Dog Tag of Harley Harless to be returned to
daughter at the Vietnam Wall in Washington DC over Memorial
Day Weekend....click
here for more info
Vietnam veteran, Arthur Melgosa, to have his
dog tag returned in California..... details to
follow
Remains of
1950s POW to be buried
The remains of a
Philadelphia soldier declared missing in action during
the Korean War have been identified and will be buried
this week, the Defense Department said Monday.
Army Pfc. George A. Porter, 21, was taken prisoner Feb.
11, 1951, during the battle of Hoengsong, said the
Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office.
Porter, of Battery B, 15th Field Artillery Battalion,
was unaccounted for until the 1990s, when North Korea
gave the United
States more than 200 boxes of remains from the
war....read
more
FUNERAL of Korean
POW/MIA Pfc Porter, remains returned 60 years later...
Dog Tag to be returned to Vietnam
Veteran, Ludwig Aske, in Belguim
Ludwig Aske, is an Army veteran, who lost one of his
dog tags in Vietnam. Aske has spent most of his
years after Vietnam abroad and works for the American Battle
Monuments Commission - Henri-Capri Memorial Cemetery in Belguim.....read
more
Fellow Marine Tanker returns
brothers dog tag, 45 years later
Palatka, Florida -
Vietnam Marine Tanker Veteran, Ron Colucci, and his wife
Carol Colucci, left New Jersey on a flight bound for Florida
last Friday - on a mission - to return Colucci's Tanker
brother, Jack Hahn's dog tag....read
more
REMAINS OF NJ POW/MIA VIETNAM IDENTIFIED
On November 15th,DPMO added one name to
the list of accounted-for US personnel: First
Lieutenant Robert E. Bennett, III, USAF, from New
Jersey. 1LT Bennett was listed as KIA/BNR in
South Vietnam on December 13,1967. His remains
were recovered April 13, 2010 and identified
November 15,2011. MORE INFO TO FOLLOW....
UPCOMING EVENTS
March 18th,
2012 - POW/MIA CANDLELIGHT SERVICE 2PM
At Glassboro VFW
April 28th -POW/MIA
CANDLELIGHT SERVICE 2PM At
American Legion, Wildwood, NJ
May 2011 -
DOG TAG RETURN TO JOHN CRAZY BEAR
June 13,
2012 - POW/MIA CANDLELIGHT SERVICE
7PM at Wildwood Convention Center (VFW
Convention)
Vietnam Marines dog tag returned
to son
John Early Leavister, a Marine, served
his country in Vietnam - leaving behind a piece of his history behind -
his dog tag.
Last week, his son, John, got a
surprising friend request on Facebook - a woman claiming to have his
fathers dog tag. His father had passed away in 1996, at the age of 51....read
more
Lt General USMC William
Van RyZin's Dog Tag Returned to Son, Retired Col Peter Van RyZin
Lt.
General USMC William John Van Ryzin was born April 20, 1914 and
died, at the age of 88, on July 1, 2002 in Washington, DC.
On October 22,
2011, 9 years after his death, his son, retired Col Peter Van RyZin
was presented with his fathers dog tag by the POW/MIA Awareness
Committee of NJ....read
more
Vietnam Dog
Tag Returned to Widow and Son of Arleigh Felch
KOHLER, Wis. --A Wisconsin Marine made
his final trip home from the Vietnam War on Friday. Fellow
veterans delivered his dog tags to his family in Kohler.
Marine Sgt. Arleigh Felch, of Sheboygan County, died 44
years ago from a bullet wound suffered on a battlefield in
Vietnam.
At noon Friday, Felch's dog tags finally made it into the
hands of the son he never met. Richie Felch was 6 months old
when his dad died.
"Well, I guess never knowing him, whatever I can get of his
stuff I'd like to have," Richie Felch said.
Nancy Felch received a part of her husband lost until now.
They had been married two years....read
full story
NJ POW/MIA
MOVIE....
VIETNAM
MIA REMAINS RETURNED AFTER 43 YEARS.
United
States Air Force First Lieutenant, Bruce Edward Lawrence, a native
of Phillipsburg, New Jersey, was 25 years of age when he died, in
the early hours of July 5, 1968, after his F-4C Phantom II aircraft
was shot down by enemy ground fire during an armed reconnaissance
mission, approximately twenty three miles southwest of Dong Hoi,
North Vietnam. He was classified as MIA until 1978, when he
classified as KIA. After 43 years, his remains have been found,
positively identified and will be returning to his home town of
Phillipsburg, where services are planned to honor his life and his
service to his community and his country. Click here
for
details of Funeral and Escort.
