Thousands of Vietnam vet photos sought for memorial

Region has many veterans remaining on list to be recognized.


The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund is asking for photos of veterans who died in the Vietnam war. The photos are displayed on a virtual wall and will be displayed in a future Education Center at the wall on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., according to the organization.

Here’s a list of veterans the virtual wall needs photos for:

Brookville

Joseph J. Heltsley, Army

Dayton, Ohio

Wayne R. Adams, Army

Jasper M. Alexander, Army

John M. Andrews, Army

Philip W. Baughn, Army

Ronald L. Best, Army

Pat G. Brannon, Army

William N. Britton, Marine Corps

Alfred I. Brooks, Air Force

David E. Bryant Jr., Army

Ernest M. Carter, Marine Corps

Howard L. Clack, Army

Gary E. Collins, Army

James S. Combs, Army

Tyrone Combs, Army

Derrick Core, Marine Corps

Gary L. Crampton, Navy

Dennis R. Davidson, Marine Corps

Timothy D. Echols, Army

Keith A Feltz, Army

Ronald C. Fields, Army

Raymond E. Fleming Jr., Army

Danny L. Frye, Marine Corps

Garland G. Fugate, Army

Jack A. Fuson, Marine Corps

Burrell Gibson, Army

Dwayne Helton, Army

Dale J. Hess, Marine Corps

James W. Hunley, Marine Corps

Michael H. Ketch, Marine Corps

Robert G. Kijowski, Army

James E. King, Marine Corps

Douglas H. Knott, Army

Billy J. Lackey, Marine Corps

Squire N. Mayberry Jr., Marine Corps

Robert W. McGill, Marine Corps

Joseph McLemore, Army

Bobby G. Messer, Army

Robert L. Muldrow, Army

Clayton W. Neaves, Army

David R. Neff, Army

Larry C. Pettaway, Marine Corps

Jack E. Porter, Marine Corps

Timothy Ray, Marine Corps

Arthur J. Roberts Jr., Marine Corps

Donald M. Shafer II, Marine Corps

Clifford Shepherd, Marine Corps

William Shover, Army

Charles R. Smith, Marine Corps

Lawrence J. Stark, Army

Henry L. Taylor, Army

Clyde E. Thomas, Army

Randolph M. Van Hook, Army

Benjamin T. Walangitang, Air Force

Robert M. Wallace, Army

James E. Walsh, Army

J.D. Walters, Marine Corps

Kurt E. Ward, Army

Roger E. Wichman, Air Force

Hiawatha H. Williams, Army

Joseph M. Youngerman, Army

Englewood

Gary D. Utz, Marine Corps

Kettering

Ronald J. Schaaf, Army

Thomas D. Stone, Army

Richard A. West, Army

Miamisburg

Donald E. Harp, Marine Corps

Zack W. Napier, Army

New Lebanon, Ohio

Danny L. Ingles, Army

Trotwood, Ohio

Edison D. Hull, Army

Vandalia, Ohio

George W. Youngerman, Army

GREENE COUNTY

Bellbrook

Faris E. Holland, Army

John D. Stripling III, Army

Anthony R. Werner, Army

Fairborn

Thomas W. Landrum, Army

Ronald M. Obenour, Army

Edward L. Perry, Army

Ronald D. Swinford, Marine Corps

Arlie Terry, Army

Jamestown

Michael D. Adkins, Army

MIAMI COUNTY

Fletcher

Parker K. Godfrey, Army

Troy

Robert D. Brown, Army

WARREN COUNTY

Franklin

Charles K. Day, Army

Rickey L. Gillum, Army

Paul E. Goonan Jr., Army

Terry L. Hinkle, Army

David W. Woods, Army

Lebanon

Richard K. Chilton, Army

Ronald P. Coates, Marine Corps

David L. McConnaughey, Army

Richard A. Mullins, Army

Kyle Smiddy, Army

Mason

Teddy E. Middleton, Army

Middletown

William E. Broughton, Army

James E. Burke, Marine Corps

Steven E. Smith, Marine Corps

Charles D. Swartz, Army

Edward E. Taylor, Army

Oregonia

Lucion P. Wells, Army

Waynesville

Steven L. Leach Marine Corps

DARKE COUNTY

Bradford

Robert E. Floyd, Army

Greenville

Hubert C. Carter, Army

Terry R. Heiser, Army

Versailles

Gerald F. Subler, Marine Corps

PREBLE COUNTY

Eaton

Gordon L. Goins, Army

Gratis

Dennis O. McGhee, Army

Lewisburg

Edgar W. Blankenship, Army

New Paris

James M. Clink, Army

West Alexandria

Ronald D. Bruce, Army

West Manchester

David A. Brown, Army

SOURCE: Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, David L. Hine, researcher and volunteer

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund is asking for photos of veterans who died in the Vietnam war. The photos are displayed on a virtual wall and will be displayed in a future Education Center at the wall on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., according to the organization.

Here’s a list of veterans the virtual wall needs photos for:

CLARK COUNTY

Enon

Harley B. Pyles Air Force

New Carlisle

Steven D. Gundolf, Army

Jerry W. Hauf, Army

Larry E. Lee, Army

Steven D. Townsley, Army

South Charleston

Carl W. Sparrow, Marine Corps

Springfield

William R. Adams,Army

Steven R. Anderson, Army

George Beedy, Army

Donald R. Bryant, Army

Jimmy L. Chambliss, Army

Joseph Crossley, Army

Robert J. Curtis, Army

Thomas L. Daugherty, Army

Jerome Higgins, Marine Corps

Richard S. Leach, Army

Wendell H. McKenzie, Marine Corps

Foster B. Miller, Marine Corps

Michael E. Roberts, Marine Corps

Larry D. Ruggles, Army

Clyde W. Saunders, Army

Roger L. Vickers, Army

Terry L. Walls, Army

SOURCE: Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, David L. Hine, researcher and volunteer

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund is asking for photos of veterans who died in the Vietnam war. The photos are displayed on a virtual wall and will be displayed in a future Education Center at the wall on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., according to the organization.

Here’s a list of veterans the virtual wall needs photos for:

BUTLER COUNTY

Hamilton

Dallas C. Alexander Jr., Army

Jesse W. Allen, Marine Corps

Frank L. Asher, Army

Bobby R. Baker, Army

Fred E. Brown, Army

Gary L. Ervin, Army

Robert W. Hatton, Army

Raymond J. Johnson, Army

Freddie L Thomas, Army

Middletown

William E. Broughton, Army

James E. Burke, Marine Corps

Steven E. Smith, Marine Corps

Charles D. Swartz, Army

Edward E. Taylor, Army

Fairfield

Richard A. Broyles, Army

Monroe

William G. Groth, Marine Corps

Oxford

William F. Pepper, Marine Corps

Seven Mile

Gary D. Bowling, Army

HAMILTON COUNTY

Cincinnati

Leeverne R. Achoe, Army

Richard L. Adams, Army

Kenneth J. Allen, Marine Corps

Denny L. Asher, Army

Michael R. Bach, Army

Derwin M. Bailey, Army

Jackie R. Baird, Marine Corps

Eugene M. Barnett, Army

George W. Beal Jr., Marine Corps

John J Becker Jr., Army

John E. Berger, Marine Corps

Paul Black Jr., Army

Barry B. Broerman, Marine Corps

Robert H. Brogan, Marine Corps

Charlie E. Brooks, Army

McArthur Callaway, Army

Larry J. Calloway, Army

James N. Carroll III, Army

Ronald E. Chandler, Marine Corps

Bryan M. Chilcote, Army

Thomas L. Cravens, Marine Corps

Charles R. Cunningham, Army

Paul P. Davis, Army

Charles R. Davis Jr., Army

Fred Denkins Jr., Army

John E. Dieckmann, Army

Tommy A. Doak, Army

John L. Dodson, Army

Gary W. Doolittle, Army

Timothy P. Doran, Marine Corps

Harvey Dudley Jr., Army

David L. Eaton, Army

Jerry Ector, Marine Corps

James R. Engler,t Army

Edward L. Fails Jr., Army

Michael L. Faulkner, Army

Joseph H. Foree, Army

Howard T. Fox, Army

Joseph W. Freeman Jr., Army

Thomas L. Gates, Army

Keith E. Gerhardt, Marine Corps

Alton G. Gibson, Army

James E. Gordon, Army

Earley C. Grace, Army

Paul H. Greene, Army

Rickey E. Harris, Army

Gerald W. Hay, Army

Ellis E. Helgeson Jr., Air Force

Jerry W. Hood, Marine Corps

Alvin Hoskins, Army

John L. Hurd, Marine Corps

Charles E. Hutchins Jr., Army

Michael F. Huwel, Marine Corps

Charles W. Ingels, Marine Corps

Stanley Johnson, Army

Ronald W. Jones, Army

Edward J. Justice, Marine Corps

Edward L. Kanter, Army

Edward Kemp, Marine Corps

Gilbert V. Kemple Jr., Army

Jerry C. Klute, Army

William C. Knaus, Army

Raymond E. Lanter, Army

Robert D. Long, Army

Martin J. Maher, Army

Napoleon Martin, Marine Corps

Edward W. McCarty, Army

Charles M. McKee, Marine Corps

Kenneth A. Meyer, Army

Clayton Middleton, Army

Terry B. Miller, Army

John L. Mitchell, Army

Clarence E. Mitchell Jr., Marine Corps

Zachary P. New, Army

Donald S. Palmore, Marine Corps

James M. Penny, Marine Corps

Grover C. Pierson Jr., Army

Kenneth Powers, Army

Donald R. Pritchard, Marine Corps

Clyde Reed Jr., Air Force

Lawrence G. Reno, Army

David Rielly, Marine Corps

Randall C. Robinson, Army

Daniel T. Roy, Army

Thomas W. Sander, Marine Corps

William J. Sanders, Marine Corps

Donald B. Schaich, Marine Corps

Bobby D. Scheuer, Army

William F. Schmees Jr., Army

Clifford W. Schneeman Jr., Army

Robert J. Schoenhoff, Army

Ralph Shank, Army

Roy N. Shoup, Marine Corps

Michael L. Simmons, Army

Michael Simpson, Army

George A. Smith, Army

Richard E. Smith, Marine Corps

Kenneth S. Smith Jr., Marine Corps

James D. Spilker, Army

Richard G. Stamper Jr., Army

Edgar D. Stanton Jr., Marine Corps

Alton L. Staples III, Marine Corps

Larry Stevenson, Army

Cyril E. Stirnkorb, Army

John G. Strobl, Air Force

James C. Swanson Sr., Army

Gary L. Tallentire, Marine Corps

Roger L. Tanner, Army

Gary L Taylor, Army

Harold Taylor, Army

George Thomas Jr,. Marine Corps

Francis J. Trotta, Marine Corps

Jerome E. Tucker, Army

Robert E. Vandergriff, Army

John D. Vaughan, Marine Corps

Joseph Wakefield Jr,. Army

Samuel R. Wall, Marine Corps

Thomas M. Werner, Army

David L. Wethington Jr., Navy

Leroy Williams, Marine Corps

Walter Williams Jr., Army

James Woodward, Marine Corps

James M. Young ,Army

Cleves

Michael L. Chase, Army

Eddie C. Gibson, Army

David R. Jackson, Army

David Lewis, Army

Harrison

Clabe Herald Jr., Army

John D. F. Pies, Army

Loveland

Donald L. Applegate, Marine Corps

Ernest R. Taylor Jr., Army

Jeryl L. Watkins, Marine Corps

North Bend

John E. Kerns, Army

SOURCE: Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, David L. Hine, researcher and volunteer

The faces of the fallen have names listed on the black granite wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

David L. Hine wants to make sure all 3,097 names from Ohio have a photo to remember their sacrifice.

With the help of volunteers, Hine has tracked down about 600 photographs of deceased Vietnam veterans — many from the Dayton, Springfield and Hamilton areas. Now he’s searching for dozens more, asking for help to find the missing.

The simple goal is to pair a photo for every name listed on the wall, 58,307 in all. So far, about 41,700 photos have been found nationwide. Every fallen service member in six states now has a photo with each name for the Faces Never Forgotten program.

Dayton and Montgomery County lost 143 service members, and photos are still needed for 67, according to Hine, who was once stationed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and now lives in Greenfield, Ind.

“We have to make sure they are remembered,” the 65-year-old Air Force veteran said. “These guys gave their lives for us.”

Photos are posted to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund virtual Wall of Faces, appearing online on the birthdays of the soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen who died. A black square with the service member’s name appears when no photo is there. Eventually, the photos will be displayed digitally on a giant screen inside a future $115 million Education Center at the Wall on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

“The project to collect the photos is a huge one and when we get the Education Center built, we need a photo of every man and woman who died in Vietnam,” Hine said.

Among those photos still needed are George and Joseph Youngerman, first cousins who died one day apart in Vietnam, Hine said.

“We have to make sure that the Youngermans and every casualty from Montgomery County is remembered not just locally, but nationally …” he said in an email.

Finding photos takes time. The nationwide project started in 2010.

“It’s been a very successful campaign, but it’s not easy,” said Lee A. Allen, chief operating officer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund in Washington, D.C. “The war ended 40 years ago, and the pictures that we don’t have are getting harder and harder to find. We’re depending on volunteers, friends and family, neighbors and other people in the community who may have never known the soldiers who fought in Vietnam but find it a fitting tribute.”

If all the money is raised for the Education Center, groundbreaking will happen in November 2017, he said. The Education Center, to be built underground, would open in November 2020 next to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

The fund raised money to build the Memorial Wall, which took its place 33 years ago on the National Mall near the Lincoln Memorial.

“Since it’s been created, it’s been a place where veterans come to pay their tribute, pay their respects,” said Allen, an Air Force veteran and the son of a Vietnam veteran, “but also to heal.”

It’s literally become a touchstone over the decades to those who lost family members or friends in the war. Visitors have laid down 400,000 artifacts at the wall: Sonograms of unborn grandchildren. Dog tags. Boots. A motorcycle. Baseball helmets. Letters to spouses. A helicopter rotor. And mementos that are now fragments of a long ago war.

Former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Peter Pace left several note cards with written messages and four silver stars pinned to each at the Memorial on the Marine’s last day in uniform in 2007. He did it to memorialize Marines in his platoon who died in Vietnam, Allen said.

Each of the hundreds of thousands of artifacts is stored in a National Park Service warehouse.

Photos may be submitted to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund website at www.vvmf.org/how-to-submit or by mail to the VVMF at 2600 Virginia Ave. NW, Suite 104, Washington, D.C. 20037. They may also be sent to Hine via email at mrdavidlhine@att.net.

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