Promote & Preserve stories of U.S. fallen soldiers/sailors
Donald F. Jr. Hartzell, age 21, from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Northampton county.
Parents: Donald F. Hartzell Sr.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, February 26, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam.
Source: National Archives, Morning Call (1970), Fort Worth Star Telegram (1970)
Richard Jarrett II Sexton, age 26, from Easton, Pennsylvania, Northampton county.
Spouse: Marsha (Sawlan) Sexton
Children: Kimberly Jarrett Sexton, 7 months
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 3rd Marine Division
Date of death: Sunday, February 15, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam.
Source: National Archives, Morning Call (1970)
Alan David Gardner, age 30, from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Northampton county.
Parents: Robert A. Gardner
Spouse: Judith (Sturgen)
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Lewis burg Area High (1957)
Military history: 31st Engineering Detachment, Fifth Special Forces
Date of death: Sunday, January 25, 1970
Death details: Hostile, killed in South Vietnam in an aircraft incident.
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: National Archives, The Daily Item (1970)
Anthony Richard Torcivia, age 40, from Easton, Pennsylvania, Northampton county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, November 1, 1968
Death details: Among 23 American sailors killed aboard the LST Westchester County when it was ripped open by an enemy mine as she swung at anchor in the My Tho River near Saigon.
Cemetery: Northampton Memorial Shrine
Source: National Archives, virtualwall.org
Floyd G. Hartranft, age 22, from Glendon, Pennsylvania, Northampton county.
Parents: John Hartranft
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, November 8, 1961
Death details: Among 77 killed in Richmond, Virginia when the engines aboard their plane failed and it crashed into marshland. The crew and passengers died from carbon monoxide poisoning. The flight was enroute from Baltimore to Columbia, South Carolina.
Source: Associated Press (1961), Allentown Morning Call (1961)
Samuel M. Janette, age 22, from Bangor, Pennsylvania, Northampton county.
Parents: Louis Janette
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, November 8, 1961
Death details: Among 77 killed in Richmond, Virginia when the engines aboard their plane failed and it crashed into marshland. The crew and passengers died from carbon monoxide poisoning. The flight was enroute from Baltimore to Columbia, South Carolina.
Cemetery: New Catholic in Roseto
Source: Associated Press (1961), Allentown Morning Call (1961)
Richard Watson Jones, age 22, from Easton, Pennsylvania, Northampton county.
Parents: Morris J. and Clorinda Jones
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, November 8, 1961
Death details: Among 77 killed in Richmond, Virginia when the engines aboard their plane failed and it crashed into marshland. The crew and passengers died from carbon monoxide poisoning. The flight was enroute from Baltimore to Columbia, South Carolina.
Source: Associated Press (1961), Allentown Morning Call (1961)
Joseph J. Kobli III, age 23, from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Northampton county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, November 8, 1961
Death details: Among 77 killed in Richmond, Virginia when the engines aboard their plane failed and it crashed into marshland. The crew and passengers died from carbon monoxide poisoning. The flight was enroute from Baltimore to Columbia, South Carolina.
Source: Associated Press (1961), Allentown Morning Call (1961)
Stephen Michael Kobli, age 19, from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Northampton county.
Parents: Joseph J. and Grace (Kocsis) Kobli Jr.
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Notre Dame High
Date of death: Wednesday, November 8, 1961
Death details: Among 77 killed in Richmond, Virginia when the engines aboard their plane failed and it crashed into marshland. The crew and passengers died from carbon monoxide poisoning. The flight was enroute from Baltimore to Columbia, South Carolina. He was half-brother of another recruit on the plane, Joseph J. Champion
Source: Associated Press (1961), New York Daily News (1961), Allentown Morning Call (1961)
Leroy Walter Kranch Jr., age 17, from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Northampton county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, November 8, 1961
Death details: Among 77 killed in Richmond, Virginia when the engines aboard their plane failed and it crashed into marshland. The crew and passengers died from carbon monoxide poisoning. The flight was enroute from Baltimore to Columbia, South Carolina.
Source: Associated Press (1961), New York Daily News (1961)