FACES FROM THE WALL

OREGON and the VIETNAM WAR

MAY 1970

    KEITH SAM ARNESON

Birth 13MAY49 Rank SP4 Date of Death 01MAY70
P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Cambodia
Town of
Record
Portland Unit 11th ACR G Trp 2nd Sqd 11th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Other Causes Ground Casualty
Hometown   service # 542563106 Panel 11WEST - 78 
Married Single  In Service   Medals Purple Heart 
Tour Date 14AUG69  Comment   Cemetery  

    WILLIAM WESLEY DAVIS

Birth 3MAR49 Rank CWO Date of Death 02MAY70
P. of birth   Service Army (Reserve) Place Cambodia
Town of
Record
Brookings Unit 11th ACR Avn Trp 11th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Air Loss, Crash - Land Helicopter - Pilot
Hometown   service # 570709354 Panel 11WEST - 84 
Married Single  In Service   Medals Purple Heart 
Tour Date 14JUL69  Comment   Cemetery  

    PERRY ANDRE LE CLERC

Birth 01SEP42 Rank SP5 Date of Death 03MAY70
P. of birth   Service Army Place Binh Thuan S. Vietnam
Town of
Record
Central Point Unit 4th Inf Div D Trp 2nd Sqdr 1st Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Ground Casualty
Hometown   service # 542449277 Panel 11WEST - 92 
Married Single  In Service   Medals Purple Heart 
Tour Date 20JUN69  Comment   Cemetery  

    WAYNE KEITH SMITH

Birth 23MAY44 Rank SGT Date of Death 08MAY70
P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Thua Thien S. Vietnam
Town of
Record
Venice CA Unit   Death Code Hostile Gun, Small Arms Fire Ground Casualty
Hometown   service # 540484043  Panel 10WEST - 03 
Married Single  In Service   Medals Purple Heart 
Tour Date 26NOV69  Comment   Cemetery  

    JOHNNY LEE FULTON

Birth 03JUL50 Rank SGT Date of Death 09MAY70
P. of birth Honey Grove TX Service Army Place Pleiku S. Vietnam
Town of
Record
Medford Unit 1st Avn Bde 189th Aviation Co Death Code Hostile, Died; Air Loss, Crash - Land Helicopter - Crew
Hometown   service # 462842725 Panel 10WEST - 05 
Married Single  In Service   Medals Purple Heart 
Tour Date 15JUL69  Comment   Cemetery  

Obituaries Funeral services for Army Spec. 4 Johnny Lee Fulton, 19 of 5722 Griffin Lane, will be held at 3 o'clock this afternoon in the Chapel of Memories at Memory Gardens Memorial Park. The Rev. George C. Irvin of the First Southern Baptist Church will officiate.
    Spec. Fulton was born 3 Jul 1950 in Honey Grove TX. He moved to Medford from Houston TX with his parents in 1965. He attended Medford High School before entering the U.S. Army. He was a member of the Southern Baptist Church.
    He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Fulton; three brothers, Teddy Lewis Fulton, Gairy Wayne Fulton and Timothy Vale Fulton, all at them; and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dewett Levelland TX and May Fulton, Tulare CA.
    Casket bearers and Honor Guard will be provided by the U.S. Army.
    Honorary casket bearers will include Jack Dewett, Lewis Dewett, Bill Dewett, J. P. Fulton, Jewell Fulton and Silas Fulton. Interment will follow in the Garden of Faith in Memory Gardens. Memory Gardens Funeral Directors are entrusted with arrangements.
(Medford Mail Tribune, Medford OR, 22 May 1970)

    THOMAS SHERRY

Birth 26FEB47 Rank SGT Date of Death 12MAY70
P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Cambodia
Town of
Record
Beaverton Unit 4th Inf Div B Co 1st Bn 12th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Ground Casualty
Hometown   service # 140382912 Panel 10WEST - 29 
Married Single  In Service   Medals Purple Heart 
Tour Date 08JAN70  Comment   Cemetery  

    DAVID ERNEST MEADE

Birth 16APR49 Rank 1LT Date of Death 15MAY70
P. of birth   Service Army (Reserve) Place Phu Yen S. Vietnam
Town of
Record
Portland Unit 173rd Abn Bde D Co 2nd Bn 503rd Inf Death Code Hostile, Died Wounds; Other Explosive Devices Ground Casualty
Hometown   service # 216504876 Panel 10WEST - 46 
Married Married  In Service   Medals Purple Heart 
Tour Date 26JAN70  Comment   Cemetery Willamette National Cemetery Portland OR 

    GARY WILLIAM BRITTON

Birth 11JUL46 Rank SSG Date of Death 18MAY70
P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Cambodia
Town of
Record
Newport Unit 25th Inf Div C Co 2nd Bn 22nd Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Other Causes Ground Casualty
Hometown   service # 541522205 Panel 10WEST - 60 
Married Single  In Service   Medals Purple Heart 
Tour Date 08JAN70  Comment   Cemetery  

    CARLTON COE GRAY

Birth 20MAY50 Rank SGT Date of Death 18MAY70
P. of birth   Service Army Place Thua Thien S. Vietnam
Town of
Record
Eugene Unit 101st Abn Div C Co 158th Asslt Hel Bn Death Code Hostile, Died; Air Loss, Crash - Land Helicopter - Crew
Hometown   service # 543568842 Panel 10WEST - 61 
Married Single  In Service   Medals Purple Heart 
Tour Date 23AUG69  Comment   Cemetery  

    WILLIAM NORMAN JENSEN Jr

Birth 01JUN48 Rank SGT Date of Death 22MAY70
P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Cambodia
Town of
Record
Grants Pass Unit 25th Inf Div C Co 2nd Bn 22nd Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Burns Ground Casualty
Hometown   service # 557725244 Panel 10WEST - 81 
Married Married  In Service   Medals Purple Heart 
Tour Date 19NOV69  Comment   Cemetery  

    VERNON EARL SCHROCK

Birth 05OCT4905OCT49 Rank CPL Date of Death 26MAY70
P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Quang Ngai S. Vietnam
Town of
Record
Corvallis Unit 198th LIB H Trp 17th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Other Explosive Devices Ground Casualty
Hometown   service # 543562651 Panel 10WEST - 105 
Married Single  In Service   Medals Purple Heart 
Tour Date 10JAN70  Comment   Cemetery  

    EDWARD ARTHUR MATHES

Birth 27APR46 Rank SP4 Date of Death 27MAY70
P. of birth   Service Army Place Cambodia
Town of
Record
Roseburg Unit 23rd Arty Grp HSB 2nd Bn 32nd Arty Death Code Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty
Hometown   service # 540541717 Panel 10WEST - 109 
Married Married  In Service   Medals Purple Heart 
Tour Date 18JAN70  Comment   Cemetery  

    TIMOTHY JOHN BROWN

Birth 29JAN51 Rank CPL Date of Death 30MAY70
P. of birth Myrtle Point Service Army Place Cambodia
Town of
Record
Myrtle Point Unit 1st Cav Div E Co 1st Bn 5th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty
Hometown   service # 542600643 Panel 10WEST - 120 
Married Single  In Service   Medals Purple Heart 
Tour Date 09JAN70  Comment   Cemetery Norway Cemetary
Myrtle Point High School, Myrtle Point OR - Bobcat 1969 Senior: Choir 1,3,4; Chess club 3

Myrtle Point High School - 1968 Junior year
Rites held for local soldier
      Funeral services for Army PFC Timothy John Brown, Myrtle Point, who was killed to military action in Cambodia 30 May (1970) was held Monday 8 Jun 1970 at the Myrtle Point Chapel.
      Chaplain "Capt." John G. Sheley of Ft. Lewis WA, officiated at the services, and vault interment followed at Norway Cemetary. Pall bearers and an honor squad were provided by the second battalion, 18th artillery, from Ft. Lewis.
      Mr. Brown was a lifetime resident of Myrtle Point. He graduated in 1969 from Myrtle Point High School, where he participated in wrestling. He was a machine gunner in the First Cavalry Division of the U.S. Army.
      Survivors are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William S. Brown, Myrtle Point, and two brothers, Sgt. William T. Brown, Ft. Bragg, N.C., and Harold Brown, Myrtle Point. (Myrtle Point Herald, Myrtle Point, Thursday 11 Jun 1970)

    LARRY MICHAEL GASSNER

Birth 19JUN49 Rank SSG Date of Death 31MAY70
P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Hua Nghia S. Vietnam
Town of
Record
Blodgett Unit 25th Inf Div B Co 2nd Bn 27th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty
Hometown   service # 543584949 Panel 10WEST - 124 
Married Married  In Service   Medals Purple Heart 
Tour Date 23FEB70  Comment   Cemetery  

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