FACES FROM THE WALL
OREGON and the VIETNAM WAR
October - December 1965
JOHN
DAVID MUSGROVE
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| Birth |
24MAR28 |
Rank |
CPT |
Date of Death |
04OCT65 |
| P. of birth |
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Service |
Air Force (Reserve) |
Place |
Binh Dinh S. Vietnam |
Town of
Record |
Eugene |
Unit |
557THTFG SQ |
Death Code |
Hostile, Died Missing; Air Loss, Crash - Land
Fixed Wing - Pilot |
| Hometown |
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service # |
3003535 |
Panel |
02EAST - 106 |
| Married |
Married |
In service |
14 yrs |
Medals |
Purple Heart |
| Tour Date |
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Comment |
FAC |
Cemetery |
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GARY
EUGENE ELFORD
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| Birth |
14OCT47 |
Rank |
PFC |
Date of Death |
30OCT65 |
| P. of birth |
Corvallis, Oregon |
Service |
Marines |
Place |
Quang Nam S. Vietnam |
Town of
Record |
Newport |
Unit |
A CO 1ST BN 1ST MARS |
Death Code |
Hostile, Died; Other Explosive Devices Ground
Casualty |
| Hometown |
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service # |
2138867 |
Panel |
03EAST - 05 |
| Married |
Single |
Link |
Virtual Wall |
Medals |
Purple Heart |
| Tour Date |
1965 |
Comment |
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Cemetery |
Sunset Memorial Cemetery, Eureka, California |
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Gary served with Alpha Company, 1st Marine Battalion, 1st Marine
Regiment, 3rd Marine Division (REIN).
Based on Hill 22 south west of
the Danang Airbase, Quangnam Province, RVN. He was first wounded while
on patrol on 2 October 1965.
He was later killed in action while on
another ambush near Hill 22 when his platoon was overrun by VC during
the early hours of 30 October 1965.
Thank you Virtual
Wall for the use of the picture.
ALAN
LYNN BARNETT
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| Birth |
15NOV47 |
Rank |
PFC |
Date of Death |
04NOV65 |
| P. of birth |
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Service |
Army |
Place |
S. Vietnam |
Town of
Record |
Astoria |
Unit |
1st Cav Div A Co 2nd Bn 8th Cav |
Death Code |
Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground
Casualty |
| Hometown |
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service # |
19817915 |
Panel |
03EAST - 16 |
| Married |
Single |
In service |
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Medals |
Purple Heart |
| Tour Date |
20AUG65 |
Comment |
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Cemetery |
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WRIGHT
BARTWYN HAMILL
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| Birth |
26AUG46 |
Rank |
PFC |
Date of Death |
04NOV65 |
| P. of birth |
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Service |
Army |
Place |
S. Vietnam |
Town of
Record |
Albany |
Unit |
1st Cav Div D Co 2nd Bn 8th Cav |
Death Code |
Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground
Casualty |
| Hometown |
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service # |
19817544 |
Panel |
03EAST - 17 |
| Married |
Single |
In service |
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Medals |
Purple Heart |
| Tour Date |
19AUG65 |
Comment |
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Cemetery |
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PAUL
TRUMAN MC CLELLAN Jr
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| Birth |
07JUL31 |
Rank |
CPT |
Date of Death |
14NOV65 |
| P. of birth |
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Service |
Air Force |
Place |
Pleiku S. Vietnam |
Town of
Record |
West Stayton |
Unit |
1ST ACS, 6251ST TFW, 13TH AF |
Death Code |
Hostile, Died; Air Loss, Crash - Land Fixed Wing
- Pilot |
| Hometown |
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service # |
74246 |
Panel |
03EAST - 50 |
| Married |
Married |
MIA - |
BNR |
Medals |
Purple Heart |
| In service |
12 yrs |
Comment |
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Cemetery |
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Extracted information from the POWNetwork) In November of
1965 troops were sent in on a search and destroy mission along the
Cambodia/South Vietnam border. On 14 Nov 65 4 companies of the 1st Bn
were sent to LZ X-RAY in that region. Unknown to the Americans, two
North Vietnamese Regiments had been diverted to that area. The American
troops were taking a lot of damage. Air Support was called in. About 3
p.m. on one of many low-level firing passes, the A1E flown by Capt.
Paul McClellan was shot down. His aircraft crashed about 1 mile
northeast of the landing zone, killing McClellan. When enemy soldiers
tried to reach the wreckage, U.S. gunships destroyed it with rocket
fire. More information about this incident is available at PowNetWork.Org
ROLLIE LEE BOLDEN
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| Birth |
25JUN42 |
Rank |
SP4 |
Date of Death |
17NOV65 |
| P. of birth |
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Service |
Army (Draft) |
Place |
S. Vietnam |
Town of
Record |
Albany |
Unit |
1st Cav Div A Co 2nd Bn 7th Cav |
Death Code |
Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground
Casualty |
| Hometown |
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service # |
56365310 |
Panel |
03EAST - 70 |
| Married |
Single |
In service |
1 yr |
Medals |
Purple Heart |
| Tour Date |
16AUG65 |
Comment |
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Cemetery |
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ROBERT
S SHRIVER Jr
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| Birth |
09OCT45 |
Rank |
SP4 |
Date of Death |
17NOV65 |
| P. of birth |
Salt Lake City UT |
Service |
Army |
Place |
S. Vietnam |
Town of
Record |
Eugene |
Unit |
1st Cav Div A Co 2nd Bn 7th Cav |
Death Code |
Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground
Casualty |
| Hometown |
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service # |
19758530 |
Panel |
03EAST - 93 |
| Married |
Single |
In service |
2 yrs |
Medals |
Purple Heart |
| Tour Date |
16AUG65 |
Comment |
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Cemetery |
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In Viet Nam
EUGENEAN, 20, VICTIM OF WAR
Pfc. Robert S. Shriver Jr., 20, a graduate of North
Eugene High School, has been killed in Viet Nam military action.
Word of their son's death came Sunday to Mr. and Mrs.
Robert S. Shriver, 2975 Tomahawk Lane, in a telegram from the Secretary
of the Army.
The telegram said he was hit 17 Nov (1965) by hostile
small arms fire while on a search and destroy mission with the First
Cavalry (Airborne) Division.
He had been in the Army for 2 1/2 years.
A military representative will call on the Shrivers to
discuss funeral arrangements.
Born 9 Oct 1945 in Salt Lake City UT, Shriver came to
Eugene with his parents about 9 years ago. He attended Cal Young Junior
High School and graduated from North Eugene High School in June 1963.
While a junior in high school, he was a member of North Eugene's state
champion golf team and was named to the All-State golf team.
Besides his parents, survivors include a sister, Pamela,
21, attending Brigham Young University and another sister Jill, 16.
An incident which Shriver said happened while his squad
was on guard duty was related recently by his father in letters to the
editor of the Eugene Register Guard and the Oregon Daily Emerald, UO
student newspaper.
In the letter. Shriver described how a young Viet Cong
mother approached the squad, dropped poison in the well the soldiers
were guarding, and left here baby wrapped with an explosive charge
which killed a corporal.
Shriver is the 12th Oregon serviceman killed in Viet Nam
since 1 Jan 1961, and believed to be the first whose hometown was
Eugene.
U.S. Navy Boatswain's Mate First Class Leon C. Stein,
who served a three-year tour of duty at the Eugene Naval and
Marine Corps Training Center, Air Force Capt. John Musgrove,
1952 graduate of the University of Oregon and formerly of Sutherlin,
are the other victims of the fighting in Viet Nam with Eugene ties.
(Eugene Register-Guard, Eugene OR, Monday, 22 Nov 1965)
CARL BENJAMIN AUSTIN
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| Birth |
13SEP23 |
Rank |
CDR |
Date of Death |
02DEC65 |
| P. of birth |
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Service |
Navy |
Place |
NZ N. Vietnam |
Town of
Record |
Woodburn |
Unit |
FITRON 114 ONBD USS KITTY HAWK (CVA-63) |
Death Code |
Hostile, Died Missing; Air Loss, Crash - Land
Fixed Wing - Pilot |
| Hometown |
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service # |
493934 |
Panel |
03EAST - 119 |
| Married |
Married |
MIA - |
BNR |
Medals |
Purple Heart |
| In service |
20 yrs |
Comment |
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Cemetery |
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Extracted information from the POWNetwork) The PowNetWork
has little information, currently, about this incident. View
information about this incident at PowNetWork.Org
ROBERT KNAPP COLLINS
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| Birth |
24MAY44 |
Rank |
CPL |
Date of Death |
08DEC65 |
| P. of birth |
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Service |
Marines |
Place |
Quang Nam S. Vietnam |
Town of
Record |
Eugene |
Unit |
3RD MARDIV C BTY 1ST BN 12TH MARINES |
Death Code |
Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground
Casualty |
| Hometown |
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service # |
2049439 |
Panel |
04EAST - 01 |
| Married |
Single |
In service |
2 yrs |
Medals |
Purple Heart |
| Tour Date |
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Comment |
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Cemetery |
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Viet Fighting Claims 2nd Eugene Man
Robert Knapp Collins, 21-year-old Marine corporal, is the
second Eugene resident to be killed in action in Viet Nam
Collins' parents were notified Saturday evening that he
was killed last Wednesday.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Collins of 1631
E. 26th Ave. The elder Collins is secretary and budget director of the
State Board of High Education.
Young Collins was a forward spotter with a field
artillery unit. The notification his parents received - through the
Eugene Marine Corps Reserve unit and by telegram - gave no indication
of the circumstances of his death, other that it occurred in "action
against hostile forces."
Collins became the 14th Oregon man killed in Viet Nam
war.
He was killed near the town of Que Son, between Da Nang
and Chu Lai. Marine forces have been engaged in heavy fighting with the
Viet Cong in that area which is the northern part of South Viet Nam in
the past week.
Collins was a 1963 graduate of South Eugene High School.
He entered the Marines soon after graduation and would have completed
his three-year enlistment next June. He had been in Viet Nam since May.
In addition to his parents, Collins is survived by a
sister, Kathy, 18, a University of Oregon freshman.
A memorial service has been set of 10:39 a.m. on 21 Dec
(1965) at First Congregational Church. Collins' body is to be sent home
some time later.
His parents said that those who wish may make donations
in Collins' memory to the First Congrational Church Memorial Fund.
(Eugene Register-Guard, Eugene OR, Monday, 13 Dec
1965)
Thank you Oregon Genealogical Society
DONALD WALTER LOVETT
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| Birth |
11MAR45 |
Rank |
SP4 |
Date of Death |
08DEC65 |
| P. of birth |
|
Service |
Army |
Place |
S. Vietnam |
Town of
Record |
Portland |
Unit |
MACV Adv Team 1 |
Death Code |
Hostile, Died Missing; Multiple Fragmentation
Wounds Ground Casualty |
| Hometown |
|
service # |
19731181 |
Panel |
04EAST - 02 |
| Married |
Single |
In service |
3 yrs |
Medals |
Purple Heart |
| Tour Date |
04NOV65 |
Comment |
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Cemetery |
Willamette National Cem., Portland OR |
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ARDEN
KEITH HASSENGER
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| Birth |
15SEP36 |
Rank |
CMS |
Date of Event |
24DEC65 |
| P. of birth |
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Service |
Air Force |
Place |
LZ Laos |
Town of
Record |
Lebanon |
Unit |
4TH ACS, 6250TH CSG, 13TH AF
DaNang Airbase, South Vietnam |
Death Code |
Hostile, Died Missing; Air Loss, Crash - Land
Fixed Wing - Crew |
| Hometown |
|
service # |
544381218 |
Panel |
04EAST - 37 |
| Married |
Married |
Declared Dead |
01DEC77 |
Medals |
Purple Heart |
| MIA |
BNR |
Comment |
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Cemetery |
Lebanon IOOF Cem., Lebanon OR |
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MIA information from pownetwork.org Arden Keith
Hassenger was a crew member aboard a "spooky" aircraft so named because
of the tactics the aircraft used in attacking ground forces. Using a
method developed in Latin America to deliver supplies to missionaries.
"Puff" and "Spooky" would identify the area they wish to attack using a
flare and then take very tight turns (circles) that allowed the gunner
to sight into a specific spot and bump as much as 18,000 rounds a
minute into that spot. This attack was very successful in South Vietnam
but the anti-aircraft defenses in Laos proved themselves superior. On
24 Dec 1965 Hassenger's Spooky, on an armed reconnaissance flight just
south of the city of Ban Bac in Saravane Province Laos, was shot down.
Aircraft in the area heard mayday signals but were unable to establish
contact the crew. No American held in Laos was ever returned. More
information available at Pownetwork.org
On 24 December 1965, President Lyndon Johnson announced a
weeklong bombing halt over North Vietnam in honor of the Christmas
holiday. At 0728 hours the same day, an AC47D gunship, call sign
"Spooky 21," departed DaNang Airfield, South Vietnam on an armed
reconnaissance/strike mission over the panhandle of Laos. They were to
monitor enemy activity moving through this region known to contain
several arteries of the infamous Ho Chi Minh Trail. The crew was
comprised of Lt. Col. Derrell B. Jeffords, pilot; Capt. Dennis L.
Eilers, co-pilot; Maj. Joseph Christiano, navigator; TSgt. W. Kevin
Colwell, flight engineer; MSgt. Larry C. Thornton and then SSgt.
Arden "A. K." Hassenger both aerial gunners. The planned flight
path was from DaNang to the target and back to DaNang. Further, the
gunship was due to return to base at roughly 1330 hours
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