The following individuals from Pompano Beach are listed by the Department of Defense as having been killed in action during the Vietnam War:
Peter Henry ALBRIGHT (SP4 Army) 6/26/1945 - 8/25/1966
Oliver BELL, Jr. (PFC USMC) 10/21/1947 - 10/14/1967
Stephen BLANN (LCPL USMC) 11/13/1945 - 2/16/1969
Thomas John BURTON (PFC Army) 11/16/1947 - 11/20/1968
Ronald Gates CAMPBELL (SP5 Army) 8/22/1948 - 1/20/1968
Brad Donald CHRISS (SP4 Army) 5/21/1948 - 3/19/1969
Clyde Terry CODY (SSGT USMC) 7/21/1942 - 2/1/1968
William HARP (SGT Army) 9/21/1948 - 9/4/1970
Artie Eugene JOHNSON (PFC Army) 9/11/1949 - 2/18/1970
James Franklin LAMN (CPL Army) 4/23/1947 - 2/28/1967
Ivory Lee MCKINNEY (CPL Army) 4/22/1949 - 5/5/1970
Glen Frederick MERRIHEW (SP4 Army) 3/3/1940 - 2/11/1962
Richard Herbert NALEY (SGT Army) 6/9/1946 - 5/2/1968
Thomas Frank PHILLIPS (CPL Army) 2/16/1946 - 2/24/1967
David Frederick RHODES (CPL Army) 12/6/1947 - 12/9/1968
Richard Lee ROUSSEAU (PVT Army) 5/19/1947 - 7/23/1968
Phillip Thomas STAHL (SP5 Army) 7/22/1941 - 3/9/1966
Frank Herbert THOMAS, Jr. (PFC USMC) 1/18/1947 - 3/30/1967
John Robert VANDERZICHT (LCPL USMC) 11/4/1946 - 9/9/1967
Michael Dwayne WALKER (SP4 Army) 8/11/1946 - 5/10/1967
The official records indicate the location in which the recuitment took place and not their legal residence, so it is possible that some of the soldiers and Marines listed above may not have resided within the Pompano Beach city limits.
(source:
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund website)
# posted by Dan Hobby @ 7:39 AM