Ohio XII

Once again, I am running behind. My apologies.

Stark County Ohio has a memorial to many lost. The memorial, as previously posted, stands in Massillon near the City Hall.

Today, as is becoming my habit, we will honor three from Stark County.

Robert A. Ater

PFC Robert Ater was a passenger on a chopper going to LZ North English. The chopper was seen flying very low and the boom hit the ground causing the craft to crash. All, except one, were lost on August 12, 1970, near Binh Dinh.

Clayton Henry Byers

LCPL Clayton Henry Byers was lost May 24, 1967, just a few days before his 19th birthday, at Quang Nam Province to hostile fire/explosive device.

George K. Galloway

SGT George K. Galloway died of a fatal heart attack on November 17, 1968. He was 50 years old and was known as "Pops" to his men as he took such good care of them. He was lost at Quang Tri Province on the exact same day as his brother died of a heart attack in Ohio. Neither brother knew the other has died. Stranger than fiction.

Next time on May 3rd, we will return to Oklahoma, so join me, as always, at 9 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.