Maine XXIV

 

Maine Vietnam Memorial, Augusta.

Today, a few from Maine.

Dennis Owen Crocker

PFC Dennis Crocker was lost in the Quang Tin Province on August16, 1968, to "Non-hostile ground fire." Elsewhere, his loss is attributed to "Accidental homicide." Not sure exactly how much ground that covers, but I could find no other information.

Wayne Clifton Cyr

SSG Wayne Cyn was lost on May 7, 1968, to " hostile.... ground fire...other explosive device." He was serving in the Quang Nam Province.

Merwin Alexander Delano III

PCT Merwin Delano was lost om March 17, 1966, to "hostile action... multiple fragmentation wounds." He was serving in the Quang Tri Province and was awarded the Bronze Star for Valor. He was 18 years old.

All of these heroes were from Bath, Maine where, interestingly, many of our war ships are built.

Next time, on October 20th, join me in Maryland. See you, as always, at 9:00 am.

If you have been 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 (several times now), Colleen from Pennsylvania (now three times!) Elli from Maryland and Peg and Ray from Florida (more than once!), among others have responded to my request to send memorials you have seen in your area or from where you have traveled. I even got one from Ireland.

These generous submissions have helped to expand the knowledge of how we remember and honor the men and women who served in or were lost in Vietnam.

I thank all who have participated.

If YOU have any such photos or knowledge about these memorials and sites not already here, I would love to know of them. Please send them along to the email address on the left side of this page and I will gladly share them here.

I hope all these listed here will encourage YOU to send along photos and join the group.