Ohio XI

As has become my habit, I was looking through files today to see if I had anything I might have over looked in the past.

As I reviewed my pics from a Veterans Park near Canton, I came across one name. I do not remember if it was the only one there or just the only one I photographed. Back then, I was more interested in memorials rather than individual names as I was still trying to see memorials from each state.

Times change. 

Having visited each state, most more than once, I have fulfilled my original goal and am currently trying to honor many of the men and women who served or were lost. I will continue to seek out memorials as I travel. there are new ones in Louisiana and Nebraska that I hope to get soon.

Finding only this one name got me thinking that there simply must be more, so I found a site with names for specific areas and have been studying it for additional heroes to honor. 

The Veterans Park was in Stark County, near Canton. So far, I have identified 27 with many more on the list.

So, for today, a few from Stark County:

Ward Leroy Anthony

Cpl. Ward Leroy Anthony was killed in a motor attack at Thua Thien near Hue' on April 17, 1968.

David Lee french

The following is from his Remembrance page at VVMF's Wall of Faces:

On the 1st of January 1968, a helicopter from the 61st Assault Helicopter Company became the first aircraft loss since the unit was declared operational in Vietnam on 20 December 1967. The crash of the UH-1H took the lives of its four crew members plus six passengers on a mountain in the An Khe Pass. Marginal weather was blamed in the mishap. The crew included aircraft commander WO1 Ronald L. Martin, pilot WO1 Peter Kretzchmar, crew chief SP4 Clarence H. Genau, and gunner PFC Phillip A. Tingley Jr. The six passengers were CAPT Peter S. Kleinberg, CAPT Frank Velazquez, SFC Felix A. Sisario, SP4 David L. French (emphasis mine), SGT Norman R. Anderson, and SP4 Thomas B. Griffin Jr. 

Ronald Lee Hacker

 

 

 

Sgt Hacker was killed on April 3rd, 1969 in a battle near Kontum. He saw one of his men, helping another who was wounded, get wounded. He ran to his aid and was himself fatally wounded.

These three are among the many that I have now found from Stark County, Ohio. I will feature others as time goes by.

I ask you to join me on the 16th of July when we will return to     to add and honor a few more faces, as always 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!