Birth 19JUL49 Rank PFC Date of Death 01JUN69 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit Co G, 2nd Bn, 3rd Mar, 3rd Mar Div Death Code Hostile; Ground Casualty; Artillery, Rocket, or Mortar Hometown   service # 2496886 Panel 23WEST - 36   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 23MAR69 Comment   Cemetery

Jimmie Lynn REED

Birth 03JAN44 Rank SSGT Date of Death 02JUN69 P. of birth Tacoma Service Army Place Quang Tin, S. Vietnam Town of Record Tacoma Unit 101st Abn Div, Trp B, 2nd Sqd, 17th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 19721866 Panel 23WEST - 47   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 09MAR69 Comment   Cemetery

Sgt.J.L. Reed Vietnam Victim S. Sgt. Jimmie L. Reed, 25, of 5647 S. J St., who died 2 Jun (1969) in Vietnam, was born in Tacoma and lived here his entire life. He attended Lincoln High School. Survivors include his wife, Linda L., and two daughters, Katrina and Dana, all of the family home; his mother, Mrs. Ruth Crabb, of Mt. Pleasant TX; two brothers, Donald E. Lynch, of Germany, and Keith Higgins, of Mt. Pleasant; and a sister Mrs. Phillip Richmond, of Puyallup. Services will be announced by Mountain View Funeral Home. 10 June 1969 (The Tacoma News Tribune, Tacoma WA, 10 Jun 1969)

Michael S. LAFROMBOISE

Birth 30MAR43 Rank 1LT Date of Death 06JUN69 P. of birth   Service Marines (Reserve) Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit HQ BTRY, 12th Mar, 3rd Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown King service # 103623 Panel 23WEST - 88   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 5JUN68 Comment   Cemetery

John Melvin BLACKFORD

Birth 02NOV46 Rank SSGT Date of Death 07JUN69 P. of birth Columbus GA Service Marines Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Tacoma Unit CAP 2-7-3 2D CAG, 3D MAF Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 2164158 Panel 23WEST - 25   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 16FEB68 Comment   Cemetery Columbus GA   Clover Park High School, 1964, Tacoma WA

Marine Sgt. John M. Blackford, 22, former Tacoma resident, died in action in Vietnam. He had been residing in Columbus GA, where he was born. Blackford was a member of Church of Holy Family in Columbus. Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James C. Blackford, of Tacoma; two sisters, Irene and Mary, both of Tacoma; and a brother, Daniel, of Tacoma. Services were in Columbus. (Tacoma News Tribune, Tacoma WA, 18 Jun 1969)

Ralph Terence LOMEN

Birth 25JUN49 Rank LCPL Date of Death 07JUN69 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit A CO 1ST BN 5TH MAR 1ST MARDIV (REIN) FMF Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 2464113 Panel 23WEST - 103   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 31JAN69 Comment HS: 1st pl. Dist. 10 Mile Champ Cemetery

Jasper H. TRUSLEY Jr.

Birth 05JAN49 Rank SP4 Date of Death 09JUN69 P. of birth Prosser Service Army (Draft) Place Thua Thien, S. Vietnam Town of Record Pasco Unit 18th Eng Bde, A Co,27th Eng Bn, 45th Eng Grp Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 56986619 Panel 22WEST - 09   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 09JUN68 Comment   Cemetery

Pfc. Jasper Trusley Jr., 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Trusley, Rt. 1, Pasco, is home on leave after completing advanced training at Fort Hucahuca, AR. Trusley will leave for Saigon, Vietnam, 1 Jun (1968) where he will be a truck driver. Trusley completed his basic training at Fort Lewis. (Tri-Cities Herald, Pasco WA, 28 May 1968)

Army Pfc. Jasper H. Trusley Jr., 19, whose parents live at Route 1,Pasco, was assigned 17 Jun(1968) , as a truck driver in the 27th Engineer, Battalion near Gia Le, Vietnam. (Tri-Cities Herald, Pasco WA, Jun 1968)

MESA MAN KILLED ON EXTENDED TOUR
      Spec. 4 Jasper H. Trusley Jr., 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Trusley, Star Route, Mesa, was killed in action in Vietnam 9 Jun (1969).
      He is the 26th area man killed in Vietnam.
      His parents were notified Friday after their son was killed while on a mission when a hostile force was encountered.
      Trusley had been in Vietnam a year was recently given a choice of returning home after his year in Vietnam was completed 6 Jun (1969) and served another year in the states or stay in combat for three months and be discharged.
      Trusley decided to stay and was killed three days later.
      Born in Prosser 5 Jan 1949, he attended Pasco High School.
      Other survivors are his sisters, Pat Barr Sunnyside, Esther Van Valle, Sunnyside, Roseann Mockel, Williston, N.D., and Carol Taylor, Pasco; brothers, Andrew, Renton, and Oscar, Mesa; maternal grandfather, Henry Rable, Moxee City.
      A military funeral is pending with services and interment in Yakima. (Tri-City Herald, Pasco, Kennewick, Richland WA, 15 Jun 1969)

Edwin Allen ZUMWALT

Birth 13MAY50 Rank PFC Date of Death 16JUN69 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Santa Rosa CA Unit   Death Code Hostile, Ground Casualty; Artillery, Rocket, or Mortar Hometown   service # 2483011   Panel 22WEST - 62   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 17APR69 Comment Milton   Cemetery

Charles Dee GREEN

Birth 28FEB43 Rank PFC Date of Death 11JUN69 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Quang Tin, S. Vietnam Town of Record Richland Unit 196th LIB, C Co, 3rd Bn, 21st Inf Death Code Hostile, Ground Casualty; Mutiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 56987382 Panel 22WEST - 20   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 10MAR69 Comment pat196th Cemetery

Remembrance for my brother Picture, obituary, and poem supplied by Karen Bennett - email March 2009

Tri-Citian is Killed In Vietnam
      A son of Richland city engineer Marlin Green has been killed in Vietnam. Charles Dee Green was killed about 2:30 a.m. last Wednesday in enemy action at an infantry base camp in the Tam Ky area, 40 miles south of Da Nang.
      Green was serving with the 21st infantry regiment, 196th light infantry brigade. He had served in Vietnam about four months.
      He was a structural engineer with the State Highway Department before being drafted last September.
      Survivors are his parents, 2106 Raleigh St., two brothers and four sisters. The family was notified of the death Sunday. Funeral arrangements have not been set. Tri-City Herald, Pasco, Kennewick, Richland WA, tuesday, 17 Jun 1969)

Stanley Oliver EVERETT

Birth 02APR50 Rank PFC Date of Death 14JUN69 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit K Co, 3rd Bn, 1st Mar, 1st Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Died Wounds; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 2315092 Panel 22WEST - 46   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 17MAR69 Comment   Cemetery       North Central High School, Spokane WA, 1965

Obituary PFC Stanley O. Everett, 19, died Saturday (14 Jun 1969) in a hospital in Da Nang, Vietnam of wounds received during hostilities in Quang Nam province 4 Jun 1(1969). Everett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack G. Everett of W1114 Grace, was a member of K Company, Third Battalion, First Marine Regiment, First Marine Division. A 1968 gradate of North Central High School, he enlisted in the Marines in September. He had been in Vietnam since March (1969). He worked as a bag boy in a local store while going to school the last two years and had been a member of Junior Achievement Club at school. An avid snow and water skier, he also belonged to a roller skating club. In 1967 he placed second in speed skating at a roller skating contest held in Tacoma. (The Spokesman-Review, Spokane WA, 1969)

Adam HOLMAN Jr.

Birth 31OCT50 Rank PFC Date of Death 15JUN69 P. of birth Bremerton Service Marines Place Quang Ti, S. Vietnam Town of Record Wenatchee Unit Co I, 3 Bn, 9 Mars, 3 Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 2436366 Panel 22WEST - 53   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 12DEC68 Comment   Cemetery     Wenatchee High School, 1968, Wenatchee WA

Marine Pfc. Adam Holman Jr., USMC 18, 630 Okanogan, was killed 16 Jun (1969) while engaged in hostile action four miles south of Ca-Lu in Quang Tri Province, Republic of Vietnam., while on patrol in that area. Born 31 Oct 1950, in Bremerton, he came to Wenatchee with his parents from Ephrata in 1961. He attended Wenatchee schools. He enlisted in the US Marine Corps 29 Feb 1968, and had served in Vietnam since 10 Dec 1968. He was a member of the Catholic Church. Surviving are his parents Mr. and Mrs. Adam Holman Sr., at the home; two brothers Billie and Mathew Holman, at home; two sisters. Mrs. Paul Penhallegon, Provo UT, and Miss Ruth Holman at home; and his grandparents,Mrs. Ruth Hammer, Inglewood CA, Mrs. Peter Holman, Mason City IA, and William Huckins, Pukwana SD. Military funeral services will be announced by Jones& Jones Funeral Home. (Wenatchee Daily World, Wenatchee 25 Jun 1969)

James Patrick BRADY

Birth 07MAR49 Rank CPL Date of Death 18JUN69 P. of birth   Service Army Place Tay Ninh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Issaquah Unit 1st Cav Div, E Co, 2nd Bn, 5th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 18984450 Panel 22WEST - 72   married Single Link VirtualWall.org Medals   Tour Date 19JAN69 Comment   Cemetery

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Frank CRUZ

Birth 13SEP49 Rank LCPL Date of Death 18JUN69 P. of birth Yakima Service Marines Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Yakima Unit 3rd Marine C Co., 1st Bn 9th Marine Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Other Explosive Device Hometown   service # 2496761 Panel 22WEST - 74   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 13FEB69 Comment   Cemetery

Washington Men Killed Two Washington servicemen where amount 18 listed by the Defense Department Tuesday as having been killed in action in Vietnam. They brought the stat's casualties in the war to 809. the two were Army Spec. 4 Enrique T. Enrico, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chriano V. Enrico, Bellevue and Marine Frank Cruz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Toribio Cruz, Yakima. Washington -(Spokesman-Review, Spokane WA, 25 Jun 1969)

Cpl. Frank Cruz Funeral Services for Lance Cpl. Frank Cruz, will be held Monday at 9 a.m. in St. Joseph Catholic Church. Cpl. Cruz, 19, died 18 Jun (1969) as a result of wounds received in Vietnam. He was born, reared and educated in Yakima, enlisting in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1968. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Toribio [Jack] Cruz, Yakima. Members of the Instructor Staff of Company D. Fourth Tank Battalion of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve will assist in the funeral services. (Yakima Herald Republic, Yakima WA, 26 Jun 1969)

Enrique Thomas ENRICO

Birth 01DEC48 Rank SP4 Date of Death 18JUN69 P. of birth   Service Army Place Binh Long, S. Vietnam Town of Record Bellevue Unit 11th ACR, Air Cav Trp, 3rd Sqd, 11th Cav Death Code Hostile, Helicopter Crew; Air Loss, Crash on Land Hometown   service # 18983279 Panel 22WEST - 76   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 11DEC68 Comment 11th Cav/ Black Horse Cemetery

Washington Men Killed Two Washington servicemen where amount 18 listed by the Defense Department Tuesday as having been killed in action in Vietnam. They brought the stat's casualties in the war to 809. the two were Army Spec. 4 Enrique T. Enrico, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chriano V. Enrico, Bellevue and Marine Frank Cruz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Toribio Cruz, Yakima. Washington -(Spokesman-Review, Spokane WA, 25 Jun 1969)

Royal Preston ODEN

Birth 22FEB50 Rank PFC Date of Death 18JUN69 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit H&S CO, 3 Bn, 5 Mar, 1st Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Died Wounds; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 2232939 Panel 22WEST - 81   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 13MAR69 Comment   Cemetery Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery

Troy BETHEA

Birth 21JUN48 Rank SP4 Date of Death 19JUN69 P. of birth   Service Army Place Thua Thien, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit I FF, Btry C, 2nd Bn, 138th Arty Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 18976203 Panel 22WEST - 84  married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 01FEB69 Comment   Cemetery

Raymond Allan VOSS

Birth 11JAN49 Rank SGT Date of Death 19JUN69 P. of birth   Service Army Place Phuoc Long, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit 1st Cav Div, C Co, 229th Assault Hel Bn Death Code Hostile Died; Helicopter - Crew; Air Loss Crash - Land Hometown   service # 532507073 Panel 22WEST - 94   married Single MIA -   Medals Bronze Star, Air Medal and Purple Heart Tour Date 17FEB69 Comment   Cemetery

Seattleites Get Sons' Medals Fort Lewis - Parents of two Seattle soldiers received posthumous awards for their sons here today. Mrs. Nuriel Voss received the Bronze Star, Air Medal and Purple Heart for her son Sgt Raymond Voss . He was killed in June when his aircraft was shot down by enemy artillery fire. The Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star, Air Medal and Purple Heart were present to Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred St. Laurent for their son, Specialist 5 Lance St. Laurent. He was a door gunner aboard a helicopter shot down in May. (Times, Seattle WA, Wednesday, 5 Nov 1969)

Keith OLSEN

Birth 02JUL48 Rank SP4 Date of Death 20JUN69 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Tay Ninh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Kelso Unit 1st Cav Div, D Co, 2nd Bn, 5th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 56935984 Panel 22WEST - 99   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 18APR69 Comment   Cemetery

Philip Eugene NICKERSON

Birth 12JAN49 Rank CPL Date of Death 21JUN69 P. of birth Edmonds WA Service Army Place Chu Chi S. Vietnam Town of Record Edmonds Unit 25th Inf Div, B Co, 2nd Bn, 14th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Other Explosive Device Hometown Edmonds WA service # 18984551 Panel 22WEST - 107 married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 01APR69 Comment   Cemetery   Edmonds High School, Edmonds WA, Yearbook - 1966

Pfc. Philip Nickerson, 20, of 629 Walnut St., Edmonds, was killed in action at Chu Chi, Vietnam,21 Jun (1969). Mr. Nickerson was born on 12 Jan 1949 in Edmonds. He had lived in Edmonds all his life and was graduated from Edmonds High School in 1967. He attended the Church of God in Edmonds. He leaves his wife, Kathleen A., of Edmonds; his mother, Hazel J. Nickerson of Edmonds; a brother, Claude in the U. S. Army at Fort Lewis; three sisters, Mrs. Rose Keans of Everett, Mrs. Gloria Pugh of Englewood CA and Mrs. Larry McGoldrick of Mountlake Terrace. Full military services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel (rest of article missing) (Everett Herald 1969)

I.E. Serviceman Dies in Vietnam Navy Engineman 3C. Perry L. Underwood, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Underwood, of Star Route, Pateros WA, was reported killed in action in the Vietnam war Wednesday by the Defense Department. The victim's parents are farmers near Methow. Another state resident was killed Wednesday, according to the Defense Department report. He was Pfc. Philip E. Nickerson of Edmonds. Death of the two raises to 823 the toll of Washington state residents. Washington -(Spokesman-Review, Spokane WA, 26 Jun 1969)

Robert Holbrook JOY

Birth 09JAN38 Rank TSGT Date of Death 22JUN69 P. of birth Wenatchee Service Air Force Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Cashmere Unit ... Death Code Non-Hostile, Died Illness/Injury; Ground Casualty; Illness, Disease Hometown   service # 18980600 Panel 22WEST - 112   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 03DEC68 Comment served 11 yrs Coast Guard Cemetery     Cashmere High School, 1956, Cashmere WA

T. Sgt. Robert Joy, 31, formerly of Cashmere, died in DaNang, Vietnam, Sunday (22 Jun 1969). Born 9 Jan 1938 in Wenatchee, he was raised in Cashmere, and graduated from Cashmere High School in 1956. He entered the US Coast Guard in 1956 and worked in search and rescue for 11 years before entering the Air Force in 1967. He went to Vietnam in December of 1968. He married Joyce McAbee in 1957 in Cashmere. Surviving him are his wife, Moses Lake; two sons Mark and David, Moses Lake;his parents Mr. and Mrs. Everett Joy, Cashmere; a grandmother, Mrs. Lorna Bast, Wenatchee and a brother Mike. Braun Funeral Home of Cashmere is in charge of arrangements. (Wenatchee Daily World, Wenatchee25 Jun 1969)

Perry Luke UNDERWOOD

Birth 20MAY46 Rank EN3 Date of Death 23JUN69 P. of birth   Service Navy Place Bien Hoa, S. Vietnam Town of Record Rolling Bay Unit 7TH FLEET TF-116 RIVDIV 554 PBR-8141 Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Artillery, Rocket, Mortar Hometown   service # B806180 Panel 21WEST - 04   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 09DEC68 Comment River Division-554 Cemetery   Bainbridge High School 1964

Bainbridge High School 1963

Rememberance from the NWC Gamewardens of Vietnam I am impressed by your efforts for veterans!!! I have attached two yearbook pictures of Perry Underwood. Perry was a engineman with River Division 554 when his river boat was ambushed. We as River Patrol Boat veterans care very much about veterans and in particular those that we lost. Please have a look at our web site, (Gamewardens) under hot items and scroll to the link “Rededication of Underwood Hall” . The hall had a small display that was set between two automatic doors that would open and close as you tried to look at the display. So we arranged to make it something special. Our boat crew were 4 or 5 and three were lost that night. (email received from QMCS Heinz Hickethier Ret, President NWC Gamewardens of Vietnam (6 Apr 2009)

I.E. Serviceman Dies in Vietnam Navy Engineman 3C. Perry L. Underwood, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Underwood, of Star Route, Pateros WA, was reported killed in action in the Vietnam war Wednesday by the Defense Department. The victim's parents are farmers near Methow. Another state resident was killed Wednesday, according to the Defense Department report. He was Pfc. Philip E. Nickerson of Edmonds. Death of the two raises to 823 the toll of Washington state residents. Washington -(Spokesman-Review, Spokane WA, 26 Jun 1969)

James Raymond BRIGGS

Birth 07JUL50 Rank PFC Date of Death 25JUN69 P. of birth Seattle Service Marines Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Everett Unit H&S Co, 2/9th Mar, 3d Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown Everett service # 2496751 Panel 21WEST - 11   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 21JAN69 Comment   Cemetery Evergreen Cem., Everett WA Everett High School, Everett WA, 1967

Pfc. James R. Briggs, 18, of the U. S. Marine Corps died in action in Con Thien, Vietnam, 25 Jun (1969). He was born 7 Jul 1950, in Seattle and had lived in Everett for 15 years. He attended the Everett schools and graduated from Everett High School in 1968. He leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond L. Briggs of 2010 Rockefeller Ave.; two sisters, Jennifer and Susan Briggs at home; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Frost of Fort Pierre, SD and Mrs. G. R. McGlade of Rapid City SD and several uncles and aunts. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Challacombe-Fickel and Precht. (Everett Herald 1969)

Timothy Gordon BURCHETT

Birth 25NOV48 Rank PFC Date of Death 29JUN69 P. of birth   Service Army Place Kien Hoa, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit 9th Inf Div, B Co, 4th Bn, 47th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 18996803 Panel 21WEST - 31   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 25MAY69 Comment 9th Infantry Cemetery Fairmount Memorial Park     North Central High School, 1965

BURCHETT, Timothy G. Pfc. - - His Home, N5928 Post. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Gail Burchett at the Home; brother of Mrs. Robert (Linda) Fulwider, Kokama IN; Karen Burchett at the Home; grandson of Floyd F. Burchett, Spokane; uncle of Brenda Gail and Brian Fulwider, both of Kokomo IN; numerous Aunts, Uncles and Cousins. He attended Fowler United Methodist Church and a member of local 229 USWA. A graduate of North Central High School 1967. A veteran of Vietnam. Funeral services Sat. July 12, 11 a.m. in the Alwin Chapel of the Hazen & Jaeger Funeral Home, N 1306 Monroe St., the Rev. E. L. Starr Jr. officiating. Interment Fairmount Memorial Park. (The Spokesman-Review, Spokane WA 11 Jul 1969)