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Pfc. Allan J. Gaines was killed on April 7, 1968, while serving with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 26th Marines, 3rd Marine Division. Pfc. Gaines was the son of Mrs. Martha Gaines of Tuscaloosa. A photo of Pfc. Gaines and that of his grave can be found…

PSgt John A. Hamner was killed on February 13, 1967, while serving with Company A, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division. Prior to his service in Vietnam Sgt. Hamner was a ROTC Instructor at the University of Alabama. Sgt. Hamner was…

Petty Officer 3rd Class Larry E. Grace was killed on July 29, 1967, while serving on the USS Forrestal. PO3 Grace was the husband of Mrs. Ann Grace and the son of Mr. B.S. Grace and Mrs. Frances Billings of Gordo.More information on the fire that…

MSgt. Lawrence E. Payne was killed on December 6, 1966, while serving with Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division. Sgt. Payne was the husband of Mrs. Lawrence Payne and the son of Lottie Payne. Sgt. Payne was a Marine Corps…

MSgt. David V. McLeod was killed on June 14, 1973, when his helicopter went down over Tongle Sap Lake in Cambodia. Sgt. McLeod was the husband of Mrs. Evelyn McLeod of Jacksonville, Florida and the grandson of Mrs. Belle Fike Taylor of Tuscaloosa.…

Maj. Roger L. Graham was killed on June 10, 1969, while serving with with the Military Assistance Command Vietnam Team. Major Graham was a graduate of Aliceville High School and was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Graham of Aliceville. A photo of Maj.…

Maj. Robert Cozart was serving with the 164th Aviation Group, 214th Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Brigade when his plane went down over South Vietnam. Maj. Cozart was a graduate of Tuscaloosa High School. Maj. Cozart was listed as MIA until 1989…

Maj. Charles E. Purser was killed on February 23, 1968, while serving with Team 32, Military Assistance Command. Maj. Purser. Prior to his service Maj. Purser attended the University of Alabama. Maj. Purser was the husband of Mrs. Beverly Sanders…

According to National Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Vietnam War Military Casualties, 1956-1998 via Ancestry.com, Maj. Benjamin F. Robertson was killed on June 17, 1967, while serving with the Army Strategic Communications Command, 1st…

Lt. William L. Covington was killed on January 7, 1969, when the chopper he was on went down in Vietnam. Lt. Covington was the brother of Dean Covington Jr. of Tuscaloosa.More information on Lt. Covington can be found at this site:…