Vietnam Memorial in Ely Park, Hartford Michigan

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Ely Park in Hartford, Michigan
The names on this memorial represent the military personnel from Van Buren County Michigan who died during the Vietnam War. We owe them so much for sacrificing their lives for freedom. Following is more information about each soldier.
Name	From	Age at time of loss	Date Tour of Duty Started	Date of casualty	Casualty Type	Military Organization	Rank	School Attended	The Wall Panel
Roger Hearns	Paw Paw	20	3/18/1967	10/13/1967	Hostile, ground casualty other explosive device	Marine Corps - Reg	PFC-E2		27E - Line 101
James Maxam	Paw Paw	21	4/30/1966	7/29/1966	Non-Hostile, ground casualty accidental homicide	Army 25th Infantry Div.	PFC-E3		09E - Line 88
Donald Slater	Paw Paw	20	3/14/1968	5/1/1968	Hostile, ground casualty artillery, rocket or mortar	Army 25th Infantry Div.	PFC-E3		54E - Line 40
David Salinas	Bangor	18	2/4/1968	4/10/1968	Hostile, ground casualty gun, small arms fire	Marine Corps - Reg	PFC-E2	Bangor	51E - Line 2
Charles McClurg (Click on Chuck's name on the monument above to visit the Hartford Military site.)	Bangor	18	8/11/1967	12/25/1967	Hostile, died while missing. Ground casualty misadventure	Army 4th Infantry Div.	PFC-E3	Hartford	32E - Line 58
James Sowa	Decatur	21	8/27/1968	10/12/1969	Non-hostile, helicopter non-crew air loss, crash on land	Army 1st Cav Div (AMBL)	PFC-E3		41W - Line 54
Ronald Vliek (Click on Ron's name on the monument above to visit the Hartford Military site.)	Decatur	21	12/19/1968	9/5/1969	Hostile, died of wounds ground casualty other causes	Army 1st Cav Div (AMBL)	Sgt-E5	Hartford	18W - Line 44
Clarence Gipson	Decatur	21	7/18/1966	4/3/1967	Hostile died of wounds ground casualty gun, small arms fire	Army 25th Infantry Div.	Sp4-E4		17E - Line 95
Gregory Webb (Click on Gregory's name on the monument above to visit the Hartford Military site.)	Covert	19		7/29/1967	Non-hostile died missing sea casualty other causes	Navy - Regular	AA-E2		24E - Line 48
Dave Brant	Mattawan	27	8/16/1968	10/14/1968	Hostile, helicopter - pilot air loss, crash on land	Army Reserve	1LT-02		41W - Line 62
Robert Mueller	South Haven	20		9/21/1967	Hostile, ground casualty artillery, rocket, or mortar	Marine Corps - Reg	PFC-E2	South Haven High School	26E - Line 105
Fred Nelson II	South Haven	20	7/31/1969	11/1/1969	Non-hostile, helicopter-crew air loss, crash on land	Marine Corps - Reg	LCPL-E3	South Haven High School	16W - Line 14
Richard Schnake	South Haven	22	6/7/1968	5/14/1969	Hostile, ground casualty multiple fragmentation wounds	Army - Reserve	1LT-02	South Haven High School	24W - Line 99
Kenneth Quan	Lawton	20	3/6/1968	5/6/1968	Hostile, ground casualty multiple fragmentation wounds	Army 101st Airborne Div	PFC-E3		56E - Line 15
Jerald West	Bloomingdale	23	7/18/1969	1/31/1970	Hostile Helicopter-crew air loss, rash on land	Army 25th Infantry Div	Sgt-E5		14W - Line 87
Ronald Sweetland	Bloomingdale	20	9/2/1971	11/28/1971	Non-hostile, died missing Helicopter-noncrew air loss, crash on land	Army 101st Airborne Div	Sp4-E4		02W - Line 79
George Burrell	Lawrence	20	9/17/1967	12/20/1968	Non-hostile ground casualty other accident	Marine Corps - Reg	Sgt-E5	Lawrence	36W - Line 48
Bobby Baker	Grand Junction	20	4/25/1968	9/13/1969	Hostile, ground casualty died of wounds vehicle crash	Marine Corps - Reg	LCPL-E3		18W - LIne 77
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