Oklahoma XI

Kay County, Oklahoma's War Memorial is located on Main Street in Newkirk. It honors many from various wars including Vietnam.

Today, a few of our brothers:

Donald S. Allen III

SSG Donald Allen III was lost in a firefight on December 21, 1967, near Bien Hoa. He was among four lost and 15 wounded repelling a Viet Cong attack. He enlisted at 17 to follow in his Father's footsteps. His Father served in Vietnam.

James Johnson jr.

LCPL James Johnson was lost on May 11, 1967, in the Quang Tri Province. He was lost in "Hostile action... to Small Arms fire" or "Rocket, mortar, artillery" depending upon what source you read. VVMF says "Rocket, mortar, Artillery..."

Clarence Leon Rouse

SGT. Clarence Rouse was in the Dinh Toung Province when he was lost to "Hostile action...Small arms fire." I read on a site that Sgt Rouse had been awarded The Bronze Star, but have been unable to verify this

As I have lamented, so many times, it breaks my heart to be able to learn and share so little information about the brave men and women, heroes all, who gave their lives for our efforts in Vietnam.

Next time on May 8th, we will return to Oregon, so join me, as always, at 9 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.