Birth 04JUL44 Rank PFC Date of Death 01JUN68 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Kien Hoa, S. Vietnam Town of Record Oakland Unit 9th Inf Div, B Co, 3rd Bn, 60th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 56934223 Panel 62WEST - 22 Married Single In Service   Medals Purple Heart  Tour Date 14MAY68 Comment   Cemetery

Birth 12OCT48 Rank CPL Date of Death 01JUN68 P. of birth   Service Army Place Thua Thien, S. Vietnam Town of Record Salem Unit 101st Abn Div, A Co, 2nd Bn, 327th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 16982732 Panel 61WEST - 08 Married Single In Service   Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date 04MAY68 Comment   Cemetery

Birth 25AUG49 Rank PFC Date of Death 02JUN68 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nam S. Vietnam Town of Record Portland Unit   Death Code Hostile, Died; Misadventure Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 2394688 Panel 61WEST - 12 Married Single In Service   Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date 11MAR68 Comment   Cemetery Willamette National Cemetery, Portland OR

    TIMOTHY LAWRENCE STROHM

Birth 28AOR48 Rank PFC Date of Death 02JUN68 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Binh Dinh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Enterprise Unit 173rd Abn Bde, A Co, 1st Bn, 50th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 56628525 Panel 61WEST - 17 Married Married In Service   Medals Purple Heart  Tour Date 23APR68 Comment   Cemetery Enterprise Cem

Services for Tim Strohm to be Held Friday
    Recitation of Rosary for Timothy Lawrence Strohm will be held tomorrow (Friday) at the Bollman chapel in Enterprise at 7:30 p.m. and Requiem Mass will be offered by Father Timothy Collins at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Katherine's Catholic Church in Enterprise. Strohm passed away on Sunday, 2 Jun (1968) near Bon Son Vietnam.
    Full military colors and committal will be by the 713th Maintenance Co., of Fort Lewis WA. Vault entombment will take place at the Enterprise Catholic cemetery. Pall bearers will be members of the 713th Maintenance Co.
    Timothy Strohm was born in Enterprise on 28 Apr 1948, the son of Ralph and Helen Strohm. On 2 Sep 1967 he was married to Kitty Luftus at Enterprise.
    He is survived by his wife, Kitty, of Enterprise; parents Mr. and Mrs. Evan Windsor; one brother, Michael; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Strohm and Mrs. Esther Roberts, all of Enterpise. (Wallowa County Chieftain, Thursday, 13 Jun 1968)

    JAMES WILLIAM COX

Birth 03AUG46 Rank 1LT Date of Death 05JUN68 P. of birth   Service Army (Reserve) Place Quang Tin, S. Vietnam Town of Record Prineville Unit 196th LIB, B Co, 3rd Bn, 21st Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # O5340155 Panel 60WEST - 16 Married Single In Service 2 yrs Medals Purple Heart  Tour Date 06OCT67 Comment   Cemetery

    GEORGE LOUIS KING Jr

Birth 30JUL48 Rank PFC Date of Death 05JUN68 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Clatskanie Unit Co C, 1 Bn, 4 MAR, 3 MAR DIV Death Code Hostile, Died; Artillery, Rocket, Mortar; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 2352684 Panel 60WEST - 19 Married Single In Service 1 yr Medals Purple Heart  Tour Date 17OCT67 Comment   Cemetery Ft. Snelling National Cem., South Minneapolis MN

Birth 06MAY49 Rank PFC Date of Death 06JUN68 P. of birth Aberdeen SD   Service Marines Place Quang Tri S. Vietnam Town of Record Portland Unit D CO 1ST BN 4TH MARS Death Code Hostile, Died; Air Loss, Crash - Land Helicopter - NonCrew Hometown   service # 2353040 Panel 60WEST - 26 Married Single In Service   Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery

    STEVEN JAY MINER

Birth 11OCT47 Rank CPL Date of Death 06JUN68 P. of birth Portland Service Army (Draft) Place Kontum, S. Vietnam Town of Record Portland Unit 4th Inf Div, D Co, 1st Bn, 12th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Misadventure; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 56932829 Panel 59WEST - 08 Married Single In Service   Medals Purple Heart  Tour Date 05JAN68 Comment   Cemetery Willamette National Cemetery, Portland OR

    PETER MERRILL SHEPHERD

Birth 23NOV47 Rank PFC Date of Death 06JUN68 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Portland Unit E Co, 2nd Bn, 26th MAR, 3rd Div Death Code Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 2352611 Panel 59WEST - 14 Married Single In Service   Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date 08DEC67 Comment   Cemetery

    ROGER WILLIAM SHIPLEY

Birth 12JAN44 Rank SGT Date of Death 06JUN68 P. of birth   Service Army Place Binh Duong S. Vietnam Town of Record McMinnville Unit 11th ACR A Trp 1st Sqd 11th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Artillery, Rocket, Mortar; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 28800761 Panel 59WEST - 14 Married Married In Service   Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date 11SEP67 Comment   Cemetery

Birth 09MAY48 Rank HN Date of Death 07JUN68 P. of birth   Service Navy Place Quang Nam S. Vietnam Town of Record Roseburg Unit 1ST MARDIV 3RD BN 27TH MARINES Death Code Hostile, Died; Other Explosive Devices Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 803615 Panel 59WEST - 24 Married Single In Service 2 yrs Medals Purple Heart  Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery

    TERRY LEE ALLEN

Birth 29JUL47 Rank CPL Date of Death 09JUN68 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Tri S. Vietnam Town of Record North Bend Unit CO H 2 BN 4 MARS 3 MAR DIV Death Code Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 2325855 Panel 58WEST - 05 Married Single In Service 1 yr Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date 18JUN67 Comment   Cemetery

    LARRY HOWARD GIFFORD

Birth 07AUG47 Rank SGT Date of Death 09JUN68 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Kontum S. Vietnam Town of Record Portland Unit 4th Inf Div A Co 1st Bn 12th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 56931852 Panel 58WEST - 08 Married Single In Service 1 yr Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date 16AUG67 Comment   Cemetery Willamette National Cem., Portland OR

Birth 11MAY43 Rank PFC Date of Death 12JUN68 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Albany Unit MASS-2 MACG-18 1 MAW Death Code Non Hostile, Died Illness, Disease; Malaria Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 1955392 Panel 58WEST - 12 Married Married In Service 6 yrs Medals   Tour Date 24JAN68 Comment   Cemetery

Birth 06MAR47 Rank PFC Date of Death 12JUN68 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Quang Tri S. Vietnam Town of Record Eugene Unit 1st Cav Div C Co 2nd Bn 8th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Other Explosive Devices Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 56934250 Panel 57WEST - 05 Married Married In Service   Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date 14MAY68 Comment   Cemetery

Vietnam War Claims Life of Eugenean
    A 21-year-old soldier from Eugene was killed Wednesday in Vietnam, his family learned Thursday night.
    Pfc. John Wheeler, a 1965 graduate of North Eugene High School, had been in Vietnam a month when he was killed in a booby trap explosion. No further details were available immediately.
    He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wheeler, 1320 Dalton Dr. His wife, Jody, lives with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bell, 2445 Moore St.
    Wheeler was stationed in Que Quang Tri area with Company C of the Eighth Cavalry.
    After graduating from high school, he attended the University of Oregon and Lane Community College before entering the Army last December. He left for Vietnam 13 May (1968). Wheeler and his wife were married last 30 Jun (1967). He is the Emerald Empire's 36th Vietnam War fatality.
    Besides his wife and parents, he is surveyed by two sisters, both living at home.
    Funeral services will be arranged by Poole-Larsen of Eugene. (Eugene Register-Guard, Eugene OR, 14 Jun 1968)

Thank you Oregon Genealogical Society

    ROBERT LEE SPROUL

Birth 16DEC33 Rank GSGT Date of Death 13JUN68 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nam S. Vietnam Town of Record Ontario Unit H&S CO 3/5 1 MAR DIV Death Code Non Hostile, Died Other; Other Accident Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 1436549 Panel 57WEST - 14 Married Married In Service 14 yrs Medals   Tour Date 23DEC67 Comment   Cemetery Fort Rosecrans National Cem. San Deigo CA

Birth 30SEP47 Rank SGT Date of Death 13JUN68 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Quang Tri S. Vietnam Town of Record Culp Creek Unit 1st Cav Div C Co 2nd Bn 8th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 56932704 Panel 57WEST - 14 Married Married In Service   Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date 26MAY68 Comment   Cemetery

Thank you Oregon Genealogical Society

    WAYNE ARDELL FERGUSON

Birth 13MAR29 Rank MAJ Date of Death 16JUN68 P. of birth Pendleton Service Air Force (Reserve) Place Phu Yen S. Vietnam Town of Record Milton-Freewater Unit 21 TAS SQ Death Code Hostile, Died; Air Loss, Crash - Land Fixed Wing - Pilot Hometown   service # 3005872 Panel 56WEST - 02 Married Married Link Hit My Smoke Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date 12FEB68 Comment   Cemetery

Oregon Man Dies In War Milton-Freewater Major Wayne Ferguson, 39, flying an Army Artillery spotter plane, was shot down and killed in Vietnam, his parents reported Monday. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Ferguson of Milton-Freewater. He was a native of Pendleton and lived in Milton-Freewater before entering the service 18 years ago. He was the 330th death of an Oregon man in the Vietnam conflict and the 130th this year. In addition to his parents he is survived by his wife and three children in Clovis NM and a son by a previous marriage in Heppner OR. (The Oregonian, Portland OR, 18 Jun 1968)

    STEPHEN WILLIAM KURTTI

Birth 11JUN45 Rank HM3 Date of Death 17JUN68 P. of birth Astoria Service Navy Place Quang Nam S. Vietnam Town of Record Salem Unit 1ST MARDIV 1ST BN 27TH MARINES Death Code Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # B803471 Panel 56WEST - 13 Married Married In Service 2 yrs Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date 26MAY68 Comment   Cemetery Belcrest Cemetery, Salem

Ronald Lee ALESHIRE

Birth 23FEB43 Rank PFC Date of Death 18JUN68 P. of birth Aberdeen WA Service Army (Draft) Place Thua Thien S. Vietnam Town of Record San Jose CA Unit 1st Cav Div (AMBL) Death Code Hostile, Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown Portland OR service # 56959900   Panel 56WEST - 16   married married Comment   Medals   Tour Date 25MAR68 Local   Cemetery Olympia WA

    GERALD GLEN DEDMORE Jr

Birth 05AUG48 Rank LCPL Date of Death 18JUN68 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nam S. Vietnam Town of Record Portland Unit   Death Code Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 2352742 Panel 56WEST - 19 Married Single In Service 1 yr Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date 20DEC67 Comment   Cemetery

    JAMES RUSSELL SALISBURY

Birth 10FEB49 Rank PFC Date of Death 18JUN68 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nam S. Vietnam Town of Record Lebanon Unit I CO 3BN 5MAR 1MAR DIV Death Code Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 2352638 Panel 56WEST - 27 Married Single In Service   Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date 18DEC67 Comment   Cemetery

    TOMMY JOE BREHM

Birth 29MAY47 Rank SP4 Date of Death 20JUN68 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Thua Thien S. Vietnam Town of Record UKIAH Unit 101st Abn Div C Co 2nd Bn 501st Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 56928881 Panel 55WEST - 04 Married Single In Service   Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date 14DEC67 Comment   Cemetery

Birth 04JUN42 Rank CAPT Date of Death 22JUN68 P. of birth   Service Army Place Quang Nam S. Vietnam Town of Record Fresno CA Unit 9th MAB, E Co, 2nd bn, 4th Marines Death Code Hostile, Died; Helicopter - Non crew; Air Loss, Crash on Land Hometown Milwaukie service # 2152236 Panel 55WEST - 18 Married Single In Service 4 yrs Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date 28DEC67 Comment Longview WA resident Cemetery

    ROBERT LLOYD COULTER

Birth 14JUN46 Rank SP4 Date of Death 26JUN68 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Binh Thuy S. Vietnam Town of Record Toledo Unit 101st Abn Div D Co 187th Inf Death Code Non Hostile, Died Other; Drowned, Suffocated Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 56928195 Panel 54WEST - 02 Married Married In Service   Medals   Tour Date 01DEC67 Comment   Cemetery

Birth 13JUL47 Rank CPL Date of Death 26JUN68 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Ngai S. Vietnam Town of Record Sutherlin Unit 1ST CAG III MAF Death Code Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 2138930 Panel 54WEST - 04 Married Single In Service 3 yrs Medals Purple Heart  Tour Date 09AUG67 Comment   Cemetery

    JON WALTER LAYTON III

Birth 14OCT47 Rank 1LT Date of Death 27JUN68 P. of birth   Service Army (Reserve) Place Kien Phong S. Vietnam Town of Record McMinnville Unit Special Forces A-402 Death Code Hostile, Died; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Ground Casualty Hometown   service # O5337754 Panel 54WEST - 06 Married Single In Service   Medals Purple Heart  Tour Date 04FEB68 Comment   Cemetery

Birth 04FEB49 Rank PFC Date of Death 29JUN68 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nam S. Vietnam Town of Record Portland Unit ACO 1STRECNBN 1STMAR DIV Death Code Hostile, Died; Other Explosive Devices Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 2353093 Panel 54WEST - 15 Married Single In Service   Medals Purple Heart  Tour Date 01FEB68 Comment   Cemetery