Birth 28SEP22 Rank LTC Date of Death 02MAR70 P. of birth   Service Air Force (Reserve) Place Gia Dinh S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit 7 AF HQ Death Code Non-Hostile Died; Ground Casualty; Heart Attack Hometown   service # 476186370 Panel 13WEST - 73   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 30MAR69 Comment   Cemetery

Richard August HOSTIKKA

Washington State University Pullman WA 1963

Birth 24JAN42 Rank CAPT Date of Death 02MAR70 P. of birth   Service Army (Reserve) Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Brush Prairie Unit Special Forces, A-101 Death Code Non-Hostile; Ground Casualty; Vehicle Crash Hometown   service # 537364349 Panel 13WEST - 74   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 13JUL69 Comment   Cemetery

Rudolfo Resta ALURA

Birth 06OCT29 Rank SFC Date of Death 04MAR70 P. of birth Philippine Islands Service Army Place Thua Thien, S. Vietnam Town of Record Tacoma Unit 101st Abn Div, B Co, 1st Bn, 501st Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 561545642 Panel 13WEST - 80  married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 28AUG69 Comment   Cemetery

Sgt1C Rudolfo Alura, 41 of 10256 Diamond Blvd. SW., who died 4 Mar (1970) in Vietnam, was born in the Philippine Islands and lived in Tacoma since 1958. He was a member of the Catholic Church. Survivors include his wife, Flordellia C.; three sons, Robert C., Steve C. and Eddie C. all of the home; a daughter, Linda C., of the home and his parents, Brother and sisters, all in the Philippines. Services will be announced by Mountain View Funeral Home. (The Tacoma News Tribune, Tacoma WA, 11 Mar 1970)

Richard Dennis 'Buck' ATOR

Birth 10MAR37 Rank MAJ Date of Death 05MAR70 P. of birth Plentywood MT Service Army Place Tuyen Duc, S. Vietnam Town of Record Moses Lake Unit MACV, Adv Tm 26 Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Artillery, Rocket, Mortar Hometown   service # 533343078 Panel 13WEST - 84   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 28NOV69 Comment   Cemetery

'BUCK' ATOR KILLED IN WAR
    Army Maj. Richard D. "Buck" Ator, 32, of Moses Lake, was killed Thursday (5 Mar 1970) when his base camp at Don Duong District, where he was designated as a senior advisor to the South Vietnamese, was attacked He was on his second tour of duty in Vietnam.
    Maj. Ator was born 10 Mar 1937, in Plentywood MT. He moved to Moses Lake with his family in 1950 and graduated from Moses Lake High School in 1955. At MLHS he captained the football team and also played basketball. He continued his education at Eastern Washington State College, Cheney, where he played basketball and graduated in 1962. He was awarded high military honors in the ROTC program on graduation from EWSC, and received a regular Army commission as a second lieutenant in June, 1962
    In his first tour to Vietnam from the September, 1966, to August, 1967, he was attached to the headquarters of General A. S. Collins Jr. who commanded the 4th Infantry. On part of this tour, Ator, then a captain, commanded an infantry company. On return from Vietnam, he underwent special studies in the Vietnamese language. Returning to Vietnam last November, he was designated a senior advisor.
    He was married in October, 1956, in Moses Lake, to the former Joanne Parker of Moses Lake. Survivors include is widow, Joanne and two children, Lisa, 6, and Steven, 2, of Moses Lake; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Ator of Moses Lake; and three sisters, Mrs. Richard Yale of East Greenwich RI, Mrs. Lowell Davis of Seattle,, and Mrs. Theodore Schultz of Olympia. Maj. Ator's father is heavy equipment operator.
    The body is scheduled to arrive tomorrow in Oakland CA. Maj. Dean M. Owen of Ft. Rucker AL, a lifelong friend of Maj. Ator, reportedly with escort the body from Oakland to Moses Lake. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Eccleston-Penhallurick Chapel of Memories. (Columbia Basin Daily Herald, Moses Lake WA, 9 Mar 1970)

Douglas Robert JONES

Birth 13JUL49 Rank SP4 Date of Death 08MAR70 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Tay Ninh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Yakima Unit 1st Cav Div, C Co, 2nd Bn, 8th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 533463294 Panel 13WEST - 97   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 20AUG69 Comment   Cemetery

Ronny Dean SHATTUCK

Renton High School Renton WA 1967

Birth 16DEC50 Rank SGT Date of Death 12MAR70 P. of birth   Service Army Place Phuoc Tuy, S. Vietnam Town of Record Renton Unit 25th Inf Div, B Co, 4th Bn, 9th Inf Death Code Non-Hostile Died; Helicopter-NonCrew; Air Loss, Crash - Land Hometown   service # 539525758 Panel 13WEST - 120   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 4SEP69 Comment   Cemetery

Darrell Eugene AYERS

Birth 04APR37 Rank SSGT Date of Death 19MAR70 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Alderwood Manor Unit 1st Force Reco Co., 1st Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 538341301 Panel 12WEST - 19  married Single MIA - BNR Medals posthumous recipient of Naval Cross Tour Date 19MAR70 Comment   Cemetery

(MIA Report Extracted from P.O.W. Network)
Darrell Eugene Ayers was born 4 Apr 1937 and was a 10 year veteran of the Marine Corps. He was killed in Action by small arms fire in Quang Nam Province. He body has not been recovered.
for much more information P.O.W. Network

Darrell Eugene Ayers was a posthumous recipient of Naval Cross

Norman Howard STRENGTH

Birth 10MAR48 Rank SP4 Date of Death 26MAR70 P. of birth   Service Army Place Binh Duong, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit 11th ACR, I Trp, 3rd Sqdr, 11th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Other Explosive Device Hometown Airway Heights WA service # 568708723 Panel 12WEST - 47   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 23SEP69 Comment 11th Cav/ Black Horse Cemetery

STRENGTH, Norman H. -- Passed away 26 Mar (1970) in Viet Nam. A resident of Airway Heights WA. Survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Strength, Airway Heights; 3 brothers, James Strength, Airway Heights, Roy Strength, Spokane, Jon Strength, Fort Riley KS; 4 sisters, Mrs. Shirley Smith, Atwater CA; Mrs. Benita Wilkerson, Spokane; Mrs. Judith Herfurth, Spokane; Mrs. Loretta Briggs, Atwater CA; grandmother, Mrs. Ettie Schuette, Merced CA. His last services will be under the direction of the Smith Funeral Home, W1124 Riverside Ave. (The Spokesman-Review, Spokane WA, 29 Mar 1970)

Jimmie Ishmael HICKS

West High School Bremerton WA 1967

Birth 29AUG48 Rank CPL Date of Death 29MAR70 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Tay Ninh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Bremerton Unit 1st Cav Div, A Co, 2nd Bn, 7th Cav Death Code Hostile; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 53447414 Panel 12WEST - 56   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 03JAN70 Comment   Cemetery

Michael James WAINWRIGHT

Birth 03DEC49 Rank CPL Date of Death 29MAR70 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Tay Ninh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Vancouver Unit 1st Cav Div, Btry B, 2nd Bn, 19th Arty Death Code Hostile; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 533549022 Panel 12WEST - 59   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 06JAN70 Comment   Cemetery

Wainwright lost in Vietnam. Another Clark County man has died in the Vietnam War. Word was received Tuesday by Mr. and Mrs.Roland Wainwright, Vancouver of the death of their son, Pfc. Michael J. Wainwright, 20, who was killed in war action Sunday.The Army man was the 51st serviceman with Clark County ties to die in Vietnam. Born 3 Dec 1949, in Seattle, Pfc. Wainwright attended schools in Astoria, Tacoma, and Morro Bay CA, before moving to Vancouver with his family in 1965.He graduated in 1969, from Columbia River High School where he was a member of the DECCA Club. He also was a member of the First Congregational Church and was active in the United Church Youth. Pfc. Wainwright enlisted in the Army last 4 Aug (1969) 4th. He underwent basic training at Fort Leonard Wood MO, and attended artillery school at Fort Sill OK, before leaving for Vietnam 5 Jan (1970). He was stationed with the First Air Cavalry Division in Tay Ninh Province near the Cambodian border. Pfc. Wainwright is survived by his parents, who live at 103 N. E. 114th St., a brother Richard Earl Wainwright and a sister, Carrie Lynn Wainwright, both at home. Funeral arrangements will be made upon arrival of the body from Vietnam. (the Columbian, Vancouver WA, 1 Apr 1970)

Bruce Wayne BRACE

Birth 18JAN51 Rank LCPL Date of Death 30MAR70 P. of birth   Service Marine Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Roseville CA Unit .....  Death Code Hostile, died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 537527291 Panel 12WEST - 59   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 10AUG69 Comment Tacoma   Cemetery

Marine Lance Cpl. Bruce W. Brace, 19 of Tacoma, who was killed in action 30 Mar (1970) in Vietnam, was born in Victorville CA and had lived in Tacoma nearly all of his life. He attended Parkland Grade School and Franklin Pierce Junior High School Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Thelma Nelson, of Yakima; his father, Cecil Brace, of Roseville CA; his stepfather, John Nelson, of Yakima, his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Drake of Bartlesville OK; and his great-grandmother, Mrs. Martha Sanderson, of Bartlesville. Services will be announced by Buckley-King Mortuary. (The Tacoma News Tribune, Tacoma WA, 4 Apr 1970)

Russell Cranston HIBLER

Birth 07JUN46 Rank SGT Date of Death 30MAR70 P. of birth Portsmouth VA Service Army (Draft) Place Thua Thien, S. Vietnam Town of Record Anacortes Unit 101st Abn Div, A Co, 1st Bn, 501st Inf Death Code Hostile; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 53746606 Panel 12WEST - 60   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 04AUG69 Comment   Cemetery Cremated     Anacortes High School, Anacortes WA, 1964

Spec. 4 Russell Cranston Hibler, 23, lifelong resident of Anacortes, died Saturday, 30 Mar (1970) in Vietnam, as the result of hostile action. He was born 7 Jun 1946 in Portsmouth VA and moved here as an infant. He received his education in Anacortes schools and graduated with a B. A. degree in Sociology from Western Washington State College in 1968. He was married to Jennifer Bridgeman of Bow 16 Mar 1968. Survivors include his wife; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Hibler; one brother, Harry, all of Anacortes, and his grandmother, Letha Hibler of Millford IL. Memorial services were held at 4 P.m. Tuesday, 7 Apr 1970 at the Westminster Presbyterian Church here, with he Rev. J. Robert Evans officiating. Cremation followed under the direction of the Evans Funeral Home. Memorials may be given to the Scholarship Fund of Westminster Presbyterian Church. (Anacortes America, Anacortes WA, 9 Apr 1970)

Thomas John SHRINER

Washington State University Pullman WA 1968

Birth 07MAY45 Rank SSGT Date of Death 31MAR70 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Thua Thien, S. Vietnam Town of Record Royal City Unit 101st Abn Div, B Co, 2nd Bn, 506th Inf Death Code Hostile; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 532400973 Panel 12WEST - 63   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 10DEC69 Comment   Cemetery