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Schuylkill County Vietnam Veterans Memorial

The Last Patrol

— All Gave Some • Some Gave All —

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1. Schuylkill County Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Inscription.

Schuylkill County Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The Last Patrol. In memory of those from Schuylkill County 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 increases the number of American military advisers to South Vietnam. 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., The Allies South Vietnam · United States · South Korea · Australia New Zealand · Thailand · Philippines, The Communists North Vietnam · National Liberation Front / Vietcong, 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.

In memory of those from Schuylkill County
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 increases the number of American military advisers to South Vietnam.
1964

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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.

The Allies
South Vietnam · United States · South Korea · Australia
New Zealand · Thailand · Philippines

The Communists
North Vietnam · National Liberation Front / Vietcong

Casualties Killed · Wounded
U.S. Military 58,148 · 303,635
South Vietnam Military 254,257 · NA
Other

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2. Schuylkill County Vietnam Veterans Memorial (back)

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
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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
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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. Marker is in Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania, in Schuylkill County. Memorial is on Pennsylvania Route 61/443, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 110 PA Rt 61/443, Schuylkill Haven PA 17972, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other

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3. Schuylkill County Vietnam Veterans Memorial Marker

markers are within walking distance of this marker. Electric Light Plant (approx. 0.4 miles away); Pennsylvania Railroad Station (approx. 0.4 miles away); Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church Labyrinth (approx. half a mile away); East Main Street (approx. 0.6 miles away); The First National Bank and Trust Company of Schuylkill Haven (approx. ¾ mile away); Hotel Grand (approx. ¾ mile away); Downtown Schuylkill Haven (approx. 0.8 miles away); Reading Railroad Station (approx. 0.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Schuylkill Haven.

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4. Schuylkill County Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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5. Schuylkill County Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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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 Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 106 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on September 20, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.