Oklahoma X

Hulbert Memorial

 

Grover Boston

Cpl. Boston was lost on May 2, 1968. Even more tragically, he was a loss to "friendly fire."

William A. Gritts

Cpl. Gritts was an 11B (infantryman) and was lost on June 13, 1968 at Gia Dinh. He was killed by hostile fire from a gun or small arms.

Thomas Mckinzie

 Cpl. McKinzie was lost in the Quang Ngai Province on November 17, 1968. He was lost to hostile fire.

The reason I chose these three for inclusion today is that they were all lost in 1968. For an area that seems to have lost only five, it seems that '68 was an unholy year for them.

I ask you to join me on the 21st of July when we will return to Oregon 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!