Iowa XI

Red Oak, Iowa is a small town(abt 5,000) with a lovely little park. The park honors several from the town who gave all in 'Nam.

Donald E. Powles

• Donald Eugene Powles: A Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps, he died of wounds from hostile fire on September 13, 1968, in Quang Tri province, South Vietnam.
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  Thomas Pollard

  
  Thomas Leroy Pollard: A Major, he died in Thua Thien on August 19, 1968.

Donald Pickering

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  Donald William Pickering: An Army PFC, he was killed in action on May 8, 1968, near Chu Lai, South Vietnam.
• It is interesting to me that all three of these men from Red Oak were lost within 3 months of each other and that all of their last names begin with the letter "P"

Odd what you notice after doing this for so long.

Rest in peace, brothers.

Next time, on December 17th. we will return to Kansas and additional faces to honor, 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.