Birth 27DEC44 Rank 1LT Date of Death 05FEB70 P. of birth   Service Army (Reserve) Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Snohomish Unit 5th Inf Div, A Trp, 3rd Sqdn, 5th Cav Death Code Non-Hostile Died; Ground Casualty; Accidental Hometown   service # 537362863 Panel 14WEST - 105   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 15AUG69 Comment   Cemetery       Snohomish High School, Snohomish WA, 1963

Eastern Washington State College Cheney WA 1968

Lt. Owen Ted McCandlis, 3rd Squadron, 5th Cavalry, U.S. Army, died 5 Feb (1970) in Vietnam. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul McCandlis of Snohomish. Funeral arrangements will be made by Purdy and Dawson Funeral Home. Snohomish (Everett Herald 1970) McCandlis Funeral Will Be Held in Snohomish Funeral Services will be held in Snohomish for Lt. Owen T. McCandlis, a Cheney resident who died 5 Feb (1970) in Viet Nam. Lt. McCandlis, a member of the 5th Cavalry Regiment of the 5th Infantry Division was serving in the DMZ with an Army merchanized infantry unit. He was killed in non-hostile action apparently the result of an accident, his wife Elaine said. Mrs. McCandlis, who is living in Cheney but whose home is Walla Walla, said her husband was a graduate of Eastern Washington State College. Cheney WA article - (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Walla Walla WA, 12 Feb 1970)

Patrick Alan MC LEOD

Birth 10SEP42 Rank EO3 Date of Death 06FEB70 P. of birth   Service Navy Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit NAS/Danang, C-47 Death Code Non-Hostile Died; Illness/Injury; Ground Casualty; Illness, Disease Hometown   service # 531405849 Panel 14WEST - 108   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date   Comment Public Works Operation - Danang Cemetery

Bobbitt 'Bob' SCHWINTZ

Birth 19MAY49 Rank LCPL Date of Death 12FEB70 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Tacoma Unit H Co, 2/5th Mar, 1st Div Death Code Hostile Died; Ground Casualty; Other Explosive Device Hometown   service # 536505008 Panel 13WEST - 03   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 14MAY69 Comment   Cemetery

Cpl. Schwintz Rites To Be Held. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Bob Schwintz, 29, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marion T.Schwintz, of 810 N. Prospect St., who died in action 12 Feb (1970), in Vietnam, was born in Tacoma, was a 1967 graduate of Stadium High School and attended Tacoma Community College for a year.He was a member of Epworth United Methodist Church. Besides his parents, he is survived by a brother, Bill, of the home; two sisters, Kathy of the home, and Mrs Alice Fritch of Seattle. Services will be announced by Tuell Funeral Home. (The Tacoma News Tribune, Tacoma WA, 19 Feb 1970)

Archi Norman WADE

Birth 06JUL48 Rank SP5 Date of Death 12FEB70 P. of birth Aberdeen Service Army Place Binh Duong, S. Vietnam Town of Record Hoquiam Unit 1st Cav Div, B Co, 227th Avn Bn, 11th Avn Grp Death Code Non-Hostile Died; Helicopter - Crew; Air Loss Crash - Land Hometown   service # 537509251 Panel 13WEST - 04   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 05JUL69 Comment   Cemetery Sunset Memorial Park

Harbor Soldier Dies in Vietnam. Archie Norman Wade, 21, a Harbor native died from an accident during a mission in Vietnam 12 Feb (1970). Word of the death was received Sunday. Army Pvt. Wade was born 6 Jul 1948, in Aberdeen, and attended Hoquiam schools. He was active in Boy Scouts. He enlisted in the Army in December of 1967, and took helicopter mechanic training in Alabama. He was later sent overseas in Korea, and was later put on detached service in Japan. After a leave at home last May he was sent to Germany, and went to Vietnam in July. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. James W. Wade, operate Jim's Shoe Repair, 212 S. H. St. Aberdeen. They live at 2643 Bay Ave., Hoquiam. Besides his parents, survivors include three brothers, Harry, Loren, and Lloyd, all of Hoquiam; and a grandmother, Mrs. Elvira Wade, Hoquiam. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Oestreich Funeral Home. (The Daily World, Aberdeen WA, 16 Feb 1970)

Archie Wade Funeral for Army Spec. 5 Archie Wade will be at 11am Tuesday in the Oestrich Funeral Chapel, with John Covert officiating. A military honor guard from Ft. Lewis will hold rites. Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Park. (The Daily World, Aberdeen WA, 19 Feb 1970)

Michael Steven GRYDER

Birth 26MAR49 Rank CPL Date of Death 18FEB70 P. of birth Virginia Service Army Place Hau Nghia, S. Vietnam Town of Record Toppenish Unit 25th Inf Div, B Btry, 3rd Bn, 13th Arty Death Code Non-Hostile Died; Ground casualty; Other Accident Hometown   service # 538520024 Panel 13WEST - 38   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 15DEC99 Comment   Cemetery

Toppenish man killed in war
    Pfc. Michael Steven Gryder, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Beddoe, Toppenish was killed in Vietnam 18 Feb (1970).
    Pfc. Gryder, who would have been 21 on 26 Mar (1970), entered the U.S. Army 29 Jun 1969. He received training at Ft. Lewis and Ft. Sill OK. He had been in Vietnam for two months with the Field Artillery.
    He was born in Virginia and had been a Toppenish resident since the age of three. He graduated from Toppenish Senior High in 1969.
    Besides his parents, he is survived by two sisters, Marlene Beddoe and Shirley Beddoe, both of Toppenish; and his grandmother, Mrs. Doris Dickinson of Moxee.
    Funeral services are pending the arrival of the body from Vietnam. (Toppenish Review, Toppenish, 5 Mar 1970)

Patrick Owen POMPELLA

Birth 08JUN49 Rank SGT Date of Death 18FEB70 P. of birth Arlinton,Wa Service Army (Draft) Place Thua Thien, S. Vietnam Town of Record Arlington Unit 101st Abn Div, A Co, 2nd Bn, 506th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown Darrington service # 531501357 Panel 30WEST - 30   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 15AUG69 Comment   Cemetery   Darrington High School, 1967, Darrington WA

Sgt. Patrick O. Pompella, 20, Rt. 3 Arlington, died Feb. 18 in South Vietnam from injuries received during a combat operation. Born 8 Jun 1949 in Arlington, he had lived in the White Horse area since birth. He was graduated from Darrington High School in 1967 and had been in the Army for a year. He had served in South Vietnam for six months. He leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. LaVerne Slater of Rt. 3 Arlington; three sisters, Mrs. Nancy Badgley of Rt. 5 Arlington, Mrs. Leslie Soule of Hoquiam and Miss Laura Slater, at home; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Peavey of Darrington and Mrs. Florence Pompella of Arlington; and two nieces. Services will be announced from Weller Funeral Home. (Everett Herald)

Donald James WADE

Birth 26AUG48 Rank PL Date of Death 25FEB70 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nam S. Vietnam Town of Record San Jose CA Unit .........  Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 535506875   Panel 13WEST - 56   married single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 19JAN70 Comment Seattle   Cemetery

Manuel GALVEZ-PASTRANA

Birth 23JUL40 Rank SSGT Date of Death 26FEB70 P. of birth   Service Army Place Tay Ninh S. Vietnam Town of Record San Juan, Puerto Rico Unit 11th Armored Cavalry Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 581666333  Panel 13WEST - 56   married married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 01FEB70  Comment Tacoma   Cemetery