie BURNETTE Jr.

Birth 21FEB47 Rank SSGT Date of Death 31JAN68 P. of birth   Service Army Place Binh Dinh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Aberdeen Unit 1st Cav Div, B Co, 5th Bn, 7th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died Missing; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 19886919 Panel 35EAST - 89 married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 17MAY67 Comment 1/50 (M) Inf Cemetery   Weatherwax High School, Aberdeen WA, Senior - Class of 65: Boys' Fed. 1,2,3; United Drive 1,2,3; "B: Football 1, 2: "A" Football 2,3: Ocean Breeze Staff 3; Golden "A" Club., I Remember Most: The time I dropped my driveline in my '49 Ford after I left Judi's house.

    Alfred Patrick L. COFFROTH

Birth 27AUG47 Rank SGT Date of Death 31JAN68 P. of birth   Service Army Place Bien Hoa, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit 101st Abn Div, A Co, 2nd Bn, 506th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 19844301 Panel 36EAST - 03   married Single MIA -   Medals (posthumously) Distinquished Service Cross Tour Date 02DEC67 Comment   Cemetery Williamette National Cem., Portland OR

    James Richard MC CLINTOCK

Birth 26JAN43 Rank SP4 Date of Death 31JAN68 P. of birth Olympia Service Army (Draft) Place Phong Dinh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Port Orchard Unit 20th Engineer Bde, HHC, 69th Eng Bn, 34th Eng Grp Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 56427549 Panel 36EAST - 27   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 28JUL67 Comment   Cemetery Arlington National Cemetery

Newspaper Thank you We appreciate every token and expression of sympathy received on the death of our son and brother, James Richard McClintock, at Can Tho, Vietnam. He possessed a sensitive insight and social consciousness refined by a Liberal Arts education at St. john's College, Annapolis, Maryland. A scholarship fund is established at that unique institution and any further contributions may be forwarded directly there for proper acknowledgment. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene F. McClintock, Jeffrey, Robert and Shiela. (the Bremerton Sun, Bremerton WA, )

    Mark MacDonald SERREM

Birth 25AUG44 Rank 1LT Date of Death 31JAN68 P. of birth   Service Army Place Pleiku, S. Vietnam Town of Record Carmel CA Unit 173rd Abn Bde B Co 1st Bn 503rd Infantry Death Code Multiple fragmentation wounds; Ground Casualty Local Tacoma service # OF107408 Panel 36EAST - 35 married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 18MAY67 Comment   Cemetery The Presidio Cem, San Francisco CA

    Anthony F. VANHULLE II

Birth 28MAY45 Rank SP4 Date of Death 31JAN68 P. of birth Maywood CA Service Army Place Gia Dinh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Monroe Unit 25th Inf Div, Trp C, 3rd Sqrd, 4th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 19803992 Panel   36EAST - 40 married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 30SEP67 Comment   Cemetery IOOF Cemetery, Monroe WA

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
Jan Smith and Evergreen-Washelli, Seattle WA;
Bruce Swander and Maryland Wall Memorial

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