- Branch of Service
- Army
- Rank
- Corporal
- Unit
- 27th Infantry Division, Co. D; Light Weapons Infantry
- Conflict / Era
- Vietnam War
- Years of Service
- 07/29/1969
- Date of Birth
- 01/30/1949
- Date of Death
- 07/29/1969
- Burial Location
- Taylor Twp: Broadway
- Monument Paver
- Yes — Section C
- Status
- Killed in Action
- When
- 07/29/1969
- Where
- Military Region 3, Hua Nghia, South Vietnam
- Record Authenticated
- Yes
Biography
Serial #270460780; began tour of duty in SE Asia 04/02/1969; Type of Casualty: Hostile -- Killed; Reason: multi-fragment wounds; body recovered; age 20; posthumously promoted to corporal; NARA Ref. #6907 buried in Section IV, Row 2, Broadway Cemetery, Taylor Twp.; honored on Panel 20W, Row 71, of the Vietnam Wall; KIA
Source: No DD-214 recorded in Union Co. Recorder's Office as of 10/26/2007; Miriam Hisey-Shirk; Mark Hoffhines; National Archives; Union Co. Cem. Rec., Vol. 4, p. 82; Marysville Journal Tribune obituary; Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Virtual Wall | Ancestry - Finda A Grave & U.S. Vietnam War Military Casualties