North Side of Memorial Wall

Letters Home from Vietnam Memorial Wall

Excerpts of 83 letters sent home from Vietnam are etched in the memorial’s glass block and granite wall. Below are the inscriptions that appear on the north side of the wall.
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Maj. Michael Davis O’Donnell (1) | Brian R. Sullivan | Cathleen Cordova | Sgt. Raymond Wahl | Sp/4 George T. Olsen (1) | Apollo 11 | 1Lt. James M. Simmen | Gary R. Panko | Lt. Richard W. Strandberg | Air Force Capt. David V. Forrest | Sp/4 George T. Olsen (2) | PFC George A. Williams | Sgt Thomas Oathout | Desmond T. Barry, Jr. | PFC Brian F. Gibbons | 1Lt. Robert D. Santos | Cpl. Dennis W. Lane | President John F. Kennedy | PFC William A. Maguire, Jr. | Sgt. William Nelson | Khe Sanh | Sp/4 John A. Kane | Sp/4 Peter H. Roepcke | Allen E. Paul | 2Lt Donald J. Jacques | Kevin Macaulay | Sgt. George W. Storz | Dennis M. Mannion | Sp/5 Thomas P. Pellaton | 2Lt Robert C. Ransom, Jr. | Cpl. W. D. Ehrhart | Joseph A. Morrissey | Michael C. Rush | Sp/4 Robert E. Devlin | Kent State University | Sp/4 Joseph Parisi | Cpt. John Houghton | Cpl. Michael T. Boston | PFC Robert A. Ptachik | Michael A. Mancuso | Graham S. McFarlane