174th Died After Tour

Below is probably the most incomplete list I have on this website. Hopefully it is not the most inaccurate. We are attempting to identify all those 174th veterans who have passed away since their tour in the 174th. I realize this list will never be complete. When we know the date of death, that is listed below the name. If not an exact date, I list what we do know. For some, we have no information other than that the person has passed away.

The below list is alphabetical. Please let me know if you see any errors, or know of dates I do not have listed, or know of someone who is not on this list who should be. I will add names as I learn them.

I have also listed the cause of death when it is known. If you know a cause of death for someone that is listed but not shown, please let me know and I will add that information.

Thanks to Mel Lutgring and Bernie Cobb (RIP) for all of their hard work in researching and developing this list, and to Mel and the current 174th Association officers for helping keep it up to date. ~Jim McD>


Below is the 174th AHC "Flag of Honor," conceived, constructed, and updated by Mel Lutgring to honor those 174th vets killed in Vietnam and those who have died after their tour. Those names in black were killed in Vietnam. Those names in white have died after their tour. The white list is growing much too quickly.



ALEXANDER, PRINCE O.
18 February 1984
(Aircraft Accident)

ALVORD, HAROLD "HAL"
30 September 2017

ANDREWS, CLARENCE
June 2005

APGAR, JOHN M.
8 March 2008 (Age 75)

ARNOLD, THOMAS
19 June 2000

ASKINS, LYNN D.
27 August 1998

BAER, RUSSEL
(No date)

BAKER, RICHARD DEAN (DICK)
August 2011

BANKE, JOHN R.
Date not known

BARNES, BRENT
27 May 2014
(Septic Pancreatitus)

BARNHURST, SAM
23 March 2020

BARRETT, CLAYTON JR
6 November 1971

BEASLY, LOUIE R.
11 October 2023

BELL, JOE K.
1990s

BERGMANN, WALTER M.
4 February 2017
(Cancer)

BISCHDORF, CHARLES F.
5 July 2013

BITHER, RODNEY D.
24 December 2015

BLACKBURN, FREDRICK G.
30 October 2013

BLEVINS, VIRGIL
(No Date)

BOND, JOHN W.
25 February 2009
(Automobile Accident)

BOSWELL, GEORGE W.
(No Date)

BRAULT, DENNIS J.
26 June 1970

BRETHERTON, WILLIAM (BILL)
24 July 2010
(Cancer)

BRICKER, RICHARD (RICK)
25 December 2006

BRIGHAM, JAMES R.
9 February 2018

BRINK
24 March 2022

BRION, KERMIT A.
16 November 1993
(Brain Tumor)

CAMPBELL, JIM "SOUPY"
2 August 2016
(Cancer)

CAREY, CRAIG L.
10 August 2008

CARRIGER, HAL E.
9 September 2005

CAVIN, MICHAEL
April 1975

CAYTON, GRANT R.
7 August 2013
(Cancer)

COBB, BERNARD R. (BERNIE)
24 February 2010
(Throat Cancer)

COLEY, CHARLES W.
5 May 2019

COLLINS, ROBERT W.
23 November 2007

CONKLIN, WILLIAM (BILL)
27 June 2014
(Cardiac Arrest)

CONNIN, DONALD L.
4 December 2008

COX, DARRELL D.
July 1972
(Motorcycle Accident)

CRISPIN, GERALD G.
4 July 2008

CURTIN, ROBERT F.
(No date)

DALRYMPLE, WILLIAM C.
Former Company Commander
2003
(Pulmonary Fibrosis)

DANEAU, PHILLIP
3 May 2022

DAVISON, DANNY J.
13 October 2008

DELNERO, STEVE
(No date)

DOANE, ROBERT
(No date)

DOERSAM, RUSSELL E.
6 February 2023

DODGE, RICHARD L. "RICK"
18 October 2017

DONAHUE, JOHN C.
13 Marach 2021

DORCH, DENNIS
1978
(Traffic Accident)

DOTTERER, JACK H.
June 2019

DUDIAK
(No date)

DUNNING, WILLIAM
13 June 2013
(Lung Cancer)

EARVEN, RAYMOND
20 January 2024

FALLON, JAMES
16 January 1990

FARGIER, DAVID F.
4 December 1992
(Forklift Accident)

FIFE, WILLIAM STANLEY
19 February 1993
Helicopter Crash in Alaska

FISHER, MARK E.
18 October 2023

FLEMER, CARL
30 June 2022

FREEOUF, JOHN L.
31 October 1998

FRISBY, DEXTER
12 July 2004

FYKSEN, DENNIS
10 June 2005
(Pancreatic Cancer)
GAMBRELL, JARVIS "SUGAR BEAR"
27 April 2018

GARBER, STEVE
20 April 2021

GARZA, ALBERT
1 January 2015
(Kidney Failure)

GEBAUER, RICHARD
13 February 1997

GESSLEIN, GERALD A. "JERRY"
August 2018
(Cancer)

GIBSON, GLEN D.
May 2019

GISCHEL, RONALD A.
21 June 1993
(Heart Attack)

GOFF, LLOYD E. (JR.)
24 January 2011
(Cancer)

GROOMS, STEVEN D.
May 1981

GUNNELS, MIKE WADE
11 May 2014
(Brain Cancer - Melanoma)

HANSEN, WILFORD
7 May 2007

HARD, MICHAEL J.
8 November 2002

HARVEY, JAMES
(No date)

HEALY, TIMOTHY
5 July 2010

HERZIG, LAWRENCE H.
14 August 2020

HESTER, JACK E.
26 July 1999

HOOTEN, WILLIAM T.
22 November 2013

HOUSTON, GALE E.
(No date)

HURST, REX D.
8 March 2006

INGRAM,
30 April 2000

IVES, CARL R.
23 June 1989

JACKSON, PAUL
June 2019

JEFFERIS, EDWARD (JEFF)
18 August 2009

JOHANNESON, BERT B.
16 December 2004

JOHNSON, CHARLES M.
25 August 2013
(Prostate Cancer)

JOHNSON, KENNETH W.
19 January 2017
(Stroke)

JOHNSTON, JEFFERY M.
June 2008

JOLLY, BEE
10 October 2016

JONES, ROBERT (BOB)
17 May 2017
Heart Failure

KANGAS, RAYMOND J.
19 December 2006

KAZAITIS, FRANK
13 Oct 2003
(Heart Attack)

KEENAN, BRIAN

December 2019

KILLEN, KEITH K.
1 January 2010
(Heart Attack)

KINDALL, EMIL J.
24 November 2009

KING, FLOYD
12 February 2007

KINNE, JAMES (Jim)
19 April 2012
(Head, Neck, and Throat Cancer)

KLAISNER, JAMES E.
11 October 2017
(Cancer)

KLOTZ, JOHN
5 August 2003

KNOWLES, MARION T.
May 2008

LANGER, EDWARD
1 December 1971

LANGFORD, THOMAS "DOC"
9 May 2016
(Cancer of the Pancreas)

LARKIN, THOMAS W.
19 March 2014

LEGAULT, ROBERT
21 September 2008

LEGENER, RICHARD G.
26 September 2004

LEMMON, ROBERT
27 November 2008

LEPKE, RICHARD (DICK)
22 January 2013
(Cancer)

LESSOR, DENNIS (DEDI)
14 November 2009
(Bladder Cancer)

LEUTIK, PETER
4 February 2022

LEVINE, GARY
15 October 2000

LIGHTNER, MARK
2003

LOBAN, GARY G.
17 July 1997

LOVETT, H. WAYNE
1 November 2023

LUMLEY, JOSEPH
December 1999

MACIAS, JOSE
31 December 2020
(COVID-19 Related)

MAHER, C.G. "BUD"
30 August 2013

MARKLE, GARY
28 September 1996

MARTINEZ, FRANK
15 December 2018

MAYSE, CONNIE BURTON, Jr.
17 August 1980
(Kidney Disease)

McDANIEL, JAMES (JIM), 15 April 2021
(Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis)

McCLOUD, DAVID R., Sr.14 November 2010

McCLURE, RALPH
January 2021

McCRARY, LANNY L.
4 June 2005
(Throat Cancer)

McEACHRON, DAVID R.
4 November 2003

McFADDEN, MICAEL C.
26 September 2020

McNATT, ORVILLE WAYNE "SCAT"
28 February 2012

McNEILL, JAMES "EDDIE"
18 December 2013

MERCADO, SIERRA
December 1991

MEULEMANS, VINCENT J.
26 August 1985

MILLER, ART (BUTCH)
14 July 2016
(Colon Cancer)

MILLER, CHARLES K.
9 November 2008

MILLER, THOMAS J.
2017

MILLUS, ROBERT (BOB)
23 August 1993
(Automobile Accident)

MIRANDA, GENE
15 November 1017

MITCHELL, PATRICK J.
16 December 2003

MITCHELL, RODGER ALLEN "MITCH"
4 December 2018

MODJESKI, HOWARD "MO"
August 2019

MOROSKY, CHARLES L.
13 June 2000

MORTENSEN, CHARLES R.
6 August 2002

NEUBAUER, WOHLRAD (III)
17 January 2012

NEWTH, JEFF
17 September 1987
(Heart Attack)
O'DONNELL, ROBERT V.
13 April 2014
(Brain Cancer)

O'SULLIVAN, JOHN I.
2 September 2013

OVERHAMM, DIRICK C. (DICK)
12 November 2010
(Accidental fall from roof of home)

OYLER, PHILLIP
1999

PARKER, DALE
14 July 2020

PETERSON, DONALD A.
19 July 1993

PFAFF, KENNETH
4 November 2014

POLLING, ALBERT E.
9 January 2004

PRESTON, JAMES A.
9 July 2008
(Cancer)

PUTMAN, RANDY
21 May 2021

QUINTERO, CARLOS E.
12 August 2009
(Lung Cancer)

RAMEY, JOHN
1 March 2023

RAWLINGS, JAMES R.
10 March 2014

REAVES, CARY “YOGI”
31 May 2022

REINHOLD, FRANK M.
14 April 2004
(Suspected Heart Attack)

RICE, KENNETH L.
11 DECEMBER 2005

RIDDLE
(No Date)

RITZSCHKE, CHARLES (RAY)
6 April 2010
(Lukemia)

ROACH, VERNON
15 October 1987

ROSENTHAL, DAVID A.
16 March 2007

ROTHS, PATRICK "PJ"
29 September 2016
(Liver Cancer)

RUSSELL, HENRY A.
27 February 2016
(Colon Cancer)

SALINAS, RUMALDO
9 June 2015

SARNECKI, ALOYSIUS P.
26 December 2007

SAUNDERS, THEADORE "TED"
4 October 2020
(Complications from Stroke)

SCHULTZ, MARVIN
8 November 2010

SCHUMACHER, DAVID
13 December 2015
(Heart Attach / COPD)

SCHUMACHER, REX
14 January 2011
(Pancreatic Cancer)

SCHWALBE, DANA
20 April 2008

SCHWARTZ, HENRY E.
8 July 2018

SEARCY, JAMES W.
4 December 2009

SEGER, WALTER L.
(No Date)

SELESKY, ED
21 March 2020

SHELBY, LEROY
1 January 2015
(Heart Attack)

SHEREDA, DAVID P.
1 August 2001

SHIFFLET, DANIEL E.
28 April 2007

SIMMONS, JERRY A.
17 January 2014

SIMMONS, CHAS
18 March 2021

SIMONS, LONNIE
20 October 2014
(Esophageal Canacer)

SIMPSON, HAROLD
1 May 2021

SKELLY, JAMES R.
April 2015

SMALLEY, DAVID B.
1992 or 1993

SMITH, GREGORY J.
29 July 2003
(Heart Attack)

SMITH, WARREN A.
1 September 1992

SOMERVILLE, GEORGE D.
4 January 1995

SOUDERS, JIM L.
4 August 2016
(Injuries from Auto Accident)

SOURS, SAMUEL L.
4 June 2010

STEIN, DAVID
13 October 1980
(PTSD)

STEPP, CLIFFORD "CLIFF"
21 January 2019

STORY, JAMES M.
13 June 2006

STREETER, DANIEL L.
9 November 2013
(Colon Cancer)

STUART, ROBERT M.
5 July 2006

STUART, THEODORE M.
7 May 2002

SWEITZER, JERRY R.
19 August 2009

TATE, MELVIN D.
27 November 2003

TEAGUE, GENE
14 February 2018
(Esophageal Cancer)

TENBRINK, MICHAEL
9 December 2008

THOMAS, CHARLES C.
22 November 1967

THOMPSON, FREDERICK
8 November 2002
(Lung Cancer)

TRAVIS, GEORGE J.
22 November 1967
(Auto Accident)

TURLEY, RUSSELL L.
15 August 1996

VICKERS, JOHN T.
24 October 1999

WADE, PATRICK L.
12 April 2004

WATSON, JOE 173 AHC
2 July 2021

WATTERS, KEITH J.
23 July 2007

WAUGH, DELBERT
18 October 2008

WEBSTER, GEORGE L.
23 May 2016
(Lung Cancer)

WEDDEN, RICHARD J.
13 August 2005

WELLOCK, JOHN P.
2 July 2008

WESTLAKE, EARLE J.
21 October 1998

WHEAT, THOMAS W.
14 September 1970
(Aircraft accident)

WOLF, EUGENE P.
(No date)

WOODS, THOMAS V.
2023

WYATT, JAMES M.
10 August 2007

WYLIE, DALE
4 December 2018

YATES, LEONARD M. "HOWDY"
21 January 2016
(Lung Cancer)

YOUNG, KEITH A.
18 December 2014

YOWELL, PERRY "PT"
11 August 2018
(Stroke)

ZEH, ROBERT A.
7 July 1971

ZELENIAK, ALEX
25 December 2006