Crawford High Graduates
Who Died In Vietnam
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I'd like us all to remember
these Crawford classmates
and friends lost in the Vietnam war -- Dan Burton '66
"There but for fortune go
you and I." --
Phil Ochs
War drew us from our homeland in
the sunlit springtime of our youth.
Those who did not come back alive
remain in perpetural springtime
FOREVER YOUNG and a part of them is
with us ALWAYS. -
Author: Unknown
I met Ron
Davidson when I lived at College Village
Apartments on Rolando Blvd in 1967 and
remember when he told me he was going to join
the Marine Corps. When he was ready to ship
out he asked me to drive him to Camp
Pendleton. He told me he wouldn't be coming
back from Vietnam --
John Fry
John Flinn
July 16, 1942 –
July 2, 1969
Air Force Captain John
Leroy Flinn was killed when his A-1
Skyraider
aircraft was shot down during an attack at
Muon Soui, Laos.
Ron Jagodinski
remembers ROTC at Crawford
Class of 1964
John Marshall Callaham, Jr
December 2, 1945 - May 10, 1968
John was killed by hostile
fire in Thua Thien Province. He was an Army
Corporal in the Light Weapons Infantry. He is
buried at Fort Rosecrans.
News
Articles About John
Rim Dungy was one of the
“older” Colts of our neighborhood we younger
kids looked up to. Most of us were 5-6 years
younger. It was easy for us as young
teenagers to see he was different than most
of the other guys…he was always patient and
looking out for us younger Colts to be. He
will always be missed --Don Rogers ’69
Bob Prys
June 11, 1945
- May 29, 1967
He was in the Army and
killed by hostile fire (“Booby
Trap Connected”) in Vietnam – Mary Gale Rodgers
Class of 1965
Meredith "Marty" Gabriel
June 14, 1947 –
January 4, 1968
A 20-year-old
Sergeant in the United States Army's 101st
Airborne Division, Meredith died from
hostile arms fire in Binh Duong, South
Vietnam.
“'Gabe' was
one of the finest young men I ever knew.
He always had a smile and sparkling eyes.
He bought a large movie camera from me
before we shipped out to Nam and sent it
home. Another medic named Kinnard (KIA)
sold it to me. Gabe was one of the strong
ones in our platoon. He gave support and
encouragement to all of us. When I heard
of his death I found a place I could be
alone and cried. I miss him and the others
so very much. Being a survivor is very
lonely. Sometimes I want to go back and
join my friends one last time. I have
never forgotten them. They live still, in
my heart and mind."
Benjamin
Miles
“Marty and I
had known each other since grade school.
Upon graduation from high school I
enlisted in the Marine Corps and lost
touch with him. It came as quite a
shock, therefore, when I learned that
Marty was KIA in Vietnam. I was with
Marine forces further north in I Corps
(Chu Lai), and Marty was with the 101st
Airborne down south. Marty, an Army
medic, was rendering aid to a fallen
soldier when he was shot and killed —
that is consistent with the young man I
knew and liked. As Benjamin Miles said:
‘Being a survivor is very lonely.’ I
miss all of my friends who didn’t make
it back. Semper Fidelis.”
Arnie Kravitz
April 3, 1947 -
September 23, 1967
Arnie
died in Thailand, serving his country as a
member of the United States Air Force.
Class of 1966
James William Wright II
February 21, 1948 - May 5, 1968
Jim was killed by
hostile fire in Quang Nam Province. He was a
Marine, Private First Class, a Warehouse Clerk. He
is buried at Fort Rosecrans.
I remember I saw James
Wright's name and date of death on the list of
those from San Diego killed in the Vietnam war -- Sally
Marshall-Hyde
Michael Patrick
Murphy
June 1, 1949 - May 24, 1970
Michael was killed in
Vietnam during a rocket attack. He was
an Army Specialist Fourth Class for the Light
Weapons Infantry. He was killed by hostile
fire in Kontum Province
Gary A. Schultz
September 2, 1949 –
March 26, 1971
Gary died in
Quang Tri Province, Vietnam. He is honored
on Panel 4W, Row 81 of the Vietnam
Veterans Memorial
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