Soldiers
from Rahway, New Jersey
Killed In Action in the Vietnam War
Pictures submitted by Robert Mac Avoy
Pfc.
Jack A. Barnhart
Born on Mar.
23, 1948
From RAHWAY, NEW JERSEY
Casualty was on Aug. 27, 1968
in QUANG TRI, SOUTH VIETNAM
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My Brother, My Hero
JACK WAS THE GREATEST GUY ANYONE COULD KNOW. HE WAS ALWAYS THERE WHEN YOU NEEDED HIM. JACK HAD HIGH HOPES OF PLAYING HIS MUSIC TO MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. JACK STARTED A BAND IN THE 1960'S CALLED THE VIRGINIA REBS. HE WANTED TO CHANGE THE WORLD.
JACK WAS A FUN LOVING PERSON. HE LOVED HIS FAMILY, HIS GOD, HIS COUNTRY. JACK THOUGHT THAT SERVING HIS COUNTRY WAS THE GREATEST THING A PERSON COULD DO. AND SO JACK GAVE HIS LIFE FOR THE COUNTRY THAT HE LOVED SO WELL. MY BROTHER, THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN 33 YEARS, AND I STILL FEEL THE PAIN OF NOT SEEING YOUR FACE. I STILL HAVE THE PAIN IN MY HEART. I LOVE YOU. MAY YOU REST IN PEACE.
LOVE,
YOUR SISTER JUDY
Judy Barnhart (Cook)
Neighbor, Friend and Fellow Marine
Jack, we lived around the corner from each other. I knew you, Judy, and your mom. We joined the Corps at the same time. We were the same age. I came home, you didn't, I cant help but wonder why. I look in the mirror and see an old man's face, I look at the wall and see a young boy, much more of a man than myself. Jack, I wish you had the chance to grow old with me. Thank you for being a good friend and outstanding Marine. Bob Hriczko
Cousin & Friend
Jack, you were always special. I'll see you someday in the "House of the Rising Sun." Debbie
We were high school classmates
May God grant you eternal peace. Gerald Thorpe
LTC.
William E. Berzinec
Born
on Dec. 11, 1930
From AKRON, OHIO
Casualty was on July 30, 1968
in LONG AN, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
OTHER EXPLOSIVE DEVICE
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SSgt.
Michael S. Bezega
101st Airborne Division
Born
on July 9, 1948
From RAHWAY, NEW JERSEY
Casualty was on June 22, 1970
in THUA THIEN, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
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Pfc.
Lester Danchetz
1st Cav Division (AMBL)
Born
on July 1, 1949
From RAHWAY, NEW JERSEY
Casualty was on Mar. 9, 1969
in LONG KHANH, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
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Fellow
Soldier
Served with Lester in Hawaii before Vietnam. I knew him as an enthusiastic
solider. Don
Oliver
We were high school classmates
My school classmate and football team classmate. James Wilder
SP4
Martin M. Di Antonio, Jr.
1st Cav Division (AMBL)
Born on Aug .2, 1945
From RAHWAY, NEW JERSEY
Casualty was on Mar. 30, 1967
in BINH DINH, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS
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Served with Di in B Co.
Di, you are remembered! Jim & I have talked about you. Some of us "Bravo" vets have found each other, and you are remembered in our memorial services. I hope your family accepts comfort from this. I have visited your name on the Traveling Wall, and I have a copy of the memorial service we had back at basecamp for you. Any of your friends or family can contact me for more info.
Di, you are remembered! Jim & I have talked about you. Some of us "Bravo" vets have found each other, and you are remembered in our memorial services. I hope your family accepts comfort from this. I have visited your name on the Traveling Wall, and I have a copy of the memorial service we had back at basecamp for you. Any of your friends or family can contact me for more info.
Sincerely,
Swig, B Co. 2/5th Cav '66-'67
Paul Schwiegeraht
Gale
H. "Stormy" Felver
FMF Corpsman 1st and 2nd Bn. 9th Marines
Born
on July 2, 1946
From Rahway, NJ
Casualty was on July 29, 1966
in South Vietnam, Quang Nam
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Rest in Peace Shipmate
I
went to Hospital Corps "A" School with Gale "Stormy"
Felver in 1965. He was a young guy out of Rahway, NJ, and I was a young
guy out of Detroit. We both liked the popular music of the day, and fashioned
ourselves as singers. We used to get together in the evenings before lights
out and sing whatever tunes we knew the words to. Stormy did a great rendition
of "Land of a Thousand Dances" by Cannibal and the Headhunters.
Anyway, we hit it off and became good friends and shipmates. I'm not sure
when or where the nickname of Stormy came from but, as I remember it,
with the first name of Gale it was linked with Gail Storm the actress.
Somehow or other that link evolved into the nickname "Stormy,"
and that is how we knew him. I don't know anyone in our Corps School Company
whoever called him anything else. He was a great guy, and by all accounts,
from people who know, a great Corpsman after "A" School.
When we graduated Stormy went to Philadelphia Naval Hospital as a Ward
Corpsman. I went to Naval Hospital - New London. He served
there with several other classmates from Company 48-65. He got his
orders to FMF School at Camp Lejeune sometime in 1966 and went to Viet
Nam with the Marines in May or June 1966. He was assigned to Second
Battalion Ninth Marines (2/9/3) where he served his "grunts"
with pride professionalism and dedication. He was KIA on July 29, 1966.
Stormy was one of those guys you remember. He was smart, loyal, dedicated,
funny and took his work, but not himself seriously. I spent almost nine
years in the Navy, six of them as a Corpsman with the Marines and aboard
Nuclear Powered Submarines, and can only remember a handful of the people
I served with; particularly the people in Viet Nam where we all tended
to progress from FNG to Short Timer without ever really getting to know
each other very well.
Stormy is one of the people I remember clearly, and I am saddened by his
death and proud to be numbered among his friends. I think of him often,
miss him tremendously and know, from other FMF Corpsmen who served with
him in Viet Nam, that he was, and is, the essence of what makes a Navy
Corpsman a "Doc." As the saying goes: "All gave some;
Some gave all." Stormy gave it all, everyday.
Rest in Peace Shipmate, and be secure in the fact that you are remembered.
God Bless and Semper Fi
Doc Gardner
HM1(SS)
FMF - Chu Lai
66-67
Pfc.
Carmine V. Genovese
1st Infantry Division
Born
on Mar. 5, 1944
From RAHWAY, NEW JERSEY
Casualty was on May 8, 1966
SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
MISADVENTURE
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SP4
Andrew Harbienko
Americal
Born
on Jan. 12, 1948
From ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY
His tour of duty began on May 31, 1968
Casualty was on Feb. 10, 1969
in QUANG TIN, SOUTH VIETNAM
NON-HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
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Sfc.
Edward J. Kaminski
1st Log Command
Born
on Jan. 29, 1928
From RAHWAY, NEW JERSEY
Casualty was on Feb. 29, 1968
in THUA THIEN, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS
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Pfc.
Myron R. Ross III
Born
on Aug. 15, 1948
From RAHWAY, NEW JERSEY
Casualty was on Oct. 3, 1968
in QUANG TRI, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
ARTILLERY, ROCKET, or MORTAR
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Friend/Classmate
May GOD grant you
everlasting peace.
Your friend,
Gerald Thorpe
GSgt.
Lynn H. Rutter
Born
on Sept. 5, 1931
From RAHWAY, NEW JERSEY
Casualty was on Nov.05, 1970
in QUANG NAM, SOUTH VIETNAM
Non-Hostile, died of illness/injury
GROUND CASUALTY
HEART ATTACK
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SP4
Robert G. Solomon
1st Cav Division (AMBL)
Born
on Aug.. 8, 1949
From RAHWAY, NEW JERSEY
Casualty was on Aug. 19, 1969
in BINH LONG, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS
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Bobby
I just wanted to let you know I still miss you, we have lost so many in Vietnam. My brother Jack, your other school friend, was also killed in 1968. I remember the times you, Jack and I had in school. Bobby, rest in peace. You are always in my thoughts. You touched a part of my life when we were young, I just wished we could have had a longer time with each other.
Your friend,
Judy Barnhart (Cook)
Pfc.
Gregory H. Stalevicz
101st Airborne Division
Born
on Mar. 25, 1949
From RAHWAY, NEW JERSEY
Casualty was on June 1, 1968
in KONTUM, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
OTHER EXPLOSIVE DEVICE
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SP5
William V. Young
Born
on Oct. 16, 1930
From RAHWAY, NEW JERSEY
Casualty was on Feb. 7, 1970
SOUTH VIETNAM
Non-Hostile, died of illness/injury
GROUND CASUALTY
ILLNESS, DISEASE
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Not Pictured:
LTC.
Emerson E. Heller
Born on July 24, 1926
From SPRING CITY, PENNSYLVANIA
Casualty was on Apr. 25, 1969
THAILAND
NON-HOSTILE,
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FA
Donald H. Moses
Born
on Aug. 4, 1945
From RAHWAY, NEW JERSEY
Casualty was on July 9, 1966
in QUANG NAM, SOUTH VIETNAM
Non-Hostile, died of illness/injury
GROUND CASUALTY
ILLNESS, DISEASE
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