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Gun, helmet, and empty boots Michigan's Vietnam War Casualities
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Michigan's Casualities.....
Oceana County: 4 casualities
Service Name Rank Home of Record Date of Birth Date of Loss
USMC Aerts, David Lee LCPL Pentwater May 17, 1947 Dec. 19, 1968
USAF Annis, Thomas Richard A1C Hesperia Jun. 02, 1942 May 19, 1966
USA Martin, James Louis SP5 Shelby Jun. 5, 1947 Jun. 16, 1968
USA Painter, Howard Leroy PFC Rothbury May 27, 1942 Feb. 10, 1968
Ogemaw County: 3 casualities
Service Name Rank Home of Record Date of Birth Date of Loss
USA Coates, Kenneth William PFC West Branch Dec. 05, 1947 Feb. 5, 1968
USA McKellar, Dennis Alvin PFC Rose City Mar. 21, 1946 Oct. 24, 1966
USA Ponak, Cordell Joseph 1LT Prescott Oct. 06, 1946 Nov. 15, 1969
Ontonagon County: 8 casualities
Service Name Rank Home of Record Date of Birth Date of Loss
USA Ekstadt, John Milton SP5 Bruce Crossing Nov. 17, 1946 Nov. 25, 1967
USA Garrick, Jerry Arthur SSGT Trout Creek May 03, 1940 Mar. 30, 1969
USA Lundberg, William Raymond SP4 Ontonagon Jul. 31, 1946 Apr. 20, 1967
USA PierPont, William McGregor 2LT White Pine May 31, 1945 Nov. 12, 1969
USA Skinner, Ernest Mack SP5 Ontonagon Apr. 15, 1945 Apr. 20, 1967
USA Somero, Kenneth Edwin SGT Greenland Aug. 6, 1942 Jun. 12, 1966
Osceola County: 6 casualities
Service Name Rank Home of Record Date of Birth Date of Loss
USA Byers, Melvin John PFC Tustin Jun. 06, 1946 Feb. 6, 1968
USMC Kotke, Leo Leroy PFC Marion Aug. 11, 1948 Jan. 19, 1969
USA Mis, Ronald Henry SGT Reed City Apr. 12, 1944 Oct. 2, 1966
USA Ranshaw, Douglas LeRoy SP4 Evart Apr. 11, 1950 Jan. 10, 1969
USA Smith, Thomas Emings SP4 Evart Jun. 27, 1952 Feb. 20, 1972
USMC Totten, Randy Gene CPL Reed City May 22, 1945 May 17, 1966
Oscoda County: 0 casualities
Otsego County: 5 casualities
Service Name Rank Home of Record Date of Birth Date of Loss
USA Boughner, Gary William SP4 Johannesburg Nov. 18, 1947 Dec. 30, 1968
USA Bradley, Robert Neal CAPT Gaylord Jun. 28, 1933 Mar. 21, 1967
USA Cottrell, John Nelson SGT Vanderbilt Sep. 16, 1945 Jan. 19, 1969
USA Measell, Kenneth William SGT Gaylord Apr. 03, 1948 Jan. 17, 1969
USA Respecki, Donald George SGT Gaylord Dec. 26, 1942 Apr. 12, 1969
Ottawa County: 23 casualities
Service Name Rank Home of Record Date of Birth Date of Loss
USA Austin, Scotty Gene SP4 Grand Haven May 07, 1950 Sep. 18, 1969
USA Aylworth, Randal Ray PFC Jenison Jun. 26, 1947 May 22, 1967
USA Blauwkamp, Arlyn Jay SP4 Zeeland Jun. 04, 1947 Jan. 12, 1968
USA Ebel, William Michael SGT West Olive May 23, 1948 Nov. 26, 1968
USA Fuite, Roland James PFC West Olive Jun. 10, 1949 Feb. 16, 1969
USA Goff, Larry Allen PFC Grand Haven Oct. 13, 1949 Dec. 21, 1968
USA Gryzen, Gary M. SGT Hudsonville Feb. 09, 1950 Dec. 13, 1969
USMC Hodal, Robert John SMAJ Grand Haven May 16, 1925 Mar. 4, 1968
USA Hoeker, Joseph Alan SP4 Spring Lake Mar. 13, 1949 Sep. 14, 1969
USA Mathews, Charles Donald SP4 Grand Haven Jun. 04, 1950 Sep. 12, 1970
USA McGinnis, William E. II PFC Grand Haven Jun. 02, 1945 May 4, 1967
USA Medaris, Rick Eggburtus SSGT Jenison Mar. 01, 1949 Nov. 4, 1969
USA Moore, Ernest Lawrence SGT Spring Lake Apr. 15, 1949 May 10, 1970
USA Nagelkirk, Dennis Dale PFC West Olive May 24, 1946 Feb. 12, 1968
USA Overweg, George Allen SP4 Zeeland Nov. 14, 1946 Dec. 4, 1965
USA Overweg, Roger Dale SGT Zeeland Apr. 23, 1950 Sep. 19, 1970
USA Peasley, Gary Wayne SP4 Hudsonville Oct. 18, 1944 Dec. 27, 1966
USA Root, Roger Dale SP4 Jenison May 12, 1947 Aug. 21, 1967
USA Ruiter, Jerry Lee PFC Nunica Apr. 02, 1947 Nov. 12, 1966
USMC VanBeukering, Mark Alan PFC Grand Haven May 15, 1951 Oct. 9, 1969
USA Vruggink, Joel SP5 Hudsonville Oct. 30, 1946 Nov. 6, 1968
USA Ward, Roger Elgin SP4 Spring Lake Sep. 20, 1946 Apr. 5, 1968
USA Wilkinson, Richard Thomas SP4 Grand Haven Nov. 24, 1948 Oct. 16, 1969
Presque Isle County: 5 casualities
Service Name Rank Home of Record Date of Birth Date of Loss
USA Borrousch, Dean Walter PFC Hawks Nov. 06, 1949 Feb. 19, 1970
USA Bruning, David Kenneth SP4 Rogers City Jan. 14, 1945 Mar. 4, 1968
USA Chapman, Charles Dane PFC Onaway Mar. 07, 1948 Oct. 31, 1967
USA McCreery, Floyd Sanford SP4 Rogers City Mar. 14, 1947 Jan. 21, 1970
USA Purgiel, Robert Charles SP4 Posen Oct. 01, 1947 Nov. 15, 1969
Roscommon County: 0 casualities
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Source: Michigan's Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA)


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