Birth 09FEB42 Rank PFC Date of Death 04OCT69 P. of birth   Service Army Place Quang Ngai S. Vietnam Town of Record Menlo Park CA Unit   Death Code Hostile Gun, Small Arms Fire Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 542482694 Panel 17WEST - 38   Married Single   In Service   Medals Purple Heart  Tour Date 29MAY69  Comment   Cemetery

     CHARLES FRANKLIN BURRELL

Birth 14AUG45 Rank 1LT Date of Death 10OCT69 P. of birth   Service Air Force (Reserve) Place Kien Giang S. Vietnam Town of Record Salem Unit 19 SOP SQDN Death Code Non Hostile, Died Other; Air Loss, Crash - Land Fixed Wing - Pilot Hometown   service # 54109287 Panel 17WEST - 60   Married Married   In Service   Medals   Tour Date 30JUN69  Comment   Cemetery

     DONALD RAY OSBORNE

Birth 30NOV49 Rank LCPL Date of Death 13OCT69 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nam S. Vietnam Town of Record Salem Unit E CO 2BN 5MAR 1MARDIV Death Code Non Hostile, Died Other; Drowned, Suffocated Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 541605625 Panel 17WEST - 74   Married Married   In Service   Medals   Tour Date 25MAR69  Comment   Cemetery

     LAWRENCE DONALD LARSON

Birth 18NOV50 Rank LCPL Date of Death 15OCT69 P. of birth Cheyenne, WY   Service Marines Place Quang Nam S. Vietnam Town of Record Eugene Unit CO L, 3/5TH MARS, 1ST MAR DIV Death Code Hostile, Died; Other Explosive Devices Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 540624283 Panel 17WEST - 113   Married Single  In Service   Medals Purple Heart   Tour Date 17FEB69  Comment   Cemetery

Eugene Marine killed in Vietnam
    Marine Lance Cpl. Lawrence Donald Larson, 18, of Eugene, has been killed in action in Vietnam.
    Larson, son of Bertha Wilson, 700 Highway 99N, was killed 15 Oct (1969) when an enemy explosive device was set off during a company-sized sweep of an area in Quang Nam Province. The Defense Department notified his family of the death.
    Larson was born in Cheyenne, WY and attended Eugene area elementary and high schools. He attended Willamette High School, and worked one summer at Georgia Pacific Co. before enlisting in the Marine Corps in 19 Jul 1968. He was sent to Vietnam 23 Jan 1969, where he served in L Company of the 3rd Marine Division.
    Surviving are his mother; a stepfather, Arien Wilson; three sisters, Evelyn Seely of Wellington CO, Betty Green of Junction City and Helen Larson of Eugene, and a grandmother, Jessie Johnston of Cheyenne. His father, Clarence, preceded him in death in 1968.
    Funeral arrangements are pending at Poole-Larsen Chapel in Eugene. (Eugene Register-Guard, Eugene OR, 22 Oct 1969)

Thank you Oregon Genealogical Society Eugene OR

     ANDREW JOHN ABRAMSON

Birth 23SEP47 Rank WO Date of Death 23OCT69 P. of birth   Service Army (Reserve) Place Thua Thien S. Vietnam Town of Record Lake Oswego Unit 101st Abn Div A Btry 4th Bn 77th Arty Death Code Non Hostile, Died Other; Air Loss, Crash - Land Helicopter - Crew Hometown   service # 54264742 Panel 17WEST - 107   Married Single   In Service   Medals   Tour Date 12SEP69  Comment   Cemetery

     WILLIAM FRANCIS LARSON

Birth 21SEP43 Rank SP5 Date of Death 24OCT69 P. of birth   Service Army Place Hua Nghia S. Vietnam Town of Record SILVERTON Unit 199th LIB C Co 5th Bn 12th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 541443599 Panel 17WEST - 113   Married Single   In Service   Medals Purple Heart  Tour Date 17FEB69  Comment   Cemetery