Wasco-Multnomah-Wallowa County OR Archives Obituaries.....Vickers, Melvin September 1, 2005
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The Dalles Chronicle, September 4, 2005
     Melvin Vickers, 77, of The Dalles died at the Portland VA Medical Center 
on Sept. 1, 2005 after a long illness.
     He was born March 7, 1928 in Tonkawa, Okla., the son of James W. and 
Myrtle L. (Wale) Vickers.
     He was raised and educated in Oklahoma. Following his schooling, he 
joined the US Army during the Korean War and served with a compbat unit. One 
unit he served with had 250 men, and he was one of only 26 survivors following 
a battle.
     After returning from the war, he lived in Oklahoma, Arkansas, and had 
lived in Minam, Ore. while working for the Union Pacific Railroad. He moved to 
The Dalles in 1998.
     He is remembered as a person who never met a stranger and made friends 
wherever he went.
     He is survived by his brother, James Vickers of Orlando, Fla; sister 
Georgia Chappelle of The Dalles; twin sister Milva Adair of Booneville, Ark.; 
brother Hugh Vickers of Booneville and numerous nieces, nephews and friends.
     Friends are invited to graveside services with military honors at 
Willamette National Cemetery in Portlnd on Friday, Sept. 9 at 12:30 p.m., with 
interment to follow at Willamette National.
     Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association, or the Oregon 
Lung Association in care of Alternative Burial and Cremation of Oregon at 
14889 SW Tualatin-Sherwood Road, Ste. 404, Sherwood, OR, 97140. 


Additional Comments:
Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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