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David Angelo Barbarino, age 42, from Willowick, Ohio, Lake county.
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Eastlake High (1967)
Date of death: Tuesday, November 26, 1991
Death details: Paralyzed in Vietnam. Died of cancer.
Source: National Archives, Marysville Journal Tribune (1996)
Harrison Charles Jr. Allen, age 42, from Springfield, Illinois, Sangamon county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, February 7, 1991
Death details: Hostile, died from wounds in South Vietnam.
Cemetery: Mechanicsburg, Illinois; Name was added to the Wall in 1997
Source: National Archives, Chicago Tribune (1997)
James Mark Rogers, age 42, from Waynesville, North Carolina, Haywood county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, November 14, 1990
Death details: Struck in the head by several pieces of shrapnel. He lived for years before dying from the wounds. He was added to the Vietnam Memoral wall in 2003
Cemetery: Green Hill, Waynesville
Source: National Archives, findagrave.com, New York Times (2003)
James Jacob Byszek, age 42, from North Brookfield, Massachusetts, Worcester county.
Parents: Margaret Byszek
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, October 18, 1990
Death details: The “date of casualty” stated by the military is July 1, 1970. That’s when James was hit by friendly fire. However, he survived and returned to Massachusets as a paraplegic. He lived with family for decades.
Source: National Archives, Boston Globe (1993)
Lee Richard Schaaf, age 42, from Erie, Pennsylvania, Erie county.
Service era: Vietnam
Spouse: Mary Glass Schaaf
Children: Three
Date of death: Sunday, February 11, 1990
Death details: Lee was wounded Sept. 5, 1969 as he walked at the head of an infantry patrol in the jungle north of Saigon. A mine explosion shattered his legs. A comrade carried him behind a rock, but Lee was struck in the back by an enemy bullet. Lee was almost put in a body bag when another soldier noticed he was breathing. He lived the next decades in pain. He died from a heart muscle swelling caused by his war injuries.
Source: National Archives, Lebanon Daily News (1994)
Tung Thanh Adams from Alexandria, Virginia, Alexandria county.
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 3rd Virginia
Date of death: Wednesday, April 19, 1989
Death details: Killed in accidental explosion aboard the USS Iowa just off Puerto Rico
Source: Library of Virginia, Richmond
John Fredrick Anthony, age 41, from Port Huron, Michigan, Saint Clair county.
Spouse: Terrie Anthony
Children: Frazier, 16, Nick, 11
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Port Huron Catholic
Date of death: Thursday, February 9, 1989
Death details: In December 1966, shrapnel tore into his shoulder while on patrol in South Vietnam. He left the hospital and returned to the jungle within a month. The next year he was wounded again. This time on patrol near Quang Ngai. A mortar exploded, sending fragments into his face, chest, arms. He was placed into a body bag, but later someone saw the bag move. He was taken to a hospital. He died from those wounds.
Cemetery: Mount Hope in Port Huron, Michigan
Source: National Archives, findagrave.com, Port Huron Times Herald (1989)
Thomas Lawrence Gates, age 37, from Cincinnati, Ohio, Hamilton county. Their last known residence was in Cincinnati.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, November 25, 1986
Death details: Died from wounds received in South Vietnam. His name was added to the Vietnam Wall in Washington D.C. in 1994.
Cemetery: Rest Haven Memorial, Evendale, Ohio
Source: National Archives, findagrave.com
Paul Francis Jr. Newman, age 39, from Pinehurst, Massachusetts, Middlesex county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, March 5, 1986
Death details: Died from injuries received in Vietnam
Cemetery: Fox Hill in Billerica, Massachusetts
Source: National Archives, findagrave.com
Thomas Steven Lipp, age 38, from Glenside, Pennsylvania, Montgomery county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, March 1, 1986
Death details: In 1970, Thomas was fighting in Cambodia when his spinal cord was severed and he lost a kidney and spleen in an ambush. He spent the rest of his life a paraplegic and the last three years in a Veterans hospital before his kidney failed.
Cemetery: HIllside, Roslyn, Pennsylvania
Source: National Archives., Associated Press (1970), findagrave.com