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Donald Delmar Semrow, age 75, from Coloma, Wisconsin, Waushara county.
Spouse: Lois (Blader)
Children: Ryan Semrow, step children Daniel Base, Bonnie Ann Base, Sue A. Bast-Fetzer
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, November 22, 2022
Death details: Died at home after a long battle with cancer caused by Agent Orange
Cemetery: Richford in Waushara County
Source: Leikness Funeral Home
Larry Albert Bowers, age 72, from Mansfield, Ohio.
Service era: Vietnam
Children: Two children
School: Clear Fork (1965)
Date of death: Friday, September 6, 2019
Death details: Died from the effects of Agent Orange
Cemetery: Bellville, Ohio
Source: Mansfield Journal News, findagrave.com
Theodore Gordie Hinton, age 60, from York, Pennsylvania, York county.
Parents: Gordie C. and Letha J. (Plunkett) Hinton
Spouse: Linda L. (Auman) Hinton
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 7th Calvary, 2nd Batallion. Awarded the Bronze Star.
Date of death: Friday, March 19, 2010
Death details: Died from lung cancer, due to Agent Orange
Cemetery: Mount Rose, York
Source: family, York Daily Record (2010), Prospect Cemetery
Raymond Mason Jr., age 59, from Bristol, Rhode Island.
Parents: Raymond and Zella (Clark) Mason (both preceded in death)
Children: John Kane Jr. and Brian Kane
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: East Providence High graduate, Providence Vocational Technical School
Date of death: Sunday, May 28, 2006
Death details: Wounded in Vietnam in 1968. He died from his wounds in 2006.
Source: Vietnam Veterans Association, Stars and Stripes, Providence Journal (2006)
Darrell James Naylor, age 61, from Perryton, Oklahoma, Ochiltree county.
Parents: Dick Naylor (1921 – 2016) and Opal Evelyn Sager Naylor (1924 – 2020)
Spouse: None
Children: None
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Balko High (1962), Claredon Junior College and Oklahoma Panhandle State University.
Military history: Drafted into the Army on April 19, 1966. Bronze Star, Purple Heart.
Date of death: Thursday, January 5, 2006
Death details: Injured in combat on April 14, 1967. Parents cared for him in their home for 38 years.
Cemetery: Bluemound Cemetery in Balko
Source: National Archives, Amarillo Globe-News
Richard Pruett, age 59, from San Diego, California, San Diego county.
Service era: Vietnam
Spouse: Ann Wahlen (Married April 2, 1988)
Parents: Ruth Pruett, Monroe E. Pruett (preceded in death)
Children: Lori Sazej, Amy Coffman
School: Point Loma High graduate, San Diego
Date of death: Monday, February 28, 2005
Death details: Richard was wounded while in patrol in 1969. He had removed his flak jacket to sit near a tree. An explosive caused sharapnel to strike him. When he returned home his lower intestines were destroyed. He died from complications related to those injuries. His name was added to the Wall in 2007.
Cemetery: Cedarlawn Memorial
Source: National Archives, San Diego Tribune, NBC, findagrave.com, Associated Press (2007)
Richard M. Goossens, age 55, from Racine, Wisconsin.
Spouse: Joan Goossens
Children: Two boys
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Burlington High (1967), University of Colorado (174, University of Northern Colorado (1976)
Date of death: Friday, September 24, 2004
Death details: Shot several times in Vietnam in 1968. He lived for 36 mores years and required 14 different surgeries. Died at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center from issues related to his wounds
Source: Vietnam Veterans Association, Steamboat Pilot & Today
Robert Hunter, age 23, from Belmont, New York.
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 35th Infantry Regiment
Date of death: Sunday, November 17, 2002
Death details: Wounded on February 23, 1969 by small arms fire in Darlac, Vietnam. Died of those wounds in 2002.
Cemetery: Forest Lawn, Belmont
Source: 35th Infantry Regiment Association
William Warren DiNiro from Seldon, New York, Suffolk county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, May 14, 1995
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives
Francis Peter Jelinek, age 51, from Chicago, Illinois, Cook county.
Service era: Vietnam
Spouse: Patricia Jelinek (married 1969)
Child: Lisa
Date of death: Wednesday, June 23, 1993
Death details: Francis was 25 years old when he was shot nine times on Jan. 26, 1967 in South Vietnam. He had just disarmed a road mine and sent a message to a platoon that it was safe to pass when the Viet Cong attacked. His name was added to the Vietnam Wall Memorial in Washington D.C. in 1994.
Source: National Archives, findagrave.com, Chicago Tribune (1994)