Sept 7 casualties in Vietnam

[Yellow Jacket]

This is in memory of those who gave their lifes in the Vietnam conflict on this day.

We shall not forget.


<table border="1"><tr><td>Service Branch</td><td>Age</td><td>Rank</td><td>Name</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>19</td><td>PFC</td><td>Eugene Allen Aaron</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>24</td><td>PFC</td><td>Michael John Abruzzesa</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>30</td><td>SFC</td><td>Ray Adam Archuletta</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>20</td><td>CPL</td><td>Tollie Bailey</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>21</td><td>PFC</td><td>Michael Francis Banks</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>21</td><td>PFC</td><td>Robert Sewell Barns</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>18</td><td>PFC</td><td>James Darryl Basham</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>21</td><td>SGT</td><td>Robert Charles Benoit</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>20</td><td>SP4</td><td>Richard James Best</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>20</td><td>CPL</td><td>Roger Wayne Bishop</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>23</td><td>SP4</td><td>Robert Dean Blough</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>22</td><td>WO</td><td>Ronald Frank Boeing</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>20</td><td>PFC</td><td>Anthony Robert Bosh</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>20</td><td>SP4</td><td>Gary Lee Bowdler</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>21</td><td>SP4</td><td>Monty Doyal Boyer</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>21</td><td>SGT</td><td>David Allen Bradshaw</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>24</td><td>CAPT</td><td>David Carlton Brown</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>23</td><td>CAPT</td><td>Bruce Alton Cannon</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>20</td><td>PFC</td><td>Orrin Joseph Cassata</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>21</td><td>CPL</td><td>Ronald Paul Cherrstrom</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>22</td><td>SGT</td><td>William Thomas Cloney</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>21</td><td>SP4</td><td>Donnie Coleman</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>20</td><td>LCPL</td><td>Archie Lee Cooper</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>25</td><td>SGT</td><td>William Morris Cooper</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>19</td><td>LCPL</td><td>Alvin Cullins</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>21</td><td>LCPL</td><td>James Michael Daniels</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>20</td><td>PFC</td><td>Peter De Haas</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>19</td><td>SP4</td><td>Lloyd Douglas Doering</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>20</td><td>SP4</td><td>George Robert Dorchak</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>18</td><td>PFC</td><td>Joseph A Durling</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>30</td><td>SSGT</td><td>Glenn Harry English</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>20</td><td>CPL</td><td>John Lewis Erford</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>20</td><td>SSGT</td><td>Cecil Vaughn Evans</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>22</td><td>PFC</td><td>James Ellis Faro</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>21</td><td>SGT</td><td>Michael Anthony Faulkner</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>21</td><td>LCPL</td><td>Richard B Fitzgibbon</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>21</td><td>SGT</td><td>Larry Vinson Flora</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>21</td><td>SP4</td><td>Paul Frederick Foulk</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>20</td><td>SP4</td><td>Gregory Gagliardi</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>19</td><td>PVT</td><td>Allen Dale Gailey</td></tr><tr><td>Navy</td><td>21</td><td>HN</td><td>Randolph Merl Gamet</td></tr><tr><td>Navy</td><td>19</td><td>HN</td><td>Alan Robert Gerrish</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>20</td><td>SP4</td><td>Michael Gidvilas</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>20</td><td>LCPL</td><td>William Alan Gilmore</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>23</td><td>2LT</td><td>Robert Bruce Gilray</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>28</td><td>CAPT</td><td>Herbert Jay Glazer</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>20</td><td>CPL</td><td>Hugh Craig Goins</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>46</td><td>SFC</td><td>Alexander Gonzales</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>20</td><td>LCPL</td><td>Donald Laverne Gra ves</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>19</td><td>SSGT</td><td>Edgar Joseph Grismer</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>20</td><td>SP4</td><td>Charles Gary Hamilton</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>22</td><td>LCPL</td><td>Michael George Hamilton</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>21</td><td>LCPL</td><td>Eddie Dean Hamm</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>19</td><td>LCPL</td><td>David Michael Hartogh</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>21</td><td>SGT</td><td>Leo Francis Hartsuff</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>23</td><td>PFC</td><td>Frank Amos Heniss</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>18</td><td>PFC</td><td>Alexander Vera Hernandez</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>21</td><td>PFC</td><td>Michael Bruce Himes</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>22</td><td>SP5</td><td>Jimmie David Hinton</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>20</td><td>CPL</td><td>Carl Nicholas M Horner</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>21</td><td>LCPL</td><td>Danny Joe Huddy</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>20</td><td>SGT</td><td>Lee Brian Jarvis</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>33</td><td>2LT</td><td>Noel Alexander John</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>21</td><td>SGT</td><td>John Wayne Johnson</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>23</td><td>LCPL</td><td>James Andrew Jones</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>21</td><td>CPL</td><td>Don McClelland Justice</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>25</td><td>SFC</td><td>David Ray Karr</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>22</td><td>LCPL</td><td>Samuel Lee Kemp</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>21</td><td>SGT</td><td>Bruce Herbert Krage</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>19</td><td>PFC</td><td>Douglas Joseph Lambert</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>20</td><td>LCPL</td><td>Albert C Lawson</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>19</td><td>CPL</td><td>James Earl Lewis</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>20</td><td>LCPL</td><td>Gary Wayne Lindsay</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>20</td><td>PFC</td><td>Terry Richard Litz</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>20</td><td>LCPL</td><td>Jose Antonio Lopez</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>20</td><td>PFC</td><td>Michael Glenn Loyd</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>20</td><td>CPL</td><td>Robert Eugene Mackey</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>24</td><td>1LT</td><td>John Peter Manzi</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>21</td><td>LCPL</td><td>Dennis Hardie Marshall</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>28</td><td>SSGT</td><td>Cameron Trent McAllister</td></tr><tr><td>Navy</td><td>22</td><td>BM2</td><td>John Patrick McDermott</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>63</td><td>SFC</td><td>Dwaine Usry McGriff</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>29</td><td>SSGT</td><td>James Wood Megehee</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>23</td><td>SGT</td><td>Alberto Milar</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>19</td><td>PVT</td><td>Keith Allan Miller</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>19</td><td>PFC</td><td>William Franklin Miller</td></tr><tr><td>Air Force </td><td>21</td><td>A2C</td><td>Jerry Rudolph Moon</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>20</td><td>LCPL</td><td>Gary Lee Moore</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>20</td><td>PFC</td><td>Benito Morales</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>20</td><td>PFC</td><td>Duane Lee Morningstar</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>22</td><td>SGT</td><td>Eric P Muller</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>18</td><td>LCPL</td><td>Jeffery Philip Myers</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>20</td><td>CPL</td><td>James Joseph Neidlinger</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>21</td><td>PFC</td><td>Julius Dale Nelson</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>18</td><td>LCPL</td><td>Stephan Joseph Nelson</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>23</td><td>SGT</td><td>Roy David O’Neal</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>30</td><td>SSGT</td><td>Don Thomas O’Shell</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>20</td><td>LCPL</td><td>Richard Lee Otte</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>19</td><td>CPL</td><td>Eddie Jack Padilla</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>19</td><td>LCPL</td><td>Samuel Lee Parker</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>21</td><td>SGT</td><td>Ronald Eugene Peetzke</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>22</td><td>SP5</td><td>Joseph Adrian G Perron</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>20</td><td>SP4</td><td>Allan Wayne Persicke</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>25</td><td>CPL</td><td>Thomas John Pesek</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>19</td><td>LCPL</td><td>Leroy Jackson Phillips</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>19</td><td>PFC</td><td>Erwin Gilbert Powell</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>19</td><td>CPL</td><td>David Alvin Pratt</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>19</td><td>PFC</td><td>Larry Kenneth Robillard</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>19</td><td>LCPL</td><td>Robert Richard Rogers</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>29</td><td>SSGT</td><td>William Eugene Roller</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>19</td><td>CPL</td><td>Charles Glenn Russell</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>22</td><td>2LT</td><td>Charles Edward Ryberg</td></tr><tr><td>Navy</td><td>27</td><td>IC1</td><td>James William Sampers</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>24</td><td>CPL</td><td>Larry Truman Sanders</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>20</td><td>CPL</td><td>Joseph Schmidt</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>23</td><td>1LT</td><td>Charles W Sharman</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>21</td><td>SGT</td><td>John Richard Sibilly</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>20</td><td>PFC</td><td>James Henry Stuart</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>19</td><td>LCPL</td><td>Terry Lee Sumerlin</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>18</td><td>PFC</td><td>Brent William Sveen</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>22</td><td>SSGT</td><td>Richard Jackson Swiger</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>20</td><td>PFC</td><td>Leonard John Tauschek</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>24</td><td>CAPT</td><td>George Dennis Taylor</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>20</td><td>PFC</td><td>Lyndol Earl Tolleson</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>20</td><td>LCPL</td><td>Ronald C Toth</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>21</td><td>2LT</td><td>Peter John Troy</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>19</td><td>SGT</td><td>Jess H Van Winkle</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>22</td><td>SP4</td><td>Carlos Dyral Vibbert</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>20</td><td>SP4</td><td>John Henry Walker</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>18</td><td>LCPL</td><td>John Henry Walker</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>20</td><td>CPL</td><td>Robert Marion Warren</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>20</td><td>LCPL</td><td>Russell Desmond Whelchel</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>40</td><td>LCPL</td><td>Tony Lee Van White</td></tr><tr><td>Air Force </td><td>43</td><td>CMS</td><td>Earl Charles Willoughby</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>21</td><td>SGT</td><td>James Murl Wilson</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>25</td><td>WO</td><td>William Bruce Wilson</td></tr><tr><td>Army</td><td>20</td><td>CPL</td><td>Steven Andrew Winters</td></tr><tr><td>Marine Corps</td><td>21</td><td>PFC</td><td>Frank Wright</td></tr></table>

[abbo]

Bob +1 thanks

[audiogooroo]

Thanks Bob.

[ells]

Bob, That's quite a list, and it took a lot like that one to add to 58,000, a number that still amazes and saddens me. Was this day of particular note to you?

[Yellow Jacket]

Originally Posted by Ells

Bob, That's quite a list, and it took a lot like that one or similar to it to add to 50,000, a number that still amazes and saddens me. Was this day of particular note to you?

September 7, 1970 was the day I left Vietnam.

[dakals]

In war, there are lives risked and lives taken

Men and women giving their best to defend what they love

They defend their country

Their honor

Their people



Some call them soldiers

Others call them heroes



Our veterans have risked their lives for us

They have lived through hell and fought with honor

Many have killed

And regret doing so



For every life, there is a soul

For every soul, there is a life

For those who have died, we show great appreciation and remembrance

For those who live, along with them live the horrific memories of battle

Some, memories of defeat

Some, memories of victory



Our veterans were more than soldiers

They were, and still are heroes

[ells]

Bob, We are very glad you did, not via the list.

[dakals]

Only two of the people on that list are older then me!!!!!!!! I pray for everyone's safe return home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Yellow Jacket]

Originally Posted by dakals

Only two of the people on that list are older then me!!!!!!!! I pray for everyone's safe return home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dakals, your post prior to this one was very good and touching. Thank you!

In response to this post quoted above let me say this.

There are 58,260, or more, individual stories that can be told. Here's just a little more information about the story of one on the list I posted.

LCPL Tony Lee Van White, Marine Corps.

Killed in action on Sept. 7, 1967.

LCPL Tony Lee Van White was 40 years old, was married and had been in the Marine Corps for 1 year. That's correct, 1 year!

Had he been a member of one of the other Services prior to that? I don't know. However, I think not since I believe he would have had a higher rank than pay grade E3 had he transferred from another service. I can only conclude that, for whatever reason, he enlisted at age 39 to serve his country in a time of need and he made the ultimate sacrifice.

He is a hero and I salute him along with all the men and women who have served our country.

[scion0]

I agree Bob! Although my 20 years in the Air Force (1979 - 1999) were mostly peace time, I have the utmost respect for those who served during war time.

[ridemslow]

Yes thats just plain great! As someone very close to me once said and wrote"All gave some, and some gave all"

[dogdoc]

+1

[mmartin]

Hey Bob
You had just left for the big PX when I got in country and moved up into the highlands. I know some folks will think this sounds cold but it true. All of us went to Vietnam for different reasons, but we fought and died, but we did it for each other. It just wasn't our time, not that we were lucky or anything, but you know what I taking about, when our time comes we will see them again. Vietnam stays with us you can't let it go, you can't forget, cause we walk with Hero's and called them Brother.
This is only my view a one time 18 year old grunt.
To all my Brothers past and present Sempi Fi

[landman]

please let's never forget the sacrifices these young men made
so that we can ride in freedom today.as a two tour viet nam vet
myself,i still feel the pain and sense of loss 40 years later.

[Cajunrider]

So many lives were shamefully lost in a war that our country wouldn't let us win and come home sooner. I lost a good friend over there. Bob, I'm sure you lost many. God bless all of our veterans. "All gave some and some gave all".