Vietnam War Heroes 1955-1975
TUESDAY • SEPTEMBER 29, 2026 VETERAN OF THE DAY • AMERICA 250 PVT ARTHUR A. GLEASON UNITED STATES ARMY SYRACUSE, NEW YORK Born: May 4, 1948Died: April 9, 1967Age: 18Tay Ninh Province, South VietnamVietnam Veterans Memorial: Panel 18E • Line 4 EIGHTEEN Sometimes research gives us letters. Photographs. School records. Unit histories. Friends remembering a … Read more
MONDAY • SEPTEMBER 28, 2026 • AMERICA 250 PFC THEODORE JAY WHITLOCK UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEVADA COMPANY E • 1ST RECONNAISSANCE BATTALION • 1ST MARINE DIVISION Born: November 21, 1948Died: August 1, 1968Age: 19Quang Nam Province, South VietnamVietnam Veterans Memorial: Panel 50W • Line 46 THE MARINE CALLED “TED” Today, our … Read more
FRIDAY • SEPTEMBER 25, 2026 • AMERICA 250 CHARLES DONALD CARTER UNITED STATES ARMY • VIETNAM VETERAN A COMPANY • 1ST BATTALION • 506TH INFANTRY REGIMENT 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION Born June 26, 1950Florence, South Carolina Vietnam • 1969–1970MOS 11B10 • Infantryman “I JUST DID MY JOB.” Every Friday, Voices of Vietnam gives us an opportunity … Read more
VETERAN OF THE DAY WEDNESDAY • SEPTEMBER 23, 2026 LIEUTENANT DENNIS MICHAEL EHRLICH UNITED STATES NAVY FIGHTER SQUADRON 114 • VF-114 USS KITTY HAWK • CVA-63 January 3, 1942 – January 19, 1967Pompton Plains, New Jersey • Morris County F-4B Phantom II • Bureau Number 153029Call Sign: LINFIELD 213 Radar Intercept Officer Unaccounted For Honored … Read more
VETERAN OF THE DAY SEPTEMBER 22, 2026 • AMERICA 250 WARRANT OFFICER BARRY WILLIAM GODFREY UNITED STATES ARMY A BATTERY • 2ND BATTALION, 20TH AERIAL ROCKET ARTILLERY 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION February 10, 1950 – August 25, 1970Pelham, New Hampshire • Hillsborough County AH-1G Cobra • Serial Number 67-15719 Honored on Panel 7W, Line 4 of … Read more
VETERAN OF THE DAY CORPORAL LOUIS ZABROWSKI UNITED STATES ARMY F TROOP • 17TH CAVALRY 196TH LIGHT INFANTRY BRIGADE August 20, 1949 – December 27, 1969Omaha, Nebraska • Douglas County Vietnam War Honored on Panel 15W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial A SON OF NEBRASKA Today our journey across America brings Veteran of … Read more
VOICES OF VIETNAM September 18, 2026 JAMES THOMAS “JIM” MARCHAL United States Army Dayton, Ohio Born July 18, 1947Died March 7 2021Battery A • 1st Battalion, 83rd Field ArtilleryVietnam • 1970–1971 “He Came Home Carrying a War. Then He Helped Others Put Theirs Down.” There are different kinds of courage. There is the courage required … Read more
VETERAN OF THE DAY September 17, 2026 CPL CHARLES EDWARD OWENS United States Army 173rd Airborne Brigade Gastonia, North Carolina April 17, 1949 – September 17, 1968 – Age 19Company A • 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry173rd Airborne Brigade • “Sky Soldiers”Binh Dinh Province, South VietnamVietnam Veterans Memorial • Panel 43W • Line 19 “Nineteen … Read more
VETERAN OF THE DAY September 16, 2026 LCDR JAMES D. HUNT United States Navy Missoula, Montana December 1, 1936Missing in Action: October 13, 1968Attack Squadron 52 • VA-52USS Coral Sea (CVA-43)A-6A Intruder • Bureau No. 154141Vietnam Veterans Memorial • Panel 41W • Line 59 “One Final Transmission. Then Silence.” There are moments in war when … Read more
September 15, 2026 SP4 CHARLES WAYNE ROBINSON United States Army Vicksburg, Mississippi January 8, 1950 – November 13, 197020 Years OldQuang Ngai Province, South VietnamVietnam Veterans Memorial: Panel 6W • Line 57 “Mississippi Gave America a Son. Vietnam Never Gave Him Back.” There are names on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial for which history left us … Read more