The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., June 5, 1969, page 1

CARSON BOY KILLED IN VIETNAM

Kenneth Grubb, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Grubb of Carson, Wash., was killed by a boiler explosion while on duty on the U.S.S. King, a Navy ship, in the Gulf of Tonkin on May 23rd.

He was a nephew of Mrs. W.O. Gribner are and Jack Grubb of Laurel.

Boilerman 2/c Kenneth W. Grubb was born April 11, 1946. He spent his boyhood around Beacon Rock and Skamania in Skamania County, Wash. He attended grade school in Skamania and high school at Stevenson.

Kenneth enlisted in the Navy in February 1966. After boot training he served aboard the carrier-escort, U.S.S. Preble until August 1968. He was then transferred to the guided missile frigate, U.S.S. King.

He shipped out of San Diego late in February of this year on his third tour of duty in the South China Sea. It was to be his last tour before discharge from the Navy.

Last February he was married to the former Judith Leach, a former resident of North Bonneville, Wash.

Grubb was one of four sailors to lose his life in a boilerroom explosion and fire aboard ship at May 23, 1969, while on duty in the Gulf of Tonkin.

Survivors include his wife, Judith, three small step-children in Centralia, Wash.; parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Grubb of Rochester, Wash.; three brothers, Larry, U.S. Navy, San Diego, Calif., Ernest and James at Rochester, Wash.; three sisters, Sandra and Nancy in Rochester, and Mrs. William (Judy) Neblock, Netarts, Ore.

Funeral services will be Friday, June 6, at one o'clock in the Lutheran Church at Stevenson, Wash. Graveside rites and committal will be Saturday, June 7, at Chehalis, Wash.

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