Excerpt from Bio- see uploaded doc for complete biography.
"In the interval between completion of Infantry School and assignment to special training and language school for Vietnam assignment, he and his family were in a tragic automobile accident. Their young son mike lost his life and all were seriously injured. This occurred in Missouri about 100 miles from fort Leavenworth, and there, in the National Cemetery, the young son was laid to rest virtually as a soldier. Touchingly, military police saluted at the conclusion of the burial service."......