Mississippi XII

Mississippi Vietnam Memorial, Ocean Springs

Peter Brown Cook jr.

PFC Peter Cook was lost to "multiple fragmentation wounds" at Binh Dinh Province on October 6, 1967, just days before he could have headed home.

Ernest Pepper Gulledge jr.

CAPT Ernest Gulledge was serving in Vietnam. He became ill and was lost on October 8, 1966. He was lost to a very rare (in adults) type of cancer.

Howard Hamilton Nelson

SP4 Howard Nelson was serving in the Quang Tri Province. He was lost to "other explosive device"

All of these heroes were from Yazoo City, MS.

You can see how very little I was able to find about these, it saddens me every time I stumble over this lack of info and IMHO, respect.

Next time, on November 14th, join me in Missouri. 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.