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David John Schmerbeck, age 48, from Altoona, Pennsylvania, Blair county.
Spouse: Married
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Altoona High.
Date of death: Friday, October 2, 1970
Death details: Died of heart attack in Thailand.
Cemetery: Arlington National Cemetery.
Source: National Archives
Lloyd Albert Murphy, age 48, from San Diego, California, San Diego county.
Children: Catherine A. and Peggy L.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, August 6, 1970
Death details: Killed in action
Source: National Archives, Napa Valley Register (1970)
Thomas Brevard Owens, age 48, from Baltimore, Maryland, Baltimore county.
Parents: Alice E. Owens and preceded in death by George Owens
Spouse: Patricia (Cole)
Children: Ronald C. Owens, Thomas B. Owens, Michael E. Owens, Patricia McNeill, Barbara Owens
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Douglass High (1939)
Military history: Headquarters Company, 80th General Support Group
Date of death: Wednesday, July 8, 1970
Death details: Died in South Vietnam from acute abdominal illness
Source: National Archives, Baltimore Sun (1970)
George William Casey, age 48, from Allston, Massachusetts, Suffolk county.
Spouse: Elaine
Children: Five children
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, July 7, 1970
Death details: Was aboard a helicopter that went missing in South Vietnam. The remains of those on board were recovered in the days following the crash. He was traveling to visit wounded members of his division at a medical facility.
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970), UPI (1970)
John Sidney Jr. Bonner, age 48, from McAllen, Texas, Hidalgo county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, May 31, 1970
Source: National Archives
John Jay Bennett, age 48, from Beacon, New York, Dutchess county.
Parents: Kenneth L. Bennett
Spouse: Kathleen
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Beacon High (164, New York State Maritime Academy and Lowell Technical Institute
Military history: 43rd Signal Battallion, Signal Corps
Date of death: Monday, March 2, 1970
Death details: Killed by an explosion after entering a building that reportedly was cleared in Vietnam.
Source: National Archives, Poughkeepsie Journal (1970)
Monte Raoul Devere, age 48, from Nordland, Washington, Jefferson county.
Parents: Nellie DeVere
Children: Beatrice Fields and Patty Gayle DeVere
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Saturday, January 10, 1970
Death details: Died in Vietnam
Cemetery: Fort Worden
Source: National Archives, Port Angeles Evening News (1970)
Richard Clark Jr. Babb, age 48, from Chicago, Illinois, Cook county.
Parents: Richard C. and Elaine
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, January 1, 1970
Death details: Hostile, died from wounds in South Vietnam
Cemetery: Irving Park
Source: National Archives, Chicago Tribune (1970)
James Osmond Watson, age 48, from Bonsall, California, San Diego county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, January 1, 1970
Death details: Killed in action
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Ralph Burton Cobbs, age 48, from East St. Louis, Illinois, Saint Clair county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, June 17, 1966
Death details: On June 17, 1966, a C-130E Hercules (tail number 63-7785) carrying fourteen service members took off from Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam, en route to Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan. Approximately twenty minutes after take-off, the Hercules exploded for unknown reasons and crashed into the South China Sea. Nearby ships witnessed the incident and quickly arrived on the scene to assist in rescue operations, and recovered the remains of two service members. However, twelve individuals who were aboard the aircraft were lost during the incident and remain unaccounted-for. Lieutenant Commander Ralph Burton Cobbs entered the U.S. Navy from Illinois and was a member of Air Transport Squadron 7. He was a crew member aboard this Hercules when it crashed, and his remains could not be recovered following the incident. Today, Lieutenant Commander Cobbs is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency