VIETNAM & LAOS
Jan.- Dec. 1967
VIETNAM & LAOS
Jan.- Dec. 1967
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Jan, 1967 Saigon Vietnam SS Cornell Victory
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January 1967 Laos Foreign Service Don Sjostrom |
Bothell Man killed in Laos. Don M. Sjostrom, 26, of Bothell, who has devoted all his adult life to helping others died in Laos Friday when communist troops attacked Royal Lao soldiers. Sjostrom was killed in a clash in the northeastern town of Nakhang where he had gone to help refugees fleeing from the Communists. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Myron C. Sjostrom, 10701 Spruce St., Bothell. Sjostrom was working for the United States Agency for International Development in Laos. He had been with A.I.D. 15 months. Before that he had served with the Peace Corps two years in neighboring Thailand. The Los Angeles Times said Nakhang's airstrip was attacked early Friday by the Communist Pathet Lao forces. Royal Lao soldiers beat off the attack, but Sjostrom was killed in the fighting. Sjostrom was born in Seattle and was graduated from the University of Washington in 1963. He majored in philosophy but also studied foreign languages and history. He joined the Peace Corps soon after graduation. "We had a letter from him just 2 days ago." Mrs.. Sjostrom said last night. "He said he was very happy in his work. "At least that's some consolation." In addition to his parents, Sjostrom is survived by a brother, David J. Sjostrom, Redmond, and two sisters, Mrs. Clifford Walker, Jr., Seattle, and Mrs. Joseph J. Victor, Bellevue. Sjostrom came home for a three month visit in March after working six months with AID. He returned to Laos on a two year assignment with the federal agency. (Seattle Times, Seattle WA, Sunday 8 Jan 67) Don Sjostrom, Laos Casualty. Funeral services for Don M.Sjostrom, 26, of 10701 Spruce St. Bothell, will be at 3 o'clock Saturday in the Solie Chapel, Everett. Burial will be at the Evergreen Cem., Everett. Mr. Sjostrom, who was working with the United States Agency for International Development in Laos was killed Friday when Communist troops attacked Royal Lao soldiers. A resident of the Seattle area most of his life, Mr.. Sjostrom was graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1958 and the University of Washington in 1963. He served with the Peace Corps two years in Thailand, then became an operations officer with AID in Laos in the fall of 1965 He was a member of Theta Chi Fraternity and the U.W. Alumni Association. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Myron C. Sjostrom, Bothell; a brother, David Sjostrom, Redmond, and two sisters, Mrs. Joe Victor, Bellevue, and Mrs. C.J. Walker, Bothell. The family suggested remembrances to the Emmanuel Presbyterian Church in Bothell to be sent to the Sam Thong Grade School at Sam Thong, Laos. (Seattle Times, Seattle WA, 12 Jan 67) |
Bomb Kills VN Expert
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February 1967 Saigon Freelance Jounalist Bernard B. Fall |
Bernard B. Fall, one of the leading authorities on Vietnam, was killed Tuesday by a booby trap while
covering an operation with U.S. Marines in the northern part of the country. He was 40. Fall, best known for his
book "Street Without Joy", was killed 12 miles northwest of the northern coastal city of Hue, U.S. authorites said.
Gen. William C. Westmoreland, commander of U.S. forces, sought to notify Fall's wife in Hong Kong. A professor of
International relations at Howard University in Washington, D. C., Fall frequently lectured at the Pentagon and at
the U.S. War College, despite the fact that his books and articles were frequently critical of the American tactics
and the American presence in Vietnam. (Tacoma News Tribune, 21 Feb 1967)
Killed Feb. 21 by a Viet Cong mine while on a patrol with U.S. Marines. A Howard University historian, he wrote scores of articles about the fighting in Indochina as well as six books, the most famous of which are "Street Without Joy," written in 1961, and "Hell in a Very Small Place," written in 1966. He was the leading analyst of the French Indochina war that preceded the Vietnam conflict. Born in France, he became a naturalized American citizen. He was 40 when he died.
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VIETNAM PLANE CRASH KILLS U.S. EDUCATORS
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March 1967 Saigon Bruce Massey Dr. Arthur D. Pickett Dr. Vincent F. ConroyDr. Harry F. Bangsberg Dr. Howard G. Johnshoy Dr. James Albertson Dr. A. Donald Beattie Dr. Melvin L. Wall Dr. Robert F. La Follette |
Nine Perish As Craft Plows Into Side of Peak After Inspection Team Takes Off During Monsoon By Robert Tuckman Saigon (AP) - A plane crash in a monsoon storm wiped out a team of eight American educators who were surveying South Vietnam's high school and college problems on a tour sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development. All the group, largely Midwesterners, perished with the pilot when their twin-engine Air America plane smashed into a rain-veiled mountain north of Da Nang Thursday. A U.S. spokesman announced Friday the tragic end of the educational research mission, undertaken in January, which was to have wound up in mid-April. U.S. officials identified the pilot as Bruce Massey, 43, of La Harba CA. The Air America line is a civilian company. It operates in South Vietnam under charter to the U.S. mission. The crash came in the final leg of a flight from Saigon to Hue the old imperial capital 400 miles north of Saigon. The spokesman said rain and turbulence prompted the pilot to put down at Da Nang, but he later decided to complete the final 80 miles despite the weather. Pullman, WA (AP) - Dr. J. C. Clevenger, dean of students at Washington State University, was the only member of a team of American educators who was not aboard a plane that crashed north of Da Nang, Vietnam, Thursday, killing his eight associates. His wife received a wife Friday, reporting, "I am safe here in Saigon. Rest of team in air accident at Hue. Did not make trip with them." (Oregonian, Portland OR, 25 Mar 1967, front page) Savants Killed in Wreck Carved Brilliant Careers New York (AP) - Eight American educators - three from Wisconsin, two from Minnesota and one each from Illinois, Indiana and Massachusetts - were killed Thursday in a plane crash in Vietnam. The men were members of a U.S. State Department team studying educational problems in South Vietnam. They were: Dr. Arthur D. Pickett, 51, a professor of biological sciences and director of the honors program at Chicago Circle Campus of the University of Illinois. Dr. Vincent F. Conroy, 44, director of the Center for Field Studies at Harvard's Center for Educational Research. Dr. Harry F. Bangsberg, 38, president of Bemidji MN State College. Dr. Howard G. Johnshoy, 48, dean of academic affairs at Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter MN. Dr. James Albertson, 41, president of Stevens Point WI State College. Dr. A. Donald Beattie, 45, dean of the School of Business and Economics at Whitewater WI State University. Dr. Melvin L. Wall, 54, head of the Department of Plant and Earth Sciences at River Falls WI State University. Dr. Robert F. La Follette, 72, an official of the Agency, for International Development and former head of the Department of Social Science at Ball State IN Teachers College. He was stationed at Saigon. (short bios). Dr. Pickett, married and with a son and two daughters was born in Grigsby, Ont. He studied at Iowa State University and the University of Chicago and instructed at West Virginia University Medical School and the University of Chicago before joining the University of Illinois staff in 1946. Dr. Conroy, who leaves a widow, received a bachelor of science degree from Boston University in 1948, a master's degree in education from Harvard in 1953 and a doctorate in education from Harvard in 1962. He was an expert in the racial integration of schools. He had been director of Harvard's field studies since 1962. Bangsberg, a former reporter for the LaCrosse, (WI) Tribune, was married and had four sons and a daughter. He quit high school during World War II to serve with the infantry in the South Pacific. Returning to school when peace came, he received a bachelor's degree from Luther College at Decorah IA, in 1950 and later his master of arts and doctorate degrees from Iowa State University. After teaching and administrative assignments at Western Illinois University, Wisconsin State University at Eau Claire and the High Education Coordinating Council of metropolitan St. Louis MO, Bangsberg became president of Bemidji in 1964. Dr. Jonshoy, a bachelor, was a former assistant to the dean of international programs at the University of Minnesota and had been at Gustavus Adolphus since 1965. He was graduated from Concordia College at Moorhead MN, in 1940, was a Navy instructor in mine warfare during World War II, and received graduate degrees from Columbia University in New York. Dr. Albertson, president of Stevens Point State since 1962, left a widow and five children. He was executive assistant to the president of Ball State College before taking the post at Stevens Point. Dr. Beattie, a University of Minnesota graduate, left a widow and four children. He had been at Whitewater since 1962. Dr. Wall was graduated from the University of Wisconsin and taught agriculture at Robertson WI high school before joint the River Falls faculty in 1940. His widow and five children survive. Dr. La Follette graduated from Indiana State Teachers College in 1916 and received his master's degree at the University of Wisconsin the following year. He was head of Ball State's Department of Social Science from 1957 to 1961. Friends said La Follette was related to the politically prominent Wisonsin family of the same name, a third cousin to former Sen. Robert M. La Follette Jr. (Oregonian, Portland OR, 25 Mar 1967, 2nd page) |
SS Margaret Brown Crewman Dies
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March 1967 Qua Nhoi, Vietnam SS Margaret Brown
Charles R. Sandino |
Explosion in engine room while at Qui Nhon harbor |
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March 1967 Pakhanya, Laos Frederick Cheydleur
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LAOS AND CAMBODIA -- LOST OR KILLED DURING THE VIETNAM CONFLICT |
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Dec.1,1967 Saigon Vietnam Ship Unknown Isiah Harris
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