JOHN CHARLES STRAUSER

Birth 28JUN39 Rank SFC Date of Death 02FEB71 P. of birth   Service Army Place Hua Nghia S. Vietnam Town of Record Coos Bay Unit MACV Adv Team 43 Death Code Hostile, Died; Artillery, Rocket, Mortar; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 544420776 Panel 05WEST - 74  Married   In Service   Medals Purple Heart  Tour Date 29AUG70 Comment   Cemetery

    RUSSELL GLEN BLOCHER

Birth 18MAR50 Rank SGT Date of Death 07FEB71 P. of birth   Service Army Place An Xugen S. Vietnam Town of Record Dallas Unit 1st Log Cmd 1099th Trans Co 159th Trans Bn 4th Trans Cmd Death Code Hostile, Died; Misadventure Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 543541170 Panel 05WEST - 84  Married Single  In Service   Medals Purple Heart  Tour Date 27JUN70 Comment   Cemetery

Soldier Killed in Vietnam Sp/4 Russell Glenn Blocher, Dallas, 20, was killed 7 Feb (1971) in Vietnam from enemy action. He was born 18 Mar 1950 in Longview WA, the son of Herman and Marie Esty Blocher who are both deceased. He lived in Rainier and Cottage Grove before moving to Dallas in 1968. Survivors include two brothers, Kenneth L. and Wayne G. Blocher, both of Dallas, and two sisters Lois E. Weaver of Los Angeles, and Glenda J. Miller of Hubbard. Funeral services are pending at the Bollman Funeral Home. (Polk County Itemizer-Observer, Dallas OR, Thursday, 18 Feb 19718)

    LARRY FREEMAN OTT

Birth 03APR45 Rank CPL Date of Death 15FEB71 P. of birth Seattle WA Service Army Place Thua Thien S. Vietnam Town of Record Medford Unit 101st Abn Div A Co 159th Avn Bn Death Code Non Hostile, Died Other; Air Loss, Crash - Land Helicopter - Crew Hometown   service # 560626015 Panel 05WEST - 107  Married   In Service   Medals   Tour Date 20FEB70 Comment   Cemetery Siskiyou Memorial Park

Obituaries Funeral services for Pfc. Larry Freeman Ott, 25, of 718 S. Holly St., Medford OR, who died 15 Feb (1971) in Vietnam, will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday at the Chapel in the Trees Mortuary in Siskiyou Memorial Park. The Rev. David W. Croy of the First Baptist Church, Medford, will officiate. Interment will follow under the direction of a full military detail from Ft. Lewis WA, in Siskiyou Memorial Park.
    Larry was born 3 Apr 1945 in Seattle WA. He attended Delano CA High School and the Junior College of Sequoias, Visalia CA. prior to moving to Medford in June 1964.
    He was a member of the National Guard in Medford for five years and prior to his enlistment in the Army in April, 1970, he was an employe of timber Products Company, Medford.
    He received training at the Army Transportation School, Ft. Eustic VA, and after a short leave in Medford arrived in Vietnam 21 Dec 1970. He was assigned to the 101st Airborne at Phu Pai.
    He was a member of the YMCA Pacemaker Club.
    Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Freeman H. Ott, Medford; one brother, Charles Ott, Vancouver WA; one nice and several aunts and uncles.
    funeral arrangements are entrusted to Siskiyou Funeral Service directors of Chapel in the Trees Mortuary.
(Medford Mail Tribune, Medford OR, 24 Feb 1971 )

    JOSEPH GORDON BROWN

Birth 14JUL45 Rank CWO Date of Death 18FEB71 P. of birth   Service Army (Reserve) Place LZ Loas Town of Record Portland Unit 67th Med Grp USA Med Cmd Danang Death Code Hostile, Died; Air Loss, Crash - Land Helicopter - Crew Hometown   service # 540522969 Panel 05WEST - 115 Married Married  In Service   Medals Purple Heart Tour Date 25OCT70 Comment   Cemetery

    STRATHER FRANKLIN WOOD

Birth 26APR44 Rank 1LT Date of Death 18FEB71 P. of birth   Service Marines (Reserve) Place Thua Thien S. Vietnam Town of Record Eugene Unit HMH-463 Death Code Non Hostile, Died Other; Air Loss, Crash - Land Helicopter - Crew Hometown   service # 571528218 Panel 05WEST - 119 Married Married In Service   Medals   Tour Date 11JAN71 Comment   Cemetery

    GERALD ERNEST WOODS

Birth 22JAN50 Rank WO Date of Event 18FEB71 P. of birth   Service Army (Reserve) Place LZ S.Vietnam Town of Record Salem Unit 101st Abn Div A Co 101st Avn Bn Death Code Hostile, Died Missing; Air Loss, Crash - Land Helicopter - Pilot Hometown   service # 544468897 Panel 05WEST - 119 Married Single Declared Dead 18FEB71 Medals Purple Heart MIA BNR Comment   Cemetery

    LARRY GILBERT DAHL

Birth 10JUN49 Rank SP4 Date of Death 23FEB71 P. of birth Oregon City Service Army Place Binh Dinh S. Vietnam Town of Record Portland Unit 1st Log Cmd 359th Transportation Co 27th Trans Bn Death Code Hostile, Died; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty Hometown   service # 532506079 Panel 05WEST - 132 Married Married In Service   Medals Medal of Honor  Purple Heart  Tour Date 18JUN70 Comment   Cemetery

    CHARLES RAYMOND HAUSHERR

Birth 08JAN52 Rank SP4 Date of Death 23FEB71 P. of birth Los Angeles, CA   Service Army Place LZ LAOS Town of Record Medford Unit 1st Avn Bde 173rd Aviation Co Death Code Non Hostile, Died Other; Air Loss, Crash - Land Helicopter - Crew Hometown Medford  service # 542626773 Panel 05WEST - 134 Married Single In Service   Medals   Tour Date 15JUL70 Comment   Cemetery  Veterans' Garden of Honor in Hillcrest Memorial Park

Requiem Mass Set Monday for Spec. Hausherr
    Requiem Mass for Army Spec. 4 Charles Raymond Hausherr, 19, of Applegate, who was killed in LZ LAOS 23 Feb. 1971 will be read at 11:30 a.m. Monday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. The Rev. Michael Florendo will officiate.
    Interment will be in the Veterans' Garden of Honor in Hillcrest Memorial Park. Full military honors at the graveside will be performed by a detachment from Ft. Lewis WA. Conger-Morris Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements.
    Spec. Hausherr was born in Los Angeles 8 Jan 1952. He moved to the Rogue Valley with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. Maurice R. Hausherr, in 1956. He attended Applegate School and St. Mary's High School before enlisting in the Army January, 1969.
    The soldier had been in Vietnam since June, 1970, and was a crew chief on a helicopter at the time of his death in a mid-air collision between two helicopters.
    He was a part owner of Hausherr and Sons' Chevron Station in Medford. He was a lieutenant in the Civil Air Patrol cadet program and owned his own airplane before entering the Army. He had volunteered for Vietnam service.
    Survivors, in addition to his parents, include two sisters, Norman (Marilyn) Ditsworth, Glennallen AK and Mrs. Charles (Diane) Cook, Dexter MI, and one brother, Maurice Hausherr, Medford.

    RICHARD KEITH SOMERS

Birth 25SEP34 Rank MAJ Date of Death 25FEB71 P. of birth   Service Air Force (Reserve) Place Binh Dinh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Northville MI Unit 421 TFS Death Code Hostile Air Loss, Crash on Land Fixed Wing - Crew Hometown   service # 383300168 Panel 04WEST - 06 Married Married In Service   Medals Purple Heart  Tour Date 14JAN71 Comment   Cemetery