APGAR JOHN M

1LT John M. Apgar was a potential VHPA member who died after his tour in Vietnam on 03/08/2008 at the age of 75.6
South Plainfield, NJ
Flight Class 65-14
Date of Birth 07/22/1932
Served in the U.S. Army
Served in Vietnam with 174 AHC in 65-66
Call sign in Vietnam BIKINI 4
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More detail on this person: John M. Apgar John M. Apgar, 75, died on Saturday, March 8, 2008 at The Woodlands Genesis Eldercare Network in Plainfield, N.J. Born in Nutley, N.J., John was raised in Union. He lived in Gilroy, Calif., Hollister, Calif., and Nampa, Idaho before recently moving to South Plainfield, N.J. Mr. Apgar was an electrical engineer for the Federal Government. He retired in 2002 from the NASA AMES Research Center in Sunnyvale, Calif.. A Veteran of the Korean Conflict, John served with the Navy. After his discharge, he re-enlisted in the Army during the Vietnam War beginning his Military Career as an Assault Helicopter Pilot. He retired from the Army at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He is pre-deceased by his first wife, Jackie who died in 2003. Surviving are his wife Arline Bechtoldt - Apgar; his daughter and her husband Lorena and Britton Hansen of Saratoga Springs, Utah; his son, Bob Apgar of Sacramento, California; and by his six grandchildren: Amanda Apgar, Jonathan, Joshua, Josiah, Grace, and John Hansen; and his sister Nancy. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 29, 2008 at Cloverdale Funeral Home, 1200 N. Cloverdale Rd., Boise, Idaho. Interment will follow at Cloverdale Memorial Park. Interment will take place at Cloverdale Memorial Park, Boise, Idaho. Services are under the direction of the Cloverdale Funeral Home, 1200 North Cloverdale Rd., Boise, Idaho. Funeral Arrangements where made through the McCriskin - Gustafson Home for Funerals (mccriskinfuneralhome.com) 2425 Plainfield Ave., South Plainfield.

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