Birth 29MAR43 Rank ETN2 Date of Death 01NOV68 P. of birth   Service Navy Place Go Cong, S. Vietnam Town of Record COEUR D ALENE Unit USS WESTCHESTER COUNTY (LST-1167) Death Code Hostile, Died; Other Explosive Device; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 3913513 Panel 40WEST - 72 Married Single In Service 4 yrs Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date 21SEP68 Comment   Cemetery

    JAMES EMMETT MARTIN

Birth 20SEP48 Rank PFC Date of Death 01NOV68 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Tay Ninh S. Vietnam Town of Record Portland Unit 1st Inf Div B Co 1st Bn 26th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 56934136 Panel 39WEST - 01 Married Single In Service   Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery

Birth 08APR38 Rank RM1 Date of Death 01NOV68 P. of birth   Service Navy Place Go Cong S. Vietnam Town of Record Grants Pass Unit USS WESTCHESTER COUNTY LST1167 Death Code Hostile, Died; Other Explosive Devices Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 4716346 Panel 39WEST - 03 Married Single In Service 10 yrs Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery Willamette National Cem., Portland OR

Birth 09OCT46 Rank 2LT Date of Death 04NOV68 P. of birth   Service Marines (Reserve) Place Quang Nam S. Vietnam Town of Record Tillamook Unit CO H 2/1ST MAR 1ST MAR DIV Death Code Hostile, Died; Other Explosive Devices Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 0105864 Panel 39WEST - 15 Married Single In Service 2 yrs Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery Willamette National Cem., Portland OR

Birth 14NOV49 Rank SP4 Date of Death 08NOV68 P. of birth   Service Army Place Bien Hoa S. Vietnam Town of Record Beaverton Unit 20th Engineer Bde 41st Eng Co 92nd Eng Bn 159th Eng Grp Death Code Non Hostile, Died Other; Vehicle Loss - Crash Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 18961440 Panel 39WEST - 38 Married Single In Service 1 yr Medals   Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery

Birth 24JUN44 Rank CPL Date of Death 12NOV68 P. of birth   Service Army Place Quang Nam S. Vietnam Town of Record Bend Unit Special Forces CCN 5th SFG Death Code Non Hostile, Died Missing; Drowned, Suffocated Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 19758018 Panel 39WEST - 57 Married Single In Service 4 yrs Medals   Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery

Birth 09APR48 Rank SP4 Date of Death 19NOV68 P. of birth   Service Army Place Gia Dinh S. Vietnam Town of Record Ontario Unit 1st Avn Bde 173rd Aviation Co Death Code Non Hostile, Died Other; Air Loss, Crash - Land Helicopter - Crew Hometown   service # 18802934 Panel 38WEST - 13 Married Single In Service   Medals   Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery

Ted L. Sharp, a 20-year-old Ontario soldier, was killed in Vietnam 19 Nov (1968) in a helicopter crash. Sharp was the son of Mrs. Arlene Sheehy and Clyle T. Sharp, both of Ontario. Specialist Four Sharp was a member of the 173rd Assault Helicopter Co., U.S. Army. He had been in the service since January. Services are pending at the Bertleson-Lienkaemper Memorial Chapel in Ontario.

    GRADY RAY NELSON

Birth 03JUN46 Rank SP4 Date of Death 23NOV68 P. of birth Memphis TX Service Army Place Hua Nghia S. Vietnam Town of Record Coos Bay Unit 25th Inf Div C Co 1st Bn 5th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Other Explosive Devices Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 19782116 Panel 38WEST - 45 Married Single In Service   Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery

VIETNAM WAR CLAIMS LIFE OF CB SOLDIER
      Army Specialist Fourth Class Grady R. Nelson, 22, husband of Julie A. Nelson of Coos Bay, was killed in action in Vietnam 23 Nov (1968) the Defense Department has announced. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Nelson, Olive Barber Road.
      Nelson was sent to Vietnam 10 Sep this year and he was serving with Company C, First Battalion, 25th Infantry Division near Saigon, according to his family. His body will be sent home in a week or 10 days, his wife was informed and funeral services will be held in Coos Bay.
      Born in Memphis TX, young Nelson was attending Marshfield High School at the time he enlisted in the Army 29 Jan 1964.
      In addition to his wife and parents, he is survived by a son, Lonnie Ray, born in Coos Bay 23 days ago. He also is survived by a brother, Carl, in the U.S. Navy in Florida, and two sisters, Mrs. Don Smith and Mrs. Archie Wilson, Coos Bay.
      Nelson's death and that of Corporal Daniel E. Spencer Jr., of Bend, announced late Tuesday by the Defense Department raised to 385 the number of Oregon servicemen to die in the war since 1 Jan 1961. The Associated Press count shows that 186 have died this year. (The World, Coos Bay, Wednesday, 27 Nov 1968)

    DAVID MORRIS BARRETT

Birth 01MAR49 Rank PFC Date of Death 25NOV68 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Tay Ninh S. Vietnam Town of Record Sheridan Unit 1st Cav Div B Co 1st Bn 7th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Artillery, Rocket, Mortar; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 56936130 Panel 38WEST - 56 Married Single In Service   Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery

Birth 02NOV32 Rank LTC Date of Death 27NOV68 P. of birth   Service Army Place Thua Thien S. Vietnam Town of Record Portland Unit 101st Abn Div HHB 4th Bn 77th Arty Death Code Hostile, Died; Air Loss, Crash - Land Helicopter - Pilot Hometown   service # O91750 Panel 38WEST - 70 Married Married In Service   Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery

Birth 23JUL45 Rank 1LT Date of Death 27NOV68 P. of birth   Service Army (Reserve) Place Tay Ninh S. Vietnam Town of Record Clackamas Unit 1st Avn Bde 187th Aviation Co Death Code Hostile, Died; Air Loss, Crash - Land Helicopter - Crew Hometown   service # O5241062 Panel 38WEST - 78 Married Single Link Crusader Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery

Birth 15JUN48 Rank CPL Date of Death 27NOV68 P. of birth   Service Army Place Tay Ninh S. Vietnam Town of Record Prineville Unit 25th Inf Div A Co 2nd Bn 22nd Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Vehicle Loss - Crash Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 67188351 Panel 38WEST - 81 Married Single Link Manchu Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery

Birth 24MAR33 Rank MAJ Date of Death 28NOV68 P. of birth   Service Air Force Place Quang Nam S. Vietnam Town of Record Portland Unit 390 TFG SQ Death Code Non Hostile, Died Other; Air Loss, Crash - Land Fixed Wing - Crew Hometown   service # 54177 Panel 38WEST - 82 Married Married In Service 12 yrs Medals   Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery Willamette National Cem., Portland OR

Birth 05MAY48 Rank SP4 Date of Death 29NOV68 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Thua Thien S. Vietnam Town of Record Medford Unit 101st Abn Div D Co 1st Bn 502nd Inf Death Code KIA; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 56934722 Panel 37WEST - 07 Married Married In Service   Medals Purple Heart  Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery Memory Gardens in Medford