When I was a little girl, around 4 years old, I was riding my trike in the kitchen and said to my mother “There hasn’t been a war for a long time huh mom”. I still hear her words echoing in my head “ Oh no Kathy there is the Vietnam war”. I remember looking at her and processing what she said and I moved on to something else without a care in the world. Nobody in my family was in Vietnam, as well as Korea or WWII for that matter. The last war someone in my family had been in was WWI and that was my grandfather who died even before I was born. Fast forward to 1986, it’s my junior year at Sedro-Woolley High School, we are studying the Vietnam War in Mr. Rowley’s US History class, I wonder to myself if there was anyone from Sedro-Woolley who died in Vietnam. Once again I move on to something else without a care in the world. It’s now the present, the spring of 2005 I’m heading to Washington DC with my son. We are planning the things we want to see, reading up on the places to go, The White House, The US Capital, Library of Congress. I decide I would like to see The Vietnam Wall, my thoughts travel back to my US History class and I wondered once again if anyone from Sedro-Woolley died in Vietnam. There were four men. Four men who gave their lives…..

Lloyd Arthur Colfack 

Lloyd was a PFC and served with Army’s 4th Battalion, 23rd Inf. Regiment, 25th Inf. Division as a rifleman. He died March 25th 1968. Lloyd was killed in action at Trang Bang south of Tay Ninh during the opening days of the Tet Offensive. Joel Johnson who was Lloyd’s sergeant remembers Lloyd as a big strong square-shouldered man who was well liked by all in the Platoon and that he is still missed today. Lloyd graduated from Sedro-Woolley High school in 1965 Lloyd is honored on Panel 46E, Row 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial


Dennis Wayne Cole

Dennis was a PFC and served with the Army’s 25th Inf Division, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 14th Inf. He died August 27th 1967 while on a search and destroy mission in the Iron Triangle at Binh Duong. Dennis graduated from Sedro-Woolley High School in 1966. Dennis is honored on Panel 25E, Row 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Stephen Brooks Murden 

Stephen was a 1st Lieutenant with the Army’s I FF, Btry B, 1st Battalion, 40th Arty. He died February 3rd 1968 at Quang Tri, in South Vietnam. Stephen graduated from Sedro-Woolley High School in 1964, he was class president, played on the football and tennis teams, he was also a Master Councilor of the Sedro-Woolley DeMolay group. Stephen is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Stephen is honored on Panel 37E, Row 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Mark W. Eveland

Mark was a Chief Warrant Officer with the Army’s 1st Calvary Division, D Co. 229th Assault Hel. Battalion. He died August 16th 1969 when his aircraft crashed just outside of Tay Ninh, Mark is honored on Panel 19W, Row 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.


I never knew any of these men or their families for that matter. My hope this Memorial Day is that they are remembered. More information can be found on these men at www.Facesfromthewall.com , www.vvmf.org , www.virtualwall.org