Showing posts with label Vietnam War. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vietnam War. Show all posts

Thursday, June 2, 2022

Fort Fisher Medal of Honor Recipient's Grave Cleaned-- Part 2: David L. Bass

David Teall made phone calls to veterans, got everyone organized, and then got them to work on the site.

Ron Williams,  one of the volunteers and a Korean War veteran said that it used to be all World War II veterans that would come out to maintain the site.  "When we first cleaned it up years ago, the stone was lying flat.  Members of the VFW used to show up the most," he said.

John Frazier, a Vietnam War veteran stated, "I never even knew about this until about eight years ago when  they came up here and really cleaned it up.  I didn't even know we had a Medal of Honor winner here."

Last year, Frazier contacted David Teall and they went up in fall to look and see what else needed to be done.  "The flags needed to be replaced and the stone was leaning over and needed cleaning and this was all overgrown.  This guy deserves more respect," he stated.

Frazier said, "We wanted to get it done before Memorial Day, and here we are."

Thank You Gentlemen.  --Old B-Runner


Tuesday, March 29, 2022

So, Who Are We Honoring Today? National Vietnam War Veterans Day

From the March 23, 2022, Fox 10 News, Mobile, Alabama.

It honors:

U.S. Armed Forces personnel with active duty service between November 1, 1955, to May 15, 1975, regardless of  location of service which includes:

**  9 million Americans serving at the time

**  6.4 million Americans living today

**  58,000 whose names are memorialized on the wall in Washington, D.C.

**  304,000 who were wounded

**  1,253 MIA

**  2,500 POWs


Thursday, March 29, 2018

Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery to Honor Vietnam War Veterans


From the March 28, 2018, Chicago Tribune  "Cemetery to honor Vietnam War veterans" Susan DeMar Lafferty.

The Abraham Lincoln National cemetery will host a wreath-laying ceremony Thursday to commemorate National Vietnam War Veterans Day -- one of many events nationwide to honor the veterans.

U.S. Navy Losses in the Vietnam War.

Two of them:

NOEL STEVEN NELSON

St. Paul, Minnesota

Hospital Corpsman

Born:  February 7, 1946  Died:  June 30, 1967   Age 21

JAMES WESLEY WILLIAMS

Dallas, Texas

Seaman

Born:  Sept. 29, 1947   Died:  March 10, 1968, age 20

Thank You For Your Service