Oregon XXXIII

Once more I return to this great Veterans Park in Albany, Oregon. It is called the Timber-Linn Memorial Park and honors those from our 20th Century wars.

 

This rustic looking memorial to those lost in 'Nam is one of two listing the same names, although in different order. There is no explanation as to why there are two.

Today, I will highlight a few of the heroes honored here.

Rollie Lee bolden

SP4 Rollie Bolden was lost at the infamous La Drang Valley along with 151 of his fellow soldiers. He gave all on November 17, 1965, he was lost to "Small arms fire..."

Daniel F. Debotts

PSGT Daniel Debotts (I have, also, see Debottis) was among several lost to an early morning VC attack on the base camp at Quan Loi in the Binh Long Province. He was lost on July 11th, 1967.

Wright Bartwyn Hamill

PFC Wright Hamill was another lost in the La Drang fighting. He was awarded the bronze star for "gallantry in action..." I couldn't find additional information, but he was lost to "small arms fire..." on November4, 1965/

Next time on May 13th, we will return to Pennsylvania, 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.