Kenneth Earlston Oliver from Rensselaer, New York, Rensselaer county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, August 12, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives
Kenneth Earlston Oliver, age 21, from Rensselaer, New York, Rensselaer county.
Spouse: Married
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, August 12, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Troy Times Record (1970)
Lanny Guy Ladouceur, age 23, from Rensselaer, New York, Rensselaer county.
Parents: Guy and Marie
Spouse: Elaine
Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Saint John’s Academy of Rensselaer and the ROTC at Siena College (1968)
Date of death: Tuesday, May 19, 1970
Death details: A helicopter pilot, died when his aircraft was attacked by hostile fire over Indo-China
Cemetery: Calvary in Glenmont
Source: National Archives, Troy Record (1970)
Charles Edward Jr. Moore, age 20, from Rensselaer, New York, Rensselaer county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, January 1, 1970
Death details: Hostile, South Vietnam
Cemetery: Holy Sepulchre
Source: National Archives, Times Record (1970)
Clarence Ganance Jr., age 35, from Rensselaer, New York, Rensselaer county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, March 16, 1962
Death details: Among 93 soldiers aboard a transport plane on a “secret mission” to Vietnam. Wreaths Across America in 2021: “Very little is known about what happened to the plane and its passengers, and due to the circumstance surrounding this mission, the names of those lost have not yet been added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C.”
Cemetery: A memorial honoring the lives lost was dedicated in 2021 in Columbia Falls, Maine
Source: Atlanta Counstitution (1962), MauiNow (2021), UPI (1962)