Vietnam

Condit, Douglas Craig

Maj Douglas Condit was born in Forest Grove, Oregon. He was at Oregon State University from 1961 to 1965 where he graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering and commissioned as a 2nd Lt through OSU’s Air Force ROTC program. While serving with the 390th Tactical Fighter Squadron, based out of Da Nang Air Base South Vietnam as a F-4 Pilot (McDonnell Douglas Phantom II FIghter (F-4C)), he was shot down in 1967. On 22 May 1979, 12 years later, he was labeled Killed In Action . Maj Condit’s remains were recovered on June 1st, 1992 and identified Jan 4th, 1993.

Clarke, Robert Wayne

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania he spent most of his youth living in Oregon. He went to Oregon State University for two years before transferring to Eastern Oregon College in his junior year, and joined the Marine Corps in Jan 1968. While serving with Delta Company, !st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment 1st Marine Division PFC Robert Clark’s platoon was dropped into a hot landing zone to help pull out Recon Team 4, while assaulting North Vietnamese Army gun positions Robert was killed by a grenade in Quang Tri, Vietnam. He was survived by his parents, a brother and a sister.

Brett, Robert Arthur Jr.

"Lefty" served in the 474th Tactical Fighter Wing, flying a tactical strike fighter, a F-111A Aardvark. He was performing a strike on a military facility in Vietnam’s Yen Bai province, a heavily fortified station just northeast of Hanoi. The plane disappeared and for years Capt. Brett's fate was unknown. In the late 1990's it was discovered he went down in North Vietnam on the Red River about 10 Miles south of Yen Bai. His body was identified 5 Mar 2002 and buried in Arlington on 1 Aug 2002. 

Brattain, Thomas Laird

MAJ Brattain was a pilot of the F-4D Phantom II #66-7646, operating in the Vietnam conflict. During a combat visual strike mission, his plane was tasked with an urgent additional mission to assist friendly troops under fire. This lead to a low fuel situation when returning to Da Nang Air base in Quang Nam Province. During landing the plane started to roll to the right, leading to a crash landing. MAJ Brattain was thrown from the aircraft in its final deceleration and died immediately.

Bartholomew, Roger Jay

Lt Colonel Bartholomew was the pilot of UH-1C #66-00611 stationed in Thua Thien Provence, South Vietnam. Lt Colonel Bartholomew was also the battalion commander of the 4th Battalion, 77th Aerial Rocket Artillery Unit, 101st Airborne Division. During and air rocket artillery(ARA) mission near FB Tomahawk, UH-1C #66-00611 came under heavy small arms fire. Lt Colonel Bartholomew attempted evasive maneuvers, however UH-1C #66-00611 was shot down, causing the death of the crew on November 27th, 1968.

Badley, James Linsday

While at Oregon State University 1st Lt.  Badley received a Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering, he was an OSU officer on the Intra-Fraternity Council, a member of the Arnold Air Society, Silver Wings and was on the Swim team. He was also awarded the AAD award for outstanding junior cadet while apart of the ROTC. 1st Lt. Badley commissioned into the Air Force in 1965, and went to flight training at Williams A.F.B., AZ. After receiving his wings in 1966 he started training for the F-4 phantom which was completed August 1966.

Alexander, Jerry Raymond

Lt (J.G.) Alexander was killed when he was washed overboard from the USS Picuda submarine while taking charge of emergency repairs near Iceland. He was survived by his parents, step mother, three sisters and a brother. While attending Oregon State University he was a member of the Navy Drill Team and the Taffrail Navy Glee Club, he graduated in 1965 with a Bachelors in General Science.

Abramson, Andrew John

W.O. 1st Class Abramson was born in Orange, Texas, and enlisted into the army in Jul 1968 after graduating from Oregon State University earlier in the year. He was killed while serving with the 101st Airborne Division, 4th Battalion, 77th Artillery, A Battery, when the Cobra AH-1G (Buno #68-15109) helicopter he was co-piloting crashed in Thua Thien-Hue, Vietnam. He was survived by his parents, a sister, and a grandmother.

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