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 Ashton,
James Odell
August 25, 1946 - June 8, 1968
PFC, U.S. Army
Vietnam Duty started may 15, 1968
Kontum Province, Vietnam
The Wall: Panel 58W-Row 001
Attending Huntington Schools from
1253-56
Bishop, Ted Jason
May 25, 1946 - February
7, 1970
CPL, U.S. Marine Corps
Start of Tour in
Vietnam August 4, 1969
Reconnaissance Company
in Phu Bai with 3rd force
Thua Thien Province
Airborne course in
1968, squad leader in Vietnam
The Wall: Panel 14W
Row 111
Graduate of Lufkin High
School, 1964
Bradshaw, Robert S.
III
January 29, 1943
February 12, 1970
1Lt., U.S. Marine Corps
Reserve
Start of Tour in
Vietnam February 12, 1970
Quang Tri Province
Pilot of fixed wing
aircraft
The Wall: Panel 14 W
Row 129
Graduate of Cambridge
School 1962,
and SMU, 1967
Conner, Melvin Hubbard Jr.
Jan. 5 1948 - April 1,
1969
LCPL, U.S. Marine Corps
Vietnam duty started
September 4, 1968
Quang Nam
The Wall: Panel
28W-Row 099
Born in Lufkin;
graduated from Torrence High School in Torrence, California
Harris, Eddy Clayton
January 8, 1950
February 13, 1968
PFC, U.S. Marine Corps
Start of Tour in
Vietnam January 25, 1968
Thua Thien Province
Enlisted USMC Aug. 3,
1967
The Wall: Panel 39 E
Row 021
Attended Lufkin High
School
Hodges, Wesley Eugene
July 16, 1948
February 23, 1968
CPL, U.S. Marine Corps
Start of Tour in
Vietnam May 31, 1967
Thua Thien Province
Engaged in battle of
Hue
Enlisted USMC Sept.
1966
The Wall: Panel 40E
Row 075
Attended Lufkin High
School.
Seventh casualty from
Angelina County.
Hollis, John Edward
October 8, 1946
November 11, 1970
Seaman, U.S. Naval
Reserve
U.S.S. Roosevelt on
patrol of Mekong River
Kien Phong Province
The Wall: Panel 06W
Row 051
Graduate of Apple
Springs High School;
attended SFA and Sam
Houston University
Hurst, John Clark
July 30, 1941 July
13, 1968
Captain, U. S. Marine
Corps
Chu Lai Marine Air
Base, Squadron VMFA
115 (the Screaming
Eagles), Marine Air Group 13,
1st Marine
Air Wing.
Start of Tour October
1967
Quang Tri Province
Pilot of phantom jet;
flew 200 missions.
Awarded Distinguished
Flying Cross for valor and several air medals.
Entered Marine Corps in
1965.
The Wall: Panel 52 W
Row 023
Graduate of Lufkin High
School and University of Texas, 1964
Jones, Johnny Carl
January 31, 1949
November 27, 1969
SP4, U.S. Army
Start of Tour in
Vietnam April 17, 1969
Binh Long Province
The Wall: Panel 16W
Row 128
All district football
and basketball; set broad
jump record.
Member of Lufkin News
All Area Team.
Graduate of Diboll High
School, 1967
Kimling, Miles Wayne
October 6, 1947 March
5, 1968
PFC, U.S. Marine Corps
Start of Tour in
Vietnam December 31, 1967;
participated in battle
of Hue.
Thua Thien Province
Machine gun operator, 5th
Marine Division
Enlisted USMC in 1967
The Wall: Panel 43E-
Row 008
Graduate of Lufkin High
School, 1966
Employed in composing
room of Lufkin Daily News
Eighth casualty of
Angelina County
Lankford, Robert
Mitchell
August 14, 1947
August 3, 1972
SSGT U.S. Air Force
Start of Tour in
Vietnam July 15, 1972
Da Nang, Quang Nam
Province
Second tour of duty in
Vietnam
The Wall: Panel 01W
Row 061
Graduate of Lufkin High
School, 1966;
lived most of his life
in Angelina County
Morris, Clenzell
December 12, 1948
February 5, 1968
PFC, U.S. Marine Corps
Start of Tour in
Vietnam November 23, 1967
Thua Thiem Province
Hq. & Svc. Co., 1st
Bn/1st Marine Division
Enlisted in U.S.M.C.
May 29, 1967
The Wall: Panel 37E
Row 041
Graduate of Dunbar High
School, 1967
Morris, Hoover
September 24, 1927
November 12, 1965
SFC, U.S. Army
Start of Tour in
Vietnam August 19, 1965
Co. C, H Engineer Bn.,
1st Cav, RVN
Served in U.S. Army
more than 18 years
The Wall: Panel 03E
Row 045
First Angelina County
man to die in Vietnam;
attended Dunbar High
School
Gold Star Window flag
presented to family by Pilot Club.
Bronze Star, and RVN
Medals: Vietnamese Document,
Military Merit Cross,
and Gallantry Cross w/ Palm for
valor presented to Mrs.
Hoover Morris on Aug. 14, 1966
Musick, Thomas W.
February 25, 1947 -
August 16, 1968
LCPL, U.S. Marine Corps
Start of tour in
Vietnam May 15, 1968
Quang Tri Province
The Wall: Panel 48W -
Row 022
Overshine, George
Edward
March 7, 1947
September 29, 1967
CPL., U.S. Army
Start of Tour in
Vietnam July 8, 1967
Chu Lai, Quang Tin
Province
3rd Platoon,
Co. C, 2nd Bn. (Airborne), 502nd Infantry
The Wall: Panel 27 E
Row 030
Attended Dunbar High
School.
Silver Star presented
to family in Feb. 1968
Owens, Waydell Getter*
February 27, 1946
August 22, 1968
SSG, U.S. Army
Start of tour in
Vietnam May 9, 1968
Binh Dinh Province
The Wall: Panel 47W
Row 02*
Graduate of Dunbar High
School, 1964.
Eleventh casualty in
Angelina County
*Name is listed as
Waydell Getter on The Wall
Page, M. C.
March 28, 1931
September 16, 1969
SFC, U.S. Army
Start of tour in
Vietnam July 21, 1969
Binh Duong Province
Served in U.S. Army 17
years and served
in Germany 7 years.
The Wall; Panel 18W
Row 096
Grew up in Keltys near
Lufkin.
Polk, Charles Quinten
September 22, 1949
December 17, 1969
PFC, U.S. Marine Corps
Start of tour in
Vietnam July 1969
Died in U.S. Navy
Hospital in San Diego of wounds
sustained November 25,
1969 in Vietnam.
It was his third
injury.
The Wall: Panel 15 W
Row 067
Born in Burnet, lived
in Lufkin for 19 years.
Ricks, Larry Eugene
June 10, 1946
December 1, 1968
SP4, U.S. Army
Start of tour in
Vietnam March 29, 1968
Cu Chi, Tay Ninh
Province
116th
Helicopter Assault Group
Enlisted in U.S. Army
March 1966
The Wall: Panel 37W
Row 018
Resided in Lufkin most
of his life. Attended
Lufkin High School and
graduated from Orange
High School. Twelfth
casualty of Angelina County.
Russaw, Preston Ivory
August 26, 1948
February 7, 1968
PFC, U.S. Marine Corps
Start of tour in
Vietnam December 6, 1967
Quang Tri Province
Enlisted in U.S.M.C. in
1967
The Wall: Panel 38E
Row 013
Grew up in Nacogdoches,
lived
in Diboll three years
and attended
Diboll High School
Sisson, Bennie Joe
January 1, 1948 March
22, 1968
PFC, U.S. Marine Corps
Start of tour in
Vietnam October 16, 1967
Quang Tri Province
The Wall: Panel 45E
Row 060
Attended Lufkin High
School where he
was an outstanding
football player.
Stringer, Ottis Edward
October 16, 1948 July
12, 1969
LCPL, U.S. Marine Corps
Start of tour in
Vietnam 1968
Dong Ha City, Quang Tri
Province
Regt, HQ Battery, 12th
Marines,
3rd Marine
Division
The Wall: Panel 21W
Row 109
Attended Lufkin High
School
Tate, Daniel Harrison
June 1, 1931 February
11, 1971
LTC, U.S. Air Force
Start of tour in
Vietnam August 27, 1970
Ninh Thuan Province
Crewmember of fixed
wing aircraft
Twenty-two years in
U.S. Air Force
The Wall: Panel 05W
Row 097
Born in Pollok,
graduate of Central High School
Masters Degree from Sam
Houston State University
Washington, James B.
November 1, 1945 June
23, 1968
PFC., U.S. Army
Start of tour in
Vietnam December 2, 1967
Dinh Tuong Province
The Wall: Panel 55W
Row 024
Attended Dunbar High
School
Wilson, Phillip Mark
October 15, 1945
October 20, 1966
PFC, U.S. Marine Corps
Chu Lai, Quang Tin
Province
3rd Bn., 5th
Marine Regt., 1st Marine Div.
The Wall: Panel 11E
Row 093
Wood, Calvin Knight Jr.
(Sam)
May 1, 1949 May 22,
1968
PFC, U.S. Marine Corps
Start of tour in
Vietnam February 18, 1968
Da Nang, Quang Nam
Province
Radioman with artillery
unit
E Battery/ 2nd
Bn./ 13 Marines/ 5th Marines Div.
The Wall: Panel 66E
Row 004
Attended Huntington High School
Note: The following two
servicemen are listed on the Angelina County
monument but are not listed on
the Wall. They died during the Vietnam era but
did not die as a result of
service in Vietnam.
Hataway, James Addison
May 9, 1937 - July 22, 1963
1St Lt., USAF
Station at Reese AFB as a
instructor. Died in an airplane crash near
Lubbock, TX.
Quarles, James Michael
April 26, 1951 - August 22, 1973
Cpl., U.S. Marine Corps
Served two tours in Vietnam; died
suddenly at Camp Pendleton, California.
(Research for
biographical details and wall position by Elaine Cameron)
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