Tennessee XI

The memorials at the Coffee County Courthouse honor those from many of our engagements. The following names were taken from the Vietnam memorial.

Richard Bradley

In a firefight that lasted approximately one minute eight Americans were wounded and PFC Bradley was killed. He was lost on June 19,1966, in the Thua Thien Province.

Hermann Ray Fletcher

In contrast to the above, Hermann Ray Fletcher was killed at Go Cong in a battle the cost us 19 heroes lost and 50 additional wounded. The battle lasted nearly 11 hours. PFC Fletcher and his 18 comrades were lost on January 10, 1968.

Kenneth Lee Kirkes

2LT Kenneth Kirkes was lost on February 9,1968, in the Quang Nam Province to "small arms fire...." Nothing else seems to be available.

Next time on Jun 7th, we will return to Texas, 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 ( now two) 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.