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  • Subject is exactly "Wars-Vietnam War"
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Santa Cruz County's first war casualty of the Vietnam War period was not from Santa Cruz County, was not a war casualty, nor did his death occur in Vietnam, yet Watsonville designated him as one of its own. On March 23, 1965, the Watsonville…

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Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

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"We are sitting in the Chu River that goes through Da Nang right now," Daryl Keen wrote home from Vietnam on July 14, 1965. "We are going to load supplies and take them to a base down the coast." This would be the last that his fiancée and family…

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Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

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Harold was a corpsman who watched out for his marines during the attack on Da Nang.

Harold Alvin Bird was born to Mr. and Mrs. Maurice A. Bird on August 5, 1943, in Clymer, New York. He and his brothers, Maurice Jr., Eugene and John, joined their…

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Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

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A fellow soldier, Fred Owens, tells this story of Vincent's final battle, "Company Commander Forrest said, 'Who you got KIA?' I said, 'Locatelli.' Forrest said, 'Shit.' Locatelli was the youngest guy in the company."

Vincent Locatelli was born in…

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Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

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When Steven boarded a US Air Force C123, little did he realize that he would be involved in one of the worst air disasters in the war.

Steven Mark Pashman, the second son of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Pashman, was born in Topeka, Kansas, on September…

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Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

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Mark Lane Corrie was born on January 5, 1948, in Los Angeles County, California; however, information regarding his family and pre-military life has not been located.

The name Mark Corrie Fraser is listed among the Vietnam War casualties of Kern…

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Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

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"You will remain in the door of our minds till we meet again on the other side," wrote former marine Randy Kendall about Buddy.

Leo Buddy Buckholdt was born on January 28, 1946, in Oklahoma to Mr. and Mrs. Leo Buckholdt. The Buckholdt family,…

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Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

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As William Tiffin lay dying, the fate of his son Ray remained unknown.

Rainford "Ray" Tiffin was born on March 4, 1938, in San Francisco, California, to William and Alice Tiffin. In addition to Ray, the Tiffin family included an older son,…

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Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

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A gray metal coffin containing the remains of an unclaimed GI drew national attention to the plight of a Pajaro Valley orphan.

Richard Frederick Campos was born at the Amador County railroad siding of Carbondale, California, on September 15,…

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Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

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Christmas Eve 1966 was a sad occasion in the Harold Johnson household; they had just buried their son Ronald.

Ronald Joe Johnson was born in Kings County, California, on September 24, 1947, to Mr. and Mrs. Harold J. Johnson. Ronald's family…

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Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

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