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| Name | Home | Rank | Company | Date | Additional |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams, Wendell B | Winter Garden, FL | * | Fox 67-68 | 7-09-2018 | * |
| Alessandrine, Denis M. | Philadelphia, PA | Sergeant | Echo 66-67 | 8-6-2020 | 2/1 Echo Raiders, Purple Heart |
| Allison, Dan | Crown Point, IN | * | Fox 68-69 | 1-31-2020 | Fox 1st Platoon Radioman (68-69) |
| Armstrong, Warren J | Sheridan, WY | * | Golf 69-70 | 1-17-2021 | * |
| Baker Sr, Andrew Wallace | Cadillac, MI | * | Hotel 67-68 | 12-31-2019 | * |
| Barbour Jr, James Lewis | Alaxandria, VA | Corpsman | Hotel 67-68 | 11-09-2013 | Jim "Doc" Barbour, Combat Corpsman 8404 |
| Barker, Pat | Haymarket, Va | * | Golf 2, 68-69 | 2-07-2001 | aka: The Bear. Buried Albuquerque, NM, Fair View Memorial Cemetery |
| Barrette, Wayne | Valdosta, GA | Radioman | Fox 1969 | 7-27-2018 | Bravo Co, than Fox 1st Platoon for most of his tour |
| Bates, Ronald J. | Canon City, CO | * | Fox 68-69 | 6-04-2021 | * |
| Beakey, Thomas David | Braintree, MA | * | Echo 68-69 | 5-06-2011 | M60 Machine Gunner |
| Bedford, Dana | Folsom, CA | Sgt | Hotel 67 | 5-18-2014 | Retired Dept of Corrections |
| Beeman, Donald | Freeport, FL | Corpsman | Golf 69 | 5-01-2014 | Corpsman With Golf 3 |
| Big Medicine Jr, Joseph | Watonga, OK | * | Golf 69-70 | 6-10-2020 | Alpha Squad, Cheyenne Name: Holy Bird, Headman Bowstring Society, Known as Father Bowstring |
| Bonesteel, Bill | Shade, OH | * | H&S 69-70 | 10-02-2021 | Nickname: Bones |
| Boone, Willard | Tomball, TX | GySgt | Fox 69-70 | 1-08-2012 | * |
| Bos, Michael Henry | Appleton, WI | * | 2/1 67-68 | 6-18-2019 | * |
| Boylson, Mike | * | * | Echo | 12-8-2018 | * |
| Brink, Thomas Dane | Waco, TX | Sgt | H&S 70-71 | 1-28-2013 | Radioman |
| Bussey, John Amos | Rocky Mount, VA | * | Hotel 67-68 | 7-27-2018 | * |
| Byars, Steve | Reno, NV | Corpsman | Echo 65-66 | 5-08-2017 | Combat Corpsman 8404, Echo 2nd Plt, Credited saving over 16 Marines. Deliverd baby near Laos, village Chief named baby BAC short for DOC |
| Campbell, Tom | Catalina Island, CA | Plt Sgt | H&S 67-70 | 4-19-2016 | Plt Sgt Weapons Section. Past 2/1 President |
| Chavez, Joe R. | Houston, TX | * | Hotel 67-68 | 3-03-2020 | * |
| Cochran, Milton C. | Scottsdale, AZ | Corpsman | 1st Plt Hotel 67 | 9-11-2015 | Combat Corpsman 8404, Purple Heart, Buried at Arlington National Cemetery |
| Cockrell, Ernest Lee | Decatur, AL | 1stLt | Echo | 11-15-2011 | Echo 1st Plt, known as Ernie |
| Cortez, Tommy Preston | Roseburg, OR | LCpl | Echo | 12-28-2018 | Echo Raiders |
| Cox, John L. | Marion, IL | Cpl | H&S 66-67 | 2-15-2019 | Field Wireman |
| Clayton, Michael Joseph | New Windsor, NY | Radioman | H&S 69-71 | 10-22-2016 | Mike′s nickname was CLAYMORE |
| Cleary, Robert Earl | Virginia Beach, VA | SgtMaj | Golf 1966 | 2-11-2018 | Korean Vet, 3 Tours in Vietnam, Plt SGT for Gen Krulak, Silver Star, 10th SgtMaj of the USMC |
| Copeland, Randolph G. | De Land, FL | * | Golf 1968 | 4-13-2014 | * |
| Corbin, Dennis Darryl | Staunton, VA | * | Fox | 9-20-2019 | Fox Co Weapons Plt Machine Gunner |
| Daniello, Ralph | Letts, IA | Corpsman | Hotel 67-68 | 9-14-2017 | Combat Corpsman 8404 |
| Dawson, Russell | Washington, DC | * | Golf 68-69 | 1-10-2021 | 3rd Platoon |
| Dear, James Winston | Seminole, FL | GySgt | 1969-1970 | 6-15-2019 | Served in Guadalcanal, Korea, and Vietnam. Retired in 1971 after 20 Years. Known as Buddy |
| DeBoer, Merton Wayne | Emporia, KS | Platoon Sgt | Hotel 69-70 | 7-25-2018 | Weapons Platoon |
| Dennis, Don | Milford, DE | * | Golf 68-69 | 3-23-2017 | Rifleman 0311 |
| Didelot, Daniel Edward | Lake Charles, LA | * | Hotel 67-68 | 5-06-2020 | Dan was in 4th CAG |
| Eichler, Wilbur Lynn | Pembroke Pines, FL | Senior Corpsman | Fox 68-69 | 5-31-2020 | Doc Ike, Combat Corpsman 8404 |
| Ellis, Robert Maurice | Mountain View, AR | 1stSgt | Fox 68-69 | 4-23-2020 | SgtMaj Robert Maurice Ellis USMC Ret |
| Esquibel, Perfeto Beda | Whittier, CA | Sergeant | Hotel 67-68 | 7-24-2020 | Discharged as a Sergeant |
| Folsom, Edward John | Zion, IL | * | Echo 68-69 | 12-10-2020 | * |
| Foster, Earl | Brooklyn, NY | * | Hotel 66-67 | January 2016 | Retired New York Detective |
| Franchot, Charles J. | Williamson, NY | * | Echo 68-69 | 5-30-2014 | * |
| Freitag, Jack | LaCrosse, WI | * | Fox 66-67 | 12-1992 | * |
| Garrett Sr, Harold James | Mullins, SC | GySgt | Fox | 1-04-2004 | USMC Retired, Korea, Vietnam, Purple Heart |
| Gaspar, Antonio H. | Laughlin, NV | * | Golf 66-67 | 7-10-2020 | * |
| Gatlin, Elbert Lebron | Lookout Valley, TN | Sgt Maddog | Golf 66 | 8-26-2011 | Navy Comm. Medal w/Valor |
| Gatlin, Elbert Lebron | Lookout Valley, TN | Sgt Maddog | Golf 66 | 8-26-2011 | Navy Comm. Medal w/Valor |
| Gaylord, Terry | Green, OH | HM1 Corpsman | H&S 1966 | 7-19-2003 | Combat Corpsman 8404, Purple Heart with 100% disability |
| Gray Jr, Edwin Vincent | Lusby, MD | * | H&S 65-66 | 9-02-2020 | * |
| Giles, John B. | McLean, VA | Colonel | Hotel 65-66 | 6-23-2021 | * |
| Green, Clifford (Kip) | * | * | Echo 69-70 | 1-2012 | * |
| Gustavson, John A. | New Kensington, PA | PFC | Fox 67-68 | 8-29-2009 | * |
| Hake, Mark C. | Kansas City, MO | * | Fox 69-70 | 8-09-2013 | Awarded 2 Purple Hearts and was in Op Pipestone Canyon |
| Hample, Larry | * | Cpl | Echo 66-67 | 5-25-2015 | Echo 3rd Plt 66/67, Cpl Gun Team Leader |
| Harris, Bobby Dwain | Corpus Christi, TX | * | Hotel 68-69 | 10-23-2018 | Radioman 3rd Platoon |
| Harrison, George Edward | Tahlequah, AK | * | 2/1 | 1-17-2015 | Retired 1st Sergeant |
| Hickethier, Robert A. | Carlsbad, CA | LtCol Ret | 2/1 | 7-12-2013 | 3 Tours in Nam, Bronze Star w/Combat "V", Served 20 Yrs |
| Hill, Dwain E. | Philadelphia, PA | * | Echo 65-66 | 3-31-2013 | Served 1964-1968 |
| Hilton Jr, Charles H. | Tucson, AZ | SGT | Hotel 67 | 8-04-2013 | Known as Chuck, Purple Heart, Operation Medina |
| Hoban, Peter D. | Medford, MA | * | Hotel 68-69 | 5-11-2021 | Scout Sniper |
| Hochschild, Thomas Richard | Tampa, FL | * | Echo 65-66 | 11-24-2020 | * |
| Hoernis, Gerry F. | Leesburg, FL | MSgt | H&S 68-69 | 1-19-2018 | * |
| Hollon, Donald | Loveland, OR | * | 2/1 67-68 | 4-07-2020 | Purple Heart |
| Hoover, Richard E. | Gulf Breeze, FL | * | Hotel 69-70 | 2002 | Known as Rick. Served with Mortars |
| Jaynes, Joseph | * | * | H&S FAC 68-69 | 2017 | Awarded Bronze Star, Forward Air Controller |
| Jones, Phillip W. | Bluffton, SC | * | Hotel 68-69 | 4-04-2019 | * |
| Jordan, John | Warminster, PA | * | Golf 2 | 1-16-2021 | Called Jack, Sgt Major USMC Ret |
| Kendrick Jr, David | Rancho Cordova, CA | SgtMaj | Golf 65-66 | 7-02-2012 | * |
| Kennedy, Terry Lee | Macomb, MO | SSgt | Fox 68 | 4-27-2017 | * |
| Krasovich, John J. | San Diego, CA | * | 2/1 Echo | 3-01-2013 | Brigadier General John (Jack) J. Krasovich, USMC, Ret., Korea and Vietnam with 2/1 Echo Company |
| LaChance, James William | Belgrade, ME | GySgt | Golf 69-70 | 12-03-2006 | 1/9 and 2/1 in Vietnam |
| Lange, Arthur Richard | * | GySgt | 2/1 | 12-29-1998 | Korea-2 Tours Vietnam |
| LaVan, Ray E. | Fredericksburg, VA | Captain | Fox CO 65 | 5-12-2020 | LtCol Ret., Commander of Foxtrot 2/1 1965 |
| Lee, Donald George | Harlingen, TX | Navy Lt | Bn GMO 67-68 | 1-31-2021 | Doctor Bn GMO |
| Leeper, Merton D. | Lakewood, CO | HM3 | Golf 66-67 | 1-07-2011 | Combat Corpsman 8404 |
| Little, Herman | Boerne, TX | Lieutenant | Hotel 67-68 | 3-03-2012 | 3rd Platoon |
| Little, James J. | Kennet, MO | Platoon Sgt | Echo 65-66 | 7-15-2007 | Korea, 2 Tours Nam, PH, Silver Star, Ret 1st Sgt |
| Lyles, Samuel | Birmingham, AL | Corpsman | Echo 1st, 3rd Plt, 69-70 | 9-19-2015 | Combat Corpsman 8404 |
| Makofski, James | Oceanside, CA | * | H&S 67-68 | 2-22-2010 | * |
| Marshall, Thomas Henry | Thomasville, GA | * | Echo 66-67 | 2-24-2015 | * |
| Matey Jr., Michael P. | Willow Grove, PA | * | Golf 68-69 | 3-03-2020 | Nickname: Skip, Radio Operator 68-69 |
| Matheny, Russell Lee | Georgetown, FL | * | Echo 65-66 | 5-05-2021 | * |
| Mathias, Gary Yogi | Groveport, OH | Corpsman | Fox 2nd Plt 68-69 | 10-20-2017 | Combat Corpsman 8404 |
| Maurer, Dennis W | Quakertown, PA | * | Golf 68-70 | 9-03-2016 | Machine Gunner assigned to 2nd Plt |
| Menendez, Jorge Farinas | Charlotte, NC | Cpl | Fox 68-69 | 10-21-2018 | 3rd Platoon |
| Meyer, Bill | Big Cabin, OK | * | FOX Guns 69-70 | 3-20-2018 | Known by his Marines as Gerber Baby |
| Milligan, Otis Dominic | Austin, TX | GySgt Ret | Golf 66-67 | 9-26-2012 | * |
| Mims, Robert Leon | Murfeesboro, TN | * | Golf 70-71 | 6-27-2019 | 0311 Rifleman |
| Moore, Edgar | Lago Vista, TX | * | BN 65-66 | 8-27-2013 | * |
| Moore, Michael Elwood | Quantico, VA | * | Golf 68-69 | 5-15-2017 | * |
| Moyer, Danny M. | Kennewick, WA | Corpsman | Hotel 3rd Plt 1967 | 12-08-2017 | Combat Corpsman 8404 |
| Muir III, John Cruickshank | Las Cruces, NM | * | Echo 66 | 12-09-2014 | Book writer / Film Maker / Sergeant of Marines 1965-1971 |
| Nordyke, Craig | Ft Lauderdale, FL | * | Fox 68 | 12-11-2014 | 3rd Plt May-August 68 than transferred to CAP Unit when he went to DaNang |
| Norton, Frank J. | Lexington, VA | Colonel | BN CO 67-68 | 2-02-2015 | USNA Grad Class of 1952 ,Korea, 2 Tours Vietnam, Purple Heart, buried Arlington National Cemetery |
| Nowlin, Gary A. | Scarbro, WV | Sgt | 60mm 68-69 | 1-01-2017 | 60mm Fox Weapons Plt assigned to 2nd Plt 68-69 |
| Orientale, Ciro J. | Hernando, FL | * | Fox 66-67 | 2-16-2017 | Squad leader for Lt Abel Parades Fox 1st and 2nd Plt 66-67 |
| Page, James | Lady Lake, FL | LtCol | Fox 1965 | 6-27-2020 | LtCol Jim Page, Fox Company CO, 2/1 CO 1965 |
| Paredes Jr, Abel | San Antonio, TX | Captain | Fox 67 | 5-05-2017 | Captain, Fox Co. 1967, 2nd Plt Commander |
| Parker Jr, Evan Lester | Hayesville, NC | * | Echo 65-66 | 1-24-2014 | * |
| Phillips, Bobby Ray | West Monroe, LA | * | Echo-Hotel 65-66 | 1-19-2012 | * |
| Phillips Sr., Larry Frank | Lucedale, MS | * | Golf 69-70 | 1-17-2021 | Alpha Squad Golf 2/1 1969-1970 |
| Pickersgill, Doug | Chino Hills, CA | Lt Plt Cmdr | Fox-Echo 65-66 | 3-11-2011 | 2nd Platoon |
| Pirtle, Donald Edward | Walls, TN | * | Fox 69-70 | 7-21-2016 | Called DON |
| Pratt III, Thomas Merritt | Dewey, AZ | Captain | Echo 66-67 | 6-10-2018 | Company Commander |
| Puller Jr, Lewis Burwell | Mount Vernon, VA | Lt | Golf 1968 | 5-11-1994 | 3rd Plt Commander in Riviera, 2 PH, Silver Star, MC Commendation, VN Gallentry Cross |
| Puterbaugh, Dale | * | Cpl | H&S 1968 | 2008 | Con Thien-Khe Sanh-TACP |
| Ramberg, Dale Howard | Englewood, FL | * | 1967-1971 | 2-21-2019 | * |
| Ramos, Ernest | El Monte, CA | * | Golf 65-66 | 1-01-2016 | Funniest man in aquad. Visited all our KIA graves when home from Nam |
| Rawls, James A. | Swansboro, NC | Major | H&S 67-68 | 12-10-2009 | USMC Retired |
| Rizzo, David Anthony | Carpentersville, IL | * | Fox 66-67 | 2-26-2013 | Machine Gun Squad Leader |
| Roberts, Raymond Carroll | Ocilla, GA | Sgt | Echo 66-67 | 9-16-2013 | Rifleman, Purple Heart, Navy Commendation Medal |
| Routh, Eugene Copass | Ruidosa, NM | * | Hotel 68 | 1-07-2011 | 1st Squad, 2nd Plt |
| Sampson Sr., Ronald | Piscataway, NJ | * | Golf 69 | 9-20-2012 | 2/1 Trustee 2006 - Retired to Texas |
| Schmitz, Tom | * | LCpl | Echo | 12-4-2015 | * |
| Siegel, Leroy John | N Fort Meyers, FL | Corpsman | H&S 65-66 | 12-29-1998 | Nickname: Mick, HMC Combat Corpsman 8404, Korea, Vietnam, Retired Master Chief, passed age 62 |
| Skelton, Daniel J. | Delavan, WI | SSgt | Fox 65-66 | 1-08-2020 | * |
| Smith, Ron | Eveleth, MN | * | H&S | Sept 2000 | * |
| Stevens, Jerry Dean | San Diego, CA | Corpsman | Fox 68-69 | 10-20-2018 | Combat Corpsman 8404, 2nd Plt, Worked with Doc Silva |
| Steward, Patrick | Charles City, IA | Corpsman | Hotel 66-67 | November 2017 | Combat Corpsman 8404 |
| Stromire, Dave | Vancouver, WA | LCpl | Echo 68-70 | 5-26-2015 | Purple Heart. Operation PipeStone Canyon May 25th, 1969 |
| Sullivan, David F. | Brewster, OH | * | Fox 68-69 | 12-12-2018 | * |
| Touchet, Carroll | * | LCpl | Echo 66-67 | 5-25-2015 | * |
| Viloria, Sonny G. | Fresno, CA | SSgt | Echo 66-67 | 11-28-2017 | Echo Co., 1st Plt. (SSgt Vee Viloria) Retired Major |
| Welch, Willie James. | Alvin, TX | * | Fox 67-68 | 7-25-2021 | * |
| Wellman, Vaughn Moray | Columbus, OH | * | Echo 66-67 | 2-05-2017 | Called RAY, Rifleman 0311 |
| Wrench, Raymond | San Diego, CA | GySgt | Hdq | 2-13-1997 | * |
| Youmans, Don | Columbia, SC | Cpl | Echo 69-70 | 3-1-2015 | Rifleman 0311 |
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