Virtual Vietnam Wall (USA)

[Karl/Pa.]

This is really sobering. Click on the link and find the city you went to high school and look at the names. Click on the name and it will give details of the death.

First click on a state. When it opens, scroll down to the city and the names will appear. Then click on their names. It should show you a picture of the person, or at least their bio and medals. This really is an amazing web site. Someone spent a lot of time and effort to create it.

The link below is a virtual wall of all those lost during the Vietnam war with the names, bio's and other information on our lost heroes. Those who remember that time frame, or perhaps lost friends or family can look them up on this site.

Pass the link on to others, as many knew wonderful people whose names are listed.


http://www.virtualwall.org/iStates.htm

This post should be made a sticky.

[Niner]

My site has a Wall page just for members of the battalion Vern and I served with. From the start, and continuing, I've been attempting to get a memory posted for each man attempting to find someone who at least remembers who they were. Some are probably just lost to time and nobody remembers them. Some were just too new for others in a platoon to take much notice of their name. Nobody was in any hurry to know the new guys names. http://www.6thofthe31st.com/kia/

There was one guy in particular that was killed before my time that I think about every now and then. He was killed in an action that old reprobate and self promoting author David Hackworth directed. Hackworth hadn't accounted for a VC bunker complex, nor for lack of arty support range in what was to be a blocking position that the guy's company was inserted into. The guy was one of three killed. When his body came back to the states it was stored for a while as his divorced parents fought over where to bury him. Then years later I learned of his medals being bought in a flea market. Seems the next of kin who had them didn't think they were worth keeping.

The absolute best site for learning about the men who's names are on the Wall is the Coffelt Data Base. It gives more detail and often shows copies of military records.

http://www.coffeltdatabase.org/