Birth 18APR47 Rank EN2 Date of Death 03MAY69 P. of birth   Service Navy Place Khanh Hoa S. Vietnam Town of Record Aumsville Unit   Death Code Non Hostile, Died Other; Drowned, Suffocated Ground Casualty Hometown   service # B930639 Panel 26WEST - 108   Married Single   In Service   Medals   Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery

     JOHN OTTO BOWMAN

Birth 31AUG48 Rank SGT Date of Death 06MAY69 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Binh Long S. Vietnam Town of Record Salem Unit 1st Cav Div C Co 5th Bn 7th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 67188201 Panel 25WEST - 09   Married Single   In Service   Medals Purple Heart  Tour Date 25OCT68  Comment   Cemetery

     PATRICK EDWARD MURPHY

Birth 27JAN49 Rank PFC Date of Death 10MAY69 P. of birth   Service Marines (Draft) Place Quang Nam S. Vietnam Town of Record Eugene Unit K CO 3RD BN 7TH MAR Death Code Hostile, Died Wounds; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 2492141 Panel 25WEST - 41   Married Single   In Service   Medals Purple Heart  Tour Date 02JAN69  Comment   Cemetery

Rites Pending Funeral services for Pfc. Patrick E. Murphy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Winfred A. Murphy, 722 Maxwell Rd., Eugene, are pending at the Tracewell Funeral Home in Sweet Home. The 20-year-old Marine, who is formerly of Sweet Home, was killed in action Saturday near Da Nang, Vietnam. He is a 1967 graduate of North Eugene High School. (Eugene Register-Guard, Eugene OR, 15 May 1969)

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     EDWIN ALFAY DOWNS

Birth 17APR50 Rank LCPL Date of Death 12MAY69 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nam S. Vietnam Town of Record Charleston Unit ACO 1STBN 5THMAR 1STMAR DIV Death Code Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 2444309 Panel 25WEST - 41   Married Single   In Service   Medals Purple Heart  Tour Date 14OCT69  Comment   Cemetery

     ROBERT LLOYD KLEINSMITH

Birth 09SEP48 Rank PFC Date of Death 12MAY69 P. of birth Eugene,   Service Marines Place Quang Nam S. Vietnam Town of Record Eugene Unit L CO 3 BN 5 MAR 1 MAR DIV Death Code Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 2444135 Panel 25WEST - 73   Married Single   In Service   Medals Purple Heart  Tour Date 07DEC68  Comment   Cemetery

Two More Area Servicemen Reported Killed in Vietnam
    Two more Eugene-Springfield area servicemen have lost their lives in Vietnam
    Killed in action were Marine Corps Pfc. Robert Lloyd Kleinsmith, son of Donald Kleinsmith of 2785 Taylor St., Eugene, and Army Pfc. Fred J. Secrist, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde E. Secrist, 216 S. 52nd Pl., Springfield.
    Their deaths brought the Emerald Empire fatality total in Vietnam to 56.
    Kleinsmith, 20, died of wounds from shrapnel and small arms fire Monday while serving in Quang Nang Province with Third Battalion, Fifth Marines, of the First Marine Division. Born in Eugene, Kleinsmith was a 1966 graduate of Sheldon High School.
    He entered the Marine Corps in June, 1968, and left for Vietnam 4 Dec (1968).
    Besides his father, Kleinsmith is survived by his mother, Stella Smith of Des Plaines IL, two sisters, Jacqueline and Jeannine, both of Eugene; his stepmother, Giselle Kleinsmith; two stepbrothers, Ricky Denham of Eugene and Dennis Denham of the U.S. Navy; a step sister, Kathleen Whitehead of Seattle and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Kleinsmith of Eugene and Mr. and Mrs. Lee Bodda of Winston OR.
    Funeral services for Kleinsmith are pending at Poole-Larsen Funeral Home in Eugene

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     RICHARD THOMAS MILLER

Birth 02OCT49 Rank LCPL Date of Death 12MAY69 P. of birth   Service Marines (Draft) Place Quang Nam S. Vietnam Town of Record Hermiston Unit L CO 3RD BN 5TH MAR Death Code Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 2444270 Panel 25WEST - 77   Married Single   In Service   Medals Purple Heart  Tour Date 05OCT68   Comment   Cemetery

     MICHAEL STEVEN O BRIEN

Birth 11DEC48 Rank SP4 Date of Death 12MAY69 P. of birth   Service Army Place Quang Ngai S. Vietnam Town of Record Portland Unit 18th Engineer Bde C Co 39th Eng Bn 45th Eng Grp Death Code Hostile, Died; Other Explosive Devices Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 18994327 Panel 25WEST - 80   Married Single   In Service   Medals Purple Heart  Tour Date 27MAR69   Comment   Cemetery

     REESE MICHAEL PATRICK

Birth 18MAY43 Rank CPT Date of Death 14MAY69 P. of birth Eugene   Service Army (Reserve) Place Binh Long S. Vietnam Town of Record Riddle Unit 1st Inf Div Co I 75th Inf Ranger Death Code Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 0530062 Panel 24WEST - 10   Married Single  In Service   Medals Purple Heart  Tour Date 13JUL68  Comment   Cemetery

    Army Capt. Reese Michael Patrick, 25, son of Mr. and Mrs. Reese D. Patrick of Riddle, died 14 May (1969), also from a gunshot wound.
   
    Captain Patrick was born in Eugene and lived here until his parents moved from the city in 1950.
    He attended Southern Oregon College in Ashland for two years and Oregon State College for one year, having taken business courses at both colleges. He returned to Eugene and worked for a firm here for six months just prior to entering the Army in April 1966.
    Surviving are his parents; a sister, Mrs. Steven Keele of Eugene, and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George Patrick of Willamina.
    (Eugene Register-Guard, Eugene OR, 21 Apr 1969)

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     AUTHRAN WAYNE WINFREY

Birth 18OCT48 Rank LCPL Date of Death 15MAY69 P. of birth Eugene   Service Marines Place Quang Nam S. Vietnam Town of Record Fall Creek Unit   Death Code Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 2444268 Panel 24WEST - 24  Married Single   In Service   Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date 06OCT68  Comment   Cemetery

Marine, Soldier Die
VIET FIGHTING CLAIMS TWO MORE LIVES
    A Marine from Fall Creek and an Army captain who formerly lived in Eugene are among the latest victims of the Vietnam war.
    Marine Lance Cpl. Authran Wayne Winfrey of Fall Creek became the Emerald Empire's 57th war fatality when he was killed by small arms fire 15 May (1969)
    News of Winfrey's death was announced Tuesday by the Defense Department. He was shot while on a company-size search and clear mission three miles west of An Hoa, a combat base in Quang Nam province.
    Funeral arrangements are pending at Buell chapel in Springfield until the young Marine's body is returned to the United States.
    Winfrey, 20, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Winfrey of Fall Creek. His father is a hook tender for the Surcamp Logging Co., while his mother is a teacher's aide at Lowell High School.
    Winfrey was born in Eugene and grew up at Fall Creek. He graduated from Lowell High school in 1964 and attended Lane Community College for almost two years.
    His three sisters live at home. They are Kathryn, 21, an office employe at Oliver Logging Co.; Carolyn, 18, a first year student at Lane Community College, and Roslyn, 16, a sophomore at Lowell High School.
    Winfrey's grandparents also live at Fall Creek. They are Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Winfrey and Mrs. Forrest (Vivian) Staley.
    A memorial fund is being established at Lowell High School and contributions may be made either to the high school office or through the funeral chapel, according to Winfrey's father. The money is to be used to purchase a sign board to be erected in front of the high school. The sign would be used to advertise current school events.      RICHARD JERRY HORNBACK

Birth 14JAN47 Rank SSG Date of Death 17MAY69 P. of birth   Service Army Place Kontum S. Vietnam Town of Record Bend Unit 4th Inf Div Trp C 2nd Sqd 1st Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 19782891 Panel 24WEST - 31   Married Single   In Service   Medals Silver Star  Purple Heart   Tour Date 04APR69  Comment   Cemetery

    
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     DAVID PETER GAUCHE

Birth 15JUL48 Rank LCPL Date of Death 19MAY69 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nam S. Vietnam Town of Record Portland Unit   Death Code Hostile, Died; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 2394769 Panel 24WEST - 53   Married Single   In Service   Medals Purple Heart  Tour Date 25JUN68  Comment   Cemetery

     HARLEY DANIEL DIMICK

Birth 17JUL48 Rank SP4 Date of Death 24MAY69 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Quang Ngai S. Vietnam Town of Record Sweet Home Unit 198th LIB A Co 1st Bn 52nd Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Artillery, Rocket, Mortar; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 56935550 Panel 24WEST - 94   Married Single   In Service   Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date 20SEP68  Comment   Cemetery

     TERRY ALLAN SUNDEEN

Birth 22JAN50 Rank PFC Date of Death 25MAY69 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nam S. Vietnam Town of Record Oregon City Unit F CO/2 BN/26 MAR 1ST MARDIV Death Code Non Hostile, Died Other; Other Accident Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 2444153 Panel 24WEST - 27  Married Single   In Service   Medals   Tour Date 12OCT68  Comment   Cemetery

    SCOTT EDWARD COCHRAN

Birth 05JUL50 Rank CPL Date of Death 27MAY69 P. of birth Corvallis   Service Army Place Bien Hoa S. Vietnam Town of Record Eugene Unit 1st Cav Div HHC 8th Eng Bn Death Code Hostile, Died; Other Explosive Devices Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 18963698 Panel 24WEST - 114   Married Single  In Service   Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date 09FEB69   Comment   Cemetery

Life Magazine vol. 22, No. 25, June 27, 1969 plus the Life logo was placed above the article's title, Vietnam ONE WEEK'S DEAD, because, I suspect, the Life publishers knew they were making a statement. In a brief introduction the publishers said that they took the 242 names, released by the Pentagon for the week of May 28 thro June 3 because it included Memorial Day. They contacted the families of these men and received pictures for all but 25. They also received "letters home" which the staff writer used in a brief, heart wrenching one page commentary. The article's goal as stated in the introduction...

Eugene Youth 58th Empire War Death
    An 18-year-old soldier from Eugene has become the 58th Emerald Empire fatality of the Vietnam War.
    Killed in action was Pfc. Scott E. Cochran, who had been stationed north of Saigon. He had lived in Eugene with his mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stiltz, 115 Hansen Lane.
    Cochran's mother said Monday she had been notified by telegram that her son died when a booby trap detonated on 27 May 1969.
    He was born 5 Jul 1950 and lived in Corvallis, where he attended public schools until the family moved to Eugene in January, 1967. His father, Claude Cochran, died in 1961.
    Cochran then attended North Eugene High School until he enlisted in the U.S. Army in Feb. 1968. He later volunteered for duty in Vietnam, where he had been stationed as a water-purification specialist since February.
    Besides his parents, Cochran is survived by a brother, Jeffery Michael Cochran of Eugene; three sisters, Mrs. Marvin Leith of Eugene, Mrs. Charles Leith of Corvallis and Mrs. Jerry Greison of Salem.
    Funeral arrangements are pending at the Poole Larsen Funeral Home in Eugene. (Eugene Register-Guard, Eugene OR, 3 Jun 1969)

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    DICK EDWARD WHITNEY

Birth 16JUL46 Rank SP4 Date of Death 28MAY69 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Dinh Tuong S. Vietnam Town of Record Newberg Unit 9th Inf Div E Co 5th Bn 60th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 56935736 Panel 23WEST - 12   Married Married  In Service   Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date 07OCT68  Comment   Cemetery

Life Magazine vol. 22, No. 25, June 27, 1969 plus the Life logo was placed above the article's title, Vietnam ONE WEEK'S DEAD, because, I suspect, the Life publishers knew they were making a statement. In a brief introduction the publishers said that they took the 242 names, released by the Pentagon for the week of May 28 thro June 3 because it included Memorial Day. They contacted the families of these men and received pictures for all but 25. They also received "letters home" which the staff writer used in a brief, heart wrenching one page commentary. The article's goal as stated in the introduction...

     DONALD EVERETT DALTON

Birth 08JAN50 Rank SP4 Date of Death 29MAY69 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Dinh Tuong S. Vietnam Town of Record Cove Unit 9th Inf Div B Co 4th Bn 39th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Other Explosive Devices Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 56629110 Panel 23WEST - 14   Married Married   In Service   Medals Purple Heart  Tour Date 10DEC68  Comment   Cemetery

     EDWARD CHARLES MC GINN

Birth 02NOV47 Rank GMG3 Date of Death 30MAY69 P. of birth   Service Navy Place Binh Dinh S. Vietnam Town of Record Baker Unit USNAVFORV TF-116 RIVDIV 52 YRBM-20 Death Code Non Hostile, Died Missing; Drowned, Suffocated Ground Casualty Hometown   service # B803587 Panel 23WEST - 12   Married Single   In Service   Medals   Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery

     LARRY ERNEST DIKEMAN

Birth 14AUG48 Rank CPL Date of Death 31MAY69 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Thua Thien S. Vietnam Town of Record Milwaukie Unit 9th Inf Div B Trp 3rd Sqdr 5th Cav Death Code Non Hostile, Died Other; Other Accident Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 56935589 Panel 23WEST - 25   Married Single  In Service   Medals   Tour Date 24FEB69  Comment   Cemetery

     ROBERT FRANCIS ROSE

Birth 04JUL49 Rank SP4 Date of Death 31MAY69 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Dinh Tuong S. Vietnam Town of Record Ashland Unit 9th Inf Div A Co 3rd Bn 60th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died Wounds; Other Explosive Devices Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 56936939 Panel 23WEST - 30   Married Single   In Service   Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date 03MAR69   Comment   Cemetery

Life Magazine vol. 22, No. 25, June 27, 1969 plus the Life logo was placed above the article's title, Vietnam ONE WEEK'S DEAD, because, I suspect, the Life publishers knew they were making a statement. In a brief introduction the publishers said that they took the 242 names, released by the Pentagon for the week of May 28 thro June 3 because it included Memorial Day. They contacted the families of these men and received pictures for all but 25. They also received "letters home" which the staff writer used in a brief, heart wrenching one page commentary. The article's goal as stated in the introduction...

    JAMES ALFRED WRIGHT

Birth 14JAN48 Rank SP4 Date of Death 31MAY69 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Quang Ngai S. Vietnam Town of Record Boring Unit Americal Div B Btry 6th Bn 11th Arty Death Code Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 56932952 Panel 23WEST - 34   Married Single   In Service   Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date 29JUL68  Comment   Cemetery

Life Magazine vol. 22, No. 25, June 27, 1969 plus the Life logo was placed above the article's title, Vietnam ONE WEEK'S DEAD, because, I suspect, the Life publishers knew they were making a statement. In a brief introduction the publishers said that they took the 242 names, released by the Pentagon for the week of May 28 through June 3 because it included Memorial Day. They contacted the families of these men and received pictures for all but 25. They also received "letters home" which the staff writer used in a brief, heart wrenching one page commentary. The article's goal as stated in the introduction...

     ROBERT WARREN HANSEN

Birth 15JAN47 Rank LCPL Date of Death 10MAY69 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Tri S. Vietnam Town of Record Naples, ID Unit D Co 1st Bn 3rd MARS 3rd MAR DIV   Death Code Hostile,Died, Ground Casualty, Artillery, Rocket, or Mortar Hometown   service # 2232874 Panel 25WEST - 39  Married Single   In Service   Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date 18AUG68  Comment   Cemetery Willamette National Cem., Portland OR