European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday november 14, 1997 the stars and stripes Page 7 old guard vet 23 others added to Viet memorial Washington a Samuel Richard Bird whose name is among the 24 new ones on the Vietnam veterans memorial volunteered for War duly after leading the Honor guard that accompanied president John f. Kennedy s casket in 1963. Bird a major in the infantry returned Home from Vietnam after being shot in the head in 1967 and died of Hose injuries 17 years later he had visited the Vietnam memorial four years ago ill and in pain and he knew when death approached said his widow. There was no feeling of fear. The last few months he said heaven sounded pretty Good to him she said. He had volunteered for Vietnam duly after serving in the ceremonial old guard infantry unit at fort Myrva where he was assigned As duly officer in charge of the join service casket team that carried and accompanied Kennedy s body during services in Washington after the president was assassinated in 1963, it was a great Honor said Bird s widow. Annette b. Bird of Wichita kan., who attended ceremonies at the memorial wednesday dedicating the additional names on the Wall. He was very aware the eyes of the world were on them and they had to do ii  she said in an interview. Bird then a fir lieutenant and his unit accompanied Kennedy from the body s arrival by plane from Dallas and As it moved Over the following two Days from the White mouse to the Capitol and finally to rest in Arlington National cemetery. He was seen on National television the Soldier at the rear of the casket Bird is mentioned in William Manchester s Book the death of a  mrs. Bird said the author s description of her husband As a Square and unsophisticated Patriot was on the Mark. That Best de scribed Sam she said. They were married in 1972, following Bird s return from Vietnam. They had been Grade school friends who lost touch when he left first to military school then to College at the Citadel and the army he was shot in he front of the head and was left without use of his legs and one Arm. He was wounded on his 27lh birthday Jan. 27, 1967, and died in october 1984 at the age of 44, the result of a Stow and painful deterioration from the head injury. The defense department last month approved his name and 23 others for inclusion on the official list of More than 58,000 american soldiers killed in the Vietnam War. Mecham says he can prove his Case Phoenix Ariz. A embattled gov. Evan Mecham promised again thursday to produce every piece of paper to show that he properly reported to the stale a j350,000 Campaign loan that is being probed by a grand jury. The governor appearing on a live Call in radio show also said that if enough petition signatures Are validated to Force him to face a recall vote then we re going to go ahead and perhaps it will be a Good cleans ing situation for Arizona to have another  Mecham recall committee foundered Buck responded a recall election will be a cleansing process. We Are going to cleanse ourselves of Evan  Secretary of state Rose mofford said her office had counted 386,648 signatures hat will be sent this com ing week to county recorders who will determine How Many Are valid. The Mecham recall committee needs 216,746 valid signatures of registered voters to Force a recall election. Robertson s Stock rising in Iowa polls Des Moines. Iowa a vice president George Bush s Iowa Campaign manager says there s a Chance that Pat Robertson will win the state s precinct caucuses but even if that happens the former television evangelist will not win the gop presidential nomination. George wit Graf told reporters thurs Day that Only Bush. Robertson and sen ate Republican Leader Bob Dole have any Chance of winning in the stale no one of the others has the potential to win the Iowa caucuses Wittgraf said. The others Are Delaware gov. Pete Dupont new York rep. Jack Kemp and former Secretary of slate Alexander Haig Haig has conceded the slate concentrating instead on new Hampshire but both Kemp and Dupont Are campaigning actively in Iowa. Robertson s standing in Iowa Rose in september when he easily won a Straw poll of gop activists at a state be Publ can Pany event. While Robertson has the potential to do Well in Iowa and possibly even win wit Graf said. Bush s main Mission is to defeat Dole. In s a two candidate race wit Graf said our first priority is beating Bob Dole in the caucuses. I find it hard to conceive of the Republican party nominating pal  Mecham told a caller he will come Forth in the next few Days in a very Public Way to demonstrate How his loan from temp Developer Barry Wolfson was reported to the state. Mecham said he wants to hold every Chart every graph every piece of paper up to Public inspection which is what we Are working to do right  no such loan is reported on any of Mecham s per Sonal or Campaign financial records filed with the Secretary of state. Mecham still owes Wolfson about is 50,000 of the loan a state grand jury is expected on monday to resume its probe of the loan Mecham s financial reporting and whether the loan was tied to any gubernatorial appointments. The grand jury s investigation was to begin nov. 3 but was temporarily halted by a court stay while Mecham unsuccessfully sought to have at Torney general Bob Corbin removed from investigating the Case. 2 vets listed on memorial Are still alive Washington api at least two of the men listed among he dead on Itie Vietnam veterans me Morial arc actually among the living. Bui the names etched in Stone can t be removed. The army says it May have mistakenly recorded a third Soldier As killed in action and is investigating. In s so sad said Earl Kittleman spokesman for the National Park service which maintains the memorial i wish it could be perfect. 1 know everybody  i. Col. Keith Schneider an army spokesman said the service concluded that a coding error somewhere Down the line caused military records to incorrectly list the Dale two army privates were injured us the dates they died. The error was perpetuated when the names of some 58,000 americans killed in the Vietnam War were provided by the defense department for listing on the face of the memorial when it was built in 1982. Listed erroneously Schneider said were former sol Diers r9bcrl Bedker and Willard d. Craig both Are from Virginia with no Hometown listed on military records he said. A third Case arose this past week when Darrall a Lausch 41, of Baroda. Mich., saw his name on a isl of Michigan men killed in the War that appeared in the Detroit news task sunday in Advance of veterans Day. The name appears on the memorial with a slightly different spelling Darrell it Don t bother me Lausch said in a Telephone interview. Naturally i think a Little about it if they want to leave it it Don t  Lausch a Grain Fanner and Asphalt Plant worker was wounded twice while in Vietnam. It was on the Date of the first wound nov. 19, 1966, that army records listed him As killed in action. He suffered a shrapnel wound in the leg from a grenade but returned to combat after a few Days he was shot in the Arm the following february but re Lumen again to serve out his one year tour. Lauson said he did t know of his status on military records and received no veterans benefits. I wonder who got the life insurance he joked. Kittleman said the names of Budker and Craig were being removed from the next edition of the official directory of Vietnam War dead. He said Lausch would be removed if he error is confirmed by the army. But he said the names can t be filled in or buffed out without risk to the polished Black Granite panels. Astronauts under water the Gam Nui Ray imaging Telescope study team in space suits of Jiing Ger work in the Marshall space flight Center s Neutral buoyancy simulator they practice instilling in in fun tilt Mirror support for i Telescope far an orbiting Obuna Lor. The project involves converting a spin shuttle fuel link to House the Telescope