Birth 28JAN47 Rank 1LT Date of Death 06JAN69 P. of birth   Service Army (Reserve) Place Hua Nghia, S. Vietnam Town of Record Bellingham Unit 1st Avn Bde, A Trp, 17th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Helicopter - Pilot; Air Loss, Crash - Land Hometown   service # 05261197 Panel 35WEST - 42   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 21DEC68 Comment   Cemetery

To Marry Mr. and Mrs. Harry F. Higgins have announced the engagement of their daughter Gail to Lieutenant Daniel B. Cheney, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Cheney, 1554 King Mountain Ave. The announcement was made at J Bar H Ranch, Moses Lake. Miss Higgins attended Big Bend Community College and is now at Western Washington State College. Lt. Cheney attended Clark Jr. College, Vancouver WA and is now stationed at Bien Hoa, Vietnam (The Bellingham Herald, Bellingham WA, Monday, 6 January 1969)

Local Helicopter Pilot Shot Down Lieutenant Daniel B. Cheney, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Cheney, 1554 King Mountain Ave., was killed in Vietnam Monday when his single placement combat helicopter was shot down by enemy fire.
    Cheney had completed an army flight training school course and left for Vietnam 19 Dec (1968) where he was stationed at Bien Hoa. He is the 34th man from this area to die in Vietnam.
    He attended Clark Junior College in Vancouver WA and was an Army Officer Candidate School graduate before receiving flight training.
    Flying a Cobra Helicopter, a one-man fighter, he was giving direct support to ground troops when shot down.
    His engagement to Miss Gail Higgins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry F. Higgins of Moses Lake, was announced only last Monday, the day he was killed. He attends Western Washington State College.
    Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Rae Cheney, head teller at a local bank; his father, who works with the County Agricultural Department, and two sisters. (The Bellingham Herald, Bellingham WA, Wednesday, 8 Jan 1969)

Gerald Ray OLMSTED

Birth 06AUG47 Rank CPL Date of Death 10JAN69 P. of birth Montana Service Army Place Binh Dinh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Camas Unit 4th Inf Div, A Co, 3rd Bn, 8th Inf Death Code Non-Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Tiger Hometown   service # 18994421 Panel 35WEST - 66   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 03APR68 Comment   Cemetery Camas cemetery, Camas WA

Camas Soldier killed during Vietnam action. Word has been received of the death in combat action of Cpl. Gerald Olmsted, brother of Mrs. Elra Starks, 231 NE 7th Camas. Olmstead died of wounds sustained on a reconnaissance mission with the 196th Inf. Div. US Army in South Vietnam, on 10 Jan 1969. The Corporal entered the service in August, 1967 and had been in Vietnam since April, 1968. Funeral Arrangements are pending with Stoller Memorial Chapel. (Post-Record, Camas and Washougal WA )

Clark GI is victim of tiger Victim not of the Viet Cong but of a tiger, Pfc. Gerald R. Olmsted, 21, of Camas, has become one of the most unusual fatalities in the war in Vietnam, a Defense Department announcement today disclosed. The Camas youth was on a night reconnaissance patrol at the time. Army officials said the soldier died of injuries suffered during the tiger attack last Friday morning. He was serving with Company A, 3rd Battalion, 8th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division. Olmsted, whose parents are deceased, listed his next of kin as Mrs. Blanche M. Starks, 231 N. E. Seventh Ave., Camas. He is also survived by seven others sisters and a brother. Mrs. Starks said her brother served in the Job Corps at Moses Lake before entering the Army in August, 1966. He went overseas last spring. Olmstead was the 41st young man with Clark County ties to die in Vietnam. Funeral services will be announced later from Stoller Memorial Chapel in Camas when the body is returned from Vietnam. (The Columbian, Vancouver WA, 14 Jan 1969)

Full Honors for CPL. G. Olmstead. Burial in Camas Cemetery Saturday afternoon Jan 18, with full military honors was accorded Cpl. Gerald Ray Olmstead, 21 year old Camas serviceman who met death 10 Jan (1969) in Vietnam. A defense department announcement indicated death was due to an attack by a tiger while the soldier was on patrol. An honor guard firing squad, and bugler were sent from Fort Lewis, Wash., to participate in the service, conducted by the Rev. William E. Burrese, Sr., at Stoller Memorial Chapel. Corporal Olmstead had lived in Camas 2 one half years coming here from Montana where he was born 6 Aug 1947. Survivors are three brothers, Thomas of Camas, Reuben of Oshkosh, Wis., and Edward C. of Wisconsin; eight sisters, Mrs. Mary Repiniki of Oshkosh, Wis., Mrs. Margaret L. Ottum of Shelby, Mont., Mrs. Joy R. Paradis of White Fish, Mont., Miss Esther Olmstead of Gladstone, Ore., Miss Lillian Olmstead of Montana, Mrs. Emma Sagen, of White Fish, and Mrs. Dora Christensen, Omro, Wis. and two half-sisters. (Post-Record, Camas and Washougal WA 27 Jan 1969)

Rocky Wade HANNA

Birth 19APR50 Rank PFC Date of Death 11JAN69 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Addy Unit HQ Co, HQ Bn, 3 Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Other Explosive Device Hometown   service # 2486550 Panel 35WEST - 70 married Single MIA -   Medals posthumous - silver star Tour Date 06JAN69 Comment   Cemetery Colville Valley Memorial Park, Chewelah WA

HANNA, Pvt. 1st Class Rocky W. (U.S.M.) His Home, Addy WA. Survived by his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Walter, Addy WA; father, Charlie E. Hanna, Modesto CA; mother, Mrs. Lenora Wolheter; Sylmor CA; 2 brothers, Casey Hanna and Cody Hanna, Sylmor CA. Funeral services, Mon. 27 Jan (1969) at 2 p.m. from the Bryan Funeral Home, Chewelah WA. Services conducted by the U.S.M. Corp. Interment Colville Valley Memorial Park, Chewelah WA. Wilton Schanzenback in charge. (The Spokesman-Review, Spokane WA, 24 Jan 1969)

William Allen CURRENCE

Birth 10JAN44 Rank CAPT Date of Death 15JAN69 P. of birth   Service Army Place Quang Nam S. Vietnam Town of Record Santa Clara CA Unit 1st Avn Bde, HHC, 212th Avn Bn Death Code Hostile, Heliocopter - Pilot; Air Loss, Crash on Land Hometown   service # O5327035 Panel 34WEST - 06 married Married Local Redmond Medals Distinguished Flying Cross Tour Date 11DEC68 Comment   Cemetery

Flying Cross Awarded Posthumously The Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism in South Vietnam has been awarded posthumously to Army Capt. William A. Currence. Currence, a pilot, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence F. Currence, Jr., 13829 N. E. 74th St., Redmond, died 15 Jan (1969) when his helicopter crashed after it was struck by enemy fire. Despite enemy fire Currence flew the helicopter "dangerously low" in assisting marines in an encounter with the enemy, the citation read. Seven men aboard were killed in the crash. It was Currence's third tour of duty in Vietnam. He volunteered to return there because "he believed in what his country was doing" there, his mother said. (Seattle Times, Seattle WA, 18 May 1969)

Ted Ernest MC CLINTOCK

Birth 10JAN22 Rank SMAJ Date of Death 15JAN69 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit 3RD MARDIV HQ CO 3RD MARINES Death Code Hostile, Died; Helicopter - NonCrew; Air Loss, Crash - Land Hometown   service # 338430 Panel 34WEST - 09   married Married Link Popasmoke Medals   Tour Date 26FEB68 Comment wife and children lived Norwalk CA Cemetery

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Francis Duncan "Sonny" CAMPBELL

Birth 15JAN34 Rank EN2 Date of Death 16JAN69 P. of birth Everett Service Navy Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Gearhart OR Unit ... Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Other explosive Device Hometown Everett service # 4209560  Panel 34WEST - 13  married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 27DEC67 Comment   Cemetery

Everett Native Dies in Action in Vietnam Francis D. "Sonny" Campbell, E-2, U.S. Navy, of Norwalk CA, died in action in Vietnam 16 Jan (1969), three days before he was to have returned to the United States. A native of Everett, Campbell, 35, attended Everett schools, and had been in the U. S. Navy for the past 14 years. He leaves his wife, Ida; two sons, David and Robert, and a daughter, Betty, all of Norwalk; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Campbell of Camano Island; sister, Mrs. Bonnie Brayton of Camano Island; and three aunts and an uncle. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced from Challacombe-Fickel and Precht Funeral Home. (Everett Herald )

Patrick Earl BROWER

Birth 10NOV47 Rank SGT Date of Death 17JAN69 P. of birth   Service Army(Draft) Place Thua Thien, S. Vietnam Town of Record Auburn Unit 101st Abn Div, C Co, 2nd Bn, 506th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 569601105 Panel 34WEST - 21   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 26OCT68 Comment   Cemetery

Daniel James HOLT

Renton High School Renton WA 1966

Birth 02SEP47 Rank SGT Date of Death 18JAN69 P. of birth Renton Service Army(Draft) Place Kontum, S. Vietnam Town of Record Renton Unit 4th Inf Div, B Co, 1st Bn, 8th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 56960117 Panel 34WEST - 33   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 06APR68 Comment   Cemetery

Dan Holt Killed in Vietnam Spec/4 Daniel Holt, 21, was killed in action in Vietnam last last week his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack D. Holt, 1517 6th Ave. S. Renton, were notified Monday. The young soldier was with the 8th Infantry Division and had been in Vietnam for 10 months. His unit has been engaged in much hard fighting. Born and reared in Renton, Dan attended St. Anthony's School and graduated in 1966 from Renton High. He joined the Army in 1967. Besides his parents, he is survived by two brothers, John and Bill, a sister, Mrs. Gerald (Patricia) Pleasant and his grandmothers, Mrs. Elizabeth Yates of Renton and Mrs. Florence Holt of Seattle. It has not yet been learned when funeral services will be held. (Record-Chronicle, Renton WA 22 Jan 1969)

Warren Lee SPINK

Birth 24APR46 Rank SGT Date of Death 20JAN69 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit ... Death Code Non-Hostile Died; Ground Casualty; Illness Disease Hometown   service # 56959007 Panel 34WEST - 45 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 0 2JUN68 Comment   Cemetery Fort Worden Cemetery, Port Townsend WA

William Carlyle INGRAM

Birth 21AUG48 Rank LCPL Date of Death 22JAN69 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Ngai, S. Vietnam Town of Record Wenatchee Unit lll MAF, 1st Cag. Death Code Hostile, died of wounds; Ground Casualty; Other explosive device Hometown   service # 2389035 Panel 34WEST - 59   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 27APR68 Comment   Cemetery

Dennis Allen HOLZHEIMER

Birth 30APR48 Rank SP4 Date of Death 25JAN69 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Kien Tuong, S. Vietnam Town of Record Toppenish Unit 9th Inf Div, C Co, 5th Bn, 60th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 56961298 Panel 34WEST - 76   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 24AUG68 Comment 9th Infantry Cemetery

Walter Larry FERRELL

Birth 21OCT46 Rank WO Date of Death 27JAN69 P. of birth   Service Army (Reserve) Place Thua Thien, S. Vietnam Town of Record Vashon Unit 101st Abn Div, D Trp, 2nd Sqdr, 17th Cav Death Code Non-Hostile Died; Helicopter - Crew; Air Loss Crash - Land Hometown   service # W3162360 Panel 34WEST - 92  married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 20DEC68 Comment   Cemetery

Merle James 'Jim' MARTIN

Birth 26SEP48 Rank PFC Date of Death 28JAN69 P. of birth Omak Service Army (Draft) Place Tay Ninh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Omak Unit 25th Inf Div B Co 2nd Bn 22nd Inf Death Code Hostile, Died Wounds; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 56987035 Panel 18WEST - 02   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 04OCT68 Comment   Cemetery Omak Cem.

Pfc. Merle James (Jim) Martin, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Merle Martin Sr., of Omak died of combat wounds in a hospital in Vietnam Jan 28 (1969). He was wounded by a land-mine explosion in Vietnam Jan 14. Born at Omak 26 Sep 1948 he attended school here graduating from high school in 1967. Before entering the Army last April he worked for Biles-Coleman Lumber Co. Survivors include: his parents: his sisters, Genevee Hull, Wenatchee, and Connie Martin, Omak; and a brother Arthur D.Martin, Omak. Precht Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Omak article(Wenatchee Daily World, Wenatchee 4 Feb 1969)

Services will be held Thursday at 2pm from the Precht Funeral Home in Omak with full military honors. Interment will be at Omak Memorial Cem. Arrangements in Precht Funeral Home, Omak.

Charles Joseph STOHLMEYER

Birth 03APR47 Rank CPL Date of Death 30JAN69 P. of birth Hawaii Service Army (Draft) Place Tay Ninh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Vancouver Unit 25th Inf Div, D Co, 4th Bn 9th Inf Death Code Non-Hostile, Died Illness/Injury; Ground Casualty; Accidental Self-Destruction Hometown   service # 56935751 Panel 33WEST - 22 married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 07OCT68 Comment   Cemetery Mt. View Memorial Park, Tacoma WA   Evergreen High School, Vancouver WA

Corporal Stohlmeyer Viet victim Death of Army Cpl. Charles J. Stohlmeyer, 21, in Vietnam was reported today, bringing to 42 the number of men with Clark County ties who have died in the war there. The young soldier was the only child of retired Army Master Sgt. and Mrs. Kenneth J. Stohlmeyer of 10814 N. E. 11th Ave. Mrs. Stohlmeyer told The Columbian that she was notified by the Army that her son was killed in Vietnam on 30 Jan (1969), while serving with Company D, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry of the 25th Infantry Division. He had been in Vietnam since last October. A graduate of Evergreen High School and Clark College, Stohlmeyer entered the Army last May, and underwent training at Ft. Lewis before going overseas. The corporal, who was born in Hawaii on 3 Apr 1947, was married to the former Joyce C. Hall of Tacoma, whom he met while they were attending Clark College. He continues to live in Tacoma where funeral arrangements will be made when the body is returned from Vietnam. (The Columbian, Vancouver WA, 6 Feb 1969)

C. J. Stohlmeyer Funeral services will be held in Tacoma Monday for Cpl Charles J. Stohlmeyer, 21, a former Vancouver resident who was killed in Vietnam 30 Jan (1969). the soldier, who sent to Vietnam last October was a member of Company d, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division. He had been in the Army since last May. Born in Hawaii on 3 Apr 1947, Stohlmeyer was the son of retired Army Master Sgt. and Mrs. Kenneth J. Stohlmeyer of 10814 N. E. 11th Ave. He was a graduate of Evergreen High School and Clark College. In addition to his parents, the corporal is survived by his widow, Joyce of Tacoma; and his grandmother, Mrs. Laura Stohlmeyer of Platteville WI. The funeral services will be at 11 a.m. at the Mountain View Memorial Park, 4100 Steilacoom Blvd., S. W. Tacoma. The family suggest that in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions be made to the Clark College Alumni Association. (The Columbian, Vancouver WA, 9 Feb 69) and (The Oregonian, Portland OR, 9 Feb 69)

Donald George HEIDER

Renton High School Renton WA 1967

Birth 18JAN50 Rank PFC Date of Death 31JAN69 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Renton Unit Co A, 1 Bn, 7 Mars, 1 Mar Div Death Code Hostile; Ground Casualty; Misadventure Hometown   service # 2463713 Panel 33WEST - 26   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 08JAN69 Comment   Cemetery