FACES FROM THE WALL

VIETNAM WAR

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AUGUST 1969

Birth 12JAN46 Rank SP4 Date of Death 11AUG69 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Quang Ngai, S. Vietnam Town of Record Wenatchee Unit 11th LIB, Trp E, 1st Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown Chelan service # 536440108 Panel 19WEST - 04   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 16NOV68 Comment   Cemetery

Stephen R. Prince Dies in Vietnam Spec. 4 Stephen R. Prince, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Prince of Wenatchee, died in action in Vietnam 11 Aug (1969). Spec. Prince was a gunner on an armored vehice with the First Cavalry, 11th Infantry Brigade, American Division, stationed near Quang Ngai at the time of his death. For the past nine months he had been in Vietnam. He was born 12 Jan 1946, and he was graduated from Wenatchee High School. He attended the University of Washington. Surviving are: his parents; his brother, James Prince; and his grandmother, Mrs. Arthur W. Prince. Seattle. Bonney-Watson Funeral Home is in charge of private services (Wenatchee Daily World, Wenatchee )

Donald Gary DILLARD

Birth 07DEC46 Rank SP4 Date of Death 12AUG69 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Quang Tin, S. Vietnam Town of Record Wapato Unit Americal Div, C Trp, 1st Sgdr, 1st Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 533463552 Panel 19WEST - 12   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 09SEP68 Comment   Cemetery

Ray Earl HOMBEL

Birth 21FEB49 Rank LCPL Date of Death 12AUG69 P. of birth Moscow ID Service Marines Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit 1st Mar Div, C Co, 1st RECON Bn Death Code Hostile; Ground Casualty; Other Explosive Device Hometown   service # 531527603 Panel 19WEST - 15   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 18MAR69 Comment   Cemetery

Obituary Marine Lance Cpl. Ray E. Hombel, son of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Hombel, E10921 Nixon, was killed Tuesday in Vietnam as a result of fragmentation wounds to the head and body he received from an enemy rocket grenade. Cpl. Hombel, a member of Company C, First Reconnaissance Battalion, First Marine Division, was killed in Quang Nam Province when the observation post he was on came under attack. Born in Moscow ID, Hombel was a 1967 graduate of Spokane's University High School and had attended Argonne Jr. High School. He moved to Spokane from Moscow in 1960 with his family. He joined the Marines in January, 1968 and had received basic training at Camp Pendleton CA before being stationed in Vietnam. (The Spokesman-Review, Spokane WA, 14 Aug 1969)

Leonard Peter SPARKMAN

Birth 28APR48 Rank LCPL Date of Death 12AUG69 P. of birth Minnesota Service Marines Place Quang Tin, S. Vietnam Town of Record Mercer Island Unit 1ST COMB ACTION GP MOB TNG TM2 Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 534524153 Panel 19WEST - 24   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 24JUL69 Comment   Cemetery Sunset Hills

Cpl. Sparkman Dies in Viet Nam War Lance Corporal Leonard Peter Sparkman, USMC, 21, was killed in Vietnam, 12 Aug (1969). Born in Minnesota, Cpl. Sparkman was a 1966 graduate of Mercer Island High School. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Sparkman, Sr., a sister, Janie Lynn, all of Mercer Island, and a brother Lt. Robert C. Sparkman, Jr., USAF stationed at Laredo TX. He also leaves grandparents, Mrs. Elizabeth Sparkman, St. Louis MO and Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert Landry of Minnesota. Cpl spent one year in Vietnam, spent leave at home, and returned in July of this year to spend another tour of duty there. Rosary will be said tonight at 8 p.m. at Columbia Funeral Home. Requiem Mass will be tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. at St. Monica's Church on Mercer Island. burial will be in Sunset Hills. The family request that remembrances be sent in Cpl. Sparkman's name to St. Labre Indian School in Ashland MT, 59003. (MIReporter, Mercer Island WA, Aug 1971)

Mark W. EVELAND

Birth 17JUL47 Rank CWO Date of Death 16AUG69 P. of birth   Service Army (Reserve) Place Tay Ninh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Sedro Woolley Unit 1st Cav Div, D Co, 229th Assault Hel Bn Death Code Non-Hostile Died; Helicopter - Crew; Air Loss Crash - Land Hometown   service # 535461644 Panel 19WEST - 49   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 21NOV68 Comment   Cemetery

Steven Michael MIOTKE

Birth 04SEP48 Rank CPL Date of Death 17AUG69 P. of birth Spokane Service Army (Draft) Place Tay Ninh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Puyallup Unit 1st Cav Div, A Co, 1st Bn, 12th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died Wounds; Ground Casualty; Other Explosive Device Hometown   service # 532508697 Panel 19WEST - 55   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 07OCT68 Comment ranger25.com Cemetery

Spec. 4 Steven M. Miotke, 20, of 4817 26th St. NE., Puyallup, who died of wounds sustained in combat while in Vietnam, was born in Spokane and lived in Puyallup seven years. Mr. Miotke was a 1966 graduate of Puyallup High School. He was a member of All Saints Catholic Church. Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Miotke; two brothers, Albert J. and William E., both of Puyallup; and his grandparents, Mrs. Felix J. (Angeline ) Miotke of Spokane, and Mr. and Mrs. John H. Coburn, of Glendale AZ. Services will be announced by Powers Wrigley Clements Funeral Home, Puyallup. (Tacoma News Tribune, Tacoma WA, 20 Aug 1969)

Gary Wayne HARVEY

Birth 15OCT48 Rank PFC Date of Death 18AUG69 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit 196th LIB, B Co, 4th Bn, 31st Inf Death Code Hostile; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 552667069 Panel 19WEST - 61   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 23JUN69 Comment   Cemetery

James Richard WALDOWSKI

Birth 16MAR47 Rank WO Date of Death 20AUG69 P. of birth   Service Army (Reserve) Place Kien Hoa, S. Vietnam Town of Record Mercer Island Unit 9th Inf Div, D Trp, 3rd Sqd, 5th Cav Death Code Non-Hostile Died; Helicopter - Pilot; Air Loss Crash - Land Hometown   service # 539447922 Panel 19WEST - 83   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 12MAY69 Comment 9th Infantry Cemetery

Incident description by Vietnam Researcher, Bruce Swander
8/20/69
WALDOWSKI, James Richard, WO1 (Warrant Officer) .
AH-1G helicopter, #68-15032
Helicopter training at Ft Wolters and Ft Hunter. Received his 'Wings' on 3/11/69. Arrived in Vietnam 5/12/69.
    At 6PM, Waldowski and WO Martin Tabor went standby for aviation support. At 8:30PM, Dong Tam (Mekong Delta) started to receive mortar rounds and word came in that an Infantry Unit (6/31st) was in contact with the enemy. Scrambling to the action, they supported the ground troops with three mini-gun attacks. Notified that additional enemy was fleeing, they flew down to make another run - but their guns had become inoperative. Taber then decided to use his rockets. He quickly swooped down, fired four pairs of rockets - tucked the nose down in an effort to put the last pair of rockets on target - and transmitted back "breaking right". Eyewitnesses saw the AH-1G crash, explode on impact, killing both pilots immediately.(Bruce Swander, Email received 4 Feb 2004)

Jeffrey Lee HULBERT

Birth 10JUN49 Rank CPL Date of Death 21AUG69 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Kirkland Unit HQ Btry, 11 Mars, 1st Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Artillery, Rocket, Mortar Hometown   service # 531523958 Panel 19WEST - 87   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 24MAR68 Comment   Cemetery

Stanley Ray HONEA

Birth 25JUN50 Rank PFC Date of Death 23AUG69 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit Co E, 2 Bn, 5 Mars, 1st Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 534527494 Panel 19WEST - 106   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 03APR69 Comment   Cemetery

Richard Earl MARTINEZ

Birth 28SEP34 Rank BM1 Date of Death 28AUG69 P. of birth   Service Navy Place Dinh Tuong, S. Vietnam Town of Record Renton Unit RIVDV 132RIVRON13 RIVPATFLOT5 Death Code Non-Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Drowned, Suffocated Hometown   service # 531325707 Panel 18WEST - 02   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date ... Comment River Assault Sqdn 13 - Div 132 Cemetery