Vietnam
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Hometown: Iowa City, Iowa
William James Adams was born on July 14, 1947 in Cincinnati, Ohio, home base for the Proctor & Gamble Company where his father worked. Bill was half of a set...
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Hometown: Mason City, Iowa
Year at ISU: 1940-1943, graduated in 1952 with a BS in Industrial Administration Died: West Germany
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Hometown: Olin, Iowa
Specialist 4th Class Dennis Lynn Ahrendsen exemplified the "All-American" young man. He was honest, loyal and true to his convictions. His passions were the farm where he was born and...
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Hometown: Huxley, Iowa
Michael Evan Antill was born on June 25, 1945 in Des Moines and grew up in Huxley, Iowa. He was the older of the two boys in Carrie and Hap...
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Hometown: Tama, Iowa
Dale Earl Benson was born in Waterloo, Iowa on March 19, 1947 to Grace and Earl Benson. Grace and Earl were both enrolled members of the Meskwaki, the Sac and...
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Hometown: Ames, Iowa
Died: Quang Tri, Vietnam Reason: Killed in Action
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Hometown: Davenport, Iowa
Alan Ransom Boone was born December 4, 1947 in Fort Meyers, Virginia, to Alex and Yvonne Boone. He spent his early years in Durham, North Carolina and when he was...
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Hometown: Ollie, Iowa
Wheeler D Brooks was born in Ollie, Iowa, a small town in Keokuk Country in the southeastern portion of the state. He was born to Harold and Frieda Brooks on...
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Hometown: Sioux City, Iowa
We would like to thank Douglas Michael Cain’s brothers and sisters - Tom, Phil, Kelly and Annie - for collaborating to tell Doug’s story. Douglas Michael Cain was born on...
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Died: Florida
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Hometown: Storm Lake, Iowa
Thomas was the son of Bob and Shirley Carrington. Tom was a smart, energetic person who loved swimming, waterskiing, fishing and working with his dad who was an electrician. A...
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Hometown: Council Bluffs, Iowa
Roger Eugene Carroll was born July 26, 1949 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He was the second oldest of eight children, born to John and Audrey Carroll. His brothers and sisters...
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Died: California
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Hometown: Davenport, Iowa
Jerry Prosper Clark grew up in Davenport, Iowa and was the second youngest of the four children in the Clark family. At Davenport High School, he pursued many interests –...
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Hometown: Keokuk, Iowa
Died: Thua Thien, Vietnam Reason: Helicopter Crash
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Hometown: Independence, Iowa
Died: Teyninh, Vietnam Reason: Killed in Action
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Hometown: Des Moines, Iowa
Died: Binh Dinh, Vietnam Reason: Non hostile air crash
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Hometown: Garwin, Iowa
Wrote by John Landon, who served with Larry in Mobile Construction Battalion-74. Larry Albert Dahms was Born, June 6, 1947 to Albert and Gretchen Dahms of Garwin, Iowa. He arrived...
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Hometown: Montrose, Iowa
Years at ISU: 1956-1960 (Aerospace Engineering) 1969-1971 (Electrical Engineering) Francis received a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering on May 28, 1960 and received a Masters of Engineering in Electrical Engineering on...
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Hometown: Waterloo, Iowa
Mark Allen Ellsworth was born January 22, 1947, to Marjorie and Lloyd Ellsworth in Waterloo, Iowa. He was 7 1/2 years younger than brother Jim, 17 months older than Kathy...
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Hometown: Houston, Texas
Died: California
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Hometown: Algona, Iowa
Died: South Vietnam Reason: Killed in Action
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Hometown: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Died: Off Shore, Vietnam Reason: Non Hostile Helicopter Crash
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Died: Off Shore, Vietnam Reason: Non hostile air crash
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Hometown: Emmetsburg, Iowa
Galen Dean Grethen was born February 17, 1943 in Emmetsburg, Iowa, to Earl and Romola Grethen. His peers described him as likable, pleasant and quiet with a friendly smile. Growing...
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Hometown: Carroll, Iowa
Wayne Gross was a kind, caring, and spiritual person who was always ready to do something for others. After Wayne’s death, an Iowa State alumnus and one of Wayne’s fellow...
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Hometown: Stacyville, Iowa
Bruce Charles Halbach was born on October 4, 1949 and grew up in Stacyville, Iowa, one of 10 kids in Ron and Hildegard Halbach’s big family of 5 boys and...
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Hometown: Lu Verne, Iowa
Years at ISU: 1961-1963 Died: Crashed into Mediterranean Sea and was never found Reason: MIA - Name added 2003, NROTC
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Hometown: Victor, Iowa
Died: Quang Tri, Vietnam Reason: Killed in Action
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Hometown: Panora, Iowa
Died: Laos Reason: MIA
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Died: United States Reason: Training Accident
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Hometown: Hinton, Iowa
Year at ISU: 1949 - Farm Operations Died: Near Woodbine, Iowa Reason: Crashed into a farm field
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Hometown: Muscatine, Iowa
Charles Douglas “Doug” King was born on March 29th, 1946 in Muscatine, Iowa to Charles and Darlene King. Doug has an older sister, Sherry, and two younger half-brothers. Doug’s father,...
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Hometown: Ogden, Iowa
Dennis Benjamin Kouhns was born on August 3, 1946, in Ogden, Iowa. He was the much-loved only child of Ben and Mabel Kouhns and grew up amid the comfort and...
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Hometown: Sioux City, Iowa
Year at ISU: 1940 Lieutenant Commander Jeffrey Krommenhoek was an Iowa native, born and raised in Sioux City. Born on October 27, 1940, Jeff was the eldest of three. Jeff...
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Hometown: Forest City, Iowa
Donald Gary Lammers was an unforgettable man, son, brother, husband, friend, and classmate. His sister, Diane Rasmussen, described Don as “the glue that held their family together” while growing up....
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Hometown: Ames, Iowa
Died: Binh Dinh, Vietnam Reason: Killed in Action
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Year at ISU: 1952 - Industrial Education Died: Near Naha Air Base, Okinawa Reason: Aircraft accident
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Hometown: Des Moines, Iowa
Donald Ralph Ledlie was born in Des Moines, Iowa on December 8, 1947 to Ralph and Ethelda Ledlie. Don grew up on the family farm south of Des Moines. He...
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Hometown: Rock Valley, Iowa
Michael Keith Lewis was born in Rock Valley, Iowa on March 20, 1946 and grew up in Lake City, starting his school career at Lincoln Elementary School. His father, A.J....
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Hometown: Clarinda, Iowa
David Glen Lovitt was born on December 13, 1947, in Clarinda, Iowa. His parents were farming north of Bedford, Iowa, where David grew up with his younger sister, Patti. David...
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Died: Japan Reason: Air Training Accident
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Hometown: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Died: Tay Ninh, Vietnam Reason: Helicopter Crash (Hostile)
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Hometown: Memphis, Tennesee
Years at ISU: 1966-1967 Died: Bien Hoa, Vietnam Reason: Vehicle accident (Non-hostile)
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Hometown: Des Moines, Iowa
Died: Quang Ngai, Vietnam Reason: Killed in action
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Hometown: Fort Dodge, Iowa
James McGough was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa in 1951. He was raised along with his four siblings on a farm in Webster County. James was especially fond of his...
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Hometown: Ames, Iowa
Lieutenant James Lee Merrick, Jr. was born was born on Tuesday, September 21st, 1943, to James Lee Merrick, Sr. and Mary Watkins (formerly Merrick) right here in Ames, Iowa. As...
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Hometown: Maquoketa, Iowa
On New Year’s Eve, December 31, 1938, James Lee Miller’s parents, Bill and Dorothy Miller, joined their lives together in marriage. Bill was born in Cresco, Iowa, in the northeast...
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Hometown: Mt. Pleasant, Iowa
Written by Charles sister, Mary Ann: Charles Claude Miller, named after his two grandfathers, was born January 27, 1945 on a cold snowy day in St. Peter, Minnesota. He was...
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Year at ISU: 1960 - Industrial Administration Died: Western Turkey
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Hometown: Ames, Iowa
Died: Quang Nam, Vietnam Reason: Helicopter Crash
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Hometown: Manson, Iowa
We are grateful to Delbert’s brothers and sisters for sharing their family pictures and their warm memories of their big brother. Here is Del’s story, using many of their words:...
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Hometown: Sumner, Iowa
Died: Binh Duong, Vietnam Reason: Non Hostile Accident
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Hometown: Wheaton, Illinois
We are grateful to Tom Summerhauser, who wrote a story entitled "Thanksgiving Day Miracle," from which much of John Pooler’s story is taken. John Shelby Pooler and Ted Rule were...
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Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri
Ronald Edgar Riede was born on January 5th, 1944, in St. Louis, Missouri. Known simply as “Ron”, he was always interested in airplanes and engineering. Even as a young kid...
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Died: North Carolina Reason: Air Training Accident
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Year at ISU: 1962 - Animal Science Died: Story City, IA Reason: Air Crash
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Died: Phillipines Reason: Air Crash
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Hometown: Cresco, Iowa
Ted Rule was, by all accounts, an exceptional person and friend. His high school credentials were impressive and the impact he had upon his classmates was evident 50 years later...
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Hometown: Ames, Iowa
Stephen Abram Rushing grew up in Live Oak, Florida and was the oldest of the four children in the Rushing family – two boys, two girls. In 1965 his father...
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Hometown: Bigelow, Minnesota
Died: Hau Nghia, Vietnam Reason: Killed in action
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Hometown: Marshalltown, Iowa
David Lynn Rutgers was born on November 19, 1946, in Holland, Michigan. The family later moved to Detroit, Des Moines and finally to Marshalltown, Iowa where his father took a...
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Hometown: Carroll, Iowa
Donald Lee Sparks was born on November 7, 1946 to Calvin and Arloha Sparks in Carroll, Iowa. The family farmed southwest of Glidden, producing cattle, hogs, corn, soybeans and alfalfa....
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Hometown: Grand Junction, Iowa
Spoken by Phyllis Lepke, former classmate of Rickey’s On the day that we set aside to formally recognize the courage and sacrifice of the many women and men who have...
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Hometown: Des Moines, Iowa
Died: Thailand Reason: Non hostile
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Hometown: Charleston, South Carolina
When an ROTC officer makes a phone call to the parent of a cadet, the reason for the call could be numerous. Was the young man promoted? Did he receive...
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Year at ISU: 1964 - Ag Business Died: Story City, IA Reason: Crash
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Died: Thailand Reason: Non hostile
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Hometown: Marshalltown, Iowa
Donald Dennis Weyker was born October 8, 1946 in Marshalltown. Since his Dad was named Donald too, he went by Denny. Denny had an older brother, Gary, who also served...
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Hometown: Cedar Falls, Iowa
Year at ISU: 1951 Died: Laos Reason: MIA
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Hometown: Mt. Pleasant, Iowa
Died: North Carolina Reason: Air Crash
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Died: Arizona Reason: Air Crash
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Hometown: Moulton, Iowa
Died: Off Shore, Vietnam Reason: Air Crash (Non Hostile)
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Hometown: Haworth, New Jersey
Died: North Vietnam Reason: Plane Shot Down
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