"I thank God every day that I made it back home from Vietnam. I was there in 1967, ’68 and ’69 and to me it is a miracle that I am here living now. I was in the infantry
Earl Bailey
“I was married in December and drafted in February in 1969. My whole world changed. “I was a little kid from the farm who was forced to go. I was so afraid that I
Rudy Baker
Col. Rudy Baker, a Selma High graduate, served two 12-month tours in Vietnam and had served in Korea before that. He went to Vietnam for the first time in 1965 and was a
Danny Batten
“I was in Vietnam in 1970 and 1971. I spent most of my time in the Quang Ngai Province near a little village called Moduc. I carried an experimental grenade launcher
Rick Brown
“We had landed in a small village to drop off and wait for a military officer. The kids were curious, and I encouraged them to come out. I enjoyed seeing them and did my
Freddy Buffaloe
“After arriving in Vietnam, a Captain approached me and said I was qualified to be a pilot and could be trained in in two weeks to fly a helicopter.” “I told him I was
Jimmy Bumgarner
Jimmy Bumgarner graduated from Garner High in 1962 and was drafted into the U.S. Army. He was stationed in Vietnam from 1967 through 1968. He was with the 52nd artillery
Spence Cardwell
“I have no explanation for what happened to me in Vietnam, except for divine intervention. “I was working with indigenous people, none of whom could speak English. …
Chad Chandler
“I volunteered for the US Navy in June,1968 and served six years until June, 1974. After basic training and specialized training as a sonar technician, I was assigned to
Dewey Chrisco
Corporal Dewey (Buddy) Chrisco was in Vietnam during the TET Offensive. The Greensboro native was diagnosed with tongue cancer in July 2018 and died a year later. He was
Bill Cramer Jr.
“One evening while our patrol was scouting an area, we could hear something in the underbrush. We carefully eased up to see if the Viet Cong was hiding. To our surprise,
William Crumpler
This picture was taken after Crumpler left the hospital, possibly at Fort Gordon. He was wounded in the knee in Vietnam and had to be evacuated to the states. The wound
Tom Daniel
“I had guard duty in the Red Zone and my orders were to kill anything that came in. It was at the start of Tet and we were extra diligent. “Around 6:30, I saw a woman
Leon Davis
Leon Douglas Davis grew up on Sunnybrook Road and graduated from Garner High in 1967. He was wounded while in Vietnam and had back pain from a piece of shrapnel that
Thomas Davis
Killed In Action - 13 January 1969 in Quang Ngai, Vietnam His name can be found on the wall on Panel 25W, Row 103 Thomas Warren Davis was with the 92nd Artillery
Robert Dawson
Killed In Action - 18 June, 1970 in Quang Tin, Vietnam His name can be found on the wall on Panel 9W, Row 63 Robert Clark Dawson was a graduate of South Johnston High
Johnny Deans
“I left school in the seventh grade because I had a speech impediment, but that was no impediment in getting in the Army. I finished high school while I was in the
Bob Deese
“It’s been over 50 years and I am still fighting the Vietnam War. I was squad leader of a diverse group of younger men. For over a year we trained together playing war
Lucien Demers
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Richard Embrey
“I almost got to meet John Wayne when he came to Vietnam before filming “The Green Berets.” He was scheduled to come to our Green Beret camp … but they, whoever they
Phil Fleming
Killed In Action - March 24, 1969, Kon Tum Province His name can be found on the wall on Panel 28W, Row 25 Phil Fleming was a member of the 101st Airborne Division.
Samuel Grimes
Samuel Grimes was an infantryman and was on a fire support mortar squad in Vietnam in November 1968 through November 1969. He is in poor health now and is in the advanced
Glen Gullie
“I graduated from Garner High in June of 1966 and was drafted into the U.S. Army the following October. I spent my first year at Fort Riley, Kansas, which was like a
Charles “Ed” Hicks
Ed Hicks was drafted soon after graduating from Garner High School. He went to Vietnam soon after basic training and was wounded in the hand. He received a Purple Heart.
Chalmers Hinnant, Jr.
Chalmers Hinnant, Jr., was a 1965 graduate of Garner Consolidated High School and landed in Vietnam in 1968. He soon began to display symptoms of post trauma stress and
Burlon Honeycutt
Killed In Action - 14 March 1967 in Gia Dinh, Vietnam His name can be found on the wall on Panel 16E, Row 79 SP4 Burlon T. Honeycutt was from Clayton and enlisted in
David Hunter
David Hunter, a native of Clemson, S.C., was in Vietnam when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. He saw the message when it came in and carried it to the
Doug Jackson
“I was in Vietnam from 1968 through 1970 and received the Army Commendation Medal. It was a life-changing experience serving in Vietnam for a year.”
Chris Jennings
SP5 Chris Jennings served in Vietnam from October 1967 into 1969. He was stationed in Natrang and was chief of civilian pay. He paid 29 Vietnamese people every two weeks.
Ed Ketron
“My brother and I both served in Vietnam. My brother was drafted in 1964. Most of his fellow soldiers voted for LBJ because he promised to keep us out of war. HIs unit
Johnny Lassiter
Johnny Lassiter was a Garner High graduate who grew up in the Panther Branch community. He played for the Garner Rams high school football team and loved to hunt and
Glen Marcom
“The military police had a vast assignment of duties in Vietnam. We escorted supply convoys to get badly needed supplies to the guys in the forward base camps and as an
Frederick Martin
Killed Feb. 29, 1968 in Gia Dinh. His name is found on on Panel 42E, Line 7 of The Wall. PFC Frederick L. Martin was a state high school long jump at the all-Black
Marshall Matthews
“I was on guard duty in Pleiku one night when it was so dark, I couldn’t see my hands in front of my face. The only things I could see well were the tracer bullets in the
Arthur McAllister
“I was trained as a helicopter mechanic, but when I got to Vietnam they needed people to be gunners because so many helicopters were being shot down. It was 100 degrees
Henry McArthur
Killed In Action - 14 March 1969 in Quang Ngai, Vietnam His name can be found on the wall on Panel 24W, Row 112 U.S. Army Corporal Henry Lee McArthur lived in
Larry McLaughlin
Killed In Action - 4 January 1968 in Hua Nghia, Vietnam His name can be found on the wall on Panel 33E, Row 37 Larry McLaughlin was raised near Carolina Pines Baptist
Dwane Mitchiner
“I entered the Army in 1969 and served on active duty for 22 years, retiring in 1990. I volunteered for Vietnam near the end of the war after most American combat units
Mel Perry
“I grew up in Vietnam. OCS (Officer Candidate School) and Vietnam took a young man whose father had a first-grade education and whose mother was mentally ill and who
Robert T. Quillen
“I arrived in Vietnam in July 1969 and I was assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division located at Phuoc Vinh located north of Saigon. Upon arrival at my assigned unit, 11th
Richard Ripley
“On 19 August 1969, I was flying in my helicopter on a command and control mission over a rifle company that was engaged under heavy fire I in the dense jungle in
Alex Skolny
Specialist 4th Class Alex Skolny (second solider from the left) somewhere in the jungle of Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam on a reconnaissance mission around July
Sammy Stephenson
1SGT Sammy B. Stephenson was a Clayton High graduate and served two tours in Vietnam during 1966 through 1968. He was a member of the special forces. He was exposed often
Sheffield Stroud
Killed in Action - 17 June 1968 in Lam Dong, Vietnam His name can be found on the wall on Panel 56W, Row 15 Sheffield Stroud was a Clayton Cooper High graduate, but
Stephen Thomas
Killed In Action - November 22, 1969 in Quang Ngai, Vietnam His name can be found on The Wall on Panel 30E, Row 67 Stephen Thomas, who lived near the intersection of
Dana Wall
“I didn’t have any misgivings about going to Vietnam even though my brother Donald had been killed there. I knew it was a place where you always had to be alert and not
Donald Wall
Killed In Action - 6 April, 1968, Quang Tri, Vietnam His name can be found on The Wall on Panel 48E, Row 36. Donald Lee Wall was a career soldier in the U.S. Army who
Tony Warren
“I was a medic who was attached to the 1/16th infantry rangers. We were assigned many search and destroy and road clearing missions. We were on patrol on one of these
Vincent Webb
Vince Webb helped set up refueling stations for helicopters at FSB Suoi Da and FSB Katum before being transferred to Dau Tieng. He hauled fuel between Dau Tieng and Long
Jesse West
Killed In Action - 11 March 1970 in Lam Dong, Vietnam His name can be found on the wall on Panel 12W, Row 23 U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Jesse L. West was from
Floyd Wiggins
“Very few people know the sacrifices that were made by our men and women in Vietnam.”
Clarence Williams
“It sounds strange, but when I think of Vietnam, I think of how beautiful the country is. I was in the 82nd, but my primary job was to work with the South Vietnamese
Johnny Williams
Missing in Action - 9 January 1968 in Hiep Duc Valley, Vietnam His name can be found on the wall on Panel 34E, Row 12. Johnny Williams was a US Army Private First
Ronnie Williams
“I was drafted in February of 1968 and arrived in Vietnam in April. I was a mechanic and we worked on just about anything, especially planes. We were shelled
Paul Woods
Paul Houston Woods joined the U.S. Army right out of Whiteville High School and served 20 years. He was in Korea and Vietnam. He was awarded many medals and honors