La Porte in LaPorte County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
La Porte Viet Nam Memorial
(Panel 1)
Dedicated to Viet Nam Veterans
We gave our full measure of devotion
Veterans helping veterans
(Panel 2)
Together We Can
Viet Nam Veterans
Chapter Three
LaPorte Co. Indiana
"Honor to those who served and to their loved ones."
(Panel 3)
LaPorte Co. Men Killed in Vietnam
SSGT Donald J. Trampski † • SGT Donald E. Harper Jr • SP4 Robert J. Dorshak • SP4 Calvin H. Bigger • PFC Lawrence C. Free • SGT Robert E. Birkholtz • MAJ Daniel M. Martz Jr • MSGT Charles W. Lindwald † • SGT Francis W. Harter • PFC Michael E. Kelly • SP4 Lawrence E. Lundgren • PFC James Michalski • HM3 Donald R. McIntosh • SP4 Allan J. Moore • AMHI Henry H. Measley Jr • SGT Roger W. Pedue • CPL Johnny W. Thompson • PFC Earl C. Wilson • SP4 Philip P. Tomaszewski • PFC David R. Porter • SP5 Larry L. Weeden • SP4 Ronald G. Pahl • SP4 Jerry L. Peterson • PFC Kenneth L. Scott • SP5 Glenn A. Westphal • SGT Ralph E. Roach • LCPL Lawrence J. Putz Jr • PFC Gregory A. Tuholski • PFC John D. Retseck Jr • SP4 James M. Withee • CPL Edison A. Harkins III • 1LT Thomas R. Keppen • PFC Freddy Ray Gore • PFC Gary A. Clifford • PFC Daniel D. Bruce ★ • CPL Donnie Ray Harley • CPL Lynn Leroy Smith
★ Medal of Honor
† MIA
(Tablets Below Panel 3)
Master Sergeant Charles Lindewald
Missing February 6, 1968 Returned April 29, 2005
Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Inc.
Missing in Action
Charles W. Lindewald Jr. MSGT US Army
Donald J. Trampski SSGT US Army
Remember Them Always
30 Years of Brotherhood
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Vietnam.
Location. 41° 37.136′ N, 86° 44.165′ W. Marker is in La Porte, Indiana, in LaPorte County. Memorial can be reached from the intersection of Lake Shore Drive and Pine Lake Avenue (U.S. 35), on the left when traveling west. Marker is located at the eastern end of Soldiers Memorial Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: La Porte IN 46350, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. La Porte County Afghanistan–Iraq–Kuwait Memorial (here, next to this marker); Operation Desert Storm Memorial (here, next to this marker); La Porte Korean War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); La Porte World War II Memorial (1991) (within shouting distance of this marker); La Porte World War II Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Memorial Forest Planting (within shouting distance of this marker); Indiana Territory Boundary Line (approx. ¼ mile away); Indian Boundary Line (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in La Porte.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on October 22, 2014, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. This page has been viewed 550 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. submitted on October 22, 2014, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas.