1/31/1970 Captain Paul Barkley Bowman was born on 3 September 1943 in Michigan. He commissioned in the Army in 1966. CPT Bowman was assigned as a chemical officer to a Tech Escort unit at Edgewood Arsenal Maryland. He then attended Naval School Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Indian Head, Maryland in 1968. During
11/29/1969 SSG Jerry K. Kekel died on 29 November 1969, from injuries suffered on 23 October 1969. SSG Kekel was assigned to the 42nd Ordnance Detachment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal). SSG Kekel was seriously injured while attempting to remove an M16 antipersonnel mine in Long An Provence, Republic of Vietnam. An
1/1/1969 CPT Briggs Kinney “Joe” Sicilia was killed on 1 January 1969. CPT Sicilia was assigned to the 170th Ordnance Detachment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal), 6th Ordnance Battalion, 45th General Support Group, Army Support Command Qui Nhon, 1st Logistical Command, Saigon (today called Ho Chi Minh), Gia Dinh Province, Republic of Vietnam. CPT Sicilia was
7/19/1968 MSG Donald Edward Brosius was killed on 19 July 1968. MSG Brosius was assigned to the 25th Ordnance Detachment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) ), 6th Ordnance Battalion, 45th General Support Group, Army Support Command Qui Nhon, 1st Logistical Command, An Khe, Binh Dinh (today called Gia Lai Province), Republic of Vietnam. MSG Brosius was
7/18/1968 SP6 Lewis Davis Black was killed on 18 July 1968. SP6 Black was assigned to the 184th Ordnance Battalion (Ammunition), Explosive Ordnance Disposal Section. SP6 Black was participating in the cleanup of the Dong Ha Ammunition Storage Point, Quang Tri Provence, Republic of Vietnam. SP6 Black was killed when
6/19/1968 Master Sergeant Biddle Carrol “B.C., Jack, Izzy or Buzz” Izard Jr. was born 2 August 1920 in Coleman, Oklahoma. Master Sergeant Izard enlisted in the Navy as a Apprentice Seaman on 23 August 1941. Master Sergeant Izard is a plank owner of the USS Woodworth (DD-469) and crossed the
6/15/1968 SFC Charles Oakes Baker II was killed on 15 June 1968. SFC Baker was assigned to the 85th Ordnance Detachment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal). SFC Baker and SP4 Stanford were clearing the 4th Division grenade range at South Gate, Camp Enari, Pleiku Provence, Republic of Vietnam. Four dud M26 HE
4/10/1968 SGM Donald Eugene Calhoon was killed on 10 April 1968. SGM Calhoon was assigned to the 25th Ordnance Detachment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal), 6th Ordnance Battalion, 45th General Support Group, Army Support Command Qui Nhon, 1st Logistical Command, An Khe, Binh Dinh (today called Gia Lai Province), Republic of Vietnam. SGM Calhoon and SP4
4/1/1968 CPT George Arthur Fischer was killed on 1 April 1968. CPT Fischer was assigned to the 3rd Ordnance Battalion (Ammunition), Explosive Ordnance Disposal Section, 53rd General Support Group, Army Support Command Saigon, 1st Logistical Command, Long Binh, Bien Hoa Province (today called Binh Duong Province), Republic of Vietnam. CPT Fischer died as
2/22/1968PR1 (DV) Jerry L Winingham was born on January 1st, 1938, in Bowie, Texas. Shortly after graduating high school in 1956, he began his 12-year Navy career at the Naval Air Technical Training Unit in Lakehurst, NJ. He spent the next two years with the Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron ONE [HELANTISUBRON]
1/31/1968 SSgt Ralph Thomas Berry was killed on 31 January 1968. SSgt Berry was assigned to the 303rd Munition Maintenance Squadron, 3rd Tactical Fighter Wing, 7th Air Force, Republic of Vietnam. SSgt Berry was inside the unit’s bunker near control tower at Bien Hoa Air Base, Bien Hoa Province, Republic of
