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
Print Headline: Memorial wall brings stories of loss to life
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