Indiana XIII

About an hour, or so, south of Indianapolis is Charlestown. Which began in the early 1800's as a Mill town. the population in the 1960s was around 6,000.

Indiana Vietnam Memorial, Indianapolis

Today, I would like to honor her three lost sons who gave their all in our efforts in 'Nam.

Richard E. Devore

SFC Richard Devore was lost on January 1, 1968, to "multiple fragmentation wounds." He was lost in the Tay Ninh Province. the only other thing I could find about him is that he was lost at a "hot LZ."

John Meigs Graham

PT John Graham who was lost to "small arms fire" in the Chau Doc Province, near the Cambodian border, on January 16, 1971.

The following was taken from VVMF's Wall of Faces Remembrances pages.

IN REMEMBRANCE OF A HIGHLY DECORATED ARMY OFFICER WHOSE NAME SHALL LIVE FOREVER MORE

"CAPTAIN JOHN MEIGS GRAHAM WAS A DISTINGUISHED GRADUATE OF THE USMA IN THE CLASS OF 1964 WHO WAS AN INFANTRY LEADER WHEN HE MET HIS UNTIMELY DEATH ON 1-16-1971. HIS MILITARY DECORATIONS INCLUDED THE SILVER STAR MEDAL, THE BRONZE STAR MEDAL WITH V DEVICE, THE BRONZE STAR MEDAL, THE AIR MEDAL WITH TWO OAK LEAF CLUSTERS, THE ARMY COMMENDATION MEDAL WITH V DEVICE, THE ARMY COMMENDATION MEDAL AND THE PURPLE HEART. IN ADDITION, HE WAS ENTITLED TO WEAR THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE."

William Howard Somerville

CPL William Somerville was lost to in a chopper crash in Quang Ngai Province. It was noted that he was not a crew member. He was lost on August 15, 1969. He was among a group of soldiers on their way to try to take out an antiaircraft weapon that was constantly being moved around by the enemy. All on board the chopper were lost when it was shot down.

Next time, on September 25th, join me in Iowa. See you, as always, at 9:00 am.

If you have been 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 (several times now), Colleen from Pennsylvania (now three times!) Elli from Maryland and Peg and Ray from Florida (more than once!), among others have responded to my request to send me memorials you have seen in your area or from where you have traveled. I even got one from Ireland!

These generous submissions have help to expand the knowledge of how we remember and honor the men and women who served in or were lost in Vietnam.

If YOU have any such photos or knowledge about these memorials and sites not already here, I would love to know of them. Please send them along to the email address on the left side of this page and I will gladly share them here.

I hope all these listed here will encourage YOU to send along photos and join the group.