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FACES FROM THE WALL

MONTANA and VIETNAM WAR

March 1968

Birth	1948-02-02	Rank	PFC	Date of Death	1968-03-02
P. of birth		Service	US Army	Place	Gia Dinh South Vietnam
Town of Record	Bozeman, Montana	Unit	25th Inf Div, C Co, 4th Bn, 9th Infantry	Death Code	Hostile, Died-Other Causes-Ground Casualty
Hometown	Bozeman	service #	56638182	Panel	42E - Row 032
Married	Single	MIA -	BR	Medals	Purple Heart
Tour Date	1968-01-09	Comment		Cemetery

David George ANDERSON

Birth	1949-06-13	Rank	PFC	Date of Death	1968-03-06
P. of birth		Service	US Marine Corp	Place	Quang Tri South Vietnam
Town of Record	Billings, Montana	Unit	3D MAR DIV	Death Code	Hostile, Died-Air Loss, Crash - Land-Fixed Wing - Noncrew
Hometown	Billings	service #	2335198	Panel	43E - Row 024
Married	Single	MIA -	BR	Medals	Purple Heart
Tour Date		Comment		Cemetery

Charles Goodhue BOYER

Birth	1949-02-28	Rank	PFC	Date of Death	1968-03-06
P. of birth		Service	US Marine Corp	Place	Quang Tri South Vietnam
Town of Record		Unit	3rd Mar Div, 1st Bn, 26th Marines	Death Code	Hostile, Died-Air Loss, Crash - Land-Fixed Wing - Noncrew
Hometown		service #	2335200	Panel	43E - Row 014
Married	Single	MIA -	BR	Medals	Purple Heart
Tour Date		Comment		Cemetery

Patrick Dale MORIARTY

Birth	1930-04-17	Rank	HMC	Date of Death	1968-03-09
P. of birth		Service	US Navy	Place	Quang Nam South Vietnam
Town of Record	Napa, CA	Unit	3rd MAF, 2nd CA Grp, Combined Action Program	Death Code	Hostile, Died-Other Explosive Device-Ground Casualty
Hometown		service #	9889713	Panel	43E - Line 68
Married	Married	Local	Billings	Medals	Purple Heart
Tour Date	1967-07-15	Comment		Cemetery

Ex-Resident War Victim The husband of a Billings woman was killed Saturday when a mine exploded near Da Nang, Vietnam. Navy Hospital Corpsman Chief Patrick D. Moriarty, whos wife, the former Mary Jane Gray, and four children live at 216 Lexington Drive, recently write to the Gazette about his friend Gregory Gifford, of Billings, killed in Vietnam, 20 days before Moriarty. Moriarty, Gifford's immediate superior in a field medical unity, said, "Billings can be rightly proud" of Gifford and told of his "unselfish contribution" in Vietnam.
(Billings Gazette, Billings MT, 14 Mar 1968)

Patrick Moriarty Military services and burial for Navy Hospital Corpsman Chief Patrick D. Moriarty, who was killed Saturday when a mine exploded near Da Nang, Vietnam, will be in Napa CA. His wife and four children moved to Billings from Virginia when Chief Moriarty left for Vietnam in June. They live at 216 Lexington Drive. Chief Moriarty was born 17 Apr 1934, to Pomono CA. He had been in the service 16 1/2 years. He was stationed in Billings from 1854-1956 as a hospital corpsman with the U.S. Marine Reserve instructor staff. He married Mary Jane Gray in Billings on 18 Nov 1955. Survivors include the widow, a son, Frank 5; three daughters, Bonnie, 11, Vonnie, 20, Kathleen, 5; two brothers, five sisters and his mother, Mrs. Clara Moriarty, Napa. (Billings Gazette, Billings MT, 14 Mar 1968)

Robert William CAWLEY

Birth	1947-06-29	Rank	SN	Date of Death	1968-03-14
P. of birth	Butte	Service	US Navy	Place	Quang Tri South Vietnam
Town of Record	Butte	Unit	T-112-7, RIVRON 11, RIVASLTDIV 112, TF 117, USNAVFORV	Death Code	Hostile, Died-Other Explosive Device-Ground Casualty
Hometown	Butte	service #	6965391	Panel	44E - Row 044
Married	Single	MIA -	BR	Medals	Purple Heart
Tour Date	1967-12-15	Comment		Cemetery

Butte funeral being arranged for sailor killed in Vietnam
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Cawley, 1022 Porphyry, Tuesday awaited word from the Navy as to arrival in this country of the body of their son, Seaman Robert William Cawley, 20. The Butte native was killed in action in Vietnam 14 Mar (1968). Word at his death was received by the Cawleys Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Cawley Tuesday attended funeral services for Mrs. Cawley's father, Ison J. "Ike" Smith, 91, who died here Saturday.
The body of the eighth Butte area man to die in Vietnam will be flown from Vietnam to San Francisco and then to Butte. The Navy will provide a military escort and military honors at funeral services here. The Richards Funeral Home will be in charge of the services. Vic Adm. B. J. Sommers Jr., chief of Navy personnel, Washington D. C., notified Mr. and Mrs. Cawley of their son's death. Butte Navy recruiting personnel extended their services in to the bereaved family.
Semen's wired the Cawleys their son was killed when the armored troop carrier he was serving on struck a mine in the Sung Thach Han river district in South Vietnam. The carrier was serving in a river security group action known as "Task Force Clearwater."
The young seaman was serving his second tour of duty in the Navy. He was a member of the Navy Reserve here and entered active service with the Navy as a reservist in August of 1965. After two years he re-enlisted in the regular Navy in September of 1967. He was home last in August of that year and told his parents he felt he "just had to go back.: Altogether, including the last six months of his second tour of duty, he had served nearly two years in Vietnamese waters.
Seaman Cawley was born here on 29 Jun 1947. He attended Butte grade schools and was graduated from Butte High School in June of 1965. He was a member of the National Thespians in high school and was awarded the highest honor that group can offer, a plaque for excellence in dramatic arts. He also took part in plays with the Butte's Froehlich Theater.
During his boyhood he was a mule carrier for the Montana Standard, Tuesday the Cawleys received many calls including many of the young seaman's former newspaper route customers The boy also had been active in First Presbyterian Church.
In addition to his parents, surviving relatives include a sister, Linda, 17; his grandmother, Mrs. I. J. Smith, Butte, and numerous uncles and aunts and cousins in Butte, Spokane and Libby.
(Montana Standard, Butte-Anaconda, 20 Mar 1968)

Edward Joseph HAGL

Birth	1931-08-13	Rank	BM1	Date of Death	1968-03-14
P. of birth		Service	US Navy	Place	Quang Tri South Vietnam
Town of Record	Mc Allister, Montana	Unit	T-112-7, RIVRON 11, RIVASLTDIV 112, TF 117, USNAVFORV	Death Code	Hostile, Died-Other Explosive Device-Ground Casualty
Hometown	Mc Allister	service #		Panel	44E - Row 047
Married	Married	MIA -	BR	Medals	Purple Heart
Tour Date	1967-12-15	Comment		Cemetery

James Allan OSTERLOTH

Birth	1946-12-04	Rank	PFC	Date of Death	1968-03-26
P. of birth		Service	US Army	Place	Kontum South Vietnam
Town of Record	Wibaux, Montana	Unit	4th Inf Div, D Co, 3rd Bn, 8th Infantry	Death Code	Hostile, Died-Gun, Small Arms Fire-Ground Casualty
Hometown	Wibaux	service #	67173289	Panel	46E - Row 039
Married	Single	MIA -	BR	Medals	Purple Heart
Tour Date	1967-09-02	Comment		Cemetery

Michael Leo DOANE

Birth	1948-05-10	Rank	CPL	Date of Death	1968-03-27
P. of birth		Service	US Marine Corp	Place	Quang Tri South Vietnam
Town of Record	Browning, Montana	Unit	1st Mar Div, F Co, 2nd Bn, 1st Marines	Death Code	Hostile, Died-Other Explosive Device-Ground Casualty
Hometown	Browning	service #	2231620	Panel	46E - Row 045
Married	Single	MIA -	BR	Medals	Purple Heart
Tour Date	1967-10-29	Comment		Cemetery

Jon Michael MURPHY

Birth	1946-10-30	Rank	SGT	Date of Death	1968-03-29
P. of birth		Service	US Army	Place	Thua Thien South Vietnam
Town of Record	Thompson Falls, Montana	Unit	1st Cav Div, B Co, 227th Assault Hel Bn	Death Code	Hostile, Died-Air Loss, Crash - Land-Helicopter - Crew
Hometown	Thompson Falls	service #	18807620	Panel	47E - Row 003
Married	Single	MIA -	BR	Medals	Purple Heart
Tour Date	1967-08-04	Comment		Cemetery

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