Melvin J. Hammaker, age 19, from Atglen, Pennsylvania, Chester county.
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: Fort Campbell
Date of death: Tuesday, July 4, 1961
Death details: Killed in a head-on collision on U.S. 41 near Henderson, Kentucky.
Cemetery: Colerain Baptist Church in Kirkwood, Pennsylvania
Source: UPI (1961), findagrave.com, Paducah Sun (1961)
Terry L. Mattevi, age 20, from Arvada, Colorado, Jefferson county.
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: Fort Campbell
Date of death: Tuesday, July 4, 1961
Death details: Killed in a head-on collision on U.S. 41 near Henderson, Kentucky.
Cemetery: Colerain Baptist Church in Kirkwood, Pennsylvania
Source: UPI (1961), findagrave.com, Paducah Sun (1961)
Thomas J. Weiske, age 20, from Baraboo, Wisconsin, Sauk county.
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: Fort Campbell
Date of death: Tuesday, July 4, 1961
Death details: Killed in a head-on collision on U.S. 41 near Henderson, Kentucky.
Cemetery: Colerain Baptist Church in Kirkwood, Pennsylvania
Source: UPI (1961), findagrave.com, Paducah Sun (1961)