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Gun, helmet, and empty boots Michigan's Vietnam War Casualities
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Michigan's Casualities.....
Kent County: 127 casualities
Service Name Rank Home of Record Date of Birth Date of Loss
USA Adamson, Donald Bruce 2LT Grand Rapids Aug. 28, 1940 Feb. 23, 1966
USMC Allen, Richard James PFC Grand Rapids Feb. 07, 1949 May 17, 1968
USA Atkins, Matthew David III PFC Grand Rapids Oct. 03, 1943 Mar. 21, 1967
USA Bailey, David Orin PFC Grand Rapids May 11, 1945 Apr. 8, 1966
USAF Bast, Paul G. CAPT Grand Rapids Apr. 26, 1943 Feb. 1, 1972
USA Behm, Daniel Louis SP4 Kent City Dec. 05, 1948 Jan. 24, 1970
USA Bigelow, Paul Lee PFC Grand Rapids Dec. 28, 1947 Mar. 15, 1968
USA Bodell, Larry Allen WO Wyoming Jan. 18, 1948 Feb. 19, 1969
USA Borr, Jeffrey WO Grand Rapids Feb. 13, 1948 Sep. 9, 1969
USA Bosowski, Michael Alan PFC Grand Rapids Mar. 01, 1948 Feb. 15, 1970
USA Bost, Michael James CPL Grand Rapids May 17, 1946 May 14, 1967
USA Brooks, Charles Allen SP4 Wyoming Nov. 11, 1949 Jun. 14, 1970
USA Bukala, Daniel Scott PFC Grand Rapids Mar. 26, 1949 Dec. 21, 1967
USA Butler, Charles Lewis LTC Grand Rapids Sep. 03, 1927 Jun. 21, 1972
USA Cann, Horace CPL Grand Rapids Jun. 24, 1947 Oct. 27, 1967
USA Carroll, Thomas J. CPL Grand Rapids Jan. 14, 1944 Apr. 26, 1968
USA Chambers, Richard Alan PFC Grand Rapids Mar. 23, 1948 Sep. 17, 1968
USN Chilvere, Robin Lee HM3 Wyoming Jul. 26, 1947 Apr. 30, 1967
USA Clay, Christopher Elliott PFC Alto Dec. 08, 1946 Jun. 14, 1968
USMC Clifford, George Henry CPL Grand Rapids Oct. 27, 1948 Jul. 26, 1969
USA Cole, Gordon Eugene CPL Grand Rapids Sep. 05, 1943 Aug. 14, 1968
USMC Cotten, Ollie Ray PFC Sand Lake Jan. 27, 1946 Aug. 18, 1965
USMC Creager, Ronald Lee LCPL Grand Rapids Apr. 20, 1951 Mar. 21, 1970
USMC Curtis, Bruce Wayne PFC Sparta Sep. 13, 1949 Feb. 25, 1969
USA Dalton, Robert Lloyd PFC Grand Rapids Feb. 28, 1951 Feb. 19, 1971
USMC Day, Wesley David PFC Grand Rapids Jun. 06, 1948 Nov. 26, 1967
USA De Young, Abe Richard SP4 Ada Feb. 24, 1947 May 2, 1967
USA DeBoer, Lawrence Neil SGT Grand Rapids Mar. 20, 1945 May 10, 1970
USA Deering, Gale Edward SSGT Grand Rapids Aug. 12, 1945 Aug. 19, 1986
USMC DeHommel, Hank John Conrad CPL Grand Rapids Jan. 11, 1945 Nov. 26, 1967
USA Dekker, David Ross CPL Grand Rapids Nov. 07, 1948 Apr. 16, 1971
USA Demorest, David Keith SGT Grand Rapids Aug. 21, 1946 Nov. 16, 1967
USMC Didaskalou, George Arthur PFC Grand Rapids Nov. 08, 1946 Sep. 3, 1967
USA Diekema, Arnold Raymond SP4 Grand Rapids Apr. 27, 1947 Nov. 23, 1968
USA Dunneback, Michael Arthur PFC Grand Rapids Nov. 10, 1948 Mar. 5, 1969
USA Dykema, Ross Allen SP4 Grand Rapids Oct. 14, 1948 Dec. 3, 1967
USA Ellison, Nevada Larry CPL Grand Rapids Apr. 26, 1946 Oct. 5, 1967
USMC Faught, David Lawerance PFC Grand Rapids Nov. 24, 1945 Aug. 10, 1966
USMC Ferguson, Gary Scott PFC Grand Rapids Nov. 26, 1946 Aug. 3, 1966
USA Ford, Thomas Vincent Jr. SP4 Lowell Jan. 01, 1945 Feb. 16, 1967
USA Fosburg, Rick Harold SSGT Grand Rapids Sep. 25, 1944 May 7, 1968
USA Frechette, Terry Allen SP4 Cedar Springs Sep. 30, 1946 Jul. 26, 1968
USA Fritzgerald, Larry John SP4 Grand Rapids Jul. 16, 1946 Jan. 21, 1968
USA Gibson, Keith Edward CPL Grand Rapids Aug. 25, 1950 May 27, 1969
USA Gipner, Gordon Phillip SP4 Grand Rapids Nov. 15, 1948 Feb. 26, 1969
USN Grachtrup, John Norbert  (photo) HM3 Grand Rapids Jun. 06, 1946 Dec. 10, 1966
USAF Griffin, Charles Farrell CAPT Grand Rapids Jan. 17, 1940 Dec. 13, 1968
USA Haag, Richard Harold Jr. SP5 Grand Rapids Jul. 21, 1948 Mar. 11, 1969
USMC Hage, Mark Kellogg CPL Wyoming Jul. 12, 1949 Aug. 5, 1968
USA Harper, Harold Owen SGT Grand Rapids Aug. 10, 1950 Sep. 12, 1970
USMC Heether, James Joseph II PFC Ada Sep. 18, 1946 Oct. 19, 1966
USA Hicks, Hiawatha SP4 Grand Rapids Jan. 25, 1945 Apr. 21, 1968
USA Hill, Robert Hardy Jr. PFC Grand Rapids Nov. 21, 1946 Jun. 5, 1970
USMC Himebaugh, Lee Edward CPL Alto Jan. 10, 1948 May 27, 1968
USA Holloway, Michael Scott CPL Wyoming May 10, 1949 Mar. 28, 1971
USA Hoogterp, Stephen Joseph PFC Wyoming May 28, 1947 Oct. 11, 1968
USA Huey, Herman Leroy SGT Grand Rapids Mar. 25, 1936 Feb. 7, 1966
USA Hurlbut, Thomas Willard CPL Byron Center Feb. 12, 1949 Jul. 8, 1969
USA Jamison, Roger Lee SP4 Grand Rapids Jun. 10, 1947 Jun. 5, 1969
USMC Jaskiewicz, Daniel Joseph 1LT Grand Rapids Oct. 31, 1942 Apr. 16, 1968
USA Jones, Jon Carl SP4 Grand Rapids Feb. 08, 1947 Sep. 13, 1968
USA Jones, Willis George SP4 Grand Rapids Feb. 12, 1948 May 13, 1968
USA Keating, Ralph Ainsworth PFC Caledonia Apr. 28, 1947 Feb. 2, 1968
USMC Kemp, Thomas William PFC Rockford Nov. 18, 1948 May 30, 1968
USMC Kruger, Frederick Lyle LCPL Wyoming Mar. 03, 1947 Mar. 19, 1968
USA Lane, Warren Clifford SGT Grand Rapids Jan. 03, 1945 Mar. 10, 1968
USA Leonard, Marvin Maurice CWO Grand Rapids Feb. 01, 1936 Feb. 15, 1971
USA Link, David John PFC Grand Rapids Apr. 01, 1948 Feb. 26, 1968
USMC Lobbezoo, Dennis Lee PFC Grand Rapids Jun. 04, 1948 Jun. 6, 1968
USA Lukas, Jerome Kristin PFC Caledonia Jan. 01, 1948 May 13, 1969
USMC Makarewicz, Daniel PFC Grand Rapids Oct. 13, 1946 Aug. 16, 1967
USA Meek, Thomas Wesly PSGT Grand Rapids Nov. 15, 1937 Mar. 27, 1967
USA Meringa, Gary Paul PFC Grand Rapids Jan. 19, 1948 Apr. 16, 1968
USMC Merryman, Dennis Gary LCPL Sparta Jun. 29, 1949 Mar. 5, 1969
USA Miedema, Matthew George PFC Grand Rapids Nov. 07, 1944 Aug. 25, 1966
USA Miedzielec, Timothy R. PFC Grand Rapids Sep. 06, 1948 Oct. 11, 1969
USA Miller, Ronald Jay SFC Grand Rapids Jun. 03, 1936 May 12, 1968
USMC Minch, Roger Carl PFC Grand Rapids Jun. 11, 1948 Mar. 6, 1968
USMC Modderman, Philip John LCPL Grand Rapids Mar. 21, 1949 May 21, 1969
USAF Moroney, Robert Jerome CAPT Grand Rapids Jan. 23, 1932 Dec. 14, 1965
USA Morrison, James John SP4 Grand Rapids May 26, 1948 Feb. 2, 1969
USMC Moser, Keith Milton II PFC Lowell Sep. 25, 1946 Jun. 3, 1967
USA Nitz, Robert Franklin PFC Wyoming Sep. 17, 1947 Nov. 9, 1967
USA Noon, Jack Alden CPL Lowell Apr. 06, 1950 Jun. 1, 1970
USA Olinger, James Edward Jr. SGT Grand Rapids Nov. 11, 1947 Jul. 3, 1970
USA Orr, Michael Walter PFC Grand Rapids Mar. 05, 1949 Jan. 13, 1968
USA Palmer, Bruce Cameron WO Wyoming Aug. 20, 1948 Aug. 27, 1968
USMC Parks, Jerry Emmet PFC Grand Rapids Jun. 21, 1943 Mar. 5, 1966
USA Patterson, Walter Marcellus PFC Grand Rapids Jul. 31, 1947 Feb. 19, 1968
USMC Peckham, George Robert LCPL Wyoming Oct. 21, 1947 Apr. 4, 1968
USA Price, Jack Leon 2LT Cedar Springs Jun. 02, 1941 Jul. 16, 1969
USA Rock, Gerald Francis CPL Grand Rapids Nov. 04, 1949 Nov. 17, 1968
USA Roossien, Robert Allen SGT Wyoming Jun. 26, 1949 May 12, 1969
USA Rowland, Harvey Lyn PFC Grand Rapids Jan. 02, 1945 Sep. 4, 1966
USMC Schrecongost, Frederic Lee PFC E. Grand Rapids Oct. 24, 1946 Apr. 26, 1969
USMC Scott, John Melville Jr. PFC Grand Rapids Dec. 16, 1944 Sep. 10, 1966
USA Seadorf, Michael J. SP4 Wyoming Sep. 06, 1947 Oct. 31, 1967
USMC Simmons, David Leroy SGT Grand Rapids Aug. 16, 1944 Mar. 16, 1968
USA Sipperley, Lorne Jay SP5 Grand Rapids Mar. 19, 1945 Apr. 27, 1969
USA Slack, Lloyd SP4 Grand Rapids Mar. 02, 1944 Dec. 14, 1967
USMC Stauffer, Gordon Charles CPL Grand Rapids Jan. 07, 1950 Mar. 16, 1970
USA Stoken, Charles Albert CPL Grand Rapids Jul. 14, 1943 Apr. 9, 1967
USA Stout, Jerry Lee CPL Wyoming Jan. 16, 1950 Feb. 25, 1970
USA Taylor, Donnie Carl SGT Grand Rapids Dec. 09, 1947 Apr. 6, 1971
USA Thomas, Melvin Ray SGT Ada Jan. 03, 1950 May 15, 1970
USMC Thompson, Everette Arthur PFC Grand Rapids Sep. 19, 1946 Aug. 10, 1966
USA Trapani, Andrew SGT Grand Rapids Oct. 07, 1923 Mar. 11, 1967
USA Urban, Alexander John Jr. PFC Grand Rapids Aug. 29, 1948 Jul. 10, 1969
USA Valerius, Millard Russell CAPT Grand Rapids Nov. 02, 1928 May 28, 1965
USA Van Haitsma, Randall Craig CPL Ada Jan. 31, 1950 May 20, 1970
USA Vanden Bosch, Dwaine Wilm PFC Grand Rapids Jan. 17, 1948 Mar. 10, 1968
USN Vandenberg, John Edward Jr. HM2 Grand Rapids Jun. 19, 1945 Nov. 1, 1969
USA Vandenberg, Ronald J. SGT Wyoming Mar. 26, 1947 Mar. 3, 1969
USA VanGessel, Larry Eugene SP5 Grand Rapids Feb. 19, 1947 Aug. 14, 1968
USA VanGilder, Robert Randall PFC Grand Rapids Sep. 25, 1947 Feb. 3, 1968
USA VanHattem, James Robert CPL Grand Rapids May 24, 1949 Nov. 14, 1969
USA VanLeeuwen, Robert James PFC Rockford May 06, 1948 May 6, 1967
USMC VanTongeren, Timothy Ray PFC Grandville Feb. 23, 1949 Apr. 21, 1969
USMC Vigh, Alexander Joseph PFC Grand Rapids Nov. 19, 1946 Dec. 19, 1966
USA Visser, John Joseph SP4 Grandville Aug. 14, 1948 Sep. 19, 1968
USA Vogel, Lawrence Smith PFC Grand Rapids Apr. 07, 1946 Jan. 27, 1967
USA Warner, Robert Allen SSGT Grand Rapids Jan. 21, 1941 Jan. 30, 1968
USN Wessels, Edward John AA Wyoming Feb. 22, 1947 Jul. 29, 1967
USA Yates, Craig Edward CPL Sparta Nov. 23, 1950 May 29, 1969
USA Zamiara, Joseph C. CAPT Grand Rapids Oct. 05, 1943 Jan. 30, 1968
USA Zomberg, George Alan SGT Grand Rapids Aug. 02, 1947 Aug. 14, 1967
USMC Zoodsma, Jack Allen LCPL Grand Rapids Nov. 11, 1950 Feb. 17, 1970
Keweenaw County: 1 casualities
Service Name Rank Home of Record Date of Birth Date of Loss
USA Koski, Gene Raymond SSGT Mohawk Feb. 21, 1939 Aug. 12, 1969
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Source: Michigan's Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA)


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