Schuylkill Haven in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Schuylkill County Vietnam Veterans Memorial
The Last Patrol
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Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 13, 2023
1. Schuylkill County Vietnam Veterans Memorial
who died in Southeast Asia
Donald J. Seaman David C. Ney Stephen C. Brisuda Kenneth C. Bolich
Gust Callivas Dale E. Umbenhauer Michael C. Reed David L. Verbilla
Dennis E. Hoffman Howard A. Donald Frederick W. Schaeffer
John J. McMonegal Jr. Reese A. Jones Merlin C. Hollenbach
Leonard R. Demko William D. Eltringham Thomas J. Margle
George J. Schultz John A. Oscelus Michael J. Kaplafka
Harold J. Kissinger Dennis E. Witkowski Edward L. Daubert
William D. Frantz Francis P. Baldino David F. Heiser Paul J. Mitchell
Ronald P. Yuhas Richard D. Roberts William R. McNelly
Joseph M. Hashin Jr. Paul F. Kostick Thomas P. McKerns
Norman L. Nesterak James G. Anderson Lawrence E. Scheib Jr.
John J. Farnsworth Jr. Gary G. Geiger
MIA of Schuylkill County
Henry A. Tipping
[Timeline of U.S. Involvement]
1950 President Truman provides U.S. aid to the French military in Indochina · 35 American advisers sent to Vietnam.
1954 Geneva Conference on Indochina. President Eisenhower pledges aid to South Vietnam.
1961 President Kennedy
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1964 American and North Vietnamese naval forces clash in the Gulf of Tonkin. Congress grants authority to President Johnson "to take all necessary steps to repel armed attacks against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression against the United States.
1965 U.S. initiates bombing of North Vietnam.
1968 Tet Offensive.
1969 Paris Peace Talks begin in earnest. President Nixon calls for the "Vietnamization" of the war. Orders staged withdrawal of American troops.
1970 U.S. troops enter Cambodia to destroy North Vietnamese supply bases.
1971 Secret peace negotiations with North Vietnam begun by presidential adviser Henry Kissinger.
1972 Last U.S. combat troops leave South Vietnam. Christmas bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong.
1973 Truce Agreement signed in Paris, Cease-Fire in Vietnam. Last U.S. military personnel leave South Vietnam. U.S. Prisoners of War are released.
1975 Fall of Saigon. Evacuation of American Embassy.
South Vietnam · United States · South Korea · Australia
New Zealand · Thailand · Philippines
The Communists
North
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 13, 2023
2. Schuylkill County Vietnam Veterans Memorial (back)
Casualties Killed · Wounded
U.S. Military 58,148 · 303,635
South Vietnam Military 254,257 · NA
Other Allied Forces 5,225 · NA
The Schuylkill Commitment
Those Who Served 5,240 · Missing in Action 1 · Killed 38
The American Commitment
Americans Who Served 8,744,000 · Americans Declared Missing 2,583
Still Missing 2,134 · Americans Awarded the Medal of Honor 239
If blood enriches the soil, then the ground
of Vietnam must be very fertile indeed
I did come home in the hearts and the minds of the living.
Every man and woman that came back brought a part of me
I have talked to you with their voices
and loved you with their hearts.
Do not be scared, for I am always with you.
I will always be there in the still of the night.
Be still, listen, you will hear my voice.
R.C. Ewald
Dedicated May 10, 1997
Erected 1997 by Concerned Citizens and Organizations.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, Vietnam.
Location. 40° 38.372′ N, 76° 10.069′ W.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 13, 2023
3. Schuylkill County Vietnam Veterans Memorial Marker
Regionally, this memorial is in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Coal Region. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Dick Horning Memorial Field (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Sun (approx. 0.3 miles away); Venus (approx. 0.3 miles away); Earth (approx. 0.3 miles away); Mars (approx. 0.3 miles away); Electric Light Plant (approx. 0.4 miles away); Pennsylvania Railroad Station (approx. 0.4 miles away); Schuylkill Haven High School (approx. 0.4
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 13, 2023
4. Schuylkill County Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 13, 2023
5. Schuylkill County Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., September 13, 2023
6. Schuylkill County Vietnam Veterans Memorial Sponsors Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on September 20, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 20, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 641 times since then and 103 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on September 20, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
