Washington XXIII

Anacortes is located on Fidalgo Island and is easily accessible via bridges to the mainland. I have featured the memorial here before and you can see that post here.

The three from Anacortes who were lost are:  

Darwin Engman

WO1 Engman was piloting a chopper near Thanh Son when it was shot down. Several others were lost in the crash of from ground fire while trying to escape the chopper.  

Russell Hibler

SGT Russell Hibler was lost on March 30, 1970 to multiple fragmentation wounds. He was lost in the Thua Thien Province.

Gordon Logan

CPL Gordon W. Logan was a paratrooper who was lost on November 12, 1969 at Binh Dinh. On his VVMF page it specifies "other explosive device" without further explanation. I could find no other information about this hero. How very sad that is. 

Next time, on September 9th, we will return to West Virginia, to honor others so worthy of our admiration and never ending respect. Join me there, at 9:00 am., as always.

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!  

Washington XII

Anacortes is located on Fildago Island just off the coast of mainland Washington. I have been communicating with my friend Steve, from Anacortes, since he read about my journey in a local reprint of the Washington Post story published in 2010.

He told me that he had found a small memorial which had fallen into disrepair and that he wanted to see if he could do anything about it.

We spoke off and on over the years until I finally got the chance to visit a while back.

We met in a local Starbucks and then he took me to Grand View Cemetery where  we found a brand new memorial to the three from the area that gave all in 'Nam. This part of our country is extremely beautiful and I thank Steve for meeting me and sharing this beautiful memorial.

This last picture is a different view from the cemetery.

Next time, on the 11th, look for a special Veterans Day post at 11:00am.

To see additional memorials from Washington, or any other state, click on the state name on the left side of this page.