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Hospitalman 2/c Albert C. Bachman, Jr. US Navy Hometown: Turtlepoint Killed in Action: June 8, 1970 Buried: Port Allegany Bachman joined the Navy in 1966 and was sent to Vietnam in January 1970. He was scheduled to leave on May 28, 1970, but the transfer was suspended due to the Cambodian Invasion. Bachman was driving a vehicle on a routine road sweep when it struck an enemy mine. |
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Corporal Daniel P. Cappello Company F, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division Hometown: Kane Killed in Action: December 6, 1967 Buried: St. Callistus Cemetery, Kane Cappello arrived in Vietnam on October 16, 1967 and was
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Private First Class Bruce A. Cobb Company I, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division Hometown: Bradford Killed in Action: March 25, 1968 Buried: Willow Dale Cemetery, Bradford Cobb arrived in Vietnam on March 1, 1968 and was killed by an enemy explosive device. He graduated Bradford High School in 1967. |
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Sergeant First Class Archie G. Culver Company E, 6th Battalion, 31st Infantry, 9th Infantry Division Hometown: Kane Killed in Action: July 21, 1969 Buried: McKean Memorial Park, Lafayette Twp Culver was born in Kane and was serving his second tour
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Lance Corporal Michael R. Cuneen Co C, 3rd Anti-Tank Bttn, 3rd Marines Hometown: Bradford Died: April 5, 1966 Vietnam Memorial: Panel 06E, Line 84 Cuneen died from a non-hostile, undetermined accident. |
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Corporal Terrence G. Dixon Reconn Platoon, Headquarters Company, 1 Battalion, 503rd Infantry,
Hometown: Kane Killed in action by Friendly Fire on April 8, 1967 Vietnam Memorial: Panel 17E, Line 121 Dixon arrived in Vietnam on March 27, 1966 and was participating in Operation Junction City II when he was killed on ambush patrol. |
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Hospitalman 3/c Christian F. Feit III US Navy Died of Wounds: January 25, 1968 Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Kane Feit arrived in Vietnam on December 15, 1967 and was severely
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Corporal Lawrence G. Grassi Company C, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry, 4th Infantry Division Hometown: Bradford Killed in Action: February 5, 1968 Buried: St. Bernard Cemetery, Bradford Grassi arrived in Vietnam on June 14, 1967 and was killed by enemy small arms fire. He graduated St. Bernard High School in 1964. |
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Lance Corporal Charles L. Gregory Company M, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division Hometown: Ormsby Killed in Action: January 31, 1968 Buried: McKean Memorial Park, Lafayette Twp Gregory arrived in Vietnam on October 20, 1967 and was assigned
the Battalion Landing Team 3/1 as part of the amphibious warfare
Task Force 76.5 and provided an amphibious and airmobile ready
reserve force for the 3rd Marine Amphibious Force. During the
TET Offensive, BLT 3/1 was heavily involved in operations ashore
from January 25 to February 8, 1968. The unit lost 42 men killed
in action and 13 of them were from M Company. Eight of these
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Private First Class Ronald L. Herbstritt Company G, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division Hometown: Bradford Killed in Action: June 25, 1966 Buried: Willow Dale Cemetery, Bradford Herbstritt was killed by multiple enemy fragmentation wounds. |
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Corporal Stephen J. Keesler Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th Mechanized Infantry, 25th Infantry Division Hometown: Hazel Hurst Killed in Action: May 12, 1970 Buried: St. Elizabeth Cemetery, Smethport Keesler arrived in Vietnam on February 7, 1970 and was track commander on an armored personnel carrier (APC) operating the .50 caliber machine gun. Twelve days into the invasion of Cambodia he was killed by enemy small arms fire. He graduated Smethport High School in 1968. |
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Staff Sergeant Gerrith L. Kibbe 98th Maint Co, Army SPT CMD, 1st LOG CMD Hometown: Port Allegany (Roulette) Died: June 24, 1967 Vietnam Memorial: Panel 22E, Line 58 Kibbe was in the service 6 years. His tour of duty began on November 23, 1966 and died non-hostile, ground casualty - undetermined causes. |
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Lance Corporal Francis E. Klaiber Co C, 7th Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division Hometown: Kane Killed in Action: July 13, 1970 Buried: St. Callistus Cemetery, Kane Klaiber arrived in Vietnam on December 26, 1969 and was killed by multiple enemy fragmentation wounds. He graduated Kane High School in 1968. |
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Private First Class Robert D. Morris Company B, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division Hometown: Eldred Killed by Friendly Fire: March 23, 1970 Buried: Moody Hollow Cemetery, Coryville Morris arrived in Vietnam on February 21, 1970. On March 23, at approximately 9:00 p.m., while moving to a squad size ambush site, his squad started receiving heavy small arms fire from friendly forces when they were mistaken for enemy troops. He was mortally wounded in the initial burst of fire. A medic rushed immediately to his aid, but his wounds proved too severe and he succumbed instantly. |
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Hospitalman James K. Oxley US Navy Hometown: Bradford Killed in Action: November 30, 1967 Buried: St. Bernard Cemetery, Bradford Oxley arrived in Vietnam on July 15, 1967 and was killed
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Captain Frank M. Pascarella C Btty, 1st Bttn, 30th Artillery, First Cavalry Division Hometown: Bradford (also Chicago) Died: July 28, 1970 Vietnam Memorial: Panel 08W, Line 62 Pascarella was a native of Bradford and arrived in Vietnam on March 4, 1970. He was stationed at Fire Support Base (FSB) ANDY when he from injuries received when struck by helicopter rotor blades. |
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Sergeant James V. Ralston Company A, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division Hometown: Bradford Killed in Action: January 19, 1967 Buried: St. Bernard Cemetery, Bradford Ralston arrived in Vietnam on September 15, 1966 and was killed by enemy small arms fire. He graduated Bradford High School in 1963. |
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Master Sergeant Floyd Studer, Jr. 1173rd Special Activities Squadron, MAAG, Bangkok, Thailand Hometown: Port Allegany (also Roulette) Died Non-Hostile: August 15, 1961 Vietnam Memorial: Panel 01E, Line 4 Studer was born in Port Allegany. MSgt. Floyd Studer was killed in a Marine Corps helicopter accident. He was not a crew member at the time, though serving with MAAG in Bangkok. On this particular mission, the helicopter was 35 miles north of Korat, Royal Thai Air Force Base (RTAFB) and approximately 100 miles northeast of Bangkok, on a training mission. The helicopter went down killing two passengers and injuring three others. |
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Private First Class James R. Worrell, Jr. Co B, 4th Bttn, 503 Inf, 173rd Airborne Brigade, US Army Formerly from Smethport & Hazelhurst, PA and Olean, NY Killed in Action: November 23, 1967 Vietnam Memorial: Panel 30E, Line 75 Worrell arrived in Vietnam on July 8, 1967 and died of wounds
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