Missouri XIII

Missouri Vietnam Memorial

James Joseph Hagan

PFC James Hagn was lost on December 1, 1969. He was Point on a four-man team and was accidentally shot by his fire team leader as the patrolled in the Quang Nam Province. A tragedy for all involved.

Kenneth Joseph Joanis

PFC Kenneth Joanis was lost to "small arms fire..." He was lost on May 18, 1969, in the Kontum Province. No other information seems to be available.

Frank Frederick Lewis

SGT Frank Lewis was in the Quang Tri Province on May 6, 1970. He was lost to a "artillery, rocket, or mortar" explosion. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for Valor, with Combat Distinguishing Device V, for his exemplary gallantry in action. He was also awarded the Bronze Star Medal for Merit for his sustained meritorious service,

All three of these were from Affton, Missouri which is about eleven miles southwest of St. Louis.

Next time, on November 19th, join me in Montana. 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 memorials you have seen in your area or from where you have traveled. I even got one from Ireland.

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

I thank all who have participated.

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.