The Lawton Constitution from Lawton, Oklahoma • Page 14

4 THE LAWTON CONSTITUTION, Thursday, June 3, 1971 Area Men In The Service ManCharged COMMISSIONED BY BROTHER, John Fremiii, left, is congratulated by his brother. Lt. Thomas Fremin, after lie had commissioned him as a second lieutenant In the Marine Corps xf" Mp' UNIT CITY MAN TRAINS AT UTAH AIR BASE S. Sgl. Allen R.

Kaynes, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Hayjies, 1335 Ash.

is on duty at the Air Force's new consolidated and advanced helicopter training school at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Sgt, Ha'ynes, a radio repairman, was specially selected to help activate the Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service's 1550th Training and'Test Wing that will, conduct the school when it becomes operational in July. The sergeant came to Hill from AUus Air Force Base. He has completed a tour of duty in Vietnam. He is a 1962 graduate of Lawton School.

CITYAN ASSIGNED during gradnatton ceremonies at Oklahoma Stale University. The two men are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Fremin. 1501 Lake.

John, a graduate of Lawlon High School, attended Cameron College. Atler taking Officers Basic Course al Quantlco, the 22-year-old Marine will be assigned at Pensacola, for fllghl training. His wife, (lie former TVayna Nease, is with him at the Virginia base. LAWTON MAN COMMANDS BATTALION IN VIETNAM Lt, Col. 'Barry B.

Bannister, wife lives in Lawton, recently participated with other members of the 15th Field Artillery's 7th Battalion in offensive operations in the Northwestern Central highlands of Viet-lperimenl. iCrTYAN TRAINING lIN CALIFORNIA Pvt. Archie Radford 18. whose mother, Mrs. Lottie Radford, lives at 120 Bell, is assigned to Ft.

Ord, where he is training under the Modern Volunteer Army Field Ex- Pvt. Marion E. Jessie. 22. son of Mrs.

Genevieve McMillion of In Rape Case Rape charges were tiled in District Court today against a 25-year-old southside Lawton man accused of raping a six- months pregnant 30-year-old woman early Wednesday morning. Charged a Ernie L. Holmes, 1505 Georgia. He was arrested al his home about 9 a.m. Wednesday, approximately five hours aftef the incident occurred.

Patrol Sgl. Jerry Butler said the victim reported she was awakened by a noise in her bedroom and saw a man standing beside her bed. The man was dressed in a black sweater and purple pants. Butler said, ajid wore socks on his hands. The woman said she was hit on the forehead and in the eye by the man who took her into Consulfant To POW Families Sets Visit A WOMAN' hired by- the Army chief of staff as a coiv sullant to the families of Army missing or prisoners of war in Southeast Asia, will visit Fort Sill next week.

Mrs. Iris R. Powers, whose a front room where the alleged son has 'been missing in South Vietnam since 1969. is scheduled lo arrive at Lawton Mu- jnicipal Airport. al 2:13 Tuesday, June S.

She will leave Lawton early Thursday afternoon. Last March, Gen. William G. Westmoreland announced her appointment as the consultant for Uie U.S. Army to the next of kin of Army, members missing and captured in Southeast Asia.

In addition to her Army position. Mrs, Powers also is a present board member and past national coordinator of the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia. 1931 Monroe, recenUy was as- atlack ccurred a an Infantryman with said the 61st Military pany in Vietnam. Police Com- PvL Jessie's wife is a Lawton resident. LAWTON MAN PROMOTED TO SERGEANT IN JAPAN Robert C.

Waif, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Wolf, Route 2, Lawton, has been pro- the suspect arrested within an hour afler police were informed of-the incident. Three Receive Cameron Grants In Tier consulting role she vises Gen.

Westmoreland on a 'the ways the Array can best serve the families of soldiers captured or missing in Southeast Asia. She is currently traveling throughout the United States visiting more than 700 next kin of soldiers listed as miss-' inj; or prisoners. families. Pi'esent-plans call for her to contact the families of WetheriLl, will be on leave that time. a the men saw Powers after the crash and later said he was eighl missing soldiers by tele- Mrs.

Powers has been injured, phone during her stay at Fort i in the National League of Fam-j The three men made their lilies of American Prisoners and I way back to the landing zone. 'Missing in Southeast Asia since Powers, meanwhile, had disap- J1970, In May of that year she went to Washington, D.C., lo or- peared. Hostile forces were known to be in the area be- ganize the league's headquar-j cause of contact the previous ters. She served as national co-might. ordinator until October, 1970.

The warrant officer is 25 Her son, CWO Lowell S. old. He attended Arizona ere, has been missing since Ap-j Stale University for about three ril 2, 1969. Tie was piloting before entering the Army CH-47 Chinook, helicopter thatiin February of 1966. was extracting South Vietnam- Mrs.

Powers will visit Fort icse troops when the aircraft before coming to developed mechanical troublejFort Sill. She will fly to Ft. (and crashed. The'hclicopler im-iLeat'enworth, from there, mediately began burning and'Her nationwide lour will con- exploded three minutes after 1 tinue until July 10. the impact.

The Army currently lists 467 Three other Americans as missinR or captured board the craft survived. One by Uie enemy in Southeast Asia. MRS. IRIS POWERS Sill. All of the soldiers are from; She also is visiting Oklahoma or North Texas.

Lawlon High School'Army headquarters around thej After talking with the fam-i moted to staff sergeant in thejgraduates have been given tui- country making recommenda-'ilies. sn will confer with Fort! Three Pvt Radford entered the From a pivotal location eight in of 1971 and is miles from the tn-border, his to complete his vol- unit expended over 2,000 roundsj untaTy u-aining in June in support of the Vietnamese Army offensive operations in 1 the Ben Het area. I Col. Bannister is the battalion! commander. He entered the; Army in 1954 and last com-i manded the 5th Battalion of I 22nd Artillery in Vietnam.

i He holds the Air Medal, two awards of the Bronze Star Medal and the Army Commendation Medal. Air Force. Sgt. Wolf is an electrical power production specialist at Fuchu Air Station, Japan. He is assigned to a unit of the Air Force Communications Service which provides global communications and air traffic control CTTYAN'S HUSBAND AT FT.

HOOD i Sst. 1 Curtis A. Parker re-1 cently was assigned to the 2nd! Armored Division at Ft. Tex. I Sgt.

Parker is assigned as assistant operations officer Headquarters Battery of the di-j vision's Division Artillery. 1952 graduate of East High! School KnoxviMe, Term. JAMES DANIELS 3TS SiJfSBJSSSffia Airman James Daniels, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W.

Daniels, 603 Arbuckle, has com- 'leted basic training at Lackland Air Force Base. Tex, Be has -been assigned lo Sheppard Air jfor the USAF. I The sergeant is a 1968 grad- luale of Lawton High School JLAWTONUN PROMOTED I AT CALIFONIA POST Tommy W. Morris, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Thomas Morris, 710 has been promoted to sergeant in the Air Force. Sgt. Morris is a metal specialist at Castle Air' Force Base, Calif. He is as-j I signed to a unit of the Strategic I Air Command. I The sergeant has completed a i tour of duty in the Republic of Korea.

I He graduated in 1967 from I Lawton High School, His wifej iis the former Nancy Carr, of Lawton. LATVTON SERGEANT MEMBER OF HONOR UNIT Tech. Sjrt. Jimmy D. Bennett, son of Mr.

and Mrs. C. H. Bennett, 2512 has helped his Mimrtemen unit earn top honor 11 as the best missile -sing in Strategic Air Command. Sgt.

Bennett is assigned i the freshman year. I DISCOVER AMERICA H. regular com-1 lion scholarships to Cameron I tions for better services to thej Sill's acting commander, Brig. College. They are Dale Tinkle- paugh, Michael Baggelt, and Valerie Gurtkel.

Each of the scholarships consist of waiver of tuition for 16 hours of college work during) I Gen. Lawrence iJr. Fort Sill's Imander, Maj. Gen. Roderick! Ncrmol T.

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Tale, 18, son of -Mrs. Lena V. Tate, 904 i S. Third. an3 of William P.

Tate, 506 has completed basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, Tex. He has been assigned to Chanute Air Force Base, 111., for training in the aircraft equipment maintenance field. Airman Tate attended Lawton High School. His wife, the former JoAnn Brown, also of Lawton, is with him at the Illinois base. LA.WTON SERGEANT EARNS COMMENDATION Sgt.

l.C. Dickie J. Marcel, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Marcel, 106 Dearborn, and whose wife, Inge, also is a Lawton resident, recently received LAWTONLVN'S SON PROMOTED IN VIETNAM i Gerald Stout, 20, son of and Mrs.

Dean Stout. IB, recently was promoted to private first class near Chu Lai, Vietnam, while serving as a cannoneer in Headquarters snd Service Battery, 1st Battalion of the 23rd Infantry Division's 14th Sgt. Bennett, a site and wing personnel were recog-jl nized for conducting the best' such tactical operations in thei command during the past year, i The sergeant has completed a year of duty in Vietnam and also served 13 months in the Republic of Korea. He is a 1961 graduate of Fol-J Artillery. the Army Commendation Medal near Can Tho, Vietnam.

The medal was awarded for meritorious service and for the recipient having demonstrated sMBs and dedication far above the average. Sgt. Marcel received the award while assigned as an engineer equipment supervisor in Company 69th Engineer Battalion. The sergeant entered the Army in 1964 after graduating from Lawton High School. lie lias served three tour of duty in Germany, one assignment in Korea, and has recently returned from Vietnam.

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