Birth 24OCT45 Rank SGT Date of Death 06JAN70 P. of birth   Service Marines (Reserve) Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Bellevue Unit H&S Co 1ST-7th Mar, 1st Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Other Explosive Device Hometown   service # 540503101 Panel 14WEST - 06   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 19AUG69 Comment   Cemetery

    Ronald Frank HOPKINS

Birth 08AUG49 Rank PFC Date of Death 08JAN70 P. of birth Tacoma Service Army Draft) Place Binh Duong, S. Vietnam Town of Record Puyallup Unit 1st Cav Div, HHC, 5th Bn, 7th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown Puyallup service # 536509316 Panel 14WEST - 13   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 14DEC69 Comment   Cemetery

    Larry Paul BARTLETT

Birth 23SEP37 Rank SFC Date of Death 09JAN70 P. of birth   Service Army Place Cambodia Town of Record Tacoma Unit Special Forces, B-50, 5th SF Grp Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 176321382 Panel 14WEST - 16  married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 13OCT69 Comment   Cemetery Willamette National Cemetery, Portland OR

The Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam SOG 4 Men from Washington State were written about in this book from just a quick sentence or two to several pages. Larry Bartlett is a sentence or two in Chapter 13 Daniel Boone Again "Northeast Cambodia was getting hot, very hot. On 9 January a CCS team led by Sergeant First Class Larry Bartlett with Sergeant Richard Thomas as One-One, was moving toward an LZ about 30 miles south of where RT Vermont had been hit when a large NVA force pounced on them killing both Americans. A Bright Light team inserted, fought its way through an NVA faorce, losing one Yard, and recovered their bodies page 256 The Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam SOG by John L. Plaster, copyright July 1998, published Onyx

    John W. SPARKS

Birth 24SEP49 Rank PFC Date of Death 09JAN70 P. of birth Colville Service Army (Draft) Place Binh Long, S. Vietnam Town of Record Kettle Falls Unit 11th ACR, I Trp, 3rd Sqdr, 11th Cav Death Code Non-Hostile, Died Injury; Ground Casualty; Vehicle Loss, Crash Hometown Kettle Falls service # 536503335 Panel 14WEST - 21 married Single MIA -   Medals Bronze Star, Purple Heart Tour Date 20DEC69 Comment 11th Cav/ Blackhorse Cemetery Meyers Falls Cem., Kettle Falls

Area Soldier Dies in Vietnam Kettle Falls Army PFC John W. Sparks, 20, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Sparks of Rice, was killed in action last week in Vietnam, two weeks after his arrival in that country. Born Sept. 24, 1949 at Colville, Sparks was a resident of the Kettle Falls area all his life. He was a '68 graduate of KHS and was a prominent figure on that school's athletic program. He entered the service last August. Survivors include, in addition to his parents, a sister, Betty Jo Hergesheimer of Cedonia; three brothers, S/Sgt. Robert Sparks in Germany and Delbert and Roy Sparks, both of Kettle Falls and a grandmother, Mrs. Louis Koerner of Kettle Falls. Funeral services are pending at the Bastian Funeral Home. (Statesman-Examiner, Colville, 14 Jan 1970)

Graveside services were held Saturday at Meyers Falls Cemetery for Army PFC John W. Sparks, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Sparks of Rice, who was killed in action in South Vietnam. Rev. Robert F. Baler officiated. Pallbearers were Sam Lotze, Mike Tracey, Tony Stoddard, Ray Fosback, Rod DuPuis and Rick Hoffman.
(Statesman-Examiner, Colville, 14 Jan 1970)

    Monte Raoul DE VERE

Birth 29JUL21 Rank MSGT Date of Death 10JAN70 P. of birth   Service Army Place Long An, S. Vietnam Town of Record Nordland Unit 9th Inf Div, 9th MP Co Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Other Explosive Device Hometown   service # 552185859 Panel 14WEST - 22   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 03NOV67 Comment 9th Infantry Cemetery

Funeral Friday for Sgt DeVere, killed in Vietnam. Full military honors will be accorded Sgt Monte R. DeVere who was killed last week in action in Vietnam. Funeral services for Sergeant DeVere are set for 1pm. Friday at Owyen Funeral Home with burial following at Fort Worden Cemetery. Sergeant DeVere had been a professional soldier 27 years, entering the service at Downey,Cal.18 Oct. 1942. He was 48 when he was killed in action in Long An Province, Republic of Vietnam,Jan.10th.Survivors include two daughters, Beatrice Fields of California and Patty Gayle DeVere of Norland; his mother, Mrs. Nellie DeVere of Willow Springs, MO; two brothers, Dwayne of Willow Springs and Ted of Tacoma; three sisters, Susanna Lee and Soha of San Coulee, Mont., and Quanita McCarty of Colorado Springs, CO. Also two grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. (Port Townsend Leader, Port Townsend WA 22 Jan 1970)

    Richard Lyle BLOWERS

Birth 21APR50 Rank PFC Date of Death 16JAN70 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Bien Hoa, S. Vietnam Town of Record Los Angeles CA Unit 1st Inf Div Death Code Hostile; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 535529058  Panel 14WEST - 37   married single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 28NOV69 Comment Arlington   Cemetery     Arlington High School, Arlington WA, 1966

Birth 03MAR43 Rank CAPT Date of Death 31JAN70 P. of birth Omaha Service Army Place Tay Ninh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit 25th Inf Div, Div HHC, 1st Bde Death Code Hostile Died; Helicopter - NonCrew; Air Loss, Crash - Land Hometown   service # 537383843 Panel 14WEST - 83   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 05NOV69 Comment   Cemetery Greenwood Memorial Terrace Washington State University, Pullman WA, 1964

Obituary Capt. Jerry D. Denny, a Spokane Army officer serving with the 25th Division in Vietnam was killed 31 Jan (1970) when the plane in which he was a passenger was shot down by enemy gunfire. Denny, 27, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Denny, #918 Thirty-fifth and husband of Carma Sue Denny, Washington State University, was the 78th Spokane County combat death. In addition to his wife and parents, he leaves two small sons, Lane David, 2 1/2, and Eric, eight months, and a sister, Mrs. John (Kathleen Diane) Heyer, Seattle. His father is district manager for Realsilk, Inc. 3 Months in Vietnam Capt. Denny had been stationed in Vietnam since 1 Nov 1969. Prior to his assignment in Vietnam, he had been stationed at Fort Sill OK and Fort McClellan AL for 18 months. Born in Omaha, he came to Spokane at age 4. He attended Jefferson School and graduated from Lewis and Clark High School in 1961. He graduated (rest of article is missing) (The Spokesman-Review, Spokane WA, 11 Feb 1970)

    Ronald Joe "Joe" FULTON

Birth 04AUG42 Rank CWO Date of Death 31JAN70 P. of birth Walla Walla Service Army (Reserve) Place Tay Ninh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Walla Walla Unit 25th Inf Div, B Co, 25th Avn Bn Death Code Hostile, Helicopter - Crew; Air Loss, Crash on Land Hometown   service # 539344622 Panel 14WEST - 84   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 24SEP69 Comment   Cemetery