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- Niagara Gazette - 9/12/1968
Sgt. Gregory L. Bomberry, 21,
of 1112 Willow Ave. was killed
in Vietnam Friday (Sept. 6,
1968) when a wave of Viet Cong
smashed into his company 20
miles northwest of Saigon.
The 300 enemy troops, herding
women and children in front
of them as human shields,
broke through a U.S. cordon
to attack the 101st Airborne
Division, to which Sgt. Bomberry
was assigned.
31 Are Killed
Thirty-one Americans were
killed in the battle. Sgt. Bomberry
was reported missing in
action Friday. His parents
received word of his death
Saturday.
Born in Niagara Falls April
4, 1947, Sgt. Bomberry was the
son of Mrs. William H. Malaney
Jr. and the late Harry Bomberry..
He was a 1965 graduate of
-Troot Vocatonal High School
and was employed by Union
Carbide Corp. at the time he
entered the Army in April 1967.
He was sent to Vietnam last
April.
Survivors Listed
Surviving in addition to his
mother are his step-father,
William H. Malaney Jr.; a
brother, Darryl B o m b e r r y ;
three sisters, Karren, Cheryl
and Sara Bomberry; three halfbrothers,
Kevin, Joseph and
Michael Malaney; a step-sisler,
Mrs. Shirley Rinehart; and
three step-brothers, D e n n i s ,
Jerry and William Malaney HI.
All are Niagara.Falls residents.
Sgt. Bomberry is also survived
by his grandmother, Mrs.
Grace Isaacs, Buffalo.
Funeral services will be held
at Zion Lutheran Church at. a
time to be announced. Burial
will be in the Veterans Plot
at Riverdale Cemetery. Arrangements
are being made by
the Otto Redanz Funeral Home.
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