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VIETNAM DEATHS

THOSE WHO SERVED FROM CHEROKEE COUNTY

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Last Name First Name Rank &
Date of Death
 Personal & Family Information Incident
Bruce
 Dennis L Private, 4th Army Division
4 Nov 1966		 Born: Sep 26, 1946
Residence: Aurelia
Remains recovered
Parents: Mr & Mrs Clifford Bruce, Aurelia, IA
Maternal grandmother: Mrs. Lincoln Hahn, Cherokee, IA
Brothers: Dan, Terry, Jerry		 Killed by rifle fire in Vietnam 
Johnson Ronald John Sargeant, Army
7 Feb 1968		 Born: Jul 9, 1945
Residence: Quimby
Remains recovered
Kirchoff
 Wilbur Glen Sergeant, Navy Marines Corps Recon Platoon
4 Mar 1966		 Born: Aug 1, 1941
Residence: Marcus
Remains recovered
Parents: Mr & Mrs Glen Kirchoff, rural Marcus, IA
Wife: Judy (Mead) Kirchoff, Imperial Beach, CA
Daughter: Deanna Kirchoff, Imperial Beach, CA
Sister: Holly Kirchoff, IA State Univ Student		 Killed during heavy fighting with the enemy in Viet Nam
Mahoney
 Ronald 8 Dec 1966 Parents: Mr & Mrs Max Mahoney, Chili, WI
Paternal grandmother: Mrs. Bessie Mahoney, Cherokee, IA
Uncle: Wayne Mahoney, Cherokee, IA
Siblings: Donald, Janice, Carol, Eileen, Susan, Barbara & Nancy		 Killed while on routine duty, while constructing roads and landing strips in Vietnam
Means
 Ronald Leroy SP4, Army
5 Feb 1968		 Born: Sep 11, 1948
Residence: Cherokee
Remains recovered
Roggow
 Norman Lee LTJG, Navy
8 Oct 1967		 Born: Aug 25, 1941
Residence: Aurelia
Remains recovered
Siegel David Douglas CPL, Army
5 Sep 1968		 Born: Jul 3, 1947
Residence: Cherokee
Remains recovered

Sources: Special Issue Cherokee County Historical Society Newsletter, Vol 15, Num 10, October 1980, Section XIV
The Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File, as of April 29, 2008, of the Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS) Files, part of Record Group 330: Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

You can view the full DCAS record for an individual named in the list via the Access to Archival Databases resource, or AAD.  The link to the AAD main page is as follows:  https://www.archives.gov/aad

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