Birth 15SEP47 Rank PFC Date of Death 01JUL67 P. of birth   Service Army Place S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit HHC, 45th GS Grp Death Code Non-Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Vehicle Loss, Crash Hometown   service # 19871450 Panel 22EAST - 01 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 21SEP66 Comment   Cemetery Greenwood Memorial Terrace     North Central High School, Spokane WA, 1965

    David Michael BRADLEY

Birth 04JUN45 Rank LCPL Date of Death 02JUL67 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Pullman Unit Co B, 1st Bn, 9th Mar, 3d Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Artillery, Rocket, Mortar Hometown   service # 2251126 Panel 22EAST - 96 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery

Birth 14MAR46 Rank SP4 Date of Death 02JUL67 P. of birth Bellingham Service Army (Draft) Place Kien Giang, S. Vietnam Town of Record Bellingham Unit MACV, Adv Team 54 Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 56421498 Panel 22EAST - 98 married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 18JAN67 Comment   Cemetery Bayview Cem., Bellingham   Bellingham High School, Bellingham WA, 1964

    Maurice Karl MOCK

Birth 03APR49 Rank PFC Date of Death 02JUL67 P. of birth Lansing MI Service Marines Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Vancouver Unit B Co, 1st Bn, 9th Mars Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Artillery, Rocket, Mortar Hometown   service # 2274728 Panel 22EAST - 110 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery     Evergreen High School, Vancouver WA

Pfc. Maurice Mock Killed in Vietnam   Clark County's 13th casualty of the Vietnam war was reported Wednesday, when the Defense Department sent notice of the death of Marine Pfc. Maurice Karl Mock, 18, of Vancouver. The young Leatherneck, who left for overseas duty in the middle to May, was reported killed Sunday by an exploding mortar shell, while on patrol as an infantryman in the vicinity of Quang Tri. He was a member of B Co., 1st Bn, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine Div. A former student at Evergreen High School, Mock joined the Marine in April 1966. He was born 3 Apr 1949, at Lansing MI but had lived most of his life in Vancouver. His home was at 8400 NE Seventh St. He was a member of Grace Lutheran Church, and was a former carrier for the Columbian. Mock is survived by his mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. Manser A. Lien; his father, Norman G. Mock of Centralia; a brother, Wesley A. Lien of Vancouver; sisters, Mrs. Dianne Goff and Jeanette Lien, both of Vancouver; a step-sister, Linda Carlson of Centralia; and his grandmothers, Mrs. Annie E. Dixon of Vancouver and Mrs. Leta Mock of Lansing. (The Columbian, Vancouver WA, 6 Jul 1967)

    Richard Allen NICHOLS

Birth 28JAN47 Rank PFC Date of Death 2JUL67 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Dayton Unit B Co, 1st Bn, 9th Mars Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 2277364 Panel 22EAST - 111 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery City of Dayton Cemetery

Joel Paul STAUNTON

Birth 03SEP43 Rank ETR2 Date of Death 02JUL67 P. of birth   Service Navy Place Khanh Hoa, S. Vietnam Town of Record Spokane Unit NSF - Cam Ranh Bay Death Code Non-Hostile Died; Ground Casualty; Accidental Homicide Hometown   service # 3911743 Panel 23EAST - 113 married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date   Comment Naval Support - Cam Ranh Bay Cemetery St. Paul MN

    David Arthur HEDBLUM

Birth 16NOV46 Rank PFC Date of Death 04JUL67 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit Co K, 3 Bn, 9 Mars, 3 Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 2197615 Panel 23EAST - 03 married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery   Queen Anne High School, Seattle WA, 1964

Birth 08NOV46 Rank PFC Date of Death 05JUL67 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Long An, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit 25th Inf Div, A Co, 1st Bn, 27th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died Wounds; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 56957590 Panel 23EAST - 12 married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 02MAY67 Comment kolchak.org/alumni.vn Cemetery

Birth 06NOV46 Rank LCPL Date of Death 06JUL67 P. of birth Toppenish Service Marines Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Wapato Unit Co B, AntiTank   Bn, 3rd Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Died Wounds; Ground Casualty; Artillery, Rocket, Mortar Hometown   service # 2251070 Panel 23EAST - 19 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery

TWO WAPATO MARINES KILLED IN VIETNAM
    Two former Wapato High School football teammates died last week aboard the same hospital ship off the coast of Vietnam each unaware that the other was aboard. They are Lance Corporal Leonard Miramontez, 20, and Lance Corporal Leon Louis Vivette, 22.
    This now brings the total to three Wapato men who have lost their lives in service to the United States in Vietnam, Sp/4 Forrest Lee Ramos, 20, was killed last month.
    Lance Corporal Leonard Miramontez was born 6 Nov 1946, in Toppenish WA. He graduated 10 Jun 1965 from Wapato High School, where he had been a 12-year senior. While attending school in Wapato, he had been active in Lettermen's Club.
    He was a member of St. Peter Claver Catholic Church.
    At the time of his death, Lance Corporal Miramontez was serving with "B" Co, 3rd Tank Battalion, U.S. Marines. He entered the service on 14 Mar 1966.
    He had worked at a Toppenish service station for a short time before entering the service last year. He also attended school while serving with the U.S. Marines.
    His parents, Modesto Miramontez, Toppenish, and Mrs. Guadalupe Miramontez, 504 So. Camas Ave., Wapato, were notified last Thursday in a letter from the U. S. Marine Corps which read in part, "Lance Corporal Leonard Miramontez was wounded in action, 6 Jul (1967), place unknown. Wounded in left shoulder, right arm, and right and left legs."
    According to Mrs. Miramontez, she received a telegram Sunday saying in part, "Lance Corporal Leonard Miramontez, USMC, died 6 Jul (1967) aboard a U.S. Naval hospital ship from missile wounds received when the tank in which he was riding was hit by anti-tank fire while engaged in action against hostile forces in and near Quang Trion on 6 Jul 1967."
    Besides his parents, members of his family include five sisters - Mrs. Margaret Sanchez of Toppenish, Mrs. Sara Lopez and Mrs. Mary Solis of Wapato, Miss Ruth Miramontez of Seattle, and Mrs. Sally Hererra of Colorado; eight brothers - Joe, Jesse and Fred Ramirez of Toppenish, John Miramontez of Wapato, Alvin Martin, Eufino and Robert Miramontez of Seattle: several nieces and nephews.
    Lance Corporal Leon Louis Vivette died aboard the same U.S. Naval Hospital Ship as Lance Corporal Miramontez, the USS Sanctuary, and on the same day, 6 Jul (1967). Vivette died from missile wounds received in the head and also in the body.
    Vivette, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Vivette, Route 1, Wapato, was born 8 Apr 1945, in Toppenish.
    He attended one year of schooling in Harrah and the other eleven he attended at Wapato. He graduated from Wapato High School on 4 Jun 1964, as a star athlete. While in school, he was president of Lettermen's Club for the 1963-64 school year, a member of the Future Farmers of America, a member of the varsity football team (of which he was honorary captain in 1964) and was pitcher on the baseball team all three years of high school. He also played basketball in the annual All-Indian Basketball Tournaments.
    He was a member of St. Peter Claver Catholic Church.
    Lance Corporal Vivette and Miss Marilyn Brockett had announced their engagement in the fall of 1965.
    He graduated from Tacoma Vocational Institute before joining the U.S. Marine Corps on 5 Oct 1966. He was a licensed barber in the state of Washington.
    Vivette graduated from the Marine Corps Recruit Depot at San Diego CA in December. He then went through ITR at Camp Pendleton as a private first class. After extensive training at Camp Pendleton, he was assigned to Kilo Company, 4th Marines, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Platoon, at Camp Carrol near DMZ, South Vietnam. He left the United States on 14 May (1967), and arrived in DaNang 25 May (1967). He was stationed at Dong Ho.
    After a short stay of nineteen days at Okinawa, he was among the first Marines to enter the Demilitarized Zone in Vietnam, in May of this year.
    Vivette was promoted to Lance Corporal on 29 Jun (1967), just seven days before he was killed.
    Besides his parents, members of the family include one brother, Charles (Chuck) Vivette, Wapato; four sisters, Mrs. Robert (Yvonne) Smith of White Swan, Mrs. Marvin (Florience) Hoffman of San Diego, Miss Emalence Vivette of San Diego, and Mrs. Richard Galligher of Beaverton OR; his grandmother, Lena Vivette of Grande Ronde OR. He was also the grandson of the late William and Emily Hoptowit.
    Sourwine-Merritt Funeral Home, Wapato, will have charge of funeral arrangements for both Lance Corporals Miramontez and Vivette. (Wapato Independent, Wapato WA, Thursday, 13 Jul 1967)

    Leon Louis VIVETTE

Birth 08APR45 Rank LCPL Date of Death 06JUL67 P. of birth Toppenish Service Marines Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Wapato Unit K Co, 3rd Bn, 4th Mars Death Code Hostile, Died Wounds; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 2251132 Panel 23EAST - 24 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery

    Miles Eugene WHITE

Birth 16AUG47 Rank PFC Date of Death 06JUL67 P. of birth Evansville IN Service Marines Place Da Nang, S. Vietnam Town of Record Edmonds Unit 1st Mar Div, Da Nang Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown Edmonds service # 2251331 Panel 23EAST - 24 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery Floral Hills Edmonds High School, Edmonds WA, Yearbook - 1964

    Joseph Robert RIEBLI

Birth 06NOV46 Rank LCPL Date of Death 07JUL67 P. of birth Bremerton Service Marines (Draft) Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Port Orchard Unit H&S Co, 1st Bn, 9th Mars Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Artillery, Rocket, Mortar Hometown   service # 2251060 Panel 23EAST - 31 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery Sunset Lane Cemetery

South Kitsap Marine Dies Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph R. Riebli, of Port Orchard, has been killed in the Vietnam war, the Defense Department reported Friday. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Riebli, of Rt. 5, Box 379-B. Riebli was the 283rd Washington State serviceman to died in the war since early 1963, an Associated Press count showed. (Tacoma News Tribune, Tacoma WA, 15 Jul 1967 )

Riebli Services Funeral services for LCpl. (USMC) Joseph Robert Riebli, 20, who was killed July 7 in Vietnam, are scheduled for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Pendleton-Gilchrist Funeral Home. Cpl. Riebli was killed in Quang Tri province when an artillery shell hit the position he was occupying. He was serving with Company D, First Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine Division. He was born Nov. 6, 1946, in Bremerton and had attended schools in Port Orchard, graduating from South Kitsap High School in 1965. During high school he was particularly interested in music and played the trumpet in the band. He also turned out for track. During vacations he worked for his father in the family bulldozing business. Before entering the Marine Corps in March 1966, he attended Olympic College. He had been serving in Vietnam since March of this year. Cpl. Riebli is survived by his parents, Mr. And Mrs. Joseph Riebli, Country Club Estates, Port Orchard; four sisters, Mrs. Joseph (Marguerite) Bodle, Des Moines (King County); Mrs. Robert (Joanne) Robison, Tacoma; Sharon Riebli, Seattle, and his twin sister, Della Jean Riebli, of the family home; his paternal grandparents, Mr. And Mrs. Joseph Riebli, reside at Chehalis (Lewis County); and many aunts and uncles. Chaplain Jack W. Hayes (USN) will officiate. Military honors will be presented by the U.S. Marine Corps at Sunset Lane Cemetery (Bremerton Sun, Bremerton WA, 24 Jul 1967)

    Michael Clay JONES

Birth 18JUN47 Rank LCPL Date of Death 10JUL67 P. of birth Seattle WA Service Marines Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit B Co, 1 Bn, 1 Mar, 1 Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Other Explosive Device Hometown Seattle WA service # 2219923 Panel 23EAST - 24 married Single Enlisted 08MAR66 Medals   Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery Evergreen-Washelli, Seattle WA     Roosevelt High School, Seattle WA, 1964

    Troy Laverne SEXTON

Birth 04FEB47 Rank PFC Date of Death 12JUL67 P. of birth Chewelah (Stevens Co.) Service Army (Draft) Place Pleiku, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit 4th Inf Div, HHC, 1st Bn, 12th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died Missing; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown St. Maries ID service # 56957255 Panel 23EAST - 64 married Single Enlisted NOV66 Medals   Tour Date 14Apr67 Comment   Cemetery Evergreen-Washelli, Seattle WA

    Ciro John ANDREASSI

Birth 01OCT44 Rank PFC Date of Death 13JUL67 P. of birth Philadelphia PA Service Marines Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit A Co, 1st Bn, 1st Mars Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown Seattle WA service # 2012887 Panel 23EAST - 66 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date   Comment Enlisted: 1962 Cemetery Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park, Seattle WA

    Donald Thoma STEINBRUNNER

Birth 05APR32 Rank MAJ Date of Death 20JUL67 P. of birth   Service Air Force (Reserve) Place Kontum, S. Vietnam Town of Record Bellingham Unit 12TH ACO SQ Death Code Hostile, Died; Fixed Wing - Pilot; Air Loss, Crash - Land Hometown   service # 60353 Panel 23EAST - 96 married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 30JAN67 Comment played for Cleveland Browns NFL 1953 Cemetery Saxon Cemetery, Saxon Washington State University, Pullman WA, 1953

    Lawrence Michael DAWSON

Birth 14AUG45 Rank SP4 Date of Death 21JUL67 P. of birth Everett Service Army (Draft) Place Long Khanh, S. Vietnam Town of Record Everett Unit 11th ACR, L Trp, 3rd Sqd, 11th Cav Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 56390929 Panel 23EAST - 98 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 23AUG66 Comment Black Horse Cemetery Evergreen Cem., Everett WA     Everett High School, Everett WA, 1963

    Sterling Dwight STEADMAN

Birth 12JUN46 Rank SP4 Date of Death 23JUL67 P. of birth Everett Service Army (Draft) Place Pleiku, S. Vietnam Town of Record Lake Stevens Unit 4th Inf Div, C Btry, 6th Bn, 29th Field Arty Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Multiple Fragmentation Wounds Hometown   service # 56390894 Panel 23EAST - 114 married Single MIA -   Medals posthumous - Silver Star Tour Date 15SEP66 Comment 29th Artillery Cemetery

Remembering Sterling Steadman by Alan Brooks
We grew up together in Lake Stevens and were next door neighbor, class mates, and sandlot baseball players. He was extremely active in sports and starred in baseball and basketball. He was really small...only 5'6" to 5'7"... In 1964 you didn't have to be tall to play basketball, just quick. He was one of four children. His father was a custodian at the Lake Stevens High School. Sterling Jr. High School was named in honor of him.
He and a lieutenant were out on a night recon when they were ambushed. Both men were killed. (Bridgeport, Moving Wall Memorial, 26 Oct 2003)

    William Orlan BARE

Birth 28MAR41 Rank MAJ Date of Death 27JUL67 P. of birth   Service Air Force Place N. Vietnam Town of Record Oklahoma City OK Unit 16 TRS TAN SON NHUT Death Code Hostile, died while missing; fixed wing - crew; air loss, crash on land  Hometown   service # 539383430 Local Tacoma WA married married Panel 24EAST - 04 Medals   MIA bnr Comment   Cemetery     University of Puget Sound, Tacoma WA, 1960

(Member of the University of Puget Sound Swim Team) (MIA Information Extracted from PowNetWork) On 27 Jul 1967 Major William Orlan Bare was a crew member for Col. Gilland Corbitt. Somewhere over North Vietnam they lost radio contact. Pownetwork has very little information on this event POWNETWORK.ORG

    Robert Darrell ARNDT

Birth 06MAY46 Rank CPL Date of Death 29JUL67 P. of birth   Service Army (Draft) Place Dinh Tuong, S. Vietnam Town of Record Issaquah Unit 9th Inf Div, C Co, 3rd Bn, 47th Inf Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 56427026 Panel 24EAST - 14 married Married MIA -   Medals   Tour Date 10FEB67 Comment 9th Infantry Cemetery

Birth 29FEB48 Rank CPL Date of Death 29JUL67 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit Co C, 3 AT Bn, 3d Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Artillery, Rocket, Mortar Hometown   service # 2148114 Panel 24EAST - 14 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery

    Alan Clifford ERICKSON

Birth 03JUL47 Rank LCPL Date of Death 29JUL67 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit 3rd Mar Div, Co, 2rd Anti-Tank Bn Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Artillery, Rocket, Mortar Hometown   service # 2129176 Panel 24EAST - 22 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery

Birth 22SEP48 Rank LCPL Date of Death 29JUL67 P. of birth Wichita KS Service Marines Place Quang Tri, S. Vietnam Town of Record Lynnwood Unit G Co, 2nd Bn, 9th 3rd Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Gun, Small Arms Fire Hometown   service # 2251182 Panel 24EAST - 31 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date   Comment aka: Tony Warner Cemetery

    Robin Lee OLMSTEAD

Birth 11SEP48 Rank PFC Date of Death 29JUL67 P. of birth Coons Rapids MN Service Marines Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Poulsbo Unit Supply Co, Supply Bn, 1 FSR Death Code Non-Hostile Died; Ground Casualty; Accidental Homicide Hometown   service # 2277330 Panel 23EAST - 37 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery Woodlawn Memorial Park

Olmstead Services Funeral services for Marine Lance Cpl. Robin Lee Olmstead, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin E. Olmstead, 185 Hart Place, Poulsbo, will be Friday at 3 p.m. in the Assembly of God Church, Poulsbo. Cpl. Olmstead died 29 Jul (1967) of a non-hostile gunshot wound at Camp Brooks (near Da Nang) in Vietnam. Burial will be in Woodlawn Memorial Park. The Rev. Al Munger will officiate. (Bremerton Sun, Bremerton WA, 9 Aug 1967)

    Gerry Lyle STARK

Birth 23DEC29 Rank LCDR Date of Death 29JUL67 P. of birth   Service Navy Place N. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit 7TH FLEET VA-46 TF 77 USS FORRESTAL Death Code Non-Hostile Died Missing; Sea Casualty; Other Causes Hometown   service # 575978 Panel 24EAST - 44 married Single MIA -   Medals   Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery

    Richard William TOSCHI

Birth 12FEB45 Rank SGT Date of Death 30JUL67 P. of birth   Service Marines Place Quang Nam, S. Vietnam Town of Record Renton Unit Co C, 1 Bn, 1 Mar, 1 Mar Div Death Code Hostile, Died; Ground Casualty; Other Explosive Device Hometown   service # 2148286 Panel 24EAST - 52 married Single Link C/1/1 Medals   Tour Date   Comment   Cemetery

Birth 12SEP45 Rank SP4 Date of Death 31JUL67 P. of birth Walla Walla Service Army (Draft) Place S. Vietnam Town of Record Walla Walla Unit 1st Avn Bde, 189th Aviation Co Death Code Non-Hostile, Died; Helicopter - Crew; Air Loss, Crash - Land Hometown   service # 56412361 Panel 24EAST - 55 married Single Link Helicopter Medals   Tour Date 04MAY67 Comment   Cemetery

Researcher notes Gunner Donald Wayne Hart and Aircraft Commander Arnold Nakkerud along with Pilot WO1 Glen Emery Shropshire died in the crash of UH-1H 66-16529 VHPA.org

    Arnold Olaf NAKKERUD

Birth 01JUL45 Rank WO Date of Death 31JUL67 P. of birth   Service Army (Reserve) Place S. Vietnam Town of Record Seattle Unit 1st Avn Bde 189th Aviation Co Death Code Non-Hostile, Died; Helicopter - Crew; Air Loss, Crash - Land Hometown   service # W3154662 Panel 24EAST - 56 married Married Link Helicopter Medals   Tour Date 02DEC66 Comment   Cemetery Seattle

Researcher notes Aircraft Commander Arnold Nakkerud and Gunner Donald Wayne Hart along with Pilot WO1 Glen Emery Shropshire died in the crash of UH-1H 66-16529 VHPA.org