Monday, July 8, 2024

Backup of Viet Nam

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This BLOG  is Dedicated 
to those Men and Women who attended Campbell High School Campbell California and also served in Viet Nam and All Service Branches. 

If you know of a Campbell High Alumnus who served in Viet  Nam or USA Military, Peace Corps, Police Officers,.

 Please add their name to this blog. 

Thank You Michael Young class of 1970 for creating the VET Blog for other CHS to look at...      
                          Semper Fi
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THE EAGLE CRIED

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LET US NEVER FORGET

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Gary Ziettlow, Chris Sanders, Jeffrey Hallgren, Mike Silva
NAM BROTHERS FOREVER
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Class of 1939


Coach Bert Robinson, class of 1939, WWII, coach Robinson  reported for duty in the Armed Forces, Army Air Corps. He became a B-17 pilot in the 15th Air Force, 301st Bomb Group based in Foggia, Italy. He served from 1942-1945, completing fifty missions and earning The Distinguished Flying Cross.


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Henry Alvin Brown, class of 46, WWII, Merchant Marines 


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Class of 1958

Mike Scroggins, class of 1958, Served in Viet Nam
Army Signal Corps 1967-1968
               
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Class of 1960

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Class of 1961

Dallas Harms, class of 61, served in Korea, he was an Army MP from 1964 -1966.


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Class of 1962

Dave Northrup, class of 1962, Served in Vietnam. KIA (see below casualty list)


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Class of 1963

Dallas Grundy, class of 1963, US ARMY Viet Nam Gave All.

1LT Richard G. Collins and SGT Douglas E. Murray were members of A Company, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry, 4th Infantry Division. PFC Dallas G. Grundy was a scout dog handler with the 33rd Infantry Platoon Scout Dog. On November 5, 1966, during Operation Paul Revere IV, PFC Grundy and his dog, "Prince," along with another dog and handler team were working with Company A of 1/22 Infantry in the Plei Trap Valley, about 10 miles west of Plei Djereng Airfield. The dogs alerted, giving indication of the presence of enemy soldiers. As PFC Grundy, 1LT Collins, and SGT Murray moved forward to investigate, all three were ambushed and killed by small arms fire from a dug-in North Vietnamese unit. [Taken from 1-22infantry.org] 



                                     

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Vernon RainsCampbell California, Vern gave all in Gia Dinh Province  https://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/42203/VERNON-B-RAINS/ 12/26/1967  

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Raymond Knight, class of 1963, USMC Viet Nam

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Tom Robins,class of 1963, US Navy Viet Nam 1965/1966\


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Class of 1964

Michael Alleyn, class of 64, California Highway Patrol. End of Watch Sunday, April 5, 1970



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Al Code, class of 1964, Served with the 630th MP Co. Tet 1968 US ARMY


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Allan Corral, class of 1964, served in Vietnam DaLat,  US Army, 


                       


                                        




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Harvey Henselman, class of 1964, served in 
Vietnam for  2 tours Navy Brown Water http://www.minedivision112.com/roster/harvey-henselman/nggallery/slideshow




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Robert Russell Jones, class of 64, served  as Army
Helicopter Pilot 196th Light Infantry Brigade Chu Lai, LZ Baldy
Que Son Valley


  
  

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David P. Johnson , class of 64, served as a radio specialist in the Army 68 - 71 Panama

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Duane Peterson, class of 64, US Army Viet Nam 1967 - 1969

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Class of 1965


Robert Du Boseclass of 1965, Served in Vietnam


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Mike Guiddiciclass of 65, USAF




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Tom Keith, class of 1965, Served in Vietnam


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Michael Malone, class of 65, in the Navy at Chu Lai, Viet Nam during 1969.



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Alan Roach, class of 65, drafted in 1970, served until 1972 in the Army

MACV Hqts at Tan Son Nhut 1971
Company Clerk and this is in 1971
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William Russell, class of 65, served in Vietnam.








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Walt Womackclass of 1965, Cam Ranh Bay 1968
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Class of 1966

Michael Jenson, class of 1966, US ARMY Captain Helicopter Pilot, Airborne Ranger Served 18 months in Viet Nam with 101st 68-69



                                               
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Phil McKain ,  class of 66, US ARMY RVN 1970 






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Robert Lloydclass of 66 , US ARMY

                       
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Michael Jensenclass of 66 , Infantry Airborne
Helicopter Pilot
Viet Nam 69-70
Camp Eagle 101st Airborne


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Gary Lee Talleyclass of 66, age 19, Lance Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps, KIA March 05, 1968 small arms fire , Quang Tri, South Viet Nnam, VMW panel 43E, Row 11
                   


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Class of 1967

Merle Eldon Robersonclass of 67, USMC.
HOME OF RECORD:
Campbell, California
AWARDS BY DATE OF ACTION:
Silver Star
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Nancy Rufener, class of 67 , served in the Navy

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Walter BlissUSMC 1967 - 68

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Johnny Falcon, served in Viet Nam 67/68 army medic.
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Bob Gammon, class of 67, served, in Viet Nam with the US Army.
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Ed Gundy, class of 67, served in Viet Nam. He passed away from Agent Orange related illness.  http://bluewaternavy.org/USS America CVA-66.



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Jeffery Hallgren, class of 1967, and a USMC Marine Corps Viet Nam Vet.


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Steve Yeager, class of 1967, US NAVY Viet Nam on the IWO JIMA


                                                

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Phil Kimberly Kagel, class of 67, served in the Army in Viet Nam.
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Rod Kelley, class of 67, served in Viet Nam with the 101st Airborne.


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Ken Kaneko, class of 67, US Army




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Clyde Lujan, class of 67, Served in Viet Nam, Clyde was born in Española, NM and raised in Campbell, California. He joined the Marines in 1968 and attended Scout Sniper and Vietnamese Language schools. He was awarded the Purple Heart, Navy Achievement Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, two Good Conduct Medals, Cross of Gallantry and numerous other medals, ribbons and citations. After he was honorably discharged in 1971, Clyde moved to New Mexico and was the Director of Meat and Seafood for Furrs Supermarkets and was a member and officer of the Bernalillo County Sheriffs Posse. Clyde owned and operated Fibernet Cabling Systems located in Spencer County.


                                                     
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Mark McKain, class of 67, US ARMY RVN 1969, Died from Agent Orange in 2003





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Steve Miller, class of 1967, in Viet Nam. US Navy
1969 on the USS Oriskany and worked on the ship and in Da Nang. Went back in 1971 then got discharged in 1972.


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Phil Moraga, class of 1967, served in Viet Nam with the Army. Phil passed away from Agent Orange related illness.
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Michael Silvaclass of 67, served in Viet Nam,68-69 attached with 1st MAW, based at Da Nang.





                                               
                                                        
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Paul Stone, class of 67, served in Vietnam 71-72

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Roy Stone, class of 67, USMC 1968-1971




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John Calvin Smithclass of  67, age 19, SP4,1st Cav Division (AMBL) Army KIA, June 23,1969 small arms fire, Tay Nihn, South Viet Nam, VMW panel 21W  row 3

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Brian Whitebreadclass of 67, served in Vietnam with the US Army.

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Mark Weber, class of 67, USAF

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Rodger Wilson, class of 67, US ARMY 1969 -70
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Gary Ziettlowclass of 67, Drafted into the Marine Corps May 23, 1968, Alamo A-2 1 klick from the DMZ I Corp RVN. Dec 68-Dec 69.


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Class of 1968

Don Silva, class of 68, Served two tours in the "Brown Water Navy"




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Alan Cebrian, class of 1968, served US Air Force 
1970-1974, Texas, Okinawa, Florida



                      
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Toby Huff, class of 68, US Air Force,1971-1995,
Air National Guard 1995-2000




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Thomas  LiH.ttle, class of 68 US Air Force,
RVN 1970-1971, 
Reciprocating/Jet Engine Mechanic




                                 
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Jim Locke, class of 68, Served US Navy, Blue Water Aircraft
Carrier off the coast off Viet Nam



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Bill Mirtelloclass of 68, Served in Viet Nam (R.I.P.)



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Tom Garn, class of 1968, National Guard
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Mark Garcia, class of 68, served in the Navy on a hospital ship
 USS Repose. The hospital ship was decommissioned in late 69 
or 70 - He worked on the decommissioning, and then at 
sub base Pearl Harbor - He stayed there working in Hawaii for
 a couple of years at the shipyard, before coming back to 
California to attend college at Cal Poly.





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Tom Garn, class of 68, National Guard.
1971 to 1977 



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John Chelonisclass of 68, served in the US Air Force at Shepard AFB, and Texas and Japan.



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Ralph S. Farleyclass of 1968, US ARMY



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Marty Lico, class of 68, two Tours in Viet Nam US Navy,
1969-1971 USS IWO JIMA LPH 2



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Charles Ontiveros, class of 68, USMC 1969-1971



                                   
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Ron Shanks , class of 68, served in the US Air Force 1969-1971 Da Nang and Cam Rahn Bay



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Alfred Thompson,  class of 68, served 3 tours in Viet Nam USMC    



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Class of 1969


Bill Barnes, class of 1969, served in Vietnam 1967/68 USMC 5th Reg. Grunt
                                     


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Bruce DeLeMarclass of 69 served in Vietnam
 

                            
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Michael Scott Dressner , class of 69, 1969-1973 US Navy Sea-Bees.



                                           
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Class of 1970


Leonard Clapes, class of 70 served in Vietnam at Chu Lai . He was a helicopter door gunner and crew chief.





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Jerry Cox, class of 70, served in the Air Force as a
 fireman.


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Bob Hartel, Class of 70 served in the Army for 33 years. Air Traffic Controler. He served in Vietnam 1971.
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Mark Harville, class of 70 served in the Air Force.


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Carl Johnson, class of 70, served alternative service for two years as a C.O.
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Joe Kleinsmith, class of 70, served in Vietnam.

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Dan Rainiericlass of 70 served in the Army.


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Roy Varney, class of 70 served in Vietnam at Da Nang AFB. He was a Dog Handler with the 366th Security Police.



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Michael T. Young, Class of 70 served in Vietnam at Tan Son Nhut AFB. He was a member of the 377th Security Police Squadron.



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Class of 1971


Clint Haines, class of 71, served in Vietnam

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Michael McDermott,
 class of 71, served in the Navy
USS Long Beach as a nuke Machinist's Mate, 73 and 74.

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Jack Kelly, class of 1971, served in the US Coast Guard 1971-1977





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Class of 1972
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Class of 1973

Regina Gross, class of 1973 US AIR FORCE,

1981- 1985

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Class of 1974



Joaquin "Jack" Homen, class of 1974,
Enlisted 1972 Honorable Discharged 1975
USN Airmen, Med Fleet, NAS Signella, Sicily  
 


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Class of 1975


Tim Dimick, class of 75,  USMC



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Mike Bingham, served in Vietnam

Unknown  CHS date of graduation
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Class of 1976

Bill Burke, class of 1976, US ARMY


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Robert Jeffrey Gutierrezclass of 76,  US ARMY






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Class of 1977

Russ Baker, class of 77, US Army, 11B/18B/18F.
Grenada, Desert Storm, Mogadishu  Somalia - MSG 1977 - 2000





                              
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Kim Parkhurst, class of 1977, USMC, 2631Misawa,Okinawa 1977-81.. Sgt.





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Kirby G. Thompson, class of 1977 US AIRFORCE ICBM Operations  "Cold War"  Major, Retire



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Class of 1978__




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Class of 1979

Larry Blackwell, class of 1979, US AIRFORCE, 1979 - 1999



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Stacie Horst, class of 1979,  US Air Force, 1985-1995 

                         
 
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Class of 1980

Michael R Benites, class of 1980. USMC

                                 
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Tim Zollins,  served in the USMC. 
 Philippines and aboard the USS

Deluth


                                                             

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War Casualties from Campbell California:



Carl Edward Abner ,age 20, Machine gunner, Lance Corporal, Marine Corps KIA December 27, 1967 Small Arms Fire, Thua Thien, South Vietnam, VMW panel 32E, row 66. Served with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 1stMarine Regiment,1st Marine Division. Lance Corporal
L CO, 3RD BN, 1ST MARINES, 1ST MARDIV, III MAF
United States Marine Corps Panel 32E, Line 66.



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Denny Albert Batty, age 22, Specialist 4 ,  Army, KIA December 12, 1967, grenade, Binh Duong South Vietnam, VMW panel 31E Row 83



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Douglas Ken Baronage 22, Infantryman, Specialist 4, E4 Army,C CO, 5TH BN, 60TH INFANTRY, 1ST INF DIV, USARV other accident September 21, 1968, Bien Hoa, South Vietnam, VMW panel 43W, row 051 Selective Service.


Both Bill and Doug were in my squad (1st Squad, 1st Platoon). Our squad usually always walked point and rode on the lead track in the column. The night of September 20, 1968 was Bill's first night out with our squad. We were on ambush inside of one of the Ho Chi Minh trails that led down to Saigon. On this night our squad was accidentally hit with a round from an M79 grenade launcher (friendly fire from another squad) at approximately 11:30pm. This "friendly fire" is the reason for the "Casualty type: (C1) Non-hostile, died of other causes" shown above for William. The round landed so close to me that it left a blue powder burn embedded in the skin of my arm for several months, and the force of the explosion bent the barrel of my M16 I was holding. William died just after the evac helicopter lifted off (in Binh Duong Province) with us in it. Douglas died later in the hospital (Bien Hoa Province) from shock as shown in the "Casualty type: (C2) Non-hostile, died of illness/injury" listing under his name. I was informed by the Chaplin at the hospital while I was being operated on when Doug had died. This is the reason for the two different "Date of Casualty" dates on the above two individuals. One died before midnight, the other after. The M79 round had landed in front of William. I was laying next to him on the opposite side of where the round hit.

In the excitement of being wounded myself, I had forgotten the new guy's (William's) name. For thirty-one years I wondered who I should thank for having saved my life that night. One day in November, 2000, I was able to find Williams name listed on the internet on one of the Virtual Wall listings. Saturday morning, October 13, 2001, thirty-two years later at the Wall pictured above, was the first chance I had to thank him for having saved my life. So, I hope you, the viewer, were able to figure out what I was trying to get at with this page. These are not just names on a wall to a parent, or grand-parent, or a spouse, or a brother, or a sister, or cousin, or relative, or a loved one of a Vietnam Veteran, or another Vietnam Veteran. There are memories and feelings attached to each and every name on that Wall for us. For some of us, this is all we have left to remember them by. As for Larry, Doug, and Bill - Bandidos forever, my brothers. 
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Harold Bruce Bartonage 26, Infantryman 101 Airborne Div Private First Class Army, KIA August 18, 1967 small arms fire Quang Tin, south Vietnam, VMW panel 25E, row 010


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Leslie Dean Carter Jr.
, age22, Infantryman Sergeant 101 Airborne Div Army KIA July 26, 1969 small arms fire Thua Thien, south Vietnam, VMW panel 20W row 047




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Gerald Michael Duarte, age 22,Indirect Fire Infantryman 25 Inf Div, Private First Class Army KIA Artillery/Mortar/Rocket September 06, 1968 Hua Nghia, South Vietnam, VMW panel 45W row 050

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James Alvin Ellis, TSGT.  Air Force, KIA May 10, 1963 , Helicopter Crash May 10 1963, Gia  Dinh, V.M.W. Panel 01E, Row 022Sergant Ellis was on a rescue mission, when the helicopter, he was in was shot down. Sgt. Ellis was a medic who volunteered to go to Vietnam.


 

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Michael Dale Kalb, age 21Lance Corporal, Motor Vehicle Operator, Marine Corps, KIA March 16, 1968, explosive device, Quag Nai, VMW panel 45 E, Row 002
Birth: 
Jun. 1, 1947
Death: 
Mar. 16, 1968, Vietnam





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This remembrance was written in 1998, 30 years after the death on March 16, 1968, of Michael "Dale" Kalb. My brother, a Marine, was killed, coincidentally, on the same day as the infamous My Lai massacre in Vietnam:

Funny how two words can cause such pain. But there they were again, on the front page of The Bee: My Lai. Today, 30 years have passed since that morning when members of the U.S. Army's C Company, 11th Infantry Brigade, Americal Division, massacred scores of unarmed men, women and children in the Vietnamese village of My Lai. On March 7, The Sacramento Bee carried the story of two veterans honored with the Soldier's Medal for helping end the slaughter.

As always, the story of My Lai forced me to remember that period in which the "undeclared" war was at its height. It was a time in which anti-war protests at home were in full fury. And it rekindles a painful personal memory.

Hours before that massacre on March 16, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, a squad of U.S. Marines had just begun their midnight patrol near another village. In the darkness, one stepped on a land mine and died instantly. Others were injured. Lance Cpl. Michael Dale Kalb, serial number 2140422, had his legs torn away by the blast. He died quickly. He was less than three months shy of his 21st birthday. He was my older brother.

It had been his second tour of duty in Vietnam. The first lasted 13 months. This time, he survived less than three. We learned of his death exactly one week later.

At home on a crisp March morning, someone in my family saw the military vehicle slowly turn into our long driveway in Chico. My mother began an involuntary stream of pleading, "Oh God. Please God. No. Please God, no." My father went out the door to head off two men in uniform now walking toward the house. No good. They asked to come inside, and my father could not save us from this tormenting news.

More than a year passed before we learned of the massacre in My Lai, which ironically occurred on the same day, in the same province, as my brother's death in 1968. Word of that slaughter draped us with a new layer of sadness.

For years my parents and I and my younger brother have agonized over Dale's death and struggled to give it meaning. Who could imagine that after so much time, such a loss would continue to rip at one's heart with a pain that never dulls? Dale died at the height of the war. So did many other young men and women that year in the aftermath of the North Vietnamese Tet offensive. It took so many weeks for his body to arrive home, I imagine there were bottlenecks of body bags. I later read accounts of the bodies piling up before transport home.

And everywhere, there were signs of a nation coping with anti-war protesters and gung-ho defenders of the war. The Hawks vs. the Doves. In the end, it became my brother vs. a land mine. Yet even that simplification raised questions.

The American military could not always trust villagers as allies, my brother told me after his first tour of duty. His observations, echoed by his fellow Marines who visited us months after his death, left us with an awful question: Who had planted that land mine?

For a 17-year-old girl nearing high school graduation, I had one hope: to see my brother come home alive. But it was just the beginning of a period of personal conflict.

Did I believe in the war? No. As the war continued, I was not persuaded by Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's domino theory - that communism would consume the free world if we didn't draw the line.

Did I protest the war? No. I could not, would not, undermine my brother. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., a symbol of hope for a better American future, was assassinated that spring. A few months later, so was Bobby Kennedy.

In the weeks while waiting for the return of my brother's body, I returned to Chico Senior High School. But on the first day, in my morning public speaking class, I cried while saluting the flag. Hadn't I already pledged enough, I wondered.

Now of course I know much more about the politics behind the escalation of the war. I have had 30 years to reflect on it. Even in 1968, I had trouble embracing the idea that my brother died for a clear and noble purpose. Had I been convinced of this, it would have eased the pain. It just didn't ring true.

Why then did he die? I have found no answer that satisfies.

And today, it occurs to me that the repulsive acts at My Lai are not simply my private historical marker. In the months following the Tet Offensive, which began at the end of January 1968, U.S. casualties numbered in the thousands. On that day, March 16, 48 Americans died in South Vietnam. Throughout the war, some 58,000 U.S. military personnel were killed.

For most of the the 2.7 million Americans who went to Vietnam and survived, My Lai undoubtedly is but one in a series of nightmarish reminders that can, without warning, drag them back to the war zone as vividly as if it were yesterday.

So I am not alone. There are many thousands of other Americans like me, still-grieving friends and family of those now long dead.

I am reminded that while some conflicts might not be noble of purpose, they engender noble acts such as those of helicopter pilot Hugh Thompson Jr. and door gunner Lawrence Colburn who confronted the American officer leading troops in the massacre of My Lai civilians - and who finally were honored by the U.S. Army.

No doubt there will be more wars - some justifiable, some not. Today, conflict in the Middle East threatens yet another generation of pain. Cycles of war and peace may be inevitable. I hope not.

Yet it pulls at my heart whenever I see any child at play, riding a bike or climbing a tree who reminds me of Dale. Will he or she become the nation's next offering? And what will be the worthiness of the sacrifice?

My brother was nearly four years older than me. More than a half-foot taller. He was smart and mischievous and sensitive. He joined high school ROTC and of course volunteered for the Marine Corps.

I will never fully understand the need for his death. I know that now. Just as I will never forget these two words: My Lai. Loretta Kalb, posted Saturday, January 12, 2002. 
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Corrie Mark Lane, Class of 65 ,  Private First Class
H&S CO, 2ND BN, 4TH MARINES, 3RD MARDIV, III MAF
United States Marine Corps 
Marine Corps PFC 19480105 Aptos Santa Cruz 1966 KIA.  Panel 8E, Line 16

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David Wayne NorthupPetty Officer Third Class, US Navy, KIA  February 1, 1967,small arms fire Quang NGAI, South Vietnam, VMW panel 14E Row 105


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Gary Ray Ralphage 20 Assault man Private First Class Marine Corps, KIA  August 16, 1968 Small Arms Fire Quang Nam, South Vietnam, VMW pane l48W, Row 029



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Merle Eldon Robertson, Lance Corporal, Marine Corp, KIA  September 8, 1968, small arms fire Quang Tri South Vietnam, VMW panel 44W, Row 18. The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the Silver Star Medal (Posthumously) to Merle E. Robertson (2388054), Lance Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving with Company B, 1st Battalion, 3d Marines, 3d Marine Division (Rein.), FMF, in connection with combat operations against the enemy in the Republic of Vietnam on September 10, 1968. By his courage, aggressive fighting spirit and steadfast devotion to duty in the face of extreme personal danger, Lance Corporal Robertson upheld the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.



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Home Town: Campbell, California Silver Star Awarded for Action during the Vietnam War

The President of the United States of America
takes pride in Presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Lance Corporal Merle
E. Robertson (MCSN: 2388054), United States Marine Corps, for
conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving as a
Fire Team Leader with Company B, First Battalion, Third Marines,
Third Marine Division in connection with operations against the
Enemy in the Republic of Vietnam. On 10 September 1968, while
conducting an attack on Hill 461 near the Rockpile, elements of
Company B came under a heavy volume of automatic weapons fire
From a large enemy force and sustained several casualties. During
the ensuing fire fight, Lance Corporal Robertson repeatedly
exposed himself to intense fire as he maneuvered from one
position to another, delivering accurate fire against the enemy and
administering first aid to the wounded. On one occasion, he
fearlessly stood erect in an open area and fired directly into a
hostile position, enabling a Marine squad to advance and destroy 
two enemy bunkers. While maneuvering across the fire swept
terrain to assist another seriously wounded, Marine, Lance
Corporal Robertson was mortally wounded by enemy fire. His
heroic actions inspired all who observed him and were
instrumental in saving the lives of several Marines. By his courage,
bold initiative and selfless devotion to duty, Lance Corporal
Robertson upheld the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and of
The United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life in the
service of his country.

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Home Town: Campbell, California


John Calvin Smithclass of  67 age 19, SP4,1st Cav Division (AMBL) Army KIA, June 23,1969 small arms fire, Tay Nihn, South Vietnam, VMW panel 21W  row 3
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James Wayne Starkeyage 21, Armor Reconnaissance Specialist Sergeant, Army, KIA May 21, 1868, explosive device, Quang Tri South Vietnam, VMW panel 65E, Row 002




http://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/search/results/start/61/COUNTY/Santa%20Clara%20County

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SAN JOSE:
PFC RONALD LEE ALESHIRE
PFC JIMMIE MARRON ALVAREZ
CAPT WARREN LESTER ANDERSON
SGT JOSEPH ANTOGNINI III
SP4 ALONSO ARAGON Jr
LCPL STEPHEN ANTHONY BALTERS Jr
SSG JEFFREY THOMAS BEARDSLEY
SGT ROBERT EUGENE BEAUMONT
PFC LESLIE ALLEN BELLRICHARD
SGT THOMAS HOWARD BERGREN
SP4 RAYMOND BERNAL Jr
CPL THOMAS GEORGE BROCKER
SP5 KERMIT EDWARD BURKEY
SP4 MICHAEL EDWARD BURNS
WO GARY WILLIAM BUTLER
PFC CHARLES BYRD
SP4 GEORGE J CARRILLO Jr
PFC TIMOTHY MICHAEL CARROLL
SA JACKIE CHARLES CARTER
PFC MANUEL ANGEL CASTILLO
SGT GERALD CERVANTES
PO3 ARMANDO CHAPA Jr
SGT ROBERTO COBARRUBIAS
CPL JAMES MILES COMBS
PVT CHRISTOPHER CORWIN COOK
SGT WILLIAM DONALD COOK Jr
PFC RICHARD JAMES COSTON
CPL JIMMY DOUGLAS CURRY
SP4 KENNETH ALAN DAHL
A1C DAVID MICHAEL DAVISON
PO2 THOMAS JOE DAWSON Jr
SP5 LOUIS SCOTT DI BARI
SP5 WOLF-DIETER DIETZ
SSG JUAN LEON GUERRERE DUENAS
SP5 RICHARD MONROE DYKES
SGT JOSEPH ESCAMILLA
PFC JAIME ESQUIVEL
SP4 GERALD FRANCIS FILIPPI
PFC EDWARDO FLORES
SP4 RICHARD ALLAN FORBES
SP4 WILLIAM HOLT FOWLER III
CPL BRUCE GARY FRIEL
PO3 RICHARD GARZA Jr
SP4 KENNETH GILBERT GELLERMAN
PFC ROBERT GONZALES
SP4 MICHAEL JOHN GRECU
WO SCOTT CRAIG GRISWOLD
PFC DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDY
SP4 PHILLIP OROZCA GUILLEN
LCPL ERNEST LEMAS GUTIERREZ
PFC ROBERT RALPH HAMMER
CPL JOHN LEWIS HARLEY
PFC DEAN ALLEN HARRIS
CPL ROBERT EARL HARRIS
CPL MICHAEL MAXWELL HATZELL
SGT DAN DAVID HAYES
PFC GLENN ELDEN HEFLIN
CPT JAMES REEVE HEIMBOLD
PVT LEROY HENSLEY
PFC ROBERT FRANCIS HINKSTON
SSGT MELVIN DOUGLAS HOLCOMB
PFC FRED LEE HOTTINGER
SGT HOWARD EUGENE HURST
1LT JOHN WILLIAM IRVING Jr
SGT ROBERT ALLEN JANS
SP4 ROBERT STEVENS JERNBERG
LCDR LARRY MICHAEL JORDAN
CPL THEODORE C KAPPMEYER
MSG DANIEL DUANE KEYES
PFC MICHAEL GEORGE KINDRED
CPL LOYD EUGENE KINSWORTHY
SGT JOHN MICHAEL KOENIG
PFC WALTER KOEPPE Jr
SGT RUSSELL WALTER KRILL
SP4 JEFFERY DAVID KUERSTEN
CPL MARION DOMINIC LA ROSA
PFC JOSEPH LEDESMA
SFC JOHN EDWARD LOPEZ Jr
SGT CHESTER GEORGE LYONS
PFC CESAR JABONILLO MAMON
SP4 WILLIAM A MANSERGH Jr
LCPL ERNESTO MARTINEZ
SSG ROBERT SUSUMU MASUDA
PFC JOHN ALBERT Mc GEHEE
SSG WILLIAM DAVID Mc GIVERN
PFC RICHARD HAROLD Mc GUIRE
SP5 DAVID PHILLIP MEDINA
PFC RUDOLPH MELENDEZ
SGT JOSEPH LOUIS MENDOZA
SP4 MICHAEL MERENO
PFC ROBERT GAIL MILLER
SGT ANGELO RAYMOND MORALES
CPL CARLOS GARCIA MUNOZ
CPL TONY VALDEZ NASTOR
SP4 KENNETH LAWRENCE NEAL
SP4 STEVE MASAO OHARA
MAJ JACK COLEMAN OWENS
PFC WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKE
SP4 RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICK
PFC RAYMOND ALLAN PETERSEN
WO DONALD RAY PHIPPS
PSGT JOHN RICHARD POSO
SP4 TIMOTHY COLE PROUDFOOT
SP4 MIGUEL ANGEL PUENTES
PO2 ALEX LEON QUIROGA
CPL JOHN ARTHUR RAMIREZ
SP5 LYNN MURRAY RANDALL
SP4 RUDOLPH SOTELO RENTERIA
SP5 DUANE LAWRENCE RICHARD
SP4 JOSE ANTO RIVERA-BERMUDEZ
WO WILLIAM SHANLEY ROBERTSON III
SP4 FLOYD IRWIN ROBINSON
2LT JOE IGNACIO RODRIGUEZ
PFC GILBERT RUIZ
CPL DAVID FRANK SANTA-CRUZ
PFC GILBERT SERRANO
LCPL SAMUEL ARTHUR SHARP Jr
SGT DAVID HOWARD SHOEMAKER
PVT ROSENDO FLORES SILBAS
SP4 CHARLES LENET SMITH
SP4 JOHN CALVIN SMITH
CWO JAMES DOUGLAS SMITH
PFC MATTHEW EDWARD SMITH
PVT EUSEBIO SOLIS
PVT KENNETH LYLE SPITZER
PVT DANIEL EDWIN STROBBE
PFC JON TASCH
PFC KENNETH CARL TITSWORTH
1LT GRADY THOMAS TRIPLETT
SP4 RICHARD LEE TRISLER
SP4 HOMER URRABAZO
LCPL PATRICK JOHN VASQUEZ
CPL JOSE LOUIS VIERAS
CPL DONALD JAMES WADE
PFC GEORGE ALLEN WALDRON
CPL THOMAS JAMES WALKER
SGT CRAIG LESLIE WALTON
CPL LARRY ELLIS WILLIAMS
PFC DONALD RAY WILLIAMSON
PFC DENNIS HAROLD WRIGHT
CPT MURRAY JOHN WYMAN
1LT AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIER
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