Gary R. Del Carlo:  

Life I was born on 1 December, 1941, in Berkeley, California. I've lived in the following places, mostly in northern California. A few places in western Oregon. (The (1) denotes how many different places in each city or town.) Oakland, CA (6), Paradise, CA (2), Lovelock, CA (2), Sterling City, CA (2), Coutolenc, CA (1), Hayfork, CA (1), Point Richmond, CA (1), Twin Rocks, OR (1), Rockaway, OR (1), Manhattan Beach, OR (1), Richmond, CA (2), El Cerrito, CA (2), Chico, CA (1), Palermo, CA (1), Nice, CA (1), Cobb (2), Middletown, CA (2), San Francisco, CA (4), Bay Point, CA (1), Frederick, MD (2), Kirksville, MO (1), Whispering Pines, CA (1) Tempe, AZ (2), Running Springs, CA (1), and now in Martinsburg, WV. In the military it's been (in order) Fort Ord, CA, Fort Sill, OK, Bamberg, Germany, Giessen, Germany, Fort Lewis, WA, Schweinfurt, Germany, Giessen, Germany, Fort Myer, VA, Fort McNair, Washington, D.C., Chu Lai, Vietnam, Fort Bragg, NC, Vung Tau, Vietnam, Long Binh, Vietnam, Fort Knox, KY, Vogelweh, Germany, Kaiserslautern, Germany, Fort Baker, CA, Camp Casey, Tonduchon, So. Korea, Presidio of San Francisco. I don't know if my father is dead or alive. My mother married David L. Lay. My half-brother David John Lay was born August 14, 1953 in Richmond, CA. My mother died when I was 12 when I lived in El Cerrito, CA. She was only 28. I was in the 7th grade at Portola Junior High. When I finished the 7th grade I was promoted to the 9th grade. When my mother died I went to live with my step Palermo, CA, then my aunt in Oakland, and went to Claremont Junior High. I was having trouble with some of the guys in that school, and ran away from home. I ended up in a foster home in Nice, Lake County, CA, and went to Upper Lake High part of my Freshman year. This was a group home where there were about four other guys. Our foster parents were not very nice to us. The wouldn't let us go to any school functions, or play any sports. I got out of there and went to Glenbrook, CA, which was 2 1/2 miles from Cobb, CA in Lake County, and went to Kelseyville High. I stayed there until April 1958, and went to Middletown in Lake County, and graduated from Middletown High school on June 12, 1959, with 14 other Seniors. After graduation I worked in the California Division of Forestry at Kelsey-Cobb Station until October. I joined the Army on October 12, 1959. Got out after 3 years, re-enlisted 18 months later and retired from the Army in 1981. I lived in San Francisco for 15 years. Was married from 1972 to 1974...Expand for more