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"The Old Guard" - 3rd Infantry, U.S. Army	Killed in Action PH2 Carl William Hudgins, Jr. USN KIA road mine explosion 6 Jun 69. Sgt Rick Lilly USMC of Det 2 died in a helicopter crash in 1971. Courtney Niles Civilian [NBC International, Hue] KIA 5 Feb 68. PH1 Robert Guy Stricklin USN KIA road mine explosion 6 Jun 69. SP5 Steven Stroub USA [AFVN & 1st Cav, Hue] KIA 5 Feb 68. JO1 William Ralph Wilson USN KIA road mine explosion 6 Jun 69. Sgt. Thomas Franklin Young USMC [AFVN, Hue] KIA 5 Feb 68 Died after the Vietnam War ended MSG James L. Akin USA died in the early 70's from a heart attack. MSG John Thomas Anderson USA [returned POW] died in April, 1988. JOC Bryant J. Arbuckle USN died in 1976 of lung cancer. SP4 John Aubuchon USA died in 2003 of lung cancer. John was past president of the National Press Club. William Blessington of AFVN Saigon died in 2002. SSgt. Dan Brereton USMC died approx late 70's in a car accident. SP5 Don Busser USA died early 1970's while at AFN Stuttgardt. Sgt Ronald C. Carita USMC died 23 Jan 98 of cancer [attributed to Agent Orange]. COL Felix Casipit USA died in about 1990 from a heart attack. SP5 Bruce E. Dadd USA died in Oct 1999. Gabe Dalmath USA died in 2006 from kidney cancer. MSG Donald Francis Dalton USA died 20 Jun 1991 in Utah. T/Sgt Howard L. Davis USAF died 16 May 1995 in North Carolina. SP5 Tom Deaner USA died on 12 May 2007. Gunny Sgt John Deering USMC [former POW] died Oct 2007 in Tennessee. 1SG Acy Oliver Delaughter Jr. USA died of heart failure on 26 May 2006. SP5 Gary W. Gears USA died Feb 1991 from a heart attack. CMSgt Edward Gleisberg USAF died on 6 April 2007 of an infection. JOCS James Gordon USN died in 2002 and is buried in San Diego CA. SP4 Cramer Haas USA died of a heart attack in the 1990's. SGM Emmanuel Harper Jr. USA died of complications of a stroke on 16 April 2006. SP5 Jeffrey O. Hassell USA of Quin Nhon 68/69 died in a car wreck in about 1977. SFC John G. Hernandez USA died in September 1983 in Texas. SSgt. Donna Hollowell (Murray) USMC died in 1998. MSG Louis P. La Monica USA died in about 1995 from natural causes. Capt John C. Lamson USMC died in 1989 after a heart attack. M/Sgt Charles ["Chuck"] Lanford USAF died in Nov 2003 from cancer. JOC John Joseph ["Jack"] Leigh USN died in 2003 from cancer. CW4 William Lilley USA died approx 1975 from natural causes. SP5 Terry Loughery USA died in 2007 in Austin, TX from cancer. SFC Donald [Joe] Maggart USA died in 1997 from complications of diabetes. MGySgt Wayne M. Matheson USMC died 1 Nov 98. Sgt Tom McCune USMC died in the 1980's after a heart attack. GySgt John McKay USMC died approx 1996 from a heart attack. MSG Chester C. McNeese USA died 1997 of kidney failure. LTC Razael [Ray] Nash USA died in the 1990's. SSG Ronald Notellson USA died in 1999. Capt. John P. Novak USMC died in 2006 after a fall. He was CO of Det 5, Hue before it was overrun. Ms. Bobbie Oberhansly [AFVN weather reporter] NOTE WELL Ms. Bobbie Keith [Also an AFVN weather reporter] is still with us. SGM Nicholas Palladino USA died Nov 1993 of lung cancer. CW4 James Pauli USA died. Date and cause are not yet known. SP4 Tom Peterson USA died in about 1996 in an automobile accident. LTC Frank Price USA died 17 Sep 2004 of an unknown cause. JO1 James Psak USN died in 1999. SFC Daniel A. Ruch USA died on 25 Mar 2000 from cancer and a stroke. SSG Steven Sandoz USA [ne Sands] died in 1992 from a heart attack. SP5 Michael H. Sarkin USA died in Maryland in June 2000 of natural causes. Mr. John Scales Civilian, AFVN Chief Engineer, died of natural causes in 1970. MGySgt Paul Shaner USMC of AFVN-TV DaNang died on 13 Dec 2007 in Orange County, CA. LTC Lawrence Souville USA died in 2001 from cancer. RMC Ronald Stancavage USN died in 1984 from a condition associated with Agent Orange. SP5 John Steinbeck IV USA, died 1991.[son of Nobel Prizewinner] [A Reading from John's Autobiography about AFVN] SP5 Ted Stites USA died in Spring 1998 from a heart attack. MSG Billy P. Swindle USA died in 1994. M/Sgt Walt Thompson USAF died in 1998 of natural causes. SP4 Earl Carlton Tietze USA [AFVN 69/71] died in 1986. SSG Ira Mike Turpin USA died in about 1972. JOC Phil Upton USN died. SFC Robert Vail Jr USA died in 1991 of natural causes. CSM Edward D. Waddell USA died in Dec 2000 of natural causes. ET1 Roland Wallick USN Blue Eagle TV Technician died 1998 of Cancer. CSM Robert Young USA of AFVN Pleiku 1967-68. NOTE WELL that Robert Young of Tuy Hoa/ Nha Trang/ Saigon is still with us. AFVN Home Page

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