dedication

DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF
NAVY FMF CORPSMEN

WHO GAVE THEIR LIFE DOING WHAT NAVY CORPSMEN HAVE ALWAYS DONE . . .TAKING CARE OF THEIR MARINES. THEIR SACRIFICE UPHOLDS THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE NAVY HOSPITAL CORPS

especially to my good friends
IVAN HELLER, LARRY PADBERG, ROBERT AUCOIN,
DAVE PORTERFIELD

They Will Never Be Forgotten

Ivan out in the Arizona with 2/5

HN IVAN HELLER
GENESEO, ILLINOIS
Born: August 5, 1947
Boot camp: Great Lakes, 1966-67
Hospital Corps School: Great Lakes - 1967
Field Medical school: Camp Lejeune, 1967
Jacksonville Naval Hospital - 1967-68
Vietnam Tour began: May 1968
Died: October 11, 1968 while serving as a corpsman
with Echo Company 2nd batttalion 5th Marines
in Quang Nam Province, RVN his helicopter crashed
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HM3 LARRY PADBERG
ADA, OKLAHOMA
Born: September 8, 1945
Boot camp: Great Lakes, 1967-67
Hospital Corps School: Great Lakes - 1967
Field Medical school: Camp Lejeune, 1967
Jacksonville Naval Hospital - 1967-68
Vietnam Tour began: October 10, 1968
Died: May 12, 1969 while serving as a Corpsman
with the Marine Corps in Quang Nam Province, RVN
from hostile fire and an enemy explosive device.

HN DAVID PORTERFIELD
MAMARONECK, NY
Born: March 7, 1946
Boot camp: Great Lakes
Hospital Corps School: Great Lakes
Field Medical school: Camp Lejeune,
Died: July 17, 1966 while serving as a Corpsman
with the Marine Corps in Quang Tri Province, RVN
from hostile fire and an enemy explosive device.
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HM3 ROBERT J. AUCOIN
WORCHESTER, MA
Born: August 21,45
Boot camp: Great Lakes
Hospital Corps School: Great Lakes
Field Medical school: Camp Lejeune, 1967
Died: July 21, 1968 while serving as a
Corpsman with the Marine Corps in Quang
Nam Province, RVN from hostile fire
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Ivan Heller is in rust sweater and
Larry Padberg is to my right in Yellow shirt.
This picture was the last time we all saw one another

Iraq and Afghanstan KIA's

Hm3 Fernando Mendez-
Aceves Iraq
6 April, 2004

Hm3 AAron Kent
Iraq
23 April, 2005

Hm3 Christopher Thompson
Iraq
21 October, 2005

HN Pablito. Briones, Jr
Iraq
28 December , 2004.

HMC Matthew Bougious
Afghanistan
28 Mar, 2002.

Hm3 Michael Johnson
Iraq
25 March, 2003

HM2 Cesar O. Baez,
Iraq
15 June , 2005

Hm3 Geovani Padilla-
Aleman Iraq
2 April, 2006

HM3 David J. Moreno,
Iraq
17 July, 2003

Hm1 Jeffrey Taylor
Afghanistan
28 June 2005

HM3 Julian Woods,
Iraq
10 November, 2004
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Hm3 Jamie Jaenke
Iraq
5 June, 2006

Hm3 Travis Youngblood Iraq
21 July, 2005.

HM3 Jeffery Wiener
Iraq
7 May, 2005.

Hm3 Marcques Nettles
Iraq
2 April,2006

Hm 3 Lee Deal
Iraq
17 May, 2006

Hm3 John Fralish Afghanistan
6 Feb, 2006

HN Joshua McIntosh
Iraq
26 June 2003.

HM3 John D. House,
Iraq
26 January, 2005.

Hn Zackary Alday
Iraq
6 June, 2006

Hm2 Allan Cundanga Espiritu Iraq
1 November,2005

HM3 David Cedergren
Iraq
11 September, 2004.

HN Robert Martens
Iraq
6 September, 2005

HM3 John House

Hm3 John Fralish

Mamaroneck and Larchmont Veterans who were KIA in Vietnam. Most I knew some I only wish I had met.
L/Cpl Harold Schock USMC 20 Oct 65                   Cpl Edgar Burchell USMC 4 June 66
Cpl Robert DiRoberto USMC 15 Dec 66                 Major Daniel Keating USMC May 68
L/Cpl Ernest Hill, USMC July 68                           Cpl Donald Turso USMC May 69
S/Sgt Richard Western USA May 68                        Vito Vitro USA 28 Feb 69
PFC Anthony Agar USA May 69                              John Batterson USA June 69
2nd Lt Martin Keogh USA 2 March 70                     Daniel Hill USAF June 71

AND TO ALL THE MARINES WHO NEVER MADE IT HOME

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