Birth 16NOV32 Rank LTC Date of Death 02JUN70 P. of birth   Service Army Place Binh Dinh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit 173rd Abn Bde, HHC, 3rd Bn, 503rd Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 569403201 Panel 10WEST - 133   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 08MAR69 Comment grad. USMA 1956 Cemetery Arlington National Cemetery

Jerry Wayne MC GLOTHLEN

Birth 08SEP50 Rank SP4 Date of Death 09JUN70 P. of birth   Service Army Place Tay Ninh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Yelm Unit 25th Inf Div, Trp D, 3rd Sqrd, 4th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died Missing; Helicopter - NonCrew; Air Loss, Crash - Land Hometown Yelm WA service # 538508624 Panel 09WEST - 34   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 12DEC69 Comment   Cemetery Yelm Cemetery, Yelm WA

Sp4 Jerry Wayne McGlothlen, 19, of Yelm, died in Vietnam 9 Jun (1970) from noncombatant causes. He was killed in a helicopter accident. He was born in Olympia, 8 Sep 1950, and lived in Yelm most of his life. He was a member of the Methodist Church. Sp 4 McGlothlen is survived by his wife, Anna, now living in Tacoma; his mother, Mrs. Gerald (Betty) Baker, Tumwater; two brothers, Tom of McKenna and Mark of the home; a sister, Verna of the home, a half-brother, Junior Baker, and a half-sister, Helen Baker both of the home; grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Oscar McGlothlen and Mrs. Verna Crumley, both of Yelm; great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George Jones of Orting. Funeral services were held Monday in the Mountain View Chapel, Tacoma, with graveside service in Yelm Cemetery. (Nisqually Valley News, Thursday, 9 Jul 1970)

Thomas Eugene TAYLOR

Birth 02MAR50 Rank PFC Date of Death 11JUN70 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Cambodia Town of Record Richland Unit 9th Inf Div, C Co, 2nd Bn, 47th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 408861400 Panel 09WEST - 45   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 19MAR70 Comment 9th Infantry Cemetery Knoxville National Cemetery, Knoxville TN

Michael Lee WRIGHT

Birth 11FEB50 Rank SGT Date of Death 14JUN70 P. of birth Ft. Knox KY Service Army Place Cambodia Town of Record Tacoma Unit 1st Cav Div, C Co, 1st Bn, 12th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 539501557 Panel 09WEST - 55   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 09SEP69 Comment ranger25.com Cemetery

Michael Wright, Parkland GI, Died in Cambodia. Services for Sgt. Michael Lee Wright, 20, of 2006 S. 138th St., who was killed in Action 13 Jun (1970) in Cambodia, will be announced by Dryer Mortuary. He was born in Ft. Knox KY and lived in Tacoma for 15 years, moving here from Ft. Richardson AK. He was serving in the Army's Company C, 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division in Southeast Asia. He was a 1968 graduate of Bethel High School and a member of Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Parish. Survivors include his parents, M. Sgt. and Mrs. Fitch Wright, USA (ret.) at home; six brothers, Dennis, Billy, Rory, Brian and Colin, all at home, and Patrich, of Ft. Leonard Wood MO; three sisters, Barbara, Irene and Anita, all at home; and a grandmother, Mrs. W. G. Monaghan, of Superior WI. (The Tacoma News Tribune, Tacoma WA,18 Jun 1970)

Kurtis Lane GAYNOR

Birth 07DEC49 Rank PFC Date of Death 15JUN70 P. of birth   Service Army Place Khanh Hoa, S. Vietnam Town of Record Kalama Unit 1st Log Cmd, 129th Maint Spt Co Death Code Non-Hostile, Ground Casualty; Hometown   service # 538464095 Panel 09WEST - 55   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 24JUL69 Comment   Cemetery

Donald David DOUGLAS

Birth 02DEC50 Rank SGT Date of Death 18JUN70 P. of birth   Service Army Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit 5th Ifn Div MECH Death Code Non-Hostile Died Illness/Injury; Ground Casualty; Vehicle Loss Crash Hometown   service # 532544576 Panel 09WEST - 63   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 06DEC68 Comment   Cemetery

Patrick Dennis KADOW

Birth 14JUL49 Rank LCPL Date of Death 19JUN70 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Vancouver Unit H Co, 2 Bn, 5 Mar, 1 Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 539488366 Panel 09WEST - 69   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 19AUG69 Comment   Cemetery

Darrell Edward BURNS

Birth 18JUN50 Rank SGT Date of Death 23JUN70 P. of birth Seattle Service Army Place Cambodia Town of Record Everett Unit 1st Cav Div, B Co, 5th Bn, 7th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died Wounds; Ground Casualty; Other Explosive Device Hometown Everett service # 535527607 Panel 09WEST - 82   married Single MIA -   Medals posthumous - Distinguished Service Cross Tour Date 10DEC69 Comment   Cemetery Evergreen Cemetery, Everett WA Cascade High School, Everett WA, 1966

Specialist 4 Darrell E. Burns, 20, U. S. Army, died 23 Jun (1970) in Vietnam as a result of wounds received in action in Cambodia on 22 Jun (1970). He was born 18 Jun 1950, in Seattle and spent most of his life in the Everett area. He was graduated from Cascade High School and was employed by Weyerhaeuser Mill B before enlisting in the service in July of 1969. Surviving are his mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Van Natter, 11910 12th St. SE, Lake Stevens; his father, Darrel E. McMillan of Cyril OK; a brother, Richard (Rick) Burns, at home, a sister, Wendy McMillan; a half sister, Alicia McMillan and a halfbrother, Jeffery McMillan, all of Cyril OK; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil McMillan of Ardmore OK. Also surviving are two stepsisters, Mrs. Douglas (Mary) Short and Mrs. Gerald (Caria) Johnson, both of Everett. His maternal grandparents are the late Mr. and Mrs. John M. (Jack) Hart of Lakewood. Services will be 1 pm Friday in the Solie Funeral Home. The Rev. Edwin Johnson will officiate. Burial with full military honors will be in the Evergreen Cemetery. Honorary casketbearers will be Dennis Diedrich, Richard Newby, Ken Olsen, Sgt. Harvey Pace, Rick Stentz, Ray Taylor, Tom Waltz and Steve Ware. (Everett Herald 1970)

Wesley Charles HOWLEY

Birth 06JAN48 Rank SP4 Date of Death 26JUN70 P. of birth   Service Army Place Cambodia Town of Record Ft. Lewis Unit 11th ACR, K Trp, 3rd Sqdr, 11th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Artillery, Rocket, Mortar Hometown   service # 575540073 Panel 09WEST - 97   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 31DEC69 Comment 11th Cav/ Black Horse Cemetery Arlington National Cemetery

James Allen WIMMER

Birth 18SEP48 Rank SGT Date of Death 27JUN70 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Thua Thien, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit 101st Airborne Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 532500635 Panel 09WEST - 100   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 23JUL69 Comment   Cemetery Fairmount Memorial Park

WIMMER, James Allen, Sgt. -- Passed away 27 Jun (1970) in Vietnam. His Home, E2413 Gordon, Spokane WA. Survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Wimmer, at the Home; three brothers, Pvt. Patrick R. Wimmer, Army, Fort Carlson CO. Robert J. Wimmer, Steven J. Wimmer, both at the Home; two sisters, Mrs. Jimmie D. (Diana G.) Schmidt, Spokane WA, Tina M. Wimmer, at the Home; his grandmother, Mrs. Orlinda Gunning, Rathdrum ID. Funeral arrangements are in the care of the Hennessey Funeral Home, N2203 Division St.. Interment Fairmount Memorial Park. (The Spokesman-Review, Spokane WA, 3 Jul 1970)

Bruce William HESKETT

Birth 20APR45 Rank 1LT Date of Death 29JUN70 P. of birth Klamath Falls OR Service Army (Reserve) Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit 5th Inf Div, A Co, 1st Bn, 77th Arm Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 539423993 Panel 09WEST - 101   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 08FEB70 Comment attended Notre Dame Cemetery

Obituary Funeral services will be Thursday at 9 a.m. at St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Church, the Rev. Philip Clark officiating. Military burial rites will be at Holy Cross Cemetery. Lt. Frank H. Etter Jr., Osan Air Base, Korea, former Spokane resident and brother-in-law of Mrs. Heskett, will be personal military escort. Lt. Heskett, son of Dr. and Mrs. Robert G. Heskett, S3104 Jefferson, was killed recently near the Demilitarized Zone in South Vietnam. His unit was in (part of article missing) ... Born in Klamath Falls OR, Lt. Heskett came here with his family 20 years ago. He was a 1963 graduate of Gonzaga Prep and a 1968 graduate of Notre Dame University, where he was commissioned in the Reserve Officer Training Corps and played on the rugby team. He was married two years ago. He was sent to Vietnam shortly after last Christmas. His wife, Nancy, the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Bert P. Jacobson, E2712 Nineteenth, gave birth to a daughter, Heather Marie, two months ago. Lt. Heskett was due Home next January. (The Spokesman-Review, Spokane WA, 7 Jul 1970)

HESKETT, Bruce W. (1st Lt.) -- Rosary will be at 8:45 Wednesday, 8 Jul (1970) at the Shrine of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Gonzaga Prep, E1224 Euclid Ave. Funeral Mass at 9 a.m. Thursday, 9 Jul 1970 at St. Aloysius Catholic Church, E402 Boone Ave. Father Philip Clark, S. J., Father L. L. Kreutzer, S. J., and Father William Hayes, S. J., co-celebrants, Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. Survived by his wife, Nancy Heskett at the Home, Spokane, one daughter, Heather Marie Heskett, at the Home; his parents, Dr. and Mrs. Robert G. Heskett, Spokane; two brothers, Roger Heskett, Seattle WA; John Heskett, Spokane. He was a graduate of Gonzaga Prep and Notre Dame University. The families request memorial gifts for Injured Vietnam Veterans, care of the Spokane Eastern Branch of Seattle 1st National Bank. The Thornhill-Geraghty Funeral Home, N1322 Monroe St. in charge of arrangements. (The Spokesman-Review, Spokane WA, 7 Jul 1970)

Gordon Clark HILL

Birth 09OCT44 Rank CAPT Date of Event 30JUN70 P. of birth   Service Air Force Place Laos Town of Record Seattle Unit ... Death Code Hostile, Died Missing; Fixed Wing - Crew; Air Loss, Crash - Land Hometown   service # 507587757 Panel 09WEST - 105   married Married MIA - BNR Medals   Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery

(MIA information from P.O.w. Net Work) Gordon Clark Hill born 30 Jun 1970 was one of a two man crew aboard a F4E that crashed somewhere in Laos. More information at Pownetwork.org

Stephen Louis KLEIN

Birth 09JUN48 Rank SP4 Date of Death 30JUN70 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Phuoc Long, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit 1st Cav Div, D Co, 2nd Bn, 7th Cav Death Code Hostile, Helicopter NonCrew - Air Loss, Crash on Land Hometown   service # 538489149 Panel 09WEST - 106   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 17DEC69 Comment   Cemetery       Ingraham High School, Seattle WA: Senior, Class of 1966; Cross-County 2,3,4; Band 2,3,4