HENRY LEE CRAMER

Birth 15JAN35 Rank SGT Date of Death 03AUG66 P. of birth   Service Army Place Unknown S. Vietnam Town of Record Prineville Unit 1st Cav Div C Co 1st Bn 7th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died Wounds; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 19480068 Panel 09EAST - 102 Married Married In Service 12 yrs Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date 01MAY66 Comment   Cemetery

     JOE LAWRENCE HILL

Birth 03OCT46 Rank PFC Date of Death 04AUG66 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Unknown S. Vietnam Town of Record Coquille Unit 25th Inf Div C Co 1st Bn 5th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Other Explosive Devices Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 56409540 Panel 09EAST - 105 Married Single In Service   Medals Purple Heart  Tour Date 21JUN66 Comment   Cemetery

     WILLIAM EDWARD IRWIN

Birth 29DEC44 Rank CPL Date of Death 11AUG66 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Unknown S. Vietnam Town of Record Portland Unit USARV C Co 716th MP Bn Death Code Hostile, Died; Other Explosive Devices Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 56366499 Panel 09EAST - 127 Married Single In Service   Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date 13MAR66 Comment   Cemetery

     ALLEN GLAINE WELLS

Birth 29OCT44 Rank SP4 Date of Death 17AUG66 P. of birth Portland Service Army Place Unknown S. Vietnam Town of Record Tigard Unit Special Forces B-25 Death Code Hostile, Died; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 19782033 Panel 10EAST - 16 Married Single In Service 2 yrs Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date 22FEB66 Comment   Cemetery   Tigard High School, Tigard OR - Ti-U-Tigar 1963, Senior: Hi-Y, SOS, Band, Wrestling

Green Beret Member Dies in Viet Nam
      Allen G. Wells died 17 Aug (1966) in Viet Nam, where he was a member of "Green Beret" special forces. He was born 29 Oct 1944 in Portland, and came to Tigard in 1956. He attended Tigard high school and graduated in 1963.
      He enlisted in the army 16 Jan 1964 and was accepted by the special forces after training at Fort Ord CA and Fort Benning GA. After training at Fort Bragg, NC, he left for Viet Nam in Oct. '64. He served there for one year in Saigon and won the Army Commendation medal and the Vietnamese paratrooper's wings. He returned to the U.S. in Oct. '65 and in Feb. '66 volunteered to return to Viet Nam.
      He was assigned to the special forces, and for the past sic months was in combat in the central highlands as an advisor to the South Vietnamese.
      He was "killed in action while engaging hostile forces," He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. G. Wells of Tigard, and two brothers, William T. and Charles E., both in the U.S. Air Force.
      Funeral services are today at 1 p.m., at Young's Funeral Home. Vault entombment will be at Riverview Cemetery in Portland. (Tigard Times, Tigard OR, 25 Aug 1966)

     LYMAN ALLISTER MC MULLEN

Birth 23JAN36 Rank SP5 Date of Death 18AUG66 P. of birth   Service Army Place Unknown S. Vietnam Town of Record Newport Unit USARV HHC 168th Eng Bn Death Code Hostile, Died Wounds; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 56261687 Panel 10EAST - 17 Married Married In Service 10 yrs Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date 05NOV65 Comment   Cemetery

     HAROLD EUGENE MATSON

Birth 27NOV46 Rank PFC Date of Death 25AUG66 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Unknown S. Vietnam Town of Record Independence Unit 1st Inf Div C Co 1st Bn 2nd Inf Death Code Hostile, Died Missing; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 56409784 Panel 10EAST - 41 Married Single In Service   Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date 04JUL66 Comment   Cemetery Willamette National Cem., Portland OR