Faces From the Wall - May June 1971- Oregon & the Vietnam Wall, KIA,

FACES FROM THE WALL

OREGON and the VIETNAM WAR

MAY & JUNE 1971

Birth	16JAN50	Rank	SP4	Date of Death	09MAY71
P. of birth		Service	Army (Draft)	Place	Kontum S. Vietnam
Town of Record	Saginaw	Unit	USARV 82nd Medical Det	Death Code	Non Hostile, Died Other; Vehicle Loss - Crash Ground Casualty
Hometown	Cottage Grove	service #	540624642	Panel	03WEST - 27
Married	Married	In Service		Medals
Tour Date	13OCT70	Comment		Cemetery	Fir Grove Cemetery

Youth Dies in Vietnam
A 21-year-old Dorena man, Ronald L. Doolittle, has been killed in Vietnam.
Spec. 4 Doolittle was riding in a military vehicle on a military mission and was thrown out when it slid down a steep embankment, military officials said.
Mr. Doolittle served for seven months in Vietnam in the artillery. He had been in the Army for one year.
He was killed 9 May (1971).
He was a 1969 graduate of Cottage Grove High School and worked at Bohemia Lumber Co. at Culp Creek.
Mr. Doolittle is survived by his wife, Susan of Saginaw.
His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Victor Doolittle of Dorena.
He had one sister in Portland, Patsy, and one in Dorena, Kathy. In addition, he is survived by four brothers, Ray, Gary, Allen and Lester. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. today, (Thursday) at Mills Mortuary. Interment will be in Fir Grove Cemetery. Mr. Doolittle will received full military honors. (Eugene Register-Guard, Eugene OR, 20 May 1971)

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CHARLES LEROY MARTIN

Birth	06AUG49	Rank	SGT	Date of Death	16MAY71
P. of birth		Service	Air Force	Place	Quang Nam S. Vietnam
Town of Record	Portland	Unit		Death Code	Non Hostile, Died Other; Other Accident Ground Casualty
Hometown		service #	542588505	Panel	03WEST - 37
Married	Married	In Service		Medals
Tour Date	12SEP70	Comment		Cemetery

EDWARD WALTER METCALF

Birth	26FEB32	Rank	MSG	Date of Death	22MAY71
P. of birth		Service	Army	Place	Khanh Hoa S. Vietnam
Town of Record	Prairie City	Unit	USARV 44th Ord Co	Death Code	Non Hostile, Died Other; Vehicle Loss - Crash Ground Casualty
Hometown		service #	454442687	Panel	03WEST - 50
Married	Married	In Service		Medals
Tour Date	27MAY70	Comment		Cemetery

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SCOTT WILLIAM WAYT

Birth	10OCT50	Rank	SP4	Date of Death	01JUN71
P. of birth		Service	Army	Place	Tay Ninh S. Vietnam
Town of Record	Beaverton	Unit	1st Avn Bde 128th Avn Co 11th Avn Bn 12th Avn Grp	Death Code	Non Hostile, Died Other; Air Loss, Crash - Land Helicopter - Crew
Hometown		service #	540603588	Panel	03WEST - 63
Married	Single	In Service		Medals
Tour Date	31AUG70	Comment		Cemetery

THOMAS HOYT FARMER

Birth	12AUG50	Rank	SP4	Date of Death	08JUN71
P. of birth	Atlanta GA	Service	Army (Draft)	Place	Quang Tri S. Vietnam
Town of Record	Eugene	Unit	5th Inf Div A Trp 4th Sqdr 12th Cav	Death Code	Hostile, Died; Other Explosive Devices Ground Casualty
Hometown		service #	540623903	Panel	03WEST - 70
Married	Married	In Service		Medals	Purple Heart
Tour Date	17OCT70	Comment		Cemetery

Sheldon graduate killed by mine in South Vietnam
Funeral arrangements are pending for Spec. 4 Thomas H. Farmer, a 1969 graduate of Sheldon High School killed in Vietnam 8 June (1971).
Farmer, son of Mrs. Joe A. Blackmon, of 541 Pheasant Blvd., Eugene, was killed when a military vehicle in which he was riding struck a landmine during combat operations near the Laos border. He was 20 years old.
He was drafted into the Army in May of 1970 and had served seven months in Vietnam at the time of his death. He was home for a ten-day leave last month and returned to Vietnam 28 May (1971) to complete his last four months of overseas duty.
Farmer was born in Atlanta GA, 12 Aug 1950, and in 1959 moved with his family to Springfield, where he attended elementary school and junior high.
After graduation from Sheldon, he worked for Camac Veneer, Inc., in Eugene for a year. He married Roberta Stoneberg on 13 Sep 1969 in Reno NV.
Survivors include his wife; his mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. Blackmon; his father, Hoyt Farmer of Conyers GA; a brother, Douglas, stationed with the U.S. Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton CA; and a sister, Rebecca Jo, at home. (Eugene Register-Guard, Eugene OR, 13 Jun 1971)

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STEVEN JOHN ELLIS

Birth	22JAN49	Rank	PFC	Date of Death	13JUN71
P. of birth		Service	Army	Place	Thua Thien S. Vietnam
Town of Record	Portland	Unit	101st Abn Div L Co 75th Inf LRRP	Death Code	Hostile, Died Wounds; Guns, Small Arms Fire; Ground Casualty
Hometown		service #	542583970	Panel	03WEST - 73
Married	Married	In Service		Medals	Purple Heart
Tour Date	13APR71	Comment		Cemetery

RONALD DUANE CALLOWAY

Birth	09APR51	Rank	SP4	Date of Death	24JUN71
P. of birth		Service	Army	Place	Quang Tri S. Vietnam
Town of Record	Union	Unit	5th Inf Div C Co 1st Bn 61st Inf	Death Code	Hostile, Died; Other Explosive Devices Ground Casualty
Hometown		service #	541604566	Panel	03WEST - 87
Married	Single	In Service		Medals	Purple Heart
Tour Date	10JUL70	Comment		Cemetery

WAYNE STEPHEN MURPHY

Birth	11JUN51	Rank	PVT	Date of Death	25JUN71
P. of birth		Service	Army (Draft)	Place	Quang Tri S. Vietnam
Town of Record	Dallas	Unit	108TH ARTY GP B Btry 1st Bn 39th ARTY	Death Code	Hostile, Died; Artillery, Rocket, Mortar; Ground Casualty
Hometown		service #	544627170	Panel	03WEST - 89
Married	Single	In Service		Medals	Purple Heart
Tour Date	15SEP70	Comment		Cemetery

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