18/04/2025
The Times-Republican/Tama-Grundy newspaper staff is seeking information on 32 area men listed as casualties during the Vietnam War. Please contact Mike Donahey at [email protected] with information.
Grundy County casualties include:
*James Howard Pence – Dec. 28, 1969 – Conrad – USMC-LCPL
*Robert John Podnar – June 5, 1970 – Reinbeck – Army – SP4
Tama County casualties include:
*William Jay Balfour – Sept. 21, 1967 – Toledo – USMC -CPL
*Dale Earl Benson – Jan. 15, 1967 – Tama – Army – PFC
*Charles William Cook – June 28, 1971 – Tama – Army – SP5
*Larry Albert Dahms – Nov. 17, 1970 – Garwin – Navy – CE3
*Stephen Craig Hass – June 21, 1967 – Gladbrook – Army – PFC
*Gerald Carl Kinny – Jan. 31, 1968 – Toledo – USMC – PFC
*John Ga***rd Kopriva – June 22, 1969 – Traer – Army – SGT
*Norbert Albert Podhajsky – Nov. 29, 1970 – Toledo – USAF – Cpt.
*Gary Ladd Squiers- Jan. 28, 1969 – Toledo – USMC – PFC
*Richard Clive Youngbear – Feb. 3, 1969 – Tama – Army – SGT
MARSHALLTOWN – The Times-Republican newspaper is seeking information on 32 area men listed as casualties during the Vietnam War. This information will be used to supplement each man’s brief military biography as part of a series of articles beginning April 30 in the T-R and affiliated publicatio...
The local newspaper serving the communities of Reinbeck, Gladbrook, and Garwin.
