363 Vietnam veterans to be honored through VVMF’s In Memory program in 2021
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. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (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.
VVMF is proud to announce that we’ll be inducting 363 Vietnam veterans into the In Memory Honor Roll. We look forward to honoring these veterans who returned home from Vietnam and later died as a result of their service. For more information on In Memory and this year’s ceremony, visit: www.vvmf.org/inmemory.
| The 2021 In Memory Honorees |
| Ernest R. Adkins |
| J. Blaise Alackness |
| Patrick P. Amell |
| Willie Frank Anderson |
| Johnny Owen Anderson |
| Peter David Andres |
| Malcolm Frank Armstrong |
| Jack R. Arnold |
| John P. Ashley Jr. |
| Howard Bernard Atwater |
| Eusebio Briones Avila |
| Adrian E. Badger |
| Larry Charles Bahls |
| Patrick Michael Baker |
| John Allen Balkon |
| Stuart W. Ballard |
| Walter Louis Barber |
| Robert Terry Barbour |
| Harold Deroy Barefoot |
| Raymond Barnett |
| Bradley C. Barnett |
| Vincent Bavero |
| William Thomas Beall |
| Jack G. Beane |
| Patrick Dale Beaver |
| Thomas Edward Beck |
| John Merwyn Beeler |
| Tom Beerman |
| David Chester Beggs |
| Karl Thomas Beilmann |
| David E. Blaney |
| Harold Claton Blankenship |
| George Edward Bobb III |
| Alan Earl Bock |
| Bryan Edward Bokuniewicz |
| James Grant Boles Jr. |
| Vincenzo Bordonaro |
| Larry Albert Bowers |
| Darrell William Bowman |
| Robert Edward Box |
| Charles Ray Bradfield |
| Roger Wayne Brown |
| Ronald Lee Brown |
| John Bolen Brown III |
| Lester Eugene Brown Jr. |
| Robert E. Bruno |
| Bernal J. Buessing |
| John J. Buleza Jr. |
| Neil A. Burke |
| Charles Lawrence Burkhart |
| Dennis D. Burmeister |
| Michael D. Burns |
| Floyd Edward Burns Sr. |
| Herman David Burris |
| David William Burt |
| Henry W. Buss |
| Joseph Robert Butler |
| Larry H. Byerly |
| Thomas S. Cafferty |
| Jesse Hewell Cantrell |
| William Kelton Carey |
| William Baker Carleton |
| David Kaleimomi Carman |
| Donald Ray Chandler |
| Dennis Christian |
| Stanley Cidlowski Jr. |
| Richard Alan Clark |
| Leonard E. Clark Jr. |
| James David Collett |
| William A. Collins |
| John Ben Cook Jr. |
| David Ray Cox |
| Carl D. Crabbs |
| Ronald David Creps |
| Albert F. Crowder |
| Horace Wayne Crowe |
| Donald F. Crowell |
| John Henry Culbertson |
| John Stephen Cygnarowicz Jr. |
| Bernard Phillip Czerwinski |
| Russell Owen Dalton Sr. |
| Ray Darrow |
| Joseph E. Daugherty Jr. |
| James Robert Davis |
| Richard Spencer Davis |
| Timothy Paul Davis |
| Dennis G. Deems |
| Leonard Densmore Jr. |
| Larry Alan Dobson |
| James Beecher Dollens |
| Joseph H. Dussault |
| Eddie Dale Earls |
| George H.S. Edwards |
| Otis Houston Edwards Sr. |
| Philip Thomas Eldon |
| Jaime E. Escabi |
| Patrick Michael Farrell |
| Patrick Ryan Farrell |
| Peter Adams Fellman |
| Stan Ferguson |
| Thomas Frank Ferreira |
| Richard Frederick Ficke Jr. |
| Robert A. Fiesler |
| Frank A. Filosa |
| John J. Finley |
| Terry Elmer Fix |
| Arthur Richard Flanagan |
| Perry Elliott Flanyak |
| John J. Fleming |
| Jerry Lee Floyd |
| John T. Flynn Jr. |
| Wayne D. Foster |
| Talma Joe Fowler |
| Thomas E. Fraley |
| Obie Alexander Franklin Jr. |
| Donald Martin Freeman |
| Richard Loren Frost |
| Dominic Joseph Gabriele |
| Joseph Edward Gaffney |
| Barry Allan Gallas |
| Mario Galvan |
| George Gancarz |
| Clarence Bernard Julio Garcia Sr. |
| Brian E. Garman |
| Duane Eugene Garoutte |
| Dennis R. Gasser |
| James Craig Geiger |
| Anthony Genevrino |
| Lowell Edwin Gilmore |
| Robert Edward Glennon |
| Frank L. Glow |
| William James Goldman |
| Michael Douglas Gottas |
| Stan Gowlis |
| Richard Edward Greaser |
| Robert Melvin Griffus |
| Paul J.E. Griggs |
| Larry Emmitt Groce |
| John Norman Gross Jr. |
| Frank Joseph Gubala |
| John Daniel Guilford |
| Alfred Guzylak |
| Adrien J. Hache |
| Kenneth Eugene Hadley |
| Stephen William Haesche |
| Legree Hairston Jr. |
| Ross Harrison Hall |
| Willie Ray Hall |
| Floyd “Shorty” Allen Hall |
| Allan Ray Hancock |
| Robert Joseph Hanuschik |
| John D. Hardin |
| Frank Charles Harrison |
| Keith Taylor Hearsch |
| Steven Jack Hellerstein |
| Ed W. Hennessy |
| Raymond Arthur Hestres Jr. |
| William Alexander Hewitt |
| Chester A. Hibbert Jr. |
| Rodney D. Higgins |
| Samuel “Kip” Hines III |
| Donald Harold Hirsch |
| Loren R. Hodge |
| David Joe Hofeditz |
| Phillip Wayman Holdaway |
| Robert Cantin Hoppe |
| Gerald Clayton Huhn Jr. |
| Frederick Allen Hummel |
| Peter James Hundahl |
| William Oliver Hunnicutt III |
| William Duane Hunt |
| Mark Douglas Hutchinson |
| David Nye Hutchinson |
| Daniel Allen Ingels |
| Bruce A. Jenkins |
| Richard Lee Johnson |
| Edward A. Johnson |
| Tommy Vern Jones |
| Samuel K. Jones Sr. |
| John Edward Kallas |
| Ricky Lee Karls |
| Joseph Michael Kasper |
| James Stephen Kelley |
| Thomas L. Kelley Jr. |
| James David Kesselring |
| Delbert Efird Kibler |
| Danny E. Kinsley |
| Jaroslaw Klymec |
| Jeffrey C. Knutson |
| Brian Arthur Kolbe |
| William Andrew Kovachik |
| Jack O. Kuhlman |
| Lawrence Eugene Kuhn |
| David H. Kuhns |
| Ronald Lainhart |
| Jim Langford |
| Lawrence Leland Larsen |
| William C. Larson |
| Richard C. Laux |
| Lee F. Ledet |
| Paul Freeman Lee |
| Paul Francis Lessard |
| Kyle Letterman |
| Cecil Dwain Lewis |
| Jerry D. Linhart |
| Wallace T. Littlewood |
| Frank George Machovsky |
| Porfirio Rudy Macias |
| Vinson Lee Macy |
| Alfred Michael Magrum Jr. |
| Patrick M. Malone |
| Howard A. Malone Jr. |
| James B. Maloney |
| David Anthony Masson |
| Teddy Ray Matney |
| Jeffrey J. McCrea |
| Robert Paul McDuffie |
| James Alvy McGarity Jr. |
| Frank E. McGlinchey |
| Sylvester “Mac” McGlothan Jr. |
| Jimmy Jon McGraw |
| JB Meachum |
| Norman Charles Megahan |
| William Steve Meineke |
| Paul Jerome Melnick |
| Paul Mencinskas |
| James Ivan Mendzef |
| William Delano Merritt |
| Stanley Howard Mersand |
| Barry Miller |
| Wiley Cecil Mingia |
| John Keith Miskimins |
| Larry Dale Mitchell |
| Roland James Mitchell |
| Samuel Raymond Molski |
| Patrick C. Monahan |
| Salvador Alfredo Montoya |
| Dale F. Morin |
| Sanford Maples Mullis |
| Victor Pena Nacianceno |
| Michael G. Najarian |
| Michael Allen Nash |
| M.C. Nelson |
| Norman “Skipper” Ness |
| William Glen Oldham |
| Donald P. Olds Jr. |
| Gary R. Oltz |
| Jerry Martin O’Neal |
| Bill O’toole |
| John William Owings III |
| Daniel Paul Panek |
| Joseph John Pavlik Jr. |
| Carroll Paul Pedersen |
| David Joseph Pendzinski |
| W.C. Pepper |
| Dale Glenn Petersen |
| Allen Petersen |
| Craig M. Phillips |
| John Edwin Pierce |
| Michael Stanley Pikula |
| James Robert Pinter |
| Henry J. Podlaszewski |
| Gordon Polut |
| Salvatore E. Popolo |
| Richard Witold Porada |
| Gordon B. Porterfield III |
| Marvin Wayne Poser |
| Dwight T. Powers |
| Benjamin Primus |
| Steven C. Printz |
| Florencio “Frank” Ramirez |
| Robert Charles Rands |
| Harley Lee Rayburn |
| Richard Alan Reed |
| David K. Reese |
| Robert L. Reeves |
| Ricardo Lechliter Reyes |
| William B. Reynolds Jr. |
| James Edwin Richcreek Sr. |
| John Victor Risko |
| Richard Frank Rivera |
| John Charles Robinson |
| Michael Patrick Rogers |
| James Henry Rose |
| Ricardo R. Sanchez |
| John Sandow |
| Edward David Santiago |
| Craig Stanley Sawmiller |
| Leo Anthony Schaefer Sr. |
| Lance E. Scholtes |
| Michael Louis Schrock |
| Billy Leland Segraves |
| Charles Sharkady |
| Michael F. Sharp |
| James N. Shawlin |
| John Emerson Sims |
| Glenn Charles Smith |
| Daniel Bernard Stachurski |
| Paul L. Staudenmaier |
| David John Stencil |
| Charles William Stephan |
| Ross William Stephen |
| Larry J. Stienes |
| Allan Davis Stirling Jr. |
| Donald Drew Street |
| Elmer A. Strickland |
| Allan W. Strout |
| Dexter Sturgeon Sr. |
| Howard Kent Stutz |
| Neslie Derrick Sutton Sr. |
| Fred Svarney |
| David W. Swarthout |
| Joseph Vincent Tallerico |
| Wayne L. Talley |
| Earl Lee Taylor |
| Frederic W. Temple |
| Arthur D. Thomas |
| Edward Earl Thompson |
| Terry Lee Tiffany |
| Robert L. Toman |
| Corsino Toro Jr. |
| Lewis M. “Mike” Totten |
| Donald L. Tucker |
| Robert G. Tulwits |
| Carlos Jose Uresti |
| John J. Valente Jr. |
| Glenn Patrick Valuroso |
| Jose R. Velez Morillo |
| Glenn Arthur Vermett Jr. |
| Richard C. Vigus |
| Steven D. Vineyard |
| Michael John Voigt |
| William Henry Ward Jr. |
| Richard Charles Watson |
| David Burtyn Weltich |
| Coval Edward Wetmore |
| Dale Edward Whicker |
| Jeremiah Francis Whittier |
| Herbert W. Wilkes Jr. |
| John Allan Williams |
| Ronnie Williams |
| Robert Francis Williams |
| Kevin Bradley Williams |
| John R. Williams Jr. |
| Donald Lee Wilson |
| Terry Vaughn Wilson |
| Wayne Deloss Wines Jr. |
| Charles Frederick Wing |
| William Edward Wisniewski |
| Stephen M. Wistrand |
| Raymond Charles Wood |
| James William Wood III |
| Richard Charles Woodcock |
| Paul Houston Woods |
| Morris Dan Wright |
| Ronald Leon Wynegar |
| James Nicholas Wynne |
| Donald Edward Yates |
| Howard R. Yeatman Jr. |
| John Percy Young |
| Robert Gordon Young |
| Dennis Anthony Zgardzinski |
| George Arthur Zimmer |
2021 In Memory honorees have been added to VVMF’s online In Memory Honor Roll. Friends and family will be able to share remembrances on the individual’s page. You can see the Honor Roll at: www.vvmf.org/honor-roll.
The plaque that honors these veterans was dedicated as a part of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial site 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.
In Memory was created in 1993 by the group – Friends of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. VVMF began managing the program and hosting the ceremony in 1999. More than 5,000 veterans have been added to the In Memory Honor Roll since the program began. To honor a loved one through the In Memory program next year, click here.
