1/18/1968 Robert (Bob) Condon was born July 2, 1934, in rural Nebraska to dairy farmers. He was on the rodeo circuit in college, and from early on he had a lust for life that was bigger than the dairy farm. Although an Army ROTC cadet, he decided the Navy was
11/22/1967 SP6 Paul Blount McKinley and SP5 Dean Moore were killed on 22 November 1967. They were assigned to 191st Ordnance Battalion (Ammunition), Explosive Ordnance Disposal Section. SP6 McKinley and SP5 Moore were in route to an incident near Phan Thiet, Binh Tuan Provence, Republic of Vietnam, when they were
11/22/1967 SP5 Melbern Dean Moore and SP6 Paul Blount McKinley were killed on 22 November 1967. They were assigned to 191st Ordnance Battalion (Ammunition), Explosive Disposal Section, 54th General Support Group, Army Support Command Cam Ranh Bay, 1st Logistical Command, Cam Ranh Bay, Khanh Hoa Province, Republic of Vietnam. SP5 Moore and SP6
7/1/1967 SP6 Leon Grover Nelson was killed on 1 July 1967. SP6 Nelson was assigned to 3rd Ordnance Battalion (Ammunition), Explosive Ordnance Disposal Section. SP6 Nelson was one of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal specialists who were cleaning up the Ammunition Storage Point at Duc Pho, Republic of Vietnam, after it
2/15/1967 MSG Charles Lester Robbins was killed on 15 February 1967. MSG Robbins was assigned to 85th Ordnance Detachment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal). MSG Robbins, SP5 Lynch, and two non-Explosive Ordnance Disposal volunteers were attempting to clear a minefield near Plieku, Republic of Vietnam when the accident occurred. A M16A1 antipersonnel
1/27/1967 SP6 Fred M. Kuddes, Jr. was killed on 27 January 1967. SP6 Kuddes was assisting with some experimental work at Dugway Providing Ground, Utah, when he was killed. SP6 Kuddes was flying in a Piasecki CH-21C Shawnee helicopter from which E158 CS (tear gas/riot control agent) canister cluster were
11/26/1966 SP4 Jerry Wayne Corkern was killed on 26 November 1966. SP4 Corkern was assigned to 133rd Ordnance Detachment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal). SP4 Corkern was the first U.S. Army specialist killed in the Republic of Vietnam. SP4 Corkern was killed and another Explosive Ordnance Disposal specialist was wounded when a
6/10/1965 1LT Richard R. Deigert and SP5 Paul W. Rice were killed on 10 June 1965. They were assigned to 8th Ordnance Detachment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal). They had picked up a number of armed M2A4 antipersonnel mines and M6 antitank mines with M603 chemical fuze, and were transporting them to
6/10/1965 SP5 Paul W. Rice and 1LT Richard R. Deigert were killed on 10 June 1965. They were assigned to 8th Ordnance Detachment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal). They had picked up a number of armed M2A4 antipersonnel mines and M6 antitank mines with M603 chemical fuze, and were transporting them to a
5/16/1965 CPT Ernest McFeron, TSgt Claude Marvin Bunch, TSgt Aaron Gregory Fidiam, Jr., and SSgt David Lee Hubbard, Jr. were killed on 16 May 1965. CPT McFeron and SSgt Hubbard were assigned to the 33rd Air Base Squadron, 33rd Tactical Group, 13th Air Force, Tan Son Nhut Air Base and TSgt
5/16/1965 TSgt Claude Marvin Bunch, CPT Ernest McFeron, TSgt Aaron Gregory Fidiam, Jr., and SSgt David Lee Hubbard, Jr. were killed on 16 May 1965. TSgt Bunch and TSgt Fidiam were assigned to the 34th Air Base Squadron, 34th Tactical Group, 13th Air Force, Bien Hoa Air Base and CPT
5/16/1965 TSgt Aaron Gregory Fidiam, Jr., CPT Ernest McFeron, TSgt Claude Marvin Bunch, and SSgt David Lee Hubbard, Jr. were killed on 16 May 1965. TSgt Fidiam and TSgt Bunch were assigned to the 34th Air Base Squadron, 34th Tactical Group, 13th Air Force, Bien Hoa Air Base and CPT
5/16/1965 SSgt David Lee Hubbard, Jr., CPT Ernest McFeron, TSgt Claude Marvin Bunch, and TSgt Aaron Gregory Fidiam, Jr. were killed on 16 May 1965. SSgt Hubbard and CPT McFeron were assigned to the 33rd Air Base Squadron, 33rd Tactical Group, 13th Air Force, Tan Son Nhut Air Base and
6/1/1964 SP5 Betuel A. Perez was killed on June 1964. SP5 Perez was assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit in Panama. SP5 Perez was killed when a pipe bomb that he was disassembling detonated.
12/4/1963 SFC Richard R. Knox was killed on 4 December 1963. SFC Knox was assigned to 547th Ordnance Detachment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal Control). SFC Knox was giving a pre-Army Training Test to the 13th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Detachment, Huntsville, Alabama. SFC Knox was attempting to arm a supposedly inert M103
