Birth 18AUG40 Rank SSGT Date of Death 02MAY70 P. of birth Ottumwa IA Service Army Place Cambodia Town of Record Tacoma Unit 1st Cav Div, Trp A, 1st Sqd, 9th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Helicopter - NonCrew; Air Loss, Crash - Land Hometown   service # 537343393 Panel 11WEST - 88   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 15 SEP69 Comment   Cemetery

Picture received from son-in-law, Jan DeBoer (email received 2May2006)

Slain Sergeant Born in Iowa. Army Sgt. George D. Slye, 29, of Tacoma, a former resident of McCleary, who was killed in action 2 May (1970), in Cambodia, was born in Ottumwa IA, and had been in the Army for the past 14 years. His residence had been in Tacoma for the past 18 months, moving his home here from McCleary, where he lived for a year. Sgt. Slye was a member of the Baptist Church and McCleary Veterans of Foreign Wars Post. Survivors include his wife, Carla, three sons, Rolf, George, Ray all of the home; two daughters, Jacqueline and Rebecca, both of the family home; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Loren Slye, of McCleary; two brothers, Rex, of Bremerton, and Joseph, of McCleary; two sisters, Mrs. Lorna Bates, of Portland, and Mrs Lynna Drengson, of Yakima; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Laurel Cowan, of Port Orchard and Mrs. C. V. Scalf, of Unionville MO. Full Military services will be announced by Whiteside Funeral Home, Elma, on arrival of the body. (Tacoma News Tribune, Tacoma WA 7 May 1970)

Craig James FOX

Birth 05OCT49 Rank CWO Date of Death 05MAY70 P. of birth   Service Army (Reserve) Place Binh Long, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit 1st Avn Bde, 116th Aviation Co Death Code Hostile, Died; Helicopter - Pilot; Air Loss, Crash on Land - Hometown   service # 532522094 Panel 11WEST - 101   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 14JUL69 Comment   Cemetery

Rites Planned for Warrant Officer Fox Private military services will be held for Army Warrant Officer Craig J. Fox, 20, Seattle, who died 5 May (1970). A Queen Anne High School graduate of 1968, Warrant Officer Fox enlisted in July, 1968. He and a Queen Anne classmate, Beverly Davis, were married 19 Apr 1969. He had been in Vietnam since last August. Survivors besides his wife, Beverly include his mother, Mrs. Dolores Fox, and a brother, Michael, Seattle, and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Ridley, Kent. Among citations Mr. Fox received were the Purple Heart, the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry and the Distinguished Flying Cross
    (Seattle Times, Seattle WA, 14 May 1970)

Gerald Albert KULM

Ritzville High School Ritzville WA 1967

Birth 11MAR49 Rank SGT Date of Death 05MAY70 P. of birth Ritzville Service Army (Draft) Place Thua Thien, S. Vietnam Town of Record Ritzville Unit 101st Abn Div, C Co, 2nd Bn, 502nd Inf Death Code Hostile,Died; Ground Casualty; Other Causes Hometown Ritzville WA service # 531506959 Panel 11WEST - 102   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 23AUG69 Comment   Cemetery Ritzville Memorial Cemetery, Ritzville WA

Funeral is today for Gerald Kulm,> a Vietnam Victim. The Ritzville area was saddened this week with its first Vietnam casuality.Sp-4 Gerald Albert Kulm was killed in action in Vietnam on 5 May 1970. Funeral services will be conducted from Emanuel Lutheran Church today (Thursday) at 2 o'clock p.m. with Pastor Floyd Yokers officiating. Gerald Kulm was born in Ritzville 11 Mar 1949. He was graduated from Ritzville High School in 1967 and was employed by Safeway Stores in Ritzville. He entered service 19 Mar 1969, and departed for Vietnam 29 Aug 1969. At the time of his demise he was a member of Company C, Second Battalion, 502nd Infantry, First Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division. Gerald is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kulm; two brothers, Larry of Ritzville and Gale of Spokane, and his maternal grandmother, Mrs. John King of Ritzville. He was a member of Emanuel Lutheran Church. Gordon Swyter will sing "Just As I Am," and "What A Friend We Have In Jesus", at the service with organ accompaniment by Mrs. Orville Moeller. Pallbearers are to be David Miller, Leroy Kessler, Dennis Deking, Donald Hennings, Clifford Carrick, and Bob Schoessler. Private Interment services will follow at Ritzville Memorial Cemetery. (The Ritzville Journal-Tribune, Ritzville WA, Thursday 14 May 1970)

Store Closures Asked. Ritzville businesses have been asked to close from 1:45 to 2:45 p.m. today(Thursday) by Chamber of Commerce President the Rev. Joseph Castle for memorial services for the city's first casualty of the Vietnam War, Gerald Albert Kulm. (The Ritzville Journal-Tribune, Ritzville WA, Thursday 14 May 1970)

Allen Gene KINNE

Birth 19MAR49 Rank SSGT Date of Death 06MAY70 P. of birth Pasco Service Army Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Mesa Unit C Co, 158th Asslt Hel Bn Death Code Hostile, Died; Helicopter Crew; Air Loss, Crash on Land Hometown   service # 535482139 Panel 11WEST - 114   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 24MAR69 Comment   Cemetery

Allen Gene Kinne
      Services are pending at Greenlee Funeral Home for Spec. 5 Allen Gene Kinne, 21, Mesa, who was killed 6 May (1970) in a helicopter crash near Quang Ti, Vietnam.
      Born 19 Mar 1949, at Pasco, he lived with his parents on Star Route, Mesa.
      Survivors are parents, Mr. and Mrs. Max C. Kinne; brothers, Carl, with the Air Force at Sacramento CA and Steven, Mesa; sisters: Mrs. Nancy Roberts, Atascadero CA, Mrs. Gene (Patricia) Medlock and Christine Kinne, both Mesa; maternal grandmother, Mrs. Nellie Jameson and paternal grandmother, Mrs. Nina Kinne, both of Los Angeles. (Tri-City Herald, Pasco, Kennewick, Richland WA, 29 May 1970)

Richard C. WORTHINGTON Jr.

Bothell High School Bothell WA 1964

Birth 19MAR46 Rank CWO Date of Death 06MAY70 P. of birth   Service Army (Reserve) Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Bothell Unit Co B, 158th Aviation Bn, 160th Aviation Group, 101st Airborne Div Death Code Hostile Died Missing Helicopter-Crew Air Loss Crash - Land Hometown   service # 537423148 Panel 09WEST - 125   married Single MIA - BNR Medals   Tour Date ... Comment   Cemetery

Washington State University Pullman WA 1966 yearbook: Gymnastics

(Extracted MIA report from P.O.W. Network) Richard Charles Worthington Jr. was born 19 Mar 1946 and was a member of Company B, 158th Aviation Battalion, 160th Aviation Group, 101st Airborne Division. On 6 May 1970 CW2 Richard C. Worthington was the pilot of a UH1H helicopter laying a smoke screen on a landing zone near enemy positions in Quang Tri Prov South Vietnam. His helicopter with a crew of 4 had a mid-air collison with another helicopter when his skid struck the main rotor of another helicopter (whose occupants did survive). A search team found 2 bodies identified as other crew members. No body for Worthington was ever recovered. More information at P.O.W. Network

Ronald Eugene FITZGERALD

Birth 21JUL50 Rank SP4 Date of Death 07MAY70 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Cambodia Town of Record Auburn Unit 23rd Arty Grp, A Btry, 5th Bn, 2nd Arty Death Code Hostile; Ground Casualty; Other Explosive Device Hometown   service # 561686254 Panel 11WEST - 123   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 07JUL69 Comment   Cemetery Nashville National Cemetery, South Madison TN

Harry Gregg FLIEGER

Birth 30JUL50 Rank SGT Date of Death 08MAY70 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Cambodia Town of Record Pasco Unit 4th Inf Div, A Co, 3rd Bn, 8th Inf Death Code Hostile; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 539422248 Panel 11WEST - 130   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 08JAN70 Comment   Cemetery

Ronald Owen SMILEY

Birth 05SEP46 Rank 1LT Date of Death 10MAY70 P. of birth   Service Army (Reserve) Place Thua Thien, S. Vietnam Town of Record Bethel ME Unit 101st Airborne Division Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service #   Panel 10WEST - 15   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date   Comment Tacoma   Cemetery Fort Lewis

1st Lt. Ronald Owen Smiley, 23, of 10001 Becker Drive SW, died last Sunday in Vietnam. He was born in Portsmouth NH and lived in Tacoma for three years, coming here from Maine. Lt. Smiley was in the Army's 101st Airborne Division. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 8th Ward, Tacoma. Survivors include his wife, Dorria L. (Page) Smiley; a daughter, Minette Christine, of the home, his mother, Mrs. Ernestine P. Smiley of Abbot Village ME, his father, Vernon A. Smiley, of Wilton ME, and a brother, David A., of Abbot Village. Services will be announced by Mountain View Funeral Home. (Tacoma News Tribune, Tacoma WA, 17 May 1970)

Scott Eugene SUTHERLAND

West High School Bremerton WA 1967

Birth 14MAR50 Rank SP5 Date of Death 11MAY70 P. of birth   Service Army Place Pleiku, S. Vietnam Town of Record Bremerton Unit 1st Avn Bde, 281st Aviation Co Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Artillery, Rocket, Mortar Hometown   service # 535487153 Panel 10WEST - 19   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 02DEC68 Comment   Cemetery

Greg Eugene WEIGHTMAN

Birth 04OCT47 Rank SP4 Date of Death 12MAY70 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Quang Ngai, S. Vietnam Town of Record Tekoa Unit 11th LIB, B Co, 4th Bn, 3rd Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Other Causes Hometown   service # 532485684 Panel 10WEST - 27   married   MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 11NOV69 Comment   Cemetery

Randy Gene KITTLESON

Birth 29MAY47 Rank PFC Date of Death 13MAY70 P. of birth   Service Army Place Cambodia Town of Record Seattle Unit 1st Cav Div A Co 227th Avn Bn 11th Avn Grp Death Code Hostile, Helicopter Crew - Air Loss, Crash on Land Hometown   service # 516585061 Panel 10WEST - 34   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 27MAY68 Comment   Cemetery Evergreen-Washelli, Seattle WA

Randy G. Kittleson, PFC, US Army, in Cambodia, 13 May (1970). Beloved husband of Kristine. Son of Kelmar Kittleson, Seattle. Brother of Mrs. Kaylene Eames, Dallas OR.; Mrs. Karina Clay, Whidbey Island; Kutis and Kris, Seattle. Grandson of Mrs. Magdallena Koch, Vancouver WA, and Alex Kittleson, Glasgow MT Member of Bethel Lutheran Church. Services Friday, 2 p.m. Home Undertaking Co. Interment Abbey View Memorial Park. (Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park - Obituary Collection)

Peter Patrick W. KELLOGG

Birth 30APR44 Rank 1LT Date of Death 15MAY70 P. of birth   Service Army (Reserve) Place Cambodia Town of Record Seattle Unit 1st Avn Bde, 184th Avn Co, 210th Avn Bn, 12th Avn Grp Death Code Hostile, Died; Fixed Wing Pilot; Air Loss, Crash on Land Hometown   service # 532425570 Panel 10WEST - 45   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 18MAR70 Comment   Cemetery

David Walter SMITH

Birth 23FEB49 Rank SGT Date of Death 17MAY70 P. of birth Everett WA Service Army Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Everett Unit 101st Abn Div, B Co, 159th Avn Bn Death Code Hostile, Died; Helicopter - Crew; Air Loss, Crash - Land Hometown   service # 535484989 Panel 10WEST - 57   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 02DEC69 Comment   Cemetery Cypress Lawn Cemetery Everett High School, Everett WA, 1967

Spec. 4 David W. Smith, 21, of 2511 Rucker Ave., died 17 May (1968) of injuries sustained while in action in Vietnam. He was born 23 Feb 1949 and had been a resident of Everett all his life. He was graduated from Everett High School with the class of 1967. He leaves his wife, Ann, at home; a daughter, Erin Marie at home; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Craft of 1920 Colby Ave.; a brother, Max Craft of 5714 Highland Road; two sisters. Mrs. Al (Cheryl) Furiak of 1932 Virginia Ave. and Mrs. Lee (Janice) Edwards of Salem OR; his grandparents, Mrs. Edna Fannin of 1931 Rainier Ave., Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Bailey of Oklahoma, and Mrs. Hilda Craft of Everett. Christian Wake Services will be 8 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of the Cassidy Funeral Home. Funeral services will be ...Friday at Delta Baptist Church with the Rev. Glen Chandler officiating. Burial with full military honors will be in Cypress Lawn Cemetery. (Everett Herald)

David Leon DAILEY

Birth 24JAN51 Rank PFC Date of Death 20MAY70 P. of birth   Service Army Place Kontrum, S. Vietnam Town of Record Vader Unit I FF HHB, 8th Bn, 26th Arty Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Other Explosive Device Hometown   service # 531545218 Panel 10EAST - 69   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 03AUG69 Comment   Cemetery

John Howard WAALEN

Birth 06MAR48 Rank SSGT Date of Death 20MAY70 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Cambodia Town of Record Seattle Unit 1st Cav Div, B Co, 2nd Bn, 5th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 538488107 Panel 10WEST - 73   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 07SEP69 Comment   Cemetery

Richard Dean NELSON

Birth 06SEP49 Rank CPL Date of Death 22MAY70 P. of birth Pasco Service Army Place Cambodia Town of Record Richland Unit Co D 1st Baty 1st Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 537500799 Panel 10WEST - 82   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 11FEB70 Comment   Cemetery

George RODRIGUEZ

Birth 14AUG48 Rank LCPL Date of Death 23MAY70 P. of birth Harlingen TX Service Marines Place Off Shore S. Vietnam Town of Record West Richard Unit H&S Co, 2nd BN, 5th Mar, 1st MarDiv, 3rd MAF Death Code Non-Hostile Died Illness/Injury; Sea Casualty; Stroke Hometown   service # 535481878 Panel 10WEST - 87 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 11JUL69 Comment   Cemetery   Columbia High School, Richland WA, 1968

a remembrance George Rodriguez had been ill with Malaria before his death. His brother was a Marine also serving in Vietnam. He's missed. Richland Bombers forever, (Moving Wall, Richland WA)

W. A-City Marine Dies in Vietnam
      A 21-year-old West Richland Marine died in Vietnam Saturday of a hemorrhage after contracting malaria, the Pentagon, announced yesterday.
      Lance Cpl. George Rodriguez, son of Mr. and Mrs. Manuel G. Rodriquez, 1909 Riverside Dr., West Richland, was serving as a radio operator with the First Marine Division at An Hoa, south of Da Nang in northern South Vietnam's Quang Nam province.
      He had been in Vietnam since 9 Jul (1970). He was a 1968 graduate of Richland High School, a member of Richland's Christ and King Catholic Church, the Richland Sons of the American Legion and Cook-Erickson Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
      A Marine since January 1969, Rodriguez had planned to leave the service next year, his father said today. His father is an interviewer the the state employment office in Pasco and is in charge of on the job training programs in the Tri-City area.
      Rodriquez had lived in the Tri-City area for 16 years. He was born 14 Aug 1948, in Harlingen TX.
      Survivors include his parents, brothers Marine Pfc. David (who will accompany his brother's body home from Hawaii); richard and Michael, both West Richland; grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Cruz Lopez, Harlingen TX; and Mr. and Mrs. Augustin Rodriquez, Richland.
      Einan's Funeral Home in Richland is in charge of services. (Tri-City Herald, Pasco, Kennewick, Richland, 27 May 1970)

Dennis Ray SILVESAN

Birth 24DEC48 Rank SGT Date of Death 24MAY70 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Pleiku, S. Vietnam Town of Record Longview Unit 4th Inf Div, HSB, 6th Bn, 29th Arty Death Code Hostile Died; Ground Casualty; Burns Hometown   service # 532541486 Panel 10WEST - 92   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 28JUL69 Comment 29th Artillery Cemetery Green Mountain Cemetery

Jon Aldridge A Remembrance for Dennis Silvesan) He was known as "Joe Cruit" to the men of the 6th Bn, 29th Arty, 4th Inf Div. He was the embodiment of a Beetle Bailey, Sad Sack, Willy and Joe all rolled into one. Until his death he portrayed himself as a private and proud of his honorable rank. He was a clerk in the motorpool and lived and worked in the headquarters base camp. I do not recall him ever wearing Spec 4 rank to which he was promoted in Nov. 69. He was the natural comic. He made life bearable at Camp Enari and Radcliff. I remember seeing him last May 24, 1970 in the deuce and half truck the morning of his first convoy and death. He was proud as a peacock, had a bandolier of ammo over his shoulder and his helmet on backward. He was riding "shotgun" on a real mission and wouldn't be called "Cruit" anymore. The irony is that he had a medical profile that kept him in base camp because of a severe allergy to insect stings. He chose to go on the mission to bring a firing battery back from Cambodia at the end of that "incursion." The VC detonated a bomb under the truck he, Watts and Barkley were in at Edep Edang, RVN. They had just repaired a flat tire and had started moving when a mine was set off under the truck. None survived. We received word at the noon formation that we had 3 friendly killed in action (KIA) with the names yet unknown. It seemed an eternity until the word came about the names. Everyone in the S-1 office looked at each other when Silvesan was called out and then it struck us that Joe Cruit had been killed and headquarters was never the same. Jon Aldridge (email recieved 8 Jan 2004)

Richard Deane SMITH

Birth 09APR51 Rank PFC Date of Death 25MAY70 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Bellevue Unit CAP 273 2ND CAG III MAF Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 535548128 Panel 10WEST - 100  married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 30MAR70 Comment   Cemetery

Robert Lowell MC CURDY

Birth 29APR38 Rank CAPT Date of Death 26MAY70 P. of birth   Service Army (Reserve) Place Quang Tin, S. Vietnam Town of Record Tekoa Unit Delta Co, 1st BN, 46th Inf,196th Light Infantry Brigade Americal Division. Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 518362505 Panel 10WEST - 105   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 05MAY70 Comment   Cemetery

James Ted FISHER

Birth 23OCT49 Rank CPL Date of Death 28MAY70 P. of birth Colville Service Army Place Quang Ngai, S. Vietnam Town of Record Okanogan Unit 198th LIB, H Trp, 17th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Burns Hometown   service # 533507534 Panel 10WEST - 113   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 30MAR70 Comment   Cemetery Okanogan Memorial Garden Cemetery

Sgt. James T. Fisher killed in Vietnam
Sgt. James T. Fisher, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fisher of Okanogan died in combat in Vietnam 28 May (1970) He was assigned to an Army tank which ran over a land mine. It was the second time Sgt. Fisher's tank had hit a mine but he escaped injury in the first one. He joined the Army 3 Mar 1969. He arrived overseas in March of this year. Sgt. Fisher was born at Colville on 23 Oct 1949, and attended the Catholic School at Omak. In 1968 he graduated from Okanogan High School. During his high school years he was active in sports, participating in track and football for three years. He was also in the choir and was interested in art classes, winning a sweepstakes prize for paintings entered in the Okanogan County Fair. Surviving besides the parents are: his sisters, Mrs. Dale Crossland, Retha Ann and Cindy Fisher, his brother, Kenneth Fisher, and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Kammers, all of Okanogan. William Barnes, Okanogan is in charge of arrangements for public services with full military honors Monday morning.

Sgt. James T. Fisher - Rosary Service Sunday evening at 7:30 at the Okanogan Catholic Church. Services will be held Monday at 10 a.m. from the Washington State National Guard Armory with the Rev. James Healy officiating. Interment will be in the Okanogan Memorial Garden Cemetery. William Barnes, Okanogan, in charge of arrangements. Okanogan article (Wenatchee Daily World, Wenatchee? 7 Jun 1970)

Robert Sidney DUNBAR

Birth 05JUL50 Rank CPL Date of Death 31MAY70 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Outlook Unit H Co, 2nd Bn, 1st Mars Death Code Hostile, Died Wounds; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 537503339 Panel 10WEST - 124   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 16AUG69 Comment   Cemetery