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  • Collection: West Alabamians in the Vietnam War

Timothy Abrams Obit.jpg
Pfc. Timothy C. Abrams was killed on January 3, 1967, when a structure fell on his tent. Pfc. Abrams served as a radio teletype operator with 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. Pfc Abrams was a graduate of Riverside High…

Wardell Gaines 3-28-68.jpg
Pfc. Wordell Gaines was killed on March 22, 1968, while serving with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine Division. Pfc. Gaines was the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Nixon of Tuscaloosa and was a graduate of Druid High School. A photo of…

John Beck Article 2-27-68.jpg
Pvt. John T. Beck was killed on February 24, 1968, while serving with the 3rd Marine Divison. Pvt. Beck was a graduate of Gordo High School. Pvt. Beck was the husband of Mrs. Wanda Strickland Beck and the son of Mr. and Mrs. T.C. Beck Jr.A photo of…

Theodore Hamner Photo 7-4-69.jpg
Seaman Theodore Spencer Hamner III was killed on February 27, 1969, while serving with Navy Supply Operations DaNang. Seaman Hamner was the son of Mrs. Violet Hamner. A description of the attack that killed Seaman Hamner can be found in the book Who…

2Lt. Oscar E. Chambers was killed on March 7, 1967, while serving with A Company, 3rd Battalion, 60th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division. The Virtual Wall site for Lt. Chambers can be found here: http://www.virtualwall.org/dc/ChambersOE01a.htm . More…

Armin Blake Obit.jpg
Sgt. Armin J. Blake was killed on March 22, 1969, while serving with Company B, 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. Sgt. Blake was a native of Germany but had become a citizen of the United States in 1953. Sgt. Blake was the…

Arnold Sullivan Obit.jpg
Sgt. Arnold H. Sullivan was killed on January 8, 1968, while serving with Advance Team 32, Headquarters, Military Assistance Command. Sgt. Sullivan was the husband of Mrs. Shirley Sullivan and the son of Mr. Jonas Sullivan of Northport.Photos of Sgt.…

SFC Bennie E. Hodges was killed on June 27, 1968, while serving with Troop B, 7th Squadron, 1st Calvary, 1st Aviation Brigade. Details about the crash that killed SFC Hodges can be found on this site: http://www.armyaircrews.com/cayuse_2.html. A…

According to National Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Vietnam War Military Casualties, 1956-1998 via Ancestry.com, SFC Marlin C. Cook was killed on January 29, 1966, while serving with Team Capitol, Detachment B-52, Fifth Special Forces…

Robert Crain Obit.jpg
SFC Robert V. Crain was killed on March 15, 1967, while serving with the 392nd Maintenance Detachment, 116th Assault Helicopter Company, 269th Aviation Battalion, 12th Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade. SFC Crain was a graduate of Alberta…
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