Maryland XXXIX Redux

It took a little longer than I expected to get back up to speed, but roday, here is the afore-promised post from Maryland.

Ocean City, Maryland is the ultimate beach resort in the state. It currently has a population of around 7,000 year round. But then, summer happens and it explodes, the miles of sandy beaches, amusement parks and other fun possibilities draw in 100's of thousands of vacationers.

One young man from Ocean City was lost in Vietnam.

He is memorialized in front of the current City Hall which is housed in what used to be a school: the school he attended as a kid.

Just to the right of the front entrance is the memorial.

The plaque stands adjacent to the WWII memorial.

PFC Berger stands remembered and honored here, once again a testament to what small towns do for their vets.

Nearby, bordering on O.C., is the even smaller town of Berlin and at a future date I will post about those several who were lost from there are remembered.

Next time, we will return to Massachusetts, to a memorial  I have been trying to visit for years. So, meet me there, as always, at 9:00 am on the 4th of November.

To see additional memorials from Maryland, or any other state, please click on the state name on the left side of this age.

If you are following along at all, you will have seen that a number of you have responded to my request to send me memorials you have seen in your area or where you may have traveled. These submissions help expand the knowledge of how we have remembered the men and women who served 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.