HALLEY, Russell Louis, Pfc. 1946-1966
HALLEY, SCHAEFER, SWARTZ, SMITH, BENZINE, THOMPSON
Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 3/23/2015 at 00:09:13
[Waterloo Daily Courier, Thursday, November 24, 1966, Waterloo, Iowa]
A 30-year-old Waterloo serviceman, Pfc, Russell Louis Halley, 1123 Maynard St., who had only been in Viet Nam for two months, was killed in combat there on Nov. 21.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Halley, 1740 Mitchell Ave., and the husband of Mrs. Marilyn Halley, 1123 Maynard St.
An Army officer notified members of the family Pfc. Halley, a member of the 1st Squadron of the 11th Armored Cavalry, was killed in an armored personnel carrier after Viet Cong mortar fire hit the vehicle.
Halley had been home on leave in August and left for Viet Nam on Aug. 14.
He was born Sept. 11, 1946, in Waterloo, the son of Russell LeRoy and Venita Schaefer Halley. He had been a resident of Waterloo his entire life and was graduated from West High School in 1964.
He had been employed as a meat cutter at S & S Meats and later at Smitly's Supermarket at 916 La Porte Road, before being inducted into the service Nov 4, 1965. He married Marilyn Le Swartz Aug. 28, 1965, in Waterloo. His widow is a beautician in Chris' Beauty Salon in Cedar Falls. He was a member of the Immanual United Presbyterian Church.
Surviving are his widow; his parents, MR. and Mrs. Russell Halley, 1746 Mitchell; one brother, Robert Wayne, 12, of 1746 Mitchell; three sisters: Mrs. Susan Lea Benzine of 3017 Falls Ave.; Mrs. Don Smith, 219½ E. 8th St.; and Carol Joan Halley, 1746 Mitchell; the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Halley, 525 Home Acres, Evansdale; the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schaefer, 427 Edwards St.; and maternal great grandmother, Mrs. John Thompson. Manchester.
A memorial will be set up in his memory. Chapel of Memories West will have charge, at 916 La Porte Road, pending arrival within the next 10 days.
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