Private First Class Timothy C. Abrams
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
United States Army
United States. Army--African American troops
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 School and was the son of Mr. and Mrs. T.C. Abrams.<br /><br />A photo of Pfc. Abrams and of his grave can be found at this site: <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24864179/timothy-c.-abrams">https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24864179/timothy-c.-abrams</a><a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GRid=24864179&amp;ref=acom"></a>.<br /><br />More information on the death of Pfc. Abrams can be found at this site: <a href="http://www.cacti35th.org/regiment/kia/kia_details.php?person_id=612&battalion=2nd">http://www.cacti35th.org/regiment/kia/kia_details.php?person_id=612&battalion=2nd</a>.
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January 6, 1967
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Tuscaloosa (AL)
Private First Class Wordell Gaines
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
United States. Marine Corps
United States. Marine Corps--African Americans
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. <br /><br />A photo of Pfc. Gaines' grave can be found at this site: <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=81144498">http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=81144498</a>. <br /><br />Pfc. Gaines' Virtual Wall site can be found here: <a href="http://www.virtualwall.org/dg/GainesWx01a.htm">http://www.virtualwall.org/dg/GainesWx01a.htm</a>
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March 28, 1968
March 29, 1968
April 14, 1968
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1916
Tuscaloosa (AL)
Private John Theron Beck
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
United States. Marine Corps
Tet Offensive, 1968
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.<br /><br />A photo of Pvt. Beck's grave can be found at this site: <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80151714/john-theron-beck">https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80151714/john-theron-beck</a><a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GRid=80151714&amp;ref=acom"></a>.
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February 27, 1968
March 12, 1968
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1874
Pickens County (AL)
Seaman Theodore Spencer Hamner III
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
United States. Navy
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 <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=xP5zBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA159&lpg=PA159&dq=%22theodore+spencer+hamner+III%22&source=bl&ots=e2eaPd2xwL&sig=GFUd85VJbNhmNQGw92iJTDtIJGA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=GqJwVZ-9IoOXsAW7r4K4Bw&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22theodore%20spencer%20hamner%20III%22&f=false">Who Are Those Guys? </a>By Thomas Mangan. <br /><br />Seaman Hamner's Virtual Wall site can be found at: <a href="http://www.virtualwall.org/dh/HamnerTS01a.htm">http://www.virtualwall.org/dh/HamnerTS01a.htm</a>. <br /><br />A photo of Seaman Hamner's grave can be found at this site: <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81150916/theodore-spencer-hamner">https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81150916/theodore-spencer-hamner</a>. <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=hamner&GSfn=theodore+&GSmn=spencer&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=3&GScnty=88&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=81150916&df=all&"></a>
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July 4, 1969
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1919
Tuscaloosa County (AL)
Second Lieutenant Oscar Edward Chambers
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
United States. Army
United States. Army - African American Troops
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: <a href="http://www.virtualwall.org/dc/ChambersOE01a.htm">http://www.virtualwall.org/dc/ChambersOE01a.htm</a> . <br /><br />More information on Lt. Chambers can be found at this site: <a href="https://army.togetherweserved.com/army/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=Person&ID=43300">https://army.togetherweserved.com/army/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=Person&ID=43300</a>. <br /><br />A photo of Lt. Chamber's grave can be found at this site: <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=80523259">http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=80523259</a>. <br /><br />Photos of Lt. Chambers can be found on this site: <a href="http://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/8647/OSCAR-E-CHAMBERS">http://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/8647/OSCAR-E-CHAMBERS</a>
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March 7, 1967
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1912
Moundville (AL)
Sergeant Armin J. Blake
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
United States Army
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 husband of Mrs. Armin J. Blake of Tuscaloosa and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Blake of Denver, Colorado.<br /><br />A photo of Sgt. Blake can be found at this site: <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110431417/armin-johaim-blake">https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110431417/armin-johaim-blake</a>.
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March 27, 1969
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1876
Tuscaloosa (AL)
Sergeant Arnold Hosea Sullivan
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
United States. Army
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.<br /><br />Photos of Sgt. Sullivan and of his grave can be found at this site: <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63307392/arnold-h-sullivan">https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63307392/arnold-h-sullivan</a>.
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January 14, 1968
January 16, 1968
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1901
Northport (AL)
Sergeant First Class Bennie E. Hodges
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
United States. Army
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: <a href="http://www.armyaircrews.com/cayuse_2.html">http://www.armyaircrews.com/cayuse_2.html</a>. <br /><br />A photo of SFC Hodges' grave can be found at this site: <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45630359/bennie-edward-hodges">https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45630359/bennie-edward-hodges</a>. <br /><br />SFC Hodges' Virtual Wall site can be found here: <a href="http://www.virtualwall.org/dh/HodgesBE01a.htm">http://www.virtualwall.org/dh/HodgesBE01a.htm</a>
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1968
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1921
Lamar County (AL)
Sergeant First Class Marlin Curtis Cook
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
United States. Army
According to National Archives and Records Administration. <em>U.S., Vietnam War Military Casualties, 1956-1998</em> via Ancestry.com, SFC Marlin C. Cook was killed on January 29, 1966, while serving with Team Capitol, Detachment B-52, Fifth Special Forces Group. <br /><br />For his service SFC Cook was posthumously awarded the Silver Star. To read the citation for SFC Cook's Silver Star see this site: <a href="http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=24217">http://valor.militarytimes.com/recipient.php?recipientid=24217</a>. <br /><br />More information on the death of SFC Cook can be found at this site:<a href="https://army.togetherweserved.com/army/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=Person&ID=44356"> https://army.togetherweserved.com/army/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=Person&ID=44356</a>. <br /><br />To see SFC Cooks Virtual Wall including a description of how he died see this site: <a href="http://www.virtualwall.org/dc/CookMC01a.htm">http://www.virtualwall.org/dc/CookMC01a.htm</a>
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1966
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1913
Lamar County (AL)
Sergeant First Class Robert Victor Crain
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
United States. Army
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 Elementary School and Holt High School. Sgt. Crain was the husband of Mrs. Ruth Crain.<br /><br />A photo of SFC Crain's grave can be found at this site: <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111181923/robert-victor-crain">https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111181923/robert-victor-crain</a>.
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Tuscaloosa News
March 22, 1969
July 3, 1970
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1883
Tuscaloosa (AL)