Vietnam Memorial Wall replica brings stories of loss to life

NWA Democrat-Gazette/CHARLIE KAIJO Volunteer Elissa Sontag (second from left) of Bentonville helps Glen Swanson (left) of Pea Ridge find Thursday the name of his cousin, a pilot shot down during the Vietnam War but whose remains were never recovered while looking through names on a memorial wall replica near Crystal Bridges and the Amazeum in Bentonville. The Wall That Heals is a replica of the Vietnam War Memorial. It will be open 24 hours a day for viewing.
NWA Democrat-Gazette/CHARLIE KAIJO Volunteer Elissa Sontag (second from left) of Bentonville helps Glen Swanson (left) of Pea Ridge find Thursday the name of his cousin, a pilot shot down during the Vietnam War but whose remains were never recovered while looking through names on a memorial wall replica near Crystal Bridges and the Amazeum in Bentonville. The Wall That Heals is a replica of the Vietnam War Memorial. It will be open 24 hours a day for viewing.

BENTONVILLE -- The Wall That Heals tells 58,318 stories of lives lost in service to America.

The 375-foot replica of the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington honors those fallen service members, 592 of whom are from Arkansas. The wall may be viewed through 1 p.m. today near the entrances to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and the Scott Family Amazeum.

At a glance

There are 592 Arkansans remembered on The Wall That Heals.

Listed by town, they are:

ABBOTT:

SGT WILLIAM ARVEL BOATRIGHT

ADONA:

SFC JOHN DANIEL SHEWMAKE Sr.

ALICIA:

SSGT DONALD PAUL HAMILTON

ALMA:

LCPL ROGER DALE CECIL

LCPL BILLY DALE LIVINGSTON

1LT WILLIAM ROBERT WILSON

ALTHEIMER:

PFC Mc ELREE MAYS Jr.

ALTUS:

CPL JOHN FERDINAND SCHAFFER

AMITY:

SP4 KEITH DANIEL HOLMES

ARKADELPHIA:

SP4 NATHANIEL CUMMINGS

SGT FLOYD CORNELIUS DENSON

1LT DEXTER BUSH FLORENCE

CAPT ROBERT DOTSON HUIE Jr.

1LT DONALD LEE KINGERY

ARKINDA:

CPT GUINN JUNELL ROGERS

ASHDOWN:

PFC GERALD LEON AYLOR

SP4 FLOYD McFADDEN

ATKINS:

SGT DANNY RAY BAKER

PFC BILLY WAYNE HARTWICK

AUGUSTA:

CPL RONALD LYNN PENDERGIST

SGT LARRY THOMAS TURNER

BALD KNOB:

PFC LARRY LEVERN MITCHELL

SSGT DON FRANKLIN WORLEY

BANKS:

SGT HENRY EUGENE WOOLEY

BARLING:

SSG ANDREW THOMAS BEST

BATESVILLE:

CPO GERALD WYATTE FARRIER

SSGT EDWARD DEAN GOULD

SGT GREGORY VAUGHAN GRAY

CPL RICHARD LAWSON HIX

1LT HAROLD BRUCE KIMBROUGH

CPT STEPHEN WILLIAM LYNCH

LTC HENRY WILSON RUST Jr.

BAUXITE:

PFC DOUGLAS JOE CARPENTER

BEARDEN:

SFC FLOYD HEGLER Jr.

BELLEVILLE:

PFC JERRY VERNON Mc DONALD

BENTON:

PFC JERRY DALE CANTRELL

SGT DELMAR LEE CROCKETT Jr.

CPL CARIO FULLER

SP4 JOHN H HARDING

PFC CARL WAYNE HILL

1LT THOMAS LEE HOOVER

PFC GREGORY KEITH REEVES

PFC DENNIS TRUMAN ROBBINS

SFC JOHN NORMAN WICKLIFFE

BERRYVILLE:

PFC CLAUD ALBERT DAVIS

SGT GEORGE FREETH SMITH

BISCOE:

LCPL GARLAND RAY MANN

BLACK ROCK:

PFC LARRY DEAN STAGGS

BLUFF CITY:

SGT JAY ROY NORMAN

BLYTHEVILLE:

SSGT MARVIN EARL BELL

SP4 WILLIE B BRADFORD

LCPL WILLIAM HENRY BROWN

PFC FREDDIE LYNN FRIAR

CPL ROBERT EARL GRANT

SGT LARRY MILTON KELLEY

SGT CHARLES FRANKLIN KENNEDY

SP4 HORACE VALLEY ROBINSON Jr.

SP4 BURNELL WILLIAMS Jr.

BONO:

SP5 WILLIAM FLOYD DACUS

SGT JACKIE DWAYNE HAMBY

BOONEVILLE:

MAJ MORRISON ARTHER COTNER

SP4 CLYDE LEROY DICKASON

SP4 JAMES ALLEN FROST

SP4 JOHN STEPHEN SATTERFIELD

SP5 JOHN LLOYD VORIES

BRENTWOOD:

PFC MARION WAYNE LYONS

BRINKLEY:

SP5 ODES WINSTON JEFFERS

SP4 JOHN EARL MYERS

LCPL BENNY BRUCE PARKER

BULL SHOALS:

SP4 STUART LEE BARNETT

CABOT:

CPL DON EDWARD DAVIS

CPL HAROLD EUGENE MOSELEY

SP5 MICHAEL WAYNE RAY

CAMDEN:

PFC JERRY JAMES CURTIS

SP4 ALVIN WALLACE FORD

SP4 ALVIN GORDON Jr.

PO3 GERALD EUGENE BOOTH HAMM

SSG CHARLES RANDEL HUTCHISON

PFC RILEY JERMANY

COL WILLIAM HENDERSON MASON

LCPL JAMES CARTHELL McHENRY

PFC HARVEY LEE WILLIAMS

CANE HILL:

SP4 JIMMY JOE SMITH

CARLISLE:

CPL RAYMOND FORT Jr.

PFC ARNEZ FRANKLIN MILLER Jr.

CARTHAGE:

SP4 MICHAEL CROWDER

SGT LINUS LABIN OAKLEY

CASH:

SSG HARVEY CHARLES AVERY

CPL JOHNNY RAY KING

CAVE SPRINGS:

COL ROY EVERETT COUCH

CENTER RIDGE:

PFC JAMES RICKEY MAXWELL

CLARENDON:

SSG CHARLES M EDWARDS

SP4 JAMES WILLIAM NOTHERN Jr.

CLARKSVILLE:

SGT JAMES RONALD HARRIS

PFC CARL RICKIE HUTSON

SSG LEROY BRIAN ROBBINS

PFC MALTON GENE SHORES

CLINTON:

CAPT GARY CECIL HALL

COLT:

SP4 CHESTER EUGENE HILL

SP4 TOLER LEE HUTCHINS Jr.

COMPTON:

PVT WILLIAM JESS SIMS

CONWAY:

PFC GERALD WAYNE FORTE

SP4 GARY DON POLK

PFC WALLACE LEE REATHER Jr.

LCPL JAMES LAWRENCE STONE

CORNING:

PVT CARLOS WADE CONRAD

LCPL WILLIAM HERSCHELL GREEN

CPL EDEWIN CLEO HARMON

CORSSELL:

CPL JOHN WAYNE GREENE

COVE:

CPL DANNY LEON GOSS

CRAWFORDSVILLE:

PFC RICHARD WILSON Jr.

CROSSETT:

SP4 CHARLES EDWARD BOSTON

CPT HAMPTON A ETHERIDGE III

SP4 WILLIE VANN GOREE

CPL PAUL ALVIN HARRISON

CAPT ROY TOM TABLER

DAMASCUS:

PFC FARRIS ELDON MAY

DANVILLE:

PFC JERRY LYNN OWENS

SP4 TERRY LUTHER WILLIAMS

DARDANELLE:

PO3 SAMUEL MINOR BOYCE

DE QUEEN:

CPL SIDNEY A HOWE

CPT JERRY DEAN WHITE

DECATUR:

PFC LESLEY BOLING Jr.

DELIGHT:

PFC ARTHUR JAMES RUSSELL

DELL:

1LT LARRY GENE MOODY

DERMOTT:

CPL JOHN MAC PAMPLIN

SGT JAYE ARTHUR SHARPE

DEVALLS BLUFF:

A2C CHARLES RAY HUMBLE

DOVER:

PO2 RICHARD HENRY LANGFORD

DYER:

PFC BOYCE DALE BURGETT

EARLE:

PFC ROBERT TAYLOR HARRIS

LCPL ELI J B KING

SGT JAMES LATHON

PFC JOHN WASHINGTON

EL DORADO:

LT CURTIS RICHARD BAKER

CWO JOHN CHARLES BURRIS

SMSGT ROBERT THOMAS ELLIOTT

1LT STEVEN GILL EPPERSON

1LT HARRY M GODWIN

MSG JULIAN R HOOPER

COL JAMES SHEPPARD MORGAN

SP4 MIKE RAYMOND RASBERRY

1LT WILLIAM EDWARD WOLFE Jr.

ELAINE:

SGT EDWARD LEE BOBO

ELM SPRINGS:

CPL GORDON RAY TEFTELLER

ENGLAND:

PFC THEODORE JACKSON BRADSHAW

SP4 CURTIS EARL BURKETT

WO DARRELL LYNN HAGGARD

1LT DONALD WOODS HOLMAN

SFC ROY GENE SHADDON

ENOLA:

SP4 WALTER STURGEON

EUREKA SPRINGS:

SGT GERALD LEE EVANS

SP4 DAVID DEWAYNE TETTLETON

FARMINGTON:

SP4 ROY ROBERT LEWIS

FAYETTEVILLE:

SFC BOBBY JOE DUNHAM

SGT MARVIN ROSS KEETER

1LT ROBERT VICTOR KEMP

SGT SANFORD JAMES LEDBETTER

WO EDWARD BRUCE MELODY

CAPT VIRGIL KERSH MERONEY III

1LT HARMON L REMMEL III

CPL HOWARD HUGH WITHEY

FERNDALE:

SGT CHARLES RAY MOORE

FORDYCE:

PFC DANNY MICHEAL GRAY

PFC JAMES CALVIN RILES

FORREST CITY:

SP5 ANDREW LEE MILLS

PFC PLUMMER WILLIAMS

FORT SMITH:

SP4 CARL CALVIN BATES Jr.

PFC MARVIN RAY COLE

PO3 FREDERICK EDWARD FURR

PFC JOHN VICTOR GILKER

PO2 WILLIAM ANTHONY HANNA

PFC LEDELL JOHNSON Jr.

SP5 KEVIN REYNOLDS KELEHER

LTC GARLAND BRYAN KING Jr.

PFC LEROY KOLB Jr.

SP4 CHARLES EUGENE METCALF

LCDR RICHARD ALLAN MORAN

SSG ARTHUR HOUSTON PRICE

PVT JOHN EDWARD RICE

SFC ELBERT JAMES SAULS

CPL STEPHEN ALLEN SNIDOW

LCDR PAUL AMOS STOKES

PFC DANNY RAY WEST

SGT ROY ARNOLD WOMACK

CAPT KARL EDWARD WORST

FULTON:

PSGT JAMES EDWARD HELTON

GAMALIEL:

1LT DONEL JOE DOBBS

GARFIELD:

SGT JAMES EDWARD MORGAN

GENEVIA:

PFC NATHANIEL MEARLO WILLIAMS

GENTRY:

SGT HUGH LEE HARRINGTON

GILLETT:

LCPL EDWARD WILLIAM CHARLES

GRADY:

PFC SEVIER GRAY Jr.

GRAVELLY:

SSG WILLIE CLEBER PENDERGRASS

GUY:

SP4 JOE LEE LEMON

HAMBURG:

SP4 GEORGE EDWARD SWINNEY

HAMPTON:

PFC SAMMY GRAY EVANS

HARDY:

PFC JAMES CLIFFORD COCHRAN

PFC JOHNNY WILES

HARRISBURG:

SP5 WILLIAM A CLIFTON

LT JAMES ERLAN TEAGUE

HARRISON:

SP4 WILLIAM FELTON CROOK Jr.

SGT JEAN D MARTIN

HARTMAN:

LCPL RICHARD WAYNE SHERRILL

HAYNES:

PFC JAMES EARL HONEYCUTT

HEBER SPRINGS:

SGT DWAYNE ELBERT KEVER

LCPL ROBERT LOUIS WALTERS

PO1 ROY VON WELLS

HELENA:

SGT BOBBY GLEN COLLUMS

LCPL PERRY LEE POOLE

CPL CLARENCE ROBINSON

1LT PRYOR L WHEAT

HETH:

SGT FLOYD LARDINO REED Jr.

HINDSVILLE:

CPL JOHN EDWARD POOLE

SSG CARY HUBERT SILER

HOLLY GROVE:

SSG OLEN LEE UPSHAW

HOPE:

LCDR JOHN FREDERICK BARR

MSG HAROLD ERVIN CUMBIE

PFC EDDIE LEROY ROBERTS

HORATIO:

LCPL BILLY KIETH DE VASIER

HOT SPRINGS:

MSG FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT EFIRD

SSGT CLEVELAND EVANS Jr.

CWO3 SOLOMON HUGHEY GODWIN

CPL ANTHONY WILLIAM HANDLEY

PFC JOE HIBBLER Jr.

SP5 HERBERT S HILDEBRAND

MSG JAMES WILLIAM HOLT

SSGT BOBBY LEE HOLZER

LCPL JAMES HERBERT JEFFRIES

SFC JAMES VERNON LLOYD

LTJG LAWRENCE SCOTT MAILHES

HN BERNIE JACK MOSLEY

SFC FRANK RAY NOE

SGT JAMES ARNOLD SINGLETON

1LT MICHAEL HERMAN THOMAS

SGT THOMAS FRANKLIN YOUNG

HOXIE:

SP4 DON W BONNER

CPL MICHAEL CLAY HALSTEAD

SSG ELIE EDWARD SWARTZLANDER

HUGHES:

1LT THOMAS L COLDREN

CPL CARL FRANKLIN GOACHER

CPL RONALD EDWARD PILLOW

HUMNOKE:

SGT DAVID EARL JOHNSON

HUNTINGTON:

CPL BILLY DUANE CRELIA

HUNTSVILLE:

CPL TERRY LYNN GILLIAM

PFC BOBBY GENE Mc ELHANEY

LTC JAMES LLOYD VAUGHAN

IMBODEN:

PO1 CHARLES LEHMAN HACKWORTH

INGALLS:

PFC JERRY WAYNE ROSS

JACKSONVILLE:

PFC DENNIS WAYNE FISHER

CPT EDWARD WILSON GRIFFITH

CPL JAMES RICHARD HOLT

PFC MARION RAY HUTCHINS

2LT WALTER JOHN LYONS

PFC PAUL SHIREMAN Jr.

PO3 RICHARD DWAINE STOCKER

JOINER:

CPL CHARLES HAWKINS BEARE

JONESBORO:

1LT JOSEPH LEE CHAMBERS

SP4 RONALD EDWARD CRAIN

CAPT GEORGE DONALD HENRY Jr.

SP4 BENNIE RAY HIVELY

PFC DAVID HAROLD JOHNSON

SGT ROBERT RAY Mc GINNIS

PFC JAMES ROBERT RONE

SGT EDWARD EUGENE STROUD

PFC BRITT TELL Jr.

JUDSONIA:

LCPL VICTOR JORY HOMSLEY

PO2 KENNETH MUREL RUSSELL

SP4 EDDY GALE SUMPTER

JUNCTION CITY:

SP4 FRED J BRIDGES Jr.

PFC JERRY ALLEN PALMER

KENSETT:

LT EDD DAVID TAYLOR

LAKE VILLAGE:

PFC JOHN GLENN SCUCCHI

LCPL JAMES CHRISTOPHER SMITH

LAMAR:

SSG BILLY JOE CLAYBORN

LANDIS:

SP4 GEARLD ALBERT HENRY

LEACHVILLE:

PSGT EVERETT EUGENE LANGSTON

LEPANTO:

PFC JERRY ALLEN TRUELOVE

LIMEDALE:

SP4 TROY LEE WATERS

LITTLE ROCK:

PO3 JESSIE RAYMOND BATEMAN

LCPL CALVIN WEBB BILES

SP4 HIRIS WAYNE BLEVINS

PFC CHARLES LEE BOZEMAN

SGT ROY EVERETT BRIGHT

MAJ CHAMBLESS MARSHALL CHESNUTT

SFC ROOSEVELT CLARK Sr.

PO3 DOUGLAS CARROLL COKER

SP4 JAMES LEON COLWYE

MAJ CHARLES EDWARD DARR

CPT DONALD WILLIAM DIETZ

LCPL RICHARD HALL DILLON Jr.

LCPL CARL LESTER DOWNS

PFC GERALD LAMPLEY FITTS

SP4 CHESTER LEON FREEMAN

PFC JOHN T FUDGE

SP4 DAVID DANIEL GENSEMER III

PFC JIMMIE FERREL GENTRY

1LT JAMES DONALD GOODMAN

PFC HUBERT HASKEL GORDON Jr.

SN TIMOTHY JOSEPH GREEN

PFC WILLIE GREEN Jr.

SGT JOHNNY PAUL GRISSOM

CPL JOSEPH LINDSEY HALL

LCPL JOHN EDMOND HALSELL

CWO FRANKLIN ALVIN HAMM

MSGT DONALD AUGUSTUS HARRELL

CPL WILBURT NATHAN HINES

HN JOHN ANDREW HOLLINGSWORTH

PFC JOHN WESLEY HOUSTON

LCPL MARVIN LYNN HOUSTON

SP4 JAMES ALVIN HUGHES

SP4 MARK DOUGLAS JACKS

SGT ROBERT THOMAS JOHNSON

PFC RICHARD ALLEN LAVENDER

SMAJ RAYMOND LEON LONG Jr.

SGT JAMES MASSEY

PFC JAMES LARRY Mc CRYSTAL

PFC GRADY EDWARD Mc ELROY

SSG LEVERNE WILLIAM Mc KINLEY

PFC BOBBY LEON MORDEN

2LT BOBBIE ELDON NOLEN

PFC LAYMON PALMER

SGT WILLIE PIPPINS Sr.

PFC ROBERT EARL PUGH

SGT HUBERT JOSEPH PURIFOY

PFC VIRGUS FREDRICK RAMSEY Jr.

PFC BROOKS MICHAEL SCRIVNER

PFC STANLEY JOSEPH SEAVERS

PFC EMMETT CHARLES STANTON

PFC GEORGE MARK STEVENSON

PFC CHARLES MINOR TAYLOR III

SP4 CLARENCE WALKER

CWO BILLY JOE WAYMIRE

SP4 RICHARD FOY WELLS

SGT JOEL WILLIAMS Jr.

CPT ROBERT ALLEN YOUNG Jr.

LOCKESBURG:

SGT HAROLD CLAYTON HUNTER II

PFC JESSIE RAY LINDLER

SP4 BILLY CEASAR Mc FALLS

SGT ROBERT BUCK PURTELL

LONDON:

2LT DANNY RAY METZ

LONOKE:

PFC J M CHILDRESS

SGT FREDDIE LEE COUCH

PFC JERRY DON HARSSON

LUXORA:

PVT JAMES EDWARD FLAGG

SP5 JOHN HENRY STOUT

MADISON:

SP4 CLAUDE BENTON ROGERS

MAGNOLIA:

SGT THOMAS GERALD HAZELWOOD

SSGT WILLARD RUSSELL KNIPPERS

LCPL CHARLES EDWARD WALKER

SGT DAVID WILSON

MALVERN:

SP4 JERRY DUNLAP

CPL ROBERT PRESTON ENGLISH

SP4 JERRY WILSON HARMON

PFC DANIEL MACOM HEDGES

SGT CHARLES CLIFTON MANN Jr.

SSG CLIFFORD N MIZE

1LT STEPHEN FREDERICK PETERS

MAMMOTH SPRING:

SGT JEWELL FLETCHER DODGE

PFC FRANKLIN JOE WILLISON

MANILA:

SGT GARVIN WAYNE DILL

PO3 CARL JEROME MILLER

SSG SAMUEL LEE MODESITT

MARIANNA:

SP4 CAREY C ANTHONY

SP4 TERRY HOYTE BATES

CPL JAMES LEE BROWN Jr.

SSG JOSHUA WAY EASON

MARION:

CPL GARY CURTIS CUPPLES

LCPL PHILLIP RALPH HARDIN

SGT RICHARD WILLIAM PERRY

SSG CLARENCE VARNADO

MARKED TREE:

MAJ JAMES CARL PAYNE

SP4 TEDDY GENE TALLEY

MARVELL:

SP4 JERRY DEAN CHARLTON

MAYFLOWER:

PO2 RALPH LINDSEY Mc COY Jr.

SP5 CLARENCE A TEAS

MC CRORY:

PFC FLEMMON PAUL FREEMAN

WO BILLY J TALLEY

MC GEHEE:

MSGT PAUL LAVERNE JENKINS

LCPL E G MAYS Jr.

PFC WILLIE LEE Mc GAUGHEY

MENA:

SSG NEWTON STEVE CLEMENT

SGT DONNELL DEAN Mc MILLIN

CPL PHILLIP ENOS ROSSON

MIDWAY:

CMSGT THOMAS EDWARD KNEBEL

MISSOURI:

CPL ARLIS RAY BRANSCUM

MONETTE:

SFC JOE JUNIOR MASK

MONTICELLO:

CPL FRED BURKETT CRADDOCK Jr.

CPL DONALD WAYNE EDNEY

SP4 RICKS ARBRA HUTSON

SP4 GLENNON MARCUSSEN

CPL JIMMIE PAUL WALL

LCPL GARRY WALLACE WARD

MORO:

PFC ERNEST LEE MAY

MORRILTON:

SFC WILLIAM ROGER BROOKS

MOUNTAIN VIEW:

PO3 EVERAL FLOYD AVEY

MOUNTAINBURG:

CPT JIMMY CARTWRIGHT

SGT JIMMY DON SMITH

MULBERRY:

SSG SAMUEL RAY NIXON

CPT WILLIAM DALE NIXON

NASHVILLE:

TSGT JACKLIN MEGGS BOATWRIGHT

PFC VERNON BROWN Jr.

LT WALTER ALLAN LINZY

NEWPORT:

SP5 RAY MAX BARNWELL

SP4 WILLIAM ARTHUR ROAR

MSG EDWARD KEITH ROBISON

MAJ RONALD OLIVER SCHARNBERG

LTJG LYNN MICHAEL TRAVIS

NORTH LITTLE ROCK:

SP4 JOHN WAYNE ACOSTA

PFC AQUILA BAKER

CAPT MARVIN COOK Jr.

PFC HAROLD EDWARD CROWDER

PFC RONALD EUGENE DAVIS

1LT MICHAEL STEWART ELLEDGE

SP4 MICHAEL DEWAYNE HAMPTON

CPL FREDDY LEE HOLLOWAY

SP4 OTIS CECIL JONES Jr.

WO FRANCIS JAMES KLASSEN

MGYSGT PAUL EVANS MAYER

SGT RONALD ALAN PATTISON

SP5 RONALD WAYNE RASH

PFC GERALD WILLIAM ROBERTSON

PO1 BEN OGILVIE SHEPPARD Jr.

PFC WILLIAM TAFT SMITH

SA MICHAEL STEPHEN SPRATLIN

CPL COY EDWARD STROBLE

O KEAN:

PFC BILLY JOE SISCO

OIL TROUGH:

PFC JIMMY RANDLE YOUNG

OSCEOLA:

PFC JOEL CROCKETT

CPL TOMMY JOE DIXON

SP5 BOLEN PONDEXDER Mc GEE

SP4 CONNIE WAYNE PARRISH

1LT DAVID F TAYLOR III

PANGBURN:

SP5 CLARK LYNWOOD MARSH

PARAGOULD:

CPL TIMOTHY EUGENE CLARK

SP4 HARDY EDWARD CLEVELAND

SP4 JOHN EDWARD COOK

SFC RANDALL LLOYD HARVEY

SGT DENNIS WILLARD HUFFINE

PFC MOUNCE EDWARD WEST

SP5 TEDDY GENE WHITTON

PARIS:

CPL LARRY NEIL HARPER

PFC KARL LEWIS REINECCIUS

PFC DAVID FRANK SCHLUTERMAN

PARKIN:

SP4 WILSON PAUL BAILEY

PATRICK:

PFC CHARLES PHILLIP GLENN

PERRY:

PFC HUBERT LEON LEE Jr.

PERRYVILLE:

PFC JAMES HARLEN ALLEN

SSG HAROLD GEORGE BENNETT

LCPL MICHEAL EDWARD RICHARDS

PINE BLUFF:

PFC KILBERN DEAN BOUDRA

SGT JOHN MOORE BURNLEY

SP4 LARRY GENE CALHOUN

SSG MAURICE CLARK

SP4 BOBBY CECIL COVER

LCPL BILLY JOE CURBOW

PFC CHARLES WILLIE DOKES

SSG HERMAN DERL DUNCAN

SGT SYRIAC HEBERT Jr.

PFC JAMES EDWARD HILL

CPL JOHN CHARLES HOUSE

PFC CLAUDE CHARLES KASIAH

SGT THOMAS MICHAEL MOREAU

SP4 WILLIE LORENZO MORGAN Jr.

SFC ROBERT DANEL OWEN Jr.

SP4 BOBBY RAY PORCHIA

PFC JAMES ALBERT SANDERS

A2C ROBERT ARTHUR SAUCIER

CPL EDGAR LEE SIMMONS

PFC JESSE B STRIBLING

PFC SOLOMON EUGENE THOMPSON

TSGT FREDRICK LAMAR THROWER

PFC WILLIE CHARLES TORRENCE

PLUMERVILLE:

SP4 DONALD NISLER WHITE

POCAHONTAS:

SP4 JAMES EUGENE CRAWFORD

HN LONNIE JOE CRISMON

CPT EARL R MICHLES

SGT CHARLES HUBERT PEARCE Jr.

LCPL JOHN JOSEPH SCHMIDT

POTTSVILLE:

SGT RICKY LYNN BOWDEN

POYEN:

CPT CHESTER LLOYD LEE

PRATTSVILLE:

PFC JUNIOR BARNETT EARNEST

1LT JOSEPH BYRON POE

PRESCOTT:

SSG JAMES WILLMER MAROON

PRINCETON:

1LT PONDER RAY SIMS

RATCLIFF:

SSG WAYNE JACKSON SANDERS

RECTOR:

CPT WINSTON TERRY ROBINSON

REDFIELD:

SP4 JOHNIE NATHANIEL DANIELS

CPL HAROLD JOSEPH FORD

RISON:

SSG CHARLES RICHARD BAGGETT

SP5 FREDRICK ANTHONY THACKER

ROGERS:

SGT HENRY DON MATHEWS

PFC ROBERT STEVENS MITCHELL

SP4 OTIS EUGENE PLANTS

ROSE BUD:

PFC MELVIN ALVIN WILDMAN

ROSSTON:

PFC CONEY ELLIS

RUDY:

MAJ WALTER HUGH MOON

RUSSELLVILLE:

PFC DARRELL DWANE BRATTON

SFC GUY THOMAS FREELAND

LCPL JIMMY DON FULFORD

CPL WILLIAM ROBERT HALE

PFC JAMES ROBERT KEIM

SGT NORMAN WADE TEETER

SEARCY:

CPL JESSE JAMES CUNNINGHAM Jr.

CWO LAWRENCE CHARLES DEAN

CPT WILBUR DALE LATIMER

CPL OTIS LAMONT PHILLIPS

CAPT WILLIAM WARD SMITH

CPL MICHEL KENT SUBLETT

SHERIDAN:

SGT LARRY JACK LUCAS

SHIRLEY:

PFC RICKY CURTIS BRADLEY

SHOFFNER:

SP4 WILLIE ELLISON Jr.

SILOAM SPRINGS:

SP4 REX WAYNE BLISARD

SP4 JERRY DON LANIER

PVT ARCHIE LEON WHALER

SPRINGDALE:

1LT JOHN DANIEL INGRUM

LTJG RONALD L ROEHRICH

STAMPS:

SP4 OTIS JAMES RUCKS

STAR CITY:

PFC MICHAEL WILSON BAILEY

PFC SAMMY RAY HARRISON

SP4 CHARLES WHITE

STEPHENS:

PFC THOMAS HAROLD BAILEY

CPL IVRA ALLEN TATUM

STONEWALL:

SP4 KENNETH LELAND CROW

STRAWBERRY:

1LT NOEL AUSTIN HARRIS Jr.

STRONG:

SGT JAMES BEN HICKS

STUTTGART:

SP4 DON NEWTON MAYHUE

PFC ROBERT LEE RAMSEY Jr.

SUCCESS:

SP4 LONNIE EDWARD PARKER

SWIFTON:

SN TEE WALLACE DECKER

TEXARKANA:

PFC ODELL DANIEL BEASLEY

SP4 HORACE LEE BURTON

LCPL EMMIT CHARLES DANSBY

2LT SHELTON LEE EAKIN

SGT BARRY WADE GRAF

SP4 JAMES DAVID GREEN

SGT EARNEST L HENDRIX

WO JOHN ROBERT HUNTER

SP4 LARRY GAY POOL

PFC NOEL WAYNE ROBERTS

LCPL EDWARD LEON SANDERS

SP4 THOMAS ALFRED TURNAGE

PFC ARTHUR TRAVIS TURNER

TILLAR:

PFC JERRY DON EVERETT

CPL JESSE BEA ROSE

TONTITOWN:

CPL EUGENE LEE RILEY

SP4 ROBERT JOSEPH SABATINI

TRUMANN:

SGT TERRY WAYNE BIRMINGHAM

PSGT BOBBY GENE HASTINGS

PFC AARON VINSON

TUCKER:

PFC ROBERT LEE CLARK

TUCKERMAN:

LCPL JOE NATHAN WATSON

TURNER:

SGT ALTON BOYCE

URBANA:

PFC FRED EUGENE ANDREWS

PFC JIMMY LEE GOLDEN

VAN BUREN:

PO2 HENRY VERNON CLOSSER

PFC JOHN CHARLES GUIRE

SP4 JAMES DAVID HOUSLEY

CPT ALEXANDER JOHNSON Jr.

PFC JEWEL LEE RAINWATER

PFC WILLIAM HASKELL SMOCK

PO1 ARTHUR C WILLIAMS Jr.

VIOLA:

PFC JAMES A HUFF

WABASH:

PFC LEROY YOUNG Jr.

WABBASEKA:

PFC HENRY LEE KERTIS Jr.

WALDO:

MAJ DONALD BLAKE FINCHER

WALDRON:

1LT JOHNNY F DAVIS

WALNUT RIDGE:

CPT GARY MAXWELL CLEMENTS

SP4 JOE HAROLD KEIFER

WARM SPRINGS:

PFC RONNIE EDSEL BALLARD

WASHINGTON:

HN CECIL FRANKLIN FINCHER Jr.

SSGT RICHARD JOE STERLING

WEST HELENA:

PO2 BILLY STANLEY ARMSTRONG

PVT JAMES LEE GETTER

SGT LEE ARTHUR WILLIAMS

WEST MEMPHIS:

CPL LOUIS BROWN

CPL CHARLES HERBERT GRAHAM

CPL RANDALL LYNN HARRIS

CPL OTIS EDWARD ISBELL

LCPL HENRY JOHNSON

LCPL HOUSTON FRANKLIN THOMAS

WEST POINT:

SP4 DOUGLAS EDWARD SOLOMON

WICKES:

SSG ERNEST LEROY GARNER

WIDENER:

PFC CHARLES WESTLEY ELLIS Jr.

SP5 ROY MITCHELL JONES

PFC RAYMOND NITO RIVERA

WINSLOW:

CPL NEIL BRIAN SULLIVAN

WISEMAN:

SP4 WILLIAM EWING LEWIS

WRIGHTSVILLE:

PFC BILLY CUNNINGHAM

WYNNE:

CPL WESLEY OTERIA CODY

SSG GARY THOMAS FUTRELL

CPL OVERTIS HINTON Jr.

PFC ROGER LEE HUBBARD

CPL CHESTER Mc DANIEL

CMSGT THERMAN MORRIS WALLER

PFC SAMMIE LEE WARREN

The personal service stories of these and all service members honored on The Wall That Heals can be found at www.virtualwall.org.

Source: Staff report

Service stories

The personal service stories of service members honored on The Wall That Heals can be found at www.virtualwall.org.

Source: Staff report

The Vietnam War spanned 1954 to 1975, with the greatest presence from the United States occurring from 1965 to 1968, according to HistoryNet. The U.S. and other members of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization joined forces with the Republic of South Vietnam to contest communist forces comprised of South Vietnamese guerrillas, Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army. America had the largest foreign military presence in the conflict.

"You're not just touching the 58,000 plus names that are there, but are touching millions who knew them, worshipped with them, lived with them, related to them," said Andrew Heath, Downtown Bentonville Inc. executive director, who helped bring the wall to Northwest Arkansas. "That's why I want people to come out here and experience the stories behind the names."

Army Pvt. Archie Whaler, 20, of Siloam Springs served in Vietnam for less than 10 months before he died as a result of multiple fragmentation wounds in a ground fight in Long An province, according to The Virtual Wall. The online version of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial includes photos and personal tributes the veterans honored on the memorial.

Whaler shares space on the wall with other Northwest Arkansas service members, who include Army 1st Lt. John Ingram, 22, of Springdale. He was killed by small arms fire in Tay Ninh province. Army Pfc. Robert Mitchell, 18, of Rogers was killed by an explosive device in Binh Thuan province after serving less than a month in Vietnam.

"It's a shame we had to have a war in the first place in Vietnam," said retired Army Master Sgt. James Stamford, 76, of Sonora. "This is a way of honoring them. If they were here now and could see what's going on, I believe they would stand up for America again."

Stamford said he was a supply specialist during his tour in Vietnam and served the remainder of his military career as a carpenter and an ROTC instructor at the University of Arkansas. He's helped escort the wall to two display locations over the years.

"It saddened me that maybe their lives were cut too short, and the things they could have done for our country," Stamford said of those he served with who're remembered on the wall. "Then again, it makes me happy that they're being honored."

Former Army Sgt. Jary Griffith, 72, of Bentonville helped set up the wall Wednesday. He served in the military for three years, which included a tour in Vietnam as an intelligence specialist.

Griffith shared the story of his friend and fellow soldier Army Sgt. Raymond Talburt, 24, who was one of seven infantrymen killed in a ground fight in Quang Tin province. Talburt died from multiple fragmentation wounds during the battle.

The soldiers lived in Kansas in 1969 when they were drafted to serve in support of the Kansas National Guard.

"He was there just three weeks before he got killed," Griffith said, adding Talburt left a wife and a daughter when he died. "He went over there, and he said he probably wouldn't come back, which isn't the right attitude," Griffith said, choking up at the memory of his friend.

"He never got to see his daughter."

Griffith said The Wall That Heals truly has the capacity to help do so for Vietnam veterans who have an opportunity to view it.

"When we came home, we were called baby killers, and we were spit on. Vietnam veterans just did not get a good reception," he said. "Vietnam vets carry that hurt within."

He said the wall helps communicate the magnitude of loss from the war.

"I wish the country would understand and have more devotion to duty, pride, commitment, service and just understand that we did not get all this by just sitting at home," he said, gesturing to his surrounding environment. "Freedom isn't free."

Stamford said the wall represents the country's attempt to make long-ago wrongs expressed toward Vietnam veterans right.

"Most people in the service love their country. Most Americans love their country," he said. "We may hear a lot about the country's not doing this, not doing that. But all in all, this country will see its way through to get things right.

"I'm so thankful that America has learned that the military is just a part of civilian life," he said. "We're part of America as much as anyone in the United States."

NW News on 05/27/2019

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