Birth 08APR49 Rank SGT Date of Death 12MAY68 P. of birth   Service Army Place Thua Thien, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit 101st Abn Div A Co 2nd Bn 502nd Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown ... service # 18992167 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 31AUG67 Comment   Cemetery

Timothy Michael LANG

Birth 01AUG37 Rank 1LT Date of Death 30AUG63 P. of birth   Service Army (Reserve) Place S. Vietnam town of rec. Spokane Unit 118th AML Co. Death Code Hostile, Helicopter Crew - Air Loss, Crash on Land Hometown   service # 05705019 Links 118th Aviation Co and Vietnam Helicopter married Single MIA   Medals   Tour Date   Comment "Thunderbird Lounge" by Major General Robert J. Brandt (R) Cemetery   Washington State University, Pullman WA 1960

Remembering Timothy Lang
I wrote a book about early helicopter operations in Vietnam during 1962-63 titled "Thunderbird Lounge" (by Major General Robert J. Brandt (R)). The story is about the 33rd Transportation Company (Light Helicopter) (H21) which became the 118th Airmobile Company during June 1963. Tim Lang was in the 33rd when it was stationed at Fort Ord, California. The 33rd moved to Vietnam in September 1962 in a secret move. Tim served with the unit until his death on August 30, 1963. The combat action in which Tim was killed is covered in some detail. He was the first 33rd soldier killed during the war.
Tim was a personal friend of mine and all the rest of the aviators in the unit. The book can be purchased online at either Barnes and Noble or Amazon/Borders.
Sincerely, Major General Robert J. Brandt (R) (email received 14 Oct 2003)

McGinnis, Piper Killed
    Killed 7 Feb 1966 in Viet Nam was Pfc. Dale Richard McGinnis, 22, son of Alphine C. McGinnis, W2221 1/2 Riverside. The day before, 6 Feb (1966), Pfc. Walter Piper Jr. was killed. He was the son of Mrs. Annie L. Dotson, E2204 Fourth, and Walter Piper of Texas.
    Last September, S.Sgt. Duane C. Schell, 26, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Molke, E10410 Fourteenth, was killed. His widow and children live at Junction City OR.
    In August 1963 Lt. Timothy M. Lang, 26, who was reared in Spokane but whose family had moved to Seattle, was killed in Viet Nam (Spokane Review, Spokane WA, 9 Mar 1966)
Correction of this article We believe this article was a "goof-up" by the newspaper... a Dale Richard McInnis died 7 Mar 1966 different state. We didn't find a newspaper retraction but did find a corrected article with no mention of McGinnis... Mistakes happened ... (a Darilee comment)

Samuel James LARKIN

Birth 03FEB47 Rank SP4 Date of Death 25AUG66 P. of birth Spokane Service Army Place unknown S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit 1st Inf Div, C Trp, 1st Sqdr, 4th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 19815031 Panel 10EAST - 41 married Single MIA -   Medals   Comment   Tour Date 6 Feb 66 Cemetery

Killed by Shots in Viet Action Spec. 4 Samuel James Larkin, 19, Spokane, has been killed by small arms fire in Viet Nam. Spokane relatives have been notified. He was the 13th Spokane soldier killed in Viet Nam. A brother, Donald Larkin, E3403 Jackson, said today the family has been notified of the death of the former Rogers High School student and Spokane native. Spec Larkin was a member of the First Infantry Division, Troop A, Fourth Cavalry stationed about 50 to 100 miles north of Saigon, his brother reported. Spec. Larkin was the son of Mrs. Bertha Larkin, E3328 Jackson, a housekeeper at Sacred Heart Hospital but now in Los Angeles visiting her two daughters.
Wounded Earlier
He joined the Army in Spokane in the fall of 1964 and went to Viet Nam last February. During the same month he was founded in the face by grenade fragments while operating an armored personnel carrier, his brother reported. More recently Spec. Larkin was decorated for his part in driving an armored personnel carrier in a mine field until it was disabled then helping drive off an attack with machine gun fire, his brother reported. Other relatives include two sisters, Mrs. Jose (Roberta) Felix and Mrs. Edwin Fabrenback, both of Los Angeles. (Spokesman Review, Spokane WA)

Patrick Eugene LINDSTROM

Birth 22SEP48 Rank LCPL Date of Death 18FEB68 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Tin, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit F Co, 2nd Bn, 5th Mars Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Other Explosive Device Hometown   service # 2251323 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 15MAR67 Comment   Cemetery

Charles Buckley MASON

Birth 04NOV47 Rank SP4 Date of Death 18MAY68 P. of birth   Service Army Place Thua Thien, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit 101st Abn Div, B Co, 2nd Bn, 502nd Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 18992790 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 28DEC67 Comment   Cemetery

Patrick George MC GARVEY

Mead High School Spokane WA 1964

Birth 25DEC46 Rank CPL Date of Death 12APR68 P. of birth Seattle Service Marines Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit 3rd Mar Div, H&S Co, 1st Bn, 26th Mar Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Artillery, Rocket, Mortar Hometown   service # 2251334 Panel 49EAST - 35 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 24NOV67 Comment   Cemetery

Cpl. Patrick G. McGarvey Funeral Military services for Marine Cpl. Patrick George McGarvey, 21, formerly of Seattle, will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Church of the Latter Day Saints, Spokane. Burial will be in Spokane, directed by Hazen and Jaeger Funeral Home, Spokane. He was killed in action in Vietnam 12 Apr (1968). Corporal McGarvey was born in Seattle and moved to Spokane 12 years ago. (Seattle Times, Seattle WA, 25 Apr 1968)

Donald Lyle MC HUGO

Washington State University Pullman WA 1954

Birth 06MAR35 Rank MAJ Date of Death 25MAR68 P. of birth   Service Air Force Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit ... Death Code Hostile Died; Fixed Wing - Crew; Air Loss Crash - Land Hometown Spokane service # 48290 Panel   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 30AUG67 Comment   Cemetery

Michael E. MC NEAL

Birth 26MAY47 Rank CPL Date of Death 18MAR67 P. of birth   Service Army Place Tay Ninh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Geiger Heights Unit 1st Cav Div, A Co, 1st Bn, 5th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 10866315 Panel 16EAST - 106 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 10Dec66 Comment ranger25.com/ Cemetery

Frederic William MILLER

Birth 09JUL44 Rank 1LT Date of Death 08FEB67 P. of birth Powell WY Service Army (Reserve) Place S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit 101st Abn Div, 18th MI Det Death Code Non-Hostile Died Missing; Helicopter NonCrew; Air Loss, Crash-Land Hometown   service # O5419647 Panel 15EAST - 10 married Single MIA -   Medals   Comment   Tour Date 11 Feb 1966 Cemetery

Bremerton Lieutenant Killed in Viet Crash
    Army first Lt. Frederic W. Miller, 22-year-old son of James T. Miller, 1230 Broadway Ave., was killed in a plane crash in Vietnam last Wednesday. The Army today said his death was not due to hostile causes.
    “He didn’t plan to make the Army a career but felt he was doing something which had to be done. . . He volunteered to go to Vietnam,” he father said today. “He expected to get out of the Army in August and go back to college,: he added. The young man had been in Vietnam for about 11 months and was in the 181st Military Intelligence Detachment with the 101st Airborne Division.
    He was born 9 Jul 1944, in Powell WY, and was reared in Eastern Washington, attending high school in Colville and Spokane. He graduated from Shadle Park High School in Spokane in 1962. Lt. Miller attended Eastern Washington State College at Cheney for a year before enlisting in the Army.
    After a year as an enlisted man, he went to Officer Candidate School and late in 1965 was commissioned a second lieutenant.
    Surviving are his father, a pipefitter at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard; his step-mother, an employee at National Bank of Commerce; two brothers, Joel, a student at Central Washington State College, and Steven, a junior at West High School; his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Lucy Williams, Chewelah, and his step-grandmother, Ms. Albert Barth, Ellensburg.
    Funeral arrangements are pending. Burial will be at Colville. (Bremerton Sun, Bremerton WA, 14 Feb 1967)

Larry Allen MOSS

Birth 03APR47 Rank PFC Date of Death 12DEC66 P. of birth   Service Army Place S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit 25th Inf Div, B Co, 1st Bn, 5th Inf Death Code Hostile Died Wounds; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 19836572 Panel 13EAST - 39 married Single Link Bobcats Medals   Comment   Tour Date 26 Sep 66 Cemetery

Bryan Thomas MUKAI

Birth 29NOV48 Rank PFC Date of Death 10APR68 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Thua Thien, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit 101st Abn Div, A Co, 2nd Bn, 501st Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 56986093 Panel   married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 10MAR68 Comment Lewis & Clark Cemetery Spokane Memorial Gardens, Spokane WA

Michael George MURDOCK

Washington State University Pullman WA 1965

Birth 05AUG46 Rank CPL Date of Death 01FEB68 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nah, S. Vietnam Town of Record Rockford Unit Co B, 1 RECON Bn, 1 Mar Div Death Code Hostile Died; Helicopter - NonCrew; Air Loss Crash - Land Hometown   service # 2277059 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 09MAR67 Comment   Cemetery

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 married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 20AUG71 Comment   Cemetery

Dennis Ray NOBLE

Birth 07OCT43 Rank 1LT Date of Death 26JUL70 P. of birth   Service Army (Reserve) Place Binh Duong, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit 1st Cav Div, HHC, 1st Bn, 7th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Artillery, Rocket, Mortar Hometown   service # 532400414 married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 29DEC69 Comment www.ranger25.com Cemetery

Charles Steven NORRIS

Birth 31MAY48 Rank PFC Date of Death 27FEB67 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Veradale Unit Co L, 3 Bn, 4 Mar, 3 Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 2220033 Panel 15EAST - 107 married Single MIA -   Medals   Comment   Tour Date   Cemetery

Timothy Monroe O'LEARY

Birth 02SEP32 Rank TSGT Date of Death 02DEC66 P. of birth   Service Air Force Place Pleiku, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit 633 COS GP Death Code Non-Hostile Died; Ground Casualty; Vehicle Loss, Crash Hometown   service # 19460707 Panel 13EAST - 06 married Married MIA -   Medals   Comment   Tour Date   Cemetery

Royal Preston ODEN

Birth 22FEB50 Rank PFC Date of Death 18JUN69 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nah, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit H&S CO, 3 Bn, 5 Mar, 1st Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Died Wounds; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 2232939 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 13MAR69 Comment   Cemetery

William J. PETERSON

Birth 24JUL45 Rank 2LT Date of Death 18MAY69 P. of birth   Service Army (Reserve) Place Thua Thien, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit A Btry 2nd Bn 319th Arty Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 05434950 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 21DEC68 Comment Parents living Ephrata Cemetery   Lewis & Clark High School, Spokane WA, 1963

Life Magazine vol. 22, No. 25, June 27, 1969 plus the Life logo was placed above the article's title, Vietnam ONE WEEK'S DEAD, because, I suspect, the Life publishers knew they were making a statement. In a brief introduction the publishers said that they took the 242 names, released by the Pentagon for the week of May 28 thro June 3 because it included Memorial Day. They contacted the families of these men and received pictures for all but 25. They also received "letters home" which the staff writer used in a brief, heart wrenching one page commentary. The article's goal as stated in the introduction... "More than we must know how many, we must know who. The faces of one weeks' dead, unknown but to families and friends, are suddenly recognized by all in this gallery of young American eyes." The article has been given credit for 'outing' the war ... But the article didn't tell a complete story because The men featured in the article were all Hostile Killed. The Non-Hostile deaths were NOT included and nor were all the hostile died reported. Researcher comments (much edited)

Lt. Peterson, Ephrata, Killed in Vietnam Lt. William J. Peterson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Peterson of Ephrata, was killed in Vietnam on May 19 (1969) in the battle for Hamburger Hill. Lt. Peterson was graduated from Lewis and Clark High School in Spokane, and from Gonzaga University. He is survived by his parents; his brother Philip, attending Eastern Washington College, Cheney; and two sisters, Mrs. Robert Gogerty, Seattle, and Barbara Peterson, Ephrata. Services will be announced later by the NIcoles Funeral Home in Ephrata. (Wenatchee Daily World, Wenatchee 28 May 1969)

Jerry Lee PIERCE Jr.

Birth 05SEP47 Rank SP5 Date of Death 03OCT68 P. of birth   Service Army Place Thua Thien, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit 1st Cav Div, A Co, 228th Sup Hel Bn Death Code Non-Hostile, Died; Helicopter - Crew; Air Loss, Crash - Land Hometown   service # 18994157 married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 14FEB68 Comment   Cemetery

Walter PIPER Jr.

Birth 24NOV46 Rank PFC Date of Death 06FEB66 P. of birth   Service Army Place S. Vietnam town of rec. Spokane Unit 101st Abn Div, B Co, 2nd Bn, 502nd Inf Death Code Hostile Died; Ground Casualty; Gun Small Arms Fire Hometown service # 19836142 Panel 05EAST - 07 married Single Medals Bronze Star MIA -   Comment   Tour Date 1 Jan 66 Cemetery Fairmount Memorial Park, Spokane WA

Pfc. Piper Loses Life in Viet Nam Pfc. Walter Piper Jr., 19, son of Mrs. Annie L. Dotson, E2204 Fourth, was killed Sunday in Viet Nam the Department of Army announced Friday. He enlisted in the Army paratroops last 19 Apr (1965), having attended Libby Junior High School and Ferris High School in Spokane. He was assigned to Company B, 2-502nd, First Brigade, 101st Airborne and was flown to the combat area the day after Christmas. He died of a bullet wound in his chest. The body will be flown to Spokane where burial is scheduled at the Veterans' section at Fairmount Memorial Park. (Spokesman Review, Spokane WA, 12 Feb 1966)

Medal Given Posthumously A Spokane Marine, killed in action 22 Jul 1966 in South Vietnam, recently was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V" Marine Corps officials said today. Pfc. Robert E. Stallings received the recognition for his achievements while serving with the 5th Marine Regiment in action on the date of his death. The medal with accompanying citation, was presented to his widow, Mrs. Renee Stallings, N7318 Excell Drive, in ceremonies held at a meeting of the Armed Services Committee of the Chamber of Commerce. Making the presentation was Major A. C. Ledbetter, former inspector instructor of the 5th 55 mm Howitzer Battery here. Also present were Pfc. Stallings' mother, Mrs. Gladys S. Jewett, N7507 Hughes Drive and his father, Harold E. Stalling. (Spokane Chronicle, Spokane WA, 5 Jan 1968)

Donovan Jess PRUETT

Birth 15JAN37 Rank SSGT Date of Death 03APR66 P. of birth   Service Army Place S. Vietnam town of rec. Deer Park Unit 1st Brigade, Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol, 101st Airborne Div, "Screaming Eagles" Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 19497042 Panel 06EAST - 82 married Single Medals   MIA -   Tour Date 08JUL65 Comment Screaming Eagles Cemetery Woodland Cem., Deer Park WA

Deer Park Man Killed in Action
A U.S. Army paratrooper from Deer Park has been killed in action in Viet Nam and another Marine from Spokane has been wounded. The latest victims of the fighting are:
Staff Sgt. Donovan J. Pruitt, 29, nephew of Mrs. Grace Townsend, Route 3, Deer Park, killed in action.
Cpl. Jack A. West, 20, son of Mrs. John E. Kinne, N5916 Nevada, who suffered a wound of the left arm.
Military authorities notified the next of kin Monday of the newest casualties.
    Attended Deer Park Schools
Sgt. Pruitt, a native of North Dakota (online cem. rec. says South Dakota)who came to the inland Empire at an early age, attended grade school and high school in Deer Park before enlisting about nine years ago. He planned to return to Deer Park to live in July of this year. Before coming to Deer Park to live with his aunt, he had lived at both Coulee Dam and Spokane. His mother was killed several years ago in an automobile accident. In addition to his aunt, he is survived by three brothers, Clyde Pruitt, Kent; and Brent and Lawrence Pruitt, both of Redmond; and two uncles, Lee Bossart, Spokane and Willard Bossart, Deer Park. Survivors said the body will be returned to Deer Park for Burial
    West Rogers Graduate
Cpl. West who was graduated from Rogers High School in June 1964, enlisted in the Marine Corps shortly a there after and has been in Viet Nam for about a year. A native of Orofino ID he has lived in Spokane most of his life. A brother, Harold attends Gonzaga University. His mother said she was notified that her son suffered a wound of the left arm, but his condition at present is good. She said he had been listed as a casualty on two other occasions. He suffered a shrapnel wound in the left side, she said, and was injured on another occasion when he became entangled in barbed wire. She said he expected to return home 15 Apr (1966) prior to this latest wound. (Spokesman Review, Spokane WA, 5 Apr 1966)

Ronald Edwin RAY

Washington State University Pullman WA 1965

Birth 15MAR42 Rank SGT Date of Death 30JAN68 P. of birth   Service Army Place Thua Thien, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit 1st Bn (PROV), 525th MI GP Death Code Hostile Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 19837201 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 22SEP67 Comment   Cemetery

Frank S. REASONER

Birth 16SEP37 Rank 1LT Date of Death 12JUL65 P. of birth Spokane Service Marines Place near Da Nang, S. Vietnam Town of Record Kellogg ID Unit Co A, 3d Bn, 3d Mar Div Death Code Hostile; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 85378 Panel 02EAST - 36 married Married Link Reasoner's Patrol Medals Medal of Honor In Service 6 yrs Comment USS Reasoner (FF 1063) Commissioned 31JAN71 Cemetery

Citation - Medal of Honor
REASONER, FRANK S. Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps, Company A, 3d Reconnaissance Battalion, 3d Marine Division. Place and date: near Da Nang, Republic of Vietnam, 12 July 1965. Entered service at: Kellogg, Idaho. Born: 16 September 1937, Spokane, Wash.
Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. The reconnaissance patrol led by 1st Lt. Reasoner had deeply penetrated heavily controlled enemy territory when it came under extremely heavy fire from an estimated 50 to 100 Viet Cong insurgents. Accompanying the advance party and the point that consisted of 5 men, he immediately deployed his men for an assault after the Viet Cong had opened fire from numerous concealed positions. Boldly shouting encouragement, and virtually isolated from the main body, he organized a base of fire for an assault on the enemy positions. The slashing fury of the Viet Cong machinegun and automatic weapons fire made it impossible for the main body to move forward. Repeatedly exposing himself to the devastating attack he skillfully provided covering fire, killing at least 2 Viet Cong and effectively silencing an automatic weapons position in a valiant attempt to effect evacuation of a wounded man. As casualties began to mount his radio operator was wounded and 1st Lt. Reasoner immediately moved to his side and tended his wounds. When the radio operator was hit a second time while attempting to reach a covered position, 1st Lt. Reasoner courageously running to his aid through the grazing machinegun fire fell mortally wounded. His indomitable fighting spirit, valiant leadership and unflinching devotion to duty provided the inspiration that was to enable the patrol to complete its mission without further casualties. In the face of almost certain death he gallantly gave his life in the service of his country. His actions upheld the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the U.S. Naval Service. (U.S. Army Center of Military History )
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Don Leslie ROCK

Birth 14JAN47 Rank WO Date of Death 19NOV69 P. of birth   Service Army (Reserve) Place Binh Duong, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit USARV 57th Medical Det Death Code Hostile Died; Helicopter - Crew; Air Loss Crash - Land Hometown   service # 531506833 married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 02AUG69 Comment   Cemetery

Ronald James RUSSELL

Birth 07SEP46 Rank PFC Date of Death 01AUG66 P. of birth Spokane Service Army (Draft) Place S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit 1st Avn Bde, 48th Aviation Co Death Code Non-Hostile Died; Helicopter - NonCrew; Air Loss, Crash - Land Hometown   service # 56378938 Panel 09EAST - 95 married Single MIA -   Medals   Comment   Tour Date 23 May 66 Cemetery

Young Soldier Dies in Crash of Helicopter
    A Spokane youth who had been in the service only seven months has been killed in South Vietnam. Army Pfc. Ronald J. Russell, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Russell, E2911 Columbia, died in a helicpoter crash on Monday. The body is being sent to Hennessey's. Mrs. Russell said a telegram from the Army informed her that her son, a helicopter maintenance crewman, was on an air mission when the craft crashed near Tuy Hoa.
    Spokane native and was graduated in 1965 from Rogers High School. He entered the Army last January and took basic training at Ft. Ord CA. He was transferred in aircraft maintenance service at Ft. Rocker AL, and left the United States June 10. He served in Viet Nam with the 48th AVN Co., 101st Airborne Division. Besides his parents, survivors include brothers, Raymond R. and Robbie R. and a sister, Mrs. Jack Frost, all of Spokane. (Spokesman Review, Spokane WA Aug 66)

Duane Charles SCHELL

Birth 04JUL39 Rank SSGT Date of Death 18SEP65 P. of birth   Service Army Place S. Vietnam town of rec. Spokane Unit 1st Cav Div D Co 1st Bn 5th Cav Death Code Non-Hostile Died Missing; Ground Casualty; Accidental Homicide Hometown   service # 19754054 Panel 02EAST - 89 married Married Medals   MIA -   Tour Date 16AUG65 Comment www.ranger25.com Cemetery Willamette National Cem., Portland OR

Local Man Is Killed in Viet Nam Army S. Sgt, Duane C. Schell, 26, a graduate of Central Valley High School, was mistakenly shot and killed by friendly troops in Viet Nam on 18 Sep (1965) it was learned here Wednesday. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Moke, E10418 fourteenth, were advised by the Department of the Army that Schell was killed "as a result of a gunshot wound incurred while on a search and destroy operation." The Army notice is the parents said the youth was mistaken by friendly forces as part of hostile forces. In addition to the parents, he is survived by a wife and three children in Junction City OR. He was active in the Spokane Junior Police. He enlisted in the Army in 1964 after completing a four-year hitch in the Marine Corps. (Spokanesman Review, Spokane WA 24 Sep 1966)

Kenneth Alfred SCHIMANSKI

Birth 25MAY50 Rank SGT Date of Death 28SEP69 P. of birth   Service Army Place Hua Nghia, S. Vietnam Town of Record Colbert Unit 1st Inf Div, D Co, 2nd Bn, 28th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Other Explosive Device Hometown   service # 533528075 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 01SEP69 Comment   Cemetery

Kenneth Howard SILLS

Birth 07JAN48 Rank CPL Date of Death 07OCT68 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Hua Nghia, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit 25th Inf Div, B Co, 2nd Bn, 12th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 56986588 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 22JUN68 Comment   Cemetery

Kaley Alfred "Kelly" SONNER

Birth 31JUL46 Rank SP4 Date of Death 12FEB68 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Gia Dinh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit 199th LIB, E Co, 2nd Bn, 3rd Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 56412576 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 05MAR67 Comment   Cemetery

Spokane Soldier On Missing List Spokane Mr. and Mrs. Kaley Sonner, Spokane, were notified last night that their son, Sgt. Kaley Sonner, Jr., 21, was missing in action in Vietnam. Sonner, known as Kelly, had been in Vietnam a year. His father said today he expected the youth to be on his way home by now. He was scheduled to leave there 4 Mar (1968). The elder Sonner said with two weeks leeway normally allowed, his son should have been airlifted out of the battle area by now. (Seattle Times, Seattle WA, 15 Feb 1968)

John Paul SOUTHWICK

Birth 09JUN50 Rank PFC Date of Death 19OCT69 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit B SEC, 3rd Mil Police, 1st Mar Div Death Code Non-Hostile, Died Illness/Injury; Ground Casualty; Accidental Homicide Hometown   service # 536520190 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 14JUL69 Comment   Cemetery

RobertElvis STALLINGS

Birth 17APR48 Rank PFC Date of Death 22JUL66 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit Co L, 3/5th Mar, 1st Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 2148237 Panel 09EAST - 60 married Married Link Lewis & Clark Medals   Comment   Tour Date   Cemetery

Spokane Marine Dies in Viet Nam Spokane native Pfc. Robert E. Stallings, 18, was killed in action with the 5th Marines near the Quan Cam Lo district, Quang Tri Province, in S. Viet Nam Friday. According to a Marine Corps official notification late Saturday, he died of "gunshot wounds while engaged in action against hostile forces". Pfc Stallings attended Franklin Grade School and Rogers and Lewis and Clark high schools. He entered the Marine Corps in May '65 and received basic training at Camp Pendleton CA. Stallings had been overseas since February of this year and had participated in three campaigns in Viet Nam. He is survived by his wife, Delores Renee, and an infant son, whom he had never seen at the N.... Excell Drive home; his mother, Mrs. Gladys Jewett, N.... Hughes Drive and father, Harold Stallings, N.... Perry. (Spokesman Review, Spokane WA, 26 Jul 1966)

Joel Paul STAUNTON

Birth 03SEP43 Rank ETR2 Date of Death 2JUL67 P. of birth   Service Navy Place Khanh Hoa, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit NSF - Cam Ranh Bay Death Code Non-Hostile Died; Ground Casualty; Accidental Homicide Hometown   service # 3911743 Panel 23EAST - married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date   Comment Naval Support - Cam Ranh Bay Cemetery

Norman Howard STRENGTH

Birth 10MAR48 Rank SP4 Date of Death 26MAR70 P. of birth   Service Army Place Binh Duong, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit 11th ACR, I Trp, 3rd Sqdr, 11th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Other Explosive Device Hometown   service # 568708723 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 23SEP69 Comment 11th Cav/ Black Horse Cemetery

Richard William STRONG Jr.

Birth 08SEP48 Rank WO Date of Death 21OCT68 P. of birth   Service Army Place Tay Ninh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Greenacres Unit 1st Inf Div B Co 1st Avn Bn Death Code Hostile, Died; Helicopter - Crew; Air Loss, Crash - Land Hometown   service # W3160566 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 30MAY68 Comment   Cemetery

    William A. TAYLOR

Birth 20OCT46 Rank SP5 Date of Death 29JUN67 P. of birth   Service Army Place Binh Duong, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit 25th Inf Div, C Co, 4th Bn, 23rd Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Other Causes Hometown   service # 19777714 Panel 22EAST - 86 married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 04DEC66 Comment   Cemetery

Ricardo Robert TEJANO

Birth 24JUL43 Rank WO Date of Death 05JUN68 P. of birth   Service Army Place Dinh Tuong, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit 1st Avn Bde, 191st Aviation Co Death Code Hostile Died; Helicopter - Crew; Air Loss Crash - Land Hometown   service # W3158662 married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 01JAN68 Comment   Cemetery

J Forrest George TREMBLEY

Birth 28MAY42 Rank LCDR Date of Event 21AUG67 P. of birth Norwich CT Service Navy Place Com. China Town of Record Spokane Unit Attack Squadron 196, USS Constellation Death Code Hostile Died Missing Fixed Wing - Pilot Air Loss Crash - Land Hometown   service # Declared Dead 16JAN74 married Married MIA - BNR Medals   Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery

Whidbey Pilot Lost Over China Lt. (j.g.) J. Forrest Trembley Jr. of Spokane may have been the pilot whom Red Chinese claim they captured after he parachuted from his crippled Navy fighter over China's Kwangsi Province.
    Peking Radio reported in a Chinese- language broadcast monitored in Tokyo that one of four American fliers in two U. S. Navy fighters shot down was captured and indicated the others were killed.
    Trembley's wife said here the Navy informed her that her husband was missing in action. She said she was instructed to release only her husband's name, rank, serial number and date of birth to the public for Trembley's "own security."
    She said a report that her husband may have strayed over the Red China border and disappeared did not conflict with what she had been told, but she referred all other questions to the 13th Naval District in Seattle.
    A spokesman for the district confirmed that Trembley was missing and could have gone off course into "Red China air space" but declined to say if the pilot was down inside Red China.
    Sources in Washington, D. C., said Trembley's plane was last seen heading into a cloud over North Vietnam about 1 1/2 miles from the Red China border. A beeping sound was heard a short while later indicating the pilot had ejected.
    Trembley was from Attack Sqdn 196, which was based at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station before being sent to the Far East. Spokane newspaper article - (The Bellingham Herald, Bellingham WA, Wednesday, 29 Aug 1967)

(MIA information Extracted from P.O.W.Network.org)
Lieutenant Commander "J" Forrest G. Trembley was born 28 May 1942 at Norwich CT. His town of record was Spokane WA. He was a member of Attack Squadron 196, that flew from the USS CONSTELLATION. On 21 Aug 1967 He was the bombardier/navigator aboard one of 4 Intruders assigned to strike the Duc Noi rail yard four miles north of Hanoi. On their way to the target his craft was hit by anti-aircraft fire. Instead of returning to the ship alone the crew continued to the target. A weather front had developed behind them. After reaching the target, two of the remaining Navy Aircraft were forced by weather and anti-aircraft fire into Chinese Air Space and were shot down. Some of these men were captured and later released. There was never any word about Trembley. His body was never found. (P.O.W. Network has a very detail accounting of this incident... 3 Navy Planes and 2 Air Force Bombers were shot down on that mission in 21 Aug 1967.)
for more information - see his bio at P.O.W. NetWork

Charles Dannie TURNBOUGH

Birth 27JUL48 Rank LCPL Date of Death 30AUG67 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit A Co, 1st Bn, 7th Mars Death Code Hostile, Died Wounds; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 2314960 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery Fairmount Memorial Park

SERVICES SET FOR MARINES ON SATURDAY
    Funeral services for L. Cpl. C.D. Turnbough and Cpl. John A. Jensen, buddies who were killed while serving with the Marine Corps in Vietnam, will be Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Medical Lake gymnasium.
    Both graduated in the same class last year from Medical Lake High School. They entered the Marine Corps at the same time and arrived in Vietnam at about the same time with different units. Cpl. Turnbough was killed by sniper fire on Aug. 30, Cpl. Jensen died Aug. 27 after he was struck by fragmentation bombs.
    Both youths were on the wrestling and football teams while in high school. Jensen was a member of the Church of Latter-day Saints. Turnbough belonged to Hayford Community Church.
    Survivors of Cpl. Jensen include the parents, Mr. & Mrs. Don A. Jensen, at the home in Medical Lake; two brothers, Dana B. Jensen, in the U.S. Navy, and Ross D., at the home; a sister, Sharron A. Caspulla, Portland OR, and grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. Jack Ramsey of Great Falls MT.
    Cpl. Turnbough is survived by his parents, Mr. & Mrs. Elvey Turnbough, at the home in Medical Lake; a brother Donald, Rt. 1, Spokane, and a grandmother, Mrs. Edith T. Turnbough of Steelville, Mo.
    The Rev. James P. terry and Elder Enoch Lybbert will officiate.
    Military burial will be at Fairmount Memorial Park.
(Spokesman Review newspaper, Spokane WA Sept 8, 1967 Pg. 6)

Randy Van TURNER

North Central High School Spokane WA 1962

Cemetery Birth 23FEB44 Rank 1LT Date of Death 25SEP69 P. of birth   Service Army Place Bien Hoa, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit MACV, Adv Tm 98 Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service #   married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 29MAY69 Comment EWU Spokane Memorial Gardens, Spokane WA

    Gregory Paul VERCRUYSSE

Birth 29MAY47 Rank HN (corpsman) Date of Death 07JUN67 P. of birth   Service Navy Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit H&S Co, 1st Bn, 26th Mar, 3rd Div Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # B807475 Panel 21EAST - 70 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery

North Central High School Spokane WA 1962

Birth 11AUG44 Rank 1LT Date of Death 15JAN68 P. of birth   Service Army (Reserve) Place Tay Ninh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit 25th Inf Div, B Co, 3rd Bn, 22nd Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown Spokane service # 5337626 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 26SEP67 Comment "Platoon" Bravo Co by Robert Hemphill Chapter 5 EWU Cemetery

Three NW GIs Die in Vietnam Washington (AP) The Defense Department has released the names of three more Washington State men who have died in Vietnam, bring the state's toll in the war to 319. Army 2nd Lt. Richard H. Walker, Spokane and Army S. Sgt. Emile Cole, Seattle were killed in action. Marine Cpl. Clifford O. Ware Kent, died not as a result of hostile action. (The Oregonian, Portland OR, 19 Jan 1968)

Jerone James WARNICK

Birth 12MAR46 Rank WO Date of Death 15APR69 P. of birth   Service Army (Reserve) Place Thua Thien, S. Vietnam Town of Record Princess Anne MD Unit ... Death Code Hostile; Helicopter - Pilot; Air Loss, Crash on Land Hometown   service #   Local Spokane married Married College EWU Medals   Tour Date 30JAN69 Comment Vietnam Helicopter Cemetery Spokane Memorial Gardens, Spokane

Henry Kennard WEITZ

Birth 17JUN49 Rank PFC Date of Death 06APR70 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Binh Duong, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit 9th Inf Div, A Co, 6th Bn, 31st Inf Death Code Non-Hostile Died; Ground Casualty; Drowned Suffocated Hometown   service # 532501420 married   MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 05DEC69 Comment 9th Infantry Cemetery

John August WELSFORD Jr.

Birth 23JUL49 Rank PFC Date of Death 05JUL69 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nah, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit M Co, 3d Bn, 26th 1st Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Misadventure Hometown   service # 536486539 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date A6JAN69 Comment   Cemetery

William Richard WEST

Birth 21FEB41 Rank SGT Date of Death 28MAR66 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Thua Thein, S. Vietnam town of rec. Spokane Unit 3rd Mar Div, C Co, 1st Bn, 1st Mars Death Code Hostile Died; Ground Casualty; Other Explosive Device Hometown   service # 1805996 Panel 06EAST - 58 married Married Medals   Link C/1/1 Comment   Tour Date   Cemetery

Sgt. West is Killed in Viet Nam Sgt. William R. West, 25, was killed Monday by fragments from a mine explosion in south Viet Nam, according to word received by his family from the Marine Corps Wednesday. He was the son of Mrs. Silas T. Madsen, W3318 Cora. his wife, Lilly, and two small daughters live at N4812 A. An eight-year Marine Corps veteran, he attended North Central High School prior to entering the service. He came to Spokane in 1954. He married his wife in 1962 while stationed near Cavite City, Philippine Islands. Other survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Viola Clark, Fayetteville NC, and Mrs. Judith MacKenzie, Jordan Valley OR and two brothers, Edward West, Spokane, and Ralph A. West, US Navy in the Viet Nam area. (Spokesman Review, Spokane WA, 31 Mar 1966)

Kim William WIDMER

Birth 11SEP50 Rank SP4 Date of Death 25OCT70 P. of birth   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 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 20JAN70 Comment   Cemetery

David Kenneth WILHELM

Birth 24JUN48 Rank PFC Date of Death 26OCT68 P. of birth   Service Army Place Hua Nghia, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit 1st Avn Bde, 114th Aviation Co Death Code Hostile, Died Wounds; Ground Casualty; Artillery, Rocket, Mortar Hometown   service # 18995504 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 19SEP68 Comment   Cemetery

Remembrance for David Wilhelm by Carey (Shane) Zollman David Kenneth Wilhelm was my brother's best friend growing up. I remember him as one of the nicest caring friend Mick had. It didn't matter that I was 4 yrs younger and probably a pest. (interview, Bridgeport event, Oct 2003)

    Arnold Grimm WILKENING III

Birth 18AUG47 Rank CPL Date of Death 26MAY67 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Tin, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit L Co, 3rd Bn, 5th Mars Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 2148232 Panel 20EAST - 127 married Single MIA -   Medals   Comment   Tour Date   Cemetery

Birth 18SEP48 Rank SGT Date of Death 27JUN70 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Thua Thien, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit ... Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 532500635 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 23JUL69 Comment   Cemetery

Elwin Claude WISE

Birth 25JUL47 Rank PFC Date of Death 27MAR66 P. of birth Spokane Service Marines Place Thua Thein, S. Vietnam town of rec. Valleyford Unit F Co, 2nd Bn, 1st MARS Death Code Hostile Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown service # 2108281 Panel 06EAST - 53 married Single Medals   MIA -   Comment   Tour Date   Cemetery Montana

Asian War Veteran: Regional Marine Dies in Viet Battle Action
    Marine Pfc. Elwin C. Wise, 18 was killed in action in Viet Nam Sunday, his mother, Mrs. Warren McMillan, Chewelah, and his father, Wallace W. Wise, Kalispell MT have been informed. Pfc. Wise died near Phu Bai, S. Viet Nam, of head wounds suffered in battle, the Marine Corps said.
    Pfc. Wise was born in Spokane, attended Freeman High School near Rockford WA, and enlisted in the Marine Corps in August 1964. He had lived at Kalispell, Wallace ID and San Diego CA.
    An American Flag was displayed Tuesday at the McMillan farm home four miles northeast of Chewelah on Flowery Trail Road, where family members from Kalispell and Chewelah gathered.
    Mrs. Gary Johnson, Kalispell, Elwin's sister, said he had written her recently that he had helped train South Vietnamese volunteers and had taken part in at least 12 operations or landings including Harvest Moon.
    The Marine's father, Wallace Wise, said Elwin was a third generation Marine, preceded by his grandfather, Noyce Clapper, Loon Lake WA, in World War I, and by himself in World War II.
    The body will be sent to Waggener & Campbell Funeral Home in Kalispell. (Spokesman-Review, Spokane WA 30 Mar 1966)

Ronald Gale WOLFE

Birth 05NOV39 Rank LT Date of Death 20OCT66 P. of birth   Service Navy (Reserve) Place Phuoc Tuy, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit CG 32 Adviser Team 79 Death Code Non-Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Accidental Homicide Hometown   service # 654931 Panel 11EAST - married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date   Comment Naval Advisory Group; or Lewis & Clark; or EWU Cemetery     Eastern Washington State College, Cheney WA, 1959

Lt. Wolfe Succumbs to Injuries Lt. Ronald G. Wolfe, 26, a U. S. Navy adviser to South Vietnamese military forces, died 19 Oct (1966) as the result of injuries suffered near Vung Tau, according to a Department of Defense notification received Friday by his parents in Spokane Valley. Mr. and Mrs. Virgil K. Wolfe, N2208 Coleman Road, said their son had been in Viet Nam for about six months. He graduated from West Valley High School and Eastern Washington State College before entering the Navy in 1961. Other survivors include two sisters. Mrs. Marlene F. Miller, Port Orchard WA (Spokanesman Review, Spokane WA 22 Oct 1966)

Lyle David ZACHER

North Central High School Spokane WA 1961

Birth 18OCT44 Rank EM2 Date of Death 27FEB69 P. of birth   Service Navy Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit ... Death Code Hostile, Died Missing; Ground Casualty; Artillery, Rocket, Mortar Hometown   service # B809234 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 01FEB69 Comment YFU-78/ Ammunition Explosion, NSA Danang Cemetery

Note to Spokane County researchers (html programer)... who will be using these pages...

the links will work to the community pages from the obituary pages as long as you don't rename them. I didn't redo the html for the community so all those links are bad... very bad... but perhaps someone in your org will just change them.

The links to outside sources won't work including the everyman index link and the bookstore link... However if you are using DSL with your computer some will work... just not all

I started revamping the box presentation and some of the guy's bios reflect that change. I also started adding the Panel numbers to the bio table... However I've just started and so only guys who died pre April 1967 will have the Panel numbers... I figure at least 4 months to add panel's to all the guys... as I'm also checking links and stuff.

I can at a later date add the panel info...

I suggest just right clicking the jpg's and saving the jpgs to one folder but I'm assuming you got someone to do that also....

I hope this is of help to you...

I know I left you, with an incomplete presentation with errors that you will need to fix... BUT... Today I've put in nearly 8 hours of continual work to pull the bio's and put 'em all together. and I'm just toooooo tired to do more for yah...

I am giving you permission to use this presentation (with your necessary modifications) but I'm asking that you keep my name, url and email address at the top. This work represents 16 months of my work...

Please remember me when you get pictures and obituaries for the guys I as I would really appreciate that information.

you may delete this note.

Darilee