Kovaleski, whose plane went down in Austria during World War II ... who died in Vietnam at 24. A field wireman, Poirier served in the 196th Light Infantry Brigade, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry ...

WALT PFEIFER STARTED HIS CAREER IN THE 196TH LIGHT INFANTRY. HE CONTINUED TO SERVE ... THE Walt Peffer, the Douglas County assessor and a Vietnam War veteran, has died, officials said.