Birth 13MAR48 Rank LCPL Date of Death 01MAR68 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Thua Thien S. Vietnam Town of Record Bend Unit L CO 3 BN 5 MAR 1 MAR DIV Death Code Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 2352875 Panel 42EAST - 18 Married Single In Service   Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date 10NOV67 Comment   Cemetery

    JOHN MERTON BOYCE

Birth 15OCT47 Rank LCPL Date of Death 02MAR68 P. of birth Portland,   Service Marines Place Quang Tri S. Vietnam Town of Record Central Point Unit CO K 3/1ST MAR 9TH MAB 3D MAR Death Code Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 2275133 Panel 42EAST - 27 Married Married In Service   Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date 18DEC67 Comment   Cemetery Hillcrest Memorial Park

Funeral Tuesday for Cpl. Boyce Funeral services for Marine Lance Cpl John Merton Boyce, 20, who died 2 Mar (1968) in Vietnam, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in Hillcrest Memorial Chapel on the North Phoenix Road. The Rev. Richard Ralls of the Country Church on Table Rock Road will officiate. Committal will be in Hillcrest Memorial Park, with Conger-Morris Funeral Directors in charge of arrangements. Military honors will be provided by the staff of the Inspector Instructor of B Company, 10th Engineer Battalion, 4th Marine Corps Division, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, Eugene. Cpl. Boyce was born 16 Oct 1947, in Portland, and had lived in Southern Oregon most of his life, graduating from Crater High School in 1966. He was married 12 Jan (1968) to Roseanna Sprinkle, who survivors........ Other survivors include a sister, Marian Atkinson, Newberg OR; his foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Cranston, Central Point; three foster brothers, Marine Lance Cpl. James Cranston, Okinawa, Donald Cranston, Central Point, and Larry Cranston, Porterville CA; and a foster sister, Mrs. Bill Weddle, Medford. (Medford Mail Tribune, Medford OR, 18 Mar 1968)

Valley Marine, Cpl. John Boyce, Killed In Vietnam
    Marine Lance Cpl. John M. Boyce, 20, husband of Roseanna Boyce, 4923 Biddle Road, Central Point, was killed 2 Mar (1968) in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam.
    Cpl. Boyce was killed by small arms fire while serving with the 3rd Marines at Da Nang. He enlisted in the Marine Corps 1 Aug 1966 and left for Vietnam 26 Jan 1968.
    He married Roseanna Sprinkle 12 Jan (1968). A graduate of Crater High School in 1966, the Marine is the son of the late George Boyce. Central Point. He was born 16 Oct 1947 in Portland.
    Prior to entering the Marine Corps he made his home with his foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Cranston, 654 Beall Lane, Central Point.
    Survivors in addition to his widow and foster parents include three foster brothers, Marine Lance Cpl. James Cranston, Okinawa, Donald Cranston, Central Point, and Larry Cranston, Porterville CA and one foster sister, Mrs. Bill Weddle, Medford.
    Funeral arrangements will be announced by (unreadable ) Funeral Directors. (Medford Mail Tribune, Medford OR, Monday, 11 May 1968)

    KENNETH MARTIN KREBS

Birth 21FEB49 Rank LCPL Date of Death 02MAR68 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Thua Thien S. Vietnam Town of Record Eugene Unit   Death Code Non Hostile, Died Other; Other Accident Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 2274796 Panel 43EAST - 35 Married Single In Service   Medals   Tour Date 28OCT67 Comment   Cemetery Lane Memorial Gardens

Area Marine Killed in Vietnam Action A Goshen Marine, Lance Corporal Kenneth M. Krebs, 19, was killed in Vietnam as the result of fragmentation wounds to the body when an artillery round accidentally exploded in a tube while he was on a firing mission on 2 Mar (1968), his parents learned Thursday.
    Mr. and Mrs. Everett G. Krebs were notified of their son's death in a telegram signed by Gen. Leonard F. Chapman Jr., commandant of the Marine Corps. It was delivered to Krebs at his place of employment, the Goshen Division of Mazama Timber Products Inc., by a representative of the Armed Forces.
    In the last letter Mr. and Mrs. Krebs received from their son, on 29 Feb (1968), he said he was at Hue, where fighting was heavy. The fatal incident occurred in the province of Thua Thien, the wire noted.
    The Marine was one of 542 Americans killed in Vietnam in one week, according to a United States spokesman, who added that another 2,191 U.S. Servicemen suffered wounds in action.
    Cpl. Krebs attended Springfield High school before enlisting in May of 1966. He took basic training at Camp Pendleton and had been in Vietnam since last September. He was born 21 Feb 1949 in Eugene and was a member of the Springfield Church of the Nazarene. He also was a former member of Boy Scout Troop 117 sponsored by the Goshen School PTA.
    Besides his parents, he is survived by five brothers and sisters, George Krebs of Lorane, Mrs. Ray (Evelyn) Slaven of Eugene and Ralph Wayne and Linda Krebs, all at home; his grandparents, Mrs. William Wright of Springfield and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Krebs of Ashland.
    Funeral services will be held at Buell Chapel and Interment will be the Lane Memorial Gardens with the date and time to be announced.
    (Springfield News, Springfield OR, 11 Mar 1968)

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Researcher's notes: 1st Battalion, 11th Marines mission 2 Mar 1968 was direct support of the 1st Marines in the conduct of Operation HUE CITY and the defense of the Phu Bai Combat Base. On 1 Mar 68 Battery A fired on VC sanpans in a small canal. Six sanpans were destroyed, five damaged, and 1 structure was destroyed. On 2 Mar 68, Battery W's Gun #3 (155mm How Td) was demolished by the premature burst of an HE round in the tube. Two men were killed LCpl Kenneth M. Krebs and Pfc Wilbur L. Gray Jr. and five men were wounded three of whome were medevaced. (Declassified Military records for 1/11th Marines)
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    DANA HYLAND ROESNER

Birth 31JAN48 Rank PFC Date of Death 02MAR68 P. of birth Portland Service Army (Draft) Place Kontum S. Vietnam Town of Record Portland Unit 4th Inf Div B Co 1st Bn 12th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 56931885 Panel 42EAST - 40 Married Single In Service 1 yr Medals Purple Heart  Tour Date 21AUG67 Comment   Cemetery Willamette National Cemetery, Portland OR

    RONALD ALLEN SLANE

Birth 27APR47 Rank SP5 Date of Death 02MAR68 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Gia Dinh S. Vietnam Town of Record Lincoln City Unit 25th Inf Div C Co 4th Bn 9th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 56928121 Panel 42EAST - 41 Married Single Link Medic Corpsman Medals Purple Heart  Tour Date 18SEP67 Comment   Cemetery Willamette National Cem., Portland OR

Birth 17APR37 Rank CPT Date of Death 03MAR68 P. of birth   Service Army (Reserve) Place Thua Thien S. Vietnam Town of Record Portland Unit 101st Abn Div HHC 1st Bn 502nd Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # O5322508 Panel 42EAST - 49 Married Married In Service 4 yrs Medals Bronze Star  Purple Heart Tour Date 14DEC67 Comment   Cemetery Arlington National Cemetery

Rites Slated For Captain. A memorial service for Capt. Frank Dimmitt, who died 3 Mar (1968) in Vietnam, will be held Wednesday at 7;30 p.m. in the Kern Park Christian Church. Capt. Dimmitt was buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery 14 Mar (1968). An intelligence officer and mortar company commander in the 101st Airborne Division the 30-year old career soldier was killed near Khe Sanh when the helicopter in which he was riding was shot down by small arms fire. Capt. Dimmit was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dimmit, 3319 SE 52nd Ave., and the husband of Mrs. Barbara Dimmit. Beaver Falls, Pa. A former student at both Oregon State University and Pacific University, Capt. Dimmit was serving his second tour in Vietnam. In 1965, he served as a psychological warfare officer with a Special Forces unit. A memorial fund in his name has been established at the Kern Park Christian Church. Contributions will be used to purchase a new church organ. (The Oregonian, Portland OR, 31 Mar 1968)

    EARL H HILLS

Birth 12JUN47 Rank SP4 Date of Death 06MAR68 P. of birth   Service Army Place Tay Ninh S. Vietnam Town of Record Troutdale Unit 25th Inf Div A Co 2nd Bn 22nd Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 18959728 Panel 43EAST - 21 Married Single In Service 1 yr Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date 28AUG67 Comment   Cemetery Willamette National Cemetery, Portland OR.

    DANNY LEE SMOTHERS

Birth 26AUG47 Rank SP4 Date of Death 08MAR68 P. of birth   Service Army Place Quang Tri S. Vietnam Town of Record Carson City NV Unit   Death Code Hostile, died of wounds Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 18909571  Panel 43EAST - 61 Married Single In Service 1 yr Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date 14DEC68 Comment   Cemetery Willamette National Cem., Portland OR

Birth 11JAN47 Rank PFC Date of Death 08MAR68 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Tri S. Vietnam Town of Record Bandon Unit 3RD MARDIV 1ST AMTRACS Death Code Hostile, Died; Other Explosive Devices Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 2326061 Panel 43EAST - 64 Married Married In Service 1 yr Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date 20NOV67 Comment   Cemetery

    JOHN RENFIELD TWOREK

Birth 20JAN46 Rank PFC Date of Death 09MAR68 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Bien Hoa S. Vietnam Town of Record Klamath Falls Unit 9th Inf Div HHC 9th Med Bn Death Code Non Hostile, Died Other; Vehicle Loss - Crash Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 56932795 Panel 44EAST - 01 Married Single Link Medic Corpsman Medals   Tour Date 27DEC67 Comment   Cemetery

    ROBERT WILLIAM EAGLESON

Birth 09SEP47 Rank CPL Date of Death 10MAR68 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Gia Dinh S. Vietnam Town of Record Eddyville Unit 25th Inf Div D Co 4th Bn 9th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 56932316 Panel 44EAST - 06 Married Married In Service   Medals Purple Heart  Tour Date 11NOV67 Comment   Cemetery

Birth 09NOV45 Rank SP5 Date of Death 10MAR68 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Tay Ninh S. Vietnam Town of Record Waldport Unit unknown HHC 558th Eng Bn Death Code Non Hostile, Died Other; Accidental Homicide Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 56410359 Panel 44EAST - 07 Married Single In Service 1 yr Medals   Tour Date 11APR67 Comment   Cemetery

Birth 28NOV45 Rank PFC Date of Death 10MAR68 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Gia Dinh S. Vietnam Town of Record Portland Unit 25th Inf Div D Co 4th Bn 9th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 56932505 Panel 44EAST - 09 Married Single In Service   Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date 11DEC67 Comment   Cemetery Willamette National Cem., Portland OR

    SCOTT CAMERON ROGERS

Birth 22MAY47 Rank PFC Date of Death 10MAR68 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Thua Thien S. Vietnam Town of Record Portland Unit 1st Cav Div C Co 2nd Bn 7th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died Wounds; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 56932535 Panel 44EAST - 11 Married Married In Service   Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date 17JAN68 Comment   Cemetery Willamette National Cem., Portland OR

Birth 09OCT44 Rank LCPL Date of Death 13MAR68 P. of birth Salina KS Service Marines Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Albany Unit   Death Code Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 2274719 Panel 44EAST - 34 Married Single In Service   Medals Purple Heart  Tour Date 02JAN68 Comment   Cemetery

    JAMES CARL WHISNAN

Birth 22JUL48 Rank PFC Date of Death 14MAR68 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nam S. Vietnam Town of Record Medford Unit I CO 3RD BN 27TH MAR Death Code Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 2274603 Panel 44EAST - 55 Married Single In Service   Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date 19FEB68 Comment   Cemetery

Marine Whisnan Killed in Vietnam While on Patrol
    Marine Pfc James Carl Whisnan, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Whisnan, 1545 Dakota Ave, Medford, was killed 14 Mar (1968) while on patrol near Quang Nam Vietnam. According to information received here the Marine died from gunshot wounds.
    Pfc Whisnan, a 1966 graduate of Medford High School was with the 27th Regimental Landing Team of the 5th Marine Division which was visited by President Lyndon B. Johnson 17 Feb (1968) as they left the El Toro Marine Air Station CA en route to Vietnam.
    At the time of his death, Pfc. Whisnan was serving with Company, 3rd Battalion, RLT 2nd Platoon, 1st Marine Division Reinforced.
    The Marine was born 22 Jul 1948 in Santa Maria CA and had made his home in Medford since 1952. Prior to enlisting in the Marine Corps 24 Apr 1967 he was employed by Shakey's Pizza Parlor in Medford.
    Survivors include, in addition to his parents, three sisters Mrs. Jackaline Dyer, Mrs. Connie Sue Gould and Vicki Lynn, all Medford. (Medford Mail Tribune, Medford OR, 18 Mar 1968)

    RONALD STANLEY MOORE

Birth 24JAN50 Rank PFC Date of Death 16MAR68 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nam S. Vietnam Town of Record Salem Unit   Death Code Hostile, Died; Other Explosive Devices Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 2352566 Panel 45EAST - 04 Married Single In Service   Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date 17FEB68 Comment   Cemetery

Birth 22DEC39 Rank CPT Date of Death 24MAR68 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Tin S. Vietnam Town of Record Portland Unit VMA 311 MAG 12 Death Code Non Hostile, Died Other; Air Loss, Crash - Land Fixed Wing - Pilot Hometown   service # 82117 Panel 46EAST - 10 Married Married In Service   Medals   Tour Date 09JAN68 Comment   Cemetery

Birth 21JUN48 Rank LCPL Date of Death 24MAR68 P. of birth North Bend Service Marines Place Quang Nam S. Vietnam Town of Record Coos Bay Unit CAP D-1 III MAF Death Code Hostile, Died Wounds; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 2274810 Panel 46EAST - 12 Married Single In Service   Medals Purple Heart  Tour Date 23MAR67 Comment   Cemetery

    RONALD WAYNE BURKHART

Birth 03MAR49 Rank SGT Date of Death 26MAR68 P. of birth   Service Army Place Bien Hoa S. Vietnam Town of Record Albany Unit 199th LIB A Co 3rd Bn 7th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Burns Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 19881753 Panel 46EAST - 29 Married Single In Service   Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date 01JUN67 Comment   Cemetery

Birth 01OCT48 Rank SP4 Date of Death 26MAR68 P. of birth Denver CO.   Service Army Place Thua Thien S. Vietnam Town of Record Portland Unit 101st Abn Div B Co 1st Bn 327th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 19881521 Panel 46EAST 35 Married Single In Service 2 yrs Medals (2)Bronze Star Medal with V, Purple Heart   Tour Date 25SEP67 Comment   Cemetery Willamette National Cem., Portland OR

Medals Set For Family
Oregon Soldier Dies In Vietnam.
    Charles L. Hatcher, 19, specialist fourth class in the Army, was killed in Vietnam 26 Mar (1968).
    On Monday, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh S. Hatcher, and his nine younger brothers and sisters will receive his medals in a ceremony at Ft.Lewis WA
    The medals awarded after his death are the Bronze Star Medal with first Oak Leaf cluster for heroism, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal and combat infantryman badge.
    Before his death, Hatcher received the National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign ribbon, parachutist's badge with rifle bar. Born in Denver, 1 Oct 1948, Hatcher lived with his family at 24 SE 194th Ave. He attended Centenniel High School before enlisting in the Army in February, 1966. After training at Ft. Campbell KY, he arrived in Vietnam on his 19th birthday, 1 Oct 1967. He was reported missing after action in a village outside Khe Sanh, and his death was confirmed five days later. He was buried 24 Apr (1968) at Willamette National Cemetery. (The Oregonian, Portland OR, 6 Sep 1968)

Portlander Gets Medal. Pfc. Charles L. Hatcher, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh S. Hatcher, 24 SE 194th Ave., has posthumously received the Bronze Star Medal with V for valor in combat in Vietnam. Pfc. Hatcher rushed through incoming mortar fire to render first aid to two badly wounded men, the citation states. After a corpsman was killed, Hatcher, ignoring his own wounds, resumed treatment of the wounded and moved them to a relatively safe area. Hatcher, who was killed 26 Mar 1968, was also posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and a second Bronze Star Medal. (The Oregonian, Portland OR, 14 Sep 1968)

    JAMES LINSDAY BADLEY

Birth 16APR42 Rank 1LT Date of Death 27MAR68 P. of birth   Service Air Force Place NZ N. Vietnam Town of Record Hermiston Unit 480TACTICAL FIGHTER SQUADRON Death Code Hostile, Died Missing; Air Loss, Crash - Land Fixed Wing - Pilot Hometown   service # 3175554 Panel 46EAST- 43 Married Single Link Angels Unknown and Virtual Wall Medals Purple Heart   MIA BNR Comment   Cemetery Willamette National Cem., Portland OR

Birth 27MAY48 Rank LCPL Date of Death 27MAR68 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Tri S. Vietnam Town of Record Portland Unit E CO 2ND BN 1ST MARS Death Code Hostile, Died; Other Explosive Devices Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 2275010 Panel 46EAST - 45 Married Single In Service   Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date 29MAR67 Comment   Cemetery

Birth 27JAN50 Rank PFC Date of Death 28MAR68 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Tri S. Vietnam Town of Record Springfield Unit I CO 3RD BN 4TH MARS Death Code Hostile, Died Wounds; Artillery, Rocket, Mortar; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 2352678 Panel 46EAST - 58 Married Single In Service   Medals Purple Heart  Tour Date 01FEB68 Comment   Cemetery

Birth 02MAY46 Rank SP5 Date of Death 29MAR68 P. of birth   Service Army Place Thua Thien S. Vietnam Town of Record Milwaukie Unit 1st Cav Div B Co 227th Assault Hel Bn Death Code Hostile, Died; Air Loss, Crash - Land Helicopter - Crew Hometown   service # 19846177 Panel 47EAST - 01 Married Single In Service 2 yrs Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date 24JAN68 Comment   Cemetery Willamette National Cemetery Portland OR

Birth 07AUG48 Rank SGT Date of Death 31MAR68 P. of birth   Service Army Place Thua Thien S. Vietnam Town of Record Pendleton Unit 101st Abn Div HHC 2nd Bn 502nd Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 19846660 Panel 47EAST - 19 Married Married In Service 2 yrs Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date 23OCT67 Comment   Cemetery Olney Cemetery