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Lakin Servicemen Highlight Vietnam Service Details
Lakin Kansas native Finishes Basic LAKIN Army PEC Morgan E Gottsponer serves with the 01st Airborne Division in Vietnam with Headquarters Company 3rd Brigade Entered the Army May 1971 after Ft Ord completion He is a 1969 Lakin High School graduate Lieutenant James Fp Fawcett Bronze Star recipient in Vietnam as Assistant Operations Officer with 1st Battalion 327th Infantry 101st Airborne Division A 1964 Lakin High School graduate Washburn University 1969 graduate entered Army March 1969 stationed Ft Benning Georgia before overseas assignment PFC Steven N Garcia 20 son of Mr and Mrs P C Garcia completed electronics specialist course at Army Signal School Ft Monmouth trained on various Army electronics equipment He is a 1968 Garden City High School graduate and attended Garden City Community Junior College.