Birth 22DEC46 Rank LCPL Date of Death 04FEB69 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Kent Unit MAG 15 9TH MAB MAR SQ HMM362 Death Code Hostile Died; Helicopter - Crew; Air Loss Crash - Land Hometown   service # 2377109 Panel 33WEST - 57   married Single Link Popasmoke and Helicopter Medals   Tour Date 13DEC68 Comment   Cemetery

Marines who died in mid air helicopter crash on 4FEB69
  Crew UH-34D 143965 CPL Joseph Harold Brubaker, Jr. Crew Chief; LCP Gregory Jerome Niccoli, Gunner; 1LT Lawrence Emanuel Houck II Aircraft Commander; 1LT Roger Douglas Knudtson Co-pilot;
  Crew UH-34D 150212 LCP Otis Green, Gunner; 1LT Andrew Martin Haglage, Co-pilot; LCP John Dee Harrington, Crew Chief; 1LT James Dean Opsahl, Air craft Commander
  Eyewitness account of this accident at Pop A Smoke.com

Hugh Leslie 'Buzz' SHERBURN

Birth 21DEC39 Rank TSGT Date of Death 05FEB69 P. of birth Weston OR Service Air Force Place Laos Town of Record Vancouver Unit 7TH AF 6994th Security Squadron Death Code Hostile Died Missing; Fixed Wing - Crew; Air Loss Crash - Land Hometown   service # 544426648 Panel 33WEST - 69   married Single MIA -   Medals Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster; Air Medal with fifth Oak Leaf Cluster; Purple Heart Tour Date 17SEP67 Comment   Cemetery Jefferson Barracks National Cem., St. Louis MO

(POW NETWORK MIA report...extracted) Hugh L."Buzz" Sherburn had been in the Air Force for eleven years and was nearing the end of his third tour of Vietnam with the 6994th Security Squadron when his aircraft went down in the mountainous jungles of Laos. He was the radio operator aboard a Douglas C47 on a electronic surveillance mission over Laos departing from Pleiku Airbase and flying to Phu Bai Airport near Hue. The plane went down 05 Feb 1969. The crash site was finally found in the fall of 1969. The remains of the 10 member crew were retrieved and are now interred together in a single grave at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis MO. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster; The Air Medal with fifth Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart after his death. He was born 21 Dec 1939 at Weston OR and had just celebrated his 29th birthday.
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John Wayne SPAFFORD

Birth 9NOV48 Rank SP4 Date of Death 05FEB69 P. of birth   Service Army Place Binh Duong, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit 25th Inf Div, B Co, 1st Bn, 5th Inf Death Code Hostile Died Wounds; Ground Casualty; Other Explosive Device Hometown   service # 18983510 Panel 33WEST - 69   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 19NOV68 Comment   Cemetery

Paul Roger JARVIS

Birth 05SEP49 Rank PFC Date of Death 07FEB69 P. of birth Vancouver Service Marines Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Vancouver Unit A Co, 1 Bn, 7 Mar, 1 Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Ground Casual - Misadventure Hometown   service # 2394926 Panel 33WEST - 79   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 17AUG68 Comment   Cemetery

Marine dies of gunshot in Vietnam The death of Marine Pfc. Paul Roger Jarvis, 19, occurred Friday in Vietnam when was mistakenly shot by Allied forces during a combat operation, it was reported today. Marine officials said the young Leatherneck was killed while serving in Quang Nam Province with Company A, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division. He had been in Vietnam since last August. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Gene C. Jarvis, 4112 Q St. he was born in Vancouver and attended Fort Vancouver High School before enlisting in the Marines last February. This latest victim of the Vietnam war brings to 43 the number of men with Clark County ties who have died there, compared with 20 casualties of the Korean War from this area. Funeral services are pending at the Vancouver Funeral Chapel, with details to be announced later (The Columbian, Vancouver WA, Feb 1969)

Leldon Edwin HOCK Jr.

Birth 22OCT48 Rank PFC Date of Death 12FEB69 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit Co M, 3 Bn, 9 Mars, 3 Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 2436281 Panel 32WEST - 20   married   MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 07AUG68 Comment   Cemetery

Bill W. GENTRY

Birth 15APR49 Rank LCPL Date of Death 15FEB69 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Yakima Unit B Co, 1st Bn, 1st Mars Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 2436041 Panel 32WEST - 37   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 19JUN68 Comment   Cemetery

Lance Cpl. Wm. Gentry Funeral services for Marine Lance Cpl. William W. Gentry will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. in Keith & Keith Chapel with full military honors provided by I and I Staff, Co. D, 4th Tank Battalion of the 1st Marine Division. He was killed 15 Feb (1969) while on a search and clear mission 10 miles south of DaNang. He had been in Vietnam for nine months. Lance Cpl. Gentry, 19, was a graduate of Washington Junior High School and A.C. Davis High School. He was the son of Mrs. Lela F. Gentry, 909 S. 2nd Ave. Besides his mother he is survived by four sisters, Mrs. Fern Ronan, Yakima, Mrs. Fay Clark, Naches, Mrs. Joy Johnson, Yakima, and Miss Hazel Baird, Seattle; his grandmother, Mrs. Ruby Gentry, Yakima; three brothers, Edward Gentry, Coos Bay OR, and Bobby and Lee Gentry, both of Yakima. (Yakima Herald-Republic, Yakima WA, Thursday 27 Feb 1969)

Kurt L. STARKEY

Birth 05MAY42 Rank CPL Date of Death 15FEB69 P. of birth   Service Army Place Tay Ninh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Bellingham Unit 25th Inf Div, Trp C, 3rd Sqrd, 4th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 19843941 Panel 32WEST - 40   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 15JAN69 Comment   Cemetery

County Relatives Remember Viet Nam Dead.
    For many, today is a day for recalling fond memories of an only son, a short lived husband or father known only by pictures. With Memorial Day also comes bitter grief caused by the death of those men.
    In Olympia, a memorial impressed with 1,073 names was dedicated this weekend. It bears the names of Washington residents killed or missing in action during the Vietnam War.
    Twenty- four of the names are those of men from Whatcom County. Their deaths are still a great burden for some.
    "Its so long ago, and yet so close, that its still hard for us to deal with," said a Bellingham father whose son died in Vietnam 20 years. He did not want to be identified.
    For others, it brings joy to recount the treasured memories.
    "To me, he was just about perfect," Hilda Sparks recalled of her son,U.S. Army Sgt. Roger Sparks."I'm just glad I had him for 22 years. "Roger was just about the best thing that ever happened to me."
    Bellingham's Sgt. Sparks was a compassionate son and true friend who responded when called and died by an unseen enemy, his 73 year old mother recalled.
    Sparks was firing a rifle in a firefight when a mortar exploded nearby, his mother said, she can't read war stories, look at war pictures or listen to or watch anything" that hurts our young boys."
    "I try so hard to live above this because I can't let it get me down," said Hilda Sparks, whose husband died before her son. "It was so hard at first. I hated the whole world. Now I feel sorry for our young people. He has been gone for 20 years, and I still miss him."
    Army Cpl. Kurt Starkey, was a newlywed of four months when a land mine blew up the tank he commanded, recalled Starkey's brother, Gregory Starkey of Bellingham.
    "His one thing in life was to go into the service,' recalled Esther Starkey,Gregory's wife. "He loved the service and was proud of what he did.
    Cpl. Starkey served a four year stint in the U.S.Navy, primarily aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S.Tinconderga, but wanted to be closer to the action, his brother said.
    Starkey was in Vietnam a week and a half, an hour and a half into field duty when the mine killed him alone among the seven man crew, Esther Starkey said.
    "If more would have come out of it I think we could understand it better." Esther Starkey said. "I don't see where they really achieved anything through the war and the loss of life."
    William Dubb said: "I was totally against that darned stupid war," and added of his son, " he just kind of went along with it."
    The son was PFC. Dewain Dubb, a 1966 graduate of Ferndale High School. He died in a firefight in the central highlands near the Cambodian and Laotian borders. He was the older of two brothers. " He had a great personality and a lot of friends," his father said. " He probably died for nothing, for the stupidity of that war."
    (Bellingham Herald, Bellingham WA, 25 May 1987)

PFC. Starkey dies in Action PFC Kurt Starkey, 26, 1201 14th St, who arrived in South Vietnam about a week ago, was killed in action Saturday. He apparently died from internal injuries. He was life resident of Bellinham before joining the Navy where he served aboard the USS Ticonderoga before joining the Army three years ago. He attended the Catholic Church. Married four months ago, he is survived by his widow, Fay, in Killeen TX; his father, Pat, and a brother, Greg, both of Bellingham; his mother, Mrs. Ruby Mills of Richland and a grandmother,Mrs Anna Larson of Bellingham. He is the 35th man to die in Vietnam from this area. Services are pending at the Jones Funeral Home. (The Bellingham Herald, Bellingham WA, Tuesday, 18 Feb 1969)

Craig Mansfield HEMPHILL

Birth 24MAR50 Rank PFC Date of Death 16FEB69 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit Co D, 1 Bn, 7 Mars, 1 Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 2315073 Panel 32WEST - 44   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 14JAN69 Comment   Cemetery Peone Cem., Mead WA

HEMPHILL, Pfc. Craig M. (USMC) --His Home, Elk WA. A member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church. A graduate of Mead High School. Survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hemphill; 1 brother, Kim Hemphill, and 1 sister, Karla Hemphill, all at the Home; grandmothers, Ella Huffman, Elk; Jesse Warriner, Vancouver, B.C. Funeral services Friday, 28 Feb (1969) at 2 p.m. in the Rose Chapel of the Hennessey Funeral Home, N2203 Division St., Pastor Delmer Anderson officiating. Interment Peone Prairie Cemetery. (The Spokesman-Review, Spokane WA, 28 Feb 1969)

Donald Lee KUJAWA

Birth 07JUL47 Rank CPL Date of Death 17FEB69 P. of birth Tacoma Service Marines Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Tacoma Unit F Co, 2nd Bn, 5th Mars Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Other Explosive Device Hometown   service # 2315012 Panel 32WEST - 49   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 30AUG67 Comment   Cemetery

Tacoman Dies in VN Action Marine Lance Cpl. Donald L. Kujawa, 21, of 1221 E. 26th St., was killed Monday in action in Vietnam. He was born in Tacoma and lived here all his life. He was a graduate of Lincoln High School and had been in Vietnam for two years. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Kujawa; five sisters, Patricia Raether, Mrs. Bernice Hendricks, Mrs. Jeanette Tash and Mrs. Dorris Osada, all of Tacoma, and Mrs. Kathryn Gomez, of Stockton CA; and four brothers, Dennis, Jerome and James, all of Tacoma and Art, with the Army at Ft. Ord CA. Services will be announced by Mountain View Funeral Home. (Tacoma News-Tribune, Tacoma WA, 21 Feb 1969)

Alan Clarence BURTNESS

Birth 19JUN45 Rank SP5 Date of Death 20FEB69 P. of birth Spokane Service Army Place S. Vietnam Town of Record Medina Unit Special Forces, A-403 Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Other Explosive Device Hometown   service # 19844205 Panel 32WEST - 64   Married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 15JUL68 Comment   Cemetery

Booby Trap Takes Life of Soldier Spec. 5 Alan Burtness, 23, a 1962 North Central High School graduate, was killed by a fragmentation booby trap in Vietnam last Thursday. Burtness, a member of an Army Green Beret special forces unit, was on a patrol in the Mekong Delta of South Vietnam when he encountered the enemy booby trap. Burtness was serving his second tour of duty in Vietnam during his four-year Army career. He spent 1 1/2 years in Germany after his first tour then extended his enlistment twice and asked for reassignment to the war zone. The soldier is survived by his mother, Mrs. Sylvia O'Neill, Seattle; his father, M. B. Burtness Spokane; a sister Patty, Seattle; a brother, Bryon, Eugene, OR, and a grandmother, Mrs. Clara Merryfield, Spokane. The body is being sent to Hennessy Funeral Home. (Spokesman-Review, Spokane WA, 24 Feb 1969)

Rites Set for Alan Burtness, Killed in War Funeral services for Army Specialist 5th Class Alan C. Burtness, 23, of 3212 109th Ave. S.E., Bellevue, who was killed in action in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam 20 Feb (1969) will be held this week in Spokane. A native of Spokane, Mr. Burtness attended Bellevue High School and graduated from North Central High School in Spokane. He worked for the Goodrich Tire Co. here before entering the Army in 1965. A Green Beret, he served a year in Vietnam, a year in Germany and was on his second tour of duty in Vietnam. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Sylvia O'Neill, Bellevue; his father, M. B. Burtness, Spokane; a half sister, Patty O'Neill, Bellevue, a brother, Byron Burtness, Eugene OR, and his grandmother, Mrs. Clara Merryfield, Spokane. (Times, Seattle WA, 2 Mar 1969)

Grover Cleveland BOWEN

Birth 20SEP48 Rank PFC Date of Death 21FEB69 P. of birth Chehalis Service Army (Draft) Place Gia Dinh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Tacoma Unit 1st Avn Bde, C Trp, 17th Cav Death Code Non-Hostile Died; Helicopter - Crew; Air Loss Crash - Land Hometown   service # 56961871 Panel 32WEST - 69   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 13JAN69 Comment   Cemetery   Mt Tahoma High School, Tacoma WA, Senior 1967

Thank you . . . Louise Alexander-Way classmate of Skip who brought me his picture at "The Moving Wall" at Tulalip Reservation August 19, 2005

Copter Crash Kills Tacoman Pfc. Grover C. Bowen, 20, of 3409 S. Monroe St., died Friday in Vietnam in the crash of an Army helicopter, according to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bowen. Bowen was a crew chief. He was born in Chehalis and was a graduate of Mount Tahoma High School, having lived in Tacoma for some 15 years. He was a member of the Asto Citizen's Band Radio Club, and the Tacoma Trail Cruisers (a four wheel drive club). Survivors include his parents; a sister, Miss Sharon Jean Bowen; two brothers, Harry Jr., of Fircrest, and Floyd, of Astoria OR; and a grandmother, Mrs. Maggie Williamson of Tacoma. Services will be announced by Mountain Viet Funeral Club. (Tacoma News-Tribune, Tacoma WA, 27 Feb 1969)

William Blake SCOTT

Birth 10NOV46 Rank SP4 Date of Death 21FEB69 P. of birth Tacoma Service Army Place Hua Nghia, S. Vietnam Town of Record Tacoma Unit 1st Avn Bde 116th Aviation Co Death Code Non-Hostile, Died; Helicopter - Crew; Air Loss, Crash - Land Hometown   service # 29005003 Panel 32WEST - 73   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 06JAN68 Comment   Cemetery

Spec 4 William B. Scott, 22, of 4330 S. J St. who died Friday in Vietnam, was born in Tacoma and lived here all his life. He attended Stadium High School. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Scott, of the home; and two sisters, Mrs. William (Joy) Campbell and Mrs. Ron (JoAnn) Blackburn, both of Tacoma. Services will be announced by Mountain View Funeral Home. (The Tacoma News Tribune, Tacoma WA, 25 Feb 1969)

Tacoma Man Dies in VN
    A Tacoma Army man was among several Washington State soldiers who have died recently in Vietnam, the Defense Department announced Tuesday.
    Spec. 4 William B. Scott, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Scott, of 4330 S. J St. died not as a result of hostile action, the report indicated;
    Another Army man, Sgt. David L. Poff, of Vancouver was listed as killed in action and two Navy men, Lt. Cmdr. Rodney Chapman (town of record = Alpena MI) and Aviation Structural Mechanic 1.C. Stanley M. Jerome, (town of record = Detroit MI) both of Oak Harbor, were changed from missing to killed in action (Tacoma News-Tribune, Tacoma WA, 25 Feb 1969)

Randal Lee ROGERS

Birth 02MAY47 Rank SGT Date of Death 22FEB69 P. of birth Renton Service Army (Draft) Place Kien Hoa, S. Vietnam Town of Record Auburn Unit 9th Inf Div, A Co, 4th Bn, 47th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 56961102 Panel 32WEST - 83   married Single Link 9th Infantry Medals   Tour Date 14JAN69 Comment   Cemetery

Randall Rogers, Auburn Aged 21. Died 22 Feb 1969 in Viet Nam. Survivors include Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Branch, brothers, Dennis Rogers and Donald Branch, Auburn, sister Mrs. Deborah Sanchez, Pacific, Grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wilson, Auburn. Funeral Announcement will be made later by Price Helton Funeral Chapel. (Record-Chronicle, Renton WA 28 Feb 1969)

Sgt. Rogers Dies in VN Sgt. Randall L. Rogers, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Branch, of Auburn, has been killed in action in Vietnam. The sergeant was a member of the Army's mobile river force at Dong Tam. Sgt. Rogers was born in Renton and attended North Auburn Elementary School, Cascade Junior High School and graduated from Green River Community College in 1967. He volunteered for the Army in March of 1968 and completed his basic training at Fort Lewis on 9 May (1969) He held the American Honor Medal in small arms training and the certificate of achievement awarded by the Mortar Training School at Fort Lewis for a score of 200 out of a possible 200, the highest in his company. He also received the certificate of achievement and Bronze Trophy as the most outstanding trainee of his company at Fort Lewis. He was assigned to infantry noncommissioned officers' school at Ft. Benning GA, completed the course on 21 Oct (1968) with the rank of sergeant. He served later at Fort Lewis and was ordered to Vietnam on 12 Jan (1969). Surviving, besides his parents, are two brothers, Dennis Rogers and Donald Branch, both at home; a sister, Mrs. Deborah Sanchez, of Pacific; and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wilson, of Auburn. Services will be announced by Price Helton Funeral Chapel. Auburn. (Tacoma News-Tribune, Tacoma WA, 28 Feb 1969)

Randal L. Rogers, 21, Killed in Vietnam
    Army Sgt. Randal L. Rogers, 21, son of Mrs. Raymond K. Branch, 1032 16th Ave. N.E., Auburn, was killed in action 22 Feb (1969) while serving with the Mobile Riverine Force at Dong Tam in Vietnam.
    Funeral arrangements will be made at the Price-Helton Funeral Home in Auburn.
    Sergeant Rogers was engaged to Toni Aufderhar, 114 24th Ave. S.E., Auburn, a student at Western Washington State College.
    A native of Auburn, Sergeant Rogers was a graduate of Green River Community College where he was president of the Lettermen's Club.
    Following basic training last summer at Fort Lewis, Sergeant Rogers was designated the most outstanding trainee of his company. He was awarded the American ...
    Survivors, in addition to his parents, include his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wilson, Auburn; two brothers, Dennis Rogers and Donald Branch, both at home, and a sister Mrs. Deborah Sanchez, Pacific. The family requests remembrances be made to a memorial scholarship fund being established at Green River Community College. (Seattle Times, Seattle WA, 4 Mar 1969)

Carl Frank BELDING Jr.

Birth 30APR48 Rank SP4 Date of Death 23FEB69 P. of birth Little Rock AR Service Army (Draft) Place Binh Duong, S. Vietnam Town of Record White Salmon Unit 25th Inf Div, C Co, 1st Bn, 27th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 56935011 Panel 32WEST - 88   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 18AUG68 Comment Maryhill War Memorial Cemetery

CARL BELDING, JR. KILLED IN ACTION IN VIETMAN
    Carl Frank Belding, Jr. was killed in action in Vietnam February 23rd, while serving in Company C 1st Battalion Infantry of the 25th Infantry Division has a PFC Special 4. He enlisted on March 20, 1968.
    He attended Columbia High School for two years and graduated from Bergman High School in Bergman, Arkansas in 1966. He had worked as a Service Station attendant and at Underwood Fruit and Storage Warehouse.
    Survivors are his parents, Carl and Geneva Belding of White Salmon; a brother, Pvt. Raymond Belding of Fort Lewis, Washington; and a sister Juanita Joyce Belding of White Salmon.
    Military services will be held at Gardner's Chapel in White Salmon on Friday, March 7th, at 11 a.m.. Interment will be at the White Salmon Cemetery. (The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., March 6, 1969, page 1)

Spec. 4 Carl Frank Belding Jr., of White Salmon, died 23 Feb (1969) as a result of enemy action in Vietnam. He was born at Little Rock AR, and was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl F Belding. Survivors besides his parents include a brother, Pvt. Raymond Belding, Ft.Lewis, and a sister, Juanita Joyce Belding, a student at White Salmon High School. Funeral Services will be held in the Gardner Funeral Home at White Salmon Friday at 11 a.m. with military graveside services provided by a detail from Ft.Lewis. (Yakima Herald Republic, Yakima WA, Tuesday 4 Mar 1969)

    MARVIN H BROWN

Birth 26AUG30 Rank SSG Date of Death 23FEB69 P. of birth   Service Army Place Tay Ninh S. Vietnam Town of Record Bend Unit MACV Adv Team 90 Death Code Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty Local Spokane service # 19708627 Panel 32WEST - 90 Married Single In Service 6 yrs Medals Purple Heart Tour Date 07OCT68 Link Medic Corpsman Cemetery Pines Cemetery, Spokane WA

Obituary Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Smith Funeral Home for Army S. Sgt. Marvin H. Brown, who died in Vietnam 23 Feb (1969) of wounds received in a battle with Viet Cong near the Cambodian border. Burial will follow at the Pines Cemetery. Brown, 38, was serving his third tour of duty in Vietnam. He had lived here since 1953. survivors include his father, Carl, at the Home, S212 Rebecca, and a sister, Mrs. Jean McAllister, Portland OR (The Spokesman-Review, Spokane WA, 5 Mar 1969)

John C. BROWNING

Birth 30JUN44 Rank SGT Date of Death 23FEB69 P. of birth San Augastine TX Service Army (Draft) Place Tay Ninh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Renton Unit 25th Inf Div, HHC, 2nd Bn, 27th Inf Death Code Hostile Died; Ground Casualty; Gun Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 56962133 Panel 32WEST - 91   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 03DEC68 Comment   Cemetery

John C. Browning, 24, Killed in Vietnam
    An Army medic from Renton, who had planned to be a medical missionary, has been killed in action in Vietnam.
    Specialist 4 John C. Browning, 24, son of the Rev. and Mrs. Lynn Browning, 12460 142nd Ave. S. E., Renton, a member of the 27th Infantry, was killed while under attack about a mile from the Cambodian border. He was reported missing in action 23 Feb (1969), and his body was found later.
    Funeral arrangements will be made at the Stokes Funeral Home in Renton. A native of San Augustine TX, Specialist Browning came to this area to attend St. Martin's College. He was a zoology graduate of the...
    In addition to his parents, Specialist Browning is survived by a brother, Robert C. Browning, at home, and five sisters, Princess E. and Kimberly A. Browning, both at home, and Mary L. Browning, Portland; Mrs. Lynda Deckard, Sadler TX, and Mrs. Patricia Head, Irving TX. The family requests remembrances by made to the Brairwood Church of Christ in Renton. (Seattle Times, Seattle WA, 4 Mar 1969)

Daniel Loyd POFF

Birth 08SEP47 Rank SGT Date of Death 23FEB69 P. of birth Minneapolis MN Service Army (Draft) Place Binh Duong, S. Vietnam Town of Record Vancouver Unit 1st Cav Div, HHC Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Artillery, Rocket, Mortar Hometown   service # 56933841 Panel 31WEST - 16   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 25MAR68 Comment   Cemetery

Sgt. Dan Poff Viet casualty Among the victims of the new round of attacks that began during the weekend in Vietnam against allied military installations and population centers was Sgt. Daniel L. Poff of Vancouver, who died early Sunday, the Defense Department announced Monday. The 21-year-old soldier, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil B. Poff of 2801 N. W. 91st St., was killed at about 3:30 a.m., when enemy forces launched a mortar attack against the base camp, where he was serving with Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 1st Air Cavalry Division. Poff was the 44th member of the armed forces with Clark County ties to die in the Vietnam war. He had almost completed his tour of duty overseas, having been in Vietnam 11 months. During that time he had participated in the Awshaw Valley sweep and in several other dangerous missions. Though he was born in Minneapolis on 8 Sep 1947, Poff had lived most of his life here. He was graduated from Columbia River High School in 1965, and was a member of the track team there in his senior year. He attended Clark College for two years before entering the Army in October 1967. In addition to his parents, the sergeant is survived by brothers, Timothy and James, and a sister, Kim. Funeral services are pending at Vancouver Funeral Chapel. Details will be announced after the body is returned from overseas. (The Columbian, Vancouver WA, 25 Feb 1969)

Michael Bernard DUFFY

Birth 26AUG50 Rank PFC Date of Death 24FEB69 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit L Co, 3rd Bn, 7th Mars Death Code Hostile Died; Ground Casualty; Gun Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 2315075 Panel 31WEST - 34   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 14JAN69 Comment   Cemetery

Two Spokane Men Killed in Vietnam
    Parents of two Spokane men were notified Thursday their sons were killed in Vietnam this week.
    Dead are Army Staff Sgt. Marvin H. Brown, 38, son of Carl Brown, #2514 Boone, and Marine Pfc. Michael B. Duffy, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard T. Duffy, E3132 Eighteenth.
    Brown died Sunday from wounds received in a battle with the Viet Cong near the Cambodian border. He was serving his third voluntary tour in the war zone.
    Duffy was killed Monday by rifle fire while on a platoon search-and-clear mission in Quang Nam province near the demilitarized zone north of Da Nang.
    North Central Graduate
    Duffy, a 1968 graduate of North Central High School, attended Gonzaga Prep for three years and enlisted in the Marines last July with two other GP students who were both wounded in action recently. All three had been in Vietnam since January.
    The two friends are David Oxford and Mike Coleman. Oxford stepped on a land mine about two weeks ago and is recuperating in a hospital in Japan. Coleman received shrapnel wounds last week.
    Duffy is survived by four brothers and four sisters in addition to his parents. The body is being sent to Hennessy Funeral Home.
    Brown served two years in Germany before volunteering for Vietnam duty. He had lived in Spokane eight years before enlisting in the Army in 1961.
    The soldier's father had received a letter from him on Tuesday, dated 20 Feb (1969). It said that the Tet holidays had proved fairly quiet so far in the part of South Vietnam where he was located. Brown also told his father that he would be home "for good" in October.
    The deaths brought Spokane County's casualty toll to 64. (Spokesman-Review, Spokane WA, 28 Feb 1969)

Timothy John HALL

Birth 29SEP48 Rank CPL Date of Death 24FEB69 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Ngai, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit 1 CAG, 3 Mar Div Death Code Hostile Died; Ground Casualty; Gun Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 2277167 Panel 31WEST - 36   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 01MAY68 Comment   Cemetery Holy Cross Cemetery

Marine Recovers, Returns, Is Killed
    In August last year, Marine Cpl. Timothy J. Hall was wounded so severely in combat that it was thought for a while that he would be paralyzed permanently from the waist down.
    After two major operations and months in the hospital, Hall recovered. The Marine Corps said that Hall would not be sent to the battle front again.
    But the young man, who joined the Marines at the age of 17, had different ideas, according to his mother, Mrs. Jackee Hall, E709 Indiana.
    "I'll see about that," Mrs. Hall said he told her while home on leave. He did see about it and somehow or another managed to return to Vietnam.
    Dies of Wounds
    Recently Mrs. Hall was notified that her son had again been wounded while on patrol in Quang Ngai Province. On 24 Feb (1969) he died from the wounds. she was informed Thursday.
    It was his second tour of duty in Vietnam. He enlisted in the Marines while a student attending North Central High School because according to his mother, "he wanted to do something for his country."
    He carefully studied all the brochures handed out by the various branches of service and then made his selection. He joined for four years and had only a little more than a year left on his "hitch."
    Liked People of Vietnam
    "He loved the Marine Corps and fully believed in what he was fighting for. He liked the people of Vietnam and the country," Mrs. Hall said.
    Cpl. Hall had lived in Spokane most of his life. In addition to his mother, he is survived by his father, Leo Hall, E603 North; a brother, Thomas, in the U.S. Coast Guard; five sisters at home, Terry, Karen, Jackee, Marjorie and Susan; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Rick, Spokane, and a grandmother, Mrs. Lucille Converse, Spokane.
    The body will be sent to Hazen & Jaeger Funeral Home. (Spokesman-Review, Spokane WA, 7 Mar 1969)

HALL, Timothy John Cpl. -- Passed away 24 Feb (1969) in Vietnam. His Home, E709 Indiana. Son of Mrs. Jackee Hall, Spokane and Le Hall, Spokane. Brother of Terry, Karen, Jackee, Marjorie, and Susan Hall, all at the Home; Thomas Hall, U.S. Coast Guard and Steven Brown, Forks WA; grandson of Mr. & Mrs. John Rick and Mrs. Lucille Converse, all of Spokane. A member of St. Aloysius Catholic Church. Rosary services Tues., 11 Mar (1969) at 7:30 p.m. from the Alwin Chapel of the Hazen & Jaeger Funeral Home, N1306 Monroe. Funeral services Wed., 12 Mar at 8 a.m. St. Aloysius roman Catholic Church, E402 Boone Ave. Rev. Francis W. McGuigan, S. J. officiating. Burial services. Holy Cross Cemetery. (The Spokesman-Review, Spokane WA, 1969)

Ronald Leeroy QUIGLEY

Birth 29OCT48 Rank PFC Date of Death 26FEB69 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Hua Nghia, S. Vietnam Town of Record Yakima Unit 25th Inf Div, A Btry, 3rd Bn, 13th Arty Death Code Hostile Died; Ground Casualty; Gun Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 56962300 Panel 31WEST - 71   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 15DEC68 Comment   Cemetery

Willard Gilson COEN

Birth 28FEB26 Rank SFC Date of Death 27FEB69 P. of birth Morristown SD Service Army Place Phu Ven, S. Vietnam Town of Record Wiley City Unit Sig Bde, HHD, 21st Sig Grp Death Code Non-Hostile Died Illness/Injury; Ground Casualty; Vehicle Loss Crash Hometown   service # 37504049 Panel 31WEST - 77   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 17JUN68 Comment   Cemetery

Army Sgt. 1C Willard Gilson Coen, 45,of 1402 S. 2nd Ave. Yakima died Thursday in South Vietnam after the military vehicle in which he was riding overturned. He was born at Morristown SD, and had lived in the Yakima area off and on for many years, Sgt. Coen had been with the Army for 22 years. He served in Germany during the occupation after World War II, in France and at several posts in the United States before going to Vietnam last June. Sgt. Coen was with the quartermaster corps. His military specialty was food supervisor. Donald Murphy, a nephew who is stationed at Saigon with the 101st Airborne Division, will escort the remains back to Yakima. Survivors include Sgt. Coen's wife, Mrs. Elfriede Coen, Yakima, a daughter, Miss Judy Fay Coen, Yakima; two brothers, Harris Coen, Lusk WY, and Richard Coen, Portland OR; a sister, Mrs. Lela Palmer, Yakima; and his mother, Mrs. Edna Nowlin, Lusk WY. (Yakima Herald Republic, Yakima WA, Tuesday 4 Mar 1969)

Daniel James MINOR

Birth 11JUL49 Rank PFC Date of Death 27FEB69 P. of birth Everett WA Service Marines Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Everett Unit 3rd Mar Div K Co 3rd Bn 26th Marines Death Code Hostile Died; Ground Casualty; Gun Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 2496713 Panel 31WEST - 82   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 11JAN1969 Comment   Cemetery Evergreen Cem., Everett WA     Cascade High School, Everett WA, 1967

Pfc. Daniel J. Minor 19 of 6606 Olympic Drive, Everett, was killed in action 37 Feb (1969) while serving with the U.S. Marine Corps in Vietnam. Born 11 Jul 1949 in Everett he was graduated from Cascade High School in 1968. He joined the Marine Corps 13 Jul 1968. He leaves his parents, Mrs. Zena Waltring of 6606 Olympic Boulevard; his father, George Minor, of 506 Olympic Boulevard; four sisters, Mrs. Rosalie Johnson of Renton, Mrs. Elise Sand of 5029 West View Drive, and Laurie and Candy Waltring, both at home; two brothers, George D. of Mukileo Boulevard and Stephen of 1010 56th St.; his grandmother, Mrs. Elise Dulin of 2220 Broadway; several cousins, six nephews and two nieces. Funeral arrangements will be announced from Cahallacombe-Fickel and Precht Funeral Home. (Everett Herald)

Lyle David ZACHER

Birth 18OCT44 Rank EM2 Date of Death 27FEB69 P. of birth Spokane Service Navy Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit ... Death Code Hostile, Died Missing; Ground Casualty; Artillery, Rocket, Mortar Hometown   service # B809234 Panel 31WEST - 87   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 01FEB69 Comment YFU-78/ Ammunition Explosion, NSA Danang Cemetery Greenwood North Central High School, Spokane WA, Sophomore - yearbook 1961: played B Squad Football

Spokane GI Is Missing Lyle David Zacher, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arleigh Zacher of Route 3, has been reported missing in action near Da Nang. Naval authorities notified his parents Saturday morning that he was aboard a small ammunition supply boat near a bridge ramp when enemy rockets destroyed the vessel Thursday. Zacher, eldest son in the family, went overseas on 30 Jan (1969). He had served a Far East tour of duty earlier in a destroyer. He was graduated from Lewis and Clark High School, and had lived here all his life. (Spokesman Review, Spokane WA, 4 Mar 1969)

Soldier Dies of Wounds Electrician's Mate 2.C. Lyle D. Zacher, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arleigh C. Zacher, Route 3, Monday was listed by military officials as "dead of wounds". Earlier he had been classified "missing" in Vietnam. His parents were notified about 1 Mar (1969) that he had been a crewman on an ammunition supply boat near Da Nang which was destroyed by enemy rockets. Zacher was a Spokane native. He was graduated in 1963 from North Central High School, and attended Spokane Community College before enlisting in 1966. Besides his parents, two brothers and two sisters survive. Airman 1.C. James A. Zacher is at McChord Air Force Base, and Navy Construction Appren. Dwaine A. Zacher is stationed at Adak AK; two married sisters, Mrs. Robert Storm, Sherman Air Force Base, OK, and Mrs. Richard H. Nessen, Davenport IA. Young Zacher's grandmother, Mrs. Gladys Mason, resides in Spokane. (Spokesman-Review, Spokane WA, 12 Mar 1969)

Obituary Funeral services for Lyle D. Zacher, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arleigh C. Zacher, Moran Prairie, who was killed in action 27 Feb (1969) in Vietnam, will be Friday at 2 p.m. in Thornhill-Geraghty's The Rev. Dr. Johnathan W. King will officiate. Burial will be in Greenwood. An electrician's mate second class, Mr. Zacher was stationed in South Vietnam aboard a utility boat demolished by enemy rockets. Born in Spokane, he was a 1963 graduate of North Central High School and had attended Spokane Community College prior to enlisting in March 1966. He had been on two previous six-month deployments off Vietnam aboard the destroyer Edson. (The Spokesman-Review, Spokane WA, 26 Mar 1969)