North Dakota Vii

In my continuing efforts to honor those lost or missing in 'Nam, today we move to Fargo. There is a small museum there and I came across these heroes.

Pilots, both, they were both lost and considered MIA for a time. Major Beyer was eventually re-designated as KIA.

These two were the only ones I found from Fargo. It is probable that there are more after all this time. If I identify them, I will most certainly add them to this effort.

the Fargo Air Museum is located at 1609 19th Avenue N.

This might be a good time to remind viewers that to enlarge a photo you merely need to click on it

I ask you to join me on the 11th of July when we will return to Ohio to add and honor a few more faces, as always at 9:00 am.

If you are following along at all, you will have seen that a number of you, like Joan from Wisconsin, Tony from Texas, Mike from Maryland, Ron from Florida, Tim from Virginia, Molly from Florida, Colleen from Pennsylvania, Elli from Maryland, and Peg and Ray from Florida, among others, have responded to my request to send me memorials you have seen in your area or where you may have traveled. I even got one from Ireland! These submissions help expand the knowledge of how we have remembered the men and women who served and/or were lost in 'Nam and you help to honor them. If you have any such photos, I would love to see them. Please send them along to the email at the left and I will gladly share them here.

I hope all those listed here will encourage you to send along photos and join the group!

North Carolina XXXIX

 Blowing Rock, NC as mentioned in a previous post is about 40 miles Southwest of Mt. Airy.

 These two names are the only ones listed from the area on the multi-war memorial there.

LTC Parsons had just left a brief reunion with his wife in Hawai'i' when an urgent mission to help rescue trapped marines was called. He never made it and was MIA for decades and is remembered here in NC as one of his lives in the area.

Please take a moment to read this wonderful article from The Washington Post about this hero:

 http://www.arlingtoncemetery.com/deparsons.htm

 

SST. Green was lost on January 2, 1967 at Binh Duong. He, and others, were killed by a tripped mine. Fortunately his body was recovered.

His home of Record was Lenoir, NC.

I ask you to join me on the 6th of July when we will return to North Dakota to add and honor a few more faces, as always at 9:00 am.

These pictures were taken from a photo sent to me by a reader. Mike Minnick has honored several memorials by forwarding them to me and I am greatly appreciative to him and all those listed below.

If you are following along at all, you will have seen that a number of you, like Joan from Wisconsin, Tony from Texas, Mike from Maryland, Ron from Florida, Tim from Virginia, Molly from Florida, Colleen from Pennsylvania, Elli from Maryland, and Peg and Ray from Florida, among others, have responded to my request to send me memorials you have seen in your area or where you may have traveled. I even got one from Ireland! These submissions help expand the knowledge of how we have remembered the men and women who served and/or were lost in 'Nam and you help to honor them. If you have any such photos, I would love to see them. Please send them along to the email at the left and I will gladly share them here.

I hope all those listed here will encourage you to send along photos and join the group!

New York XXXII

New York, as you may know, holds the dubious honor of having lost the second most of her sons and daughters in the Vietnam war. Only California lost more. Of the 4119 lost, I would like to honor a few today.

 

 

This monument honors but a few of the many noted above.

 

Today, these:

 

 

 

Cpl. Heinz was lost in Thua Thien on March 4th, 1968. 

Barry Bidwell is one of the still remaining MIAs and has a home record of Greensburg, Pennsylvania and found his way to Springfield. This hits home with me as my long departed mother was born in Greensburg, too. He was lost in a plane crash and his remains were never recovered

LCPL Ellis was lost in Quang Tri on July 7, 1969.

Sgt. Crosby is also listed among the MIAs. It seems odd to me to have two of the four from Springfield as MIAs. I hope their families some day, some how find peace.

I am sure that in the future I will have the honor of honoring additional heroes from New York.

I ask you to join me on the 1st of July when we will return to to add and honor a few more faces, as always at 9:00 am.

If you are following along at all, you will have seen that a number of you, like Joan from Wisconsin, Tony from Texas, Mike from Maryland, Ron from Florida, Tim from Virginia, Molly from Florida, Colleen from Pennsylvania, Elli from Maryland, and Peg and Ray from Florida, among others, have responded to my request to send me memorials you have seen in your area or where you may have traveled. I even got one from Ireland! These submissions help expand the knowledge of how we have remembered the men and women who served and/or were lost in 'Nam and you help to honor them. If you have any such photos, I would love to see them. Please send them along to the email at the left and I will gladly share them here.

I hope all those listed here will encourage you to send along photos.

New Mexico XXXII

It is an honor today to return to Lordsburg, New Mexico to honor two fallen soldiers and one female soldier, who, as you know, are largely a rarity.

 PO2 Ben Dugan

Petty Officer 2 Dugan was lost on July 4th, 1969 in Hau Nghai Province

LCPL Magdaleno Tarango

LCPL Magdaleno Tarango was lost in the Quang Tri Provence on March 5th, 1967 

And, the female soldier from the area. Many do not know that 10 to 11 thousand women served in 'Nam. You can read more about their service and sacrifice here.

 

 Isobel O. Madrid

I ask you to join me on the 26th of June when we will return to New York to add and honor a few more faces, as always at 9:00 am.

If you are following along at all, you will have seen that a number of you, like Joan from Wisconsin, Tony from Texas, Mike from Maryland, Ron from Florida, Tim from Virginia, Molly from Florida, Colleen from Pennsylvania, Elli from Maryland, and Peg and Ray from Florida, among others, have responded to my request to send me memorials you have seen in your area or where you may have traveled. I even got one from Ireland! These submissions help expand the knowledge of how we have remembered the men and women who served and/or were lost in 'Nam and you help to honor them. If you have any such photos, I would love to see them. Please send them along to the email at the left and I will gladly share them here.

I hope all those listed here will encourage you to send along photos.

New Jersey XXXIII

The memorial in Runnemede, NJ sits along the highway and I happened to see it as I sat in dead stopped traffic: Silver lining!!

It lists many names of those who served.

Buried among the many who served (120) are two KIAs and I want to honor them today. I am somewhat surprised that there are only two

The first if these is:

PFC Gilch was lost on July 21, 1966. The location of his loss is listed as "unknown."

 LCPL Haley was lost on September 1st 1967 at Thua Thien.

I ask you to join me on the 21st of June when we will return to New Mexico and a rare opportunity to honor one of the intrepid women who served in Vietnam, as always at 9:00 am.

If you are following along at all, you will have seen that a number of you, like Joan from Wisconsin, Tony from Texas, Mike from Maryland, Ron from Florida, Tim from Virginia, Molly from Florida, Colleen from Pennsylvania, Elli from Maryland, and Peg and Ray from Florida, among others, have responded to my request to send me memorials you have seen in your area or where you may have traveled. I even got one from Ireland! These submissions help expand the knowledge of how we have remembered the men and women who served and/or were lost in 'Nam and you help to honor them. If you have any such photos, I would love to see them. Please send them along to the email at the left and I will gladly share them here.

I hope all those listed here will encourage you to send along photos.

New Hampshire VIII

I began this post with the intention of honoring those from Canaan, New Hampshire who made the ultimate sacrifice in Vietnam.

 

I had identified five names from the memorial in Canaan as you can see below. As I started looking for their pictures on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund's (VVMF) pages, I soon learned that in fact, happily, only one of those listed had been lost: the others apparently served.

                                                                                   

These following two are among the several others who served. I will list and honor the remaining few at a later date.

 

 

I ask you to join me on the 16th of June when we will return to New Jersey, as always at 9:00 am.

If you are following along at all, you will have seen that a number of you, like Joan from Wisconsin, Tony from Texas, Mike from Maryland, Ron from Florida, Tim from Virginia, Molly from Florida, Colleen from Pennsylvania, Elli from Maryland, and Peg and Ray from Florida, among others, have responded to my request to send me memorials you have seen in your area or where you may have traveled. I even got one from Ireland! These submissions help expand the knowledge of how we have remembered the men and women who served and/or were lost in 'Nam and you help to honor them. If you have any such photos, I would love to see them. Please send them along to the email at the left and I will gladly share them here.

I hope all those listed here will encourage you to send along photos.

Nevada VIII

I have written before about Henderson. It lies south of as Vegas and you can check out that post here.

Today, a tribute to the heroes listed as KIAs from Henderson.

this day has unfolded in a much different manner than I anticipated.

Originally, I had pulled some names from what was identified as the KIA memorial section of the Henderson memorial.

I had five names that I wanted to honor. I started looking at the Wall of Faces from VVMF and was surprised to not find the name I was looking for.

Odd, I thought, but VVMF admits that it is still missing a few names, so I didn't give it too much thought.

But, I couldn't locate a face for the second name either. Or the third or fourth. I called City Hall in Henderson and they tried to be helpful, but could not actually help. They did direct me to the specific information they did have, but I couldn't find what I needed.

I started checking other sites that have this type of info and soon learned that none of the names from the Henderson Memorial KIA panel were lost in 'Nam. 

But, I, also, learned the names of a number of men from Henderson who were lost in 'Nam, so today, as planned, I will honor a few of them today.

 

Jack Edward Cossins

 

Wallace Hopkins

Lowell Lunzman

 

I do not know why these heroes are not mentioned on the Henderson Wall. Perhaps I will contact them again to find out. It is completely possible that they have been added since my visit which was actually some years ago.

For now, however, I will simply ask you to join me on the 11th of June when we will return to New Hampshire, as always at 9:00 am.

If you are following along at all, you will have seen that a number of you, like Joan from Wisconsin, Tony from Texas, Mike from Maryland, Ron from Florida, Tim from Virginia, Molly from Florida, Colleen from Pennsylvania, Elli from Maryland, and Peg and Ray from Florida, among others, have responded to my request to send me memorials you have seen in your area or where you may have traveled. I even got one from Ireland! These submissions help expand the knowledge of how we have remembered the men and women who served and/or were lost in 'Nam and you help to honor them. If you have any such photos, I would love to see them. Please send them along to the email at the left and I will gladly share them here.

I hope all those listed here will encourage you to send along photos.