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  PVT Michael David Armstrong U.S.M.C

Killed in action, Vietnam War, Sept. 22, 1968

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Wall of Faces   http://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/1414/MICHAEL-D-ARMSTRONG
ON THE WALL: Panel W43 Line 59
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PERSONAL DATA:
  Home of Record: Cridersville, OH
  Date of birth: 12/02/1948
MILITARY DATA:
  Service Branch: United States Marine Corps
  Grade at loss: E1
  Rank: Private
Promotion Note: None
  ID No: 2389590
  MOS or Specialty: 0311: RIFLEMAN
  Length Service: 00
  Unit: K CO, 3RD BN, 5TH MARINES, 1ST MARDIV, III MAF
CASUALTY DATA:
  Start Tour: 08/05/1968
  Incident Date: 09/22/1968
  Casualty Date: 09/22/1968
  Age at Loss: 19
  Location: Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam
  Remains: Body recovered
  Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright
  Casualty Reason: Ground casualty
  Casualty Detail: Other explosive device
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PFC David Eugene Gossard

K.I.A. VIETNAM, SEPTEMBER 20, 1967
 
Birth:  Jan. 24, 1947
Death:  Sep. 20, 1967

Private First Class David Eugene Gossard is honored on Panel 26E Line 096 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall.

Known Citations: The Gallantry Cross with Palm, the Republic of Vietnam Military Merit Medal and the Purple Heart.
 
 
Family links: 
 Parents:
  Eugene W Gossard (1918 - 2005)
 
Burial:
Memorial Park Cemetery and Mausoleum
Lima
Allen County
Ohio, USA
 
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Created by: CindyS
Record added: Feb 18, 2014
Find A Grave Memorial# 125302977
PFC David Eugene Gossard
Added by: CindyS
 
PFC David Eugene Gossard
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They are not gone until they are forgotten.
- Allen County Veterans Memorial Foundation
 Added: Sep. 20, 2016
You and men like you, are the reason we are free today! As a spouse of a NAVY veteran I salute you sir for the sacrifices that you made!
- CindyS
 Added: Feb. 18, 2014
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PFC CHARLES H. HOOKER  KOREAN WAR

Birth:  Sep. 8, 1927
Death:  Sep. 20, 1950

Body of First Lima Soldier Slain in Korea War Arrives

The body of Pfc. Charles H. Hooker, 22, Lima's first Korean war casualty, arrived in Lima at 2:13 p.m. Saturday on the Erie railroad for services and burial. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl S. Hooker, 1170 S. Central-av, the youth was reported killed in action Sept. 20, 1950, just eight days before his 23rd birthday. They body will remain in the family residence until services at 2 p.m. Monday in the Siferd and Son Colonial chapel. The Rev. DeWayne Bell will officiate and burial will be in Memorial Park cemetery. Complete military rites by various Lima veterans organizations will be conducted at the graveside. Besides his parents he is survived by seven brothers, John, 757 S. Glenwood-av; Garland, 120 N. Metcalf-st; William D., Shawnee-tp; David, 110 Euclid-av; Gerald, Donald and Ronald, all at home; two sisters, Mrs Helen Klink, Alger; Betty, at home; his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Lighthill, Haviland. (Lima News, Lima, OH, Sunday, February 15, 1953, p. 2, Col. 2-3) 
 
Family links: 
 Parents:
  Earl S Hooker (1889 - 1976)
  Loretta Lighthill Hooker (1899 - 1967)
 
 Siblings:
  John Robert Hooker (1917 - 2005)*
  Helen Marcele Hooker Klink (1919 - 1976)*
  James Hooker (1924 - 1926)*
  Dale Hooker (1926 - 1926)*
  Charles H. Hooker (1927 - 1950)
  William Don Hooker (1931 - 2008)*
  Roger Franklin Hooker (1939 - 1939)*
 
*Calculated relationship
 
Note: Link to parents provided by: corgilover (#46859310)
 
Burial:
Memorial Park Cemetery and Mausoleum
Lima
Allen County
Ohio, USA
 
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Created by: mokennehan
Record added: Aug 06, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 94906891
PFC Charles H. Hooker
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PFC Charles H. Hooker
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PFC Charles H. Hooker
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