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Folks -
July 4th 2009...
"The [fourth] day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more." -- John Adams
One of the most enduring myths about Independence Day is that Congress signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The myth had become so firmly established that, decades after the event and nearing the end of their lives, even the elderly Thomas Jefferson and John Adams had come to believe that they and the other delegates had signed the Declaration on the fourth. Most delegates actually signed the Declaration on August 2, 1776. In a remarkable series of coincidences, both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, two founding fathers of the United States and the only two men who signed the Declaration of Independence to become president, died on the same day: July 4, 1826, which was the United States' 50th anniversary. President James Monroe died exactly five years later, on July 4, 1831, but he was not a signatory to the Declaration of Independence.
* Held since 1785, the Bristol Fourth of July Parade in Bristol, Rhode Island is the oldest continuous Independence Day celebration in the United States.
* Since 1912, the Rebild Society, a Danish-American friendship organization, has held a July 4th weekend festival that serves as a homecoming for Danish-Americans in the Rebild section of Denmark.
* Since 1916, Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City supposedly started as a way to settle a dispute among four immigrants as to who was the most patriotic.
* Since 1959, the International Freedom Festival is jointly held in Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario during the last week of June each year as a mutual celebration of Independence Day and Canada Day (July 1). It culminates in a large fireworks display over the Detroit River.
* Since 1959, NASCAR holds the Coke Zero 400 (formerly the "Firecracker 400") on the Fourth.
* The famous Macy's fireworks display over the East River in New York City has been televised nationwide on NBC since 1976.
* Since 1973, the Boston Pops Orchestra hosts a music and fireworks show over the Charles River Esplanade. In recent years it too is televised nationwide as "Pops Goes the Fourth."
* On the Capitol lawn in Washington, D.C., "A Capitol Fourth," a free concert, precedes the fireworks and attracts over half a million people
annually.
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"To know yet to think that one does not know is best;
Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty."
- Lao-Tzu 71:1
Hicksville Vietnam War Era Proposed Memorial
The effort continues
with the target of dedicating a Hicksville Vietnam War Era Memorial
Monument at a frequently visited site in Hicksville (such as Hicksville
High, Kennedy Plaza, etc.) sometime in 2010 once we have exhausted the
possibility of finding Veterans who served on active duty during that era
and once we have the approval from the necessary Hicksville, Town of
Oyster Bay and Nassau County authorities, as needed, to do so.
Our List of Names of
those who served has expanded through time to time announcements in
HixNews. When the list was
published in the March Issue of HixNews, we had about 150 names.
After another strong month in June, we now have a total of 338
names, more than double where we were just a few months ago! Momentum continues to build thanks to the help of HixNews and
its many readers and the dedication of our Project Team. We will continue to publish the up to date list each month in
HixNews as we continue the search for more names.
A path of broader
distribution in our search for the names of people who qualify to be
included in the Memorial is also helping.
We are now using the Class of 1959's 50th Reunion
website for this purpose and our appeal to the reunion leaders of other
classes for help in identifying people is also helping.
We are also reaching out to numerous other news publications
throughout Long Island and elsewhere to broaden our search even further.
While we know that we have still only scratched the surface, we are
encouraged by the progress that is being made and the help we are getting.
To qualify for the
Memorial, a person must have been on active duty in one of our Armed
Forces during the Vietnam Era, but did not necessarily have to serve in
Vietnam, because by being in the service at that time a person was exposed
to the possibility of being sent to Vietnam and was overall an integral
part of strengthening our Armed Forces during a time of war.
Here are the overall
qualifications for a person to be included in the Memorial list.
The person:
- must
have been a resident of Hicksville at some time before entering
our Armed Forces
- must
have attended a public, private or parochial high school while living
in Hicksville (attendance at HHS not required)
- must
have served on active duty anywhere in the world during America's
Vietnam Era (1961-1973 per the www.vietnamwar.com
history timeline)
- Note
that both men and women qualify (We're stating this as we have very
few women on our current list)
We surpassed our
summer goal of 250 names in May, but know there are many more that served
out there who meet these qualifications, but have yet to be identified by
the Project Team (rough estimates indicate we should be able to collect
between 2 and 3 thousand names of people meeting these qualifications).
We have access to official records in Washington, D.C. but have found that
many people left Hicksville before entering the service and show a
different town or city as their home at the time of entry. So, we
need to continue this grassroots effort and will also continue to use
official records as a means of confirmation of all personnel on the list.
After adding another
person in June, our Project Team currently consists of the following
members:
·
Ken Strafer, Founder (HHS
'62)
·
Joe Carfora, Master List
Keeper (HHS '62)
·
Carl Probst, Input Data,
Class of '59 & Others (HHS '59)
·
Tony Plonski, Input Data,
Class of '64 & Others (HHS '64)
·
Tommy Sullivan, Press
Release Editing (HHS '63)
·
Walter Schmidt, Hicksville
Local Coordinator & Town of Oyster Bay Veterans Services Officer (HHS
'65)
·
Joe Ingino, Veterans
Advocate, Hicksville & Long Island (HHS '67)
·
Jay Tranchina, Input Data,
Class of '64 & Others, plus local press contact (HHS 1964)
What we need each person
reading this to do:
Please review the
attached list of names. If
you know of someone who is not listed, please send their name and what you
can about their service to Joe Carfora at jcarfora1@nc.rr.com.
Please use the information contained on the attached list as a
guide for the data we need.
Thank you!
The Vietnam War Era Project Team
Footnote
extracted from www.vietnamwar.com:
During 15 years of military involvement, over 2 million Americans
served in Vietnam with 500,000 seeing actual combat. 47,244 were killed in
action, including 8000 airmen. There were 10,446 non-combat deaths.
153,329 were seriously wounded, including 10,000 amputees. Over 2400
American POWs/MIAs were unaccounted for as of 1973.
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Name
(Last, First, M.I.)
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Branch
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Location
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Remarks
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High
School
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A
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Adams,
Fred
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USMC
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RVN
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HHS
1965
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Adams,
George
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USMC
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RVN
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HHS
1964
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Aker,
Alan
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USA
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RVN
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WIA
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HHS
1963
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Aldag,
William A.
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USA
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RVN
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KIA
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Alesi,
Charles
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USAF
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EUROPE
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HHS
1968
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Alfieri,
Steve
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USA
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RVN
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HHS
1960
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Alia,
Pat
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USA
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RVN
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WIA
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Allan,
William E."Butch"
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USAF
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RVN
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HHS
1960
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Althausen,
Alex
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USA
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RVN
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HHS
1958
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Anderson, John
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USN
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BURMA
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20+RET
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HHS
1959
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Anderson, Steven
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USMC
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RVN
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WIA
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HHS
1967
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Andjevsky, Michael
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USA
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CONUS
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HHS
1958
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Annucci, Diane C.
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USAF
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KOREA
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HHS
1964
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Anselmo, Michael
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USAF
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GUAM
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HHS
1959
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Anselmo, Phillip
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USN
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RVN
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20+RET
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HHS
1958
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|
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B
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Backman, Stephen
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USAF
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RVN
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HHS
1962
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Baglio, Anthony
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USN
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PACIFIC
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HHS
1963
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Barna, Joseph
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USA
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KOREA
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HHS
1963
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Barnett, Ronald
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USA
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GERMANY
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HHS
1964
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Bashen, Keith
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USMC
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?
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HHS
1962
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Baum, Steven
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USAF
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RVN
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HHS
1962
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Bell, James
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USA
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RVN
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Bellacera, Anthony
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USAF
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THAILAND
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HHS
1966
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Berry, Howard
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USAF
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CONUS
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HHS
1964
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Bertram, Gary
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USAF
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EUROPE
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HHS
1967
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Bilancia, Frank
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USA
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GERMANY
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HHS
1958
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Blum, Randolph
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USN
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CONUS
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HHS
1963
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Blum, Reynold
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USA
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RVN
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HHS
1962
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Bode, George
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USAF
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RVN
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HHS
1964
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Boyd, James
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USA
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RVN
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HHS
1965
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Bravaco, James
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USMC
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?
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HHS
1966
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Brennan, Robert M.
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USN
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ATLANTIC
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HHS
1958
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Brophy, Donald
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USN
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ATLANTIC
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20+
RET
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Brophy, Michael
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USN
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RVN
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Burns, Thomas
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USAF
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RVN
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C
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Cacace,
Vincent
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USMC
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?
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HHS
1962
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Callejas, Ruben
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USN
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PACIFIC
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HHS
1953
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Campagna, Sal
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USAF
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ALASKA
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HHS
1960
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Campoletano, Carl
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USMC
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RVN
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HHS
1967
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Canham, William H.
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USN
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ATLANTIC
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HHS
1961
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Cannizaro, John
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USN
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CUBA
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HHS
1958
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Cantanzaritti, Gregory
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USN
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MEDITERRANEAN
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Careaga, Ronald
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USMC
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RVN
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HHS
1963
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Carfora, Joseph
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USA
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GERMANY
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HHS
1962
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Carrera, Joseph
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USN
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RVN
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Carrera, Nicholas
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USA
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RVN
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Carter, Michael
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USN
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RVN
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20+
RET
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HHS
1959
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Casale, Robert
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USN
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MEDITERRANEAN
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HHS
1961
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Cava, Michael
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USN
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RVN
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HHS
1966
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Cheeseman Robert
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USAF
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EUROPE
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LHHS
1964
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Chertiza, Daniel C.
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USA
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RVN
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Chomyk, William
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USAF
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RVN
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KIA
(BNR)
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Christianson, Donald T.
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USN
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EUROPE
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HHS
1965
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Christensen, William
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USAF
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ISRAEL
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20+RET
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HHS
1959
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Chupka, Kenneth
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USA
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RVN
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HHS
1962
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Clair, Charles
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USA
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CONUS
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HHS
1958
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Clemens,
Robert J.
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USA
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EUROPE
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HHS
1963
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Collier, Russel
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USN
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MEDITERRANEAN
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Collins, John E.
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USAF
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EUROPE
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Collins, John W.
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USA
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RVN
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HHS
1965
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Colwell, Timothy
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USMC
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RVN
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HHS
?
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Cooney, Donald
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USA
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RVN
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HHS
1967
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Cooney, James
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USAF
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CONUS
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HHS
1965
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Cooperman, Robert M.
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USAF
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EUROPE
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HHS
1965
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Couriaga, Ronald
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USMC
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RVN
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HHS?
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Crowell, Joseph
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USMC
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RVN
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HHS
1967
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Cucci, Michael
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USA
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RVN
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HHS
1964
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Cullen, Michael
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USMC
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RVN
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HHS
1965
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Cunningham, James
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USA
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CONUS
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HHS
1958
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Cunningham, John G.
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USAF
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CONUS
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HHS
1958
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Cutropia, James
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USN
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ATLANTIC
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HHS
1963
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D
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Dalton, Dennis
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USMC
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RVN
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Delia, Michael
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USAF
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?
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DelPersio, Michael
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USCG
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?
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HHS
1963
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Denart, "Buddy"
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USN
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PACIFIC
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HHS
1963
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Dethlefsen, Robert
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USA
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RVN
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WIA
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HHS
1968
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DeVincentis, Phillip
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USA
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KOREA
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HHS
1959
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DiBella, Thomas W.
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USA
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RVN
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RHS(NJ)
'65
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Diehl, Frank
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USA
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CONUS
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HHS
1962
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DiGullio, Richard
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USA
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RVN
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HHS
1964
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Dobush, Daniel
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USAF
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RVN
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HHS
1964
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Dolan, James
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USA
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ALASKA
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HHS
1966
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Dorazio, Dominic
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USMC
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?
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HHS
1967
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Dumbrowski,
Gerald
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???
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?
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HHS
1964
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Duncan,
Bruce
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USA
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?
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Dunne,
James
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USMC
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?
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HHS
1962
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Dunne, Michael
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USAF
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RVN
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HHS
1966
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Dunne, Patrick
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USAF
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RVN
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HHS
1965
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Dykman, James
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USA
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RVN
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WIA
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HHS
1966
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Dylewski, William
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USN
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RVN
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HHS
1962
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E
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Egan,
Mitchell J.
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USAF
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FAR
EAST
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HHS
1960
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F
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Federowicz,
Edward
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USA
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RVN
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HHS
1959
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Fernbach, Stephen
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USA
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CONUS
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Ferrara, Vincent
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RVN
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Ferro, Phillip
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USAF
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RVN
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20+RET
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HHS
1959
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Filardo, John
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USA
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EUROPE
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Fiore, Michael
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USN
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RVN
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HHS
1964
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Fischer, Jerome J.
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USA
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JAPAN
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HHS
1967
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Fitzgerald, Richard S.
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USA
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RVN
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HHS
1966
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Fluckiger, Frederick
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USA
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EUROPE
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20+RET
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HHS
1937
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Foran, Kenneth
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USMC
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RVN
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HHS
1959
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Fricke, Roy
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USAF
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RVN
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HHS
1959
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Fuchs, Michael W.
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USMC
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CONUS
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HHS
1959
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Fuchs, William
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USA
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EUROPE
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HHS
1960
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Fulco, Frederick
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USA
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EUROPE
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HHS
1960
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Fulco, Philip J.
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USAF
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LABRADOR
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HHS
1957
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Fullerton, Brian A.
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USMC
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RVN
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HHS
1966
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Fyfe,
David
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USAF
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?
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G
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Gabrielsen,
Otto
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USA
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BERLIN
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HHS
1964
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Gagnier,
William
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USA
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GERMANY/RVN?
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HHS
1964
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Garman, Roy A.
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USA
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RVN
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HHS
1962
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Germain, Joseph B.
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USMC
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OKINAWA
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HHS
1960
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Germain,
Michael F.
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USMC
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RVN
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HHS
1964
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Giannelli, Alan
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USA
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RVN
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KIA
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Gill, Thomas
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USA
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CONUS
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HHS
1966
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Gillette, Richard
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USMC
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OKINAWA
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HHS
1959
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Gillette, Robert
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USAF
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CONUS
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HHS
1961
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Gilson, Gerald
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USA
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DOMINICAN
REP.
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HHS
1961
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Glaser, Charles
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USMC?
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?
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Glibowski, Stephen
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USN
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ATLANTIC
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HHS
1962
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Goldman, Frederick
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USA
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RVN
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Goldmann, H.
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USN
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MEDITERRANEAN
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Graham, Charles P.
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USAF
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ITALY
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HHS
1965
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Grams, William
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USA
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RVN
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HHS
1966
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Grant, Wilbur
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USN
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?
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HHS
1966
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Grecz, Walter
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USA
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?
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Green, Charles E.
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USN
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RVN
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Greene, Eric W.
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USA
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RVN
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HHS
1961
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Greve, Ted
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USA?
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?
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HHS
1958
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Grotchel, Frank
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USMC
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RVN
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HHS
1961
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Guerra, Henry
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?
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?
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H
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Hackmack, William
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USN
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PACIFIC
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HHS
1966
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Hackman, Emil
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USAF
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RVN
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Hearon,
Philip
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USAF
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CONUS
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HHS
1964
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Heer,
Henry P.
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USN
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RVN
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HHS
1967
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Heiss,
Robert
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USA
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CONUS
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HHS
1961
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Heney,
Michael
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USN
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RVN
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HHS
1962
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Henningsen, Richard
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USAF
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RVN
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HHS
1960
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Heppner, Steven
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USA
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CONUS
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HHS
1962
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Higgins, Thomas C.
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USN
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MEDITERRANEAN
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HHS
1960
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Hoffer, Richard
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USN
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ATLANTIC
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Houston, Marc
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RVN
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Huber,
Eugene
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USN
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MEDITERRANEAN
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HHS
1964
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Hughes,
Stephen
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USA?
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CONUS
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HHS
1958
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I
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Ingino, Joseph
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USA
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RVN
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HHS
1967
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J
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Jacob,
Kevin
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USN
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?
|
|
|
|
Jacobs,
Edward
|
USA
|
EUROPE
|
|
HHS
1959
|
|
Jaworski,
Brad
|
USAF
|
CONUS
|
|
HHS
1961
|
|
Joosten, Marc
|
USA
|
?
|
|
|
|
Jordan, William
|
USA
|
CONUS
|
|
HHS
1963
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
K
|
|
|
|
|
|
Kanawada, Leo
|
USA
|
RVN
|
|
|
|
Karr, John
|
USN
|
RVN
|
|
|
|
Keliher, Richard
|
USAF
|
CONUS
|
|
|
|
Kelly, Ronald
|
USAF
|
THAILAND
|
|
HHS
1963
|
|
Kennedy, Michael
|
USMC
|
RVN
|
WIA
|
HHS
1965
|
|
Kirwan, John
|
USA
|
RVN
|
|
|
|
Knox, Michael
|
USMC/USAF
|
OKINAWA/RVN
|
|
HHS
1959
|
|
Kochansky,
Joseph
|
|
RVN
|
|
|
|
Kocis, Martin
|
?
|
?
|
|
|
|
Kozak, John
|
?
|
?
|
|
|
|
Kozma, Carl N.
|
USA
|
RVN
|
KIA
|
HHS
1966
|
|
Krieb, Kenneth
|
USAF
|
OKINAWA
|
|
HHS
1958
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
L
|
|
|
|
|
|
Landau,
Henry
|
USA
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1960
|
|
Lang,
George C.
|
USA
|
RVN
|
WIA
|
HHS
1965
|
|
Larkin, Harry
|
USA
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1959
|
|
Larkin, Thomas
|
USA
|
CONUS
|
|
HHS
1964
|
|
Layne, Charles
|
USN
|
CONUS
|
|
HHS
1959
|
|
Layne, John
|
USA
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1965
|
|
Lean, James
|
?
|
RVN
|
|
|
|
Leonick, John
|
USMC
|
CONUS
|
|
HHS
1963
|
|
Lepore, John
|
USA
|
CONUS?
|
|
HHS
1958
|
|
Lincoln, Leon C.
|
USN
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1961
|
|
Lorenzo, Charles
|
USA
|
GERMANY
|
|
HHS
1964
|
|
M
|
|
|
|
|
|
Maas, Andrew
|
USA
|
CONUS
|
|
HHS
1961
|
|
Maas, Brian
|
USA
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1962
|
|
Maas, Richard
|
USA
|
RVN
|
|
BHS
1966
|
|
Madden, Mark, Jr.
|
USA
|
RVN
|
|
LASALLE
62
|
|
Magee, Owen
|
USN
|
CONUS
|
|
HHS
1958
|
|
Magee, Richard
|
USN
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1962
|
|
Malito, Joseph
|
USAF
|
?
|
|
HHS
1965?
|
|
Marcheneck, Kenneth
|
USN
|
CONUS
|
|
HHS
1962
|
|
Masi, Anthony
|
USN
|
MEDITERRANEAN
|
|
HHS1963
|
|
Mato, Richard J.
|
USN
|
CONUS
|
|
HHS
1959
|
|
Mazzone, Joseph M.
|
USA
|
RVN
|
KIA
|
|
|
McAvoy, Robert
|
USMC
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1968
|
|
McCallion, John
|
USN
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1963
|
|
McHugh, Donald
|
USA
|
GERMANY
|
|
HHS
1964
|
|
McHugh, James
|
USMC
|
CONUS
|
|
CH
1957
|
|
McHugh, John
|
USA
|
CONUS
|
|
HHS
1959
|
|
McLaughlin,
James
|
USA
|
RVN
|
|
|
|
McMaugh,
Mickey
|
USN
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1965
|
|
Meehan. James E
|
USN
|
RVN
|
|
|
|
Melody, Michael M.
|
USA
|
RVN
|
WIA
|
HHS
1965
|
|
Milich, Joseph
|
USAF
|
?
|
|
HHS
1968
|
|
Mojo, Victor
|
?
|
?
|
|
|
|
Monnia, Edward
|
USN
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1966
|
|
Moone, Charles
|
?
|
?
|
|
|
|
Mullvahill, Thomas
|
USA
|
RVN
|
WIA
|
HHS
1967
|
|
Mure, Joseph
|
USMC
|
RVN
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
N
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nichols, Chester B
|
USN
|
ATLANTIC
|
|
HHS
1958
|
|
Nichols, John
|
USAF
|
GREENLAND
|
|
|
|
Nolan, Richard
|
USA
|
?
|
|
|
|
Nordman, Roy
|
USA
|
CONUS
|
|
HHS
1960
|
|
Notaro, Al (?)
|
USA
|
KOREA
|
|
HHS
1958
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
O
|
|
|
|
|
|
O' Regan, Thomas
|
USA
|
RVN
|
|
|
|
O' Neal, Kevin
|
USN
|
?
|
|
HHS
1962
|
|
O'Neill, Richard
|
USMC
|
?
|
|
|
|
Oates, Michael
|
USMC
|
RVN
|
|
|
|
Olander, Don-Erik
|
USN
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1969
|
|
Olitsky, Harvey J
|
USMC
|
RVN
|
|
|
|
Olsen, Glen C.
|
USAF
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1969
|
|
Osborne, Edward A.
|
USAF
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1956
|
|
Osborne, Richard T.
|
USAF
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1962
|
|
Otten, Donald
|
USA
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1963
|
|
Otten, Robert
|
USN
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1959
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
P
|
|
|
|
|
|
Paternoster,
Mark
|
USN
|
CONUS
|
|
HHS
1967
|
|
Parisi,
George
|
USN
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1966
|
|
Patoka,
Michael
|
USA
|
RVN
|
WIA
|
HHS
1965
|
|
Payne,
Kenneth
|
USA
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1966
|
|
Pearce, Herbert
|
USMC
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1962
|
|
Peck, James
|
USAF
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1966
|
|
Pelcher, Robert
|
USMC
|
RVN
|
WIA
|
HHS
1967
|
|
Perotti, Daniel JR
|
USN
|
RVN
|
|
|
|
Peschel, Steve
|
USN
|
VARIOUS
|
20+RET
|
HHS
1959
|
|
Pfeiffer,
Robert
|
USAF
|
CONUS
|
|
HHS
1964
|
|
Philcox,
Ken
|
USAF
|
?
|
|
HHS
1967
|
|
Pietras, Robert
|
USA
|
RVN
|
WIA
|
HHS
1962
|
|
Platania, Joseph
|
USA
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1963
|
|
Platania, Victor
|
USAF
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1958
|
|
Plonski, Anthony J.
|
USAF
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1964
|
|
Plonski, Robert P.
|
USMC
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1964
|
|
Pocano, Gary
|
USA
|
RVN
|
WIA
|
HHS
1968
|
|
Polanski, Christopher
|
USA
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1960
|
|
Polit, Robert
|
USMC
|
RVN
|
|
|
|
Polsenski, Martin
|
USN
|
VARIOUS
|
20+RET
|
HHS
1959
|
|
Probst, Carl
|
USAF
|
PHILIPPINES
|
|
HHS
1959
|
|
Probst, Walter
|
USA
|
BERLIN
|
|
HHS
1957
|
|
Przybyszewski, Vincent
|
USN
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1955
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
R
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rajala, Roy
|
USA
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1965
|
|
Ratto, Joseph M.
|
USAF
|
THAILAND
|
20+
RET
|
HHS
1965
|
|
Rausch, Robert E.
|
USAF
|
RVN
|
KIA
|
HHS
1956
|
|
Reden, Stephen
|
USMC
|
PACIFIC
|
|
HHS
1959
|
|
Regan, John
|
USAF
|
THAILAND
|
|
|
|
Regan, Michael
|
USMC
|
RVN
|
|
|
|
Reilly, William
|
USMC
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1962
|
|
Reinhardt, William
|
USA?
|
?
|
|
HHS
1957
|
|
Ribanic, John E.
|
USA
|
RVN
|
|
|
|
Ricca, Raymond
|
USN
|
?
|
|
HHS
1962
|
|
Richmond, Morton
|
USA
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1966
|
|
Rickmeyer, Douglas
|
USA
|
CONUS
|
|
HHS
1967
|
|
Rickmeyer, Robert
|
USA
|
CONUS
|
|
HHS
1961
|
|
Ritter, Vernon
|
USMC
|
CONUS
|
|
HHS
1963?
|
|
Ross, Robert
|
USN
|
ATLANTIC
|
|
|
|
Rozos, Michael
|
USN
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1968
|
|
Ruhe, Fred
|
?
|
?
|
|
HHS
1964
|
|
Rybak, Rudy
|
USA
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1966
|
|
Rysanek, Daniel
|
USA
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1967
|
|
Rysanek, Francis H.
|
USA
|
GERMANY
|
|
HHS
1965
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
S
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sarluco,
Michael
|
USA
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1967
|
|
Saurer,
Charles
|
USN
|
CONUS
|
|
Lutheran
'65
|
|
Saurer,
Thomas
|
USA
|
RVN
|
WIA
|
Lutheran
'67
|
|
Sausfield,
Patrick
|
USMC
|
RVN
|
|
CHAM
1957
|
|
Sawtelle, Paul C.
|
USA
|
RVN
|
KIA
|
|
|
Schaal,
Robert
|
USMC
|
RVN
|
|
|
|
Schiavone, Ralph
|
USAF
|
RVN
|
KIA
|
HHS
1960
|
|
Schmidt, Walter
|
USN
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1965
|
|
Schmidt,
William
|
?
|
?
|
|
|
|
Schult,
Paul
|
?
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1967
|
|
Schultz, Dale E.
|
USN
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1963
|
|
Schuster, Charles
|
USMC
|
MEDITERRANEAN
|
|
HHS
1964
|
|
Scott, Eugene A.
|
USA
|
RVN
|
|
|
|
Searles, Charles
|
USA
|
RVN
|
WIA
|
HHS
1963
|
|
Searles, James
|
USA
|
GERMANY
|
|
HHS
1967
|
|
Sherin, Michael
|
USA
|
CONUS
|
|
HHS
1959
|
|
Siegel, Robert
|
USA
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1962
|
|
Smith, Steve
|
USA
|
OKINAWA
|
|
HHS
1962
|
|
Sneyd, Thomas
|
USA
|
GREENLAND
|
|
HHS
1963
|
|
Sousa, Arthur
|
USAF?
|
?
|
20+
|
HHS
1967
|
|
Squire, William
|
USA
|
RVN
|
WIA
|
HHS
1967
|
|
Steedman, Thomas G.
|
USA
|
EUROPE
|
|
HHS
1960
|
|
Stermer, Robert
|
USA
|
?
|
|
HHS
1959
|
|
Sterner, Ron
|
?
|
?
|
|
HHS
1966
|
|
Stietz, Kurt J.
|
USA
|
CONUS
|
|
HHS
1960
|
|
Stolz, James E. Jr.
|
USMC
|
RVN
|
KIA
|
|
|
Stoneham, James
|
?
|
?
|
|
HHS
1966
|
|
Strafer, Kenneth J.
|
USA
|
RVN
|
WIA
|
HHS
1962
|
|
Strafer, Raymond
|
USA
|
CONUS
|
|
|
|
Strehl, Philip
|
USA
|
CONUS
|
|
HHS
1958
|
|
Strobel, Gary
|
USMC
|
?
|
|
HHS
1962
|
|
Sullivan, Thomas
|
USA
|
?
|
|
HHS
1963
|
|
Szymanski, James G.
|
USA
|
GERMANY
|
|
HHS
1962
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
T
|
|
|
|
|
|
Telephone, John
|
USA
|
EUROPE
|
|
|
|
Thorburn, John Andrew
|
USAF
|
RVN
|
|
|
|
Tisdale, Randy
|
USAF
|
RVN
|
|
|
|
Tisdell, Michael
|
USA
|
KOREA
|
|
|
|
Tomasovic, Stanley R.
|
USA
|
RVN
|
KIA
|
|
|
Torres, Hiram J.
|
USMC
|
RVN
|
|
|
|
Torres, Randy
|
USA
|
RVN
|
|
|
|
Tranchina, John
|
USA
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1964
|
|
Triolo, Charles
|
USN
|
RVN
|
|
|
|
Trubinski, Lawrence
|
USA
|
RVN
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ullrich,
Richard
|
USA
|
RVN
|
|
|
|
Urena, Diago Jessie
|
USMC
|
RVN
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
V
|
|
|
|
|
|
Valenti, John
|
USN
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1962
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
W
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wachter, John
|
USA
|
EUROPE
|
|
HHS
1966
|
|
Wahl, John
|
USAF
|
?
|
|
HHS
1967
|
|
Walden, William
|
USMC
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1965
|
|
Walker, James
|
USA
|
CONUS
|
|
HHS
1965
|
|
Walker, Jeffrey
|
USMC
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1964
|
|
Walkawitz, Paul
|
USN
|
PACIFIC
|
|
HHS
1964
|
|
Walkowski, Paul D.
|
USA
|
RVN
|
KIA
|
|
|
Wallace, Terrence
|
USMC
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1966
|
|
Walsh, Robert
|
USN
|
?
|
|
|
|
Walsh, Steven
|
USMC
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1965
|
|
Ward, Kent P.
|
USMC
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1969
|
|
Ward, Robert
|
USAF
|
EUROPE
|
|
HHS
1966
|
|
Warshawsky, Peter
|
USA
|
RVN
|
|
|
|
Weber, Walter
|
USN
|
CONUS
|
|
HHS
1963
|
|
Weiss, Harvey M.
|
USA
|
GERMANY
|
|
HHS
1947
|
|
Wesley, Robert
|
USA
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1961
|
|
Wheeler, Jack
|
USAF
|
THAILAND
|
|
HHS
1966
|
|
Whitney, Richard
|
USA
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1968
|
|
Wilenski, Stanley Jr.
|
USA
|
RVN
|
KIA
|
|
|
Williams, Richard
|
USA
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1960
|
|
Williams, Robert
|
USMC
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1965
|
|
Williams,
Russell
|
USAF
|
THAILAND
|
|
|
|
Wilson, John
|
USA
|
RVN
|
|
|
|
Wilson, Robert
|
USN
|
EUROPE
|
|
HHS
1961?
|
|
Wilson. Robert
|
USA
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1959
|
|
Wingate, Richard
|
USN
|
CARIBBEAN
|
KIA,
NBI
|
HHS
1967
|
|
Winkel, Marty
|
USMC
|
RVN
|
|
HHS
1962
|
|
Wise, James F.
|
USAF
|
THAILAND
|
|
HHS
1958
|
|
Wolfson, William
|
USA
|
?
|
|
HHS
1958
|
|
Woodruff, Thomas
|
USA
|
GERMANY
|
|
HHS
1961
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
X
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Y
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yetter,
Eugene
|
USN
|
PACIFIC
|
|
HHS
1959
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Z
|
|
|
|
|
|
Zabbia, Luke J.
|
USA
|
KOREA
|
|
HHS
1961
|
|
Ziegler, John
|
USA
|
EUROPE
|
|
HHS
1963
|
|
Zivica, Edward
|
USN
|
WORLD
|
|
HHS
1958
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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The
Navy's New Pirate Catcher
U.S.S.
Independence (LCS-2)
A Triple Hulled, Weapon-Laden Monster.
We've
been hearing rumblings about the U.S. Navy's triple-hulled ships, but
here's one that was launched last month, the U.S.S Independence . Built
by General Dynamics, it's called a "littoral combat ship" (LCS),
and the tri-maran can move huge weapons around faster than any ship in
the Navy. Ironic that with all that built in high tech, the ship
actually reminds us of the iron-clad CSS Merrimac from Civil War
days.
Littoral
means close to shore, and that's where these fleet-hulled babies will
operate, tailor-made for launching helicopters and armored vehicles,
sweeping mines and firing all manner of torpedoes, missiles and machine
guns.
These
ships were designed to be relatively inexpensive this one's a bargain at
$208 million and the navy plans to build 55 of them. This tri-maran is
the first of the new fire-breathing breed, ready to scoot out of dry
dock at a rumored 60 knots. It's like a speedy and heavily-armed
aircraft carrier for helicopters.
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