from The National Chaplain
BY REV. PHIL SALOIS, M.S.
Elias T. Alderete died July 26,
2007, in Las Cruces, Texas, of cancer. He served in the U.S.
Air Force in the Korean and Vietnam Wars. He was a life member
of Vietnam Veterans of America-Las Cruces Chapter 431.
Truman
Burton Christopher, 61, died November 27, 2007, in Hixson,
Tennessee, of lung cancer. He served in the U.S. Air Force
with a tour of duty in Vietnam in 1965. He was a life member
of Vietnam Veterans of America-Chattanooga Chapter 203.
Clarence
W. Connolly, 71, died October 10, 2007, in Townshend, Vermont,
of cancer. He served in the U.S. Army National Guard from
1957-77 with service in the Vietnam War. He was a member
of Vietnam Veterans of America-Brattleboro Chapter 843.
Ray
Dean Cunning, 61, died August 31, 2007, in Salt Lake City,
Utah, following a highway accident. He served in the U.S.
Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. He was a member of Vietnam
Veterans of America-Pocatello Chapter 901.
James Finch died
December 14, 2007, in Orlando, Florida. He was a veteran
of the Vietnam War and a life member of Vietnam Veterans
of America-Irvine (California) Chapter 785.
Augustine Fridedel died in December 2007 in Oxford, New York. He was a veteran
of the Vietnam War and a permanently hospitalized member
of Vietnam Veterans of America-Owego Chapter 480.
Jerry Stephen
Helfer, 67, died November 24, 2007, in Elizabethton, Tennessee,
of cancer. He served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam
War. Helfer was a member of Vietnam Veterans of America-Elizabethton
Chapter 824.
Edwin Horton, 57, died in December 2007 in Oxford,
New York. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War and a permanently
hospitalized veteran member of Vietnam Veterans of America-Owego
Chapter 480.
William E. Kimball, Jr., 55, died December 1,
2007, in Syracuse, New York. He served in the U.S. Navy with
a tour of duty in Vietnam. He was a member of Vietnam Veterans
of America-Liverpool Chapter 103.
Harold Lepri died December
12, 2007, in Oxford, Connecticut. He was a veteran of the
Vietnam War and a member of Vietnam Veterans of America-Milford
Chapter 251.
Edmund E. Miller, 57, died November 14, 2007,
in East Aurora, New York, of heart failure. He served in
the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. Miller was a member
of Vietnam Veterans of America-Tonawanda Chapter 77.
Alex
Molina, 66, died in December 2007 in Oxford, New York. He
was a veteran of the Vietnam War and a permanently hospitalized
member of Vietnam Veterans of America-Owego Chapter 480.
Eloy
Pagan, Jr., 64, died August 11, 2007, in Middletown, New
York. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War and a member of
Vietnam Veterans of America-New Hampton Chapter 140.
William
Richard Peikert, 61, died November 28, 2007. He was a veteran
of the Vietnam War and a life member of Vietnam Veterans
of America-Victoria Chapter 898.
Peter J. Reibel, 62, died
November 24, 2007, in North Tonawanda, New York. He served
in the U.S. Army with a tour of duty in Vietnam. He was a
member of Vietnam Veterans of America-Tonawanda Chapter 77.
Robert
Seifried died September 20, 2007, in Montro Township, New
Jersey. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War and a member
of Vietnam Veterans of America-Bayonne Chapter 151.
Myron
J. Smothers, 72, died December 3, 2007, in Schnecksville,
Pennsylvania, of heart disease and cancer. He served in the
U.S. Army and retired at the rank of Sergeant First Class
with one tour of duty in Korea on Pork Chop Hill and three
tours of duty during the Vietnam War. Smothers was a member
of Vietnam Veterans of America-Easton Chapter 415.
Thomas
Stiles died in December 2007 in Oxford, New York. He was
a veteran of the Vietnam War and a permanently hospitalized
member in Vietnam Veterans of America-Owego Chapter 480.
John
Turner, 66, died in December 2007 in Oxford, New York. He
was a veteran of the Vietnam War and a permanently hospitalized
member of Vietnam Veterans of America-Owego Chapter 480.
Enrique
Urquizo, 62, died November 5, 2007, in El Paso, Texas. He
served in the U.S. Army with service in Vietnam with the
173rd Airborne Brigade and the 101st Airborne Division. He
was awarded the Bronze Star. He was a member of Vietnam Veterans
of America-El Paso Chapter 574.
Claude W. Walker died October
30, 2007, in Toms River, New Jersey. He was a veteran of
the Vietnam War and a member of Vietnam Veterans of America-Brick
Chapter 200.
Donald Waller died in December 2007 in Oxford,
New York. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War and a permanently
hospitalized member of Vietnam Veterans of America-Owego
Chapter 480.
Emmett S. Wilkerson, Jr., 62, died June 16, 2007,
in Barboursville, Virginia. He was a veteran of the Vietnam
War and a member of Vietnam Veterans of America-Rixeyville
Chapter 752.
Robert A. Young, 62, died January 14 in Maywood,
New Jersey. He served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam
War. Young was a member of Vietnam Veterans of America East
Rutherford Chapter 800.
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