Birth 22DEC44 Rank 1LT Date of Death 01OCT70 P. of birth   Service Air Force (Reserve) Place Cambodia Town of Record Seattle Unit 19 TASS Death Code Hostile, Died; Fixed Wing - Pilot; Air Loss, Crash - Land Hometown   service # 537422084 Panel 07WEST - 103   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 23APR70 Comment Forward Air Controller Cemetery

Mark Allen MATTER

Birth 01NOV49 Rank PFC Date of Death 01OCT70 P. of birth Longview WA Service Army Draft) Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Puyallup Unit 196th LIB, E Co, 3rd Bn, 21st Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Other Explosive Device Hometown Longview WA service # 532541904 Panel 07WEST - 103   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 10AUG70 Comment   Cemetery

Pfc. Mark Allan Matter   Services have been held for Pfc. Mark Allan Matter, 20, of 206 23rd Ave. SE., Puyallup, who was killed in action 1 Oct (1970) in Vietnam. Pfc. Matter was born in Longview and lived there most of his life. He was a 1967 graduate of R. A. Long High School and attended Lower Columbia Community College and the University of Washington. He joined the Army last March. He was a member of the Catholic Church. Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George B. Matter Jr., of the home; four brothers, George, Kurt, Jim and Tony, all of the home; five sisters, Margaret, Kathleen, Jean and Mary Jo, all of the home and Mrs. R. W. (Maureen) Howard, of Albuquerque NM; and his grandmother, Mrs. Lillian Matter, of Arcadia CA. (Tacoma News Tribune, Tacoma WA, 14 Oct 1970)

Bruce Jacob STICKEL

Federal Way High School Federal WA 1967

Birth 26AUG49 Rank SGT Date of Death 02OCT70 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Long Khanh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Federal Way Unit Acting 3rd Platoon Leader, Bravo Company, 3rd Bn, 22nd Inf, 25th Div Death Code Non-Hostile Died; Helicopter - NonCrew; Air Loss Crash - Land Hometown   service # 536505874 Panel 07WEST - 107  married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 17MAR70 Comment   Cemetery

James Joseph QUINN III

Birth 07FEB50 Rank PFC Date of Death 17OCT70 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Bellingham Unit USARV, C Co, 14th Eng Bn Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 536507856 Panel 06WEST - 05   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 01SEP70 Comment   Cemetery

Remembrance Jim was a classmate from Alderwood Grade school through Bellingham High School. He was a gear head with a great love for old cars and motorcycles and anti-war. He thought that women should go in the military and Vietnam too. He was drafted. He was a good guy - a fair person. I came to the Wall to "stop by". I liked the fellow.
Richard Christensen, Tulalip Traveling Wall, August 2005

Douglas Frank STRAIT

Birth 29JAN50 Rank SP6 Date of Event 19OCT70 P. of birth   Service Army Place Binh Thuy, S. Vietnam Town of Record Moses Lake Unit 1st Cav Div, Trp C, 1st Sqd, 9th Cav Death Code Hostile Died Missing; Helicopter - NonCrew; Air Loss, Crash - Land Hometown   service # 533509857 Panel 06WEST - 08   married Single MIA - BNR Medals   Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery

(Extracted MIA report from P.O.W. Network) Douglas Frank Strait was born 29 Jan 1950. His unit was Troop C, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Div. He was an observer on an OH6A helicopter (3 member crew). On 18 Oct 1970, 2 helicopters were on a reconnaissance mission in Binh Tuy Province and while attempting to mark an enemy target, the aircraft was hit by small arms ground fire and crashed into heavy jungle. Shortly after impact, the aircraft exploded violently, clearing 35 mters of undergrowth and creating a 4 foot wide x 3 feet deep crater, scattering the aircrafter over an area of about 50 meters. On 19 Oct a search and recovery team entered the crash site and found the bodies of two of the crew, weapons, and 3 flight helmets. Strait's body was not recovered
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Gary Robert CADY

Birth 21DEC49 Rank SP4 Date of Death 20OCT70 P. of birth Ritzville Service Army Place Quang Ngai, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit Americal Div, B Co, 123rd Aviation Bn Death Code Non-Hostile Died; Helicopter - Crew; Air Loss Crash - Land Hometown   service # 533488104 Panel 06WEST - 11 married Single MIA -   Medals Bronze Star Tour Date 06SEP70 Comment   Cemetery Ritzville Cemetery, Ritzville WA

Army Spec. 4 Gary R. Cady, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Cady, N2820 Stone, has been killed in the collision and crash of two helicopters in South Vietnam. He was a helicopter gunner stationed with Company B, 123rd Aviation Battalion, American Division at the time of his death 20 Oct (1970). A Ritzille native, Cady moved to Spokane with his family 10 years ago and attended Mead High School. He enlisted in the Army in 1967, served a year in Vietnam from 1968 to 1969, served briefly in Germany and returned to Vietnam last Labor Day. He held the Purple Heart for a 1968 wound, the Bronze Star for heroism and the Air Medal. Survivors include the parents; two sisters, Mrs. Ronald D. (Brenda) Crosby, Spokane, and Roberta Cady, at the Home; a maternal grandmother, Mrs. Neva Cree, Moses Lake WA, and a paternal grandmother, Mrs. Sara Cady, Ritzville. The body is in Ritzville. (The Spokesman-Review, Spokane WA, 29 Oct 1970)

Kim William WIDMER

Birth 11SEP50 Rank SP4 Date of Death 25OCT70 P. of birth Spokane Service Army Place Binh Duong, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit 11th ACR Regt, HHT, 11th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Other Explosive Device Hometown   service # 538527088 Panel 06WEST - 21   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 20JAN70 Comment   Cemetery Holy Cross Cemetery

Obituary Rosary for Spec. 4 Kim W. Widmer, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Widmer, N6919 Market, will be at 8 p.m. today at Hennessey Funeral Home. Funeral services will be 8:15 a.m. Monday in St. Patrick's Church with the Rev. John E. McGrann officiating. The young soldier, who was born in Spokane and attended St. Patrick's parochial school and Rogers High School was killed last Sunday (25 Oct 1970) by a booby trap. He had received a commendation medal for meritorious service between Jan 20 and May 22 and a Purple Heart for being wounded 4 Jun (1970) in Cambodia. In addition to his parents he is survived by two brothers, Everett and Daniel, at the home; and three sisters, Gloria at the home, Mrs. Harvey E. Adams, Spokane, and Mrs. Rodney Wagner, Norfolk VA. Burial will be at Holy Cross Cemetery. (The Spokesman-Review, Spokane WA, 1 Nov 1970)