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Casualty Info
Home Town Towanda, Pennsylvania
Last Address Towanda, Pennsylvania
Casualty Date May 29, 1966
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location Thua Thien (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Saint Philip's Church Cemetery - Garrison, New York
Other Memories On 29 May 1966 two companies of the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, fought a bitter engagement with NVA troops in Thua Thien Province. Echo Company lost eight men, including a Corpsman from H&S, and 13 men from Golf Company were killed: Echo 2/1: SSgt James J. MacKenna, Denver, CO (Silver Star) HM3 Aldon M. Asherman, Towanda, PA (H&S with Echo 2/1) LCpl Richard E. Crowe, Long Beach, CA LCpl James R. Heath, Bala Cynwyd, PA LCpl Jerry L. Noland, Houston, TX LCpl Charles E. Walker, Magnolia, AR Pfc Ernest G. Paul, Concord, NH Pfc James H. Stewart, Columbus, OH
Golf 2/1: Sgt Walter B. Stevens, San Diego, CA Cpl Kenneth W. Wickel, West Lawn, PA LCpl Robert A. Corkill, San Benito, TX LCpl Billy J. Holt, Cameron, TX Pfc David B. Brandon, Lake Oswego, OR Pfc Gordon M. Briggs, Seattle, WA Pfc James W. Briles, Portland, OR Pfc Thomas W. Britton, Great Neck, NY Pfc David W. Johnston, Tucson, AZ Pfc R B. Marchbanks, Moriarty, NM Pfc Edward C. Sexton, New Buffalo, MI Pfc Ronald Ralich, Lorain, OH Pvt Roy J. Richard, Lafayette, LA