FACES FROM THE WALL

OREGON and the VIETNAM WAR

SEPTEMBER 1967

JAY DEAN JOHNSON
Birth 16SEP46 Rank CPL Date of Death 02SEP67
P. of birth  Portland Service Marines Place Quang Nam S. Vietnam
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Medford Unit   HQ BTRY 4 BN 11 MAR 1 MAR DIV Death Code Hostile, Died; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Ground Casualty
Hometown   service # 2231447 Panel 25EAST - 85
Married Single In Service 1 yr Medals Purple Heart  
Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery  

Killed in Action Marine Cpl. Jay D. Johnson, 20, Medford, was killed in combat 2 Sep (1967) at Quang Nam in Vietnam. He was born 16 Sep 1946 in Portland and worked at Olson Lawyer Timber Company before enlisting February 1966. His parents are Lt. Col. Gustave E. Johnson, U.S. Army (Ret.) and Mrs. Johnson, 1533 Stratford Way, Medford (Medford Mail Tribune, Medford OR, 27 Feb 1968)

PATRICK GENE KELLEY
Birth 23SEP46 Rank PFC Date of Death 04SEP67
P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nam S. Vietnam
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Gold Beach Unit   3 155GUNBTRY 11MARARTY 1MAR DV Death Code Hostile, Died; Other Explosive Devices Ground Casualty
Hometown   service # 2231411 Panel 25EAST - 103
Married Single In Service 1 yr Medals Purple Heart  
Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery  

HAROLD STANLEY BERN
Birth 14FEB48 Rank LCPL Date of Death 06SEP67
P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Tin S. Vietnam
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Powers Unit  Death Code Hostile, Died; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Ground Casualty
Hometown   service # 2325579 Panel 26EAST - 06
Married Single In Service 1 yr Medals Purple Heart  
Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery  

LYDES JAY 'Bud' GARNER Jr
Birth 28AUG46 Rank SGT Date of Death 06SEP67
P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Long Khanh S. Vietnam
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Mapleton Unit 9th Inf Div A Co 4th Bn 39th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Other Explosive Devices Ground Casualty
Hometown   service # 56409596 Panel 26EAST - 09
Married Single In Service 1 yr Medals Purple Heart  
Tour Date 21FEB67 Comment   Cemetery  

Vietnam Victim Army Sgt. Lydes J. Garner, 21, of Mapleton, has become the 21st serviceman from the Emerald Empire to die in the Vietnam war. Garner, the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Garner Sr. of Mapleton, was fatally wounded Wednesday by a Viet Cong booby trap. Funeral services are pending at the Riverside Chapel in Florence. (Eugene Register-Guard, Eugene OR, 10 Sep 1967)
Thank you Oregon Genealogical Society

WALTER MACK PHILLIPS
Birth 28MAR45 Rank SP4 Date of Death 06SEP67
P. of birth   Service Army Place Binh Dinh S. Vietnam
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Record
Salem Unit 1st Cav Div D Trp 1st Sqdr 9th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Artillery, Rocket, Mortar; Ground Casualty
Hometown   service # 19792624 Panel 26EAST - 15
Married Single In Service 3 yrs Medals Purple Heart  
Tour Date 05NOV66 Comment   Cemetery  

JAMES HENRY STUART
Birth 25JUN47 Rank PFC Date of Death 07SEP67
P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Tri S. Vietnam
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TURNER Unit K CO 3RD BN 26TH MARS Death Code Hostile, Died; Artillery, Rocket, Mortar; Ground Casualty
Hometown   service # 2274993 Panel 26EAST - 31
Married Single In Service   Medals Purple Heart  
Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery  

TERRY LEE SUMERLIN
Birth 17APR48 Rank LCPL Date of Death 07SEP67
P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Tri S. Vietnam
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Bandon Unit M CO 3RD BN 4TH MARS Death Code Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty
Hometown   service # 2325636 Panel 26EAST - 32
Married Single In Service   Medals Purple Heart  
Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery  

JOHNIE BOYD MACHAU
Birth 20AUG46 Rank LCPL Date of Death 10SEP67
P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Tri S. Vietnam
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Redmond Unit   Death Code Hostile, Died; Artillery, Rocket, Mortar; Ground Casualty
Hometown   service # 2217796 Panel 26EAST - 48
Married Single In Service 1 yr Medals Purple Heart 
Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery  

GREG LOW GESSEL
Birth 23MAY46 Rank SP4 Date of Death 14SEP67
P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Binh Dinh S. Vietnam
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Hermiston Unit 1st Cav Div D Co 1st Bn 7th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Ground Casualty
Hometown   service # 56410733 Panel 26EAST - 71
Married Single In Service 1 yr Medals Purple Heart  
Tour Date 06DEC66 Comment   Cemetery  

ERNEST NICK KROLL
Birth 06NOV42 Rank PFC Date of Death 16SEP67
P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Unknown S. Vietnam
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Portland Unit 1st Cav Div C Co 1st Bn 8th Cav Death Code Non Hostile, Died Illness, Disease; Malaria Ground Casualty
Hometown   service # 56931786 Panel 26EAST - 79
Married Married In Service   Medals  
Tour Date 15JUL67 Comment   Cemetery Willamette National Cem., Portland OR

AMOS ROY OSBORNE
Birth 12SEP47 Rank CPL Date of Death 18SEP67
P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Tri S. Vietnam
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Record
Winston Unit   Death Code Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty
Hometown   service # 2274992 Panel 26EAST - 89
Married Single Link Osborne Medals Purple Heart  
Tour Date   Comment    Virtual Wall Cemetery  

RICHARD ALLEN JANIGIAN
Birth 02OCT46 Rank CPL Date of Death 21SEP67
P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Tri S. Vietnam
Town of
Record
Beaverton Unit   Death Code Hostile, Died; Artillery, Rocket, Mortar; Ground Casualty
Hometown   service # 2217675 Panel 26EAST - 103
Married Single In Service 1 yr Medals Purple Heart  
Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery  

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