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Did You Know?
1. Vietnam Era: Nov. 1, 1955-May 15, 1975 (by Congress in 1999)
2. As of 2022 — 384 names added since 1986
3. Number of casualties on The Wall — 58,281
4. Total number of names engraved on The Wall — 58,395 (includes
duplications and errors)
5. At least one U.S. servicemember died in Vietnam every day from
December 31, 1965 to December 9, 1970. A total of 1,804 days and
52,448 lives lost!
6. There are 8 females on the Wall all nurses (7,484 Military women served
in Vietnam, 6,250 were nurses.)
7. There are 43 sets of brothers on the Wall
8. There is one set of step-brothers
9. There are 3 fathers/sons on the Wall
10. There are 16 chaplains on the Wall, 7 Catholic (2 Medal of Honor
Recipients - MoH), 2 Jewish, 7 Protestant
11. There are 10 nurses on the Wall; 8 Female, 2 Male
12. There are 1,345 Army Medics on the Wall
13. There are 691 Navy Corpsmen on the Wall
14. There are 8 Coast Guard on the Wall
15. There are 21 different countries represented on the Wall
16. There are 57 Canadians on the Wall
17. Earliest to Die — Richard B Fitzgibbon Jr (52E, 021), June 8, 1956
18. First Name on Panel 01E — Dale Richard Buis (01E, 001), July 8, 1959
19. There are 13 flag officers on the Wall
20. Highest casualty day — Jan. 31, 1946: 246
21. Highest casualty month – May 1968: 2,416
22. Highestcasualtyyear—1968:16,916
23. Peak U.S. in country (Inco) troop strength – April 30, 1969: 543,482
24. Thereare76namesontheWallwithtiestotheAntelopeValley
25. Approximately 997 were killed on their first day in Vietnam
26. ShortestTour—LeslieGeneKing(02E,047),Aug.1,1956:Fourhours
27. Approximately 1,443 were killed on their day of departure from
Vietnam
28. MedalofHonor—160(159fromVietnam,1fromWorldWarII)on
Wall (Average Age of MoH on Wall: 24), Total for Vietnam 266
29. Native Americans — 232
30. Most interesting Native American Name: Frank W. Jealous-of-Him
(W22, 002)
31. Oldest on Memorial — Frank Luther Huddleston (16E, 109), Aug. 12,
2002: 68 years old (added in 2003)
32. Youngest to Die (Inco) — Dan Bullock (23W, 096), June 7, 1969: 15.5
years old, Born: Dec. 21, 1953
33. 40,361 Soldiers on the Wall were under 22 years old.
34. Atleasttwo(2)Soldiersandtwo(2)Marineswerekilledastheresultof
an attack by an Indochinese tiger.
35. Most Common Name – Smith, 662
36. Unknown Soldier — Michael Joseph Blassie (W01, 023), May 11, 1972:
Interred as Unknown in 1984, reburied July 11, 1998 in St. Louis, Mo. Awarded the MoH while interred as the Unknown, but MoH was rescinded when identified, not part of the 261. There are no remains in the Vietnam Tomb for the Unknown Soldier
37. First tw Blue Water Navy deaths — Antone Perry, Jr (13E, 074); Dec. 23, 1966; Thomas Lee Tiglas (13E, 076), Dec. 23, 1966
39. Longest name: Rodrigo Velazquez-Feliciano Jr, (42E, 055)
40. Shortestnames:BenCoy,(22E,024)andNedLee,(38E,029)
41. There are five (5) Smith’s in a row on (38E, 014)
42. ProfessionalFootballPlayerswhodiedinVietnam:
a. Donald Thomas Steinbrunner — Cleveland Browns/Offensive Tackle, (23E, 096)
b. James Robert Kalsu — Buffalo Bills/Guard, (W08, 038)
43. Ronald Walsh McLean — Jimmy Stewart’s stepson, (W23, 113)
44. WielandClydeNorris—ChuckNorris’brother,(W09,005)
45. Robert John Carmody — Olympic Bronze Medalist, 1964, (28E, 079)
46. RichardWarrenPershing—GrandsonofGeneraloftheArmiesJohn
Joseph Pershing, (W09, 005)
47. James Van Howard — Son of Lula Grace Johnson, known professionally
as Jan Howard, an American country music singer and Grand Ole Opry
star, (40W, 058)
48. 3ServicemenStatue,sculptedbyFrederickHart,localDCartist
(deceased). Dedicated Veterans Day 1984. Weapons - M-60, 45, and
M-16
49. Vietnam Women’s Memorial, Dedicated Nov. 11, 1993. Sculpture by
Glenna Goodacre of Santa Fe, N.M. Goodacre also designed U.S. Silver Dollar issued in 2000 with image of Sacajawea —Native American who aided Lewis & Clark and the statue of Ronald Reagan at Reagan Library in Simi Valley, Calif. in CA.
Editor’s note: These facts were compiled from various source, every attempt has been made by AV Wall and PMAV to verify the information, we apologize for any inaccuracies. Please inform us of changes needed.
AV 76
The 76 men of the Antelope Valley killed during the Vietnam War represent a tradition that began in 1776.
They were young men who responded to a call of duty. In the U.S. military that serves in war, the saying has been "All gave some... some gave all." This is the list of those who gave all.
NAME
MILTON KEITH MC NULTY GEORGE WALLY WOODALL KENNETH WARD PUGH ERNEST EUSTACE PEREZ MARK ANDREW FERGUSON ROBERT F CHAMBERLAIN ROGER LEE EPLEY
CLYDE MOSES RIDGWAY JOSEPH DARRYL BURNETT GERALD OSCAR TOY
MICHAEL THORNTON FOUST EUGENE WAYNE BURKHART ROBERT THEODORE EDWARDS ROBERT JOHN WELCH
CLARK EDWARD SAPP
CLAYTON BENTLEY LOWE Jr
JOHN RALPH PAINTER Jr
KENNETH DEAN FRAKES
MONTE RAY HARPER
TIMOTHY ALAN JOHNSON LUTHER TONY STOWE
BRENT ARTHUR HOLTE
IVAN DALE APPLEBY
THOMAS G DERRICKSON II MICHAEL DALE COCHRAN
SMITH SWORDS III
RALPH EUGENE FOULKS Jr MICHAEL CLAUDE LINDSAY ERNESTFREDERICDAVIDOVE WILLIAM JOHN JACOBS
GILBERT LOUIS MITCHELL
ARTHUR LEE HAWKINS Jr
GERALD LYNN JOHNSON
GENE K ROSS
DAVID FREDERICK WAGNER WILLIAM LLOYD KINNARD WILLIAM JOHN PRITCHARD ROGER L DUCE
TIMOTHY JOSEPH RIZZARDINI MANUEL CASARES
JAMES ALLEN KING
ARTHUR QUEZADA
WILLIAM T ANDERSEN Jr
ROBERT GLEN WASHBURN
SCOTT MARSHALL CARPENTER JAMES LESTER JONES
MICHAEL BURRISS CLARK ANTHONY LOUIS QUINN
JOHN SCOTT PINNEY
MILTON SHAPIRO
STEVEN HOWARD JOHNSON
ROY GLENN ZUFELT
MELVIN HUBBARD CONNER Jr DAVID LEIGH BURNETT
WILLIAM JAY WOOLSEY
CHARLES CLARENCE SMITH Jr JAMES CHARLES VANDEVENTER95 KISH LEMONT GREEN
HERMAN HENRY HUEBNER
MARK LAWRENCE MC MANUS BARRETT CHAMBERLAND BROWN JAMES STEVEN ROGERS
OLIVER EVANS DEAL Jr
WILLIAM LLOYD BUNCH
HERBERT LYNN MARSH
JOHN HOWARD POHLMAN ROBERT PAUL COTE
LAWRENCE GORDON SWARBRICK REX THOMAS ALLEN
DAVID ALLAN CASON
WILLIAM ARNOLD KETCHUM Jr JOHNNY EARL TIVIS
DOUGLAS ALLEN VARNER
TERRY JOE BAILEY
JOSEPH DAVID ESPARZA
RONALD ALBERT WENZL
DOB
7-Oct-37 3-Dec-46 6-Sep-39 20-Sep-45 10-Mar-47 21-Sep-40 20-Oct-43 23-Aug-46 21-Nov-46 25-Aug-46 9-Jul-47 10-Sep-47 3-Jan-44 23-Mar-26 24-Dec-46 15-Jan-47 30-Jul-42 6-Jun-46 12-Dec-46 10-Nov-46 17-Sep-47 19-Aug-46 13-Sep-30 10-Mar-36 27-Apr-39 17-Jul-29 21-Jul-43 22-Nov-48 2-Jan-47
22-Mar-47 10-Jul-41 2-Jun-45 26-Oct-47 12-Jun-47 29-Oct-48 3-Nov-47 6-Oct-24 21-Nov-42 22-Oct-44 30-Aug-49 27-May-49 1-Sep-44 9-Aug-31 5-Sep-47 24-Oct-49 14-Sep-47 29-Oct-47 22-Jan-50 7-May-42 28-Aug-24 1-Aug-47 13-Nov-46 5-Jan-48 22-Dec-48 29-Oct-50 31-Aug-49 4-Mar-50 15-Feb-48 12-Jul-44 13-Aug-47 19-Oct-48 26-Apr-49 28-Oct-46 13-Oct-46 6-Apr-47 13-Nov-44 3-Aug-49 8-Apr-45 21-Mar-51 4-Aug-51 15-Mar-51 29-Nov-49 16-Jan-48 2-May-52 14-Nov-46 21-Jan-51
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31-Jul-65 25-Feb-66 12-Apr-66 30-Jun-66 17-Sep-66 7-Oct-66 11-Nov-66 15-Nov-66 23-Nov-66 28-Nov-66 8-Dec-66 20-Dec-66 13-Jan-67 16-Jan-67 30-May-67 1-Jun-67 3-Jun-6 719-Jun-67 19-Jun-67 19-Jun-67 11-Jul-67 21-Sep-67 7-Oct-67 12-Oct-67 7-Nov-67 30-Dec-67 5-Jan-68 1-Feb-68 13-Feb-68 28-Feb-68 6-Mar-681 8-Mar-68 31-Mar-68 4-Apr-68 9-Apr-68 11-Apr-68 6-May-68 10-May-68 18-May-68 6-Jun-68 7-Jun-68 18-Jun-68 1-Jul-68 27-Aug-68 10-Sep-68 20-Nov-68 23-Nov-68 4-Feb-69 16-Feb-69 27-Feb-69 7-Mar-69 8-Mar-69 31-Mar-69 5-Apr-69 7-Apr-69 18-Apr-69 1-May-69 15-Jun-69 5-Jul-69 27-Jul-69 22-Aug-69 15-Sep-69 1-Nov-69 28-Dec-69 17-Feb-70 15-Apr-70 21-May-70 13-Aug-70 26-Aug-70 1-Oct-70 29-Nov-70 30-Jan-71 11-Apr-71 14-Apr-71 28-May-71 19-Jun-72
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PANEL LINE
02E 046 05E 078 06E 107 08E 113 10E 106 11E 054 12E 054 12E 076 12E 111 12E 128 13E 021 13E 063 14E 021 14E 041 21E 019 21E 028 21E 050 22E 012 22E 013 22E 014 23E 055 26E 102 27E 063 27E 097 29E 039 33E 005 33E 047 36E 054 39E 020 41E 067 43E 026 45E 023 47E 022 48E 009 49E 006 49E 023 56E 015 58E 015 62E 022 60W 026 59W 024 56W 027 54W 025 46W 046 44W 015 38W 018 38W 041 33W 058 32W 046 31W 085 30W 065 30W 083 28W 099 27W 015 27W 035 26W 004 26W 095 22W 052 21W 065 20W 059 19W 091 18W 091 16W 012 15W 101 13W 024 11W 009 10W 074 08W 109 07W 007 07W 103 06W 093 05W 070 04W 120 04W 122 03W 057 01W 047
We submit these 76 among 58,299 for your duty to honor them. They were men. They were boys. They were ours.
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