Birth 29DEC44 Rank SGT Date of Death 02NOV70 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Binh Thaun, S. Vietnam Town of Record Pasco Unit I FF, 1st Bn, 50th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 562585845 Panel 06WEST - 34   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 7APR76 Comment 1/50 (M) Inf Cemetery

Dennis Richard LINNELL

Birth 13JUL50 Rank PFC Date of Death 11NOV70 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Mt Vernon Unit 196th LIB D Co 2nd Bn 1st Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 535541242 Panel 06WEST - 52  married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 17AUG70 Comment   Cemetery     Burlington Edison High School, Burlington WA, Junior - yearbook 1967: baseball and honor society

Dennis R. Linnell, age 20 of Burlington, was killed in combat on Wednesday, 11 Nov 1970, in Vietnam. Word of his death was received by his family on Friday.   Dennis was born 13 Jul 1950, in Conrad MT, and came to Burlington in 1959.   He was a 1968 graduate of Burlington-Edison High School and had attended Skagit Valley College. He had been in Vietnam since August.   Dennis was a member of the Burlington First United Methodist Church.   Surviving are his mother, Pauline L. Linnell, Burlington; Father, C. E. Linnell, Mount Vernon; sister and brother-in-law, Pamela and Charles Miller, Homestead Air Force Base FL; a brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Linnell, Burlington; one nephew, Shawn Kloke, Florida; and an aunt, Mrs. William Cameron, Burlington.   Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced by the Hulbush Funeral Home. (Unknown obituary) Thank you John Fisher and Bob Witherspoon for your help

Vernon Glen ZORNES

Birth 14MAY51 Rank CPL Date of Death 23NOV70 P. of birth Ellensburg WA Service Army Place Quang Ngai, S. Vietnam Town of Record Chelan Unit 11th LIB, D Co, 1st Bn, 20th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Other Explosive Device Hometown Chelan WA service # 534542449 Panel 06WEST - 79   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 22SEP70 Comment Fraternal Cem., Chelan WA Cemetery   Chelan High School, Chelan WA, 1969

Pfc. Zornes dies in Combat Pfc. Vernon G. Zornes, 19- yearold-old son of Mrs. Betty J. Lutz of Chelan and the late Delwin D. Zornes, died in combat in Veitnam 23 Nov (1970). He was killed when a booby trap detonated while he was on a mission. He entered the Army in December of 1969 and arrived overseas last September Precht Rose Chapel, Chelan will announce funeral arrangements at a later date. (Wenatchee Daily World, Wenatchee 23 Nov 1970 )

Pfc. Vernon G. Zornes. 19 of Chelan, died in Veitnam 23 Nov (1970) as result of injuries received in combat. He was born 14 May 1951 at Ellensburg. He lived at Sweet Home and St. Helens in Oregon before first coming to Chelan in 1961. Later the family again lived in Oregon, where his father, Delwin Zornes, was killed in an automobile accident in 1965. The mother returned to Chelan with the children. Vernon G. Zornes graduated from high school here in 1969. On 2 Dec 1969, he enlisted in the U. S. Army and in September of this year he went overseas. He was a member of the Four Square Church. Surviving are: his mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. Pete Lutz, Chelan; three sisters and two brothers, Jane and Tom at home, Betty Harris, Chelan, Dick, of Seattle, and Jean, of Sweet Home Or; and the grandparents, Martin Cahill, Wenatchee and Mr. and Mrs. Dick Zornes, Chelan. Precht Rose chapel, Chelan, is in charge of arrangements. Chelan Article (Wenatchee Daily World, Wenatchee 3 Dec 1970)

Douglas Harold PARRIS

Birth 17JUN49 Rank SGT Date of Death 29NOV70 P. of birth   Service Air Force Place Khanh Hoa, S. Vietnam Town of Record Olympia Unit 483 USAF HSP 483 RD HSP HP Death Code Non-Hostile Died Ground Casualty Illness Disease Hometown   service # 537506351 Panel 06WEST - 94   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 28SEP70 Comment www.kolchak.org/ Cemetery Mountain View Cemetary, Walla Walla WA

The funeral service for Air Force Sergeant Douglas Harold Parris will be held Monday at 2 p.m., in Herring Funeral Home, Walla Walla. Burial will follow in Mountain View Cemetary in Walla Walla. Sergeant Parris died 29 Nov (1970) at Cam Rahn Bay, South Vietnam. He attended Olympia High School and was a member of the order of DeMolay. He had been a member of the Air Force medical division since 1967. (The Olympian, Olympia WA 6 Dec 1970)