My home Town Suffers Four Loses in Vietnam 

Girard Illinois, small town south of Springfield on Il Rt 4 (old rt 66) Population around 1700 in 1970

Casualty Date Jan 8 1968  I remember how fast the news spread when Ron Fox was killed. I was a senior in high school then. His dad ran our pool hall.

Casualty Date April 7 1969  Darrell  was a couple years older than me but I know his family.  I had just entered basic training at that time. 

Casualty Date July 12 1969 Richard England lived on Center Street, not sure what happened to his family but I was in AIT when I heard he had been killed.

Casualty Date Nov 25 1971 Tom Prose had a big family and was a couple years younger than me.  His brother was  in my high school class. I was back in the world when Tom was killed.