
    

 

2nd
Battalion, 34th Armor's
Vietnam
Killed in Action Honor
Roll*
"Dreadnaughts,
For Eternity"
"Gone
from those who loved them....but
never forgotten"
Name: |
Rank: |
Company |
MOS |
Date of Casualty: |
Age |
Province: |
Panel |
Line |
William Arthur Aldag |
SGT |
A CO. ** |
11E10 |
Tuesday, February 24, 1970 |
20 |
Tay Ninh |
13W |
50 |
Frank Tisnero Alday |
SSG |
|
11B20 |
Wednesday, February 28, 1968 |
22 |
Gia Dinh |
41E |
58 |
Sanford Thomas Allen |
SSG |
|
11E40 |
Thursday, May 9, 1968 |
39 |
Hau Nghia |
57E |
13 |
Robert Ralph Anderson |
SP4 |
A CO. |
11E20 |
Thursday, March 16, 1967 |
20 |
Tay Ninh |
16E |
88 |
Vaughn Marvin Angell |
SSG |
A CO. |
11E40 |
Friday, January 19, 1968 |
31 |
Binh Duong |
34E |
73 |
Robert Glen Ardoin |
SP4 |
C CO. |
11E20 |
Saturday, August 2, 1969 |
19 |
Thua Thien |
20W |
84 |
Upton Finley Ashley |
SSG |
HHC |
11D40 |
Thursday, November 3, 1966 |
25 |
Bien Hoa |
12E |
12 |
Rennie Joe Baker, Jr |
CPL |
D CO |
11D10 |
Friday, July 11, 1969 |
25 |
Tay Ninh |
21W |
97 |
Bobby G. Barbre (fn #17) |
SP4 |
A CO. |
UNK
|
Thursday, May 8, 1969
|
21 |
Binh Duong |
25W
|
29
|
Merrill Barnes |
SFC |
B CO. |
94B40 |
Monday, May 26, 1969 |
47 |
Binh Duong |
24W |
109 |
David William Barnett |
E5 |
B CO. |
11E40 |
Saturday, May 2, 1970 |
18 |
Cambodia |
11W |
82 |
Steven Wayne Bowers |
SP4 |
C CO. ** |
91B20 |
Thursday, July 27, 1967 |
20 |
Quang Tin |
24E |
5 |
Ronald A. Brown |
SGT |
HHC |
11D40 |
Friday, May 23, 1969 |
20 |
Binh Duong |
24W |
82 |
Wilfried Burck |
CPL |
A CO. |
11E20 |
Thursday, April 27, 1967 |
20 |
Tay Ninh |
18E |
100 |
Dieter Hans Burger |
SSG |
C CO. |
11E40 |
Tuesday, September 5, 1967 |
27* |
Quang Ngai |
25E |
113 |
Jerry Duane Byers |
SP4 |
C CO. |
91B20 |
Wednesday, March 1, 1967 |
20 |
Binh Duong |
15E |
126 |
Michael Joseph Byron |
SP4 |
B CO. (C CO. **) |
11E20 |
Friday, May 3, 1968 (fn #18) |
27 |
Thua Thien |
42W |
66 |
William Miles Caldwell |
SGT |
A CO. ** |
11E20 |
Monday, April 13, 1970 |
19 |
Bien Hoa |
12W |
130 |
Timothy Lynn Carley |
SP4 |
B CO. ** |
11E20 |
Wednesday, March 26, 1969 |
19 |
Binh Long |
28W |
44 |
James Gilbert Case (fn #9) |
MSG |
HHC S2 |
11D50 |
Friday, May 2, 1969 |
33 |
Binh Duong |
26W |
97 |
Jesse Romero Castro |
PFC |
C CO. |
11E10 |
Thursday, March 9, 1967 |
20 |
Gia Dinh |
16E |
44 |
Ernest Chaffins, Jr (fn #10) |
SSG |
A CO. |
11E40 |
Monday, February 26, 1968 |
25 |
Hau Nghia |
41E |
36 |
Richard Garland Clark |
PFC |
C CO. |
11E10 |
Sunday, January 8, 1967 |
20 |
Binh Duong |
13E |
125 |
Charles Edward Clay |
SGT |
HHC |
11C40 |
Wednesday, February 26, 1969 |
31 |
Binh
Doung |
31W |
65 |
Merrell J. Clayburn (fn #2) |
SP4 |
C CO. |
11E20 |
Sunday, September 17, 1967 |
20 |
Quang Ngai |
26e |
82 |
Charles Fisher Clendenin |
SGT |
HHC |
11D40 |
Sunday, June 29, 1969 |
21 |
Binh Duong |
21W |
31 |
Robert Wesley Cooper |
SP4 |
A CO. |
11E20 |
Friday, December 22, 1967 |
19 |
Binh Duong |
32E |
43 |
Courtney James Cosgrove |
SP4 |
HHC |
11C20 |
Sunday, June 29, 1969 |
21 |
Binh Duong |
21W |
31 |
Gerald Wayne Cox, Jr |
CPL |
C CO. |
11E10 |
Sunday, May 12, 1968 |
26 |
Thua Thien |
59E |
1 |
Ronald Jay Crandall |
PFC |
HHC |
36K20 |
Friday, June 23, 1967 |
20 |
Not Reported |
22E |
53 |
Rell Crigger, Jr (fn #7) |
E4 |
HHC |
11D20 |
Sunday, February 2, 1969 |
20 |
Binh Duong |
33W |
37 |
Samuel Kent Culbertson |
SP4 |
A CO. |
11E20 |
Saturday, May 11, 1968 |
21 |
Hau Nghia |
58E |
18 |
George Howard Daniels II |
SP5 |
A CO. ** |
11E20 |
Thursday, September 4, 1969 |
21 |
Binh Duong |
18W |
32 |
Thomas James Daniels |
SP4 |
C CO. ** |
91B20 |
Sunday, September 17, 1967 |
21 |
Quang Ngai |
26E |
82 |
Donald Paul Davies |
SP5 |
HHC |
11D20 |
Sunday, June 29, 1969 |
20 |
Binh Duong |
21W |
32 |
Douglas O'Neill Davis |
SSG |
A CO |
11E40 |
Thursday, February 22, 1968 |
35 |
Gia Dinh |
40E |
61 |
Charles Augustus Davis |
SSG |
A CO. |
11E40 |
Wednesday, October 25, 1967 |
25 |
Binh Duong |
28E |
65 |
Tom Davis, Jr |
SSG |
A CO. ? |
11E40 |
Monday, March 25, 1968 |
31 |
Thua Thien |
46E |
16 |
Alan Eunice Davis (fn #14) |
PFC |
FORMERLY B CO. |
11F10 |
Sunday, March 21, 1971 |
21 |
Quang Tri |
04W |
63 |
George Wesley De Jarnett |
SP4 |
A CO. |
63C20 |
Thursday, February 29, 1968 |
25 |
Binh Duong |
42E |
3 |
Richard Lawrence De Laney |
SGT |
|
12C40 |
Saturday, June 7, 1969 |
19 |
--- |
23W |
99 |
Alexander Nich Di Guardia |
SP4 |
A CO. |
11E20 |
Thursday, October 26, 1967 |
21* |
Binh Duong |
28E |
73 |
Patrick Ralph Doner |
PFC |
C CO. ** |
11E20 |
Friday, August 4, 1967 |
18 |
Not Reported |
24E |
76 |
Robert Martin Donavan |
1LT |
HHC ** |
1203 |
Wednesday, May 15, 1968 |
22 |
Binh Duong |
60E |
21 |
William David Dowd |
SP4 |
HHC |
11E20 |
Friday, January 5, 1968 |
21 |
Tay Ninh |
33E |
47 |
David Edward Dumond (fn #3) |
SP4 |
C CO. ** |
11E10 |
Sunday, September 17, 1967 |
20 |
Quang Ngai |
26E |
83 |
Donald Homer
D'wiggins, Jr |
CPT |
A CO. ** |
1203 |
Sunday, November 9, 1969 |
25 |
Tay Ninh |
16W |
49 |
Bruce
C. Elkins (fn#22) |
SGT |
FORMERLY B CO. |
11B40 |
Saturday,
November 14, 1970 |
22 |
Binh Duong |
06W |
59 |
Wayne Herschel Emerson |
SP4 |
HHC ** |
52B20 |
Sunday, June 29, 1969 |
20 |
Binh Duong |
21W |
32 |
Steven Gill Epperson |
1LT |
HHC ** |
1203 |
Saturday, February 21, 1970 |
23 |
Tay Ninh |
13W |
41 |
James Kenneth Flannery |
1LT |
C CO. ** |
1203 |
Thursday, April 16, 1970 |
23 |
Quang Tri |
11W |
13 |
Jerry Fletcher |
PFC |
C CO |
11B10 |
Sunday, May 12, 1968 |
20 |
Gia Dinh |
59E |
6 |
Arlan Dean Gable |
SGT |
C CO |
11E40 |
Monday, July 10, 1967 |
29 |
Quang Ngai |
23E |
42 |
Harlan Kenneth Gammons, Jr |
SP4 |
A CO. ** |
11E10 |
Friday, January 9, 1970 |
20 |
Tay Ninh |
14W |
17 |
Edward W. Gero |
SP5 |
C CO |
61C20 |
Thursday, February 22, 1968 |
25 |
Tay Ninh |
40E |
62 |
Charles Anthony Geronimo |
SSG |
C CO. |
11E40 |
Sunday, May 12, 1968 |
21 |
Thua Thien |
59E |
3 |
David Randolph Gifford (fn #4) |
SP5 |
A CO |
11E40 |
Saturday. December 16, 1967 |
21 |
Binh Duong |
32E |
9 |
Terry Lee Gilpin |
CPL |
C CO. |
11E10 |
Sunday, August 2, 1970 |
21 |
Quang Tri |
08W |
77 |
Robert Razo Gomez |
SGT |
B CO. |
11E40 |
Wednesday, November 16, 1966 |
28 |
Binh Duong |
12E |
78 |
Gerald Lee Griffin, Jr (fn #12) |
SGT |
B CO. |
11D40 |
Friday, April 3, 1970 |
19 |
Bien Hoa |
12W |
88 |
Rodney Lynn Griffin |
SGT |
HHC ** |
11D40 |
Saturday, May 2, 1970 / Wednesday, January
16, 1974 |
25* |
Cambodia |
11W |
85 |
John Dean Hall |
CPL |
HHC ** |
11D10 |
Wednesday, February 28, 1968 |
21 |
Binh Duong |
41E |
65 |
Peter Mykal Hansen |
1LT |
A CO. |
1203 |
Wednesday, November 29, 1967 |
22 |
Binh Duong |
31E |
4 |
Robert Louis Harter |
SGT |
A CO |
11E20 |
Sunday, March 2, 1969 |
21 |
Hoa Nghia |
30W |
13 |
Octaviano Martinez Harvey |
PFC |
B CO. |
11E10 |
Wednesday, November 16, 1966 |
21* |
Binh Duong |
12E |
80 |
Ronald Eugene Harwell (fn #6) |
SSG |
FORMERLY B CO. |
76Y40 |
Wednesday, October 16, 1970 |
32 |
Quang Tri |
7W |
33 |
Jackie Vernon Hensley |
SSG |
C CO. |
11E40 |
Sunday, January 26, 1969 |
20 |
Thua Thien |
34W |
84 |
Gary Patrick Hershberger |
SGT |
A CO. |
11E40 |
Tuesday, November 25, 1969 |
19 |
Tay Ninh |
16W |
121 |
William Earl Hibpshman |
SP5 |
B CO. |
11E40 |
Wednesday, June 25, 1969 |
20 |
Binh Duong |
21W |
13 |
Alvester Hill |
SSG |
C CO. |
11E40 |
Wednesday, March 1, 1967 |
33 |
Binh Duong |
15E |
128 |
William Eddie Hocker |
CPT |
C CO. |
1203 |
Tuesday, September 5, 1967 |
27 |
Quang Ngai |
26E |
1 |
Richard Ancil Holt (fn #1) |
1LT |
B CO. |
1542 |
Thursday, June 6, 1968 |
21 |
Binh Duong |
59W |
5 |
Charles Earnest Hood |
PVT |
A CO. |
11E10 |
Wednesday, October 25, 1967 |
19 |
Binh Duong |
28E |
67 |
James Curtis Houghton |
SP4 |
A CO. |
45G20 |
Saturday, December 16, 1967 |
22* |
Binh Duong |
32E |
10 |
Jeffrey Andrew Hults |
1LT |
HHC (A CO *) |
1203 |
Monday, February 12, 1968 |
22 |
Hau Nghia |
39E |
6 |
Harold C. Hunter (fn #16) |
SGT |
FORMERLY ? |
11D40 |
Tuesday, August 30, 1971 |
23 |
Quang Tri |
02W |
6 |
Robert Allen Jans |
SGT |
HHC ** |
11D40 |
Monday, February 26, 1968 |
26 |
Hau Nghia |
41E |
39 |
Steven Howard Johnson (fn #8) |
SP4 |
A CO |
11E20 |
Friday, March 7, 1969 |
21 |
Hoa Nghia |
30W |
65 |
Sammy Jones, Jr |
PFC |
B CO. |
11E10 |
Wednesday, November 16, 1966 |
20* |
Binh Duong |
12E |
79 |
Floyd Dale Ketels |
SGT |
B CO. |
63C20 |
Wednesday, April 1, 1970 |
18 |
Bien Hoa |
12W |
73 |
John Albert Kimzey |
SSG |
A CO. ** |
11E40 |
Monday, March 30, 1970 |
20 |
Long Khanh |
12W |
61 |
Larry Don Knippel |
SSG |
B CO. |
11E40 |
Friday, March 13, 1970 |
20 |
Bien Hoa |
13W |
122 |
Donald Chester Le Blond |
SSG |
HHC ** |
94B20 |
Wednesday, February 26, 1969 |
21 |
Hau Nghia |
31W |
69 |
Steve William Lewicki |
SP4 |
A CO. |
11E20 |
Monday, February 12, 1968 |
20 |
Hau Nghia |
39E |
7 |
Richard J. Loiselle (fn #11) |
PFC |
C CO. |
11E10 |
Wednesday, May 10, 1967 |
19 |
Quang Ngai |
19E |
83 |
Herbert James Lottes |
SP4 |
HHC |
11D40 |
Sunday, June 29, 1969 |
20 |
Binh Duong |
21W |
33 |
Frank Ronald Manello |
SP4 |
|
11E20 |
Wednesday, February 21, 1968 |
23 |
Gia Dinh |
40E |
54 |
Hugh Robert Mc
Kibbin, Jr |
1LT |
B CO. |
1203 |
Friday, February 2, 1968 |
25 |
Binh Duong |
36E |
79 |
Michael Ronald Michels |
1LT |
C CO. |
1203 |
Sunday, January 26, 1969 |
23 |
Thua Thien |
34W |
86 |
Lewis Dayton Moles |
SP4 |
C CO.
|
11E20 |
Saturday, August 8, 1970 |
21 |
Quang Tri |
6W |
94 |
James Davis Molpus |
1LT |
A. CO &&& |
1542 |
Thursday, May 2, 1968 |
21 |
Hoa Nghia |
54E |
12 |
Bennie Frank Monfort |
SSG |
C CO. (HHC CO. **) |
11E40 |
Monday, May 6, 1968 |
28 |
Thua Thien |
56E |
12 |
Marvin Eugene Monroe |
SP4 |
|
11D20 |
Friday, February 9, 1968 |
20 |
Binh Duong |
38E |
56 |
David Robert Morgan |
SGT |
A CO |
11E40 |
Friday, March 7, 1969 |
24 |
Hoa Nghia |
30W |
71 |
Robert Frank Nolan |
SGT |
HHC |
05B20 |
Tuesday, May 7, 1968 |
21 |
Gia Dinh |
56E |
29 |
Ceizhar Vale Pagcaliuagan |
PFC |
HHC ** |
91A10 |
Thursday, February 29, 1968 |
21 |
Tay Ninh |
42E |
8 |
Ronald Eugene Parr |
PFC |
B CO. ** |
11E10 |
Tuesday, April 30, 1968 |
19 |
Binh Duong |
53E |
20 |
Mark Edward Policastro |
PFC |
HHC ** |
11E20 |
Monday, February 26, 1968 |
19 |
Hau Nghia |
41E |
42 |
Bunyan Durant Price, Jr |
SSG |
HHC ** |
--- |
Saturday, May 2, 1970 / Monday, November
20, 1978 |
28* |
Cambodia |
11W |
87 |
Thomas F. Przybelski |
1LT |
A CO. ** |
1204 |
Monday, May 13, 1968 |
21 |
Hau Nghia |
59E |
29 |
Jose Luis Quinones |
SGT |
B CO. |
31B20 |
Wednesday, April 1, 1970 |
22 |
Bien Hoa |
12W |
74 |
Dale Wayne Richardson (fn #13) |
MAJ |
D CO. (HHC CO. **) |
1203 |
Saturday, May 2, 1970 / Monday, January 15,
1979 |
37* |
Cambodia |
11W |
87 |
Timothy Howard Rinehart (fn #5) |
CPL |
C CO. |
11E40 |
Friday, December 22, 1967 |
19* |
Tay Ninh |
32E |
46 |
Rodney Allen Roddam |
PFC |
HHC |
91A10 |
Wednesday, May 29, 1968 |
19 |
Thua Thien |
63W |
12 |
Joe Stelo Rodriguez |
SSG |
|
11B40 |
Thursday, February 29, 1968 |
30 |
Quang Tin |
42E |
9 |
James Curtiss Roland |
SSG |
B CO. |
11E40 |
Friday, March 13, 1970 |
20 |
Bien Hoa |
13W |
124 |
Steven Robert Rowles |
SP4 |
B CO ** |
11E20 |
Thursday, January 16, 1969 |
20 |
Binh Duong |
34W |
18 |
Kenneth Eugene Sanders |
PFC |
HHC |
11D10 |
Thursday, November 3, 1966 |
19 |
Bien Hoa |
12E |
12 |
David Joel Schultz |
PFC |
C CO |
11B10 |
Thursday, April 4, 1968 |
21 |
Tay Ninh |
48E |
10 |
David Alan Schultz |
SP4 |
C CO. ** |
63C20 |
Tuesday, September 5, 1967 |
19 |
Quang Ngai |
26E |
4 |
Thomas King Smith |
SP5 |
|
11E20 |
Thursday, August 22, 1968 |
23 |
Tay Ninh |
47W |
33 |
Floyd Tyrone Spencer |
SGT |
HHC |
94B20 |
Monday, March 11, 1968 |
24 |
Hoa Nghia |
44E |
021 |
Ernest Michael Staines |
CPL |
HHC |
36K20 |
Sunday, June 29, 1969 |
19 |
Binh Duong |
21W |
34 |
Minoru Tanaka |
SSG |
HHC ** |
11D40 |
Tuesday, November 28, 1967 |
36 |
Hau Nghia |
31E |
1 |
Harry Lee Theurkauf |
SP5 |
B CO. ** |
11E20 |
Wednesday, June 5, 1968 |
22 |
Binh Duong |
60W |
23 |
David Harold Tomikel |
PVT |
B CO |
94B10 |
Saturday, January 18, 1969 |
21 |
Bihn Duong |
34W |
34 |
Allen Ray Towner |
SSG |
HHC |
71L40 |
Friday, January 23, 1970 |
20 |
Tay Ninh |
14W |
61 |
Thomas Lee Troelstrup |
SP4 |
B CO. (HHC CO. **) |
11D20 |
Monday, January 2, 1967 |
20 |
Binh Duong |
13E |
111 |
Watson Underwood, Jr |
SGT |
HHC ** |
11D20 |
Tuesday, April 2, 1968 |
21 |
Binh Duong |
47E |
44 |
Joseph Vierra |
PFC |
C CO. |
11E10 |
Thursday, March 2, 1967 |
20 |
Binh Duong |
16E |
5 |
Dennis Richard Volk |
SP5 |
B CO. ** |
71H20 |
Wednesday, June 5, 1968 |
21 |
Binh Duong |
60W |
20 |
Robert Lee Walker |
PFC |
HHC ** |
11D10 |
Monday, February 26, 1968 |
19 |
Hau Nghia |
41E |
45 |
Dixie De Wallace |
SP4 |
HHC (A CO *) |
11E10 |
Monday, May 13, 1968 |
21 |
Hau Nghia |
60E |
4 |
David Charles Williams |
SP5 |
A CO |
11E40 |
Monday, February 12, 1968 |
21 |
Gia Dinh |
39E |
15 |
John Hutchings Winborne |
1LT |
? |
1203 |
Friday, October 2, 1970 |
24 |
Tay Ninh |
7W |
109 |
Vernon Wayne Woody |
CPL |
HHC ** |
11D20 |
Friday, January 30, 1970 |
22 |
Tay Ninh |
14W |
82 |
Arthur Emerson Wright III |
1LT |
B CO. |
1203 |
Friday, November 25, 1966 |
23 |
Binh Duong |
12E |
118 |
Ronald G. Yacks |
SP4 |
HHC (A CO *) |
11E20 |
Sunday, September 17, 1967 |
21* |
Quang Ngai |
26E |
87 |
Robert Milton Young |
CPT |
BN S1/ A CO (HHC CO. **) |
1203 |
Saturday, May 2, 1970 / Sunday, September
17, 1972 |
27* |
Cambodia |
11W |
89 |
* = Age
determined and or estimated |
|
** =
Information on company comes from the Virtual Wall Project database. |
|
(fn #17) = Wounds received in Hobo Woods, died in December 14, 1970, after
E.T.S.
Name added to Wall in 2006. |
|
(fn #18) = The
"Wall" date is wrong, date is approximate per Bill Stephenson,
other data is suspect for Micheal J. Byron. |
|
(fn #13) =
Dale was on his second tour with the 2/34th Armor, his first was 66-67 as
the Lt. of the Mortar Platoon. |
|
(fn #6) =
Ronald was evidently on a second tour with "Advisors", his first
tour was with B Company 66-67 as a SP5. |
|
(fn #12) =
Gerald was added after comparing names from companies to Vietnam KIA
database. |
|
(fn #3) =
David was added after being remembered by T.M. Tate - C Company |
|
(fn #9) =
James was added after being remembered by Thomas Boling, HQ Co. C.O. 1969 |
|
(fn #1)=
Richard was remembered by J.J. McClelland, B CO 68 |
|
(fn #10) =
Ernest was remembered by Lowell Ringham & G. Bonnema - A Co. 1967-68,
Lt. James Davis 68-69. |
|
(fn #11) =
Richard was remembered by many, but his correct name spelling and serial
number just surfaced. Thanks to all. |
|
(fn #5) =
Vernal R. (Bob) Bloom states that this date is wrong and should be in
early November 1967, as Tim was KIA before Thanksgiving. |
|
(fn #2) =
Merrell Clayburn was remembered by Richard Breuhl, C CO 67-68 |
|
(fn #7) = Rell
Crigger Jr. was found through copies of orders. Anyone knowing thet story
-Inform Doc Cherry. |
|
(fn #14) =
Alan E. Davis was a member of B Company and went on to a different
division after the 2/34th ceased operations in Vietnam. |
Since he
served with the unit, the web master feels that we should remember him as
our brother regardless of unit in which he was KIA. |
He served with
us and should be honored. |
|
(fn #4) =
David Randolph Gifford was remembered by Mario Solis. |
|
(fn #15) =
Harold C. Hunter served in 1968 with the unit as a PFC 11E10, died on a
second tour with a different unit (11LIB), in 1971. |
|
(fn #8) =
Steven H. Johnson was located during a Internet web search. Was listed in
on our search files as Steven K. Johnson. |
|
(fn #22) = Bruce C Elkins was
with B Company 2/34 in 1970 and then went on to 11th Armored Cavalry where
he was KIA.
|
|
&&&
= J. D. Molpus was actually from another unit in the process of getting a
transfer to 2/34th Armor - Per B. Wester - |
he and E.
Greer placed Molpus on the outbound chopper. J. Molpus officially was a
Recon Platoon Leader in the 1st of the 5th Mech. - 25th Infantry. |
- 25th
Infantry. |
|
* =Vietnam
Killed in Action Honor
Roll names originate from our association president's list and from researchers
input.
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we miss any
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came from the various web links to the "Wall" databases, but
mainly WWW.No-Quarter.org
and Http://grunt.space.swre.edu/thewall/thewallm.html and
a tremendous by the Coffelt Database & the 35th Infantry - Cacti
Association.
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provided us and other veterans everywhere.
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Creation Date: May 1, 2000
Last Modified: July
1, 2013
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2010
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