2023 In Memory Yearbook

2023 IN MEMORY DAY OBSERVANCE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL SATURDAY, June 17, 2023 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 2023 In Memory ceremony. Today, in the shadow of The Wall, we honor the service and sacrifice of the men and women who served in the Vietnam War, returned home and later died.

The Vietnam War was unpopular at home, yet nearly three million Americans served during this time. They served for lots of reasons…a legal requirement to serve when drafted, a sense of duty when called upon by their country, or even so that others didn’t have to serve. Thankfully, most returned home. However, for many, coming home from Vietnam was just the beginning of a whole new fight. Many never fully recovered, either physically or emotionally, from their experiences. That is why the In Memory program exists — because only a fraction of the casualties actually died on the battlefields of Vietnam.

Many more carried their wounds back and suffered long after the actual fighting ended. As these service members pass, it is our duty and our solemn promise to welcome them home to this place that our nation has set aside to remember our Vietnam veterans. Today, they join their brothers and sisters in this place of honor and remembrance.

For many of the family members here today, this ceremony is bittersweet. Your loss is still new. While that pain lingers, you are proud of your Vietnam veteran and happy to see them finally receive the recognition they deserve.

I offer you this thought, which I hope will bring you some comfort — our Vietnam veterans took upon themselves the commitment to never allow another generation of men and women go into harm’s way for their country without the respect and honor they deserve. That is part of their legacy, and the next time you hear someone say “thanks for your service” to someone in uniform, you can take comfort in knowing that thanks also is being extended to your loved one.

Today, we add 566 veterans to the In Memory Honor Roll, joining more than 5,600 heroes that were previously honored. Together we’ll make sure that their sacrifices — and those of their families — will never be forgotten. For as long as this memorial stands, and as long as visitors come to this place to learn, your loved ones will be remembered.

Thank you all for joining us here today.

Sincerely,

Jim Knotts President and CEO Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund

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IN MEMORY DAY VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 2023 | 10:00 A.M.

Prelude Music

West Point Alumni Glee Club Directed by Ms. Nancy Riley

Welcome Remarks

Maury Izzett Program Manager 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

Invocation Presentation of Colors National Anthem

West Point Alumni Glee Club

Pledge of Allegiance

Johnnie R. Downs Brother of 2016 In Memory Honoree, Herman Downs

Retiring of Colors

Mansions of the Lord

West Point Alumni Glee Club

Name Reading Past Participants

Keynote Remarks Jim Knotts President & CEO, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund

The Unsung Heroes Recording by Chuck Price 2023 In Memory Honor Roll Call

Family and Friends

Taps

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2023 2020 Inductees

Geoffrey Johnson Abbott March 4, 1945–April 15, 2022

Anthony Abrams January 18, 1946–January 18, 2023

Ralph Harold Abston February 6, 1948–June 2, 2022

U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Navy

Clifford Edward Adams February 1, 1945–September 4, 2020

Darrel Dean Adams April 29, 1942–October 8, 2013

Sammy T. Adams October 5, 1924–April 9, 1985

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

Roger Wayne Ahrens July 13, 1950–October 16, 2021

Charles William Albritton October 8, 1949–May 19, 2018

Gary Norman Aldrich January 5, 1949–May 1, 2021

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

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2023 2020 Inductees

Jerry Alexander May 20, 1946–August 23, 1991

Jack O’Neil Anderson October 17, 1947–March 17, 2018

Florentine Thomas Angel August 8, 1949–October 3, 2020

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Navy

U.S. Marine Corps

Charles Edwin Arthur September 8, 1946–October 27, 2021

Joseph William Ascolillo Jr. January 6, 1946–February 12, 2023

Ken W. Ashby January 17, 1947–July 5, 2022

U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Navy

Willie J. Ashley May 25, 1942–December 6, 2016

Ronald Lee Asselin October 17, 1947–July 13, 2022

Gary Gordon Atchison February 22, 1949–February 14, 2022

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

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2023 2020 Inductees

Ray Allen Aucoin April 1, 1947–December 28, 2022

Enrique “Henry” Baldonado December 8, 1940–October 7, 1987

Paul Thomas Banach July 3, 1951–April 27, 2022

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Air Force

David V. Baniszewski October 19, 1942–June 17, 2015

Richard Anthony Baraga May 10, 1947–December 16, 2014

Albert Joseph Baraniak September 10, 1943–April 30, 2021

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

Donald Jerome Barger May 27, 1950–March 16, 1991

Gary Adelbert Barker January 28, 1947–July 23, 1975

Steven Dale Bartram July 22, 1943–November 8, 2022

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

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2023 2020 Inductees

Timothy George Bartram July 23, 1947–February 13, 2019

Leonard C. Baxter January 5, 1943–February 21, 2021

David Wayne Beal March 14, 1950–February 6, 2022

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

James A. Beasley May 2, 1951–July 1, 2021

John W. Beck Jr. March 2, 1946–November 17, 2020

Robert Albert Beck Jr. June 27, 1949–October 30, 2022

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

U.S. Navy

Dennis Bee September 22, 1950–March 5, 2023

William O. Benedict Sr. July 20, 1933–April 8, 2022

Clifford Guy Bennett Sr. December 13, 1946–August 15, 2020

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Navy

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2023 2020 Inductees

Virgil E. Bennett III October 4, 1946–December 28, 2022

William Arthur Bennett June 22, 1944–April 3, 2004

Edward J. Benson June 5, 1950–November 25, 2022

U.S. Navy

U.S. Navy

U.S. Army

Daniel Stephen Bethel June 19, 1946–February 13, 2007

Roy E. Betteridge October 11, 1947–December 21, 2022

Allan Lee Betts August 13, 1950–December 14, 1983

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

Bruce L. Bezio September 28, 1947–September 22, 2021

John R. Biksacky September 30, 1944–February 26, 2012

Phillip Michael Bingaman January 26, 1948–April 21, 2018

U.S. Army

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

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2023 2020 Inductees

Ulysses Albert Black Sr. February 12, 1948–January 12, 2021

Michael Philip Blackburn June 7, 1945–May 6, 2004

William Jason Blankenship July 23, 1941–September 23, 2021

U.S. Army

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

Jerry Blanton August 19, 1947–September 21, 1991

Roger L. Blaylock March 4, 1948–February 8, 1996

Clarence Magruder Bond III May 10, 1948–July 26, 2011

U.S. Army

U.S. Navy

U.S. Marine Corps

Ted Thales Boquist November 30, 1944–January 21, 2016

William A. Borhman Jr. September 25, 1948–July 13, 2004

Dewey Chris Boswell October 29, 1947–July 15, 2003

U.S. Army

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

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2023 2020 Inductees

Mark Wayne Boutwell December 16, 1950–February 7, 2022

Bobby Ray Brannen December 26, 1948–June 25, 2000

Timothy L. Braucht Sr. August 29, 1951–September 27, 2022

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

William Allen Breedlove Jr. September 19, 1948–July 2, 2018

Larry J. Brice August 25, 1949–November 25, 2020

Marvin James Brietzke November 13, 1945–December 14, 2022

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

Carl “Redd” Briggs August 9, 1952–August 9, 2019

Lovis Franklin Brinkley October 5, 1930–July 13, 2013

Walter Jerome Brock July 29, 1946–September 4, 2021

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Air Force

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2023 2020 Inductees

Milton Easton Brodhead December 16, 1930–August 6, 1993

Carl R. Brooks Jr. June 25, 1952–January 2, 2022

David Earl Brott November 19, 1948–November 5, 2010

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

James L. Brown Sr. October 18, 1946–September 19, 2022

Jim Brown September 13, 1949–November 4, 2012

Michael A. Bruckler December 9, 1944–March 14, 2019

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

Richard A. Bruening September 19, 1943–January 23, 2017

William Bruno Jr. July 2, 1948–December 5, 2009

Thomas Edward Bryant September 2, 1946–November 6, 2022

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

U.S. Navy

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2023 2020 Inductees

Christopher S. Bubnis January 28, 1948–November 13, 2021

James Edward Bumgarner August 26, 1944–March 28, 2020

Robert Eugene Busby December 17, 1947–October 20, 2022

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

John Robert Butchock July 2, 1945–January 7, 2015

Gary L. Butler May 26, 1947–May 26, 2022

Michael Alexander Caldwell September 9, 1951–April 21, 2022

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Navy

U.S. Army

Dean Eldon Callison July 31, 1950–February 9, 2004

Brian Joseph Campbell September 5, 1943–March 27, 2014

James Eugene Canfield November 18, 1947–January 1, 2016

U.S. Navy

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Navy

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2023 2020 Inductees

Calvin Fredrick Carlson June 6, 1946–November 30, 2020

Harlan E. Carlson October 31, 1946–March 21, 2022

Clarence James Carpenter November 30, 1949–November 6, 2021

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

James Patrick Carroll May 22, 1947–May 29, 2020

Lawrence William Carter October 26, 1948–December 20, 2021

William Albrick Cartier Jr. June 20, 1948–February 18, 2022

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

Don Cates October 8, 1946–April 22, 2014

Raymond Andrew Cawley December 26, 1945–December 28, 1990

H. Russell Chambers September 4, 1947–July 7, 2019

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Navy

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2023 2020 Inductees

Robert W. Champagne September 18, 1949–October 12, 2016

Stephen Leonard Champeau April 3, 1949–February 15, 2009

Patrick L. Childers March 21, 1939–January 10, 2023

U.S. Army

U.S. Navy

U.S. Navy

James K. Chretien Sr. October 3, 1946–October 9, 2021

Ron Christensen July 7, 1939–April 24, 1988

John Allan Clark August 11, 1948–November 5, 2006

U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

Don Clinton October 23, 1930–January 9, 2014

Paul Leroy Close March 8, 1944–June 21, 2003

David Paul Cole July 10, 1932–July 11, 2021

U.S. Army

U.S. Navy

U.S. Army

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2023 2020 Inductees

Richard Eldridge “Dick” Coleman January 7, 1944–April 16, 2018

Donald Edward Comfort February 9, 1949–August 5, 2018

Mereland Lee Cook December 23, 1946–January 18, 2008

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

Robert Van Copeland July 6, 1946–July 26, 2022

Thomas H. Corey December 24, 1944–June 6, 2022

Gerald Raymond Costa September 7, 1947–May 12, 2011

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

Michael Leonard Cotter May 31, 1945–June 25, 2017

Thomas Alvin Cowan August 29, 1948–March 4, 2014

Thomas Ray Cribbs January 24, 1934–November 27, 1983

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

U.S. Navy

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2023 2020 Inductees

Steve W. Crumbling March 22, 1950–April 21, 2010

James Joseph Culhane September 30, 1949–September 15, 2005

Jack Wayne Danielson September 1, 1946–February 9, 2018

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

Richard Martin Darr Jr. February 24, 1948–July 5, 1989

Michael Thomas Davia September 6, 1949–December 4, 2017

Roger Girard Davignon April 10, 1946–July 24, 2021

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

Earl Luther Davis October 22, 1944–January 20, 2019

Louis Anthony Davis December 16, 1950–November 23, 2020

Robert Alan Davis October 6, 1946–April 10, 2022

U.S. Army

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

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2023 2020 Inductees

Ronald Joe Day July 27, 1947–June 2, 2020

Kenneth Milton Debert November 16, 1949–June 23, 2012

Gregory F. Debrocke June 27, 1942–September 18, 2015

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

Anthony Thomas DeFina July 17, 1950–July 5, 2022

John J. Delaney September 5, 1934–December 13, 2021

Ronald Delia August 11, 1946–October 4, 2022

U.S. Army

U.S. Navy

U.S. Army

James Robert Delp Jr. July 18, 1940–May 21, 1994

Lawrence Walter Derkacz September 17, 1942–June 12, 2022

John Robert DesChamps August 24, 1943–January 8, 2022

U.S. Navy

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

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2023 2020 Inductees

Michael James Desmarais July 17, 1950–August 27, 2012

George C. DeVries January 14, 1950–November 1, 2022

Ronald Elwood Dewing June 22, 1949–January 19, 2022

U.S. Navy

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

Steve DiGangi October 28, 1947–July 18, 2020

Gary Patrick Dino April 6, 1947–April 6, 2020

Donald Robert Dixon July 6, 1946–December 21, 2020

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Air Force

Terry John Domek May 31, 1942–August 30, 2014

Gerald Wayne Doyle November 15, 1944–October 30, 2019

Alfred T. Dube August 3, 1947–August 17, 2009

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Navy

U.S. Marine Corps

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2023 2020 Inductees

Jack Chester Dunn September 14, 1944–August 29, 2000

John Francis Dunne April 21, 1947–July 21, 2022

Gary Lee Dwyer December 31, 1944–June 11, 2005

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

Kenneth Doyle Eatherly July 20, 1946–July 22, 2001

Ronald C. Effler November 8, 1946–January 28, 2015

Wayne A. Eller Sr. December 26, 1946–September 29, 2022

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

John Elliott May 21, 1948–May 8, 2022

Dennis Engebretson February 20, 1948–April 27, 2021

Jonathan Leonard Engelhard June 5, 1943–September 10, 1976

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

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2023 2020 Inductees

James L. Erwin August 22, 1944–April 16, 2009

Rafael Espada December 1, 1947–June 6, 2022

Richard Eugene Falardeau August 19, 1946–April 30, 2016

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

Keith L. Fay September 13, 1944–December 23, 2019

Michael Felix Felice October 25, 1948–May 23, 2021

Denton S. Fenstermacher July 19, 1931–April 9, 2018

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

Samuel Erskine Ferguson III October 25, 1947–January 18, 2022

John D. Fie Jr. December 27, 1948–August 24, 2020

Robert Thomas Fiecke December 8, 1947–January 27, 1999

U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Navy

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2023 2020 Inductees

Phil Fiscus September 29, 1946–August 13, 2018

Johnathan A. Fisher October 7, 1946–August 2, 2021

David Leo Fitzgerald February 26, 1937–August 3, 2020

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

U.S. Air Force

Arthur Leo Flynn August 17, 1947–June 26, 2015

George Cicero Fogle January 21, 1947–July 20, 2016

Peter Anton Folz August 4, 1947–March 8, 1986

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

U.S. Air Force

William Philmore Fornash Sr. October 15, 1949–September 12, 2021

Larry Fredericks December 6, 1947–February 26, 2023

William Lloyd Freeman March 12, 1948–September 6, 2022

U.S. Navy

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

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2023 2020 Inductees

Robert N. Frye II April 8, 1945–May 21, 2012

Richard V. Fuentes February 7, 1948–February 26, 2022

Ronald William Gadzinski December 20, 1942–August 13, 2022

U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

William B. Gallagher Jr. October 14, 1952–January 6, 2007

Joseph Dennis Gallegos May 11, 1948–December 17, 2022

Dennis Wayne Galvin July 12, 1949–May 27, 2018

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

Timothy Edward Gard Sr. September 8, 1946–September 11, 2021

Gerald Steven Garrison September 14, 1946–July 22, 2011

Gilbert Gelling September 3, 1945–May 27, 2018

U.S. Navy

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

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2023 2020 Inductees

Darrel “Jiggs” Howard Gerow January 2, 1948–January 24, 2014

James A. Gillenwater May 19, 1949–April 10, 2022

Creedin Gitt September 24, 1930–August 19, 1997

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Air Force

James Cameron Glasgow March 23, 1949–May 9, 2013

Jimmy Goins March 15, 1947–October 15, 1993

Ernie Gonzales January 13, 1949–January 7, 2021

U.S. Navy

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

Edward P. Grafje October 2, 1948–October 29, 1999

Kenneth Ray Grant January 14, 1947–October 17, 2010

Don W. Gray August 9, 1950–July 12, 2007

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

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2023 2020 Inductees

Gregory Charles Gray March 22, 1947–December 11, 2020

Walter J. Green September 7, 1947–March 4, 2023

Robert S. Greene February 3, 1947–August 7, 2018

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

John Slater Hadfield September 30, 1945–January 10, 2021

Dennis Lawrence Hadler February 26, 1948–March 14, 2022

Richard William Hafer June 1, 1947–March 25, 2012

U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Marine Corps

John Raymond Hagen July 29, 1930–June 8, 2018

Earl Edmond Haines August 20, 1947–February 24, 2021

Jay Halladay June 7, 1946–August 5, 2019

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

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2023 2020 Inductees

Jerry Dean Hamilton January 6, 1943–February 5, 2010

Joseph Edward Harbinson November 16, 1941–August 19, 2020

Spencer A. Harding January 28, 1947–October 3, 2012

U.S. Navy

U.S. Navy

U.S. Air Force

James Millard Hart Jr. August 3, 1948–July 17, 2022

William Carl Hartley May 28, 1947–February 25, 2022

Bill Haselton January 15, 1953–January 7, 1991

U.S. Navy

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

Thomas John Hathaway December 6, 1945–January 3, 2009

James Hatter Jr. April 22, 1938–November 27, 2011

James Mads Hauge December 11, 1945–August 17, 2020

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

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2023 2020 Inductees

Raymond E. Hazzard January 14, 1928–October 16, 2020

Michael Dale Heater December 4, 1944–June 4, 2014

Lloyd Gene Heath September 14, 1949–March 5, 2022

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Navy

U.S. Army

Rodney Lee Heckaman April 21, 1948–June 9, 2005

Philip John Heil Jr. August 9, 1949–August 4, 2022

Kevin P. Helferich March 2, 1950–November 8, 2021

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

James R. Hendershot November 9, 1949–November 28, 2014

Eugene Henderson January 9, 1944–October 2, 2020

James Ross Henke December 4, 1944–May 7, 2020

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

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2023 2020 Inductees

Ray Henry June 4, 1947–July 1, 2018

Doyle Dwight Hensley October 24, 1945–December 4, 2021

Frank Norris Hensley Jr. November 29, 1946–August 15, 2021

U.S. Army

U.S. Navy

U.S. Marine Corps

James Leroy Herter April 6, 1948–November 24, 2002

Robert E. Highlands Jr. September 1, 1930–February 25, 2018

Gary Alexis Hines August 20, 1946–March 8, 1980

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

Robert “Bob” Hitzeman September 24, 1948–July 30, 2022

Larry T. Hlavka September 6, 1947–June 4, 2014

Dennis Everett Hockenberry April 25, 1947–May 11, 2021

U.S. Navy

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

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2023 2020 Inductees

Donald Hogan January 16, 1948–January 11, 2021

Elvin Dewayne “Doc” Holliday May 6, 1952–July 4, 2021

Gene I. Hollingsworth November 7, 1931–June 17, 2017

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Air Force

Edwin Eugene Holzworth July 23, 1949–June 9, 2022

Roger J. Housner February 24, 1947–August 22, 2020

John E. Hunter April 9, 1948–March 7, 2022

U.S. Navy

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

Lee Arthur Hunter November 23, 1941–March 22, 2020

Gary L. Huston June 21, 1945–July 19, 2020

Roger Lee Hyland August 31, 1949–August 19, 2011

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

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2023 2020 Inductees

Joseph James Ingino December 18, 1947–December 3, 2022

Michael “Mike” Thomas Ingram April 15, 1947–September 9, 2020

Tom Jagger June 16, 1949–February 8, 2003

U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

George Luther James December 11, 1950–March 23, 2017

Russell E. Jamison Sr. March 15, 1934–January 27, 2017

Louis Jampetro Sr. December 29, 1938–October 13, 2021

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Air Force

Anthony S. Jasinkonis June 26, 1929–January 21, 1969

David James Jenkins Jr. June 8, 1929–September 24, 1999

Frederick Eugene Jenneman July 11, 1949–November 11, 2022

U.S. Army

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Navy

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2023 2020 Inductees

Douglas D. Jensen Sr. January 4, 1950–March 19, 2019

Curtis Douglas Johnson March 11, 1941–December 8, 2020

Joe Labon Johnson Sr. December 19, 1936–December 30, 2018

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

Kenneth H. Johnson July 14, 1932–May 13, 2022

Otto B. Johnson Jr. March 12, 1939–July 19, 2009

Robert H. Johnson Sr. December 22, 1936–June 26, 2008

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

William Waldimar Johnson Jr. December 2, 1944–January 2, 2022

Douglas Alan Johnston January 9, 1948–June 28, 2011

Rodney Durral Johnston February 28, 1948–February 4, 2022

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

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2023 2020 Inductees

Paul William Joines January 15, 1951–February 20, 2023

James N. Jones September 26, 1945–January 15, 2017

Ronald Wayne Jones January 12, 1947–October 24, 2022

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

George “Fran” Kartis February 2, 1950–November 8, 2022

Andrew Patrick Kasper Jr. April 10, 1942–May 13, 2018

Ricky Wayne Kaufman September 1, 1948–July 22, 2020

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

Samson Keahna July 1, 1945–April 5, 2007

Thomas Henry Kearney III January 15, 1946–February 15, 2017

David W. Keller August 13, 1945–February 16, 2012

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

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2023 2020 Inductees

Robert Michael Kelly June 28, 1944–March 4, 2023

David S. Kenney June 25, 1950–December 22, 2021

Robert Milton Kercher Jr. August 13, 1948–February 24, 2008

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

Charles Allen Kezer November 8, 1935–March 21, 1971

Dennis Patrick Kilday September 8, 1945–February 20, 2022

John A. Kimmell II July 22, 1943–December 18, 2021

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

Don King June 7, 1942–November 10, 2015

Robert W. Kipp Sr. March 23, 1950–October 12, 2020

Gary Eugene Klopstein November 14, 1947–January 21, 2006

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

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2023 2020 Inductees

David William Knauth January 19, 1940–March 20, 2017

Joseph Francis Knipes Sr. July 10, 1941–November 29, 2021

Joseph E. Knowles November 5, 1948–December 27, 2020

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

William Dale Koehler June 1, 1950–March 6, 2023

Joseph Kopec Jr. March 22, 1945–January 1, 2022

Kenneth Theodore Koplein Sr. July 7, 1947–July 18, 2018

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Navy

U.S. Army

Donald Lee Kowalik September 15, 1949–July 28, 2022

Jerome Edward Kraemer October 31, 1930–April 26, 2015

Mike Krafft May 2, 1951–July 15, 2022

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

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2023 2020 Inductees

Richard Kramer September 26, 1942–November 3, 2018

Kenneth Karl Krimmel October 15, 1948–April 21, 2016

Stuart Allen Krompetz Sr. October 13, 1942–January 29, 2019

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

James J. Krueger II September 6, 1947–November 6, 2022

Donald Lee Kuenzi April 17, 1943–October 30, 2022

Michael John Kulig June 14, 1943–September 9, 2020

U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Marine Corps

Joseph M.R. Kurth August 7, 1947–March 28, 2012

Charles “Chuck” LaForty May 25, 1940–October 6, 2009

Donald Ray Lambert April 17, 1934–December 3, 2006

U.S. Army

U.S. Navy

U.S. Army

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2023 2020 Inductees

Richard Dale Landerman November 13, 1941–March 4, 2014

Frank Rudolph Lanich June 7, 1945–July 5, 2021

Anthony P. Lapadura December 31, 1943–March 27, 2018

U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

George Stewart Lawhorn December 4, 1949–September 25, 2021

Bobby Dee Lee December 10, 1943–October 23, 2020

Raymond Lee October 2, 1945–December 28, 2022

U.S. Army

U.S. Navy

U.S. Army

Walter Thomas Lee Sr. April 18, 1929–January 22, 2014

David Leikam December 12, 1951–July 19, 2022

Thomas G. Lewis November 25, 1943–July 3, 2020

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

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2023 2020 Inductees

Richard Baker Libbey May 23, 1942–February 17, 2022

Kenneth R. Lisch December 26, 1949–January 6, 2016

Donald R. Litzau September 30, 1944–December 15, 1992

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

Mario J. Lo Sapio March 12, 1949–November 16, 2020

Martin Steve Lopez November 11, 1946–November 24, 2022

Richard Edward Lorbetske July 23, 1950–February 17, 2022

U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Air Force

Thomas P. Lorenc April 26, 1947–March 24, 2019

Stephen Thomas Love May 20, 1952–October 20, 2018

Everett Alan Lowry September 13, 1949–April 4, 2011

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

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2023 2020 Inductees

Mike Lyon August 19, 1947–November 17, 2008

John Thomas Mackin May 7, 1945–January 9, 2022

Jeff D. Maddox August 11, 1948–April 18, 2022

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

Robert Michael Madich June 16, 1950–June 13, 2021

Ralph J. Maehler June 5, 1947–December 26, 2022

Charles Richard Maglione February 2, 1941–November 5, 2019

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Navy

Ronny Mahan October 16, 1943–July 21, 2022

Joseph Lawrence Marchi Jr. April 9, 1947–April 6, 2022

Bob Marold August 10, 1946–May 21, 2012

U.S. Army

U.S. Navy

U.S. Army

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2023 2020 Inductees

Jim Marquard July 5, 1949–May 29, 2017

Samuel Marquez October 22, 1946–May 26, 2022

Robert Allen Marshall August 31, 1946–May 8, 2021

U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

Duane Allen Martin March 24, 1948–June 18, 2000

Gary W. Martin September 26, 1946–November 17, 2015

Christopher Robin Martinson August 5, 1946–April 13, 2022

U.S. Army

U.S. Navy

U.S. Army

Orlando Antonio Matas-Sosa October 19, 1949–September 19, 2015

Gary Wayne Matrau June 23, 1947–October 1, 2022

John Louis Mayberry March 20, 1947–September 13, 1984

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

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2023 2020 Inductees

Justin J. McCarthy June 17, 1946–July 23, 2022

Michael Elliott McClendon September 22, 1950–February 27, 2021

Phil Dan McClendon April 4, 1949–September 18, 2022

U.S. Navy

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

Anthony W. McCloskey Sr. November 4, 1945–February 16, 2017

K. Michael McCollum August 19, 1948–October 27, 2020

Dennis Peter McFarland October 9, 1949–July 16, 2015

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Air Force

Colin John Pitts McIntosh October 8, 1948–September 5, 2005

Gary M. McMurtry December 14, 1948–March 13, 2017

Lyle H. Menke July 17, 1945–February 9, 2017

U.S. Navy

U.S. Navy

U.S. Air Force

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2023 2020 Inductees

Charles William Meyer March 23, 1948–October 12, 2014

Dana Humason Miller July 28, 1944–October 6, 2021

Jerry Lee Miller April 1, 1943–April 3, 2004

U.S. Navy

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

Paul Ross Millwood September 28, 1947–October 22, 2020

Curtiss R. Mincher February 6, 1948–July 5, 2022

Kenneth Riley Mincher Sr. June 2, 1946–August 3, 2018

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

Bobby Joe Mitchell May 11, 1949–September 22, 2008

Dean L. Mitchell April 10, 1952–May 8, 2022

Donald Allen Moberg May 3, 1950–December 22, 2014

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Navy

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2023 2020 Inductees

Robert Lee Mollenkopf January 7, 1947–April 17, 2012

Paul Millard Montgomery January 6, 1947–November 1, 2013

Billy Frank Moore Sr. November 29, 1947–May 1, 2018

U.S. Army

U.S. Navy

U.S. Navy

Dennis B. Moore June 1, 1949–November 24, 2017

Thomas M. Moreland June 29, 1946–April 23, 2012

Mario N. Moreno October 28, 1948–January 11, 2022

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

Charles W. Morris September 19, 1945–January 2, 2013

Joseph C. Morrison November 19, 1945–March 7, 2022

Richard Miller Morrison Jr. June 24, 1945–January 30, 2015

U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

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2023 2020 Inductees

Lowell E. Mortimer January 29, 1937–July 21, 2021

Melvin Moulton November 25, 1950–April 19, 2022

Charles Munsch Jr. April 10, 1945–August 4, 2020

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

Danny L. Murphy August 19, 1946–October 21, 2000

Denis Joseph Murphy III December 14, 1948–February 7, 2023

Mike Murphy February 4, 1951–January 4, 2018

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

U.S. Navy

Leroy W. Nash December 7, 1940–September 15, 2011

John Reed Nauful November 21, 1945–May 21, 2019

Andrew J. Naugle April 20, 1948–April 18, 2007

U.S. Army

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

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2023 2020 Inductees

Gary Richard Nelson August 17, 1948–December 9, 2017

Robert Henry Nelson May 11, 1946–November 1, 2021

Stephen J Neuendorf April 17, 1946–November 9, 2019

U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

Larry Neville September 10, 1950–March 30, 2020

David Keith Newell August 16, 1941–November 25, 2022

Sanford E. Newman Sr. April 10, 1947–March 29, 2022

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Air Force

Edgar Allen Newsom July 8, 1950–March 8, 1979

Patrick Lee Nex June 24, 1946–August 29, 2022

Larry Duane Nicholson October 18, 1946–October 7, 2020

U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Air Force

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2023 2020 Inductees

Thomas Edward Nicodemus August 1, 1947–August 17, 2003

John Henry Nitka April 5, 1946–December 5, 2022

William E. Noll January 24, 1947–July 29, 2020

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

J. Perry Noonan III January 13, 1944–April 20, 2014

Ian Murray Nulty July 19, 1943–July 28, 2022

David Hubert Nummer June 7, 1947–October 31, 2018

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

Patrick J. O’Brien November 7, 1945–October 13, 2022

Brian Patrick O’Connor January 16, 1947–February 19, 2022

Donald Hugh Oakley October 20, 1946–November 26, 2021

U.S. Navy

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

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2023 2020 Inductees

David Old Bear Sr. October 3, 1940–November 6, 2017

Johnny Lynn Oleson April 1, 1947–August 4, 2022

David Charles Olson March 5, 1948–May 22, 2022

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

Theodore H. Orahood July 25, 1943–September 28, 2021

Kenneth C. Osborne December 27, 1946–July 11, 2022

Barry Bruce Osell August 10, 1947–June 27, 2021

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

U.S. Navy

Anthony Edgar Oswald December 7, 1943–January 23, 2023

Clement Edward Paladino February 2, 1935–July 26, 2015

Robert Frank Palmer Jr. May 22, 1946–February 2, 2020

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

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2023 2020 Inductees

Michael David Parris March 14, 1947–May 3, 2021

Elden Lee Passard October 4, 1947–January 5, 2023

Louis Francis Patti August 22, 1942–December 31, 2022

U.S. Navy

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

Frank Paturas October 25, 1951–February 20, 2023

Ernest Ray Paugh July 20, 1951–July 4, 2022

Frank Ashworth Peacock October 28, 1943–November 12, 1988

U.S. Navy

U.S. Army

U.S. Air Force

Roger David Pearson October 2, 1947–August 17, 1986

George Otis Peay November 30, 1946–July 30, 2001

Michael O. Pederson May 18, 1948–May 29, 2016

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

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2023 2020 Inductees

Robert Perez July 25, 1947–February 17, 2022

Frederick Paul Peskorski Sr. April 19, 1951–March 21, 2019

Ronald Lee Pfaff April 25, 1946–September 6, 2021

U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Navy

Carl Frederick Phillips Jr. August 28, 1947–March 18, 2005

Stanley James Phillips November 20, 1947–November 24, 2022

Wendell Dayton Phillips February 7, 1949–February 23, 2018

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

Frank A. Pietropolo April 23, 1946–May 3, 2022

Paul Edward Poling September 5, 1946–September 27, 2020

Ernst Henry Poll Sr. June 23, 1935–July 21, 2021

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

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2023 2020 Inductees

Marvin L. Potts July 23, 1946–June 30, 2022

Jerry Mack Powell February 1, 1949–November 10, 2022

Harold Dean Price September 11, 1949–February 14, 2022

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

U.S. Air Force

Michiel Todd Prochaska September 7, 1944–November 21, 2010

Ronald Joseph Prosser August 5, 1947–April 18, 2007

Louis Edward Puckett Jr. June 29, 1948–November 19, 2012

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

Robert Joseph Puyleart August 28, 1949–October 11, 2020

Richard Lee Quick Jr. October 14, 1954–October 29, 2022

John Gillis Quilty April 9, 1945–March 11, 1991

U.S. Army

U.S. Navy

U.S. Army

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2023 2020 Inductees

John Quinlan February 24, 1941–March 12, 2010

Joseph Michael Quinn May 4, 1950–August 24, 2017

Michael F. Rabe December 24, 1947–April 18, 2004

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

J. Paul Raines February 17, 1948–January 26, 2015

Waldon Ray Raines August 25, 1946–December 10, 2022

Nick Rector March 17, 1948–September 1, 2019

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

Carl E. Reevs February 17, 1949–November 12, 2010

Edward Henry Remmers December 5, 1936–January 31, 2002

Lawrence Mark Repanshek June 30, 1948–May 12, 2022

U.S. Army

U.S. Navy

U.S. Navy

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2023 2020 Inductees

Keith L. Retzlaff April 11, 1947–February 18, 1994

Larry Wayne Revlett September 2, 1946–July 19, 2016

Anthony Peter Richards June 24, 1948–January 11, 2021

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

Charles Monroe Richardson August 31, 1948–April 26, 2022

Dennis Ransome Richlen June 19, 1942–April 2, 2022

Delfino Fidel Rios February 9, 1948–May 29, 2021

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

Donald M. Ritscher February 9, 1930–February 25, 2021

Allan L. Robb April 14, 1931–April 11, 2016

Freddy James Robertson November 11, 1944–October 1, 2018

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

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2023 2020 Inductees

Albert Raymond Robinson July 15, 1949–August 29, 2008

Elkana M. Robinson March 29, 1942–June 13, 2020

Larry Gene Robinson June 11, 1948–May 1, 2018

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

Ronald Walter Roe April 22, 1943–March 11, 1998

Ricky Lee Rogers November 9, 1948–September 10, 2015

Charles A. Rollins October 6, 1945–April 14, 2016

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

Roger D. Romick June 25, 1949–January 13, 2021

Charles Edward Rummel April 1, 1948–October 3, 2021

John Joseph Rush May 11, 1946–December 19, 2016

U.S. Navy

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

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2023 2020 Inductees

Henry Calvin Rutledge January 3, 1935–December 7, 2022

Gary Loren Sage November 15, 1946–June 3, 1969

Gregory Allan Sage Sr. February 20, 1948–June 3, 1969

U.S. Army

U.S. Navy

U.S. Navy

Kelly Jo Sage May 29, 1950–June 3, 1969

Melanio P. Salinas October 22, 1942–July 3, 2013

Daniel Leroy Saltz October 24, 1946–May 1, 2013

U.S. Navy

U.S. Navy

U.S. Army

James E. Sanders March 24, 1943–February 12, 2020

Ronald Edward Sandoval April 20, 1947–November 5, 2016

Ronald Joseph Saville October 9, 1949–September 4, 2017

U.S. Navy

U.S. Army

U.S. Air Force

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2023 2020 Inductees

David W. Schaffe September 28, 1941–February 13, 2020

Richard Michael Schofield December 7, 1949–May 5, 2022

Richard Eugene Schrunk July 25, 1948–March 28, 2019

U.S. Army

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Air Force

Alvin LeRoy Schultz October 1, 1946–June 4, 2022

Robert Anthony Scott April 2, 1947–December 17, 2014

Rudy A. Scott III July 10, 1946–March 7, 2006

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

U.S. Air Force

Joe W. Segari April 15, 1946–September 2, 2022

Bryan Norman Severson August 22, 1946–February 23, 2022

James E. Shaleen April 1, 1946–November 20, 2017

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

U.S. Navy

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2023 2020 Inductees

David G. Shea November 21, 1946–October 26, 2022

John Charles Shepardson February 15, 1940–October 6, 1999

Alva Lee Sheraden May 31, 1944–June 25, 2022

U.S. Army

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Air Force

Carl Douglas Sherer December 15, 1948–April 5, 2018

Ronnie A. Shewell November 30, 1947–March 20, 2003

Anthony Bruno Shumakeris May 8, 1942–November 21, 2014

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

Patrick John Sigmund August 12, 1947–April 13, 2017

Allen Edward Simpson February 10, 1947–April 20, 2021

Gayle Edward Sipes November 17, 1948–May 22, 2022

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Air Force

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2023 2020 Inductees

Larry Dean Sizemore December 16, 1946–August 17, 2001

Dexter Woodard Slater October 11, 1944–October 28, 2020

Daniel Carl Smith October 28, 1944–September 26, 2022

U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Navy

Michael Howard Smith April 12, 1941–February 16, 1999

Michael Keith Smith March 14, 1951–March 18, 2023

Nathan Smith Sr. March 3, 1946–November 6, 2012

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

Stanley J. Smith August 30, 1949–May 6, 2010

William Smolek January 13, 1946–November 5, 2002

Robert Winfield Sneeden May 15, 1947–April 22, 2012

U.S. Navy

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

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2023 2020 Inductees

Darrell Edward Snidarich January 17, 1947–June 3, 2018

Robert “Buck” Snyder March 30, 1944–January 17, 2022

Henry Raymond Soetaert February 12, 1949–February 6, 2023

U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

Larry F. Spencer November 22, 1948–March 27, 2022

Terry Alan Staberg April 20, 1946–February 22, 2004

Thomas Henry Stelloh September 15, 1944–May 27, 2022

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

Michael Stevenson November 23, 1954–February 15, 2022

Roger Leon Stevenson October 2, 1950–August 18, 2020

Ralph Shamblin Stone II April 12, 1948–December 25, 2022

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

U.S. Air Force

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2023 2020 Inductees

John C. Stowell Jr. February 25, 1944–October 31, 2022

William Arthur Straub May 2, 1946–March 16, 2020

Robert Henry Strawhun February 19, 1938–February 20, 2016

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

U.S. Navy

Jerry L. Stricker September 19, 1944–September 23, 2022

James Harvey Stringham August 23, 1944–September 3, 2019

Donald V. Sullivan October 2, 1946–June 15, 2022

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

Keith V. “Sonny” Surber March 24, 1946–August 18, 2006

Victor Eugene Surber May 4, 1945–June 9, 2018

Duane C. Swanson January 19, 1946–December 19, 2021

U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

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2023 2020 Inductees

Dennis Eugene Swecker September 23, 1952–August 8, 2013

Jaymie Darrell Tate March 21, 1946–July 20, 2020

Wade Tesar May 1, 1947–February 12, 2022

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

U.S. Navy

Robert W. Theroux December 16, 1945–March 21, 2022

Leon Jerry Thigpen September 24, 1948–April 30, 2020

James Silas “Sye” Thomas Jr. May 12, 1946–May 23, 2019

U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

Philip Joel Thomas June 19, 1949–March 20, 2022

David R. Thomson December 15, 1948–October 3, 2021

Perry Eugene Thon August 22, 1949–March 16, 2022

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

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2023 2020 Inductees

Michael Lynn Thornton September 7, 1946–May 31, 2016

Dennis John Tidquist June 13, 1948–September 13, 2020

Dennis Linn Tobey March 22, 1949–April 23, 2019

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

Henry Todacheeney January 7, 1941–February 6, 2022

Reynaldo Surita Torres August 24, 1946–October 5, 2018

Arthur James Toscano Jr. October 2, 1946–April 23, 2011

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

Albert Edwin Townsend Sr. May 20, 1946–May 26, 2022

Lawrence Travis August 24, 1946–September 8, 2019

Randy George Travis November 15, 1948–July 13, 2022

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

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2023 2020 Inductees

Raymond Louis Trompke February 17, 1946–July 31, 2018

Floyd Francis Turek Jr. August 18, 1949–March 25, 2019

Charles Martin Turner October 29, 1946–December 15, 2014

U.S. Army

U.S. Navy

U.S. Navy

Mark W. Turner December 25, 1946–June 29, 2021

Randy William Turner March 23, 1947–June 23, 2022

Willie B. Tyner May 3, 1945–February 28, 2013

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

Peter J. Van Cook October 1, 1947–July 11, 2015

Dwight C. Van Inwegen June 2, 1950–May 10, 2022

Rodney L. VanQuekelberg June 29, 1947–December 14, 2019

U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

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2023 2020 Inductees

Troy Leroy Varney June 30, 1948–November 3, 2020

Boyd Earl Vatalaro August 15, 1946–February 25, 2021

Timothy Kenneth Venzke March 10, 1949–January 1, 2021

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Army

James Vialard March 14, 1947–December 13, 2021

Pablo Villarreal Jr. December 15, 1943–March 9, 2022

Kenneth J. Voight Sr. July 8, 1950–May 4, 2020

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

Stanley Owen Voight December 8, 1936–August 27, 1998

John P. Vollmer December 21, 1949–February 7, 2022

James R. Vrabel February 1, 1947–April 22, 2022

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

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2023 2020 Inductees

John Anthony Wachter May 30, 1925–June 5, 1997

Robert Francis Wade March 15, 1946–January 1, 2012

Richard Allen Walior March 10, 1946–January 7, 2022

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

Dan Oliver Walker April 10, 1945–August 21, 2022

Doyle A. Warbler December 16, 1947–December 14, 2016

Douglas Victor Ward June 8, 1946–September 19, 2021

U.S. Army

U.S. Navy

U.S. Army

Gerald R. Ward September 15, 1946–July 7, 2022

Mitchel Frank Ward November 19, 1945–December 4, 2022

Cyrus Timothy Warner June 3, 1949–February 15, 2022

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Navy

U.S. Marine Corps

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2023 2020 Inductees

Marlin Alroy Waterbury July 13, 1935–March 22, 1995

David L. Watson December 10, 1937–May 1, 2018

Roger Francis Wautlet April 4, 1942–November 8, 2022

U.S. Army

U.S. Navy

U.S. Air Force

Gene Edward Wawrzyniak December 8, 1949–March 11, 2017

Frank Eugene Wayman July 12, 1950–January 15, 1999

James Charles Weaver February 19, 1947–August 16, 2021

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

Thomas Dewey Weaver March 14, 1945–April 14, 2014

Gerald Weinstein October 1, 1937–September 23, 1995

Daniel M. Welch July 17, 1948–November 7, 2021

U.S. Army

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Navy

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2023 2020 Inductees

William Lee Welker July 8, 1946–December 26, 2019

Michael Wayne Werger December 4, 1950–May 31, 2011

Lowry Arthur West III September 23, 1943–May 28, 2022

U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

Gary L. Westrick December 31, 1948–April 11, 2022

Robert “Bobby” Michael Wheeler August 25, 1948–February 3, 2020

Joel Wesley Whiteley December 14, 1933–August 9, 2019

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Air Force

Larry Olin Whitt July 2, 1946–December 18, 2020

Donovan Carl Wikstrom August 9, 1937–December 12, 2017

Darrell F. Wilkes June 16, 1954–September 18, 2022

U.S. Army

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Air Force

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2023 2020 Inductees

Richard F. Will Sr. February 3, 1945–June 29, 2012

Johnnie Robert “Bob” Williams November 5, 1946–November 19, 2018

Larry J. Willmsen December 2, 1947–March 28, 1987

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

Wayne Edward Windholz October 20, 1947–April 11, 2020

George Jonathan Wing Jr. October 16, 1943–January 21, 2019

David Bruce Winger June 20, 1947–April 12, 2016

U.S. Army

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Marine Corps

James S. Winslow February 25, 1948–November 9, 2022

Michael Leonard Wise November 17, 1948–September 13, 2022

James J. Wlodarczyk September 3, 1949–January 14, 2022

U.S. Army

U.S. Marine Corps

U.S. Army

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2023 2020 Inductees

Alan J. Wondergem September 18, 1945–July 15, 2022

Paul A. Woods Sr. June 26, 1942–October 24, 2014

Dean A. Wright December 31, 1942–March 9, 2023

U.S. Army

U.S. Navy

U.S. Army

Douglas A. Wright April 25, 1947–August 29, 2019

William M. Young July 30, 1945–October 10, 2022

Edward Michael Zieleniewski December 20, 1946–May 2, 2016

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

U.S. Army

Charles Kirk Zirion May 21, 1946–September 10, 2010

Frank Zustiak October 19, 1947–September 19, 1970

U.S. Navy

U.S. Army

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IN MEMORY HONOR ROLL 2023 INDUCTEES INDEX BY STATE ALASKA Larry Duane Nicholson................................................................... Sterling

DELAWARE Timothy L. Braucht Sr.......................................................................... Lewes Joseph Kopec Jr................................................................................. Newark

ALABAMA Jack O’Neil Anderson ............................................................Mount Olive Willie J. Ashley.............................................................................. Millbrook Walter Thomas Lee Sr....................................................................Anniston Dean L. Mitchell..........................................................................Phenix City Billy Frank Moore Sr................................................................Mount Olive Michael O. Pederson ..................................................................Huntsville Carl Douglas Sherer.......................................................................Sheffield

FLORIDA Edward J. Benson............................................................. West Palm Beach Mark Wayne Boutwell...................................................................... Seffner Clarence James Carpenter..................................................... Blountstown Thomas H. Corey................................................................................Jupiter Anthony Thomas DeFina...........................................................Englewood John D. Fie Jr...................................................................................... Bunnell David W. Keller.......................................................................Oakland Park Richard Kramer..................................................................................... Largo Jeff D. Maddox.................................................................... Miami Gardens Orlando Antonio Matas-Sosa...........................................................Miami Denis Joseph Murphy III........................................................... Palm Coast William Smolek......................................................................St. Petersburg Robert Winfield Sneeden.......................................................... Bradenton Wade Tesar....................................................................Panama City Beach Douglas Victor Ward............................................................. Silver Springs Gerald R. Ward................................................................................Lake City Darrell F. Wilkes......................................................................... Indiantown Michael Leonard Wise............................................................... Gainesville James J. Wlodarczyk............................................................... St. Augustine

ARIZONA Alfred T. Dube.................................................................................. Phoenix Robert N. Frye II.................................................................................Vernon Theodore H. Orahood................................................................... Prescott J. Paul Raines..................................................................................... Phoenix Henry Todacheeney............................................................... Teec Nos Pos Charles Martin Turner.................................................................... Phoenix Dan Oliver Walker................................................................... Cottonwood ARKANSAS Bobby Ray Brannen..................................................................... Little Rock James L. Erwin...................................................................................... Cabot Don King........................................................................................Bella Vista Richard Eugene Schrunk....................................................................Austin Robert Henry Strawhun.................................................................Oakland Thomas Dewey Weaver..................................Paragould Greene County

GEORGIA Ralph Harold Abston...............................................................Douglasville Leonard C. Baxter...............................................................................Dublin Otto B. Johnson Jr..............................................................................Dublin Bobby Joe Mitchell........................................................................Talbotton Thomas M. Moreland................................................................. Covington Frank Ashworth Peacock...............................................................Villa Rica Michael Howard Smith.............................................................. Dahlonega Michael Keith Smith........................................................................Newnan Leon Jerry Thigpen.............................................................................Macon James Silas “Sye” Thomas Jr....................................................... Brunswick

CALIFORNIA Anthony Abrams............................................................................... Yucaipa Clifford Edward Adams.................................................................Anaheim Darrel Dean Adams............................................................................ Fresno Gary Gordon Atchison...................................................................Idyllwild Jerry Blanton...............................................................................Yorba Linda Clarence Magruder Bond III........................................................... Covina Brian Joseph Campbell.................................................... Westlake Village Stephen Leonard Champeau..................................................Santa Maria Don Clinton...................................................................................San Diego Thomas Alvin Cowan.................................................................Chino Hills Kenneth Doyle Eatherly............................................................Atascadero Samuel Erskine Ferguson III.......................................................San Diego Peter Anton Folz............................................................................. Carlsbad Ernie Gonzales................................................................................. Lompoc Charles Allen Kezer.........................................................................Orlando Richard Baker Libbey....................................................................Monrovia Martin Steve Lopez....................................................................... Patterson Samuel Marquez........................................................Rancho Cucamonga Colin John Pitts McIntosh............................................Huntington Beach Gary M. McMurtry............................................................................Pacifica Robert Lee Mollenkopf............................................................Santa Maria Mario N. Moreno.........................................................................Oceanside Ian Murray Nulty............................................................................. Redding David Charles Olson............................................................................Irvine Wendell Dayton Phillips......................................................... Los Angeles Delfino Fidel Rios..........................................................Hawaiian Gardens Melanio P. Salinas.........................................................................San Diego Ronald Edward Sandoval ............................................................Lawndale Richard Michael Schofield..........................................................Littlerock Michael Stevenson.......................................................................San Diego John Anthony Wachter.................................................................. Carlsbad James S. Winslow.........................................................................San Diego Charles Kirk Zirion............................................................San Luis Obispo Frank Zustiak.............................................................................. Burlingame

HAWAII John A. Kimmell II.........................................................................Honolulu IDAHO Gene I. Hollingsworth..................................................................... Emmett ILLINOIS Roger Wayne Ahrens...................................................................... Dundee John R. Biksacky.........................................................................Channahon Michael Philip Blackburn............................................................Caseyville Gary L. Butler................................................................................... Pittsfield H. Russell Chambers.............................................................. Spring Grove John Allan Clark............................................................................... Chicago Terry John Domek............................................................................ Palatine Ronald C. Effler........................................................................Creve Coeur Thomas John Hathaway................................................................... Moline Kenneth H. Johnson.....................................................................Shabbona Samson Keahna................................................................................ Chicago Patrick J. O’Brien.............................................................................. Chicago Ronald Joseph Saville.......................................................................... Alton Rudy A. Scott III.................................................................................Marion Gayle Edward Sipes...........................................................................Canton Robert W. Theroux........................................................................ Rockford Michael Lynn Thornton...................................................................Decatur INDIANA Virgil E Bennett III.....................................................................Mooresville Ulysses Albert Black Sr..................................................................Seymour Ronald Joe Day...........................................................................Terre Haute Bill Haselton...............................................................................South Bend Rodney Lee Heckaman.................................................................Plymouth John E. Hunter...................................................................................Franklin Gary L. Huston........................................................................... Winchester Thomas G. Lewis..........................................................................Greenfield Charles William Meyer............................................................. Sellersburg Jerry Lee Miller............................................................................. Henryville Allen Edward Simpson...................................................................Birdseye Roger Leon Stevenson...................................................................Rockville

COLORADO Milton Easton Brodhead............................................................ Longmont Christopher Robin Martinson.......................................................Boulder Clement Edward Paladino............................................. Colorado Springs Elden Lee Passard.......................................................................Broomfield Donald M. Ritscher........................................................ Colorado Springs Philip Joel Thomas.............................................................................Denver Cyrus Timothy Warner......................................................Commerce City CONNECTICUT David Paul Cole................................................................................Norwalk George Cicero Fogle....................................................................Weatogue

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IN MEMORY HONOR ROLL 2023 INDUCTEES INDEX BY STATE IOWA Charles Edwin Arthur.......................................................................Hartley Phillip Michael Bingaman...............................................................Altoona Russell E. Jamison Sr........................................................................Weldon Andrew Patrick Kasper Jr................................................................. Ankeny John Thomas Mackin............................................................... Des Moines David Old Bear Sr..................................................................................Tama Dennis Ransome Richlen................................................................... Dixon Roger D. Romick..................................................................................Union Keith V. “Sonny” Surber.......................................................... Montezuma Marlin Alroy Waterbury.....................................................................Akron

Roger Girard Davignon......................................................... New Bedford Gregory F. Debrocke..................................................................... Methuen Richard Eugene Falardeau............................................................. Woburn David Leo Fitzgerald..................................................................... Mashpee Arthur Leo Flynn................................................................................Bourne William Waldimar Johnson Jr...................................................Leominster John Gillis Quilty................................................................................. Acton Anthony Peter Richards......................................................... New Bedford Robert Francis Wade.................................................................... Mansfield MICHIGAN Harlan E. Carlson............................................................................... Atlanta Donald Edward Comfort ............................................................... Onaway Lawrence Walter Derkacz................................................Sterling Heights Michael James Desmarais.......................................................Chesterfield Gregory Charles Gray.......................................................................Pontiac Donald Lee Kowalik..........................................................................Almont Gary Wayne Matrau.......................................................................Waterliet David Hubert Nummer................................................................... Armada Stanley James Phillips .............................................................. Fort Gratiot Alvin LeRoy Schultz.....................................................................Ishpeming Nathan Smith Sr................................................................................. Detroit James Harvey Stringham.............................................................. Manistee Perry Eugene Thon..........................................................................Flushing Willie B. Tyner.................................................................................... Detroit Alan J. Wondergem..................................................................... Kentwood

KANSAS Donald Jerome Barger................................................................Manhattan David Wayne Beal......................................................................... El Dorado Don Cates............................................................................................ Claflin Gary Patrick Dino.......................................................................Great Bend James A. Gillenwater........................................................................ Wichita John Raymond Hagen..................................................................... Melvern Earl Edmond Haines...........................................................................Olathe Ronald Wayne Jones..........................................................................Liberal Donald Lee Kuenzi.............................................................................. Kiowa Bobby Dee Lee.................................................................................Meriden David Leikam.......................................................................................... Hays Everett Alan Lowry..........................................................................Stockton Charles Munsch Jr................................................................................. Hays Michiel Todd Prochaska..................................................................... Salina Ronald Joseph Prosser .............................................................Great Bend Ricky Lee Rogers.............................................................................Plainville Henry Raymond Soetaert.............................................................Shawnee Ralph Shamblin Stone II................................................................. Wichita Wayne Edward Windholz............................................................... Gorham

MINNESOTA Richard Anthony Baraga...............................................................Chisholm Timothy George Bartram...............................................................Winsted Calvin Fredrick Carlson...................................................................Willmar Jack Wayne Danielson................................................................Deer River Dennis Engebretson....................................................................... Leonard Robert Thomas Fiecke....................................................................Winsted Joseph Edward Harbinson........................................................... Litchfield Larry T. Hlavka..............................................................................Silver Lake Thomas Henry Kearney III............................................................. Hibbing Donald R. Litzau...................................................................... Lester Prairie Robert Michael Madich................................................................Chisholm Bob Marold..............................................................................................Buhl Robert Allen Marshall............................................................. Minneapolis Dana Humason Miller........................................................................ Tower Donald Allen Moberg............................................................ Bloomington Barry Bruce Osell............................................................................Brainerd Michael David Parris.................................................................. Watertown Roger David Pearson...................................................................... Mt. Iron Bryan Norman Severson...........................................................Elbow Lake James E. Shaleen......................................................................................Britt Darrell Edward Snidarich................................................................ Virginia Dennis Linn Tobey.............................................................................. Bovey Arthur James Toscano Jr...............................................................Chisholm Randy George Travis........................................................................Willmar Stanley Owen Voight.............................................................. Minneapolis Richard Allen Walior.....................................................................Chisholm Gene Edward Wawrzyniak.........................................................Silver Lake Donovan Carl Wikstrom.......................................................... Strandquist Larry J. Willmsen............................................................................Arlington David Bruce Winger......................................................................Chisholm

KENTUCKY William Philmore Fornash Sr..............................................Massachusetts Curtis Douglas Johnson.........................................................Middlesboro Jerome Edward Kraemer.............................................................. Louisville Danny L. Murphy........................................................................... Louisville Edgar Allen Newsom........................................................Robinson Creek Donald Hugh Oakley...........................................................................Cadiz Elkana M. Robinson........................................................................ Pikeville LOUISIANA Ray Allen Aucoin.....................................................................Lake Charles James Eugene Canfield.................................................................... Bastrop Frank Norris Hensley Jr................................................................DeRidder Elvin Dewayne “Doc” Holliday...................................................DeRidder Frederick Eugene Jenneman.............................................................Slidell Ernst Henry Poll Sr...........................................................................Leesville Alva Lee Sheraden................................................................................. Ollie Dexter Woodard Slater.................................................................DeRidder MAINE Lloyd Gene Heath.................................................................New Vineyard George Luther James.................................................................. Limestone Robert W. Kipp Sr............................................................................ Berwick MARYLAND Sammy T. Adams......................................................................Severna Park Keith L. Fay .................................................................................... Accokeek William Lloyd Freeman................................................................. Frederick Jay Halladay............................................................................... Hagerstown Lee Arthur Hunter..............................................................District Heights Ernest Ray Paugh..............................................................................Dundalk Robert Anthony Scott...................................................................Baltimore Larry Dean Sizemore..........................................................................Elkton Richard F. Will Sr...................................................................... Westminster Paul A. Woods Sr............................................................................ Pasadena

MISSISSIPPI Richard Eldridge “Dick” Coleman.............................................Vicksburg Allan L. Robb..................................................................................... Pachuta Albert Raymond Robinson....................................................... Charleston MISSOURI Kenneth Milton Debert.................................................................. St. Louis John Francis Dunne........................................................................ St. Louis Gary Alexis Hines............................................................................ St. Louis Mike Krafft........................................................................................ St. Louis Kenneth Karl Krimmel................................................................St. Charles Leroy W. Nash...........................................................................Bonne Terre Paul Edward Poling............................................................................Kahoka Marvin L. Potts.................................................................................. St. Louis Richard Lee Quick Jr................................................................ Waynesville Nick Rector................................................................................ Washington Charles Monroe Richardson........................................................Cape Gir

MASSACHUSETTS Joseph William Ascolillo Jr............................................................. Malden John W. Beck Jr................................................................................. Melrose Bruce L. Bezio.......................................................................................Erving Carl “Redd” Briggs.....................................................................Whitinsville James K. Chretien Sr.....................................................................Lawrence James Joseph Culhane................................................................... Woburn

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IN MEMORY HONOR ROLL 2023 INDUCTEES INDEX BY STATE Joe W. Segari..................................................................................... Warsaw Larry Olin Whitt................................................................................ Weston

George “Fran” Kartis...................................................................Newburgh William Dale Koehler.....................................................................Clarence Charles “Chuck” LaForty........................................................... Watertown Paul Millard Montgomery.............................................................Oneonta Louis Francis Patti............................................................................. Auburn Carl Frederick Phillips Jr.................................................................. Auburn Frank A. Pietropolo..........................................................................Chelsea David G. Shea..................................................................................Brooklyn John Charles Shepardson.....................................................................Cato Stanley J. Smith.........................................................................Binghamton Albert Edwin Townsend Sr..................................................................Locke Randy William Turner...................................................................Memphis Peter J. Van Cook....................................................................Old Chatham Gerald Weinstein............................................................................Brooklyn Douglas A. Wright.............................................................................Oneida

MONTANA Florentine Thomas Angel.................................................................Billings David William Knauth....................................................................... Bigfork Rodney L. VanQuekelberg................................................. Columbia Falls NEBRASKA Gary Adelbert Barker........................................................................Kimball Richard A. Bruening...................................................................... Holdrege William Bruno Jr.................................................................................Omaha Michael Thomas Davia................................................................... Kearney James Cameron Glasgow...................................................................Clarks Don W. Gray.............................................................................. Plattsmouth Jerry Dean Hamilton.........................................................................Omaha Raymond E. Hazzard........................................................................... Miller Michael Dale Heater....................................................................... Kearney Lyle H. Menke................................................................................Lawrence Gary Loren Sage............................................................................. Niobrara Kelly Jo Sage.................................................................................... Niobrara Gregory Allan Sage Sr.................................................................... Niobrara Victor Eugene Surber........................................................................Omaha Raymond Louis Trompke.............................................................Loup City Floyd Francis Turek Jr....................................................................... Gibbon Michael Wayne Werger.........................................................Johnson Lake

NORTH CAROLINA Ken W. Ashby............................................................................Huntersville James A. Beasley.................................................................... Elizabeth City Lovis Franklin Brinkley................................................... Johnston County James Edward Bumgarner................................................................ Garner Earl Luther Davis..............................................................................Marshall Doyle Dwight Hensley................................................................... Durham James N. Jones............................................................................Chapel Hill Donald Ray Lambert...................................................................... Concord Thomas P. Lorenc................................................................ Hendersonville Charles Richard Maglione...................................................Kill Devil Hills Dennis B. Moore ........................................................................Kitty Hawk Jerry Mack Powell........................................................................... Conover Harold Dean Price........................................................................... Cliffside Louis Edward Puckett Jr....................................................................Raleigh Daniel Carl Smith..................................................................... Greensboro Jerry L. Stricker...........................................................................Wilmington

NEVADA John J. Delaney.................................................................................Minden Dennis Lawrence Hadler.....................................................................Reno J. Perry Noonan III......................................................................... Las Vegas NEW JERSEY Michael A. Bruckler............................................................... Southampton Ronald Delia................................................................................. Livingston Steve DiGangi.....................................................................................Linden Larry Fredericks.............................................................................. Wantage Edward P. Grafje.............................................................................. Barnegat Louis Jampetro Sr....................................................................Browns Mills Robert Michael Kelly.......................................................... West Deptford Anthony P. Lapadura..........................................................................Passiac Raymond Lee....................................................................................Denville Mario J. Lo Sapio...............................................................................Keyport Mike Lyon.......................................................................... South Brunswick Joseph C. Morrison........................................................................ Freehold Larry Neville.................................................................................Jersey City John Henry Nitka...........................................................................Randolph James Vialard....................................................................................Denville Edward Michael Zieleniewski......................................................Carlstadt

NORTH DAKOTA Jim Brown....................................................................................Wimbledon Edwin Eugene Holzworth......................................................... Jamestown Ricky Wayne Kaufman...................................................................Bismarck OHIO Steven Dale Bartram.................................................................... Mansfield Daniel Stephen Bethel............................................................... Cincinnati Roger L. Blaylock.........................................................................Springdale William A. Borhman Jr........................................................ Cuyahoga Falls John Robert Butchock.............................................................. Willoughby Dean Eldon Callison.................................................................. Springfield Mereland Lee Cook................................................................ Youngstown Steve W. Crumbling ................................................................ Gibsonburg Robert Alan Davis.........................................................................Cleveland Gerald Wayne Doyle......................................................................... Findlay Phil Fiscus.................................................................................Martins Ferry Dennis Wayne Galvin....................................................................... Findlay Philip John Heil Jr.........................................................................Cleveland James R. Hendershot......................................................................Wooster Roger Lee Hyland....................................................................... Springfield Tom Jagger......................................................................................Bratenahl Ralph J. Maehler...........................................................................Cleveland Andrew J. Naugle.........................................................................Parma Hts. Thomas Edward Nicodemus............................................................Amelia Daniel Leroy Saltz............................................................................. Rawson Robert “Buck” Snyder............................................................Martins Ferry Dennis Eugene Swecker......................................................................Tiffin David R. Thomson........................................................................Cleveland James R. Vrabel..............................................................................Campbell James Charles Weaver............................................................. Uhrichsville William Lee Welker...........................................................................Canton Gary L. Westrick..............................................................................Defiance

NEW MEXICO Enrique “Henry” Baldonado...........................................................Socorro Gary Lee Dwyer.............................................................................Bernalillo Joseph Dennis Gallegos .......................................................... Farmington NEW YORK Clifford Guy Bennett Sr...................................................................Waverly Roy E. Betteridge........................................................................Churchville Thomas Edward Bryant.................................................................... Auburn Christopher S. Bubnis.................................................................Rochester James Patrick Carroll........................................................................Baldwin Raymond Andrew Cawley..............................................................Queens Gerald Raymond Costa.................................................................Brooklyn Louis Anthony Davis....................................................................Plattsburg John Robert DesChamps .....................................................................Ilion Donald Robert Dixon................................................................ Weedsport Jonathan Leonard Engelhard...................................................... Apalachin Rafael Espada..................................................................................New York Michael Felix Felice.........................................................Massapequa Park Gilbert Gelling.................................................................................. Seaford Robert S. Greene............................................................................Brooklyn Kevin P. Helferich..................................................................Mechanicville Donald Hogan.................................................................................Brooklyn Joseph James Ingino ............................................................... Lindenhurst Anthony S. Jasinkonis...............................................................Huntington

OKLAHOMA William Jason Blankenship.............................................................. Carney Dewey Chris Boswell..........................................................Oklahoma City Patrick L. Childers.................................................................................. Tulsa Freddy James Robertson..........................................................Wapanucka Lowry Arthur West III....................................................................... Lawton

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IN MEMORY HONOR ROLL 2023 INDUCTEES INDEX BY STATE OREGON Robert Albert Beck Jr...................................................................Beaverton Jack Chester Dunn..........................................................................Portland Gary Richard Nelson................................................................... Gladstone Johnny Lynn Oleson........................................................Gleneden Beach David L. Watson.................................................................................Yachats

Boyd Earl Vatalaro.....................................................................Spartanburg Mitchel Frank Ward..................................................................Spartanburg SOUTH DAKOTA James Mads Hauge.......................................................................... Mitchell TENNESSEE William Allen Breedlove Jr........................................................... Knoxville James L. Brown Sr............................................................................Portland Michael Alexander Caldwell............................................................Linden Thomas Ray Cribbs...................................................................... Coalmont Jimmy Goins...................................................................................LaFollette James Hatter Jr......................................................................................Milan Eugene Henderson..................................................................... Clarksville Robert H. Johnson Sr.................................................................... Nashville Joseph E. Knowles....................................................................... Clarksville John Louis Mayberry ....................................................................... Jackson David Keith Newell...........................................................................Dayton Larry Wayne Revlett.................................................................... Clarksville Kenneth J. Voight Sr....................................................................Springville William M. Young..........................................................................Memphis

PENNSYLVANIA Gary Norman Aldrich............................................................................. Erie David V. Baniszewski.............................................................................. Erie Albert Joseph Baraniak.....................................................................Indiana Lawrence William Carter...........................................................Harrisburg Paul Leroy Close....................................................................... Greensburg Michael Leonard Cotter........................................................West Chester James Robert Delp Jr......................................................................Pittsburg Ronald Elwood Dewing...................................................... Warren Center Denton S. Fenstermacher............................................................Kutztown William B. Gallagher Jr............................................................. Mckeesport Creedin Gitt........................................................................................Carlisle Richard William Hafer............................................................. Greensburg Spencer A. Harding ............................................................................. Sayre William Carl Hartley.......................................................................... Roscoe James Leroy Herter.......................................................................... Renovo Robert E. Highlands Jr.......................................................................Carlisle Robert “Bob” Hitzeman..........................................................Williamsport Dennis Everett Hockenberry...............................................Shippensburg David James Jenkins Jr.................................................................. Frackville Paul William Joines................................................................ Susquehanna David S. Kenney.............................................................................Kutztown Robert Milton Kercher Jr..............................................................Kutztown Stuart Allen Krompetz Sr.........................................................Collegeville Stephen Thomas Love...................................................... East Lansdowne Justin J. McCarthy................................................................................. Exton Anthony W. McCloskey Sr................................................................ Export Sanford E. Newman Sr.......................................................... Mount Union William E. Noll...............................................................................Milesburg George Otis Peay.................................................................................. Sayre Frederick Paul Peskorski Sr.................................................................... Erie Ronald Lee Pfaff........................................................................... Greenville John Quinlan........................................................................... Upper Darby Joseph Michael Quinn..................................................................... Athens Michael F. Rabe........................................................................................ Erie Charles Edward Rummel............................................................... Ligoneer John Joseph Rush........................................................................ Pittsburgh Anthony Bruno Shumakeris...................................................Philadelphia William Arthur Straub............................................................................ Erie Mark W. Turner................................................................ Northumberland John P. Vollmer.................................................................... Clifton Heights Frank Eugene Wayman........................................................................ Sayre Daniel M. Welch...............................................................................Franklin Robert “Bobby” Michael Wheeler....................................................... Erie

TEXAS Charles William Albritton.......................................................... Hankamer Marvin James Brietzke.........................................................New Braunfels Robert Van Copeland........................................................................El Paso Richard V. Fuentes................................................................Corpus Christi Timothy Edward Gard Sr...................................................................Gilmer Gerald Steven Garrison..................................................................Stranger Kenneth Ray Grant...................................................................... Beaumont Rodney Durral Johnston.................................................................Garland Dennis Patrick Kilday........................................................................Canton Ronny Mahan...................................................................................... Sutton Gary W. Martin...................................................................................Hearne Michael Elliott McClendon................................................................Austin Phil Dan McClendon ....................................................................... Peaster Curtiss R. Mincher................................................................ San Augustine Kenneth Riley Mincher Sr......................................................... Fort Worth Melvin Moulton.............................................................................. Anahuac Patrick Lee Nex................................................................................Lakeway Robert Perez..............................................................................San Antonio Charles A. Rollins...............................................................................El Paso Henry Calvin Rutledge...........................................................................Katy Terry Alan Staberg................................................................Corpus Christi Jaymie Darrell Tate......................................................................... Kenefick Reynaldo Surita Torres.................................................................. Houston Lawrence Travis.............................................................................Galveston Timothy Kenneth Venzke................................................................ Victoria Pablo Villarreal Jr.......................................................................Brownsville Johnnie Robert “Bob” Williams................................................... Anahuac UTAH Joel Wesley Whiteley................................................................... Panguitch

PHILLIPPINES Michael John Kulig.......................................................................Cebu City

VERMONT Joseph Francis Knipes Sr..................................................................... Wells

RHODE ISLAND William Albrick Cartier Jr.............................................................. Warwick Robert W. Champagne.................................................................. Newport Donald V. Sullivan..........................................................North Providence

VIRGINIA Carl R. Brooks Jr. .......................................................................Portsmouth Richard Martin Darr Jr........................................................................ Burke Wayne A. Eller Sr........................................................................... Abingdon John Slater Hadfield......................................................................... Norfolk James Ross Henke.............................................................................. Fairfax Michael “Mike” Thomas Ingram....................................................... Forest Joseph Lawrence Marchi Jr.......................................................Front Royal Charles W. Morris............................................................................ Altavista Mike Murphy.................................................................................. Hampton Stephen J Neuendorf........................................................... Fairfax Station Lawrence Mark Repanshek...............................................Fredericksburg Ronald Walter Roe.......................................................................... Danville Dean A. Wright..................................................................................Marion

SOUTH CAROLINA Jerry Alexander.........................................................................Spartanburg Ronald Lee Asselin..............................................................................Inman Walter Jerome Brock..........................................................................Taylors Walter J. Green............................................................................. Greenville James Millard Hart Jr................................................................Spartanburg Ray Henry ..................................................................................Spartanburg George Stewart Lawhorn.............................................................. Chesnee Paul Ross Millwood..................................................................Spartanburg Richard Miller Morrison Jr......................................................Spartanburg John Reed Nauful......................................................................... Columbia Frank Paturas................................................................................... Beaufort Waldon Ray Raines...................................................................Spartanburg Larry Gene Robinson...........................................................................Greer Larry F. Spencer.......................................................................................York John C. Stowell Jr......................................................................Spartanburg

WASHINGTON Richard Edward Lorbetske.............................................................. Tacoma James E. Sanders.................................................................................Everett David W. Schaffe................................................................................... Kelso

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IN MEMORY HONOR ROLL 2023 INDUCTEES INDEX BY STATE Ronnie A. Shewell............................................................................ Tacoma Dwight C. Van Inwegen..................................................................Kirkland WASHINGTON, DC Johnathan A. Fisher........................................................... Washington DC Joe Labon Johnson Sr....................................................... Washington DC Robert Henry Nelson....................................................... Washington DC WEST VIRGINIA John Elliott..................................................................................Hedgesville Robert Frank Palmer Jr..................................................................Wheeling Troy Leroy Varney ............................................................................... Logan WISCONSIN Geoffrey Johnson Abbott...........................................................Waterville Dennis Bee...................................................................................... Superior William O. Benedict Sr...........................................................Winneconne William Arthur Bennett................................................................. Harshaw Allan Lee Betts...............................................................................Lakewood Ted Thales Boquist................................................................... Red Granite Larry J. Brice.................................................................................. Green Bay David Earl Brott...............................................................................Lampson Robert Eugene Busby.........................................................................Bristol Ron Christensen................................................................................. Suring George C. DeVries..................................................................................Gile Ronald William Gadzinski........................................................Manitowoc Darrel “Jiggs” Howard Gerow...................................................... Argonne Roger J. Housner......................................................................... Waunakee Douglas D. Jensen Sr...............................................................Rhinelander Douglas Alan Johnston...................................................................... Waldo Gary Eugene Klopstein.............................................................. Watertown Kenneth Theodore Koplein Sr.......................................................Franklin James J. Krueger II................................................................................Beloit Joseph M.R. Kurth......................................................................... Denmark Richard Dale Landerman........................................................Fond Du Lac Frank Rudolph Lanich............................................................... Wausaukee Kenneth R. Lisch.......................................................................... Green Bay Jim Marquard .................................................................... Lake Tomahawk Duane Allen Martin..........................................................................Hustler K. Michael McCollum......................................................................Neenah Dennis Peter McFarland............................................................ Watertown Lowell E. Mortimer.................................................................... Wauwatosa Brian Patrick O’Connor................................................................. Hartland Kenneth C. Osborne ..................................................................Tomahawk Anthony Edgar Oswald...................................................................... Racine Robert Joseph Puyleart.............................................................. Green Bay Carl E. Reevs..............................................................................Rhinelander Edward Henry Remmers............................................................Tomahawk Keith L. Retzlaff............................................................................Two Rivers Patrick John Sigmund................................................................. Green Bay Thomas Henry Stelloh............................................................... Milwaukee Duane C. Swanson............................................................................. Crivitz Dennis John Tidquist................................................................. Milwaukee Doyle A. Warbler........................................................................Sheboygan Roger Francis Wautlet................................................................Luxemburg George Jonathan Wing Jr....................................................Oconomowoc WYOMING Paul Thomas Banach................................................................... Cheyenne

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ONLINE IN MEMORY HONOR ROLL

All of today’s In Memory honorees are now part of VVMF’s In Memory Honor Roll online at www.vvmf.org/honor-roll.

Each honoree has a personal page. Just go to the search bar and type in an honoree’s last name to see their page. We encourage visitors to leave remembrances, add photos and share with friends and family. You can also make donations to VVMF in memory of an honoree to help us continue the In Memory program for years to come.

Please visit the online In Memory Honor Roll today to learn more about all our honorees.

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THE WALL THAT HEALS

VVMF’s The Wall That Heals exhibit includes a three-quarter scale replica of The Wall, a mobile Education Center and a replica In Memory plaque.

The replica Wall is made of Avonite, a synthetic granite, and visitors can do name rubbings of names on The Wall.

The replica travels in a 53-foot trailer that becomes a mobile Education Center which includes digital displays customized for the local area where the exhibit is on display. Visitors can see the Hometown Heroes display which includes photos of local service members on The Wall. They can also see the In Memory Honor Roll which includes photos of In Memory honorees from the state where the exhibit is on display. Items representative of those left at The Wall in D.C., a timeline of “The War and The Wall” and a map of Vietnam are also on display.

The Wall That Heals will be on display in 32 communities across the country in 2023. We hope that our In Memory families will come out to see their honoree’s photo on display when we’re in their home state. To see a full schedule, go to www.vvmf.org/twth.

Want to bring The Wall to your community? VVMF is now accepting applications to host The Wall That Heals in 2024. To learn more about being a host or how to apply, please visit: www. vvmf.org/twth-request.

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VVMF STORE

Support VVMF programs, including In Memory, by purchasing items from the VVMF store. Your purchases allow us to continue hosting this ceremony and honoring veterans in years to come.

Each applicant receives (at no charge) one printed yearbook, one DVD of the ceremony and one lapel pin. For additional yearbooks, DVDs, and pins as well as our In Memory patches and magnets — please visit the VVMF store at: www.vvmf.org/store.

To purchase additional tribute certificates or photos from the ceremony, see the back of this program.

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“IN MEMORY: FAMILIES OF VIETNAM VETERANS LOST TO AGENT ORANGE AND PTSD” FACEBOOK GROUP

We invite you to join our Facebook group — In Memory: Families of Vietnam Veterans lost to Agent Orange and PTSD. Launched in February 2018, the Facebook group serves to connect our In Memory families all year long and has become a place to share stories of love and loss. It also provides a way to stay up to date on all of the latest In Memory news, the latest updates on the ceremony, and where The Wall That Heals will be on display. More than 21,000 members strong now — we invite you to join us.

What others are saying about the Facebook group — “I’m so glad I found this space, with people who understand. Thank you” “No one is alone here. Just reach out. We are all going through the same thing. This site is like a support group for me. I lost my husband in 2016 after 47 years together. Hugs.”

“To all of us who are missing someone we love. We will get through. You are a wonderful group.”

www.facebook.com/groups/InMemoryFamilies

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JOIN US ON FATHER’S DAY SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 2023 AT 10:00 A.M. Please join us tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. for our annual Father’s Day Rose Remembrance at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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, family members and volunteers affix long-stemmed roses with personal messages of love and remembrance and lay them at the base of The Wall and around the Memorial site.

Red roses symbolize those killed in action. Yellow roses symbolize those missing in action. White roses with red tips symbolize those veterans who returned home and later died.

Family, friends and other visitors are invited to take part in the laying of roses surrounding the Memorial, a breathtaking sight that demonstrates both the gratitude and the sacrifices of families impacted by the Vietnam War.

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ECHOES OF THE VIETNAM WAR PODCAST

Check out VVMF’s podcast Echoes of the Vietnam War. Even after 50 years, the impact of the Vietnam War echoes across generations. Hear stories of service and sacrifice from people who were impacted by the Vietnam War — veterans, their families, and others who add perspective to those experiences.

A new episode is launched every other week. We’ve explored topics from the Draft to the use of helicopters to the experiences of one POW but there are many more stories to tell — and preserve for future generations.

In past episodes, we’ve heard from multiple In Memory family members including Episode 10: Agent Orange featuring Diane Parisi (2016 honoree John Parisi), Episode 16: Song for the Unsung featuring Natasha Sprague (2020 honoree James Carroll) and Episode 30: You Are Not Alone featuring Cyndy Hollender-Stancliff (1996 honoree John Hollender and 2022 honoree Paul Stancliff.)

To listen or learn more about it — please visit: www.vvmf.org/echoes.

If you have a story to tell or an idea for a podcast episode, email us at echoes@vvmf.org.

John Parisi

James Carroll

John Hollender

Paul Stancliff

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PTSD AWARENESS DAY JUNE 27, 2023

Some left Vietnam but Vietnam didn’t leave them. Nearly 3 million service members served in Vietnam and most returned home. But since then, thousands of Vietnam veterans have battled PTSD — Post Traumatic Stress Disorder — and it has impacted their lives and the lives of their families in many ways. Returning without a proper homecoming compounded the issues veterans faced upon their return.

On June 27th — National PTSD Awareness Day — we’ll bring light to the continuing toll of the war. The Vietnam War may be over, but the battle continues for many Vietnam veterans and their families to this day.

We hope you’ll join us in DC — or in your own community — on June 27th by raising awareness around the continuing toll of the Vietnam War. You can sponsor a candle and personal message to be placed at the Memorial during VVMF’s PTSD awareness event.

For more information on PTSD Awareness Day and how you can get involved, go to: www. vvmf.org/ptsd-awareness.

These are just a few of the messages that were left at The Wall last year on PTSD Awareness Day:

“Don’t be afraid to get help. You deserve it. Welcome home brothers.”

“For 50 years you fought this demon. Now you are at peace.”

“For all who made it home but can’t escape Vietnam. Every. Single. Day.”

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AGENT ORANGE AWARENESS DAY AUGUST 10, 2022

The Vietnam War may be over, but the battle continues for many Vietnam veterans. Nearly three million service members served in Vietnam and most returned home. But since then, thousands of Vietnam veterans have fought illnesses related to Agent Orange exposure. This deadly toxin has impacted the lives of thousands of veterans and their families but is largely unknown to most Americans.

August 10th is the anniversary of the first day that Agent Orange was sprayed in Vietnam in 1961 and the date we commemorate Agent Orange Awareness Day. We hope you’ll join us in DC — or in your own community — on August 10th by raising awareness around the continuing toll of the Vietnam War. You can sponsor a candle and personal message to be placed at the Memorial during VVMF’s Agent Orange Awareness event.

For more information on Agent Orange Awareness Day and how you can get involved, go to: www.vvmf.org/Agent-Orange-Awareness.

These are just a few of the messages that have been left at The Wall on Agent Orange Awareness Day:

“Agent Orange took your memories, your health and eventually your life. But you are still alive in our memories and in our hearts every day. We miss you.”

“Although you were able to come home, death came with you and you suffered many years — but you made a great life in spite of it. Agent Orange took you from us but we gained a beautiful life from you. Love and miss you.”

“Daddy, Thank you for serving our country and all the sacrifices you have made. You were the best Daddy a girl could ask for. You will always be my HERO. There will always be a piece of my heart missing. Agent Orange took you too soon.”

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OUR SPECIAL THANKS

VVMF would like to give a special thanks to all who help make the In Memory program possible. We couldn’t host ceremonies like today’s without the help of our generous donors. A big thanks to the following individuals who provided financial support for In Memory this year.

Dorothy Crooks Donna Harris Houng Le Steven E. Wright A special thank you to our In Memory Circle of Friends. Your generous support allows VVMF to continue honoring Vietnam veterans through the In Memory program each year.

Rita Kay Andersen Sharon Appollonia Christa Atchison Caryn Bailey Judith Scanlan Barthel Kathryn Bergquist Linda C. Bermes Nancy M. Boutwell Major Marcia Brinkley Karen Brooks Tammy Brown-Gentilini Bernadette Cannon Carrie S. Castleman Brandi Ann Clark Charles T. Culhane Marjorie Demopoulos Bonnie Bell Downs Johnnie R. Downs Marian A. Durbin Judy C. Edwards Dillard Manuel C. Felix Patricia Trefny Ford Katie L. Foster David Freier Sally Gassler Janet A. Greiner Sharon Brunette Hagens Curtis Hammerle

Sheri Hauck Diane Hebert Blanca Hendry Sharon L. Hill-Paugh Jessica Hilt David & Sandy Hine Cyndy Hollender-Stancliff Mary Holliday Kathy Lynn Huey Cindy Johnston Denise Kingsbury Michael Chris Kingsley Kathryn Krause Susan Elaine Lindeman Dee Louviere Diane Mack Kathleen M. Mack Jeffrey Dean Marlow Mary P. Martin Maria D. Matas-Sosa Alice McCarty Timothy McDaniel Linda McDonald Dorothea Stapp McPheeters Marsha Elaine Miller Wilfred Miyashiro Janet M. Musolf Kristin Olson

Doris Osborn Donna Jean Osterbaan Edmund W. Ow Diane Parisi Aimee Parker Sherry Lynette Patterson Joanne Philhower Mary Pokrajac Jill Rangarajan Levi A. Reese Arlene M. Reinhart Coretha Rozendaal Lorice Sherman Claudia D. Simmons Sharon Starr Cynthia Strout Tara L. Szymanski-Bird Patricia Taggart Elisa Tallerico Judith K. Thomas Kathy Tignor Sharon Trisler Ellen Tuohy Fealey Glenda Valuroso Linda L. Weldon Charlotte F. Wilson

VVMF would also like to thank the volunteers of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial who have dedicated thousands of hours to the Memorial over the years. A heartfelt thanks to the families and friends of the In Memory honorees for journeying to Washington, D.C. to take part in this special day.

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“A friend is the heart’s celebration.”

JOIN THE IN MEMORY CIRCLE OF FRIENDS

When VVMF built The Wall in 1982, no one knew how many Vietnam veterans were going to continue to suffer due to Agent Orange exposure, PTSD and other illnesses as a result of their service. As more and more veterans passed, the In Memory program was created to honors those who served in Vietnam, returned home and later died.

We come together each year for the In Memory ceremony to pay tribute to these veterans who sacrificed for their country. For many friends and family members of our honorees, the ceremony has a lasting impact and the friendships fortified here and the memories shared with other families enrich their lives.

Honoring service and sacrifice and preserving the legacy of our nation’s Vietnam veterans is central to the VVMF mission. Family members know firsthand the struggle to receive support and acknowledgement for their loved one’s service and sacrifice. We’re asking you to help us lead the way in inspiring others to honor and remember the millions of Vietnam veterans who returned home to an unwelcome nation.

We invite you to join the In Memory Circle of Friends — a community of supporters who are fulfilling the promise to Never Forget. Your support will make it possible for us to maintain the In Memory program, which after today honors more than 6,100 veterans, with thousands more expected to be honored in coming years. Your support will help VVMF host the annual ceremony and welcome gathering, promote healing and education, and continue to honor all Vietnam veterans.

Members of the In Memory Circle of Friends are recognized in the annual In Memory yearbook and receive other special benefits throughout the year.

Please help us to ensure the impact of the Vietnam War is never forgotten and that those who served their country are remembered always. Together, we can continue to pay tribute to your loved one and our nation’s Vietnam veterans for generations to come.

For more information on joining the In Memory Circle of Friends, please contact Luz Lovins at llovins@vvmf.org or 202-393-0090. More information is also available online at: www.vvmf.org/InMemory-Program/.

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ABOUT THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL FUND The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF) is the nonprofit organization that founded the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (The Wall) in Washington, D.C. in 1982. VVMF’s mission is to honor and preserve the legacy of service in America and educate all generations about the impact of the Vietnam War and era. We honor the service of all, preserve the memory of those who died during the war and since returning home, and educate all generations about the lasting impact of the war.

Today’s In Memory Ceremony and other VVMF ceremonies, programs, and education efforts are made possible by donations from our generous supporters.

VVMF’s work includes:

CARE AND PRESERVATION OF THE MEMORIAL SITE

EDUCATION

VVMF partners with the National Park Service (NPS) to care for The Wall, the Three Servicemen Statue, the flagpole, and the In Memory plaque. The In Memory plaque was dedicated on the grounds of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial site in 2004.

THE WALL THAT HEALS The Wall That Heals mobile exhibit features a ¾-scale replica of The Wall in Washington, D.C. along with a mobile Education Center and a replica In Memory plaque.

CEREMONIES AT THE WALL

VVMF develops and distributes comprehensive and balanced education materials that help students learn about the lasting impact of the Vietnam War and era. VVMF offers guided tours of The Wall in D.C. and at The Wall That Heals as well as a virtual tour and a mobile tour app to educate those who can’t visit the Memorial site.

THE WALL OF FACES The Wall of Faces is an effort to collect a face and a story to each name on The Wall. Photos are displayed online as well as at The Wall That Heals stops.

ECHOES OF THE VIETNAM WAR

Each year, VVMF holds several ceremonies at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to help carry out is mission to honor those who have served and sacrificed for our country.

IN MEMORY Since the Vietnam War ended, thousands of Vietnam veterans have suffered due to Agent Orange exposure, PTSD and other illnesses as a result of their service. VVMF’s In Memory program honors Vietnam veterans who returned home and later died.

Echoes of the Vietnam War is VVMF’s podcast.

Even after 50 years, the impact of the Vietnam War echoes across generations. Hear stories of service and sacrifice from people who were impacted by the Vietnam War — veterans, their families, and others who add perspective to those experiences.

For more information on VVMF’s work or 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 Since the Vietnam War ended, thousands of Vietnam veterans have suffered due to Agent Orange exposure, PTSD and other illnesses as a result of their service. VVMF believes all those who served in Vietnam should be honored and remembered for their service. The In Memory program enables the families and friends of those who came home and later died the opportunity to have them be forever memorialized. ​ The plaque that honors these veterans was dedicated as part of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in 2004.

It reads: In Memory of the men and women who served in the Vietnam War and later died as a result of their service. We honor and remember their sacrifice.

The In Memory ceremony is held annually on the National Mall. Family members and friends of current honorees — as well as past honorees — are invited to say their loved one’s name in a touching ceremony on the East Knoll of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

The In Memory program has honored more than 5,600 veterans. The In Memory Honor Roll has a remembrance page for each veteran and can be seen online at www.vvmf.org/honor-roll.

If you know a Vietnam veteran who returned home and later died and would like to have them honored through the In Memory program, please contact VVMF at 202-393-0090 or visit our website to download the application at: www.vvmf.org/inmemory.

Photos, as well as additional Tribute copies, will be available for purchase on our website after the event at: www.vvmf.org/event-photos VVMF’s 2023 In Memory honoree t-shirts will be sold one final time from now until July 12, 2023.

Sales are online only and this will be the last opportunity to purchase shirts with the names of all our 2023 honorees. Go to: www.vvmf.org/In-Memory-Program/In-Memory-Ceremony to purchase a shirt.

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

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