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Hicksville Vietnam War Era Proposed Memorial
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An effort has been
underway for quite some time now with hopes of dedicating a Hicksville
Vietnam War Era Memorial Monument at a frequently visited site in
Hicksville (such as Hicksville High, Hicksville Town Hall, etc.) sometime
in 2010 once we have exhausted the possibility of finding Veterans who
served on active duty during that era and once we have the approval from
the necessary Hicksville authorities to do so.
We have a current
problem, however. Until
recently, the project founder, Ken Strafer (HHS 1962) and his key staff
assistant, Joe Carfora (HHS 1962) were working without additional help and
through time to time announcements in HixNews to seek additional names. After a couple of years, this brought us only to 150 or so
names. Since the March 1
update we posted in HixNews and after adding additional help to our team
from members of other classes, we have brought the current list of names
to 222 in less than two months!
As a result, we have
chosen a path of much broader distribution in our search for the names of
people who qualify to be included in the Memorial.
We are using the Class of 59 website for this purpose and have
now approached the reunion leaders of other classes for help in
identifying people not already included on our current list.
We know that we have only scratched the surface so far.
To qualify for the
Memorial, a person must have been on active duty in one of our Armed
Forces during the Vietnam Era, but did not necessarily have to serve in
Vietnam, because by being in the service at that time a person was exposed
to the possibility of being sent to Vietnam and was overall an integral
part of strengthening our Armed Forces during a time of war.
Here are the overall
qualifications for a person to be included in the Memorial list.
The person:
- must
have been a resident of Hicksville at some time before entering
our Armed Forces
- must
have attended a public, private or parochial high school while living
in Hicksville (attendance at HHS not required)
- must
have served on active duty anywhere in the world during Americas
Vietnam Era (1961-1973 per www.vietnamwar.com
history timeline)
- Note
that both men and women qualify (Im stating this as we have very
few women on our current list)
We have set a goal of
250 names by this summer and know there are many more that served out
there who meet these qualifications, but have yet to be identified by the
project team. We have access to official records in Washington, D.C.
but have found that many people left Hicksville before entering the
service and show a different town or city as their home at the time of
entry. So, we need to continue this grassroots effort and will also
continue to use the official records we have access to as a means of
confirmation of all personnel on the list.
Our Project Team
currently has the following members:
·
Ken Strafer, Founder (HHS
62)
·
Joe Carfora, Assistant &
Master List Keeper (HHS 62)
·
Carl Probst, Input Data,
Class of 59 & Others (HHS 59)
·
Tony Plonski, Input Data,
Class of 64 & Others (HHS 64)
·
Pat Driscoll, Editor,
HixNews (HHS 56)
·
Tommy Sullivan, Press
Release Editing (HHS 63)
·
Walter Schmidt, Hicksville
Local Coordinator & Town of Oyster Bay Veterans Services Officer (HHS
65)
What we need each person
reading this to do:
Please review the
attached list of names. If
you know of someone who is not listed, please send their name and what you
can about their service to Joe Carfora at jcarfora1@nc.rr.com.
Please use the information contained on the attached list as a
guide for the data we need.
Thank you!
The Vietnam War Era Project Team
Footnote
extracted from www.vietnamwar.com:
During 15 years of military involvement, over 2 million Americans
served in Vietnam with 500,000 seeing actual combat. 47,244 were killed in
action, including 8000 airmen. There were 10,446 non-combat deaths.
153,329 were seriously wounded, including 10,000 amputees. Over 2400
American POWs/MIAs were unaccounted for as of 1973.
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Name
(Last, First, M.I.)
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Branch
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Location
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Remarks
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High
School
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A
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Adams,
George
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USMC
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RVN
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HHS
1964
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Aker,
Alan
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USA
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RVN
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WIA
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HHS
1963
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Aldag,
William A.
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USA
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RVN
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KIA
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Alesi,
Charles
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USAF
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EUROPE
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HHS
1968
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Alfieri,
Steve
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USA
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RVN
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HHS
1960
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Alia,
Pat
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USA
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RVN
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WIA
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Allan,
William E."Butch"
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USAF
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RVN
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HHS
1960
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Anderson, John
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USN
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PAKISTAN
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20+RET
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HHS
1959
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Anderson, Steven
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USMC
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RVN
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WIA
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Annucci, Diane C.
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USAF
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KOREA
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HHS
1964
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Anselmo, Michael
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USAF
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GUAM
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HHS
1959
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Anselmo, Phillip
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USN
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RVN
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20+RET
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HHS
1958
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B
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Backman, Stephen
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USAF
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RVN
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HHS
1962
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Baum, Steven
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USAF
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RVN
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HHS
1962
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Bell, James
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USA
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RVN
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Bellacera, Anthony
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USAF
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THAILAND
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HHS
1966
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Bode, George
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USAF
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RVN
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HHS
1964
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Boyd, James
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USA
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RVN
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HHS
1965
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Brophy, Donald
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USN
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ATLANTIC
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Brophy, Michael
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USN
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ATLANTIC
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Burns, Thomas
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USAF
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RVN
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C
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Callejas, Ruben
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USN
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PACIFIC
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HHS
1953
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Campagna, Sal
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USAF
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ALASKA
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HHS
1960
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Cantanzaritti, Gregory
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USN
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MEDITERRANEAN
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Careaga, Ronald
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USMC
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RVN
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HHS
1963
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Carfora, Joseph
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USA
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GERMANY
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HHS
1962
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Carrera, Joseph
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USN
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RVN
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Carrera, Nicholas
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USA
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RVN
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Casale, Robert
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USN
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MEDITERRANEAN
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HHS
1961
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Cava, Michael
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USN
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RVN
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HHS
1966
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Cheeseman Robert
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USAF
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EUROPE
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LHHS
1964
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Chertiza, Daniel C.
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USA
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RVN
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Chomyk, William
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USAF
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RVN
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KIA
(BNR)
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Christensen, William
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USAF
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ISRAEL
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20+RET
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HHS
1959
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Chupka, Kenneth
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USA
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RVN
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HHS
1962
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Clemens,
Robert J.
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USA
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EUROPE
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HHS
1963
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Collier, Russel
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USN
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MEDITERRANEAN
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Collins, John E.
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USAF
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EUROPE
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Cooperman, Robert M.
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USAF
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EUROPE
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Crowell, Joseph
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USMC
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RVN
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HHS
1967
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Cucci, Michael
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USA
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RVN
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HHS
1964
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Cullen, Michael
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USMC
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RVN
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Cunningham, James
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USA
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CONUS
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HHS
1958
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Cunningham, John G.
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USAF
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CONUS
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HHS
1958
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D
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Dalton, Dennis
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USMC
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RVN
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Dethfelsen, Robert
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USA
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RVN
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WIA
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DeVincentis, Phillip
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USA
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KOREA
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HHS
1959
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Dobush, Daniel
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USAF
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RVN
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HHS
1964
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Dumbrowski,
Gerald
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???
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???
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HHS
1964
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Duncan,
Bruce
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USA
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Dunne, Michael
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USAF
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RVN
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HHS
1966
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Dunne, Patrick
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USAF
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RVN
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Dylewski, William
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USN
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RVN
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HHS
1962
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E
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F
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Fernbach, Stephen
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USA
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CONUS
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Ferro, Phillip
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USAF
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RVN
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20+RET
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HHS
1959
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Filardo, John
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USA
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EUROPE
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Fluckiger, Frederick
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USA
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EUROPE
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HHS
1937
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Fricke, Roy
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USAF
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RVN
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HHS
1959
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Fulco, Frederick
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USA
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EUROPE
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HHS
1960
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Fulco, Philip J.
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USAF
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LABRADOR
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HHS
1967
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Fyfe,
David
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USAF
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G
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Gabrielsen,
Otto
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USA
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BERLIN
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HHS
1964
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Garman, Roy A.
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USA
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RVN
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HHS
1962
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Germain, Joseph B.
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USMC
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OKINAWA
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HHS
1960
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Germain,
Michael F.
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USMC
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RVN
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HHS
1964
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Giannelli, Alan
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USA
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RVN
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KIA
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Gill, Thomas
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USA
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CONUS
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HHS
1966
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Gillette, Robert
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USAF
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CONUS
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HHS
1961
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Goldman, Frederick
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USA
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RVN
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Goldmann, H.
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USN
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MEDITERRANEAN
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Grant, Wilbur
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USN
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Grecz, Walter
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USA
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Green, Charles E.
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USN
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RVN
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H
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Hackmack, William
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USN
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PACIFIC
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HHS
1966
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Hackman, Emil
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USAF
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RVN
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Hearon,
Philip
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USAF
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CONUS
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HHS
1964
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Heiss,
Robert
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USA
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CONUS
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HHS
1961
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Henningsen, Richard
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USAF
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RVN
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HHS
1960
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Hoffer, Richard
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USN
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ATLANTIC
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Huber,
Eugene
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USN
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MEDITERRANEAN
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HHS
1964
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I
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Ingino, Joseph
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USA
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RVN
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HHS
1967
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J
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Jacob,
Kevin
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USN
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Jacobs,
Edward
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USA
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EUROPE
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HHS
1959
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Jaworski,
Brad
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USAF
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CONUS
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HHS
1961
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Joosten, Marc
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USA
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Jordan, William
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USA
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CONUS
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HHS
1963
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K
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Kanawada, Leo
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USA
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RVN
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Karr, John
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USN
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RVN
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Keliher, Richard
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USAF
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CONUS
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Kirwan, John
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USA
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RVN
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Knox, Michael
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USMC/USAF
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OKINAWA/RVN
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HHS
1959
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Kochansky,
Joseph
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RVN
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Kocis, Martin
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Kozak, John
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Kozma, Carl N.
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USA
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RVN
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KIA
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Krieb, Kenneth
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USAF
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OKINAWA
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HHS
1958
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L
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Landau,
Henry
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USA
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RVN
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HHS
1960
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Larkin, Harry
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USA
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RVN
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HHS
1959
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Larkin, Thomas
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USA
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CONUS
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HHS
1964
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Layne, Charles
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USN
|
CONUS
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HHS
1959
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Layne, John
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USA
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RVN
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HHS
1965
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Lincoln, Leon C.
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USN
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RVN
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HHS
1961
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Lorenzo, Charles
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USA
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GERMANY
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HHS
1964
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M
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Maas, Andrew
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USA
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CONUS
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HHS
1961
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Maas, Brian
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USA
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RVN
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HHS
1962
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Maas, Richard
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USA
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RVN
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BHS
1966
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Magee, Owen
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USN
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CONUS
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HHS
1958
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Magee, Richard
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USN
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RVN
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HHS
1962
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Marcheneck, Kenneth
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USN
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RVN
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KIA,
NBI
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Masi, Anthony
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USN
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MEDITERRANEAN
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HHS1963
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Mazzone, Joseph M.
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USA
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RVN
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KIA
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McCallion, John
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USN
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RVN
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McHugh, Donald
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USA
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GERMANY
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HHS
1964
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McHugh, James
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USMC
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CONUS
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CH
1957
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McHugh, John
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USA
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CONUS
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HHS
1959
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McLaughlin,
James
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USA
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RVN
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Meehan. James E
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USN
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RVN
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Miller, Madeline
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USA
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?
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HHS
1967
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Milich, Joseph
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USAF
|
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HHS
1968
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Mojo, Victor
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Mure, Joseph
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USMC
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RVN
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N
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Nichols, Chester B
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USN
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ATLANTIC
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HHS
1958
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Nichols, John
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USAF
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GREENLAND
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Nolan, Richard
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USA
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?
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Nordman, Roy
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USA
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CONUS
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HHS
1960
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O
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O' Regan, Thomas
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USA
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RVN
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O Neal, Kevin
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USN
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Oates, Michael
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USMC
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RVN
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Olander, Donald
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USN
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RVN
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Olitsky, Harvey J
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USMC
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RVN
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Olsen, Glen C.
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USAF
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RVN
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HHS
1969
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Osborne, Edward A.
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USAF
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RVN
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HHS
1956
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Osborne, Richard T.
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USAF
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RVN
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HHS
1962
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Otten, Robert
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USN
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RVN
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HHS
1959
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P
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Paternoster,
Mark
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USN
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?
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HHS
1967
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Pearce, Herbert
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USMC
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RVN
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HHS
1962
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Peck, James
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USAF
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RVN
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HHS
1966
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Perotti, Daniel JR
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USN
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RVN
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Peschel, Steve
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USN
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VARIOUS
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20+RET
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HHS
1959
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Pfeiffer,
Robert
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USAF
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CONUS
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HHS
1964
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Philcox,
Ken
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USAF?
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?
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HHS
1967
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Pietras, Robert
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USA
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RVN
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HHS
1962
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Platania, Joseph
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USA
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RVN
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HHS
1963
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Platania, Victor
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USAF
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RVN
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HHS
1958
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Plonski, Anthony J.
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USAF
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RVN
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HHS
1964
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Plonski, Robert P.
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USMC
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RVN
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HHS
1964
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Polanski, Christopher
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USA
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RVN
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HHS
1960
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Polit, Robert
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USMC
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RVN
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Polsenski, Martin
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USN
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VARIOUS
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20+RET
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HHS
1959
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Probst, Carl
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USAF
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PHILIPPINES
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HHS
1959
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Probst, Walter
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USA
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BERLIN
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HHS
1957
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Przybyszewski, Vincent
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USN
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RVN
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HHS
1955
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Q
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R
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Rajala, Roy
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USA
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RVN
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HHS
1965
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Rausch, Robert E.
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USAF
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RVN
|
KIA
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HHS
1956
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Regan, John
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USAF
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THAILAND
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Regan, Michael
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USMC
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RVN
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Reilly, William
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USAF
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THAILAND
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HHS1962
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Ribanic, John E.
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USA
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RVN
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Ricca, Raymond
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USN
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HHS1962
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Rickmeyer, Douglas
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USA
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CONUS
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HHS
1967
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Rickmeyer, Robert
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USA
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CONUS
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HHS
1961
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Ross, Robert
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USN
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ATLANTIC
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Rozos, Michael
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USN
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RVN
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HHS
1968
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Rybak, Rudy
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USA
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RVN
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HHS
1966
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Rysanek, Daniel
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?
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?
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HHS
1967
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S
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Saurer,
Charles
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USN
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CONUS
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Lutheran
'65
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Saurer,
Thomas
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USA
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RVN
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WIA
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Lutheran
'67
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Sawtelle, Paul C.
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USA
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RVN
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KIA
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Schaal,
Robert
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USMC
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RVN
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Schiavone, Ralph
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USAF
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RVN
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KIA
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HHS
1960
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Schmidt, Walter
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USN
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RVN
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HHS
1965
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Schmidt,
William
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Schult,
Paul
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?
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RVN
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HHS
1967
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Schultz, Dale E.
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USN
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RVN
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HHS
1963
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Scott, Eugene A.
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USA
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RVN
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Searles, Charles
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USA
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RVN
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WIA
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HHS
1963
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Searles, James
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USA
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GERMANY
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HHS
1967
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Sherin, Michael
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USA
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CONUS
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HHS
1959
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Siegel, Robert
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USA
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RVN
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HHS
1962
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Smith, Steve
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USA
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OKINAWA
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HHS
1962
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Sousa, Arthur
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USAF?
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?
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20+
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HHS
1967
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Squire, William
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USA
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RVN
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Steedman, Thomas G.
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USA
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EUROPE
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HHS
1960
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Sterner, Ron
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?
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?
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HHS
1966
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Stietz, Kurt J.
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USA
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CONUS
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HHS
1960
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Stolz, James E. Jr.
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USMC
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RVN
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Strafer, Kenneth J.
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USA
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RVN
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WIA
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HHS
1962
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Strafer, Raymond
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USA
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CONUS
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Sullivan, Thomas
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USA
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HHS
1963
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Szymanski, James G.
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USA
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GERMANY
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HHS
1962
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T
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Telephone, John
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USA
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EUROPE
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Thorburn, John Andrew
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USAF
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RVN
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Tisdale, Randy
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USAF
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RVN
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Tisdell, Michael
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USA
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KOREA
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Tomasovic, Stanley R.
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USA
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RVN
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KIA
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Torres, Hiram J.
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USMC
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RVN
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Torres, Randy
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USA
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RVN
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Triolo, Charles
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USN
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RVN
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Trubinski, Lawrence
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USA
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RVN
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U
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Urena, Diago Jessie
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USMC
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RVN
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V
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W
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Wachter, John
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USA
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EUROPE
|
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HHS
1966
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Walden, William
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USMC
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RVN
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HHS
1965
|
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Walker, James
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USA
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CONUS
|
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HHS
1965
|
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Walkowski, Paul D.
|
USA
|
RVN
|
KIA
|
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Walsh, Robert
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USN
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?
|
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Ward, Robert
|
USAF
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EUROPE
|
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HHS
1966
|
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Warshawsky, Peter
|
USA
|
RVN
|
|
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Weber, Walter
|
USN
|
CONUS
|
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HHS
1963
|
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Wesley, Robert
|
USA
|
RVN
|
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HHS
1961
|
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Wilenski, Stanley Jr.
|
USA
|
RVN
|
KIA
|
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Williams, Richard
|
USA
|
RVN
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HHS
1960
|
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Williams,
Russell
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USAF
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THAILAND
|
|
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Wilson, John
|
USA
|
RVN
|
|
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Wilson, Robert
|
USN
|
EUROPE
|
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HHS
1961?
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Wilson. Robert
|
USA
|
RVN
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HHS
1959
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Wingate, Richard
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USN
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CARIBBEAN
|
KIA,
NBI
|
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Winkel, Frederick
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USMC
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RVN
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HHS
1962
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Winkel, Marty
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USMC
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RVN
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HHS
1962
|
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Wise, James
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USA
|
THAILAND
|
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HHS
1958
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X
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Y
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Yetter,
Eugene
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USN
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PACIFIC
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HHS
1959
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Z
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Zabbia, Luke J.
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USA
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KOREA
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HHS
1961
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Ziegler, John
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USA
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EUROPE
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HHS
1963
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