Emory Jorgensen

November 6, 1967

(Obituary compiled from information found on the Internet.)

Emory Lee Jorgensen was born May 8, 1947 in Monterey, CA to Roy Allen and Irene Berl Hodge Jorgensen.  He joined the US Army in Salt Lake City, UT and became an infantryman, airborne qualified in the 2ND PLT, D CO, 4TH BN, 503RD INFANTRY, 173RD ABN BDE, USARV.  The tour that took his life began June 2, 1967.  He was lost in action at the age of 20 in Kontum Province, South Vietnam on November 6, 1967, killed by hostile gunfire.  Emory was awarded the Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service and Vietnam Campaign Medals.

Emory is buried in the Valley View Memorial Park, West Valley City, UT.

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James Schiele

July 12, 1967

(Obituary compiled from information found on the Internet.)

James Francis Schiele was born October 11, 1946 in Davenport, IA to Jerold Edward and Arlene Graba Schinckel Schiele.  He enlisted in the US Army March 30, 1966 as an infantryman and was declared dead March 27, 1978, nearly 11 years after he went missing in action in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam.  His body was not recovered.   James was awarded the Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service and Vietnam Campaign medals.

In Memory of  SSGT. James Francis Schiele
Staff Sergeant Schiele was a member of Company B, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. On July 12, 1967, he was on a search and destroy mission along the Cambodian border when his unit was overrun. He was badly wounded and listed as Missing in Action. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.

Staff Sergeant
B CO, 1ST BN, 12TH INFANTRY, 4TH INF DIV, USARV
Army of the United States
Granger, Utah
October 11, 1946 to March 27, 1978
(Incident Date July 12, 1967)
JAMES F SCHIELE is on the Wall at Panel 23E, Line 65
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A Note from The Virtual Wall

On 12 July 1967, the 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry, was engaged in the Ia Drang Valley by a battalion or larger force from the 66th NVA Regiment. When engaged, the 1/12's three rifle companies were physically separated, allowing the enemy force to attack the companies individually - B Company and C Company were isolated and taken under attack. Although C Company suffered only minor losses (5 wounded and none killed), B Company took heavy losses.

When the fighting ended seven US soldiers could not be located. Six years later, five of them returned from North Vietnamese POW camps, but two did not. SP4 James F. Schiele is believed to have died in captivity; his body has not been recovered.

John Kaas

June 20, 1967

(Obituary compiled from information found on the Internet.)

John Dennis Kaas was born September 9, 1944 in East Ely, NV to Edward Peter and Inez Wood Evans Kaas. 

John was the third of seven children: Mary Ellen, Jesse Edward, Inez Ilene, Janice, Christy Lynn, and Ronald P. Kaas.

John passed away on June 20, 1967 in Washington, DC and is buried in the Bountiful Memorial Park, Bountiful, UT.

Deen Scoffield

May 21, 1967

Bennion, Salt Lake County - Funeral services for Deen Bradshaw Scoffield, 20, 5685 S. Redwood Road, who was killed May 21, in Park City, will be Wednesday 12:30 p.m., Bennion LDS Ward chapel, 6215 S. Redwood Rd. Friends may call at 4330 S. Redwood Road Tuesday from 6-8 p.m., at the chapel Wednesday one hour prior to services. Burial Valley View Memorial Park.

Born Jan. 4, 1947, Salt Lake City, to Deen A. and Marie Bradshaw Scoffield. Married Suzanne Swain Aug. 6, 1965, Salt Lake City. Mechanic. Member LDS Church.

Survivors: widow; son, Anthony, Bennion; parents, Kearns; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Bradshaw, Roy; brother, sisters, Robert C. of Kearns; Mrs. Michael C. (Pat) Brown, Salt Lake City; Mrs. David G. (Paula) Strand, Granger.

SUSPECT, 35, HEARS SLAY CASE COUNT

A Park City man, Jerry R. Marcellin, 35, Monday was charged with second degree murder in the fatal shooting of a Salt Lake County man on Park City's Main Street early Sunday morning.

Victim of the shooting, which occurred in front of the Treasure Mountain Inn, was Deen Bradshaw Scoffield, 20, 5685 S. Redwood Rd.

His brother, Robert Carl Scoffield, 18, 5561 S. 4120 West, Kearns, was wounded in the hand.

Ronald R. Robinson, Summit County sheriff, said he believed a single shot hit the younger brother's hand and then struck the victim near the heart. Park City Police Officer Merrial Street, who was driving a patrol car near the scene of the shooting, said he saw two men standing at the driver's side of a car stopped in the middle of the street.

He then heard one shot and one of the men fell to the ground.

Park City Precinct Justice James B. Kilby said Marcellin had been released on $5,000 bail. A preliminary hearing has been set for June 27. The complaint was signed before Justice Kilby by the county sheriff.

The Salt Lake Tribune, Tuesday, May 23, 1967, page 34