Delaware XXX

I posted about Milford, Delaware a while back. You can see that post here. Today, the three lost from the town. 

James H. Johnson

Capt. James Johnson was killed while traveling in a convoy near the Cambodian border on October 3, 1963. The VC ambushed them and the Captain and 8 Vietnamese solders were killed. they were lost in the Quang Duc Province. 

Wayne C. Jester

PVT Wayne Jester was lost on April10, 1968 in Binh Thuan Province. He was lost to "small arms" "hostile" fire. No other information was found.

So sad how little we know or remember. 

Donald Lee Gibson

Sp4 Donald Gibson was killed on July 19, 1968 at Gia Dinh Province. His records say "hostile"..."other explosive device.." I am not clear on exactly what that means. It could be a bomb, grenade, rocket among others. the records are not clear.

Again, way too little information. 

Next time on November 3rd, we will return to Florida and an actual memorial, so join me there, as usual 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.