Birth 25OCT50 Rank SP4 Date of Death 02SEP71 P. of birth Lebanon OR Service Army(Draft) Place Lah Dong, S. Vietnam Town of Record Klickitat Unit 1st Cav Div, B Co, 1st Bn, 12th Cav Death Code Non-Hostile Died; Ground Casualty; Other Accident Hometown Trout Lake service # 534542599 Panel 02WEST - 08   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 03JAN71 Comment www.ranger25.com Cemetery Trout Lake Cemetery

WM. K. AUSTIN KILLED IN VIETMAN Services are pending for William Kenneth Austin who died in Vietman. Services will be held at the Trout lake Baptist Church, but at present the date is unknown. Burial to be at Trout Lake, Washington. Additional information will be in the paper next week. (The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., September 9, 1971, page 1)

AUSTIN SERVICE ON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 17TH (1971) SP4 William (Kenny) Austin was born 25 Oct 1950 at Lebanon OR and graduated from Trout Lake High school in 1969. Kenneth went into the Army on 13 Jul 1970. He took his basic training and AIT at Fort Ord CA and went to Vietnam on 2 Jan 1971. He was killed in Vietnam on 2 Sep 1971. Instead of flowers, those wishing may contribute to a memorial fund in Kenny's name for something for the Trout Lake School, this to be determined later. Kenny is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Austin, three sister, Janie Dodge, Vicky and Sue Austin, all of Trout Lake; three brothers, Pvt. Bobby A. Austin at Ft. Belvoir, Virginia and Barry and Scott Austin of Trout Lake. Also his grandparents: Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Parker of Granger WA and Mrs. Lula Austin of Harrison AR. Funeral services will be held Friday, 17 Sep (1971), at the Mt. Adams Conservative Baptist Church in Trout Lake WA at 2:30 p.m. Interment will be at the Trout Lake Cemetery. The Rev. William H. Collier will officiate. (White Salmon Enterprise, White Salmon WA, 16 Sep 1971)

Melvin Donald BARNETT

Birth 18DEC50 Rank SP4 Date of Death 23SEP71 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Quang Ngai S. Vietnam Town of Record Weston OR Unit   Death Code Hostile, Died of wounds; Ground Casualty; Other Explosive Device Hometown   service #   Panel 02WEST - 24   married single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 28OCT70 Comment   Cemetery

( Melvin Donald Barnett is listed on the Olympia Memorial Wall with a Local town of Weston, but there is no Weston WA, only Weston OR)

Jerry Owen LAFAYETTE

Birth 30JAN50 Rank SP4 Date of Death 25SEP71 P. of birth Burlington Service Army (Draft) Place Thua Thien, S. Vietnam Town of Record Concrete Unit 101st Abn Div, B Co, 2nd Bn, 501st Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Other Explosive Device Hometown   service # 570707898 Panel 02WEST - 25  married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 20FEB71 Comment   Cemetery Freewill Baptist Cem., Rockport WA

Memorial Services This Thursday For Concrete Youth Killed in War Memorial services for Specialist Four Jerry O. LaFayette will be held at 2:30 p.m. today (Thursday at Concrete High School with Pastor William Bridge and Capt. Jamison officiating. The 21-year-old soldier died 25 Sep (1971) in Vietnam as a result of enemy action. He is the first Upper Skagit man to become a casualty of the Vietnamese War. He was born 30 Jan 1950, in Burlington and was a senior at Concrete High School when he was drafted. He was united in marriage to Ellen Gay Dellinger 19 Dec 1970. Funeral services were held Monday at Liberty Freewill Baptist Church in Rockport with the Rev. Fred Dellinger and the Rev. William Bridge officiating. Interment followed services at Freewill Baptist Cemetery with military honors provided by a color guard and firing squad from Fort Lewis. Survivors include his wife, Ellen of Concrete; his step-father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Stone of Concrete; a sister, Mrs. Carol Shearer of Burlington; two brothers, Mickey LaFayette of Fort Hood TX, and James LaFayette of Concrete; four half-sisters, Sandra, Melanie, Julie and Wendy Cassell of Sedro Woolley; a half-brother, John Hooven of Concrete. Grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Sanderson of Sedro-Woolley and Mrs. Mary LaFayette of Mount Vernon and a great-grandfather, George Maddox of Mount Vernon, also survive. (Concrete Herald, Concrete WA)

A Moment of Silence A memorial tribute to Jerry O. LaFayette, first Concrete High School graduate to give his life in the war in Vietnam, replaced usual pre-game festivities at the Lions field Friday evening. A public memorial service is scheduled at 2:30 today (Thursday) at the high school (Concrete Herald, Concrete WA)

Steven Wayne NEVILLE

Birth 22NOV51 Rank SP4 Date of Death 25SEP71 P. of birth   Service Army Place Bien Hoa, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit 1st Avn Bde, 117th Aviation Co Death Code Non-Hostile Died; Helicopter - Crew; Air Loss Crash - Land Hometown   service # 533541837 Panel 02WEST - 26   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 20AUG71 Comment   Cemetery Pines Cemetery, Spokane WA

NEVILLE, Steven Wayne, Spec. 4 -- His home Rt. 2 Box 1-B, Spokane. Survived by his wife, Selma, Bellevue WA; his parents, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Neville, Spokane; 1 sister, Lora Benn, Spokane; 2 brothers, Jeffry and Jory, both of Spokane; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Ray Bilke, Spokane; great-grandmother, Mrs. Emma Bile, Colbert WA. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, 5 Oct (1971) at 3 p.m. from the Chapel of the Flowers of the Riplinger Funeral Home, N4305 Division St. Army chaplain officiating. Interment Pines Cemetery. The family suggest contributions be made to the Prisoners of War Fund. ( Spokane Daily Chronicle, Spokane WA, 4 Oct 1971)

Ronald Kenneth SCHULZ

Birth 23JUL51 Rank CWO Date of Death 13OCT71 P. of birth   Service Army (Reserve) Place S. Vietnam Town of Record Pasco Unit USARV, 57th Medical Det Death Code Non-Hostile Died; Helicopter - Pilot; Air Loss Crash - Land Hometown   service # 538527815 Panel 02WEST - 39   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 13NOV70 Comment   Cemetery

(Pasco Alumi Memories of Ron Schultz) I graduated from PHS in 1971, and Ron Shultz, though two years my senior, was one of my best friends. We attended an ROTC class together. During Spring Break of my senior year, Ron was home on leave from Vietnam and we took a few days to travel to Seattle to see what was left of the Worlds Fair,
have dinner in the Space Needle, and generally goof off. Shortly after that he was killed in Vietnam. He was a Helicopter Pilot, and the story we were told back then was that his ship was shot down while evacuating wounded soldiers from the battle area. Ron graduated in 1969. (Ernie Trimble, La Grande OR email dated 11 Mar 2003)

Dennis Michael HIGGINS

Birth 07NOV52 Rank SGT Date of Event 10NOV71 P. of birth Tacoma Service Army Place Gia Dinh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Tacoma Unit 1st Avn Bde 334rd Aviation Co Death Code Non-Hostile, Helicopter-noncrew; Air Loss Crash on Land Hometown   service # 536564328 Panel 02WEST - 65   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 22NOV70 Comment   Cemetery

Dennis Higgins Funeral services for Dennis Michael Higgins, 19, who was killed in Vietnam while serving with the Army, are announced by Piper Funeral Home. He was born in Tacoma and lived here all his life. He attended Lincoln High School. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin H. Higgins, of the home; a brother, Ronald of California; and a sister, Mrs. Donald (Kathleen) Roberts, of Tacoma. (Tacoma News Tribune, Tacoma WA, 16 Nov 1971)

Eric Gary HEROLD

Queen Anne High School Seattle WA 1965

Birth 10JUN47 Rank CAPT Date of Death 12NOV71 P. of birth   Service Army (Reserve) Place Vinh Long, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit 1st Avn Bde, HHT, 7th Sqdr, 1st Cav Death Code Non-Hostile died of illness/injury; Ground Casualty; Other Accident Hometown Magnolia (Seattle) service # 532468960 Panel 02WEST - 66   married Single MIA -   Medals Army Achievement Medal (AM), 3 Oak Leaf Clusters (OLC) and the Army Commendation (ARCOM). Tour Date 05JUL71 Comment   Cemetery Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Queen Anne, Seattle

Two Vietnam Vets at Mt. Pleasant
    Mt. Pleasant is the final home of many veterans of American wars, from the Civil War to today. In this location are two of our community's young men who died on duty in Vietnam. Part of the host of America's youth who perished in that most troubling conflict, the Vietnam War. Both of these young men grew up on Magnolia, attended Catharine Blaine junior high school and Queen Anne high school.
    Capt. Eric G. Herold was born in 1947, graduated from Queen Anne in 1965. In high school he ran cross-country and was in the science club. He was in the Sea Scouts, reaching the rank of Quartermaster (equivalent of Eagle Scout) for which he won a trip to Japan. At the University of Washington he studied oceanography and was in the ROTC, graduating in 1969 with his army commission. In Vietnam he was a "pathfinder" leading Vietnamese troops into battle. His medals include the Vietnamese medal of honor equivalent. He never told his parents of his various wounds until, in November of 1971, in the Mekong Delta, he was critically burned while helping soak the bush with gasoline and it ignited from a spark. In a telegram from the hospital he wrote, "I am fine. Please don't worry. I love you. I'll be okay. Love, Eric". Two days later, at age 24, he died. His parents still live on Magnolia. His grave marker shows he was in Vietnam, won the Army Achievement Medal (AM), 3 Oak Leaf Clusters (OLC) and the Army Commendation (ARCOM). (this a portion of the information submitted by John Hennes Queen Anne Alumni. It is part of the printed text of a cemetery tour of Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Queen Anne, Seattle. There is additional information on John Stewart. Another Queen Anne vet. George "Mac" Hightower is buried at Mt. Pleasant.)

Catherine Blaine Jr. High Memorial

Bradford Mark GRAHAM

Birth 30AUG50 Rank SP5 (Corpsman)??? Date of Death 18NOV71 P. of birth   Service Army Place Bien Hoa, S. Vietnam Town of Record Mercer Island Unit USARV, 60th Eng Co, 39th Eng Bn Death Code Non-Hostile; Ground Casualty; Vehicle Crash Hometown   service # 5365227655 Panel 02WEST - 68   married Single MIA -   Medals Bronze Star Tour Date 03OCT71 Comment   Cemetery

Brad Graham Killed in Vietnam Specialist/5 Bradford M. Graham, 21, who expected to be home on Mercer island for Christmas, was Friday killed in an accident in Vietnam.
    His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Scott Graham, said their son has applied for a six-month extension which would have returned him to duty in January. He had been in the Army a little over a year.
    Brad, a 1969 Mercer Island High School graduate, was doing what he wanted to do, his parents said. As a medical corpsman he found in his duties the making of a career as a paramedic. He hoped to go to college later, and to become part of Mercer Island's projected "Medic One". He had been a volunteer fireman here.
    Last month Brad received the bronze Star for valor under heavy enemy fire.
    The citation tells that "even though the night defensive position was still under heavy enemy fire, and as such Specialist Graham was exposing himself to a great amount of flying shrapnel, he began to treat the wounded (ARVN).
    "Working with determination and aggressiveness, Specialist Graham aided greatly in treating the wounded and in their medical evacuation. Although he was repeatedly exposed to hostile fire, Specialist Graham fearlessly continued his mission with complete disregard for his own personal safety, and as a result many lives were saved.
    "His personal bravery and devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army."
    In addition to his parents, Brad Graham is survived by two sisters; Kathy, 19, and Lisa, 5. He was born in California, and the family has lived on Mercer Island since 1963 (MIReporter, Mercer Island WA, 25 Nov 1971)

Robert Dee MAYNARD

Birth 16AUG49 Rank SGT Date of Death 28NOV71 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Thua Thien, S. Vietnam Town of Record Blaine Unit 101st Abn Div, A Co, 1st Bn, 327th Inf Death Code Non-Hostile Died Missing; Helicopter - NonCrew; Air Loss Crash - Land Hometown   service # 533508154 Panel 02WEST - 77  married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 28AUG71 Comment Screaming Eagles Cemetery Greenacres Memorial Park, Ferndale WA

Robert Maynard Killed in action Sgt. Robert Dee Maynard, 22, formerly of Blaine, has been reported killed in hostile action over Vietnam. Mr. Maynard, a member of the 101st Airborne division, was a passenger in a military aircraft which was shot down last Sunday. There were no survivors. Mr. Maynard entered the army in 1970 after attending Skagit Valley College. He is a 1967 graduate of Blaine High School. Mr. Maynard was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He is survived by the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Maynard of Festus MO; one brother, Charles L. Maynard of Mexico; three sisters, Cheryl Bingsham of Landon ND, Sherry Vogt of Oxnard CA and Laura Maynard of Festus MO; grandparents, Mrs. Lorna Maynard of Arco ID, and Earl Clark of AZ; and great-grand-parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Storie of Logan UT. Funeral arrangements are pending at Veroske-McKinney Funeral Home. (The Bellingham Herald, Bellingham WA, Sunday 5 Dec 1971)

George Sablan MENO

Birth 02NOV46 Rank CAPT Date of Death 06DEC71 P. of birth   Service Army (Reserve) Place Long Khanh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Oak Harbor Unit 1st Signal Bde, HHC, 39th Sig Bn, 2nd Sig Grp Death Code NON-HOS.DIED-OTHER Hometown   service # 538447719 Panel 02WEST - 85   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 12FEB71 Comment   Cemetery     Seattle University, Seattle WA, 1966

Robert Edwar FURSTENWERTH

Birth 11OCT45 Rank SP5 Date of Death 26DEC71 P. of birth   Service Army Place Khanh Hoa, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit MACV, Adv Tm 40 Death Code Non-hostile, died of illness/injury Hometown   service # 537426251 Panel 02WEST - 91   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 20OCT70 Comment   Cemetery

Douglas Earl TROTTER

Birth 29JUN50 Rank SGT Date of Death 31DEC71 P. of birth   Service Army Place Long Khanh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Yakima Unit 1st Cav Div E Co 1st Bn 7th Cav Death Code Non-Hostile Died; Ground Casualty; Accidental Self-Destruction Hometown   service # 538522586 Panel 02WEST - 94   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 28SEP71 Comment   Cemetery