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Ardon B. Cooper, age 23, from Seattle, Washington.
Service era: Gulf War
Parent: Susan Cooper
Military history: Silver Star
Date of death: Wednesday, February 20, 1991
Death details: Killed when using his body to block wounded comrades from artillery fire.
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Gulf War Chronicles, New York Newsday (1991), Longview Daily News (1991)
Dan Arthur Bolster, age 21, from King County Seattle, Washington .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, January 7, 1972
Death details: Body recovered
Source: National Archives, Longview Daily News (1987)
Robert Edward Furstenwerth, age 26, from King County Seattle, Washington .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, December 26, 1971
Death details: Died of illness or injury. Body recovered
Source: National Archives, virtualwall.org, Associated Press (1972)
Eric Gary Herold, age 24, from King County Seattle, Washington .
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Friday, November 12, 1971
Death details: Non-hostile death
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1971)
Thomas Richard Okerlund, age 22, from Seattle, Washington, King county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Sunday, January 3, 1971
Death details: On January 3, 1971, a U-6A Beaver (tail number 52-2584) took off carrying a pilot and six passengers on an administrative support flight from Qui Nhon to Ban Me Thuot, South Vietnam. The flight was over mountainous terrain and flown in inclement weather. Radar contact was lost with the aircraft fourteen miles southeast of Phu Cat, South Vietnam, in the vicinity of (GC) BR 960 250, and the U-6A never reached Ban Me Thuot. Attempts to locate the aircraft, pilot, or any of the passengers following the disappearance were unsuccessful. Warrant Officer 1 Thomas Richard Okerlund entered the U.S. Army from Washington and was a member of the 61st Aviation Company, 223rd Aviation Battalion, 17th Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade. He was a passenger aboard this U-6A when it was lost, and remains unaccounted for. After the incident, the U.S. Army promoted Warrant Officer 1 Okerlund to the rank of Chief Warrant Officer 3. Today, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Okerlund is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Charles Tienerey Morton, age 20, from Seattle, Washington, King county.
Parents: Eleanor O. Morton
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 82nd Airborne Division
Date of death: Monday, December 7, 1970
Death details: Body recovered
Source: National Archives, Bellingham Herald, Associated Press (1970)
Garrett Edward Eddy, age 25, from Seattle, Washington, King county.
Parents: Garrett Eddy
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, October 1, 1970
Death details: Killed in action
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Roger Dean Otto, age 19, from Seattle, Washington, King county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Tuesday, September 8, 1970
Death details: Body recovered
Source: National Archives
Andre Cavaro Lucas, age 19, from Seattle, Washington, King county.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Thursday, July 23, 1970
Death details: Killed in action
Source: National Archives, Associated Press (1970)
Harold Leroy Frank, age 22, from Seattle, Washington, King county.
Parents: Herman H. Frank
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Wednesday, July 8, 1970
Death details: Killed in action in Vietnam
Source: National Archives, Billings Gazette (1970)