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Fifteenth AnnualIn MeMory Day Observance
vietnam veterans memOrialFriday, June 14, 2013
10:00 a.m.
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Opening remarks Jan c. scruggs President and Founder, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund
master of ceremonies captain denis Faherty, usn (ret.) Former Deputy Director of the National Strategic War Gaming Center, National Defense University
Presentation of colors armed Forces color Guard Military District of Washington
national anthem Gunnery sergeant sara dell’Omo “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band
Pledge of allegiance maureen Foster Wife of 2013 Honoree Raymond William Reiche
retiring of colors armed Forces color Guard Military District of Washington
remarks nancy switzer President of Associates of Vietnam Veterans of America
Keynote remarks the Honorable ileana ros-lehtinen
remarks ira Hamburg Former Executive Director of the Friends of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
name reading Past Participants
“the unsung Heroes” chuck Price (recording)
In Memory Honor roll call Families and Friends
taps Gunnery sergeant brian turnmire “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band
laying of tributes Families and Friends at the Wall
Fifteenth AnnualIn MeMory Day Observance
vietnam veterans memOrialFriday, June 14, 2013 | 10:00 a.m.
The names of all past honorees are read throughout the ceremony
WelcOme, Friends.
On behalf of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF), I am pleased to welcome you to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial for our annual In Memory Day ceremony. As is our annual tradition, we gather in the shadow of The Wall that memorializes those who are listed as killed or missing in action to pay tribute to the more than 3.4 million Ameri-cans who served in Southeast Asia from 1955–1975. We are here to call attention to those who have passed, and to give them the honor they deserve. Today, we memorialize those who mightily shouldered the burden of war, bravely endured the wounds of war and proudly answered their nation’s call to service.
An entire generation of patriots served honorably and, thankfully, most returned home. However, many never fully recovered, either physically or emotionally, from their experiences in that war. That is why the In Memory program exists—because only a fraction of the casualties actually died on the battlefields of Vietnam. Many more carried their wounds back to “the world” and suffered long after the actual fighting ended. As these men and women pass, it is our duty and our solemn promise, to welcome them home to this place. They may not meet the criteria for addition to The Wall, but they certainly meet the criteria of joining their brothers and sisters in this place of honor and remembrance.
This year, we recognize the contributions made by 121 men to ensure the cause of freedom and liberty. Their names will be added to the In Memory Honor Roll and the memory of their service will forever be linked to this Wall. For as long as this memorial stands, and as long as visitors come to this place to learn, your loved ones will be remembered. Their sacrifices will not be forgotten.
Thank you all for joining us here today.
Sincerely,
Jan c. scruggs Founder and President Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund
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2013 Inductees
John Dale abbott
June 18, 1944 – May 23, 2007U.S. Navy, 1964 – 1966
Don Carl allen
June 22, 1941 – February 25, 2010U.S. Marine Corps, 1968
John henry barrett
February 5, 1945 – June 24, 2007U.S. Army, 1969 – 1972
Steven Dale beluS
March 29, 1954 – July 9, 2010U.S. Navy, 1972 – 1975
Gary ray bennett
November 12, 1950 – May 26, 2000U.S. Army, 1970 – 1972
harolD bentley
March 19, 1940 – May 7, 2006U.S. Army, 1959 – 1972
robert JameS benzio
September 30, 1947 – September 19, 2001U.S. Navy, 1965 – 1968
Jimmy Darryl braDley
May 31, 1947 – October 13, 1997U.S. Army, 1967 – 1968
Warren robert bray, Sr.July 17, 1928 – November 28, 2011U.S. Marine Corps, 1945 – 1966
John Dale Abbott...................................................................May 23, 2007Don Carl Allen ...............................................................February 25, 2010John Henry Barrett ................................................................June 24, 2007Steven Dale Belus ..................................................................... July 9, 2010Gary Ray Bennett ................................................................. May 26, 2000Harold Bentley ........................................................................May 7, 2006Robert James Benzio ...................................................September 19, 2001Jimmy Darryl Bradley ......................................................October 13, 1997Warren Robert Bray, Sr. ............................................... November 28, 2011Frederick Duane Brester ....................................................... April 15, 2010Kenneth Franklin Brunell ........................................................April 7, 2005Gary Walter Burda .......................................................... February 6, 2008Theodore William Cantrell, Jr. .............................................. April 12, 2011Theodore Paul Caruso ............................................................July 31, 2004Paul Duane Cawthon ................................................... September 4, 2009John Robert Christiansen ....................................................March 27, 1994Colin Michael Coffland ...................................................... March 31, 2011James Vernon Cuthbertson .......................................... November 12, 2012Charles William D’Amico .............................................. September 5, 2011Jerome Joseph Desjean ................................................... February 18, 2013William Francis Desmond ..................................................January 4, 2003Larry Thomas Dodd .................................................... December 26, 1985Bobby Joe Engle ................................................................October 3, 2012Ralph Bernard Ennis .........................................................January 29, 2000James Vincent Flow .....................................................November 26, 1994Gary E Floyd .................................................................December 31, 2012Jerry Joseph Foster ................................................................ June 26, 2005Bernard Foyle ........................................................................ June 10, 2012Regis Anthony Franciscus Jr. ............................................ October 17, 2012Donald Lee Gardner ........................................................... January 2, 2013Marvin Duane Gebhardt .................................................... January 7, 2013Ronald Berton Goodwin .................................................February 16, 1973Victor Walter Gorlinsky ..................................................... August 12, 2012Randall Richard Gray .................................................... November 7, 2012Jerry Lester Griffith ................................................................June 16, 2005Lyman Gene Harris.............................................................. March 4, 2004James Newton Henderson ................................................ January 22, 2010Melvin Glen Hensley ......................................................... August 31, 2010Brian Carl Hill ....................................................................January 1, 2004Richard Michael Hoffman ...................................................... July 16, 2012Elmer Eugene Hogan .............................................................. June 3, 2004Grady Howard Jr. ................................................................. June 23, 2008Lee Charles Hurteau .................................................... November 13, 2012Russell Carl Jefts ............................................................ November 2, 2011James Ray Jennings .............................................................. March 6, 1996Marshall Eugene Johnson .......................................................May 14, 2010Joseph Alvin Kahler ........................................................February 12, 2005Thomas Joseph Kelley ................................................. December 16, 2011Robert Edward Kennedy .......................................................April 22, 2010Sylvester “Woody” James Kennedy .................................October 19, 1973William Allen Kirk ............................................................. March 15, 2006Bernard Edward Kleiderlein .....................................................May 9, 2001David Paul Koston Sr ........................................................ January 13, 2013Richard Ernest Krumvieda ...............................................October 21, 2010George Harry Lanter ............................................................ April 15, 2010Michael Joseph Lipka ............................................................. July 30, 2012Francis Albert Markovich ...................................................... June 22, 2009Arthur Ray Martin.............................................................. August 14, 2012William Thomas Massey .........................................................April 4, 2007Leonard Joe Maxwell .......................................................... March 11, 2012James Ferdinand McKernan ..........................................November 17, 2010
Harold Leslie McPherson....................................................... June 24, 2011Bobbie Lee Michael .......................................................... January 21, 2012Brent Robinson Miller ........................................................August 31, 2008Frederick Scott Morgan ............................................... September 26, 2012James Allen Morsey .....................................................September 23, 2003William Frederick Muller ................................................. February 4, 2009Charles W. Murnan III ..........................................................April 26, 2006Gerald William Murray .......................................................March 29, 2010Thomas Earl Murray .............................................................. June 13, 2012Ronald Stephen Muti ..........................................................March 22, 2012David Frank Newhouse .................................................December 4, 1995John Dudley Noss........................................................ December 29, 1996Orville Hugh Olsson .......................................................October 19, 2011Mario Domenic Petitti ........................................................March 13, 2010Joseph Dewayne Pettit ................................................ December 19, 2012Paul Thomas Prebish .........................................................August 26, 2012Stewart Chester Price ..................................................... February 21, 2010Jimmy Dean Pruitt ...............................................................August 8, 1993James Elvin Ratterree ................................................................ July 2, 1972Richard Henry Rauschkolb ............................................September 3, 1981Normand Ernest Raymond .............................................September 6, 2010James Paul Reed ......................................................................May 2, 2012Raymond William Reiche ............................................ December 26, 1969John Marcos Reyes ...................................................... September 12, 2010George Yergey Rhoads .........................................................March 6, 2013Gilbert Leo Rider .............................................................October 24, 2012Gilbert Leo Rider .............................................................October 24, 2012Wilton Bryant Robertson ............................................. September 14, 2012Hugo Antonio Rocha ............................................................ April 25, 2012Larry Hugh “Butch” Rogers ........................................... November 3, 2012Kevin A Root ................................................................ September 8, 2009Donald Gene Rose ........................................................September 3, 2003Lynn M Ross ............................................................................May 2, 2007Wallace Robert Schmidt .............................................. November 15, 1972Larry Allen Scott ................................................................. January 7, 2013Charles Leslie Seddon..............................................................May 2, 2007Andrew Asa Sharp Jr......................................................... January 31, 1969Daniel Robert Shea ..................................................... September 23, 2011Wilson Atlee Simpson ...................................................December 4, 1999Richard “Tom” Smith ............................................................ June 25, 2008Richard Thomas Smith.......................................................... June 25, 2008Dallas Marion Stevenson ....................................................... July 28, 2009Edward Earl Stiger ........................................................ December 19, 1973Raymond Dallas Taiclet ............................................... September 17, 1969James David Tate ................................................................January 6, 1962Glen James Thorson ..............................................................May 30, 1997 Ralph Thuesen ....................................................................... April 7, 1984Wayne Henry Tisinger .......................................................October 7, 2012Larry David Troup .................................................................. July 13, 2012Edwin Harold Unger II ................................................... November 3, 2012Melvin Ray Valentine .................................................. September 11, 2012Darryl Elwyn Warfel ................................................................ June 7, 2012Carl Edmond White ..................................................... December 21, 1997Charles Edward White .......................................................October 5, 1979Donald Bruce Williams .....................................................October 3, 2010Emmanuel “Manny” Williams ............................................August 30, 1998Richard Allen Williams ......................................................... April 13, 1998William Wilson ........................................................... December 19, 2012Richard Durrant Yancey .............................................. September 29, 2011Jackie Allen Young................................................................March 3, 1961
2013 In MeMory HOnOreestheir names are not inscribed on the Wall, but their spirits and memory are ever present.
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In MeMory Honor roll
2013 Inductees
theoDore William Cantrell, Jr.November 7, 1947 – April 12, 2011U.S. Marine Corps, 1965 – 1969
theoDore Paul CaruSo
October 25, 1943 – July 31, 2004U.S. Air Force, 1964 – 1965
Paul Duane CaWthon
August 18, 1945 – September 4, 2009U.S. Army, 1966 – 1967
John robert ChriStianSen
June 10, 1947 – March 27, 1994U.S. Army, 1968 – 1969
Colin miChael CofflanD
May 28, 1939 – March 31, 2011U.S. Air Force, 1960 – 1983
JameS vernon CuthbertSon
May 28, 1937 – November 12, 2012U.S. Army, 1954 – 1974
CharleS William D’amiCo
February 22, 1947 – September 5, 2011U.S. Army, 1966 – 1968
Jerome JoSePh DeSJean
August 5, 1949 – February 18, 2013U.S. Air Force, 1968 – 1975
William franCiS DeSmonD
April 23, 1939 – January 4, 2003U.S. Army, 1963 – 1964
larry thomaS DoDD
January 30, 1949 – December 26, 1985U.S. Army, 1968 – 1970
bobby Joe enGle
October 25, 1943 – October 3, 2012U.S. Army, 1965 – 1967
ralPh bernarD enniS
August 18, 1926 – January 29, 2000U.S. Air Force, 1961
JameS vinCent floW
June 20, 1949 – November 26, 1994U.S. Navy, 1968 – 1972
Gary e floyD
November 5, 1947 – December 31, 2012U.S. Army, 1966 – 1972
Jerry JoSePh foSter
February 18, 1951 – June 26, 2005U.S. Army, 1970 – 1973
freDeriCk Duane breSter
July 27, 1944 – April 15, 2010U.S. Army, 1968 – 1969
kenneth franklin brunell
March 12, 1952 – April 7, 2005U.S. Marine Corps, 1970 – 1971
Gary Walter burDa
November 22, 1946 – February 6, 2008U.S. Navy, 1968 – 1969
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In MeMory Honor roll
2013 Inductees
bernarD foyle
May 30, 1950 – June 10, 2012U.S. Air Force, 1969 – 1972
reGiS anthony franCiSCuS Jr.November 30, 1947 – October 17, 2012
U.S. Army, 1968 – 1969
DonalD lee GarDner
June 20, 1947 – January 2, 2013U.S. Army, 1964 – 1970
marvin Duane GebharDt
August 28, 1942 – January 7, 2013U.S. Navy, 1968 – 1990
ronalD berton GooDWin
February 15, 1948 – February 16, 1973U.S. Air Force, 1970 – 1973
viCtor Walter GorlinSky
December 23, 1923 – August 12, 2012U.S. Army, 1940 – 1945, 1947 – 1970
ranDall riCharD Gray
July 23, 1946 – November 7, 2012U.S. Air Force, 1965 – 1968
Jerry leSter Griffith
April 12, 1947 – June 16, 2005U.S. Army, 1970 – 1971
lyman Gene harriS
July 7, 1955 – March 4, 2004U.S. Navy, 1972 – 1975
JameS neWton henDerSon
October 18, 1935 – January 22, 2010U.S. Air Force, 1968 – 1969,
1971 – 1972
melvin Glen henSley
September 19, 1949 – August 31, 2010U.S. Marine Corps, 1969 – 1970
brian Carl hill
November 9, 1942 – January 1, 2004U.S. Air Force, 1967 – 1968
riCharD miChael hoffman
August 26, 1946 – July 16, 2012U.S. Marine Corps, 1965 – 1969
elmer euGene hoGan
March 7, 1946 – June 3, 2004U.S. Army, 1971 – 1972
GraDy hoWarD Jr.September 25, 1943 – June 23, 2008
U.S. Army, 1964 –1970
lee CharleS hurteau
December 11, 1946 – November 13, 2012U.S. Army, 1965 – 1967
ruSSell Carl JeftS
March 13, 1949 – November 2, 2011U.S. Army, 1967 – 1970
JameS ray JenninGS
March 19, 1948 – March 6, 1996U.S. Army, 1969 – 1970
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In MeMory Honor roll
2013 Inductees
marShall euGene JohnSon
February 27, 1944 – May 14, 2010U.S. Army, 1966 – 1968
JoSePh alvin kahler
September 2, 1947 – February 12, 2005U.S. Army, 1966 –1969
thomaS JoSePh kelley
October 30, 1948 – December 16, 2011U.S. Army, 1968 – 1970
robert eDWarD kenneDy
March 26, 1947 – April 22, 2010U.S. Army, 1970 – 1971
SylveSter “WooDy” JameS kenneDy
November 25, 1928 – October 19, 1973U.S. Marine Corps, 1965 – 1966,
1968 – 1970
William allen kirk
July 17, 1951 – March 15, 2006U.S. Army, 1969 – 1972
bernarD eDWarD kleiDerlein
December 27, 1944 – May 9, 2001U.S. Army, 1967 – 1969
DaviD Paul koSton Sr
January 13, 1942 – January 13, 2013U.S. Army, 1962 – 1988
riCharD erneSt krumvieDa
October 19, 1947 – October 21, 2010U.S. Army, 1968 –1974
GeorGe harry lanter
September 7, 1950 – April 15, 2010U.S. Army, 1969 – 1972
miChael JoSePh liPka
October 15, 1947 – July 30, 2012U.S. Army, 1967 – 1970
franCiS albert markoviCh
April 29, 1947 – June 22, 2009U.S. Army, 1968 – 1969
arthur ray martin
March 28, 1946 – August 14, 2012U.S. Air Force, 1964 – 1972
William thomaS maSSey
July 3, 1947 – April 4, 2007U.S. Army, 1967 – 1968
leonarD Joe maxWell
August 6, 1946 – March 11, 2012U.S. Marine Corps, 1966 – 1967
JameS ferDinanD mCkernan
August 4, 1939 – November 17, 2010U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps,
U.S. Army, 1963 – 1986
harolD leSlie mCPherSon
June 12, 1945 – June 24, 2011U.S. Army, 1965 – 1966
bobbie lee miChael
August 26, 1946 – January 21, 2012U.S. Marine Corps, 1966 – 1972
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In MeMory Honor roll
2013 Inductees
brent robinSon miller
August 3, 1943 – August 31, 2008U.S. Army, 1966 – 1990
freDeriCk SCott morGan
December 2, 1942 – September 26, 2012U.S. Marine Corps, 1967 – 1969
JameS allen morSey
July 24, 1930 – September 23, 2003U.S. Army, 1965 – 1966, 1968 – 1969
William freDeriCk muller
January 10, 1948 – February 4, 2009U.S. Army, 1967 – 1969
CharleS W. murnan iiiJune 4, 1947 – April 26, 2006
U.S. Army, 1966 – 1968
GeralD William murray
December 19, 1949 – March 29, 2010U.S. Marine Corps, 1969 – 1971
thomaS earl murray
February 3, 1947 – June 13, 2012U.S. Navy, 1967 – 1968
ronalD StePhen muti
November 8, 1946 – March 22, 2012U.S. Marine Corps, 1965 – 1969
DaviD frank neWhouSe
October 23, 1948 – December 4, 1995U.S. Army, 1968 – 1974
John DuDley noSS
October 15, 1926 – December 29, 1996U.S. Air Force, 1949 – 1971
orville huGh olSSon
March 27, 1947 – October 19, 2011U.S. Marine Corps, 1968–1969
mario DomeniC Petitti
September 21, 1948 – March 13, 2010U.S. Army, 1970
JoSePh DeWayne Pettit
January 21, 1943 – December 19, 2012U.S. Army, 1966 – 1972
Paul thomaS PrebiSh
May 2, 1945 – August 26, 2012U.S. Air Force, 1964 – 1968
SteWart CheSter PriCe
June 5, 1947 – February 21, 2010U.S. Army, 1969 – 1971
Jimmy Dean Pruitt
September 29, 1946 – August 8, 1993U.S. Army, 1964 – 1967
JameS elvin ratterree
January 20, 1922 – July 2, 1972U.S. Army, 1967 – 1971
riCharD henry rauSChkolb
July 12, 1922 – September 3, 1981U.S. Air Force, 1943 – 1975
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In MeMory Honor roll
2013 Inductees
normanD erneSt raymonD
December 23, 1943 – September 6, 2010U.S. Army, 1966 – 1969
JameS Paul reeD
September 2, 1947 – May 2, 2012U.S. Army, 1968 – 1970
raymonD William reiChe
January 29, 1946 – December 26, 1969United States Merchant Marine,
1968 – 1969
John marCoS reyeS
October 8, 1948 – September 12, 2010U.S. Army, 1966 – 1968
GeorGe yerGey rhoaDS
March 19, 1945 – March 6, 2013U.S. Navy, 1963 –1967
Gilbert leo riDer
June 25, 1952 – October 24, 2012U.S. Marine Corps, 1970 – 1973
Wilton bryant robertSon
November 19, 1946 – September 14, 2012U.S. Army, 1966 – 1969
huGo antonio roCha
May 7, 1943 – April 25, 2012U.S. Army, 1967 – 1973
larry huGh “butCh” roGerS
April 6, 1947 – November 3, 2012U.S. Army, 1966 – 1969
kevin a root
July 14, 1950 – September 8, 2009U.S. Army, 1968 – 1971
DonalD Gene roSe
May 28, 1936 – September 3, 2003U.S. Air Force, 1954 – 1974
lynn m roSS
December 5, 1946 – May 2, 2007U.S. Army, 1967 – 1969
WallaCe robert SChmiDt
November 18, 1948 – November 15, 1972U.S. Marine Corps, 1967 – 1968
larry allen SCott
December 11, 1949 – January 7, 2013U.S. Army, 1970 – 1971
CharleS leSlie SeDDon
December 6, 1947 – May 2, 2007U.S. Army, 1969 – 1974
anDreW aSa SharP Jr
August 21, 1932 – January 31, 1969U.S. Army, 1952 – 1968
Daniel robert Shea
April 28, 1933 – September 23, 2011U.S. Army, 1966 – 1967
WilSon atlee SimPSon
March 24, 1948 – December 4, 1999U.S. Army, 1968–1969
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In MeMory Honor roll
2013 Inductees
riCharD thomaS Smith
February 5, 1947 – June 25, 2008U.S. Navy, 1966 – 1969
DallaS marion StevenSon
July 5, 1933 – July 28, 2009U.S. Army, 1954 –1969
eDWarD earl StiGer
May 2, 1948 – December 19, 1973U.S. Marine Corps, 1969
raymonD DallaS taiClet
August 4, 1946 – September 17, 1969U.S. Marine Corps, 1964 – 1968
JameS DaviD tate
May 22, 1923 – January 6, 1962U.S. Navy, 1962
Glen JameS thorSon
June 25, 1940 – May 30, 1997U.S. Army, 1966 – 1967
ralPh thueSen
August 11, 1928 – April 7, 1984U.S. Marine Corps, 1968 – 1969
Wayne henry tiSinGer
April 4, 1944 – October 7, 2012U.S. Army, 1965 – 1967
larry DaviD trouP
April 1, 1950 – July 13, 2012U.S. Army, 1970 – 1971
eDWin harolD unGer iiJuly 11, 1944 – November 3, 2012
U.S. Army, 1968 – 1971
melvin “mel” ray valentine
April 26, 1947 – September 11, 2012U.S. Army, 1965 – 1968
Darryl elWyn Warfel
September 27, 1948 – June 7, 2012U.S. Army, 1969 – 1983
Carl eDmonD White
April 4, 1936 – December 21, 1997U.S. Army, 1955 – 1975
CharleS eDWarD White
July 10, 1927 – October 5, 1979U.S. Army, 1967 – 1968, 1970 – 1971
DonalD bruCe WilliamS
February 17, 1936 – October 3, 2010U.S. Army, 1959 – 1988
emmanuel “manny” WilliamS
July 6, 1945 – August 30, 1998U.S. Army, 1965 – 1967
riCharD allen WilliamS
August 20, 1946 – April 13, 1998U.S. Marine Corps, 1966
William WilSon
August 1, 1939 – December 19, 2012U.S. Marine Corps, 1958 – 1980
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In MeMory HOnOr rOll inductees index by state
riCharD Durrant yanCey
October 3, 1927 – September 29, 2011U.S. Army, 1967 – 1975
JaCkie allen younG
November 24, 1941 – March 3, 1961U.S. Navy, 1960 – 1961
Alabama ...................................................................Charles Edward WhiteArizona ................................................................. Richard Durrant YanceyArkansas ................................................................ Victor Walter GorlinskyArkansas ............................................................... William Thomas MasseyCalifornia ...............................................................Colin Michael CofflandCalifornia ..................................................................... Lyman Gene HarrisCalifornia ..................................................................... James Ray JenningsCalifornia ...............................................................Frederick Scott MorganCalifornia .......................................................................Jimmy Dean PruittCalifornia ......................................................................John Marcos ReyesCalifornia .................................................................. Hugo Antonio RochaConnecticut ............................................................Warren Robert Bray, Sr.Connecticut ............................................................. Theodore Paul CarusoConnecticut .......................................................... Robert Edward KennedyConnecticut ......................................................James Ferdinand McKernanFlorida .......................................................................Randall Richard GrayFlorida ................................................................. William Frederick MullerFlorida ........................................................................James Elvin RatterreeFlorida ..................................................................... Edwin Harold Unger IIGeorgia .......................................................................... Arthur Ray MartinGeorgia ..................................................................... Stewart Chester PriceGeorgia ............................................................Larry Hugh “Butch” RogersIdaho ................................................................................ Larry Allen ScottIllinois ........................................................................George Harry LanterIllinois .................................................................Raymond William ReicheIndiana ............................................................................Gary Ray BennettIndiana ..................................................................Frederick Duane BresterIndiana ........................................................................ Bobbie Lee MichaelIndiana .....................................................................Charles W. Murnan IIIIndiana ...........................................................................Larry David TroupIndiana ....................................................................Richard Allen WilliamsIowa .......................................................................... Leonard Joe MaxwellIowa ........................................................................ Joseph Dewayne PettitIowa ..........................................................................Melvin Ray ValentineKansas ..................................................................John Robert ChristiansenKansas ........................................................................Elmer Eugene HoganKentucky .............................................................................Harold BentleyKentucky ..............................................................Wilton Bryant RobertsonMaine .........................................................................Orville Hugh OlssonMaryland ................................................................................ Gary E FloydMaryland ..........................................................Bernard Edward KleiderleinMaryland .....................................................................Glen James ThorsonMassachusetts ............................................................... John Henry BarrettMassachusetts ........................................................ Jerome Joseph DesjeanMassachusetts ....................................................William Francis DesmondMassachusetts ........................................................... Ronald Stephen MutiMassachusetts .......................................................... Charles Leslie SeddonMassachusetts ........................................................... Richard “Tom” SmithMassachusetts ......................................................... Richard Thomas SmithMichigan ..............................................................Kenneth Franklin BrunellMichigan .....................................................................Larry Thomas DoddMichigan ...........................................................................Bobby Joe EngleMichigan ...............................................................................Bernard FoyleMichigan ........................................................... James Newton HendersonMichigan ................................................................David Frank NewhouseMichigan .......................................................................... James Paul ReedMichigan ......................................................................... Gilbert Leo RiderMichigan ......................................................................... Gilbert Leo RiderMichigan ..............................................................Dallas Marion StevensonMichigan ...................................................... Emmanuel “Manny” WilliamsMichigan ....................................................................... Jackie Allen Young
Minnesota .............................................................Wallace Robert SchmidtMississippi ....................................................................... James David TateMissouri ....................................................................Jimmy Darryl BradleyMissouri ...............................................................Marvin Duane GebhardtMissouri ........................................................................Jerry Lester GriffithMontana .................................................................Donald Bruce WilliamsNevada ........................................................................Ralph Bernard EnnisNew Hampshire ............................................................... Russell Carl JeftsNew Hampshire ................................................ Normand Ernest RaymondNew Jersey ..........................................................Charles William D’AmicoNew Jersey .........................................................Richard Michael HoffmanNew Jersey ............................................................... Thomas Joseph KelleyNew Jersey ........................................... Sylvester “Woody” James KennedyNew Jersey ...................................................................Daniel Robert SheaNew York .....................................................................James Vincent FlowNew York ................................................................... Donald Lee GardnerNew York ................................................................... Lee Charles HurteauNew York ................................................................. Brent Robinson MillerNew York ..........................................................Richard Henry RauschkolbNew York ................................................................... Andrew Asa Sharp JrNew York ....................................................................... Edward Earl StigerNew York ............................................................................Ralph ThuesenNorth Carolina ................................................. James Vernon CuthbertsonNorth Carolina ..................................................... Ronald Berton GoodwinNorth Carolina ................................................................Grady Howard Jr.Ohio ..........................................................................Paul Duane CawthonOhio .....................................................................................Brian Carl HillOhio .................................................................... Marshall Eugene JohnsonOhio ............................................................................ James Allen MorseyOhio ............................................................................... John Dudley NossOhio .........................................................................Mario Domenic PetittiPennsylvania ..............................................................Robert James BenzioPennsylvania .................................................................Gary Walter BurdaPennsylvania ................................................................. Jerry Joseph FosterPennsylvania ...................................................Regis Anthony Franciscus Jr.Pennsylvania ............................................................. David Paul Koston SrPennsylvania .............................................................Michael Joseph LipkaPennsylvania ....................................................... Francis Albert MarkovichPennsylvania ....................................................... Harold Leslie McPhersonPennsylvania .......................................................... Gerald William MurrayPennsylvania ...............................................................Thomas Earl MurrayPennsylvania ..............................................................Paul Thomas PrebishPennsylvania ...........................................................George Yergey RhoadsPennsylvania ...........................................................................Lynn M RossPennsylvania ............................................................Wilson Atlee SimpsonPennsylvania ..........................................................Raymond Dallas TaicletPennsylvania .............................................................. Darryl Elwyn WarfelSouth Carolina..............................................Theodore William Cantrell, Jr.South Dakota ...............................................................Joseph Alvin KahlerSouth Dakota ..................................................... Richard Ernest KrumviedaTexas ...................................................................................Don Carl AllenTexas .............................................................................. Steven Dale BelusTexas ......................................................................... Melvin Glen HensleyTexas .............................................................................Donald Gene RoseVermont .................................................................................Kevin A RootVirginia............................................................................ John Dale AbbottVirginia.................................................................... Wayne Henry TisingerWest Virginia ............................................................... Carl Edmond WhiteWisconsin ..........................................................................William WilsonWyoming .......................................................................William Allen Kirk
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about the In Memory Program
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF) is dedicated to preserving the legacy of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and promoting healing and educating about the impact of the Vietnam War. The legacy of the Memorial includes not only those whose names are etched in the granite wall, but embraces all who served during the Vietnam War.
The In Memory Program honors those that died as a result of the Vietnam War but whose deaths do not fit the Department of Defense parameters for inclusion upon The Wall. Many thousands of service members and civilians died as a result of their involvement in the war, but not as a direct result of combat wounds, as is dictated for inscription on The Wall.
If you know of anyone whose death was related to involvement in the Vietnam War and would like to have that person included in the In Memory Program, contact VVMF at 202-393-0090 or visit our website for details and to download the In Memory application: wwww.vvmf.org/InMemoryProgram.
Our special thanks
Special thanks go out to the volunteers, particularly Tamora Papas; the Non Commissioned Officers Association for their generous support; and, most especially, the families and friends of the In Memory Honorees for journeying to Washington, DC to take part in this special day.
about the education center at the Wall and vvmF
Established in 1979, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund is dedicated to preserving the legacy of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., promoting healing and educating about the impact of the Vietnam War.
The Education Center at The Wall will be a place on our National Mall where our military heroes’ stories and sacrifice will never be forgotten. With plans to begin construction in 2014, the Center is a technologically-innovative learning facility to be built on the grounds of the Vietnam Veterans and Lincoln Memorials. Visitors will better understand the profound impact that the Vietnam War and other wars had on their friends and family members, their hometowns and the nation. The Center will feature the faces and stories of the more than 58,000 men and women on The Wall, honoring those who fell in Vietnam, those who fought and returned, as well as the friends and families of all who served. The Center will also celebrate the legacy of service that links the heroes of America’s past to those still serving today.
Learn more about the Education Center at The Wall by visiting www.vvmf.org or by calling 866-990-WALL.
2600 virginia avenue, nW, suite 104Washington, d.c. 20037
tel (202) 393-0090 Fax (202) 393-0029 e-mail vvmf@vvmf.orgwww.vvmf.org
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