Vietnam
Pennsylvania Park ~ Petoskey MI
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on this same "Honoring the Military" web site by clicking HERE.
the Moving Wall web page
on this same "Honoring the Military" web site by clicking HERE.
16 August 1983 ~ Petoskey News Review... article continued below
16 August 1983 ~ Petoskey News Review... article continued from above
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was set and dedicated on Veterans Day, 1983,
by the North American Chapter 68 Vietnam Veterans of America,
and by the people of northern Michigan through donations.
by the North American Chapter 68 Vietnam Veterans of America,
and by the people of northern Michigan through donations.
Photo Credit: Lawrence Wojcik
Greenwood Photo Archive Collection from Petoskey newspapers (May 1984)
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Greenwood Photo Archive Collection from Petoskey newspapers (Undated)
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Greenwood Photo Archive collection from Petoskey newspaper (1985)
10 November 1988 ~ Petoskey News Review article continued below...
10 November 1988 ~ Petoskey News Review article continued from above...
Greenwood Photo Archive Collection from Petoskey newspapers (Memorial Day 1988)
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Greenwood Photo Archive Collection from Petoskey newspapers (Memorial Day 1988)
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Greenwood Photo Archive Collection from Petoskey newspapers (Memorial Day 1988)
Greenwood Photo Archive Collection from Petoskey newspapers (Memorial Day 1988)
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Greenwood Photo Archive Collection from Petoskey newspapers (Memorial Day 1988)
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Greenwood Photo Archive Collection from Petoskey newspapers (Memorial Day 1988)
Greenwood Photo Archive Collection from Petoskey newspapers (Memorial Day 1988)
14 November 1988 ~ Petoskey News Review article continued below...
14 November 1988 ~ Petoskey News Review article continued from above...
Greenwood Photo Archive Collection from Petoskey newspapers (Veterans Day 1988)
VIETNAM
1964 - 1975
FREEDOM IS NOT A CONFLICT, IT IS A BIRTHRIGHT.
2.9 MILLION AMERICANS SERVED DURING THE
VIETNAM ERA TO PRESERVE THIS RIGHT. LIKE OUR
FOREFATHERS THEY SERVED THIS GREAT COUNTRY
WITH PRIDE AND DIGNITY . OVER 57,000 BRAVE
MEN AND WOMEN SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES FOR
THIS RIGHT TO FREEDOM. AMERICANS LIKE THESE
HAVE KEPT THIS COUNTRY FREE FOR OVER 200
YEARS. ALL THEY ASK IS TO BE WELCOMED HOME
AND TO REMEMBER THEM ALWAYS, FOR THEY
HAVE EARNED THE RESPECT AND ADMIRATION
WITH THEIR BLOOD.
HERE WITH THEIR NAMES INSCRIBED, WE HONOR
OUR NORTHERN MICHIGAN SONS WHO SACRIFICED
THEIR LIVES FOR THE FREEDOM OF ALL MEN. MAY
GOD AND COUNTRY BLESS THOSE WHO SERVED
AND DIED IN VIETNAM.
VIETNAM VETERANS OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN
1964 - 1975
FREEDOM IS NOT A CONFLICT, IT IS A BIRTHRIGHT.
2.9 MILLION AMERICANS SERVED DURING THE
VIETNAM ERA TO PRESERVE THIS RIGHT. LIKE OUR
FOREFATHERS THEY SERVED THIS GREAT COUNTRY
WITH PRIDE AND DIGNITY . OVER 57,000 BRAVE
MEN AND WOMEN SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES FOR
THIS RIGHT TO FREEDOM. AMERICANS LIKE THESE
HAVE KEPT THIS COUNTRY FREE FOR OVER 200
YEARS. ALL THEY ASK IS TO BE WELCOMED HOME
AND TO REMEMBER THEM ALWAYS, FOR THEY
HAVE EARNED THE RESPECT AND ADMIRATION
WITH THEIR BLOOD.
HERE WITH THEIR NAMES INSCRIBED, WE HONOR
OUR NORTHERN MICHIGAN SONS WHO SACRIFICED
THEIR LIVES FOR THE FREEDOM OF ALL MEN. MAY
GOD AND COUNTRY BLESS THOSE WHO SERVED
AND DIED IN VIETNAM.
VIETNAM VETERANS OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN
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Alba
Albert Lee Brown
Alpena
Donald Woloszyk
Edward Paul Austin
Frederick Wosniak
Vincent L. Agnus Jr.
Philip Blaine Emerson
Jack R. Sanborn
Ned Heath
Rodney M. Chapman
Gene P. Fussey
Phillip A. Elliot
Thomas Paul Smith
Boyne City
Norman T. Kerr
Humphery J. Price
Gary J. Faculak
Boyne Falls
Gerrie George Jeffries
Philip Jankowski Jr.
Charlevoix
Leroy H. Charboneau
Robert W. O'Donnell
David Connors
Steven B. LaVigne
Richard L. Blaskowski
East Jordan
William John Taylor III
Donald George Reich
Maurice Peter Kraemer Jr.
Gaylord
Robert Neal. Bradley
Kenneth William Measell
Donald George Respecki
Grayling
James Evart Blaauw
Robert Lawrence Fairbotham
Michael James Hatfield
James Erwin Russ
Carl Wilhelm Borchers
Harbor Springs
George Edward McDonald Jr.
Hawks
Dean Walter Borrousch
Johannesburg
Gary William Boughner
Kalkaska
Frank Leslie Keck
Lewiston
Michael Jonas Pynnonen
Mackinac Island
James Hillary Dankowski
Mancelona
William Dean Bushard
Raymond Lee Wilcox
Onaway
Charles Dane Chapman
Ossineke
Bruce Edward Hahn
Robert Randall Cecil
Pellston
Clarence W. Howard
Petoskey
William Joseph Bodzick
George S. Phenney
Douglas Howard Tanner
Posen
Robert Charles Purgiel
Rogers City
David Kenneth Bruning
Floyd Sanford McCreery
Suttons Bay
William Edward Bader
Tower
John Veihl
Traverse City
Thomas Neil Yagle
Warren W. Cobley
Richard Lee Otte
Melvin Udelson Wangeshik
Douglas Meredith McNabb
John Charles Harrington
James Ivan Jaquish
Michael Patrick McQueer
Gerald Douglas Tomlinson
Ralph Henry Von Der Hoff
Richard Henry De Fer
Joseph D. Greer II
Vanderbilt
John Nelson Cottrell
Christian J. Eckerdt
Albert Lee Brown
Alpena
Donald Woloszyk
Edward Paul Austin
Frederick Wosniak
Vincent L. Agnus Jr.
Philip Blaine Emerson
Jack R. Sanborn
Ned Heath
Rodney M. Chapman
Gene P. Fussey
Phillip A. Elliot
Thomas Paul Smith
Boyne City
Norman T. Kerr
Humphery J. Price
Gary J. Faculak
Boyne Falls
Gerrie George Jeffries
Philip Jankowski Jr.
Charlevoix
Leroy H. Charboneau
Robert W. O'Donnell
David Connors
Steven B. LaVigne
Richard L. Blaskowski
East Jordan
William John Taylor III
Donald George Reich
Maurice Peter Kraemer Jr.
Gaylord
Robert Neal. Bradley
Kenneth William Measell
Donald George Respecki
Grayling
James Evart Blaauw
Robert Lawrence Fairbotham
Michael James Hatfield
James Erwin Russ
Carl Wilhelm Borchers
Harbor Springs
George Edward McDonald Jr.
Hawks
Dean Walter Borrousch
Johannesburg
Gary William Boughner
Kalkaska
Frank Leslie Keck
Lewiston
Michael Jonas Pynnonen
Mackinac Island
James Hillary Dankowski
Mancelona
William Dean Bushard
Raymond Lee Wilcox
Onaway
Charles Dane Chapman
Ossineke
Bruce Edward Hahn
Robert Randall Cecil
Pellston
Clarence W. Howard
Petoskey
William Joseph Bodzick
George S. Phenney
Douglas Howard Tanner
Posen
Robert Charles Purgiel
Rogers City
David Kenneth Bruning
Floyd Sanford McCreery
Suttons Bay
William Edward Bader
Tower
John Veihl
Traverse City
Thomas Neil Yagle
Warren W. Cobley
Richard Lee Otte
Melvin Udelson Wangeshik
Douglas Meredith McNabb
John Charles Harrington
James Ivan Jaquish
Michael Patrick McQueer
Gerald Douglas Tomlinson
Ralph Henry Von Der Hoff
Richard Henry De Fer
Joseph D. Greer II
Vanderbilt
John Nelson Cottrell
Christian J. Eckerdt
Photo Below Left: Doug Tanner while still attending Petoskey High School...
Like so many Vietnam military personnel... Life sacrificed so young.
Doug's name is listed on Petoskey's Vietnam memorial.
Photo Below Right: Doug Tanner in military uniform...
Like so many Vietnam military personnel... Life sacrificed so young.
Doug's name is listed on Petoskey's Vietnam memorial.
Photo Below Right: Doug Tanner in military uniform...
22 May 1967 ~ Petoskey News Review
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Submitted by Renee Tanner
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~ 27 May 2013 Memorial Day ~
27 May 2013, Memorial Day
~ 27 May 2013, Memorial Day ~ VIETNAM veteran Dorr Carpenter of Petoskey MI
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27 May 2013, Memorial Day
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~27 May 2013, Memorial Day ~ Red, white and blue flowers placed by VIETNAM veteran John Ross
18 January 2014
Photo Below: Sadly, after the horrific wind/rain storms in a 24 hour timeframe on 18-19 July 2020 traveling through Petoskey cleanup crews had begun cleanup. The bent pole for the American Flag, and the downed OLD Black Walnut trees, were still to be addressed.
19 July 2020
All Vietnam Memorial Photos Taken By Karla Howard Buckmaster
