FACES FROM THE WALL

OREGON and the VIETNAM WAR

October 1966


    

     LARRY DALE KNIGHT

Birth 24AUG39 Rank MAJ Date of Event 07OCT66
P. of birth   Service Air Force (Reserve) Place Off Shore Military Reg 1 S.Vietnam
Town of
Record
Albany Unit 12TH TACTICAL RECON SQUADRON
Tan Son Nhut Airbase, South Vietnam
Death Code Hostile, Died Missing; Air Loss, Crash - Sea Fixed Wing - Pilot
Hometown   service # 540402480 Panel 11EAST - 57
Married MarriedDeclared Dead 22OCT74 Medals Purple Heart  
MIA BNR Comment  Cemetery  

On 7 October 1966, Capt. James A Treece, pilot, and then 1st Lt. Larry D. Knight, co-pilot, comprised the crew of an RF4C (tail #65-0885) which departed Tan Son Nhut Airbase on a single aircraft night photo reconnaissance mission. Their target is described as being "3 specified strips" in the vicinity of the major South Vietnamese port city of Hue, Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam.
Their assigned flight path took the RF4C from Tan Son Nhut Airbase to Ban Me Thuot, to Plieku, to the target area, and return to Tan Son Nhut. The weather conditions during this mission ranged from rain showers to scattered thunderstorms.

  • Photo & Bio Source: http://www.taskforceomegainc.org/k033.htm

         DENNIS DAY HARRIS

    Birth 15OCT44 Rank SGT Date of Death 13OCT66
    P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Tri S. Vietnam
    Town of
    Record
    Mulino Unit CO F 2 BN 5TH MAR 1ST MAR DIV Death Code Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty
    Hometown   service # 2049279 Panel 11EAST - 71
    Married Single In Service   Medals Purple Heart 
    Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery Willamette National Cem., Portland OR

         DAREL LEE SILLS

    Birth 01SEP41 Rank SP4 Date of Death 13OCT66
    P. of birth   Service Army Place S. Vietnam
    Town of
    Record
    Salem Unit USARV 246th Psy Opns Co 571st Military Intelligence Grp Death Code Hostile, Died; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Ground Casualty
    Hometown   service # 19817666 Panel 11EAST - 72
    Married Single In Service   Medals Purple Heart  
    Tour Date 27JUN66 Comment   Cemetery  

         DON EDWARD DARNALL

    Birth 09MAY46 Rank LCPL Date of Death 22OCT66
    P. of birth PortlandService Marines (Draft) Place Quang Tri S. Vietnam
    Town of
    Record
    Bend Unit G CO 2/5TH MAR 1ST MAR DIV Death Code Hostile, Died Wounds; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Ground Casualty
    Hometown   service # 2231193 Panel 11EAST - 97
    Married Married In Service   Medals Purple Heart 
    Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery Bend

    First casualty BEND MARINE KILLED IN VIET NAM ACTION
        A Bend Marine, Lance Cpl. Don Edward Darnall, 20, was killed in action in Viet Nam on Saturday (22 Oct 1966). Details of his death have not been released by the Marine Corps. It was the first reported death of a Bend serviceman since the beginning of the war.
        Cpl Darnall's wife and family were informed of the death on Saturday by two Marines sent here from Eugene.
        Cpl. Darnall had been in Viet Nam for five months.
        His wife is the former Phyllis Ann Sigmund. They were married on 18 Sep 1965.
        His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Harold F. Darnall, 1304 Kingstone Ave. He is also survived by two brothers, Jerry Howard Darnall, Portland, and Montey Darnall, Bend. Maternal grandmother is Mrs. B. A. Nelson of Portland and paternal grandmother is Mrs. Mae Darnall of Yreka CA.
        His wife's parents are Mr. and Mrs. Everett Sigmund of Bend.
        Cpl. Darnall was born in Portland on 9 May 1946. He came to Bend with his family in 1956. Following graduation from Bend High School, he attended Central Oregon College, where he was in the top ten of his graduation class.
        He had been in the Marine Corps since January, 1965.
        Funeral services will be held in Bend. Details are still pending and will be announced later by Niswonger and Reynolds Funeral Home.
        His father is the local representative for Austin Brothers, a wholesale firm. (The Bulletin, Bend OR, 24 Oct 1966)

         TIMOTHY JAMES MEEKER

    Birth 21DEC46 Rank CPL Date of Death 29OCT66
    P. of birth Klamath FallsService Marines Place Quang Nam S. Vietnam
    Town of
    Record
    Redmond Unit 3rd Marine Div B Co 1st Bn 9th Mars Death Code Hostile, Died Wounds; Other Explosive Devices Ground Casualty
    Hometown   service # 2139035 Panel 11EAST - 127
    Married Single Event Date 1SEP66Medals Purple Heart  Navy Commendation Medal
    Tour Date   Comment   CemeteryRedmond Memorial Cemetery  

    Born in Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon the son of Robert Waldo Meeker and Barbara (Shopshire) Meeker; brother of Janice, Ann, Rae, Earl and Ralph Meeker. Tim went to school at Redmond Union High School and was voted outstanding football lineman and was captain of the wrestling team. Tim enlisted in the Marine Corps in June, 1965 and was sent to Vietnam in November 1965. He was gravely injured in South Vietnam on Sept. 1, 1966 and died from injuries 58 days later at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Oakland, California. He was a 19-year-old corporal and was awarded the Purple Heart and Navy Commendation Medal

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