Martin James De Himer
Specialist Four
PERSONAL DATA
Home of Record: Rome, NY
Date of birth: 01/31/1949
MILITARY DATA
Service: Army of the United States
Grade at loss: E4
Rank: Specialist Four
ID No: 087425521
MOS: 11B20: Infantryman
Length Service: 01
Unit: C CO, 2ND BN, 7TH CAVALRY, 1ST CAV DIV, USARV
CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: 07/17/1969
Casualty Date: 03/11/1970
Age at Loss: 21 (based on date declared dead)
Location: Binh Long Province, South Vietnam
Remains: Body recovered
Casualty Type: Hostile, died of wounds
Casualty Reason: Ground casualty
Casualty Detail: Multiple fragmentation wounds
URL: www.VirtualWall.org/dd/DehimerMJ01a.htm
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Bradford Thomas Griffin
Lance Corporal
PERSONAL DATA
Home of Record: Rome, New York
Date of birth: Monday, 08/09/1948
MILITARY DATA
Service: Marine Corps (Regular)
Grade at loss: E3
Rank: Lance Corporal
ID No: 2171676
MOS: 0341 Mortarman
LenSvc: Between 2 and 3 years
Unit: G CO, 2ND BN, 9TH MARINES, 3RD MARDIV
CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: Not recorded
Cas Date: Tuesday, 09/12/1967
Age at Loss: 19
Remains: Body recovered
Location: Quang Tri, South Vietnam
Type: Hostile, died outright
Reason: Artillery, rocket, or mortar - Ground casualty
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Robert Edward Hendrix
Specialist Four
PERSONAL DATA
Home of Record: Rome, NY
Date of birth: 07/26/1947
MILITARY DATA
Service: Army of the United States
Grade at loss: E4
Rank: Specialist Four
ID No: 52968259
MOS: 11B20: Infantryman
Length Service: 01
Unit: D CO, 3RD BN, 12TH INFANTRY, 4TH INF DIV, USARV
CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: 05/25/1968
Incident Date: 01/31/1969
Casualty Date: 01/31/1969
Age at Loss: 21
Location: Kontum Province, South Vietnam
Remains: Body recovered
Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright
Casualty Reason: Ground casualty
Casualty Detail: Misadventure (Friendly Fire)
URL: www.VirtualWall.org/dh/HendrixRE01a.htm
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Martin Allen Mc Zeal
Specialist Four
PERSONAL DATA
Home of Record: Rome, NY
Date of birth: 04/14/1948
MILITARY DATA
Service: Army of the United States
Grade at loss: E4
Rank: Specialist Four
ID No: 52920078
MOS: 11C20: Indirect Fire Infantryman
Length Service: 00
Unit: D CO, 2ND BN, 5TH CAVALRY, 1ST CAV DIV, USARV
CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: 01/24/1969
Incident Date: 06/18/1969
Casualty Date: 06/18/1969
Age at Loss: 21
Location: Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam
Remains: Body recovered
Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright
Casualty Reason: Ground casualty
Casualty Detail: Multiple fragmentation wounds
URL: www.VirtualWall.org/dm/MczealMA01a.htm
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Wyatt Stephen Thomas
Private First Class
PERSONAL DATA
Home of Record: Rome, NY
Date of birth: 02/11/1948
MILITARY DATA
Service: Army of the United States
Grade at loss: E3
Rank: Private First Class
ID No: 52968672
MOS: 05C20: Radio Teletype Operator
Length Service: 00
Unit: HHC, 1ST BDE, 9TH INF DIV, USARV
CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: 10/19/1968
Incident Date: 11/12/1968
Casualty Date: 11/12/1968
Age at Loss: 20
Location: Long An Province, South Vietnam
Remains: Body recovered
Casualty Type: Non-hostile, died of other causes
Casualty Reason: Ground casualty
Casualty Detail: Vehicle loss or crash
URL: www.VirtualWall.org/dt/ThomasWS01a.htm
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Sherry - great tribute.
ReplyDeleteUsed to wonder why you never came over and joined Blogstream Reunited?
Well.... it's not nothing like Blogstream and in fact I'm looking for a new home again. I like Blogger - so I might just stay here. A lot of good people (like yourself) here from Blogstream and some others.
ICE,
DeleteWell, I didn't come to Blogstream Reunited because you really can't go home again. Time has this habit of changing things, and trying to recreate what was can't happen because of those changes. I decided I'd rather have the clean memories of what was rather than conflicted ones because of the recreation attempt.
This memorial post is making me spend the day crying for those young boys that died. I didn't know you could access this info at the Virtual Wall until today. Which means I didn't know Bobby died from friendly fire. Somehow, even after all this time, it's harder to accept.
Sherry - I was within 50 miles of Washington D.C. and 'the wall' ....
Deletewas planning (had looked forward to it) to go there....
couldn't make myself go.....
maybe someday..
ice
ICE, I've seen the traveling wall. Smaller, and just as hard to look at.
DeleteI have seen both the big and the small wall and both times I walked away asking "why"? Let me suggest a fiction book (Amazon has it) - "Saigon". A great read where you see the war in Indochina from both sides of the war.
ReplyDelete58,282 names...
Ron
I've only seen the traveling wall. Plus I do use the online Virtual wall. Did you know you could get all this info from the profiles on the Virtual Wall? Marty's family provided a picture of him for the Viet Nam Veterans Memorial, I didn't use it here because the rest of them didn't have pictures. All I have are the yearbooks which have their pics in them. Except for Bobby's. He didn't have one taken. His Mom couldn't afford it.
DeleteToo many vital young people have been killed or maimed in the conflicts since World War II, and for what?
ReplyDeleteFor the rich to get richer essentially. It's a complex issue. When anyone says they died uselessly, I can't help but remember that they were willing to die for something they didn't understand, but believed would harm our way of life. All these young men enlisted. There are no draftees here. What they did counts for something to me. Although, I'd rather have them alive and whole with families of their own.
Deletenam was a hell of an experience.
ReplyDeleteseems like eeons ago
seems like I was never there
ice
p.s. we should of never went - should of told the politicians to go
My friend, we shouldn't have gone to Iraq, or Afghanistan either.
DeleteDecades of families mourning their dead so the US can claim superior military might?
Next war, let's send just the politicians, see how fast that idea flies.