FACES FROM THE WALL

OREGON and the VIETNAM WAR

JULY 1967

THOMAS JAKE JONES
Birth 23DEC46 Rank LCPL Date of Death 04JUL67
P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Tri S. Vietnam
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Portland Unit K CO 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MAR DIV Death Code Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty
Hometown   service # 2325925 Panel 23EAST - 04
Married Single In Service   Medals Purple Heart  
Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery  

ARTHUR ALBERT ERWIN
Birth 24JUL47 Rank SP4 Date of Death 10JUL67
P. of birth   Service Army Place Kontum S. Vietnam
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Eugene Unit 173rd Abn Bde A Co 4th Bn 503rd Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty
Hometown   service # 18957944 Panel 23EAST - 41
Married Married Link Virtual Wall Medals Purple Heart 
Tour Date 01APR67 Comment   Cemetery  

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17th Emerald Empire Man to Die in War
EUGENE PARATROOPER KILLED IN VIETNAM

    a 19-year-old Eugene youth Pfc. Arthur A. Erwin, was killed in combat Monday in Vietnam, it was learned here Friday.
    Erwin, a 1966 graduate of South Eugene High School, died from bullet wounds while serving as an Army paratrooper with the 503rd Infantry Division, 173rd Airborne Brigade, according to Army Spokesmen here.
    the exact location in Vietnam where he died was not revealed.
    Erwin is the 17th Emerald Empire serviceman and the 129th from Oregon to die in the Vietnam war. He was the 48th Oregonian to die in the war this year.
    Erwin, who enlisted in the Army at Eugene, 16 Sep 1966, had been in Vietnam just three months. He had taken training at Ft. Lewis WA and at Ft. Benning GA.
    He is survived by his wife of four months, the former Carolyn Horn, of 1610 Jefferson St., Eugene, and by his mother, Ruth Erwin of 1193 Van Buren St., Eugene.
    Erwin and his wife were married 17 Mar (1967), while he was on furlough before going to Vietnam.
    He also is survived by his father, Arthur A. Erwin, and a stepsister, Landa Lou Letterman, both of California; his grandmother, Henrietta Lundy, and an aunt, Rachel Thomas, both of Council Bluffs IA and a former stepfather, Eugene Dittman of Lancaster, north of Junction City.
    Erwin was born in Eugene 24 Jul 1947. He attended school in Eugene after moving here with his mother from Lowell. At South Eugene High School, he was a member of the varsity wrestling team for three years. He was also active in Future Farmers of America.
    Military funeral services at Eugene are pending at Poole-Larsen Funeral Home.
    (Eugene Register Guard, Eugene OR, 14 Jul 1967)

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DANIEL FRENCHY DE BUTTS
Birth 27JUL25 Rank PSGT Date of Death 11JUL67
P. of birth   Service Army Place Military Reg 3 S. Vietnam
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Lebanon Unit 1st Inf Div Trp A 1st Sqdr 4th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Ground Casualty
Hometown   service # 39341823 Panel 23EAST - 50
Married Married In Service   Medals Purple Heart  
Tour Date 11MAY67 Comment   Cemetery  

CHARLES LARRY MOORE
Birth 07APR40 Rank CPT Date of Death 12JUL67
P. of birth   Service Air Force Place Long An S. Vietnam
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Huntington Unit 531ST TFG SQ Death Code Hostile, Died Missing; Air Loss, Crash - Land Fixed Wing - Pilot
Hometown   service # 63995 Panel 23EAST - 61
Married Married In Service   Medals Purple Heart 
Tour Date 10JUN67 Comment   Cemetery  

LARRY RAY FOSTER
Birth 21DEC44 Rank PFC Date of Death 14JUL67
P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Binh Long S. Vietnam
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Salem Unit 1st Inf Div C Co 1st Bn 16th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died Missing; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Ground Casualty
Hometown   service # 56928946 Panel 23EAST - 70
Married Married In Service   Medals Purple Heart  
Tour Date 20APR67 Comment   Cemetery  

GEORGE ALFRED HOLLADAY
Birth 08MAR43 Rank SGT Date of Death 15JUL67
P. of birth   Service Army Place Tay Ninh S. Vietnam
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Coos Bay Unit 4th Inf Div A Co 3rd Bn 22nd Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Ground Casualty
Hometown   service # 19679373 Panel 23EAST - 76
Married Married In Service   Medals Purple Heart  
Tour Date 13FEB67 Comment   Cemetery  

KENNETH GRANT STOKER
Birth 15AUG47 Rank PVT Date of Death 19JUL67
P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nam S. Vietnam
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Alameda CA Unit I CO 3RD BN 7TH MARS Death Code Hostile Guns, Small Arms Fire Ground Casualty
Hometown   service # 2248260 Panel 23EAST - 92
Married Single In Service   Medals Purple Heart  
Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery Willamette National Cem., Portland OR

RICHARD DOIL STINNETT
Birth 26OCT46 Rank SGT Date of Death 23JUL67
P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Pleiku S. Vietnam
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Roseburg Unit 4th Inf Div C Co 3rd Bn 8th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Ground Casualty
Hometown   service # 56409264 Panel 23EAST - 114
Married Single In Service   Medals Purple Heart
Tour Date 15SEP66 Comment   Cemetery  

DEAN RICHARD NELSEN
Birth 24NOV46 Rank FN Date of Death 25JUL67
P. of birth   Service Navy Place Phong Dinh S. Vietnam
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Portland Unit 7TH FLEET TF-116 RIVDIV 51 PBR-58 Death Code Hostile, Died; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Ground Casualty
Hometown   service # 7808699 Panel 23EAST - 120
Married Single In Service 1 yr Medals Purple Heart  
Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery Willamette National Cem., Portland OR

BRUCE MERLE PATTERSON
Birth 06MAR45 Rank ENS Date of Death 27JUL67
P. of birth   Service Navy (Reserve) Place Off Shore S. Vietnam
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Portland Unit 7TH FLEET VAH-4 TF 77 USS ORISKANY Death Code Non Hostile, Died Missing; Air Loss, Crash - Sea Fixed Wing - Crew
Hometown   service # 708088 Panel 24EAST - 09
Married Married Link Portlands MIA's Medals  
MIA BNRComment   Cemetery  

Extracted information from the POWNetwork) ENS Bruce Patterson was crewmember on a U.S. Navy KA3H whose duties were to refuel fighter aircraft in mid-air. On 27 Jul 67 the aircraft was about 200 miles due east from the Demilitarized Zone when it encountered difficulties requiring the three man crew to parachute from the aircraft. All 3 members of the crew safely parachuted from the aircraft but only the pilot was rescued. Patterson and Crewman Charles D. Hardie's bodies were never found. They are assumed drowned and classified Killed, Body not Recovered. More information about this incident is available at PowNetWork.Org

DENNIS EARL BROWN
Birth 22JUL46 Rank PFC Date of Death 29JUL67
P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Tri S. Vietnam
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The Dalles Unit E CO 2 BN 9 MAR 3 MAR DIV Death Code Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty
Hometown   service # 2203989 Panel 24EAST - 16
Married Single In Service 1 yr Medals Purple Heart 
Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery  

STEPHEN LOUIS HOCK
Birth 11APR46 Rank DS2 Date of Death 29JUL67
P. of birth   Service Navy Place NY N. Vietnam
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Grants Pass Unit USS FORRESTAL CVA-59 Death Code Non Hostile, Died Other; Other Causes Sea Casualty
Hometown   service # 9149543 Panel 24EAST - 27
Married Married In Service   Medals  
Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery  

The Forrestal Fire On 29 Jul 1967, while off the shores of Vietnam, the USS Forrestal (CVA-59) had one of the worst fires in U.S. Naval history. As an attack squadron was being ready for a mission, a ZUNI rocket was fired accidentally. The rocket screamed across the flight deck, struck another aircraft and ignited a fuel fire. The initial fire could have been contained, but 90 seconds after the fire started a dropped into the fire and detonated, killing or seriously wounding most of the the first responding fire fighters. The detonation ruptured the flight deck, and burning fuel spilled into the lower levels of the ship. Bombs, warheads, and rocket motors exploded with varying degrees of intensity in the fire. The flight deck fire was contained in about an hours time but but the burning fuel had found pockets to collect in inside and burned furiously for another 12 hours. All the accounts remark on the bravery and the unity of the Forrestal Crew, the ages of the young men fighting the fire (18 and 19), and many extroidinary acts ie. lifting 500lb bombs to throw over the side, entering burning rooms to defuse a bomb and later to pull it out, and rushing into the flames to rescue pilots and shipmates. The nearly 5500 crew lost 134 men killed, 156 seriously injured and 21 planes. Much of the flight deck had burned away. The ship limped back to port... and was eventually rebuilt after 2 years in dry dock.
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