Brookings South Dakota

Bauer, Leo Allen
Army Captain

Leo Allen Bauer, age 31, from Meade County Brookings, South Dakota .

Parents: Edith Bauer
Spouse: Patricia (Sorenson)
Children: Lizabeth, 5; Sun, 2

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Friday, September 10, 1965
Death details: Died in Vietnam when a power failure caused his aircraft to undershoot the runway.

Source: National Archives, Rapid City Journal (1965)

Thorne, Josef Lloyd
Army 1st lieutenant

Josef Lloyd Thorne, age 24, from Brookings County Brookings, South Dakota .

Parents: Melvin and Mary Jane Throne
Spouse: Diane Thorne (July 15, 1961)
Children: Travis

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Brookings High (1958); South Dakota State University

Date of death: Monday, April 19, 1965
Death details: Killed in action. First South Dakotan to die in Vietnam War.
Cemetery: Greenwood Cemetery, Brookings

Source: National Archives, Argus Leader (1965)

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