Stewart Bell Jr. Archives
Handley Regional Library
Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society
P.O. Box 58, Winchester, VA 22604
(540) 662-9041 ext. 17
archives@handleyregional.org
www.handleyregional.org
1342 THL
Inventory created by Archives Staff 11/2003. Last revised 12/2018.
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EXTENT:
DATE: 1965 – present; bulk 1965 - 1973
SCOPE AND CONTENT: This collection is comprised of news clippings, photographs, correspondence and some service notes made by men and women of the Winchester-Frederick Co., Virginia area, who served in the Vietnam War. Names of veterans who have participated in oral history interviews are marked in the list below.
BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL: The Vietnam War was a conflict between North and South Vietnam from 1955-1975. The U.S. entered this conflict in 1965 as regular US combat troops were deployed in an unsuccessful attempt to keep Communist North Vietnam from invading South Vietnam. At the height of the war in 1968 there were 531,000 troops deployed in country. The last US troops left in 1972. The country was officially united as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in April of 1975.
CITE AS: Vietnam Collection, 1342 THL, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION: Acquired as a gift.
ORGANIZATION:
BOX 1
Vietnam news clippings, unnumbered, printed
Vietnam Service Men and Women from Winchester, Frederick Co., and Clarke Co., Virginia, n.d., unnumbered leaves
Brunlett, Carl E - 4 l, printed (photocopy)
Dietz, Martin E. – Correspondence, Sept. 14, 1965-Dec. 6, 1965, 4 items, manuscript
Dietz, Martin E. – Correspondence, Jan. 18, 1966-Dec. 8, 1966, 18 items, manuscript
Dietz, Martin E. – Correspondence, March 10, 1967-Aug. 5, 1967, 18 items, manuscript
Headley, Jerry – News articles
Throckmorton, Thomas B. – Biography, 1 leaf, typescript
Vietnam Christmas Program, 1966, 2 items, typed (mimeograph)
Vietnam – 1965-1969 – 25th Inf. Division, ¾ Cavalry, CBS war footage
List of Vietnam War Service Men and Women from Winchester, Frederick Co., Virginia
(R = military record, P = photograph, O = oral history interview, T = transcript, N = news article)
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Name |
Branch of Service |
Major Theaters |
Medals |
Notes |
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Acker, Elliott (O) |
Army |
Vietnam |
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1970 River boat operations |
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Adams, Gary (O) |
Army |
Vietnam |
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1st Infantry Division |
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Armstrong, Richard (O,T) |
Air Force |
Vietnam Desert Storm |
Purple Heart, Distinguished Flying Cross, and others |
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Barley, Gary (P,O,T) |
Army |
Vietnam |
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Helicopter pilot |
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Baun, Mandy L (P). |
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Baun, William Christopher (P) |
Marine |
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Beamer, Ray (P) |
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Beamer III, William (P) |
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Borg, John (O) |
Army |
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Medic |
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Bowman, Keith (P) |
Navy |
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Broy, William E., (P) |
Air Force |
SE Asia Vietnam |
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Aug., 1965-July, 1969 |
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Brunlett, Carl E. (P, O) |
Navy |
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1960 |
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Byrd, Thomas T. (P) |
Marines |
Vietnam |
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1967-1968 |
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Campbell, Rebecca (P) |
Navy |
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1973-1975 |
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Carper, Loring “Billy” Jr. (N) |
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First Winchester man killed in Vietnam |
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Cone, Gregory Franklin (P) |
Air Force |
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Sargent |
Served 1967-1971 |
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Cooke, Charles A. |
Army |
Vietnam |
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1969-1971 |
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Cowley, Rodney (P, O) |
Army |
Vietnam |
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1967 |
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Crawford, John W (O) |
Navy |
Mediterranean |
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1963-1967 |
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Crittenden, William R. (O) |
Army |
Vietnam |
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Curry, George W. (R ) (P) |
Army |
Panama Canal Japan |
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1946-1967 |
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Dick, Tom (P) |
Army |
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Dietz, Martin (R) |
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Donald, Leroy F (O) |
Navy |
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Elliot, Larry (P, O) |
Army |
Vietnam |
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1968-1969 |
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Embrey, George Ronnie (O) |
Air ForceNavy? |
Vietnam |
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Clerk/Typist |
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Finley, Robert I. (P) |
Air Force |
Vietnam |
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Staff Sargent |
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Gay, Gordon (P) |
Army |
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1963 |
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Glaize, George W. Jr.(P) |
Army |
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82nd Airborne |
1961-1969 |
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Grim, Gary R. (P) |
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Hammack, Bill (P) |
Army |
Vietnam |
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Haun, Bobby Allen (P) (R)(O) |
Army |
Vietnam |
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1964-1968 |
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Headley, Jerry (P, O) |
Marines/Army |
Vietnam |
Silver Star Purple Heart |
Captain Dec., 1956-Mar, 1960 Jan., 1968-Aug, 1984 |
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Hill Sr. , Lorenzo (P) |
Marines |
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1972-1974 |
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Hinkle, Charles Douglas (P) |
Navy |
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Hodson, Charles, Jr. (P,R) |
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Horna, Gerald (P) |
Navy |
Vietnam |
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Commander 1960s 1970s |
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Hunter, Philip N. Jr. (O) |
Army |
Vietnam |
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Hynes, Juergen Balbach (O) |
Army |
Vietnam |
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Jenkins, David M. |
US Air Force |
Taiwan, Okinawa Vietnam |
Bronze Star Purple Heart |
Sgt. 824th Combat Security Police, 1968-1972 |
|
Jenkins, Jerry Malone |
Army |
Vietnam |
25th Inf. Div. |
KIA 6-16-67 |
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Johnson, Gary (P) |
Army |
Vietnam |
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Kerhoff, William P. Jr. (P) |
Army |
Taiwan |
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Kern, Harry Ray, Jr. (P) |
Navy/Marines |
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Enlisted in the Navy; transferred to the Marines and served 1964-1968. |
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Kilbourne, Jimmy Sr. |
USAF |
Vietnam |
Silver Star (2) DFC (3) |
Received 24 medals |
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Klaner, Glenn (P,O) |
Air Force |
Vietnam |
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1967-68 |
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Lamp, Jim (P) |
Navy |
Atlantic Fleet |
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1963-1967 |
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Lauve, Louis L. (O) |
Army |
Vietnam |
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Lillis, Thomas (P) |
Air Force |
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Served as pilot in 1969 |
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Lillis, Lt. Com., Jack W. (P) |
Navy |
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1957-1973 |
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Lillis, John T. “Timmy” (P) |
Navy |
USS Saratoga |
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Promoted to Liet. Com., from the ranks (Mustang)1972 |
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Lineberger Jr., Russell Lee (P) |
Marines |
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1970 |
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Locke, James A. D. (P) |
Army |
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Lawler, James D. (P) |
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Levi, Thomas (P) |
Army |
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Madden, James H. (P) |
Navy |
Vietnam |
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Seabees, 1968
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Matthes, David Fraser (O) |
Navy |
Vietnam |
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McGolerick, David T. (P) |
Army |
Korea |
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Served in Korea during Vietnam Conflict |
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McIlwee, James R. |
Army |
Vietnam |
Purple Heart |
101st Airborne, KIA June 20, 1966 PFC |
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Miller, Thomas Kinsey (P) |
Army |
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MP |
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Nelson, James Hunter (P) |
Army |
|
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Aka “Mickie” |
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Nelson, Leonard (O) |
Navy |
Bikini Island |
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A & H Bomb Testing; 1944-1971 |
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Nelson, Ronald H. (P) |
USMC |
Vietnam |
Purple Heart |
African-American |
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O’Dell, George C. (P) |
Air Force |
Vietnam |
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TSgt |
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Orndorff, Larry (P) |
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Pasquet, George A. (O, T) |
Air Force |
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Patton, Franklin Hugh Jr. (P) |
Marines |
Vietnam |
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Medic; served April 1969 to Jan. 1970 |
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Petit, Eugene D. (O) |
Army |
Vietnam |
|
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Pinkham, Charlie (P, O) |
Air Force |
Vietnam |
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1968 |
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Pretlow, John (P) |
Army |
|
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1966 |
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Ratlift, Don (P) |
Marine |
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Reid, Judy Harden (P) |
Marine |
|
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1963-1971 |
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Reid, Lee Allen (P) |
Marine |
|
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1967-1971 |
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Richardson, Arlee J. (P) |
Army |
Vietnam |
Bronze Star, Purple Heart |
2 tours of Vietnam, 1965-6, 1968-9, also South Korea, 1967 |
|
Rio, Carmen (P,O) |
Army |
Vietnam |
2 Bronze Stars |
1970-1971 1st Lt. 101th Airborne |
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Ritter, George Allen (P) |
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Ritter, Leslie D. (P) |
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Sampson, Carl W. (P) |
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1968-1969 |
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Saville, Bruce (P) |
Navy |
USS Shadwell (med) |
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Jan., 1961-Jan., 1965 |
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Shendow, William (O, P) |
Army |
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Bronze Star |
Intelligence |
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Shepard, Col. Thomas G. |
Air Force |
US, Germany |
Defense Superior Service medal, Legion of Merit, DFC, Air Medal |
1965-1982 |
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Shimer, Richard F. ((O) |
Marines |
Vietnam, Dominican Republic |
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June, 1960-Aug., 1984 |
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Sledge, Charles (P) |
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|
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Smith, Daniel L. (O) |
Marines |
Vietnam |
|
|
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Smith, Glen Adam (P) |
Army |
Korea |
|
|
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Smith, Paul W. (P) |
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|
|
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Strickland, Wiley R. (O) |
Army |
Vietnam |
1965-1971 |
9th Infantry Division |
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Taylor, Don (P) |
Air Force |
Vietnam |
|
Lt.- Capt. |
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Templeton, James Patrick (O) |
Navy |
Vietnam |
|
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Thomas, William Douglas (O) |
Army |
|
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Artillery |
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Timm, Marshall (P) |
Marines |
Vietnam |
|
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Throckmorton, Thomas B. (P, O, T) |
Army |
|
Silver Star, Bronze Star, two Purple Hearts |
173rd Airborne Infantry, Captain, 1969-70 |
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Turben, Robert J. (P) |
Army |
Vietnam |
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1962 |
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Tyler, Jeral (P) |
Army |
Vietnam |
|
1960s-1980s |
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Virts, Joe Emery (P) |
Army |
|
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1964 |
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Washington, James, Sr (P) |
Army |
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Washington, Robert A.(P) |
Army |
Vietnam |
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KIA Vietnam, Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart |
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Williams, Buddy Clyde (P) |
Army |
Vietnam |
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KIA |
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Williams, Lewis “Doc” |
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Yost, Harry J. (P) |
Army |
Vietnam |
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KIA |
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