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Fifteenth Annual In Memory Day Observance Vie tna m Ve ter ans Memorial Friday, June 14, 2013 10 : 0 0 a . m .


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

Fifteenth Annual In Memory Day Observance

An entire generation of patriots served honorably and, thankfully, most returned home. However, many never fully recovered, either physically or emotionally, from their experiences in that war. That is why the In Memory program exists—because only a fraction of the casualties actually died on the battlefields of Vietnam. Many more carried their wounds back to “the world” and suffered long after the actual fighting ended. As these men and women pass, it is our duty and our solemn promise, to welcome them home to this place. They may not meet the criteria for addition to The Wall, but they certainly meet the criteria of joining their brothers and sisters in this place of honor and remembrance. This year, we recognize the contributions made by 121 men to ensure the cause of freedom and liberty. Their names will be added to the In Memory Honor Roll and the memory of their service will forever be linked to this Wall. For as long as this memorial stands, and as long as visitors come to this place to learn, your loved ones will be remembered. Their sacrifices will not be forgotten. Thank you all for joining us here today. Sincerely,

Vie tna m Ve ter ans Memorial Friday, June 14, 2013 | 10 : 0 0 a . m . The names of all past honorees are read throughout the ceremony Opening Remarks

Master of Ceremonies Captain Denis Faherty, USN (Ret.) Former Deputy Director of the National Strategic War Gaming Center, National Defense University Presentation of Colors Armed Forces Color Guard Military District of Washington National Anthem

Jan C. Scruggs Founder and President Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund

Jan C. Scruggs President and Founder, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund

Gunnery Sergeant Sara Dell’Omo “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band

Pledge of Allegiance Maureen Foster Wife of 2013 Honoree Raymond William Reiche Retiring of Colors Armed Forces Color Guard Military District of Washington Remarks Nancy Switzer President of Associates of Vietnam Veterans of America Keynote Remarks The Honorable Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Remarks Ira Hamburg Former Executive Director of the Friends of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Name Reading

Past Participants

“The Unsung Heroes” Chuck Price (recording) In Memory Honor Roll Call

Families and Friends

Taps

Gunnery Sergeant Brian Turnmire “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band

Laying of Tributes

Families and Friends at The Wall

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2013 In Memory Honorees Their names are not inscribed on The Wall, but their spirits and memory are ever present. John Dale Abbott...................................................................May 23, 2007 Don Carl Allen................................................................February 25, 2010 John Henry Barrett.................................................................June 24, 2007 Steven Dale Belus......................................................................July 9, 2010 Gary Ray Bennett.................................................................. May 26, 2000 Harold Bentley.........................................................................May 7, 2006 Robert James Benzio....................................................September 19, 2001 Jimmy Darryl Bradley.......................................................October 13, 1997 Warren Robert Bray, Sr................................................. November 28, 2011 Frederick Duane Brester........................................................ April 15, 2010 Kenneth Franklin Brunell......................................................... April 7, 2005 Gary Walter Burda........................................................... February 6, 2008 Theodore William Cantrell, Jr................................................ April 12, 2011 Theodore Paul Caruso.............................................................July 31, 2004 Paul Duane Cawthon.................................................... September 4, 2009 John Robert Christiansen.....................................................March 27, 1994 Colin Michael Coffland....................................................... March 31, 2011 James Vernon Cuthbertson........................................... November 12, 2012 Charles William D’Amico............................................... September 5, 2011 Jerome Joseph Desjean.................................................... February 18, 2013 William Francis Desmond...................................................January 4, 2003 Larry Thomas Dodd..................................................... December 26, 1985 Bobby Joe Engle.................................................................October 3, 2012 Ralph Bernard Ennis..........................................................January 29, 2000 James Vincent Flow...................................................... November 26, 1994 Gary E Floyd..................................................................December 31, 2012 Jerry Joseph Foster................................................................. June 26, 2005 Bernard Foyle......................................................................... June 10, 2012 Regis Anthony Franciscus Jr.............................................. October 17, 2012 Donald Lee Gardner............................................................ January 2, 2013 Marvin Duane Gebhardt..................................................... January 7, 2013 Ronald Berton Goodwin.................................................. February 16, 1973 Victor Walter Gorlinsky...................................................... August 12, 2012 Randall Richard Gray..................................................... November 7, 2012 Jerry Lester Griffith.................................................................June 16, 2005 Lyman Gene Harris.............................................................. March 4, 2004 James Newton Henderson................................................. January 22, 2010 Melvin Glen Hensley.......................................................... August 31, 2010 Brian Carl Hill.....................................................................January 1, 2004 Richard Michael Hoffman....................................................... July 16, 2012 Elmer Eugene Hogan............................................................... June 3, 2004 Grady Howard Jr................................................................... June 23, 2008 Lee Charles Hurteau..................................................... November 13, 2012 Russell Carl Jefts............................................................. November 2, 2011 James Ray Jennings............................................................... March 6, 1996 Marshall Eugene Johnson........................................................ May 14, 2010 Joseph Alvin Kahler.........................................................February 12, 2005 Thomas Joseph Kelley.................................................. December 16, 2011 Robert Edward Kennedy........................................................ April 22, 2010 Sylvester “Woody” James Kennedy..................................October 19, 1973 William Allen Kirk.............................................................. March 15, 2006 Bernard Edward Kleiderlein......................................................May 9, 2001 David Paul Koston Sr......................................................... January 13, 2013 Richard Ernest Krumvieda................................................October 21, 2010 George Harry Lanter............................................................. April 15, 2010 Michael Joseph Lipka..............................................................July 30, 2012 Francis Albert Markovich....................................................... June 22, 2009 Arthur Ray Martin.............................................................. August 14, 2012 William Thomas Massey..........................................................April 4, 2007 Leonard Joe Maxwell........................................................... March 11, 2012 James Ferdinand McKernan...........................................November 17, 2010

Harold Leslie McPherson....................................................... June 24, 2011 Bobbie Lee Michael........................................................... January 21, 2012 Brent Robinson Miller.........................................................August 31, 2008 Frederick Scott Morgan................................................ September 26, 2012 James Allen Morsey......................................................September 23, 2003 William Frederick Muller.................................................. February 4, 2009 Charles W. Murnan III...........................................................April 26, 2006 Gerald William Murray........................................................March 29, 2010 Thomas Earl Murray............................................................... June 13, 2012 Ronald Stephen Muti...........................................................March 22, 2012 David Frank Newhouse.................................................. December 4, 1995 John Dudley Noss........................................................ December 29, 1996 Orville Hugh Olsson........................................................ October 19, 2011 Mario Domenic Petitti.........................................................March 13, 2010 Joseph Dewayne Pettit................................................. December 19, 2012 Paul Thomas Prebish.......................................................... August 26, 2012 Stewart Chester Price...................................................... February 21, 2010 Jimmy Dean Pruitt................................................................August 8, 1993 James Elvin Ratterree.................................................................July 2, 1972 Richard Henry Rauschkolb............................................. September 3, 1981 Normand Ernest Raymond..............................................September 6, 2010 James Paul Reed.......................................................................May 2, 2012 Raymond William Reiche............................................. December 26, 1969 John Marcos Reyes....................................................... September 12, 2010 George Yergey Rhoads..........................................................March 6, 2013 Gilbert Leo Rider..............................................................October 24, 2012 Gilbert Leo Rider..............................................................October 24, 2012 Wilton Bryant Robertson.............................................. September 14, 2012 Hugo Antonio Rocha............................................................. April 25, 2012 Larry Hugh “Butch” Rogers............................................ November 3, 2012 Kevin A Root................................................................. September 8, 2009 Donald Gene Rose.........................................................September 3, 2003 Lynn M Ross.............................................................................May 2, 2007 Wallace Robert Schmidt............................................... November 15, 1972 Larry Allen Scott.................................................................. January 7, 2013 Charles Leslie Seddon..............................................................May 2, 2007 Andrew Asa Sharp Jr......................................................... January 31, 1969 Daniel Robert Shea...................................................... September 23, 2011 Wilson Atlee Simpson.................................................... December 4, 1999 Richard “Tom” Smith............................................................. June 25, 2008 Richard Thomas Smith.......................................................... June 25, 2008 Dallas Marion Stevenson........................................................ July 28, 2009 Edward Earl Stiger......................................................... December 19, 1973 Raymond Dallas Taiclet................................................ September 17, 1969 James David Tate.................................................................January 6, 1962 Glen James Thorson...............................................................May 30, 1997 Ralph Thuesen........................................................................ April 7, 1984 Wayne Henry Tisinger........................................................October 7, 2012 Larry David Troup................................................................... July 13, 2012 Edwin Harold Unger II.................................................... November 3, 2012 Melvin Ray Valentine................................................... September 11, 2012 Darryl Elwyn Warfel................................................................. June 7, 2012 Carl Edmond White...................................................... December 21, 1997 Charles Edward White........................................................October 5, 1979 Donald Bruce Williams......................................................October 3, 2010 Emmanuel “Manny” Williams.............................................August 30, 1998 Richard Allen Williams.......................................................... April 13, 1998 William Wilson............................................................ December 19, 2012 Richard Durrant Yancey............................................... September 29, 2011 Jackie Allen Young................................................................March 3, 1961

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In Memory Honor Roll 2013 Inductees

John Dale Abbott June 18, 1944 – May 23, 2007 U.S. Navy, 1964 – 1966

Steven Dale Belus March 29, 1954 – July 9, 2010 U.S. Navy, 1972 – 1975

Robert James Benzio September 30, 1947 – September 19, 2001 U.S. Navy, 1965 – 1968

Don Carl Allen June 22, 1941 – February 25, 2010 U.S. Marine Corps, 1968

Gary Ray Bennett November 12, 1950 – May 26, 2000 U.S. Army, 1970 – 1972

Jimmy Darryl Bradley May 31, 1947 – October 13, 1997 U.S. Army, 1967 – 1968

John Henry Barrett February 5, 1945 – June 24, 2007 U.S. Army, 1969 – 1972

Harold Bentley March 19, 1940 – May 7, 2006 U.S. Army, 1959 – 1972

Warren Robert Bray, Sr. July 17, 1928 – November 28, 2011 U.S. Marine Corps, 1945 – 1966

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Frederick Duane Brester July 27, 1944 – April 15, 2010 U.S. Army, 1968 – 1969

Theodore William Cantrell, Jr. November 7, 1947 – April 12, 2011 U.S. Marine Corps, 1965 – 1969

John Robert Christiansen June 10, 1947 – March 27, 1994 U.S. Army, 1968 – 1969

Charles William D’Amico February 22, 1947 – September 5, 2011 U.S. Army, 1966 – 1968

Larry Thomas Dodd January 30, 1949 – December 26, 1985 U.S. Army, 1968 – 1970

James Vincent Flow June 20, 1949 – November 26, 1994 U.S. Navy, 1968 – 1972

Kenneth Franklin Brunell March 12, 1952 – April 7, 2005 U.S. Marine Corps, 1970 – 1971

Theodore Paul Caruso October 25, 1943 – July 31, 2004 U.S. Air Force, 1964 – 1965

Colin Michael Coffland May 28, 1939 – March 31, 2011 U.S. Air Force, 1960 – 1983

Jerome Joseph Desjean August 5, 1949 – February 18, 2013 U.S. Air Force, 1968 – 1975

Bobby Joe Engle October 25, 1943 – October 3, 2012 U.S. Army, 1965 – 1967

Gary E Floyd November 5, 1947 – December 31, 2012 U.S. Army, 1966 – 1972

Gary Walter Burda November 22, 1946 – February 6, 2008 U.S. Navy, 1968 – 1969

Paul Duane Cawthon August 18, 1945 – September 4, 2009 U.S. Army, 1966 – 1967

James Vernon Cuthbertson May 28, 1937 – November 12, 2012 U.S. Army, 1954 – 1974

William Francis Desmond April 23, 1939 – January 4, 2003 U.S. Army, 1963 – 1964

Ralph Bernard Ennis August 18, 1926 – January 29, 2000 U.S. Air Force, 1961

Jerry Joseph Foster February 18, 1951 – June 26, 2005 U.S. Army, 1970 – 1973

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Bernard Foyle May 30, 1950 – June 10, 2012 U.S. Air Force, 1969 – 1972

Marvin Duane Gebhardt August 28, 1942 – January 7, 2013 U.S. Navy, 1968 – 1990

Randall Richard Gray July 23, 1946 – November 7, 2012 U.S. Air Force, 1965 – 1968

James Newton Henderson October 18, 1935 – January 22, 2010 U.S. Air Force, 1968 – 1969, 1971 – 1972

Richard Michael Hoffman August 26, 1946 – July 16, 2012 U.S. Marine Corps, 1965 – 1969

Lee Charles Hurteau December 11, 1946 – November 13, 2012 U.S. Army, 1965 – 1967

Regis Anthony Franciscus Jr. November 30, 1947 – October 17, 2012 U.S. Army, 1968 – 1969

Ronald Berton Goodwin February 15, 1948 – February 16, 1973 U.S. Air Force, 1970 – 1973

Jerry Lester Griffith April 12, 1947 – June 16, 2005 U.S. Army, 1970 – 1971

Melvin Glen Hensley September 19, 1949 – August 31, 2010 U.S. Marine Corps, 1969 – 1970

Elmer Eugene Hogan March 7, 1946 – June 3, 2004 U.S. Army, 1971 – 1972

Russell Carl Jefts March 13, 1949 – November 2, 2011 U.S. Army, 1967 – 1970

Donald Lee Gardner June 20, 1947 – January 2, 2013 U.S. Army, 1964 – 1970

Victor Walter Gorlinsky December 23, 1923 – August 12, 2012 U.S. Army, 1940 – 1945, 1947 – 1970

Lyman Gene Harris July 7, 1955 – March 4, 2004 U.S. Navy, 1972 – 1975

Brian Carl Hill November 9, 1942 – January 1, 2004 U.S. Air Force, 1967 – 1968

Grady Howard Jr. September 25, 1943 – June 23, 2008 U.S. Army, 1964 –1970

James Ray Jennings March 19, 1948 – March 6, 1996 U.S. Army, 1969 – 1970

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Marshall Eugene Johnson February 27, 1944 – May 14, 2010 U.S. Army, 1966 – 1968

Robert Edward Kennedy March 26, 1947 – April 22, 2010 U.S. Army, 1970 – 1971

Bernard Edward Kleiderlein December 27, 1944 – May 9, 2001 U.S. Army, 1967 – 1969

George Harry Lanter September 7, 1950 – April 15, 2010 U.S. Army, 1969 – 1972

Arthur Ray Martin March 28, 1946 – August 14, 2012 U.S. Air Force, 1964 – 1972

James Ferdinand McKernan August 4, 1939 – November 17, 2010 U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Army, 1963 – 1986

Joseph Alvin Kahler September 2, 1947 – February 12, 2005 U.S. Army, 1966 –1969

Sylvester “Woody” James Kennedy November 25, 1928 – October 19, 1973 U.S. Marine Corps, 1965 – 1966, 1968 – 1970

David Paul Koston Sr January 13, 1942 – January 13, 2013 U.S. Army, 1962 – 1988

Michael Joseph Lipka October 15, 1947 – July 30, 2012 U.S. Army, 1967 – 1970

William Thomas Massey July 3, 1947 – April 4, 2007 U.S. Army, 1967 – 1968

Harold Leslie McPherson June 12, 1945 – June 24, 2011 U.S. Army, 1965 – 1966

Thomas Joseph Kelley October 30, 1948 – December 16, 2011 U.S. Army, 1968 – 1970

William Allen Kirk July 17, 1951 – March 15, 2006 U.S. Army, 1969 – 1972

Richard Ernest Krumvieda October 19, 1947 – October 21, 2010 U.S. Army, 1968 –1974

Francis Albert Markovich April 29, 1947 – June 22, 2009 U.S. Army, 1968 – 1969

Leonard Joe Maxwell August 6, 1946 – March 11, 2012 U.S. Marine Corps, 1966 – 1967

Bobbie Lee Michael August 26, 1946 – January 21, 2012 U.S. Marine Corps, 1966 – 1972

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Brent Robinson Miller August 3, 1943 – August 31, 2008 U.S. Army, 1966 – 1990

William Frederick Muller January 10, 1948 – February 4, 2009 U.S. Army, 1967 – 1969

Thomas Earl Murray February 3, 1947 – June 13, 2012 U.S. Navy, 1967 – 1968

John Dudley Noss October 15, 1926 – December 29, 1996 U.S. Air Force, 1949 – 1971

Joseph Dewayne Pettit January 21, 1943 – December 19, 2012 U.S. Army, 1966 – 1972

Jimmy Dean Pruitt September 29, 1946 – August 8, 1993 U.S. Army, 1964 – 1967

Frederick Scott Morgan December 2, 1942 – September 26, 2012 U.S. Marine Corps, 1967 – 1969

Charles W. Murnan III June 4, 1947 – April 26, 2006 U.S. Army, 1966 – 1968

Ronald Stephen Muti November 8, 1946 – March 22, 2012 U.S. Marine Corps, 1965 – 1969

Orville Hugh Olsson March 27, 1947 – October 19, 2011 U.S. Marine Corps, 1968–1969

Paul Thomas Prebish May 2, 1945 – August 26, 2012 U.S. Air Force, 1964 – 1968

James Elvin Ratterree January 20, 1922 – July 2, 1972 U.S. Army, 1967 – 1971

James Allen Morsey July 24, 1930 – September 23, 2003 U.S. Army, 1965 – 1966, 1968 – 1969

Gerald William Murray December 19, 1949 – March 29, 2010 U.S. Marine Corps, 1969 – 1971

David Frank Newhouse October 23, 1948 – December 4, 1995 U.S. Army, 1968 – 1974

Mario Domenic Petitti September 21, 1948 – March 13, 2010 U.S. Army, 1970

Stewart Chester Price June 5, 1947 – February 21, 2010 U.S. Army, 1969 – 1971

Richard Henry Rauschkolb July 12, 1922 – September 3, 1981 U.S. Air Force, 1943 – 1975

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Normand Ernest Raymond December 23, 1943 – September 6, 2010 U.S. Army, 1966 – 1969

John Marcos Reyes October 8, 1948 – September 12, 2010 U.S. Army, 1966 – 1968

Wilton Bryant Robertson November 19, 1946 – September 14, 2012 U.S. Army, 1966 – 1969

Kevin A Root July 14, 1950 – September 8, 2009 U.S. Army, 1968 – 1971

Wallace Robert Schmidt November 18, 1948 – November 15, 1972 U.S. Marine Corps, 1967 – 1968

Andrew Asa Sharp Jr August 21, 1932 – January 31, 1969 U.S. Army, 1952 – 1968

James Paul Reed September 2, 1947 – May 2, 2012 U.S. Army, 1968 – 1970

George Yergey Rhoads March 19, 1945 – March 6, 2013 U.S. Navy, 1963 –1967

Hugo Antonio Rocha May 7, 1943 – April 25, 2012 U.S. Army, 1967 – 1973

Donald Gene Rose May 28, 1936 – September 3, 2003 U.S. Air Force, 1954 – 1974

Larry Allen Scott December 11, 1949 – January 7, 2013 U.S. Army, 1970 – 1971

Daniel Robert Shea April 28, 1933 – September 23, 2011 U.S. Army, 1966 – 1967

Raymond William Reiche January 29, 1946 – December 26, 1969 United States Merchant Marine, 1968 – 1969

Gilbert Leo Rider June 25, 1952 – October 24, 2012 U.S. Marine Corps, 1970 – 1973

Larry Hugh “Butch” Rogers April 6, 1947 – November 3, 2012 U.S. Army, 1966 – 1969

Lynn M Ross December 5, 1946 – May 2, 2007 U.S. Army, 1967 – 1969

Charles Leslie Seddon December 6, 1947 – May 2, 2007 U.S. Army, 1969 – 1974

Wilson Atlee Simpson March 24, 1948 – December 4, 1999 U.S. Army, 1968–1969

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Richard Thomas Smith February 5, 1947 – June 25, 2008 U.S. Navy, 1966 – 1969

Raymond Dallas Taiclet August 4, 1946 – September 17, 1969 U.S. Marine Corps, 1964 – 1968

Ralph Thuesen August 11, 1928 – April 7, 1984 U.S. Marine Corps, 1968 – 1969

Edwin Harold Unger II July 11, 1944 – November 3, 2012 U.S. Army, 1968 – 1971

Carl Edmond White April 4, 1936 – December 21, 1997 U.S. Army, 1955 – 1975

Emmanuel “Manny” Williams July 6, 1945 – August 30, 1998 U.S. Army, 1965 – 1967

Dallas Marion Stevenson July 5, 1933 – July 28, 2009 U.S. Army, 1954 –1969

James David Tate May 22, 1923 – January 6, 1962 U.S. Navy, 1962

Wayne Henry Tisinger April 4, 1944 – October 7, 2012 U.S. Army, 1965 – 1967

Melvin “Mel” Ray Valentine April 26, 1947 – September 11, 2012 U.S. Army, 1965 – 1968

Charles Edward White July 10, 1927 – October 5, 1979 U.S. Army, 1967 – 1968, 1970 – 1971

Richard Allen Williams August 20, 1946 – April 13, 1998 U.S. Marine Corps, 1966

Edward Earl Stiger May 2, 1948 – December 19, 1973 U.S. Marine Corps, 1969

Glen James Thorson June 25, 1940 – May 30, 1997 U.S. Army, 1966 – 1967

Larry David Troup April 1, 1950 – July 13, 2012 U.S. Army, 1970 – 1971

Darryl Elwyn Warfel September 27, 1948 – June 7, 2012 U.S. Army, 1969 – 1983

Donald Bruce Williams February 17, 1936 – October 3, 2010 U.S. Army, 1959 – 1988

William Wilson August 1, 1939 – December 19, 2012 U.S. Marine Corps, 1958 – 1980

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In Memory Honor Roll inductees Index by State

2013 Inductees

Richard Durrant Yancey October 3, 1927 – September 29, 2011 U.S. Army, 1967 – 1975

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Photo: Bill Shugarts

Jackie Allen Young November 24, 1941 – March 3, 1961 U.S. Navy, 1960 – 1961

Alabama....................................................................Charles Edward White Arizona.................................................................. Richard Durrant Yancey Arkansas................................................................. Victor Walter Gorlinsky Arkansas................................................................ William Thomas Massey California................................................................ Colin Michael Coffland California...................................................................... Lyman Gene Harris California...................................................................... James Ray Jennings California................................................................Frederick Scott Morgan California........................................................................Jimmy Dean Pruitt California.......................................................................John Marcos Reyes California................................................................... Hugo Antonio Rocha Connecticut.............................................................Warren Robert Bray, Sr. Connecticut.............................................................. Theodore Paul Caruso Connecticut........................................................... Robert Edward Kennedy Connecticut.......................................................James Ferdinand McKernan Florida........................................................................ Randall Richard Gray Florida.................................................................. William Frederick Muller Florida.........................................................................James Elvin Ratterree Florida...................................................................... Edwin Harold Unger II Georgia........................................................................... Arthur Ray Martin Georgia...................................................................... Stewart Chester Price Georgia............................................................. Larry Hugh “Butch” Rogers Idaho................................................................................. Larry Allen Scott Illinois......................................................................... George Harry Lanter Illinois..................................................................Raymond William Reiche Indiana.............................................................................Gary Ray Bennett Indiana...................................................................Frederick Duane Brester Indiana......................................................................... Bobbie Lee Michael Indiana...................................................................... Charles W. Murnan III Indiana............................................................................Larry David Troup Indiana.....................................................................Richard Allen Williams Iowa........................................................................... Leonard Joe Maxwell Iowa......................................................................... Joseph Dewayne Pettit Iowa........................................................................... Melvin Ray Valentine Kansas...................................................................John Robert Christiansen Kansas.........................................................................Elmer Eugene Hogan Kentucky..............................................................................Harold Bentley Kentucky...............................................................Wilton Bryant Robertson Maine.......................................................................... Orville Hugh Olsson Maryland................................................................................. Gary E Floyd Maryland...........................................................Bernard Edward Kleiderlein Maryland......................................................................Glen James Thorson Massachusetts................................................................ John Henry Barrett Massachusetts......................................................... Jerome Joseph Desjean Massachusetts..................................................... William Francis Desmond Massachusetts............................................................ Ronald Stephen Muti Massachusetts........................................................... Charles Leslie Seddon Massachusetts............................................................ Richard “Tom” Smith Massachusetts.......................................................... Richard Thomas Smith Michigan...............................................................Kenneth Franklin Brunell Michigan...................................................................... Larry Thomas Dodd Michigan............................................................................Bobby Joe Engle Michigan................................................................................Bernard Foyle Michigan............................................................ James Newton Henderson Michigan.................................................................David Frank Newhouse Michigan........................................................................... James Paul Reed Michigan.......................................................................... Gilbert Leo Rider Michigan.......................................................................... Gilbert Leo Rider Michigan...............................................................Dallas Marion Stevenson Michigan....................................................... Emmanuel “Manny” Williams Michigan........................................................................ Jackie Allen Young

Minnesota..............................................................Wallace Robert Schmidt Mississippi........................................................................ James David Tate Missouri.....................................................................Jimmy Darryl Bradley Missouri................................................................ Marvin Duane Gebhardt Missouri.........................................................................Jerry Lester Griffith Montana.................................................................. Donald Bruce Williams Nevada.........................................................................Ralph Bernard Ennis New Hampshire................................................................ Russell Carl Jefts New Hampshire................................................. Normand Ernest Raymond New Jersey...........................................................Charles William D’Amico New Jersey.......................................................... Richard Michael Hoffman New Jersey................................................................ Thomas Joseph Kelley New Jersey............................................ Sylvester “Woody” James Kennedy New Jersey.................................................................... Daniel Robert Shea New York......................................................................James Vincent Flow New York.................................................................... Donald Lee Gardner New York.................................................................... Lee Charles Hurteau New York.................................................................. Brent Robinson Miller New York...........................................................Richard Henry Rauschkolb New York.................................................................... Andrew Asa Sharp Jr New York........................................................................ Edward Earl Stiger New York............................................................................. Ralph Thuesen North Carolina.................................................. James Vernon Cuthbertson North Carolina...................................................... Ronald Berton Goodwin North Carolina................................................................. Grady Howard Jr. Ohio...........................................................................Paul Duane Cawthon Ohio...................................................................................... Brian Carl Hill Ohio..................................................................... Marshall Eugene Johnson Ohio............................................................................. James Allen Morsey Ohio................................................................................ John Dudley Noss Ohio..........................................................................Mario Domenic Petitti Pennsylvania...............................................................Robert James Benzio Pennsylvania.................................................................. Gary Walter Burda Pennsylvania.................................................................. Jerry Joseph Foster Pennsylvania....................................................Regis Anthony Franciscus Jr. Pennsylvania.............................................................. David Paul Koston Sr Pennsylvania..............................................................Michael Joseph Lipka Pennsylvania........................................................ Francis Albert Markovich Pennsylvania........................................................ Harold Leslie McPherson Pennsylvania........................................................... Gerald William Murray Pennsylvania................................................................Thomas Earl Murray Pennsylvania...............................................................Paul Thomas Prebish Pennsylvania............................................................George Yergey Rhoads Pennsylvania............................................................................Lynn M Ross Pennsylvania.............................................................Wilson Atlee Simpson Pennsylvania...........................................................Raymond Dallas Taiclet Pennsylvania............................................................... Darryl Elwyn Warfel South Carolina..............................................Theodore William Cantrell, Jr. South Dakota................................................................Joseph Alvin Kahler South Dakota...................................................... Richard Ernest Krumvieda Texas....................................................................................Don Carl Allen Texas............................................................................... Steven Dale Belus Texas.......................................................................... Melvin Glen Hensley Texas..............................................................................Donald Gene Rose Vermont..................................................................................Kevin A Root Virginia............................................................................ John Dale Abbott Virginia.................................................................... Wayne Henry Tisinger West Virginia................................................................ Carl Edmond White Wisconsin........................................................................... William Wilson Wyoming........................................................................William Allen Kirk

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About the In Memory Program The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF) is dedicated to preserving the legacy of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and promoting healing and educating about the impact of the Vietnam War. The legacy of the Memorial includes not only those whose names are etched in the granite wall, but embraces all who served during the Vietnam War. The In Memory Program honors those that died as a result of the Vietnam War but whose deaths do not fit the Department of Defense parameters for inclusion upon The Wall. Many thousands of service members and civilians died as a result of their involvement in the war, but not as a direct result of combat wounds, as is dictated for inscription on The Wall. If you know of anyone whose death was related to involvement in the Vietnam War and would like to have that person included in the In Memory Program, contact VVMF at 202-393-0090 or visit our website for details and to download the In Memory application: wwww.vvmf.org/InMemoryProgram.

Our Special Thanks Special thanks go out to the volunteers, particularly Tamora Papas; the Non Commissioned Officers Association for their generous support; and, most especially, the families and friends of the In Memory Honorees for journeying to Washington, DC to take part in this special day.

About the Education Center at The Wall and VVMF Established in 1979, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund is dedicated to preserving the legacy of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., promoting healing and educating about the impact of the Vietnam War. The Education Center at The Wall will be a place on our National Mall where our military heroes’ stories and sacrifice will never be forgotten. With plans to begin construction in 2014, the Center is a technologicallyinnovative learning facility to be built on the grounds of the Vietnam Veterans and Lincoln Memorials. Visitors will better understand the profound impact that the Vietnam War and other wars had on their friends and family members, their hometowns and the nation. The Center will feature the faces and stories of the more than 58,000 men and women on The Wall, honoring those who fell in Vietnam, those who fought and returned, as well as the friends and families of all who served. The Center will also celebrate the legacy of service that links the heroes of America’s past to those still serving today. Learn more about the Education Center at The Wall by visiting www.vvmf.org or by calling 866-990-WALL.

2600 Virginia Avenue, NW, Suite 104 Washington, D.C. 20037 Tel (202) 393-0090 Fax (202) 393-0029 E-mail vvmf@vvmf.org www.vvmf.org


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