DOB/DOD: October 25, 1940 (New London, OH) – October 13, 1970; 29 years oldRELIGION: Assemblies of GodMARITAL STATUS: Married JoAnna Beller (1940-2023) on August 19, 1961, in Kalispell, Montana. JoAnna remarried in 1985 and again in 2000, after her second husband passed away.CHILDREN: Two sons, Wesley D. (1964-) and Joel P. (1965-). One daughter, WendalynContinue reading “CAPTAIN PHILLIP ARTHUR NICHOLS, U.S. ARMY”
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MAJOR AMBROSIO “JERRY” SALAZAR GRANDEA; U.S. ARMY
DOB/DOD: August 22, 1932 (Corregidor Island, Philippines) – June 13, 1967; 34 years oldRELIGION: MethodistMARITAL STATUS: Married Jacinta “Jaya” Martinez (1934-2022) on June 10, 1957, in Boston. Jaya joined the Army Nurse Corps shortly after her husband’s death. She eventually married Reverend James Lupton (1933-2007) in 1969.COLLEGE: Attended Torres High School in Manila, Philippines. ArrivedContinue reading “MAJOR AMBROSIO “JERRY” SALAZAR GRANDEA; U.S. ARMY”
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER WILLIAM JOHN GARRITY, JR.; U.S. NAVY
DOB/DOD: September 23, 1926 (Helena, MT) – October 26, 1966; 40 years oldRELIGION: Roman CatholicMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedCOLLEGE: Attended Carroll College in Helena, graduating in 1949, and St. Thomas Seminary in Denver, Colorado. Ordained on April 4, 1954.ENLISTMENT: Served June 26, 1944, through September 29, 1950, in the Navy Reserves; service number 5548943. Entered active dutyContinue reading “LIEUTENANT COMMANDER WILLIAM JOHN GARRITY, JR.; U.S. NAVY”
CAPTAIN WILLIAM NEWCOMER FEASTER; U.S. ARMY
DOB/DOD: May 14, 1938 (Portland, ME) – October 26, 1966; 28 years oldRELIGION: ProtestantMARITAL STATUS: Married Judith Chase [later, Miller] (1943-) on August 2, 1964, in Middletown, Connecticut. Judith was an Army nurse and graduated from UConn.COLLEGE: Harvard University, Class of 1960. Harvard Divinity School, Class of 1964. Studied Greek and Hebrew at Harvard.SERVICE NUMBER:Continue reading “CAPTAIN WILLIAM NEWCOMER FEASTER; U.S. ARMY”
CAPTAIN MERLE DEWAYNE BROWN; U.S. ARMY
DOB/DOD: October 1, 1938 (Butler, PA) – April 11, 1971; 32 years oldRELIGION: LutheranMARITAL STATUS: Married Betty J. Parsons [now Betty Rose] (1938-).CHILDREN: One son, Timothy (1963-). Two daughters, Melissa (1967-) and Kristel E. Brown Quarti (1968-).COLLEGE: Capital University, Columbus, Ohio, graduating in 1961. Evangelical Lutheran Theological Seminary, graduating in 1965.ENLISTMENT: November 10, 1969SERVICE NUMBER:Continue reading “CAPTAIN MERLE DEWAYNE BROWN; U.S. ARMY”
LIEUTENANT ROBERT RAYMOND BRETT, U.S. NAVY
DOB/DOD: January 3, 1936 (Morton, PA) – February 22, 1968; 32 years oldRELIGION: Roman CatholicMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedCOLLEGE: Catholic University, and was ordained in the Marist order in 1962SERVICE NUMBER: 722 522ENLISTMENT: June 26, 1967, in Lafayette, LouisianaNAVY RATE: 4105 = Staff Corps – Chaplain (Reserve)UNIT: Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Battalion, 26th Marine Regiment, 3rdContinue reading “LIEUTENANT ROBERT RAYMOND BRETT, U.S. NAVY”
LIEUTENANT COLONEL DON LAVERNE BARTLEY, SR., U.S. ARMY
DOB/DOD: July 27, 1932 (Pikeville, KY) – June 8, 1969; 36 years oldRELIGION: PresbyterianMARITAL STATUS: Married Kathleen Stewart Bartley [later, Brown] (1930-2024), on June 21, 1952, in Kanawha County, West Virginia.CHILDREN: One son, Don L., Jr. (1953-). One daughter, Sharon L. Bartley Patterson (1955-).COLLEGE: BA from Davis & Elkins College in Elkins, West Virginia, inContinue reading “LIEUTENANT COLONEL DON LAVERNE BARTLEY, SR., U.S. ARMY”
MAJOR WILLIAM JOSEPH BARRAGY; U.S. ARMY
DOB/DOD: October 13, 1923 (Kansas City, MO) – May 4, 1966; 42 years oldRELIGION: Roman CatholicMARITAL STATUS: UnmarriedCOLLEGE: Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, and St. Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore. He was ordained on May 22, 1948, at Loras. He was the second priest from the Archdiocese of Dubuque to die during wartime. A generation earlier,Continue reading “MAJOR WILLIAM JOSEPH BARRAGY; U.S. ARMY”