2014 in memory program

Sixteenth AnnualIN MEMORY DAY OBSERVANCE

VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIALSATURDAY, JUNE 14, 2014

10:00 A.M.

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DEAR FRIENDS:

On behalf of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF), I am pleased to welcome you to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial for our sixteenth In Memory Day ceremony. As is our annual tradition, we gather in the shadow of The Wall that memorializes those who are listed as killed or missing in action to pay tribute to the more than 3.4 million Americans who served in Southeast Asia from 1955-1975. We are here to call attention to those who have passed, and to give them the honor they deserve. Today, we memorialize those who mightily shouldered the burden of war, bravely endured the wounds of war and proudly answered their nation’s call to service.

An entire generation of patriots served honorably and, thankfully, most returned home. However, many never fully recovered, either physically or emotionally, from their experiences in that war. That is why the In Memory program exists – because only a fraction of the casualties actually died on the battlefi elds of Vietnam. Many more carried their wounds back to “the world” and suffered long after the actual fi ghting ended. As these men and women pass, it is our duty and our solemn promise, to welcome them home to this place. They may not meet the criteria for addition to The Wall, but they certainly meet the criteria of joining their brothers and sisters in this place of honor and remembrance.

This year, we recognize the contributions made by 131 service members to ensure the cause of freedom and liberty. Their names will be added to the In Memory Honor Roll and the memory of their service will forever be linked to this Wall. For as long as this memorial stands, and as long as visitors come to this place to learn, your loved ones will be remembered. Their sacrifi ces will not be forgotten.

Thank you all for joining us here today.

Sincerely,

Jan C. ScruggsFounder and PresidentVietnam Veterans Memorial Fund

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Opening Remarks Jan C. ScruggsPresident and Founder, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund

Master of Ceremonies Captain Denis Faherty, USN (Ret.)Former Deputy Director of the National Strategic War Gaming Center, National Defense University

Presentation of Colors Armed Forces Color GuardMilitary District of Washington

Invocation

National Anthem VocalistU.S. Marine Corps Band “The President’s Own”

Pledge of Allegiance Dana KornGreat Niece of 2014 Honoree Bonnie Jean McWilliams

Retiring of Colors Armed Forces Color GuardMilitary District of Washington

Keynote Remarks Annette ConwaySister of 2014 Honoree Daniel Thomas Drury

Name Reading Past Participants

“The Unsung Heroes” Chuck Price (recording)

In Memory Honor Roll Call Families and Friends

Taps BuglerU.S. Navy Band

Laying of Tributes Families and Friends at The Wall

Sixteenth AnnualIN MEMORY DAY OBSERVANCE

VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIALSATURDAY, JUNE 14, 2014 | 10:00 A.M.

The names of all past honorees are read throughout the ceremony

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Patrick Allen Alexander ................................... July 21, 1952 – June 3, 2012Thomas George Angelos ........................May 8, 1947 – December 3, 2009Robert John Banaszek .................. December 25, 1928 – February 25, 1982Paul George Bebeau ...............................July 24, 1944 – February 10, 2012James Rodger Boden .............................June 7, 1947 – November 13, 2013Karl Mark Boff ...........................................August 25, 1948 – July 27, 2009Dennis James Brady..................... December 30, 1942 – February 17, 1998John Timothy Brozovich ................................ May 27, 1946 – July 19, 2012Dean Paul Buhle..................................... August 18, 1947 – August 3, 2011Floyd Ray Burchett ...............................May 13, 1946 – September 8, 2011James Joseph Burns ................................. August 10, 1942 – April 21, 2001Charles William Carey Jr. ........................... October 4, 1950 – June 2, 2012Vincent Frank Chavez ........................... December 1, 1949 – June 26, 2011John Andrew Chess .....................................July 25, 1944 – August 9, 1992Frederick James Chicoine .............. December 10, 1948 – October 8, 2006James Herman Clark ...............................March 21, 1947 – March 19, 1984Ovie B. Clark ....................................... July 13, 1945 – December 25, 2012Charles Woodfall Clark Jr............. September 18, 1944 – October 22, 1994Dennis Farrell Coble ................. September 21, 1947 – December 21, 2001Larry Dean Cole ...................................... May 18, 1947 – February 1, 2013David (Tex) William Condron ............September 13, 1948 – April 29, 2000William (Bill) Cooney ..................................... July 19, 1948 – July 13, 1985William Darlington Cornwell III ..... January 11, 1940 – November 30, 2012Teddy Bruce Craven ..................................April 17, 1949 – March 17, 2013Eldon Dean Crouse Sr. ......................... March 16, 1948 – February 9, 2012Kevin William Dale ...................................January 17, 1952 – July 30, 2012Gunnar Frederick Davis ........................February 28, 1947 – April 30, 2012Paul Jackson Davis ................................February 19, 1942 – May 13, 2003Dallas Crawford Dixon ....................................July 30, 1932 – July 17, 1976David Wayne Douglas Sr. ........................ June 29, 1945 – January 24, 2014Edwin George Driscoll ...............................June 26, 1943 – August 9, 2007Daniel Thomas Drury ...........................July 27, 1948 – November 11, 1979Frank Ellsworth Elliott III ...............................July 19, 1940 – March 9, 2013Paul Marshall Facklam Sr. ............ December 18, 1945 – February 27, 2005Douglas Dee Fausett .................................... June 26, 1947 – July 30, 2007Donald Edward Fiechter .........................June 8, 1947 – November 8, 2012James Lyle Froyd ................................. June 19, 1945 – December 12, 2010Alan J. Gatesman .............................November 8, 1943 – January 10, 2003Frederick Sheppard Gersh ............................. May 24, 1936 – April 5, 2012Thomas Carlyle Graham ....................December 15, 1948 – August 7, 2013Charles Jasper Hansen Jr. ............. November 28, 1934 – February 29, 2012Gary Paul Harding ................................... October 12, 1951 – April 1, 2013Michael Lyn Harger .........................March 15, 1946 – September 15, 2005John Vincent Hecker ............................. August 9, 1948 – October 4, 2013Dennis James William Hewitt ......... November 8, 1946 – October 17, 2012Vaughn Galen Hillgren ......................... April 18, 1938 – February 20, 2014Arthur James Hinsch ....................... August 30, 1947 – November 16, 1986Thomas Gustav Carl Jacobsen ..............July 29, 1951 – November 13, 2013Allen Gordon James ............................October 1, 1947 – January 31, 2012David Michael Johnson ............... September 26, 1944 – October 28, 2007Gary Joseph Johnson ...............................October 3, 1945 – April 10, 1991Walter Edward Jones ................................... April 30, 1940 – May 17, 1998Thomas Lee Kelly ...................................... March 15, 1933 – June 11, 2013Terry Alan Kent ............................... March 15, 1948 – December 16, 2011William Boleslaw Klimek .................March 19, 1943 – November 19, 2004Sheldon Mark Klink ........................ December 30, 1947 – October 7, 1974Robert Alan Konopka ..................................March 29, 1947 – May 7, 2007Ryszard Laba ................................. February 7, 1946 – September 10, 2012Marvin Lee Lemley ............................... September 27, 1946 – May 4, 2012Joseph Paul Lopez ....................................January 31, 1948 – June 17, 2013Clarence Allen Mack Sr. .........................September 11, 1945 – July 7, 2012Eugene J. Magnuson Jr. .................October 28, 1947 – September 26, 2013Michael Mallory ...............................................July 30, 1949 – July 4, 2013Eduardo Marquez Jr. .......................... October 9, 1949 – October 23, 1993Varnie Lamar Massey ................................June 15, 1949 – August 11, 2012Richard Allen McCraw ............... September 19, 1948 – December 8, 2013

Bonnie Jean McWilliams ......................May 12, 1924 – November 3, 2008Danny Robert McWilliams ...........................July 17, 1947 – August 6, 2013Patrick Thomas Michael ..................December 20, 1946 – March 22, 1982James Ronald Miller .............................. February 11, 1949 – April 10, 2013William Michael Mintler ..............................May 10, 1940 – April 11, 2001William Lester Morton ......................... December 8, 1948 – April 27, 2005Robert James Mott ..............................August 23, 1949 – October 15, 2012Richard Anthony Nailor ........................July 27, 1935 – November 16, 2012John Raymond Nash ...................... October 13, 1945 – September 5, 2008Rondle Lee Nelson ..................................July 25, 1943 – October 10, 2010James Lee Nye ....................................August 22, 1946 – October 29, 2012Michael G. Obrecht ............................. December 6, 1948 – June 13, 2013George Charles Olenick ................ October 22, 1946 – December 8, 2006Raymond Francis Ollero ......................March 14, 1947 – October 18, 2010Melvin Grant Overbay Jr. ....................... November 1, 1950 – July 29, 1993Bruce Joseph Pascale............................. January 9, 1947 – August 25, 1994John Nicholas Paul ...................................... June 28, 1949 – April 17, 2004Charles A. Phelan III ............................January 21, 1939 – January 14, 1974Robert James Pope ..................................July 22, 1941 – October 23, 1995Charles Robert Powell Jr. ...................September 29, 1951 – March 3, 2012Clyde Roger Price ..................................October 16, 1948 – April 28, 2013Edwin Taylor Reed .......................................August 3, 1946 – July 22, 1984James Edward Resch ..................................... June 11, 1947 – May 26, 2011Carl Douglass Riegel ............................. June 15, 1946 – February 27, 2013Michael Frank Rossler ..............................August 27, 1945 – March 1, 1988Gilbert Reed Rowan .............................September 9, 1941 – May 13, 2005Michael Anthony Ruberti ........................June 19, 1944 – January 30, 1988Joseph Michael Ruggiero ......................... April 7, 1947 – October 13, 1987Samuel Salinas ............................................. July 17, 1948 – March 4, 2013Lonnie Ray Sanders ......................September 14, 1948 – October 13, 2012Bernard Scott Schneider .....................November 14, 1947 – April 10, 2012Gerald Leroy Schneider ....................... July 21, 1943 – September 20, 2013Phillip Michael Seyller ..................October 28, 1949 – September 28, 2013John Joseph Skahill Jr. .......................... September 27, 1947 – July 20, 2012Michael Stanley Edward Smentkowski ...August 8, 1946 – November 28, 2010Ernest Luther Smith Jr.......................December 27, 1932 – August 24, 2010John Archie Smith ............................ March 27, 1941 – December 15, 1988Kerry Bruce Smith .................................November 2, 1948 – July 15, 2001Marlin Ray Smith ............................October 4, 1928 – September 21, 2001Antonio Caetano Soares ...........................March 22, 1945 – April 30, 2013Jesse Warren Spencer Jr. .................................April 15, 1948 – July 2, 2010Robert Eugene Stafford .....................January 28, 1951 – February 14, 2007Dwight David Stanley ........................... March 9, 1947 – October 18, 2013Jerry Stanley ......................................December 1, 1946 – March 26, 2013Donald Ray Stokes .......................October 24, 1930 – November 22, 2013Roger Vinson Stone ....................................July 12, 1948 – March 19, 1997Michael Don Strickland .............December 21, 1950 – September 11, 2012Ronald Cole Tastad ...............................January 26, 1946 – January 3, 1990Robert Richard Tiede .............................February 10, 1945 – June 10, 2013Robert Francis Tighe ................................... June 15, 1948 – August 1, 2013Joseph Thomas Timpano .......................March 28, 1947 – August 24, 2010Arthur Frank Torres......................... August 30, 1948 – November 19, 2013William Francis Trainor ......................... October 26, 1949 – March 1, 2013Daniel Vasquez .............................. October 11, 1947 – December 1, 1987Frank Harvey Virdin Sr. ...............................July 23, 1945 – August 9, 2006Robert William Vradenburgh .................... July 29, 1946 – October 4, 1987Richard Stephen Wagner ............ November 20, 1946 – November 5, 2013Frederick Eugene White ........................ April 20, 1950 – February 11, 2014Russell Sterling Whitman III .....................August 4, 1947 – March 22, 2013Patrick Lee Wright .....................................March 17, 1948 – June 28, 1997David Paul Wuckert ..................November 19, 1945 – November 22, 2012Robert Hepburn Yancey ........... December 19, 1943 – December 29, 2009Paul Joseph Yeramian ..................December 11, 1946 – September 7, 2011George Thomas Zabilka Jr. .................May 13, 1948 – November 22, 2002Richard Alexander Zenick .................September 5, 1944 – March 16, 2012

2014 IN MEMORY HONOREESTheir names are not inscribed on The Wall, but their spirits and memory are ever present.

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PATRICK ALLEN ALEXANDER

July 21, 1952 – June 3, 2012U.S. Air Force, 1970 –1974

THOMAS GEORGE ANGELOS

May 8, 1947 – December 3, 2009U.S. Army, 1968 – 1970

ROBERT JOHN BANASZEK

December 25, 1928 – February 25, 1982U.S. Army, 1968 – 1969

PAUL GEORGE BEBEAU

July 24, 1944 – February 10, 2012U.S. Marine Corps, 1964 – 1968

JAMES RODGER BODEN

June 7, 1947 – November 13, 2013U.S. Army, 1966 – 1968

KARL MARK BOFF

August 25, 1948 – July 27, 2009U.S. Marine Corps, 1967 – 1969

DENNIS JAMES BRADY

December 30, 1942 – February 17, 1998U.S. Army, 1960’s

JOHN TIMOTHY BROZOVICH

May 27, 1946 – July 19, 2012U.S. Army, 1967 – 1969

DEAN PAUL BUHLE

August 18, 1947 – August 3, 2011U.S. Army, 1967 – 1968

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IN MEMORY HONOR ROLL

2014 Inductees


VINCENT FRANK CHAVEZ

December 1, 1949 – June 26, 2011U.S. Marine Corps, 1968 – 1970

JOHN ANDREW CHESS

July 25, 1944 – August 9, 1992U.S. Marine Corps, 1962 – 1965

FREDERICK JAMES CHICOINE

December 10, 1948 – October 8, 2006U.S. Marine Corps, 1966 – 1970

JAMES HERMAN CLARK

March 21, 1947 – March 19, 1984U.S. Army, 1966 – 1968

OVIE B. CLARK

July 13, 1945 – December 25, 2012U.S. Army, 1965 – 1967

CHARLES WOODFALL CLARK JR.September 18, 1944 – October 22, 1994

U.S. Marine Corps, 1965

FLOYD RAY BURCHETT

May 13, 1946 – September 8, 2011U.S. Army, 1971 – 1972

JAMES JOSEPH BURNS

August 10, 1942 – April 21, 2001U.S. Army, 1965 – 1966

CHARLES WILLIAM CAREY JR.October 4, 1950 – June 2, 2012

U.S. Army, 1969 – 1972

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DENNIS FARRELL COBLE

September 21, 1947 – December 21, 2001U.S. Army, 1966 – 1969

LARRY DEAN COLE

May 18, 1947 – February 1, 2013U.S. Army, 1968 – 1970

DAVID (TEX) WILLIAM CONDRON

September 13, 1948 – April 29, 2000U.S. Army, 1969 – 1971

WILLIAM (BILL) COONEY

July 19, 1948 – July 13, 1985U.S. Army, 1967 – 1969

WILLIAM DARLINGTON CORNWELL IIIJanuary 11, 1940 – November 30, 2012

U.S. Navy, 1958 – 1960; U.S. Army, 1961 – 1969

TEDDY BRUCE CRAVEN

April 17, 1949 – March 17, 2013U.S. Marine Corps, 1967 – 1971

ELDON DEAN CROUSE SR.March 16, 1948 – February 9, 2012

U.S. Army, 1967 – 1969

KEVIN WILLIAM DALE

January 17, 1952 – July 30, 2012U.S. Army, 1970 – 1972

GUNNAR FREDERICK DAVIS

February 28, 1947 – April 30, 2012U.S. Marine Corps, 1964 – 1986

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PAUL JACKSON DAVIS

February 19, 1942 – May 13, 2003U.S. Marine Corps, 1968 – 1970

DALLAS CRAWFORD DIXON

July 30, 1932 – July 17, 1976U.S. Air Force, 1971 – 1972

DAVID WAYNE DOUGLAS SR.June 29, 1945 – January 24, 2014U.S. Marine Corps, 1965 – 1975

EDWIN GEORGE DRISCOLL

June 26, 1943 – August 9, 2007U.S. Marine Corps, 1966 – 1971

DANIEL THOMAS DRURY

July 27, 1948 – November 11, 1979U.S. Army, 1967 – 1970

FRANK ELLSWORTH ELLIOTT IIIJuly 19, 1940 – March 9, 2013

U.S. Army, 1969 – 1971

PAUL MARSHALL FACKLAM SR.December 18, 1945 – February 27, 2005

U.S. Marine Corps, 1966 – 1969

DOUGLAS DEE FAUSETT

June 26, 1947 – July 30, 2007U.S. Marine Corps, 1966 – 1968

DONALD EDWARD FIECHTER

June 8, 1947 – November 8, 2012U.S. Marine Corps, 1965 – 1968

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JAMES LYLE FROYD

June 19, 1945 – December 12, 2010U.S. Army, 1965 – 1967

ALAN J. GATESMAN

November 8, 1943 – January 10, 2003U.S. Air Force, 1961 – 1983

FREDERICK SHEPPARD GERSH

May 24, 1936 – April 5, 2012U.S. Air Force, 1959 – 1986

THOMAS CARLYLE GRAHAM

December 15, 1948 – August 7, 2013U.S. Army, Late 1960’s

CHARLES JASPER HANSEN JR.November 28, 1934 – February 29, 2012

U.S. Air Force, 1956 – 1976

GARY PAUL HARDING

October 12, 1951 – April 1, 2013U.S. Army, 1971 – 1972

MICHAEL LYN HARGER

March 15, 1946 – September 15, 2005U.S. Army, 1963 – 1983

JOHN VINCENT HECKER

August 9, 1948 – October 4, 2013U.S. Navy, 1969 – 1970

DENNIS JAMES WILLIAM HEWITT

November 8, 1946 – October 17, 2012U.S. Marine Corps, 1967 – 1969

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VAUGHN GALEN HILLGREN

April 18, 1938 – February 20, 2014U.S. Army, 1968 – 1969, 1971 – 1972

ARTHUR JAMES HINSCH

August 30, 1947 – November 16, 1986U.S. Army, 1966 – 1968

THOMAS GUSTAV CARL JACOBSEN

July 29, 1951 – November 13, 2013U.S. Army, 1970 – 1974

ALLEN GORDON JAMES

October 1, 1947 – January 31, 2012U.S. Air Force, 1966 – 1972

DAVID MICHAEL JOHNSON

September 26, 1944 – October 28, 2007U.S. Army, 1965 – 1967

GARY JOSEPH JOHNSON

October 3, 1945 – April 10, 1991U.S. Navy, 1966 – 1970

WALTER EDWARD JONES

April 30, 1940 – May 17, 1998U.S. Marine Corps, 1963 – 1967

THOMAS LEE KELLY

March 15, 1933 – June 11, 2013U.S. Army, 1955 – 1984

TERRY ALAN KENT

March 15, 1948 – December 16, 2011U.S. Navy, 1968

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WILLIAM BOLESLAW KLIMEK

March 19, 1943 – November 19, 2004U.S. Army, 1965 – 1967

SHELDON MARK KLINK

December 30, 1947 – October 7, 1974U.S. Air Force, 1966 – 1970

ROBERT ALAN KONOPKA

March 29, 1947 – May 7, 2007U.S. Army, 1968 – 1969

RYSZARD LABA

February 7, 1946 – September 10, 2012U.S. Army, 1967 – 1969

MARVIN LEE LEMLEY

September 27, 1946 – May 4, 2012U.S. Marine Corps, 1966 – 1968

JOSEPH PAUL LOPEZ

January 31, 1948 – June 17, 2013U.S. Army, 1967 – 1968

CLARENCE ALLEN MACK SR.September 11, 1945 – July 7, 2012

U.S. Air Force, 1966 – 1969

EUGENE J. MAGNUSON JR.October 28, 1947 – September 26, 2013

U.S. Army, 1964 – 1973

MICHAEL MALLORY

July 30, 1949 – July 4, 2013U.S. Army, 1967 – 1969

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EDUARDO MARQUEZ JR.October 9, 1949 – October 23, 1993

U.S. Army, 1967 – 1973

VARNIE LAMAR MASSEY

June 15, 1949 – August 11, 2012U.S. Army, 1968 – 1971

RICHARD ALLEN MCCRAW

September 19, 1948 – December 8, 2013U.S. Army, 1969 – 1970

BONNIE JEAN MCWILLIAMS

May 12, 1924 – November 3, 2008U.S. Army, 1967 – 1968

DANNY ROBERT MCWILLIAMS

July 17, 1947 – August 6, 2013U.S. Army, 1967 – 1969

PATRICK THOMAS MICHAEL

December 20, 1946 – March 22, 1982U.S. Marine Corps, 1966 – 1969

JAMES RONALD MILLER

February 11, 1949 – April 10, 2013U.S. Marine Corps, 1968 – 1969

WILLIAM MICHAEL MINTLER

May 10, 1940 – April 11, 2001U.S. Army, 1967 – 1968

WILLIAM LESTER MORTON

December 8, 1948 – April 27, 2005U.S. Marine Corps, 1967 – 1969

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ROBERT JAMES MOTT

August 23, 1949 – October 15, 2012U.S. Marine Corps, 1967 – 1969

RICHARD ANTHONY NAILOR

July 27, 1935 – November 16, 2012U.S. Marine Corps, 1954 – 1974

JOHN RAYMOND NASH

October 13, 1945 – September 5, 2008U.S. Army, 1962 – 1967

RONDLE LEE NELSON

July 25, 1943 – October 10, 2010U.S. Army, 1970 – 1971

JAMES LEE NYE

August 22, 1946 – October 29, 2012U.S. Army, 1967 – 1972

MICHAEL G. OBRECHT

December 6, 1948 – June 13, 2013U.S. Army, 1968 – 1969

GEORGE CHARLES OLENICK

October 22, 1946 – December 8, 2006U.S. Air Force, 1964 – 1972

RAYMOND FRANCIS OLLERO

March 14, 1947 – October 18, 2010U.S. Army, 1967 – 1969

MELVIN GRANT OVERBAY JR.November 1, 1950 – July 29, 1993

U.S. Army, 1967 – 1973

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BRUCE JOSEPH PASCALE

January 9, 1947 – August 25, 1994U.S. Navy, 1964 – 1967

JOHN NICHOLAS PAUL

June 28, 1949 – April 17, 2004U.S. Army, Early 1970s

CHARLES A. PHELAN IIIJanuary 21, 1939 – January 14, 1974

U.S. Air Force, 1956 – 1969

ROBERT JAMES POPE


CHARLES ROBERT POWELL JR.September 29, 1951 – March 3, 2012

U.S. Army, 1969 – 1971

CLYDE ROGER PRICE

October 16, 1948 – April 28, 2013U.S. Marine Corps, 1966 – 1972

EDWIN TAYLOR REED

August 3, 1946 – July 22, 1984U.S. Army, 1965 – 1967

JAMES EDWARD RESCH

June 11, 1947 – May 26, 2011U.S. Army, 1968 – 1969

CARL DOUGLASS RIEGEL

June 15, 1946 – February 27, 2013U.S. Army, 1968 – 1970

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MICHAEL FRANK ROSSLER

August 27, 1945 – March 1, 1988U.S. Air Force, 1966

GILBERT REED ROWAN

September 9, 1941 – May 13, 2005U.S. Navy, 1968 – 1970

MICHAEL ANTHONY RUBERTI

June 19, 1944 – January 30, 1988U.S. Marine Corps, 1961 – 1965

JOSEPH MICHAEL RUGGIERO

April 7, 1947 – October 13, 1987U.S. Army, 1966 – 1969

SAMUEL SALINAS

July 17, 1948 – March 4, 2013U.S. Army, 1968 – 1970

LONNIE RAY SANDERS

September 14, 1948 – October 13, 2012U.S. Army, 1970 – 1971

BERNARD SCOTT SCHNEIDER

November 14, 1947 – April 10, 2012U.S. Air Force, 1965 – 1968

GERALD LEROY SCHNEIDER

July 21, 1943 – September 20, 2013U.S. Army, 1965 – 1967

PHILLIP MICHAEL SEYLLER

October 28, 1949 – September 28, 2013U.S. Army, 1968 – 1970

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JOHN JOSEPH SKAHILL JR.September 27, 1947 – July 20, 2012

U.S. Navy, 1966 – 1998

MICHAEL STANLEY EDWARD SMENTKOWSKI

August 8, 1946 – November 28, 2010U.S. Army, 1967

ERNEST LUTHER SMITH JR.December 27, 1932 – August 24, 2010

U.S. Air Force, 1954 – 1975

JOHN ARCHIE SMITH

March 27, 1941 – December 15, 1988U.S. Army, 1966 – 1972

KERRY BRUCE SMITH

November 2, 1948 – July 15, 2001U.S. Marine Corps, 1968 – 1970

MARLIN RAY SMITH

October 4, 1928 – September 21, 2001U.S. Air Force, 1971 – 1973

ANTONIO CAETANO SOARES

March 22, 1945 – April 30, 2013U.S. Army, 1964 – 1966

JESSE WARREN SPENCER JR.April 15, 1948 – July 2, 2010

U.S. Marine Corps, 1967 – 1968

ROBERT EUGENE STAFFORD

January 28, 1951 – February 14, 2007U.S. Marine Corps, 1968 – 1970

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DWIGHT DAVID STANLEY

March 9, 1947 – October 18, 2013U.S. Army, 1966 – 1972

JERRY STANLEY

December 1, 1946 – March 26, 2013U.S. Army, 1966 – 1968

DONALD RAY STOKES

October 24, 1930 – November 22, 2013U.S. Army, 1951 – 1971

ROGER VINSON STONE

July 12, 1948 – March 19, 1997U.S. Army, 1968 – 1969

MICHAEL DON STRICKLAND

December 21, 1950 – September 11, 2012U.S. Marine Corps, 1969 – 1977

RONALD COLE TASTAD

January 26, 1946 – January 3, 1990U.S. Army, 1966 – 1969

ROBERT RICHARD TIEDE

February 10, 1945 – June 10, 2013U.S. Army, 1965 – 1968

ROBERT FRANCIS TIGHE

June 15, 1948 – August 1, 2013U.S. Marine Corps, 1969 – 1972

JOSEPH THOMAS TIMPANO

March 28, 1947 – August 24, 2010U.S. Army, 1968 – 1969

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ARTHUR FRANK TORRES

August 30, 1948 – November 19, 2013U.S. Army, 1968 – 1988

WILLIAM FRANCIS TRAINOR

October 26, 1949 – March 1, 2013U.S. Marine Corps, 1968 – 1971

DANIEL VASQUEZ

October 11, 1947 – December 1, 1987U.S. Army, 1969 – 1970

FRANK HARVEY VIRDIN SR.

July 23, 1945 – August 9, 2006U.S. Marine Corps, 1963 –1969

ROBERT WILLIAM VRADENBURGH


RICHARD STEPHEN WAGNER

November 20, 1946 – November 5, 2013U.S. Army, 1968 – 1974

FREDERICK EUGENE WHITE

April 20, 1950 – February 11, 2014U.S. Army, 1969 – 1974

RUSSELL STERLING WHITMAN IIIAugust 4, 1947 – March 22, 2013

U.S. Army, 1967 – 1972

PATRICK LEE WRIGHT

March 17, 1948 – June 28, 1997U.S. Army, 1969 – 1970

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DAVID PAUL WUCKERT

November 19, 1945 – November 22, 2012U.S. Army, 1965 – 1967

ROBERT HEPBURN YANCEY

December 19, 1943 – December 29, 2009U.S. Air Force, 1964 – 1968

PAUL JOSEPH YERAMIAN

December 11, 1946 – September 7, 2011U.S. Army, 1965 – 1968

GEORGE THOMAS ZABILKA JR.May 13, 1948 – November 22, 2002

U.S. Navy, 1966 – 1970

RICHARD ALEXANDER ZENICK

September 5, 1944 – March 16, 2012U.S. Army, 1965 – 1968

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IN MEMORY HONOR ROLL INDUCTEES INDEX BY STATE

Alabama ......................................................................... John Archie SmithArizona ........................................................... Russell Sterling Whitman IIIArkansas ............................................................Danny Robert McWilliamsCalifornia ................................................................. Vincent Frank ChavezCalifornia ...................................................................Gary Joseph JohnsonCalifornia .............................................................Bonnie Jean McWilliamsCalifornia ......................................................................Robert James PopeCalifornia ............................................................................ Samuel SalinasCalifornia ...........................................................................Daniel VasquezCalifornia .............................................................Richard Stephen WagnerCalifornia .............................................................. Frederick Eugene WhiteConnecticut ........................................................... Richard Anthony NailorConnecticut .......................................................... Raymond Francis OlleroConnecticut .................................................................... Richard A. Zenick Delaware ................................................................ Frank Harvey Virdin Sr.Florida ..................................................................Thomas George AngelosFlorida ...................................................................Donald Edward Fiechter Florida ........................................................................Walter Edward JonesGeorgia .....................................................................Varnie Lamar MasseyGeorgia .................................................................Bernard Scott SchneiderIllinois ...................................................................John Timothy BrozovichIllinois ................................................................................... Ovie B. ClarkIllinois ....................................................................David Michael JohnsonIllinois .........................................................................Michael G. Obrecht Illinois ................................................................... Gerald Leroy SchneiderIllinois ......................................................................Phillip Michael SeyllerIllinois .....................................................................Robert Eugene StaffordIllinois .....................................................................................Jerry StanleyIllinois .......................................................................... Ronald Cole TastadIllinois ...............................................................George Thomas Zabilka Jr. Indiana ..........................................................................Floyd Ray BurchettIndiana ..........................................................................Rondle Lee NelsonIndiana ................................................................................ James Lee Nye Iowa ................................................................................. Dean Paul BuhleIowa .............................................................................Michael Lyn HargerIowa ............................................................. Dennis James William HewittKansas ........................................................................ James Edward ReschKentucky .................................................................... Dennis Farrell CobleKentucky ........................................................................ Clyde Roger PriceKentucky ......................................................................Lonnie Ray SandersKentucky ......................................................................Roger Vinson StoneLouisiana ..............................................................Charles Robert Powell Jr. Louisiana ........................................................................Kerry Bruce SmithLouisiana .................................................................. Dwight David StanleyMaine ...................................................................... Eldon Dean Crouse Sr. Maryland .................................................................Richard Allen McCrawMassachusetts .....................................................Frederick James Chicoine Massachusetts ....................................................................... Ryszard LabaMassachusetts ............................................................ Charles A. Phelan IIIMassachusetts .....................................................Michael Anthony RubertiMassachusetts ............................................................ Robert Francis TigheMassachusetts .......................................................Robert Hepburn YanceyMassachusetts ...........................................................Paul Joseph YeramianMichigan .......................................................................... Larry Dean ColeMichigan .....................................................................Teddy Bruce CravenMichigan ................................................................... Robert Richard TiedeMichigan .....................................................................David Paul WuckertMinnesota ....................................................................Kevin William DaleMinnesota ....................................................Thomas Gustav Carl JacobsenMissouri ................................................................... Daniel Thomas DruryMissouri ............................................................................Michael MalloryMissouri .............................................................. Melvin Grant Overbay Jr.Missouri .....................................................................Carl Douglass RiegelMissouri .......................................................................... Marlin Ray SmithNebraska .................................................................Vaughn Galen Hillgren

Nebraska ............................................................................ Terry Alan KentNevada ............................................................................. James Lyle FroydNew Hampshire .................................................Frederick Sheppard GershNew Jersey .................................................................. Dennis James BradyNew Jersey ................................................................... James Joseph BurnsNew Jersey ......................................................... Charles Woodfall Clark Jr.New Jersey ..............................................................Edwin George DriscollNew Jersey .......................................................... William Boleslaw KlimekNew Jersey ...................................................................Sheldon Mark KlinkNew Jersey .....................................................................Joseph Paul LopezNew Jersey .................................................................... Robert James MottNew Jersey ...................................... Michael Stanley Edward Smentkowski New Jersey ..................................................................... Antonio C. SoaresNew Mexico............................................................... Eduardo Marquez Jr.New Mexico................................................................. Arthur Frank TorresNew York .............................................................................Karl Mark BoffNew York ............................................................ Charles William Carey Jr.New York .............................................................. Gunnar Frederick DavisNew York .................................................................... Paul M. Facklam Sr.New York ...................................................................... Gary Paul HardingNew York ................................................................... Arthur James HinschNew York ....................................................................Allen Gordon JamesNew York ............................................................. William Michael MintlerNew York .................................................................. Bruce Joseph PascaleNew York ......................................................................John Nicholas PaulNew York ..................................................................John Joseph Skahill Jr.New York ............................................................... William Francis TrainorNew York ...................................................... Robert William VradenburghNorth Carolina ....................................................... Dallas Crawford DixonOhio ........................................................................... James Herman ClarkOhio .........................................................................William “Bill” CooneyOhio ......................................................................... Michael Frank RosslerOklahoma .......................................................................Thomas Lee KellyOklahoma ............................................................ Jesse Warren Spencer Jr.Oklahoma .....................................................................Donald Ray StokesOregon ........................................................................ James Ronald MillerPennsylvania ............................................................ Robert John BanaszekPennsylvania ................................................................ James Roger BodenPennsylvania ................................................................John Andrew ChessPennsylvania ............................................. William Darlington Cornwell IIIPennsylvania .............................................................David W. Douglas Sr. Pennsylvania ................................................................... Alan J. GatesmanPennsylvania .............................................................. John Vincent HeckerPennsylvania .............................................................Robert Alan KonopkaPennsylvania .........................................................Patrick Thomas MichaelPennsylvania .............................................................. John Raymond NashPennsylvania .........................................................George Charles OlenickPennsylvania ................................................................. Edwin Taylor ReedPennsylvania ....................................................... Joseph Michael RuggieroPennsylvania ............................................................ Ernest Luther Smith Jr.South Carolina.......................................................Clarence Allen Mack Sr.Texas ........................................................... David “Tex” William CondronTexas .............................................................................Paul Jackson DavisTexas ......................................................................Frank Ellsworth Elliot IIITexas .................................................................... Thomas Carlyle GrahamTexas ................................................................... Charles Jasper Hansen Jr.Texas .......................................................................Eugene J. Magnuson Jr.Texas ..................................................................... Michael Don StricklandUtah .......................................................................Patrick Allen AlexanderUtah ...........................................................................Douglas Dee FausettVirginia.................................................................Joseph Thomas TimpanoWashington ....................................................................Patrick Lee WrightWest Virginia ................................................................ Marvin Lee LemleyWisconsin .................................................................. Paul George Bebeau

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JOIN US ON FATHER’S DAYSUNDAY, JUNE 15, 2014 AT 10:00 A.M.

Please join us tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. for our annual Father’s Day Rose Remembrance Ceremony at The Wall.

Father’s Day is a time to honor all of our fathers, and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF) will continue the annual tradition of paying special tribute to fathers. Every year on Father’s Day, volunteers join sons and daughters of veterans and

affi x long-stemmed roses with messages of love and honor, sent from across the country to those lost in the war. Each message is read aloud and each rose is touched to

The Wall before fi nally being placed at the base of the Memorial.

Red roses symbolize those killed in action. Yellow roses symbolize those missing in action. White roses with red tips symbolize those who are part of our In Memory program. Family, friends and other visitors are invited to take part as the emotional ceremony concludes with a bed of roses surrounding the memorial, a breathtaking sight that

demonstrates both the gratitude and the sacrifi ces of families impacted by foreign confl ict.

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ABOUT THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL FUND

Established in 1979, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund is dedicated to preserving the legacy of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., promoting healing and educating about the impact of the Vietnam War.

Today’s In Memory Ceremony and other annual VVMF ceremonies are made possible by contributions from our supporters. VVMF’s annual programs include:

MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE AT THE WALLThe annual Memorial Day ceremony is hosted yearly by VVMF and the National Park Service to pay tribute to members of America’s armed forces who have made the ultimate sacrifi ce in Vietnam and in all confl icts.

IN MEMORY DAY OBSERVANCEThe In Memory program honors those who died as a result of the Vietnam War, but whose deaths do not fi t the Department of Defense criteria for inclusion upon the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Every year there is a ceremony to pay tribute to these men and women who sacrifi ced so much for their country. The ceremony is held on Flag Day.

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ABOUT THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL FUND

VVMF’s annual programs (continued):

FATHER’S DAY ROSE REMEMBRANCE CEREMONYEvery year on Father’s Day, volunteers join sons and daughters of those whose names are inscribed on The Wall and affi x long-stemmed roses with messages of love and honor, sent from across the country to those lost in the war. Each message is read aloud and each rose is touched to the loved one’s name on The Wall before fi nally being placed at the base of the Memorial.

VETERANS DAY OBSERVANCE AT THE WALLEach year thousands of visitors to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial gather to honor our nation’s veterans. On this special day, prominent Americans from all walks of life come to the Memorial to deliver thought-evoking and patriotic speeches. This ceremony pays tribute to all of our country’s service members, regardless of what confl ict they served in.

CHRISTMAS TREE CEREMONYBefore Christmas each year, the Memorial Fund staff and volunteers decorate a tree at the apex of The Wall. The tree is decorated with thousands of holiday messages sent to the Memorial Fund to honor those who served with the U.S. Armed Forces in Vietnam and other military confl icts and their families.

If you would like to make a donation in support of these programs, please go to www.vvmf.org or call 202-393-0090.

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About the In Memory Program

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF) is dedicated to preserving the legacy of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and promoting healing and educating about the impact of the Vietnam War. The legacy of the Memorial includes not only those whose names are etched in the granite wall, but embraces all who served during the Vietnam War.

The In Memory Program honors those that died as a result of the Vietnam War but whose deaths do not fi t the Department of Defense parameters for inclusion upon The Wall. Many thousands of service members and civilians died as a result of their involvement in the war, but not as a direct result of combat wounds, as is dictated for inscription on The Wall.

If you have a family member or friend whose death was related to involvement in the Vietnam War and would like to have that person considered for inclusion in the In Memory Honor Roll, contact VVMF at 202-393-0090 or visit our website for details and to download the In Memory application: www.vvmf.org/InMemoryProgram.

Our Special Thanks

Special thanks go out to the volunteers of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, who have dedicated thousands of hours to the Memorial over the years. VVMF is proud to have their help and dedication! A special thanks in particular to VVMF volunteer, Tamora Papas, for her support of the In Memory program. A big thanks to the families and friends of the In Memory Honorees for journeying to Washington, DC to take part in this special day.

To learn more about the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund and its programs:www.vvmf.org

Stay connected with VVMF on:

2600 Virginia Avenue, NW, Suite 104Washington, D.C. 20037

Tel (202) 393-0090 Fax (202) 393-0029 E-mail [email protected]

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Photos from this event will be available on our website: www.vvmf.org/event-photos


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