Iowa Vietnam casualties total 807, updating guard records
Records from the U S defense department and Iowa National Guard show 807 Iowans died in Vietnam through active duty listings. Most deaths are tied to hostile action with 673. The list covers Jan 1 1961 to present. POWs and MIAs total 18 and 21 respectively. The guard updates casualty data and this is the Gazette’s fourth listing.
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Daily Press Assn
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U.S. Defense Department
Iowa National Guard
Vietnam
Iowa
Reserve
National Guard
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Postville
Cpl
Mark S. Dreier
Mark L. English
Cedar Rapids
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Gerald T. Fettkether
Francis L. Gaulacher
Town City
Ralph B. Gerken Winthrop
Dennis A. Gunderman
Howard E. Hanson, Jr
Stephen C. Hass Gladbrook
Gary L. Hein Tipton
Victor
Kenneth
Arlyn L. Lampert
New Albin
Richard J. Lockwood
Marvin A. Luerkens
Central City
Kenneth A. Luse
Manchester
Marvin G. Manternach
Dennis K. Martin
Denis D. Mattheis Cresco
Dubuque
John P. Meloy Oelwein
David W. Michael
Elias L. Mihalakis
Charles L. Myers, Jr
Thomas A. Nebel Keota
Cecil C. Olsen Rowley
Arnold R. Palmer
Independence
Dwayne R. Pickart
Norway
William D. Potter
James C. Powers Fairfax
John M. Reilly Waukon
James F. Riley
Gerald G. Rosenbaum
Waucoma
Donald L. Rupe
Robert J. Shares Jesup
Allan L. Schmidt Tipton
John K. Schmitt, Jr
Robert D. Sells, Jr
David H. Sherlock Worthington
Washington
Larry E. Smith
Frank L. Staton Winthrop
Kurt P. Stephenson
Donald A. Thompson
West Union
Jesup
William D. Thorpe Guttenberg
Steven M. Torrey
Eugene A. Ward Oelwein
Marvin F. Wehr Sigourney
John F. Werner
Williamsburg
Homestead
Gordon J. Wetten
Marion
Thomas D. Wilcox
Jon R. Winger
Wayne G. Wutzke Vinton
Richard C. Youngbear
Tama
Monona
Louis L. Zittergruen
Air Force
Robert M. Horsky
Kenneth K. Hutton
Deep River
Russell L. Klein
Marengo
Franklin W. Picking
E. R. Shain
Pfe
Herbert R. Aldridge
Tommy FE
Antrim Oneida
William J. Balfour
Toledo
Robert C. Barta
Bill L. Berstler
Ladora
Harlan T. Bilden Elgin
Peter E Cook
Samuel A. Ekofe Keota
Michael L. Ewing
Willard J. Friese
Gerald L Gardner
Charles E. Gradeville
Robert G. Harvey
van Horne
Colin K. Hipkins
Ronald E. Johnson Vinton
William O. Juergens
Gerald C. Kinny
Donald P. Kremer
Aurora
James M. Lee
Fayette
Roy A. Meier Marion
Ronald W. Meyer
Richard J. Payne Quasqueton
Pfe Terrell
L. Randall Swisher
Anamosa
William E. Rees
Terry L. Rexroat
Matthew A. Ruden
Holy Cross
Randall L. Shackelford Coggan
Craig Smith
Curtis D. Snitker
Gary L
Durant
Michael J. Clemons
Michael T. Fitzgerald
Richard E. Sutherland
Billie D. Duart
Strawberry Point
Kenneth D. Hammel
Charles A. Johnson III
Keystone
David H. Johnson
Eldorado
David B. Matthews
Fairbank
Duane M. McBeain
Guttenberg
Merlin E. Miller Guttenberg
David H. Mueller
Garnaville
Michael E. Mullen
LaPorte City
James P. Schimberg
Columbus Junction
Craig B. Wolford
Norbert A. Podhajsky
Marines
Richard L. Murray Tipton
Martin J. Reidy
Wayne F. Whiteman
Casualty
Navy
Larry A. Dahms Garwin
Lauren R. Everett
Wadena
Brian D. McConahay
James B. Rickels
Wyoming
Steven E. Wildman
Terry Roberts
Manzelle A. Ford
Lewis C. Harris
Sponge Fishing Declines Hurting Tarpon Springs Industry
Tarpon Springs Florida once the sponge capital now lists 30 divers and five boats. Twenty five years ago 150 vessels and 1 000 divers fished the Gulf of Mexico. sponge sales at the local exchange fell from 2.5 million to about 150 thousand. Disease grounds depletion and synthetic sponges blamed by the National Geographic Society.
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Tarpon Springs
Fla
United States
Gulf of Mexico
National Geographic Society
Literary History of Iowa frames state’s rich writing legacy
Clarence A. Andrews argues Iowa’s literary record is deep and influential, highlighting Ruth Suckow, Phil Stong, James Norman Hall, and Verlin Cassill. He notes Cedar Rapids links, Grant Wood cover art, and an 1856 origin, stressing Iowa’s understated national impact and agrarianist currents.
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Ruth Suckow
Phil Stong
James Norman Hall
Andrews
Iowa
Verlin Cassill
Carl van Vechten
Cassill
Ronald Verlin Cassill
Cedar Falls
University of Iowa
Brown University
Providence
R.1
Leslie
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Grant Wood
Stone City
Wood
Burglars Flees After Homeowner Alerts Police
A bystander witnessed burglars breaking into a Nova Crnja store and called the shop. The thieves fled when they believed they triggered an alarm, leaving the loot behind as police reported.
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Yugoslavia
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