KIA BURIEL SITES
PFC JOHN C. CHAVES [Co. A KIA. WIA21Jan70,Died of Wounds 11Apr70] ~ Oak Grove Cemetery, 230 Playstead Road, Medford (Middlesex County – Boston area), Massachusetts.
SGT ROBERT FUNK [Co. A KIA 24Oct69] ~ Buried Nov. 2, 1969 at Oakwood Cemetery, Penfield (south-east of Rochester), Monroe County, New York.
SGT CHARLES W. JENNINGS [Co. B KIA 27Apr69] ~ Buried between Cullowhee and Franklin, North Carolina at Rock Church Cemetery. From Sylva, NC follow Highway 107 south to Citgo station on left / boat sales & storage on right. Turn right at boat storage. Go 3 miles to Pine Creek Road. Turn right at sign to Franklin. Church on hill on right.
CPL RONALD E. NEWMAN [Co. A KIA 26Apr70]
Crosby Lake Cemetery, Stark (Bradford County), Florida. From the north, Jacksonville area, take US301 (South) to south side of the town of Stark where you will take a right on Hwy 100 (which is between a CVS Pharmacy and gas station). From the south [Gainesville area]; take Hwy 24 to US 301 (north) to Hwy 100 (at traffic light) on left between gas station and pharmacy. Travel WEST ON HWY 100 a couple of miles. The cemetery is on the left (south side of road). Newmans grave is on the far left (east) side and nearer the front (Hwy 100) part of the cemetary against some woods on the east side. The marker is bronze, set flat against the ground.
SGT DONALD L. PERRY [Co. E KIA 26Oct68]
Buried West Side District Cemetery, 440 E. Cedar St, Taft, California. Site Block 18, Lot29, Grave 1.
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POST-VIETNAM DEATHS
FRANK BALASUS [Co. A] passed in 2002.
TOM BOGDAS [Co. A Medic] passed on in 2002.
DAVID R. CORTEZ [Co. B] passed in 2003.
PAUL COSH [Co. A] passed on in September 2002.
ROBERT "Sugar Bear" CRAFFORD [Co. B] passed in 2002.
WILLIAM W. CUSHMAN [Co. D] passed on September 8, 1998.
ART DAVIS passed on October 8, 2003. Burried in Marrillville, Indiana. [Contact Geisen Funeral Home for cemetery.]
STEPHEN EARP [Co. D] passed on a number of years ago.
LTC JOE F. ELLIOTT [Bn CO] killed in a plane crash in Alaska in the early 2000s.
GARRY GREEN [Co. B Medic] passed on.
(Lt.) WILLIAM T. "Tom" HARPER III [HHC 4.2 mortar platoon] passed December 22, 2002 in Myrtle Beach, SC at the age of 62.
(Sgt.) CHARLIE HUNT [Co. C] died in an automobileaccident not long after coming back to the world.
ROBERT TRIS "Lurch" JOHNSON [Recon] passed on April 11, 2005.
RICHARD KIMBROUGH [Co. D 1968-69] 2009.
BENNY KLATT [Co. B] passed in December 2002.
VALINTINE MONTESDEOCA [Co. A 69-70] passed in 1991.
STEVE MOSS [Co. C 1969-70] 2008
JOHN W. NIX [Co. D] passed in August 1998 of heart attack. Burried in Lawrenceville, GA.
LARRY D. OSBORN [Recon CRIP 1967] passed October 17, 2002 in Sedgwick County, Colorado and is buried in Ft. McPherson National Cemetery in Maxwell, Nebraska, near North Platte.
LOUIS REASONS [Co. A] passed December 2003 in Louisiana.
STEVEN SMALLWOOD [Co. E 1968-69] passed.
RONNIE E. VAUGHN [Co. D] passed on in 1995.
MARION WOODFORK [Co. C] killed in car wreck after returning home.
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May our brothers rest in the peace they so richly deserve.
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If you have information about 2/12th soldiers who have passed on (or) where any of our brothers-in-arms burial sites are – KIA or Post Vietnam – please let us know.
Their fellow soldiers may want to stop by and pay their respects.
CONTACT: Bruce Holzhauer at bhbim2@webtv.net
or write 2665 Deep Gap Road, Bryson City, NC28713
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