Traveling Vietnam Veteran Memorial Wall making its way to Easton
If you haven't seen the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in D.C.,you may be lucky and have the opportunity to see a replica right here on the shore.
For the first time, Easton is hosting a traveling Vietnam Veteran Memorial Wall. It's 300 feet long and six feet tall. It contains all of the 58, 318 names.
To make this event even more special, officials were trying to find the families of these men who lost their lives on the Eastern Shore.
They found a total of 77 names and they located 67 families. We're told they will be there to honor them for a wreathe laying ceremony. As for the remaining names, they have had community members come out and adopt.
Here's a list of the names left by county:
CAROLINE
- William Handsome House (Ridgely) DOB 9/25/1928 KIA: 1964
SOMERSET
- Caroll Thomas Jackson (Princess Anne) DOB 6/17/1945 KIA: 1972
- Benjamin Tilghman (Deal Island) DOB 2/27/1949 KIA: 1968
- Lewis M. Hayway (Pocomoke City) DOB 1/28/1943 KIA: 1968
WICOMICO
- William Thomas Parker III (Salisbury) DOB 1/19/1948 KIA: 1967
- Charles Walter Parson (Salisbury) DOB 2/08/1916 KIA: 1966
- Norman James Pearson (Hebron) DOB: 10/12/1949 KIA: 1971
- George Thomas Powell (Salisbury) DOB 2/19/1926 KIA: 1967
- Don Lee Shockley (Salisbury) DOB 4/30/1946 KIA: 1967
- John Davis Willingham (Salisbury) DOB 7/14/1936 KIA: 1968
WORCESTER
- Alphonso Lee Harmon (Berlin) DOB 4/9/1946 KIA:1976
The memorial will be open May 31, 2018 at 7 PM at Easton's VFW and stay until June 6th before it makes its next stop in Iowa.
