Birth 18MAY48 Rank SSGT Date of Death 01APR70 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Tay Ninh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Kelso Unit 25th Inf Div, C Co, 2nd Bn, 27th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 533500554 Panel 12WEST - 65   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 10DEC69 Comment   Cemetery

Daniel Leopold FLYNN

Birth 22NOV50 Rank CPL Date of Death 01APR70 P. of birth   Service Army Place Binh Thuy, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit 199th LIB, D Co, 17th Cav Death Code Hostile; Ground Casualty; Other Causes Hometown   service # 532521053 Panel 12WEST - 67   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 21DEC69 Comment Troop D, 199th LIB Cemetery

William Penn WALL III

Birth 02JAN46 Rank 2LT Date of Death 01APR70 P. of birth   Service Army (Reserve) Place Thua Thien, S. Vietnam Town of Record Tekoa Unit 101st Abn Div, C Co, 2nd Bn, 506th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Artillery, Rocket, Mortar Hometown   service # 538420075 Panel 12WEST - 77   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 24JAN70 Comment   Cemetery   Eastern Washington State College, Cheney WA, Yearbook 1967: member EvCo Champion football team; Scaret Arrow

Lt. William P. Wall Killed in Vietnam Second Lt. William Wall, son of Mr. and Mrs. William P. Wall, Tekoa, was killed in action in Vietnam 1 Apr (1970), according to word reaching relatives. Lt. Wall, 24, was a 1964 graduate of Tekoa high school and a 1969 graduate of Eastern Washington state college where he majored in business education. He played football with the EWSC Savages and later served as a student coach after playing at Tekoa. Reared in Tekoa, Wall headed up the summer recreation program in that city last year. He was assigned to the 101st Airborne Division just below the demilitarized zone in South Vietnam after being sent to the war sone 24 Jan (1970). Lt. Wall was commissioned through the ROTC program at Cheney. Lt. Wall's wife lives in Spokane with their daughter, Lorie, 18 months. Also surviving besides his parents are three sisters and a brother. (Colfax Gazette, Colfax WA, 9 Apr 1970 )

Dennis Newman PIPKIN

Cashmere High School Cashmere WA 1967

Birth 08MAR49 Rank CPL Date of Death 02APR70 P. of birth Wenatchee Service Army (Draft) Place Quang Ngai, S. Vietnam Town of Record Cashmere Unit 11th LIB, D Co, 4th Bn, 3rd Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Other Explosive Device Hometown   service # 534466571 Panel 12WEST - 83   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 24OCT69 Comment   Cemetery

Pfc. Dennis Pipkin, 21, of Cashmere, lost his life in combat in Vietnam Thursday (2 Apr 1970), when he stepped on a land mine. Pfc. Pipkin was born 8 Mar 1949 in Wenatchee, and he grew up in Cashmere, graduating from high school in 1967. Before entering the Army 5 Mar 1969 he was a signalman on the Great Northern Railroad. On 17 May 1969, he married Linda Nickels at Cashmere. He arrived in Vietnam six months ago. His mother preceded him in death in 1962. Surviving are: his widow and infant son, Richard, of Cashmere; his father, Newman Pipkin, Cashmere; four sisters, Barbara Wilson, Cashmere, Doris Chapman, Wenatchee, Arlene Clare, Spokane, and Rosa Wilson, in Wyoming; and his grandmother, Mrs. Jessie Garrison, Cashmere. Braun Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Cashmere Article (Wenatchee Daily World, Wenatchee 7 Apr 1970)

William Thomas SMITH

Birth 13SEP49 Rank CPL Date of Death 03APR70 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Port Townsend Unit A Co, 1st Bn, 7th Mar, 1st Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 531503928 Panel 12WEST - 90   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 24SEP69 Comment   Cemetery

Vietnam Victim's Courage to the End Letter, The Leader: Bill Smith - a 20 year-old boy. He was my friend during the last ten years of his life. He was killed last week by enemy fire on a night mission in Vietnam. With a name like Bill Smith you might expect him to be an all American boy. This he was. He loved and he feared a physical challenge. I talked with him on this last leave last fall before he left for Vietnam. He was frightened and he was excited. He wanted to be the best Marine our country had fighting over there in spite of his fears. He successfully met this challenge and he met it in just six short months of battle. In perhaps the last tape Bill made before he died he talked of returning home to Port Townsend not as a boy of 20 but as a proud man of 20 with an exciting future before him. He had many aspirations, not the least of which were to achieve financial success, travel the world and perhaps eventually to settle down as family man. These were the aspirations of a boy and a man who felt he had met the most important challenge of his young life and was now ready to go on to bigger and better challenges. For Bill, his service to his country had given him a great dealit (sic) had also taken his life....VAL KOSCHNICK (Port Townsend Leader, Port Townsend WA 9 Apr 1970)

Stephen Lee BUSBY

Birth 03JUL49 Rank PFC Date of Death 04APR70 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Quang Ngai, S. Vietnam Town of Record Arlington Unit 11th LIB, B Co, 4th Bn, 21st Inf Death Code Hostile; Ground Casualty; Other Explosive Device Hometown   service # 512528994 Panel 12WEST - 91   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 15AUG69 Comment   Cemetery

William Morris WALMSLEY

Birth 29MAY50 Rank PFC Date of Death 04APR70 P. of birth   Service Army Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Walla Walla Unit 5th Inf Div, C Co, 1st Bn, 61st Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Hometown   service # 535504001 Panel 12WEST - 94   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 03FEB70 Comment   Cemetery

Gordon Manson GAYLORD

Birth 09 MAR33 Rank TSGT Date of Death 06APR70 P. of birth Illinois Service Air Force Place Pleiku S. Vietnam Town of Record Woodstock IL Unit   Death Code Hostile, Fixed Wing - Crew; Air Loss, Crash on Land Hometown   service # 331261298   Panel 12WEST - 100   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 07NOV69 Comment Tacoma   Cemetery

War Victim's Rite Arranged Memorial services are announced for Air Force T.Sgt. Gordon Gaylord, 27, formerly of 10216 S. Ainsworth Ave., who was killed 6 Apr (1970) while on a flight mission in Vietnam. Sgt. Gaylord was born in Illinois and lived in Tacoma from 1963 until last November when he went to Vietnam. He was a flight engineer and had been an elder for Parkway Presbyterian Church. Survivors include his wife, Mary, of Harvard IL, three daughters, Millye, Angie and Ruby, all of Harvard, his parents, in Illinois, and three brothers. (Tacoma News Tribune, Tacoma WA, 1 May 1970)

Henry Kennard WEITZ

Birth 17JUN49 Rank PFC Date of Death 06APR70 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Binh Duong, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit 9th Inf Div, A Co, 6th Bn, 31st Inf Death Code Non-Hostile Died; Ground Casualty; Drowned Suffocated Hometown   service # 532501420 Panel 12WEST - 102   married   MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 05DEC69 Comment 9th Infantry Cemetery

Obituary Army Pfc. Henry Kennard Weitz, 20, son of a Spokane Valley physician and his wife, has been killed while serving in Vietnam. Son of Dr. and Mrs. Henry Weitz, E9818 Sprague, Pfc. Weitz was killed while attempting to rescue a group of fellow soldiers who were trapped in a well. (The Spokesman-Review, Spokane WA, 23 Apr 1970)

Lawrence Gregory THODE

Birth 14NOV38 Rank 1LT Date of Death 08APR70 P. of birth   Service Army (Reserve) Place Binh Dinh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit 4th Inf Div, E Co, 2nd Bn, 35th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 539346848 Panel 12WEST - 109   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 02AUG69 Comment   Cemetery

Dennis Wade NEAL

Eastmont High School East Wenatchee WA

Birth 23JAN47 Rank SSGT Date of Death 15APR70 P. of birth Wenatchee Service Army Place S. Vietnam Town of Record Wenatchee Unit Special Forces, RT Montana Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown East Wenatchee service # 536468495 Panel 11WEST - 09   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 12MAY69 Comment   Cemetery Evergreen Memorial Park

S. Sgt. Dennis W. Neal 23 of East Wenatchee, a member of the Green Berets, died as a result of hostile enemy action in Kontum, Vietnam, 15 Apr (1970). He was born 23 Jan 1947 in Wenatchee and attended grade school at Rock Island. He graduated from Eastmont High School in 1965. He was active with the track team in high school and also was a member of the National Honor Society. He attended Wenatchee Valley College for two years, transferring to the University of Washington and attending there until enlisting in the Army 29 Mar 1968. He received his basic training at Ft. Lewis and took paratroop training at Ft. Benning GA. He completed special forces training and was a distinguised honor graduate at the John F. Kennedy Center for Special Warfare, Ft. Bragg NC. He had been in Vietnam since May of last year and was a member of the Special Forces. He was a member and Sunday school teacher at the Church of Nazarene and had 10 years perfect attendance before entering the Armed Forces. (Wenatchee Daily World, Wenatchee 22 Apr 1970 )

S. SGT. Dennis W. Neal Services will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. in the Church of the Nazarene, 944 Stevens St., Wenatchee. The Rev. Norman D. Stueckle will officiate with Dr. Raymond C. Kratzer participating. Concluding services will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park. Arrangements are at Telford's Chapel of the Valley. (Wenatchee Daily World, Wenatchee 24 Apr 1970 )

Earl HENDERSON

Bridgeport High School Bridgeport WA

Birth 25NOV49 Rank PVT Date of Death 16APR70 P. of birth Pasco WA Service Army Place Quang Tin, S. Vietnam Town of Record Bridgeport Unit 1st Avn Bde, HHC, 212th Avn Bn Death Code Non-Hostile, Died; Helicopter-pilot; Air Loss, Crash on Land Hometown Brigeport service # 534541528 Panel 11WEST - 13   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 30JUN69 Comment   Cemetery Bridgeport Cemetery

Earl Henderson, 20, an Army aircraft mechanic, son of Mr. and Mrs. Olaf Henderson of Bridgeport, died 16 Apr (1970) in a plane crash. He was born in Pasco 25 Nov 1949 and he came to Bridgeport with his family in 1955. He attended school here. In June of 1968 he entered the army and attended aircraft mechanic school at Ft. Rucker, AL. He was a member of a headquarters company aviation battalion in Vietnam. Surviving besides his parents are: his brothers, Clarence V., Seattle, Dwight D., in Maryland and Noel of Bridgeport; his step brother, Kenneth Sage, American Lake; and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Eppery, Hydro OK. William Barnes is in charge of arrangements. Bridgeport article (Wenatchee Daily World, Wenatchee 27 Apr 1970)

Funeral notice: Pvt. Earl Henderson - Services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. from the Community Methodist Church at Bridgeport with the Rev. John Hierholzer officiating. Interment will be in the Bridgeport Cemetery with special graveside services by the Fort Lewis Honor Guard. Arrangements by William Barnes, Brewster.

Mark FARREN

Birth 20JUL23 Rank SFC Date of Death 21APR70 P. of birth   Service Army Place S. Vietnam Town of Record Tacoma Unit Americal Div, D Co, 26th Eng Bn Death Code Hostile Died Wounds; Ground Casualty; Burns Hometown   service # 304221710 Panel 11WEST - 31   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 14AUG69 Comment   Cemetery

John Roger POWERS

Birth 19FEB47 Rank SGT Date of Death 25APR70 P. of birth   Service Army Place Binh Dinh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Chehalis Unit 173rd Abn Bde, 173rd Eng Co Death Code Hostile, Died Wounds; Ground Casualty; Other Explosive Device Hometown   service # 539440563 Panel 11WEST - 52   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 09JUN69 Comment   Cemetery

Gus SMITH Jr.

Birth 13NOV49 Rank SP4 Date of Death 25APR70 P. of birth Arlington Service Army Place Kontum, S. Vietnam Town of Record Oso Unit 1st Avn Bde, 189th Aviation Co Death Code Hostile Died Missing; Helicopter - Crew; Air Loss, Crash - Land Hometown Oso service # 535527742 Panel 11WEST - 53   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 06AUG69 Comment His father, Gus Smith, was Chief of the Stillaguamish Tribe Cemetery Mission Beach Cemetery, Tulalip Indian Reservation

Spec. 4 Gus Smith Jr., 19, 128 West Haller, Arlington, died 25 Apr 1970, when his helicopter was shot down in South Vietnam. Born 13 Nov 1949 in Arlington, he lived all his life at Oso. His father, Gus Smith Sr., Chief of the Stillaguamish Tribe, died 25 Jul 1970. He leaves five brothers, John, Ralph and David all of Arlington and Ronald and Dennis of Tulalip; two sisters, Mrs. Marie MacCurdy, 128 Haller, Arlington, and Mrs. Shirley Oman, of Everett.
Funeral services Friday, 1 pm at Schaeffer Funeral Home, Marysville. The Rev. B. Adam Williams of the Tulalip Church of God will officiate. Burial in Mission Beach Cemetery, with military honor guard and casket bearers from Fort Lewis. (Everett Herald, unknown date)

Samuel Earl ASHER

Birth 02DEC36 Rank CAPT Date of Death 26APR70 P. of birth   Service Army Place Thua Thien, S. Vietnam Town of Record Oak Ridge TN Unit 101st Airborne Div. Death Code Hostile, died; Ground Casualty; Artillery, Rocket, or Mortar Hometown   service # 410663354  Panel 11WEST - 53   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 05JUL69 Comment Tacoma   Cemetery

Services for Capt. Samuel F. Asher, 28, who was killed in action in Vietnam 26 Apr (1970) will be held Wednesday in Tennessee. Capt Asher received a Bronze Star while serving 10 months in Vietnam. Survivors include his wife, Sally, of Tacoma; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Asher of Oakridge TN; and two brothers, Kenneth of Oakridge and David of Knoxville TN. (The Tacoma News Tribune, Tacoma WA, 4 May 1970)