Birth 23DEC46 Rank LCPL Date of Death 04JUL67 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Tri S. Vietnam Town of Record 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 Town of Record 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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DANIEL FRENCHY DE BUTTS

Birth 27JUL25 Rank PSGT Date of Death 11JUL67 P. of birth   Service Army Place Military Reg 3 S. Vietnam Town of Record 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 Town of Record 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 Town of Record 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 Town of Record 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 Town of Record 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 Town of Record 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 Town of Record 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 Town of Record 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 BNR Comment   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 Town of Record 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 Town of Record 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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