Mt. Healthy Vietnam Veterans
"YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN"
"YOUR CAUSE WAS JUST"
This page is dedicated to all the men and women from the Mt. Healthy area that served during the Vietnam War era.
The photos below are of the men from Mt. Healthy that were killed during the Vietnam era that we know of to date.
The MHVM would be honored to add your name to the list below the photos if you served during the Vietnam era....
or if you know of a Vietnam Veteran from Mt. Healthy
to add ( living or deceased ).
If any information is incorrect, please contact by the e-mail below.
Send information to Gregg at: [email protected]
Thank You
Within the last few years the U.S. Government has officially declared the start of the Vietnam War as 1 November, 1955. The French who had been fighting the Vietnamese since WWII was losing their war and decided to pull out of Vietnam. The U.S. who was aiding the French decided to stay in Vietnam to stop the spread of communism. Previously the designated start of the Vietnam War was 2 August 1964 when the North Vietnamese shot at 2 U.S. ships, the USS Maddox and the USS Turner Joy which was known as " The Gulf of Tonkin Incident." Some historians have said that this incident had never happened and President Lyndon Johnson misled the American people to get the military involved in Vietnam. The Vietnam war for the U.S. officially ended 30 April 1975 after the fall of Saigon. One year later the North Vietnamese over ran South Vietnam and took communist control of the country. The war "officially" lasted 19 years 5 months 4 weeks and 1 day.
U.S. casualties - 58,220 killed / 303,644 wounded
U.S. casualties - 58,220 killed / 303,644 wounded
Mt. Healthy Vietnam Veterans
TERRY STOCK - C/O 1964 * GARY MORRIS - C/O 1964 * JOHN WITHROW - C/O 1964 * TOM FEIN - C/O 1964 GARY BARNES - C/O 1964 * ROGER DAVIDSON - C/O 1968 * HARROLD SHELL - C/O 1966 * TIM KEYES - C/O 1968 WESLEY CORNETT - C/O 1967 * STUART E. CARROLL - C/O 1971 * HOWARD WARE - C/O 1968 ALLEN WILHELM - C/O 1965 * BOB HUSTON - C/O 1963 * DICK BEISNER - C/O 1964 * JOHN RAMP - C/O 1964 DAVID HENDERSON - C/O 1966 * STEVE HALL - C/O 1964 * ROBERT SCHMIDT C/O 1969 * PETER M. SANSONE - C/O 1972 MICHAEL KIFFMEYER - C/O 1968 * KEN E. RENTSCHLER, C/O 1964 * DALE RIEDE. C/O 1971 * CHARLES E. WITTE C/O - 1966 JOHN OSBORNE - C/O 1967 * ERNEST GROTE - C/O 1967 * ROBERT GROTE - C/O 1968 * KURT KUBE - C/O 1966 EDWARD GROTE - C/O 1966 * DON HERMANN - C/O 1966 * PAUL VAUGHT - C/O 1963 * LARRY LOHR - C/O 1965 FRED WESTERMEYER - C/O 1964 * LARRY MOORE - C/O 1962 * BARRY HOEHN - C/O 1965 * STEVEN RALEY - C/O 1967 J STUART NEWBERRY - C/O 1967 * BOB MARX C/O 1968 * BOB DOERR - C/O 1966 - BOB HUSTON GARY COX - C/O 1965 * CARL WEBB - C/O 1969 - TONY KOHL C/O - TIM WAECHTER C/O |
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Some facts on the Vietnam War and the Vietnam War Monument.....provided by Tim Keyes
A little history most people will never know. There are 58,267 names now listed on that polished black wall, including those added in 2010.
The names are arranged in the order in which they were taken from us by date and within each date the names are alphabetized. It is hard to believe
it is 36 years since the last casualties.
The first known casualty was Richard B. Fitzgibbon, of North Weymouth, Mass. Listed by the U.S. Department of Defense as having been killed on June 8,
1956. His name is listed on the Wall with that of his son, Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Richard B. Fitzgibbon III, who was killed on Sept. 7, 1965.
There are three sets of fathers and sons on the Wall.
39,996 on the Wall were just 22 or younger.
8,283 were just 19 years old.
The largest age group, 33,103 were 18 years old.
12 soldiers on the Wall were 17 years old.
5 soldiers on the Wall were 16 years old.
One soldier, PFC Dan Bullock was 15 years old.
997 soldiers were killed on their first day in Vietnam.
1,448 soldiers were killed on their last day in Vietnam.
31 sets of brothers are on the Wall.
Thirty one sets of parents lost two of their sons.
54 soldiers attended Thomas Edison High School in Philadelphia. I wonder why so many from one school.
8 Women are on the Wall. Nursing the wounded.
244 soldiers were awarded the Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War; 153 of them are on the Wall.
Beallsville , Ohio with a population of 475 lost 6 of her sons.
West Virginia had the highest casualty rate per capita in the
nation. There are 711 West Virginians on the Wall.
The Marines of Morenci - They led some of the scrappiest high school football and basketball teams that the little Arizona copper town of Morenci
(pop. 5,058) had ever known and cheered. They enjoyed roaring beer busts. In quieter moments, they rode horses along the Coronado Trail, stalked deer in the
Apache National Forest. And in the patriot camaraderie typical of Morenci's mining families, the nine graduates of Morenci High enlisted as a group in the
Marine Corps. Their service began on Independence Day, 1966. Only 3 returned home.
The Buddies of Midvale - LeRoy Tafoya, Jimmy Martinez, Tom Gonzales were all boyhood friends and lived on three consecutive streets in Midvale, Utah
on Fifth, Sixth and Seventh avenues. They lived only a few yards apart. They played ball at the adjacent sandlot ball field. And they all went to Vietnam. In
a span of 16 dark days in late 1967, all three would be killed. LeRoy was killed on Wednesday, Nov. 22, the fourth anniversary of John F. Kennedy's
assassination. Jimmy died less than 24 hours later on Thanksgiving Day. Tom was shot dead assaulting the enemy on Dec. 7, Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
The most casualty deaths for a single day was on January 31, 1968 ~
245 deaths.
The most casualty deaths for a single month was May 1968, 2,415
casualties were incurred.
For most Americans who read this they will only see the numbers that the Vietnam War created. To those of us who survived the war, and to the
families of those who did not, we see the faces, we feel the pain that these numbers created. We are, until we too pass away, haunted with these numbers,
because they were our friends, fathers, husbands, wives, sons and daughters. There are no noble wars, just noble warriors.
Please pass this on to those who served during this time, and those who DO Care .
I've also sent this to those I KNOW do care very much, and I thank you
for caring as you do.
Richard D. Cantwell, P.E.
Chairman
Military Family Lifestyle Charitable
Foundation, Inc.
A little history most people will never know. There are 58,267 names now listed on that polished black wall, including those added in 2010.
The names are arranged in the order in which they were taken from us by date and within each date the names are alphabetized. It is hard to believe
it is 36 years since the last casualties.
The first known casualty was Richard B. Fitzgibbon, of North Weymouth, Mass. Listed by the U.S. Department of Defense as having been killed on June 8,
1956. His name is listed on the Wall with that of his son, Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Richard B. Fitzgibbon III, who was killed on Sept. 7, 1965.
There are three sets of fathers and sons on the Wall.
39,996 on the Wall were just 22 or younger.
8,283 were just 19 years old.
The largest age group, 33,103 were 18 years old.
12 soldiers on the Wall were 17 years old.
5 soldiers on the Wall were 16 years old.
One soldier, PFC Dan Bullock was 15 years old.
997 soldiers were killed on their first day in Vietnam.
1,448 soldiers were killed on their last day in Vietnam.
31 sets of brothers are on the Wall.
Thirty one sets of parents lost two of their sons.
54 soldiers attended Thomas Edison High School in Philadelphia. I wonder why so many from one school.
8 Women are on the Wall. Nursing the wounded.
244 soldiers were awarded the Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War; 153 of them are on the Wall.
Beallsville , Ohio with a population of 475 lost 6 of her sons.
West Virginia had the highest casualty rate per capita in the
nation. There are 711 West Virginians on the Wall.
The Marines of Morenci - They led some of the scrappiest high school football and basketball teams that the little Arizona copper town of Morenci
(pop. 5,058) had ever known and cheered. They enjoyed roaring beer busts. In quieter moments, they rode horses along the Coronado Trail, stalked deer in the
Apache National Forest. And in the patriot camaraderie typical of Morenci's mining families, the nine graduates of Morenci High enlisted as a group in the
Marine Corps. Their service began on Independence Day, 1966. Only 3 returned home.
The Buddies of Midvale - LeRoy Tafoya, Jimmy Martinez, Tom Gonzales were all boyhood friends and lived on three consecutive streets in Midvale, Utah
on Fifth, Sixth and Seventh avenues. They lived only a few yards apart. They played ball at the adjacent sandlot ball field. And they all went to Vietnam. In
a span of 16 dark days in late 1967, all three would be killed. LeRoy was killed on Wednesday, Nov. 22, the fourth anniversary of John F. Kennedy's
assassination. Jimmy died less than 24 hours later on Thanksgiving Day. Tom was shot dead assaulting the enemy on Dec. 7, Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
The most casualty deaths for a single day was on January 31, 1968 ~
245 deaths.
The most casualty deaths for a single month was May 1968, 2,415
casualties were incurred.
For most Americans who read this they will only see the numbers that the Vietnam War created. To those of us who survived the war, and to the
families of those who did not, we see the faces, we feel the pain that these numbers created. We are, until we too pass away, haunted with these numbers,
because they were our friends, fathers, husbands, wives, sons and daughters. There are no noble wars, just noble warriors.
Please pass this on to those who served during this time, and those who DO Care .
I've also sent this to those I KNOW do care very much, and I thank you
for caring as you do.
Richard D. Cantwell, P.E.
Chairman
Military Family Lifestyle Charitable
Foundation, Inc.