Appendix A The Roll of Honor Fort Knox Officer Candidate School Vietnam War Casualties

Your son, my lord, has paid a soldier’s debt: He only liv’d but till he was a man; The which no sooner had his prowess confirm’d In the unshrinking station where he fought, But like a man he died. Shakespeare

On the following pages is a listing of graduates and company officer cadre of OCS at Fort Knox who died as a result of the Vietnam War. Names listed are those known at the time of the publication of this book. Information relating to changes in the Roll of Honor should be sent electronically to Hugh Preacher at [email protected] or John Moore at [email protected]. Contact by mail is as follows:

Hugh Preacher John Moore 502 51st St NW 3649 West Rudolf Drive Bradenton, Florida 34209 Tucson, Arizona 85741

Description: Officer Candidate School at Fort Knox was conducted from 1965 to 1968. There were 113 of our classmates and 5 cadre who were casualties in Vietnam. One is a Medal of Honor recipient. Our classmates served our Nation, her citizens, the Army, and most importantly their fellow soldiers with honor and dignity. We will meet them again in Fiddler's Green. Awards/Abbreviations: Awards listed are from a variety of sources and is not a complete listing.

MOH-Medal of Honor DSC-Distinguished Service Cross SS-Silver Star DFC-Distinguished Flying Cross AMNM-Airman's Medal BSM-Bronze Star Medal PH-Purple Heart AM-Air Medal ARCOM-Army Commendation Medal

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Busby, 1LT William Leon Bethany Memorial Cemetery b. Oct. 9, 1939 d. Jan. 21, 1968 HOR Kentucky Louisville, KY TAC Officer Company A1/A2 (Classes 27-66, 6-67, 10-67, & 22-67) Cdr Company A1/A2 (Classes 22-67 & 26-67) - PH - Advisory Tm 21, MACV Crabbe, 1LT Robert John Arlington National Cemetery b. June 12, 1941 d. Apr. 18, 1967 HOR Michigan Arlington, VA TAC Officer B2 (Class 24-66) – BSM(V), AM, PH - HHB, Div Arty, 1st Cav Div Humphries, CPT Gary Dean Rolling Hills Memorial Park b. Oct. 7, 1944 d. Jan. 26, 1969 HOR El Sobrante, CA XO Company D1/D2 (Classes 25-66, 9-67, 15-67, & 25-67) AM, PH - D Co, 229th ASHB, 11th Avn Gp, 1st Cav Div Carter, MAJ George William National Cemetery of the b. Dec. 4, 1938 d. Apr 24, 1972 HOR Florida Pacific, Courts of the Missing CO Company H1/H2 (Classes 14-67 & 16-67) Honolulu, HI AM, PH – Advisory Tm 22, MACV Parsons, CPT Lionel Eugene Woodlawn Cemetery b. Jan. 21, 1941 d. Nov. 12, 1969 HOR Oklahoma Claremore, OK XO Company E1/E2 (Classes 3-67 & 4-67) Cdr HHC BSM, AM w/OLC, PH - Advisory Tm 19, HQ MACV

Roll of Honor – Graduates Abernathy, 1LT Daniel Owen Beverly National Cemetery b. Nov. 1, 1946 d. Aug. 24, 1968 HOR New Jersey Beverly, NJ Class #14-67 H1- PH - A Co, 1/50 Inf, 173rd Abn Bde Adams, 1LT Jerry Dean Greenwood Cemetery b. Jan. 5, 1945 d. Feb. 18, 1968 HOR Indiana Greenwood, IN Class #18-66 C1- AM, PH - C Trp, 3/17 Cav, 1st Avn Bde Ahouse, 1LT William Curry Westover Memorial Park b. Dec. 30, 1945 d. June 8, 1968 HOR Georgia (non-hostile casualty) Cemetery Class #5-67 F2 - D Trp, 7/1 Cav, 1st Avn Bde Augusta, GA Ashburn, 1LT Jerry Allen Port Edwards Municipal b. Feb. 21, 1947 d. June 17, 1969 HOR Wisconsin Cemetery Class #31-67 C2 – BSM w/OLC, ARCOM, PH w/OLC - D Co, 2/12 Inf, 25th Inf Div Port Edwards, WI Baldwin, CPT Norman Earl Lauderdale Memorial Park b. Jan. 6, 1947 d. Aug. 26, 1968 HOR Florida Fort Lauderdale, FL Class #18-66 C1 - DSC, PH - Det B-20, Co B, 5th SF Gp Barker, 1LT Dana Randolph Fort Rosecrans National b. July 21, 1946 d. Feb. 13, 1969 HOR California Cemetery Class #29-67 G2 - BSM, AM, PH - HHC, 198th Inf Bde, Americal Div , CA Bennett, 2LT Anthony Lee Cottonwood Cemetery b. Nov. 15, 1945 d. May 31, 1968 HOR Arizona Cottonwood, AZ Class #24-67 B2 - BSM, PH - B Trp, 1/17 Cav, 82nd Abn Div Benton, 1LT Johnny William Jerome Cemetery b. May 14, 1947 d. Nov. 25, 1968 HOR Idaho Jerome, ID Class #27-67 G1 - DFC, BSM, AM, PH - Air Cav Trp, 11th ACR Boucher, CPT Robert Charles Whitemarsh Memorial Park b. May 4, 1946 d. Apr. 20, 1969 HOR Pennsylvania Ambler, PA Class #22-66 F1 - SS, BSM, AM w/8OLC, PH - A Trp, 7/1 Cav, 1st Avn Bde Breski, 1LT Joseph, Jr. Lawn Haven Burial Estates b. Sep. 30, 1947 d. June 6, 1969 HOR Pennsylvania Worthington, PA Class #31-67 C2 - BSM, AM, PH - B Trp, 1/9 Cav, 1st Cav Div

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Briggs, CPT Ronald Daniel Arlington National Cemetery b. Mar. 24, 1944 d. Feb. 6, 1969 HOR Pennsylvania Arlington, VA (non-hostile MIA, remains recovered 1996) Class #20-67 E2 - Advisory Tm 4, MACV Brown, 1LT Bruce Wadleigh Blossom Hill Cemetery b. Feb. 13, 1945 d. Sep. 12, 1968 HOR New Hampshire Concord, NH Class #2-67 B1 - SS, BSM w/OLC, ARCOM, PH - B Trp, 1/1 Cav, Americal Div Buholtz, 1LT Tony Lee Our Lady of Mercy Catholic b. Sep. 22, 1947 d. Mar. 22, 1969 HOR Florida Cemetery Class #27-67 G1 - SS, BSM, AM w/5OLC, PH w/OLC - A Trp, 1/9 Cav, 1st Cav Div Miami, FL Burchfield, CPT Joe Stuart Floral Garden Memorial Park b. July 2, 1946 d. Dec. 2, 1971 HOR Maine High Point, NC Class #9-67 D2 – DFC, BSM w/OLC, AM w/12OLC, PH w/OLC - A Trp, 2/17 Cav, 101st Abn Div Butler, 1LT Thomas Lynn Mount Gilead Church of Christ b. Sep. 8, 1948 d. June 1, 1968 HOR Kentucky Cemetery Class #6-67 A2 – SS,BSM w/OLC,PH - C Trp, 1/1 Cav, Americal Div Tompkinsville, KY Callahan, CPT Raymond Walter, Jr. Grandview Cemetery b. Sep. 11, 1946 d. Feb. 23, 1969 HOR Pennsylvania Johnstown, PA Class #6-67 A2 - BSM, PH - Advisory Tm 67, MACV Calloway, 1LT Hardy Eugene Barrancas National Cemetery b. July 30, 1942 d. Mar. 18, 1969 HOR Florida Pensacola, FL Class #1-68 E1 - DFC, AM w/4OLC, PH - B Trp, 3/17 Cav, 1st Avn Bde Ceres, 1LT Thomas Allen Royal Palm Memorial Garden b. Aug. 29, 1948 d. July 10, 1969 HOR Florida (non-hostile casualty) West Palm Beach, FL Class #25-67 D2 - DFC, BSM, AM - Air Cav Trp, 11th ACR Challberg, 1LT Curtis Paul Elk Creek Lutheran Cemetery b. July 23, 1945 d. Aug. 22, 1969 HOR Illinois (non-hostile casualty) Kensett, IA Class #2-68 E2 – DFC, BSM, AM w/5OLC, ARCOM - 213th ASHC, 11th Avn Bn, 12th Avn Gp, 1st Avn Bde Cheney, 1LT Daniel Bernard Evergreen Memorial Garden b. Jan. 28, 1947 d. Jan. 6, 1969 HOR Washington Vancouver, WA Class #29-67 G2 - DFC, AM, PH - A Trp, 3/17 Cav, 1st Avn Bde Cleveland, 1LT Richard Grover Sarasota Memorial Park b. Nov. 14, 1944 d. Nov. 17, 1968 HOR Florida Sarasota, FL Class #25-67 D2 - SS, BSM(V), BSM, PH - D Co, 1/27 Inf, 25th Inf Div Cole, 1LT Richard Wilson Lakeside Memorial Park b. May 8, 1946 d. June 19, 1969 HOR Florida Winter Haven, FL Class #22-67 A2 - BSM, PH - HHT, 3rd Sqdn, 11th ACR Coppernoll, CPT David William Fort Rosecrans National b. July 4, 1943 d. Jan. 8, 1970 HOR California Cemetery Class #19-67 E1 - AMNM, BSM, PH w/OLC - Det B-41, D Co, 5th SF Gp San Diego, CA Crowley, 1LT James Allen, II Saint Michael's Cemetery b. June 19, 1945 d. Oct. 16, 1968 HOR Massachusetts Springfield, MA Class #24-67 B2 – SS, DFC, AM w/OLC, PH - Air Cav Trp, 11th ACR Curran, CPT John Dehaas Santa Fe National Cemetery b. May 12, 1946 d. May 25, 1971 HOR Arizona Santa Fe, NM Class #23-67 C1 - DSC, BSM(V), BSM w/OLC, AM w/25OLC, ARCOM, PH - A Co, 227th AHB, 52nd Avn Bn, 17th Avn Gp, 1st Avn Bde Dance, 1LT Robert Lynn Pierce Brothers Crestlawn b. Dec. 1, 1947 d. Aug. 8, 1969 HOR California Cemetery Class #4-68 A2/D2 - SS, DFC, BSM(V), BSM, AM w/16OLC, PH - B Trp, 7/17 Riverside, CA

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Cav, 1st Avn Bde Donovan, 1LT Robert Martin Gate of Heaven Cemetery b. Mar. 8, 1946 d. May 15, 1968 HOR Rhode Island East Providence, RI Class #8-67 B2 - PH - HHC, 2/34 Ar, 25th Inf Div Dubbs, 1LT Raymond Arthur Green Lawn Memorial Park b. Aug. 18, 1945 d. Mar. 10, 1968 HOR Pennsylvania Montgomery, PA Class #8-67 B2 - PH - HHT, 3/4 Cav, 25th Inf Div Easton, 1LT John William Fairhaven Memorial Park b. May 2, 1941 d. Sep. 25, 1968 HOR California Santa Ana, CA Class #21-67 F2 - BSM, PH - C Co, 1/69 Ar, 4th Inf Div Economous, 1LT George J., Jr. Elmwood Cemetery b. Dec. 22, 1946 d. Apr. 15, 1968 HOR Utah Hammond, IN Class #10-67 A1 - PH - C Co, 1/35 Inf, 4th Inf Div Feller, 1LT David Kent Mimosa-Pines South Cemetery b. Aug. 28, 1945 d. Apr. 30, 1968 HOR Louisiana Carlyss, LA Class #7-67 C1 - PH - HHT, 17th Cav, 198th Inf Bde, Americal Div Flattery, 1LT Richard Thomas, Jr. Corpus Christi Cemetery b. Aug. 19, 1945 d. May 20, 1968 HOR Iowa Fort Dodge, IA Class #8-67 B2 - BSM, AM, PH - D Trp, 1/9 Cav, 1st Cav Div Flowers, 1LT Lawrence Buford Chattanooga National b. June 14, 1944 d. Oct. 1, 1967 HOR Georgia (non-hostile casualty) Cemetery Class #21-66 E2 - 31st Supply Co, 96th S & S Bn, Army Spt Cmd, Chattanooga, TN Flurry, 1LT James Durward Shiloh National Military b. Jan. 2, 1943 d. May 2, 1969 HOR Tennessee Cemetery Class #30-67 D1 - DFC, AM w/10OLC, PH - C Trp, 7/17 Cav, 1st Avn Bde Shiloh, TN Foster, CPT Jean Clifton Fort Sam Houston National b. Aug. 11, 1944 d. Nov. 21, 1968 HOR Texas (non-hostile casualty) Cemetery Class #23-66 F2 – AM w/13OLC - 74th Avn Co, 210th Avn Bn, San Antonio, TX 12th Avn Gp, 1st Avn Bde Gallo, 1LT Peter Joseph Arlington National Cemetery b. Jan. 29, 1946 d. Mar. 30, 1968 HOR California Arlington, VA Class #3-67 E1 - BSM, PH - C Trp, 3/5 Cav, 9th Inf Div Gillespie, 1LT Robert James, Jr. Mount Hope Cemetery b. Jan. 12, 1942 d. Aug. 11, 1968 HOR Massachusetts North Attleboro, MA Class #22-67 A2 - SS, BSM, PH - A Trp, 1/4 Cav, 1st Inf Div Godwin, 1LT Johnie Reese, Jr. Fort Gibson National Cemetery b. June 28, 1946 d. Nov. 29, 1968 HOR Alabama Fort Gibson, OK Class #19-67 E1 - SS, BSM(V), BSM, PH - HHC, 1/5 Inf, 25th Inf Div Greene, 1LT Lawrence Douglass Arlington National Cemetery b. Jan. 25, 1943 d. Jan. 30, 1968 HOR Kentucky Arlington, VA Class #18-66 C1 – BSM(V), BSM, PH - D Co, 4/503 Inf, 173rd Abn Bde Guthridge, CPT John Howard Woodlawn Cemetery b. Dec. 19, 1934 d. Aug. 29, 1969 HOR Pennsylvania Milroy, Pa (non-hostile casualty) Class #6-67 A2 – BSM(V), BSM, AM, ARCOM - B Trp, 1/4 Cav, 1st Inf Div Hansen, 1LT John Currie Willamette National Cemetery b. Apr. 18, 1946 d. July 15, 1969 HOR Oregon Portland, OR Class #1-68 E1 - DFC, BSM, AM - C Trp, 1/9 Cav, 1st Cav Div Hansen, 1LT Peter Mykal Saint Mary’s Cemetery b. Apr. 23, 1945 d. Nov. 29, 1967 HOR Massachusetts Canton, MA Class #22-66 F1 - PH - A Co, 2/34 Ar, 25th Inf Div Harper, CPT Robert Edward Houston National Cemetery

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b. Oct. 24, 1946 d. Oct. 13, 1970 HOR Texas Houston, TX Class #6-67 A2 - PH - B Co, 1/52 Inf, 198th Inf Bde, Americal Div Hauser, 1LT Vincent Vanastyne Fort Rosecrans National b. Sep. 2, 1945 d. Dec. 6, 1967 HOR California Cemetery Class #14-66 B1 - PH - D Trp, 1/9 Cav, 1st Cav Div San Diego, CA Hill, 1LT Richard Alfred Oatka Cemetery b. June 30, 1942 d. Mar. 31, 1967 HOR New York Scottsville, NY Class #21-66 E2 - SS, AM, ARCOM, PH - HHC, 1/26 Inf, 1st Inf Div Hines, 1LT Joe Raymond Woodlawn Cemetery b. Sep. 15, 1946 d. May 22, 1968 HOR Florida Whigham, GA Class #13-67 G2 - PH - A Co, 1/5 Inf, 25th Inf Div Hines, 1LT Leslie Edmund, III Fairmount Memorial Park b. Oct. 23, 1938 d. Aug. 24, 1968 HOR Washington Spokane, WA Class #14-67 H1 – BSM, PH - E Trp 2nd Sqdn, 11th ACR Howe, CPT Olan Joseph A. J. Powell Memorial b. Apr. 13, 1943 d. Apr. 5, 1970 HOR Texas Cemetery Class #32-67 B1 - BSM, PH - B Trp 2nd Sqdn, 17th Cav, 101st Abn Div Hominy, OK Huber, CPT Leo John, III Lakelawn Cemetery b. July 13, 1944 d. May 18, 1969 HOR Louisiana New Orleans, LA (reinterred from Greenwood Cemetery) Class #14-67 H1 – DFC, AM, PH - D Trp, 1st Sqdn, 1st Cav, Americal Div Huff, 1LT Bruce Norman Mount Hope Cemetery b. Feb. 20, 1944 d. May 6, 1968 HOR Illinois Chicago, IL Class #13-67 G2 -PH - A Co, 1/12 Cav, 1st Cav Div Hults, 1LT Jeffrey Andrew Mount Calvary Cemetery b. Mar. 24, 1945 d. Feb. 12, 1968 HOR North Carolina Kankakee, IL Class #18-66 C1 - BSM, PH - A Co, 2/34 Ar, 25th Inf Div Jones, 1LT Donald Albert Floral Garden Memorial Park b. Dec. 15, 1942 d. July 26, 1968 HOR North Carolina High Point, NC Class #22-66 F1 - BSM, PH w/OLC - HHT, 2/1 Cav, 4th Inf Div Kemble, 1LT Donald William, IV Mother of Sorrows Cemetery b. Feb. 5, 1945 d. Nov. 28, 1967 HOR Michigan (non-hostile casualty) Carbondale, PA Class #22-66 F1 - AM - D Trp, 1/10 Cav, 4th Inf Div Koon, 1LT Albert Lewis "Corky" Forest Rose Cemetery b. July 24, 1946 d. May 15, 1969 HOR Ohio (non-hostile casualty) Lancaster, OH Class #26-67 A1 - BSM, AM w/16OLC - 114th Avn Co, 13th Avn Bn, 1st Avn Bde Little, 1LT Peter Clark Rest-Haven Memorial Park b. Aug. 30, 1945 d. Apr. 16, 1969 HOR Oregon (non-hostile casualty) Eugene, OR Class #32-67 B1 - BSM, AM w/6OLC - C Trp, 3/17 Cav, 1st Avn Bde Locke, 1LT James Lee Fort Sill Post Cemetery b. May 7, 1943 d. Mar. 26, 1969 HOR Oklahoma Fort Sill, OK Class #13-67 G2 – BSM(V), BSM, ARCOM, PH - C Trp, 1/10 Cav, 4th Inf Div Malone, 1LT Robert Earl Riverview Cemetery b. Mar. 8, 1942 d. Apr. 15, 1968 HOR Texas Seymour, TX Class #3-67 E1 - PH - B Co, 2/47 Inf, 9th Inf Div Merrell, 2LT David Richard Marion City Cemetery b. Aug. 13, 1944 d. Oct. 25, 1968 HOR Illinois Marion, IL Class #1-68 E1 - PH - HHC, 1/61 Inf, 5th Inf Div Miles, CPT Edward Francis Holy Cross Cemetery b. Aug. 17, 1944 Incident Apr 26, 1969 d. Jan. 26, 2004 HOR New York Brooklyn, NY (added to “The Wall" May 4, 2010) Class #6-67 A2 - SS, BSM, PH, Nobel Peace Prize Credit 1997,

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Advisory Tm 43, MACV, III Corps Molpus, 1LT James Davis Memory Park Cemetery b. Feb. 8, 1947 d. May 2, 1968 HOR Texas Longview, TX Class #9-67 D2 - PH - C Co, 1/5 Inf, 25th Inf Div Nance, 1LT Elmer Mason Oakwood Cemetery b. Sep. 11, 1943 d. May 16, 1968 HOR Virginia Bedford, VA Class #9-67 D2 - PH - A Co, 2/7 Cav, 1st Cav Div Newman, 1LT Dennis Earl Lagnita Alcove of Hope Pacific b. Dec. 5, 1946 d. July 15, 1969 HOR California View Memorial Park Class #30-67 D1 – SS, BSM(V), BSM, PH - G Trp, 2nd Sqdn, 11th ACR Corona del Mar CA Nolan, 1LT David Allen Fort Snelling National b. Nov. 23, 1941 d. Aug. 15, 1967 HOR Minnesota Cemetery Class #14-66 B1 – BSM(V), BSM, PH - A Co, 1/69 Ar, 4th Inf Div Minneapolis, MN Omstead, 1LT David King Fairhaven Memorial Park b. May 4, 1947 d. June 16, 1968 HOR California Santa Ana, CA Class #9-67 D2 - PH - A Co, 1/26 Inf, 1st Inf Div Overton, 1LT William Hilliard Roselawn Gardens of Memory b. Feb. 13, 1947 d. May 4, 1969 HOR Alabama Decatur, AL Class #32-67 B1 - PH - F Trp, 17th Cav, 196th Inf Bde, Americal Div Palk, CPT Bobby Lee Mathis-Hunter-Patton b. Oct. 3, 1940 d. Dec. 18, 1970 HOR Tennessee Cemetery Class #30-67 D1 - SS, BSM, PH - Advisory Tm 66, MACV Cookeville, TN Panamaroff, 1LT John Walter Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery b. Jan. 21, 1944 d. Mar. 15, 1968 HOR California Lompoc, CA Class #6-67 A2 - ARCOM, PH - C Trp, 1/9 Cav, 1st Cav Div Park, 2LT Joseph Conard, Jr. Horsham Friends Cemetery b. Aug. 31, 1946 d. Mar. 28, 1968 HOR Pennsylvania Horsham, PA Class #9-67 D2 - PH - C Co, 2/3 Inf, 199th Inf Bde Parnelle, 1LT Samuel Walter, III Bonaventure Cemetery b. Nov. 17, 1947 d. Mar. 25, 1968 HOR Nevada Savannah, GA Class #9-67 D2 - SS, BSM(V), PH - B Trp 3/4 Cav, 25th Inf Div Pate, 1LT Milton Dale Wheelock Cemetery b. July 25, 1945 d. Oct. 31, 1968 HOR Texas (non-hostile casualty) Flo, TX (reinterred from Galveston Memorial Park Cemetery, Hitchcock, TX) Class #4-67 E2 – AM w/23OLC, ARCOM - A Trp, 3/17 Cav, 1st Avn Bde Pierce, 1LT Bernard Lawrence Saint Catherine’s Cemetery b. Oct. 25, 1946 d. June 19, 1969 HOR Connecticut East Windsor, CT Class #30-67 D1 - DSC, BSM, PH - I Trp, 3rd Sqdn, 11th ACR Porter, 1LT Donald John Saints Peter and Paul b. Mar. 9, 1945 d. June 2, 1969 HOR Illinois Cemetery Class #29-67 G2 - SS, BSM, AM w/8OLC, PH - C Trp, 1/9 Cav, 1st Cav Div Naperville, IL Potter, 1LT Paul Douglas Cream Ridge Cemetery b. Apr. 24, 1945 d. Aug. 23, 1968 HOR New Jersey Cream Ridge, NJ Class #16-66 D1 - PH - FOB 4, CCN, MACV-SOG, 5th SF Gp Powers, 1LT Edward Claus Old Post Cemetery b. Feb. 26, 1947 d. May 2, 1969 HOR Kentucky Fort Knox, KY Class #30-67 D1 - DFC, BSM, AM(V) w/OLC, AM w/13OLC, PH w/OLC - HHT, 3rd Sqdn, 11th ACR Poxon, 1LT Robert Leslie Forest Lawn Cemetery b. Jan. 3, 1947 d. June 2, 1969 HOR Michigan Detroit, MI Class #28-67 F1 - MOH, BSM, AM, PH - B Trp, 1/9 Cav, 1st Cav Div Prine, 1LT Robert Wayne Daytona Memorial Park

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b. Mar. 19, 1946 d. Feb. 12, 1968 HOR Florida (non-hostile casualty) Daytona Beach, FL Class #9-67 D2 – AM, PH – A Trp, 1/9 Cav, 1st Cav Div Pritchard, 1LT Victor Heenan Rosehill Cemetery b. Oct. 31, 1944 d. Mar. 29, 1969 HOR Texas Cleburne, TX Class #30-67 D1 - BSM, PH - C Co, 4/23 Inf, 25th Inf Div Przybelski, 1LT Thomas F. Allouez Catholic Cemetery b. Aug. 14, 1946 d. May 13, 1968 HOR Wisconsin Green Bay, WI Class #11-67 G1 - SS, BSM, PH - A Co, 2/34 Ar, 25th Inf Div Rabey, 2LT Roger William Memorial Cemetery b. Jun. 30, 1941 d. Mar. 10, 1967 HOR Tennessee (non-hostile casua1ty) Paris, TX Class #16-66 D1 - BSM - Advisory Tm, MACV, I Corps Ritzau, 1LT August Karl Skyline Memorial Gardens b. Jul. 23, 1945 d. Nov. 27, 1968 HOR Oregon Portland, OR Class #2-67 B1 - DFC, BSM, AM w/9OLC, PH - 197th AHC, 269th Avn Bn, 12th Avn Gp Roberts, 1LT Michael Allen National Cemetery b. Sep. 18, 1946 d. Sep. 21, 1967 HOR California Los Angeles, CA Class #22-66 F1 - PH - B Co, 1/5 Inf, 25th Inf Div Rogers, 1LT George Patrick Gettysburg National Cemetery b. Mar. 5, 1943 d. May 7, 1967 HOR Iowa Gettysburg, PA Class #9-66 A1 - BSM, PH - B Trp, 3/4 Cav, 25th Inf Div Ross, 1LT William Keith Gate of Heaven Cemetery b. Oct. 26, 1945 d. May 19, 1968 HOR Ohio Montgomery, OH Class #12-67 F1 - PH - C Co, 2/8 Inf, 4th Inf Div Rushing, 1LT William Lendell Cook-Walden Capital Parks b. Jan. 30, 1946 d. May 6, 1968 HOR Texas Austin (Pfugerville), TX Class #9-67 D2 - PH - C Trp 3/5 Cav, 9th Inf Div Russin, 1LT Donald John, Jr. Montville Cemetery b. Jan. 1, 1946 d. Feb. 6, 1968 HOR Ohio Montville, OH Class #2-67 B1 – BSM(V), BSM, ARCOM, PH - C Trp, 3/4 Cav, 25th Inf Div Sayre, 1LT Leslie Berkley National Cemetery of the b. Nov. 28, 1944 d. Mar. 20, 1968 HOR Ohio Pacific, Courts of the Missing Class #24-66 B2 - DFC, BSM, AM, PH - 221st Avn Co, Honolulu, HI 307th Avn Bn, 164th Avn Gp Schnably, CPT Donald Francis Belington Fraternal Cemetery b. Jun. 24, 1948 d. Dec. 1, 1969 HOR West Virginia Belington, WV Class #32-67 B1 - SS, BSM(V) w/OLC, PH - Det A-239 Duc Lap, 5th SF Gp Schoenberg, CPT Richard C. Bethel Memorial Park b. Jul. 22, 1947 d. Nov. 21, 1970 HOR New Jersey Pennsauken, NJ Class #28-67 F1 - PH - D Co, 4/503 Inf, 173rd Abn Bde Schulte, 1LT Alvin Clayton Resthaven Memorial Park b. Mar. 1, 1938 d. Mar. 28, 1969 HOR Kentucky Louisville, KY Class #32-67 B1 - BSM, PH w/OLC - E Trp, 1st Cav, 11th Inf Bde, Americal Div Scott, 1LT William Gravelle, Jr. Prospect Hill Cemetery b. Oct. 14, 1942 d. Feb. 12, 1969 HOR New York Nantucket, MA Class #21-67 F2 - BSM, AM, PH - Advisory Tm 31, MACV

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Sensing, CPT John Leslie b. Aug 23, 1947 d. Apr 30, 1970 HOR Tennessee Class #32-67 B1 – DFC, BSM, ARCOM, AM, PH Nashville National Cemetery B Trp 2/17 Cav 101st Abn Div Madison, TN

Shafer, CPT Thomas James Oakwood Cemetery b. Oct. 20, 1942 d. Jan. 9, 1969 HOR Ohio Cuyahoga Falls, OH Class #22-66 F1 - BSM, AM w/11OLC, PH - 219th Avn Co, 223rd Avn Bn Sims, 1LT Ponder Ray Arlington National Cemetery b. May 6, 1942 d. Jul. 21, 1967 HOR Arizona Arlington, VA Class #14-66 B1 – BSM(V), ARCOM, PH - K Trp, 3rd Sqdn, 11th ACR Smith, 1LT Joseph John Saint Joseph’s Cemetery b. Sep. 2, 1936 d. Feb. 4, 1969 HOR New Jersey Hackensack, NJ Class #17-67 C2 - SS, BSM(V) w/OLC, PH - B Trp, 3/4 Cav, 25th Inf Div Spann, CPT James Hall Cemetery not known b. Oct. 5, 1947 d. Nov. 26, 1971 HOR California (non-hostile casualty) Class #5-67 F2 - AM - 131st MI Co, 11th Avn Gp, 1st Avn Bde Suttle, CPT Frederick Nicholas, Jr. Arlington National Cemetery b. Mar. 27, 1945 d. Jun. 2, 1972 HOR Virginia Arlington, VA Class #4-67 E2 - SS, BSM w/OLC, AM w/6OLC, PH w/OLC - H Trp, 10th Cav, 1st Avn Bde Taylor, 1LT David Earl Little Rock Township b. Aug. 8, 1946 d. Jan. 20, 1969 HOR Texas Cemetery Class #8-67 B2 - SS, DFC, BSM, AM, PH - A Trp, 3/17 Cav, 1st Avn Bde Plano, IL Treesh, CPT James M. Lake View Cemetery b. Jun. 9, 1940 d. May 3, 1970 HOR Indiana Kendallville, IN Class #25-66 D2 - SS, PH - Advisory Tm 96, MACV Vaughan, 2LT John W. Calvary Cemetery b. Feb. 21, 1942 d. Jun. 17, 1967 HOR Ohio (non-hostile casualty) Toledo, OH Class #26-66 D1 - HHC, Army Spt Cmd Qui Nhon, 1st Log Cmd Wade, 1LT Larry Highland Memorial Park b. Sep. 8, 1941 d. Nov. 11, 1967 HOR Pennsylvania Pottstown, PA Class #18-66 C1 - PH - B Co, 3/8 Inf, 4th Inf Div Wadsworth, CPT John Lanier El Camino Memorial Park b. Aug. 27, 1943 d. Jul. 8, 1970 HOR California San Diego, CA Class #5-67 F2 - PH - HHC, 11th Inf Bde, Americal Div Warth, 1LT Woodroe Warren b. Aug. 16, 1946 d. May 8, 1968 HOR Iowa Trinity Cemetery Class #10-67 A1 – BSM(V), PH - I Trp, 3rd Sqdn, 11th ACR Mount Union, IA Welding, 1LT Clifford Kay Lincoln Memorial Park b. Jul. 28, 1941 d. Nov. 21, 1968 HOR Nebraska Lincoln, NE Class #23-67 C1- DFC, AM w/5OLC, PH - B Trp, 7/17 Cav, 1st Avn Bde Wetzler, 1LT Robin Kirmeyer Arlington National Cemetery b. Sep. 19, 1946 d. Jul. 10, 1969 HOR Utah (non-hostile casualty) Arlington, VA Class #32-67 B1- DFC w/OLC, BSM, AM w/13OLC, PH - Air Cav Trp, 11th ACR White, CPT William Joseph, Jr. Holy Sepulcher Cemetery b. Feb. 19, 1944 d. May 27, 1970 HOR California Orange, CA Class #8-67 B2 – BSM, PH – Advisory Tm 1, MACV Whitmore, 1LT Garland Donovan, II Eastlawn Memorial Gardens b. Aug. 12, 1945 d. Sep. 5, 1967 HOR Virginia Harrisonburg, VA Class #18-66 C1 – BSM(V), PH - A Trp, 1/1 Cav, 1st Cav Div Williams, 1LT David Michael Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, VA 88

b. Oct. 15, 1946 d. Jan. 11, 1969 HOR Virginia Class #26-67 A1 – BSM(V), BSM w/OLC, PH - HHC, 1/5 Inf, 25th Inf Div Williams, 2LT Larry Lee Fort Sam Houston National b. Sep. 12, 1941 d. Nov. 23, 1967 HOR Texas Cemetery Class #1-67 C2 - BSM, PH - Det B-36, A Co, 5th SF Gp San Antonio, TX Willis, 1LT Joseph Franklin Golden Oaks Memorial Garden b. Apr. 18, 1943 d. Mar. 26, 1969 HOR Michigan Ashland, KY Class #26-67 A1 – AM w/2OLC, PH - A Trp 7/17 Cav, 1st Avn Bde Wilson, CPT Robert Thomas Peninsula Memorial Park b. Jun. 25, 1946 d. Oct. 16, 1970 HOR Alabama (non-hostile casualty) Newport News, VA Class #17-66 D2 – AM w/13OLC - 73rd Avn Co, 12th Avn Gp, 1st Avn Bde Wiltse, 1LT Ronald Ellis Green Acres Memorial Park b. Mar. 2, 1944 d. May 13, 1968 HOR California Bloomington, CA Class #13-67 G2 - PH - B Co, 5/60 Inf, 9th Inf Div Wojtkiewicz, 1LT Ronald Joseph Saint John’s Cemetery b. May 17, 1945 d. Apr. 10, 1968 HOR Nebraska Bellevue, NE Class #2-67 B1 - PH – C Trp 1/1 Cav, Americal Div Young, 1LT Andrew Kung Long Island National Cemetery b. Jan. 27, 1945 d. May 30, 1968 HOR New York Farmingdale, NY Class #9-67 D2 - PH - D Co, 3/12 Inf, 4th Inf Div

Casualty Notes: The average age of Fort Knox OCS Vietnam casualties was 23.9 years (excluding cadre).

The rank of casualties was six second lieutenants, 85 first lieutenants, and 26 captains and one major.

1LT Robert Leslie Poxon, Class 28-67 F1, was a posthumous recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor.

2LT Roger William Rabey, Class 16-66 D1, was the first casualty, in 1967.

1LT Richard Alfred Hill, Class 21-66 E2, was the earliest after graduation casualty (nine months).

1LT Samuel Walter Parnelle III, Class 9-67 D2, was the youngest casualty at age 20.

CPT John Howard Guthridge, Class 6-67 A2, was the oldest casualty at age 34.

CPT Frederick Nicholas Suttle Jr., Class 4-67 E2, was the last casualty, in 1972 .

CPT Edward Francis Miles, Class 6-67 A2, was added to The Wall in 2010. He died in 2004 from wounds received in 1969.

1LT Thomas Allen Ceres, Class 25-67 D2 and 1LT Robin Kirmeyer Wetzler, Class 32-67 B1 were flying together when killed.

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MAJ George William Carter, CDR H1/H2, and 1LT Leslie B. Sayre, Class 24-66 B2 are the only casualties whose remains have not been recovered.

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