He may be gone, but he is not forgotten – On this day September 9, 1965, Private First Class James (Jimmy) William Mahler, 0311- Rifleman, USMC , 20 years and 28 days old–perished while serving his country with Company A, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, (1/9), in an engagement near Cau Ha hamlet, about 7 kilometers south-southeast of the newly constructed Marble Mountain airfield at Danang, Quang Nam Province, Vietnam. At the time of his death, he was survived by his father, Harold T. and his mother Alice E. (Hall) Mahler, his grandmother Mrs. Fred Hail and brother of Harold Ted Jr. and Richard Mahler. Jimmy attended Braintree Schools until the 10th grade, moving to Marshfield in 1961 and graduating from high school in 1963. While living in Braintree, he attended Penniman School, Hollis Junior High School and his sophomore year at Braintree High School. He grew up in the East Braintree neighborhoods of 19 Marshall Street and Penniman Terrace. He and his older brothers Ted and Di
He may be gone, but he is not forgotten – On this day of August 7, 1967, Army Sergeant Richard (Dickie) T. McAndrew -21, Squad Leader of an infantry fire team, was killed in action while serving with A Company, 1st Battalion, 28th Regiment in An Loc, Binh Long Province, South Vietnam. He was awarded the Bronze Star with a gold letter V (Awarded for distinguished actions in combat), Combat Infantry Badge, Purple Heart, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation and Good Conduct Medal. He was born on November 6, 1945 and died on August 7, 1967 at the age of 21 Years old and 9 Months. At the time of his death, he was survived by his parents, Richard T. and Katherine R. (McGovern), four brothers Thomas, Joseph, William and David McAndrew as well as two sisters Ann Marie and Catherine McAndrew. Sergeant McAndrew grew up with his six siblings on 83 Howie Road in Braintree, attended Lakeside School (Flaherty