European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 20, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday August 20, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 7held for Soldier killed in Gulf West Covina Calif a a the first american Servic member to die in the troop buildup in saudi Arabia was remembered saturday As a Patriot and a peacemaker. About 300 people attended a funeral for air Force staff sgt John Campisi who was hit by a military truck on a darkened runway in saudi Arabia aug 12. Campisi 30, was an aircraft Mechanic at Offutt fab neb. A the s the one we called the peacemaker. His patience and caring always got everyone through the hard and difficult times a said Mark Rizkowsky a Friend of Campisi a for 25 years and Best Man at his wedding another longtime Friend David Saldana finished the Eulogy when Rizkowsky overcome with emotion was unable to continue. He spoke of Campisi the career Soldier and his dedication to the military. Monsignor Helmut Hefner told the mourners at St. Christopher Catholic Church that he hoped others would not die in the persian Gulf. Iraq Leader Saddam Hussein invaded neighbouring Kuwait and vowed to wage a holy War against nations that intervene. A we must not let some madman a who cries for holy War As if there were such a thing As holy War a Stampede us a Hefner said. Later an Honor guard saluted Campisi As he was buried at Queen of heavens cemetery. After a bugler played taps the american Flag draped Over the soldiers casket was folded and presented to his wife Charlene who wept As she stood Arm in Arm with her 9-year-old daughter the eldest of their four children. Campisi was from West Covina a los Angeles suburb. Charlene killed in the Campisi is comforted by family and friends at the funeral of her husband who was the first american he persian Gulf crisis. Also in the photo Are Campisi s sons Chris 7, far left and John 8, far right Mideast captives a Cross Section of America by the new York times Washington a in a windowless room of the state department building a carefully guarded list of nearly 2,000 names is said to contain All the information the government has managed to gather on the americans stranded in Iraq and Kuwait. Their names Are listed. So arc their purposes for being in the Region their Ages hometowns relatives names and phone numbers a and when they were heard from last. These arc the people trapped in the Middle of the Middle East conflict. And their status seems to grow More precarious with every pronouncement from Baghdad Friday night iraqi officials announced that americans m the Region would be detained until a the danger of oppression has been eliminated and that they would be moved to military bases and other strategic installations. And saturday Iraq said the naval blockade could limit the amount of food available to feed the foreigners a a group the announcement pointed out that includes old people and babies. In the most promising development almost every Day it seems a few More americans sneak across a Border to safety in saudi Arabia or Jordan. The state Depan ment has refused to release the list. And in the past few Days some relatives of the stranded americans have become increasingly reluctant to release details about them like their last known whereabouts for fear that would make them easier for iraqi officials to find. But most Are More than willing to talk about of the sort of people their relatives arc. Details about a diverse group of Ameri cans have emerged from dozens of interviews with employers and family members that probably reflect the state department list. But it is impossible to know How truly representative the subgroup is. There Are apparently few Blacks his panics and jews among the americans in Kuwait and Iraq because the Region tends not to be hospitable to those groups. For the same reason there appear to be few women travelling alone. Otherwise Only three generalizations can be made about the americans who have found themselves on the list they carry . Passports they Are adventurous enough to have travelled Halfway around the world and right now they would probably rather be someplace else. Many Are from Texas but there Are some from nearly every state. Some Are infants and at least one is Young and on her own a 14-year-old Vinyl Polam who was flying alone for the first time from her Home in Pittsburgh to her grandparents Home in India when her plane made a fateful Stopover in Kuwait in the Middle of the invasion. Some Are not that Young like William Hollingsworth 63, and his wife Nancy 62, who lived in Huntsville ala., until he retired from the military last year and the couple decided to spice up their lives by moving to Kuwait where Hollingsworth was doing civil service work. A Large percentage appear to be there alone As is Gary Wade Duncan 41, of Eli it Rado ark., who spent the six weeks be fore the invasion helping to build a chemical Plant in Iraq. Others Are there with their families. Receiving a lot of attention in the news Media lately arc the banners who were on the Way to Malaysia where Kevin Bazner works As a vice president for a amp a restaurants International. It was their situation that Ted Koprci raised with Iraq s foreign minister Tariq Aziz during a a  interview wednesday night. At the time Bazner was one of 35 americans being held at the Ai Rashied hotel in Baghdad with his wife Dawn and two children one of whom is 6 months old and needs medical treatment. The whereabouts of those 3 5 is now Uncertain since they were moved from the Ai Rasheed on Friday. Not surprising a Large number of the americans work for Oil companies. Two Chevron corp. Employees both chemical engineers who were on a three week consulting trip to Kuwait have not been in touch with the company since aug. 2. A company spokesman said the state department list indicates that one of the two contacted the . Embassy in Kuwait City on aug. 11. Santa be drilling co. Of Alhambra Calif., and Oge drilling of Houston have six american employees Between them who were working As joint consultants on a drilling project near the Iraq Kuwait Border. They were apparently removed from their posts by iraqi soldiers during the invasion and taken to Baghdad. But other types of companies employ americans As Well a reflection of the wide ranging nature of american business activity in inc Region particularly in Kuwait. Boeing co. Has two Field representatives in Kuwait both of whom arc american arid live there to serve As liaisons Between the company and the airlines1 in the area that operate Boeing aircraft. General motors corp., which sold 15,000 cars to Iraq in 1988 and 1989, has four american employees in that country two of whom Are there to begin work on a planned pm Assembly Plant near Baghdad a spokesman said that project was suspended aug 2, the Day of the invasion. Some americans consider the area Home like 31-year-old Beth Hankin of Monticello Iowa who has lived in Kuwait for five years with her kuwaiti husband. Others like George and Deborah a loom of san Francisco never had a Chance to get their bearings. The saloons and their 17-Ycar-Oid son Preston arrived in Kuwait where George Saloom was to begin a Job working for the National Bank two hours before the invasion. A a there a no Way to Lake this list and make a composite that represents the so called average american in Iraq or Kuwait a said a state department spokesman. A a they re As diverse As everything else in the United  Patricia Hale whose husband Edward was one of the Oil workers escorted from his Rig by iraqi soldiers disagrees slightly. A a there a one thing you can say about them Alf she said a any of them could have been anyone a husband. One of them happened to be mine."1 soviet official had heart problem treated in . Stay Oakland Calif. Apr the soviet Union s chief of protocol tra cling in the United Stales with Mikhail Gorbachev in june remained behind Tor several weeks for treatment of a Hean condition it was revealed sunday. Vladimir Sher Rashev 61, was admitted to Merritt Peralta medical Center on june 11, discharged two Days later and remained in the san Francisco Bay area for about two weeks before returning to the ussr., a Hospital spokeswoman said. The Hospital did not announce Shurmy Shevy a stay at the time for a Security reasons a said spokeswoman Gerrie Shields. Shermy Shev who arrived in the Bay area with Gorbachev a entourage on june 3, had been advised by his doctors to have heart bypass surgery. He sought a second opinion from or. Notias Young a heart surgeon at Merritt Peralta. Young became known to Sou to doctors during his involvement in a program by local doctors to help  up a children a cardiac Center in ism Grad soviet hospitals Are unable to provide surgery for children born with heart conditions. Shermy Shev underwent cardiac Cal Helerie action a testing procedure in which Dot a is fed into the arteries. Doctors decided he did no to need surgery Shields said she said she believed Sherm it Shev stayed at the residence of the soviet Consul general in san Francisco when he was t m the Hospital