Massillon in Stark County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Stark County Vietnam Veterans Memorial

To Those Who Served In Valor

Photographed by Craig Doda, March 29, 2025

1. Stark County Vietnam Veterans Memorial Marker

Inscription.

Stark County Vietnam Veterans Memorial. To Those Who Served In Valor. In honor of the men and women of Stark County, who gave their lives or remain missing in Vietnam 1959 - 1975. , William J Adams Sp5 Ar 6 Jan 68 Canton . Ward Anthony Cpl Mc 17 Apr 68 Canton . Robert A Ater Pfc Ar 17 Aug 70 Canton . Charles J Bair Sp6 Ar 29 Jan 66 Massillon . Marvin D Banar Lcpl Mc 2 Dec 67 Canton . ★Edward E Beck Jr Gsgt Mc 9 Aug 69 North Canton . Timothy O Berry Lcpl Mc 11 Jan 67 Massillon . Robert E Bethune Sp4 Ar 12 Jan 67 Massillon . Dwain L Bibey Pfc Mc 7 Feb 69 East Sparta . William H Boroner Ltc 16 Feb 66 Canton . Robert L Borger Pfc Mc 22 Nov 66 North Canton . David L Brooks Jr Pfc Ar 24 May 72 East Canton . David A Bryan Pfc Ar 24 Nov 70 North Canton . Clayton H Byers Jr Lcpl Mc 24 May 67 Canton . James C Carman Pfc Ar 1 Feb 70 Alliance . Clifford Carpenter Pfc Ar 20 Jul 66 Hartville . Russell B Carson Sgt Ar 8 Jul 69 Greentown . James P Coats Sgt Ar 25 Jan 66 Canton . Ray E Coln Sp4 Ar 30 Oct 67 North Canton . Dennis A Combs Sp5 Ar 16 Jun 67 Canton . Timothy R Cox Lcpl Mc 13 Mar 67 Canton . William F Coyne Lcpl Mc 11 Jan 67 Massillon . Thomas O Culp Capt Ar 11 Sep 67 Canal Fulton . Larry L Dean Ssgt Af 8 Jan 67 Alliance . Rome E Dimmerling Pfc Ar 20 Apr 68 Louisville . William L Douglas Jr Cpl Mc 15 Jul 66 Canal Fulton . Clifford E Oraher Cpl Ar 19 Dec 69 Minerva . James C Du Pont 1lt Ar 18 Sep 70 North Canton . Charles W Emmert Sp4 Ar 18 Jun 69 Navarre . Walter L Ensign Jr Pfc Mc 18 May 68 North Canton . Dennis W Eye Mr3 Na 2 Jan 67 Alliance . Alvis R Faverty Jr Wo Ar 18 Aug 68 Alliance . Paul J Francis 1lt Ar 28 Mar 70 Canton . David L French Sp4 Ar Jan 68 Canton . Richard E Fuchs Lcpl Mc 11 Jan 67 Massillon . George K Galloway Jr Sgt Ar 17 Nov 68 Canton . Karl R Gantz A1c Af 1 Mar 71 Louisville . Ronald M Garrison Pfc Ar 21 Jan 71 Canton . Albert T Glanton Pfc Ar 13 Mar 69 Canton . Michael S Gozdan 2lt Mc 6 Oct 67 Canal Fulton . Ronald K Gray Lcpc Mc 25 Jun 66 Canton . Billy J Greavo Sgt Ar 10 Mar 70 Canton . Joe W Greene Pfc Mc 6 Feb 68 Canton . Roland J Grunder Sp4 Ar 24 Nov 67 Louisville . Ronald V Hacker Sgt Ar 3 Apr 69 Massillon . Paul A Haines Lcpl Mc 2 Apr 66 Canton . Mark E Hambleton Ssgt Ar 19 Sep 70 Canton . Samuel G Harris Pfc Ar 21 Jul 66 Canton . James P Heim Sp4 Ar 23 Apr 69 Alliance, Theodore E Heinselman Sp4 Ar 26 Mar 69 Canton . David Whendle Ssgt Ar 16 May 68 Massillon . Forest G Highland Jr Cpl Mc 26 Jun 70 Massillon . Lamont O Hill Pfc Mc 6 Mar 67 Massillon . David L Hilton Sp4 Ar 24 Nov 67 Canton . David E Hoffert Sp4 Ar 17 Nov 68 Uniontown . Frank P Hudak Pfc Ar 25 Aug 66 Canton . Frank C Huff Msgt Ar 9 Mar 67 Canton . Ralph E Hunt Jr 1lt Mc 7 Jun 68 Alliance . Kenneth E Iser Pvt Mc 1 May 68 Canton . Thomas E Johnson Cwo Ar 3 Oct 68 Canton . Robert P Kettering 1lt Ar 2 Apr 70 Canton . Warren O Knepper Jr Sgt Ar 24 Jun 66 Canton . William E Knox Sp4 Ar 24 May 68 Canton . Charles E Kuhn Jr Pfc Mc 23 Jun 69 North Canton . Ervin L Laird Sp4 Ar 1 Feb 67 Hartville . Sharon A Lane 1lt Ar 8 Jun 69 Canton . Denny R Lappin Ssgt Ar 12 Aug 69 Canton . Robert Flaubacher Cpl Ar 14 May 69 Minerva . Oscar R Layporte Cpl Ar 30 Oct 70 Canton . David A Le Beau Pfc Mc 8 Sep 67 Canton . Joseph M Light Lcpl Mc 16 Sep 66 Alliance . James E Lightfoot E01 Na 8 Sep 67 Canton . Ralph H Livesay Pfc Mc 15 Apr 66 Canton . Jarvis C Lowder Sgt Ar 23 Jul 66 Hartville . Paul R Maddox Sgt Ar 23 Dec 67 Massillon . William G Main Jr Sp4 Ar 28 Jul 66 Alliance . ★Thomas A Mangino Ssgt Ar 21 Apr 67 Alliance . William R Masters Sp4 Ar 27 Sep 66 Canton . Charles D Matter Sgt Ar 25 Jul 67 Canton . Donald H Meek Sp5 Ar 16 Sep 65 Canton . Robert B Michalk Sp4 Ar 7 Jan 71 Alliance . Joseph J Milano Gmg3 Na 24 Aug 69 Canton . Victor R Miller 1lt Ar 6 Apr 68 Beach City . Robert L Mingle Sgt Ar 18 Jun 69 Massillon . Thomas A Mitchell Pfc Ar 21 Sep 68 Louisville . Thomas R Murphy 1lt Ar 6 Nov 66 Canton . Harvey R McConaughead Jr Pfc Ar 26 Dec 69 Canton . Thomas M McDonald Wo Ar 5 May 70 Brewster . John H Najmola Sp4 Ar 21 May 71 Canton . William L Nulph Jr Sp4 Ar 12 Nov 67 Massillon . Ronald L Pearl Sgt Ar 15 Mar 69 Minerva . Fred O Penland Pfc Ar 25 Aug 68 East Sparta . ★Mark A Peterson Capt Af 27 Jan 73 North Canton . Carl D Pipher Sp4 Ar 28 Jan 69 Canton . Ronalo L Poland Sgt Ar 5 Sep 70 Canton . William H Prather Sgt Ar 12 Sep 68 Hartville . Dennis A Price Pfc Ar 12 Aug 68 Minerva . Juris Puduls Sp4 Ar 24 Jun 66 Canton, Samuel V Ramsey Jr Lcpl Mc 29 Mar 69 Canton . Vernon R Riley Sp4 Ar 28 Apr 70 Massillon . Larry L Rogers Sp4 Ar 27 Apr 71 Magnolia . Clyde D Root Pfc Ar 20 Feb 70 Canton . Robert B Roshon Cpl Ar 28 May 70 Canton . James A Ross Sfc Ar 1 Nov 69 Canton . Leonard Jschoeppner Lt Na 9 Mar 70 Canton . Michael J Shehl Pfc Ar 13 Jul 67 North Canton . Frank R Sills Pfc Mc 23 Feb 67 Canton . Erwin B Sins Pfc Ar 2 Mar 68 Uniontown . Michael E Singer Pfc Mc 7 Jul 68 Canton . John R Sinnock Sgt Ar 30 May 68 Massillon . David E Skala Pfc Ar 18 Feb 70 Canton . John D Smith Lcpl Mc 4 Jun 66 Louisville . Johnny L Smith Sp4 Ar 15 Apr 69 Canton . Robert D Snyder Sp4 Ar 28 Jun 67 Canton . Joseph P Soule Atc Af 28 Mar 70 East Canton . ★Ronald V Stanton Sfc Ar 20 Oct 68 Massillon . Blair W Starkey Cn Na 28 Aug 67 Canton . Gary Stewart Sp4 Ar 6 Jun 70 Massillon . Benjamin F Stoffer II Pfc Mc 26 Feb 69 Canton . Richard L Taylor Pfc Ar 17 Apr 67 Canal Fulton . Thomas E Tongret Pfc Ar 25 Apr 68 Canton . John M Troyer 1lt Af 6 Dec 66 Beach City . Robert L Vandermuelen Cpl Ar 9 Apr 68 Louisville . James N Varansky Pfc Mc 22 Apr 70 Magnolia . Jeffrey P Vaughn Cpl Mc 25 Sep 66 Canal Fulton . Harold J Vierheller Jr Sgt Mc 30 Apr 68 East Canton . Charles F Wade Pfc Mc 15 Jan 69 East Canton . Lee C Wagner Jr 1lt Af 16 May 65 Alliance . Dennis J Wahl Sp4 Ar 21 Jul 57 Alliance . Gary L Weekley Sp4 Ar 24 Mar 69 Canton . John Weisbrod Lcpl Mc 13 May 69 Canton . Ronald K Weister Pfc Ar 3 Jul 68 Canton . Terry C Welty Sp4 Ar 5 Sep 68 Massillon . William W Wood Sgt Ar 20 Feb 70 Alliance . Robert D Wuertz Pfc Mc 25 Jun 66 Massillon . James N Wymer Pfc Ar 15 Dec 66 Canton . David H Wyrick Lt Na 18 Mar 6B Alliance, ★Missing In Action, Construction financed through private donations to the United Vietnam Veterans of Western Stark County. , Pres. Dnald Witmer Vice-Pres. Terry Roan Sec. Mark Weldon . Tres. Timothy Rhodes . Fund Chairman . Richard Kettler,

In honor of the men and women
of Stark County, who gave
their lives or remain missing
in
Vietnam
1959 - 1975

William J Adams Sp5 Ar 6 Jan 68 Canton • Ward Anthony Cpl Mc 17 Apr 68 Canton • Robert A Ater Pfc Ar 17 Aug 70 Canton • Charles J Bair Sp6 Ar 29 Jan 66 Massillon • Marvin D Banar Lcpl Mc 2 Dec 67 Canton • ★Edward E Beck Jr Gsgt Mc 9 Aug 69 North Canton • Timothy O Berry Lcpl Mc 11 Jan 67 Massillon • Robert E Bethune Sp4 Ar 12 Jan 67 Massillon • Dwain L Bibey Pfc Mc 7 Feb 69 East Sparta • William H Boroner Ltc 16 Feb 66 Canton • Robert L Borger Pfc Mc 22 Nov 66 North Canton • David L Brooks Jr Pfc Ar 24 May 72 East Canton • David A Bryan Pfc Ar 24 Nov 70 North Canton • Clayton H Byers Jr Lcpl Mc 24 May 67 Canton • James C Carman Pfc Ar 1 Feb 70 Alliance • Clifford Carpenter Pfc Ar 20 Jul 66 Hartville • Russell B Carson Sgt Ar 8 Jul 69 Greentown • James P Coats Sgt Ar 25 Jan 66 Canton • Ray E Coln Sp4 Ar 30 Oct 67 North Canton • Dennis A Combs Sp5 Ar 16 Jun 67 Canton • Timothy R Cox Lcpl Mc 13 Mar 67 Canton • William F Coyne Lcpl Mc 11 Jan 67 Massillon • Thomas O Culp Capt Ar 11 Sep 67 Canal Fulton • Larry L Dean Ssgt Af 8 Jan 67 Alliance • Rome E Dimmerling Pfc Ar 20 Apr 68 Louisville • William L Douglas Jr Cpl Mc 15 Jul 66 Canal Fulton • Clifford E Oraher Cpl Ar 19

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Dec 69 Minerva • James C Du Pont 1lt Ar 18 Sep 70 North Canton • Charles W Emmert Sp4 Ar 18 Jun 69 Navarre • Walter L Ensign Jr Pfc Mc 18 May 68 North Canton • Dennis W Eye Mr3 Na 2 Jan 67 Alliance • Alvis R Faverty Jr Wo Ar 18 Aug 68 Alliance • Paul J Francis 1lt Ar 28 Mar 70 Canton • David L French Sp4 Ar Jan 68 Canton • Richard E Fuchs Lcpl Mc 11 Jan 67 Massillon • George K Galloway Jr Sgt Ar 17 Nov 68 Canton • Karl R Gantz A1c Af 1 Mar 71 Louisville • Ronald M Garrison Pfc Ar 21 Jan 71 Canton • Albert T Glanton Pfc Ar 13 Mar 69 Canton • Michael S Gozdan 2lt Mc 6 Oct 67 Canal Fulton • Ronald K Gray Lcpc Mc 25 Jun 66 Canton • Billy J Greavo Sgt Ar 10 Mar 70 Canton • Joe W Greene Pfc Mc 6 Feb 68 Canton • Roland J Grunder Sp4 Ar 24 Nov 67 Louisville • Ronald V Hacker Sgt Ar 3 Apr 69 Massillon • Paul A Haines Lcpl Mc 2 Apr 66 Canton • Mark E Hambleton Ssgt Ar 19 Sep 70 Canton • Samuel G Harris Pfc Ar 21 Jul 66 Canton • James P Heim Sp4 Ar 23 Apr 69 Alliance

Theodore E Heinselman Sp4 Ar 26 Mar 69 Canton • David Whendle Ssgt Ar 16 May 68 Massillon • Forest G Highland Jr Cpl Mc 26 Jun 70 Massillon • Lamont O Hill Pfc Mc 6 Mar 67 Massillon • David L Hilton Sp4 Ar 24 Nov 67 Canton • David E Hoffert Sp4 Ar 17 Nov 68 Uniontown • Frank P Hudak Pfc Ar 25 Aug 66 Canton • Frank C Huff Msgt Ar 9 Mar 67 Canton • Ralph E Hunt Jr 1lt Mc 7 Jun 68 Alliance • Kenneth E Iser Pvt Mc 1 May

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Photographed by Craig Doda, March 29, 2025

2. Stark County Vietnam Veterans Memorial

68 Canton • Thomas E Johnson Cwo Ar 3 Oct 68 Canton • Robert P Kettering 1lt Ar 2 Apr 70 Canton • Warren O Knepper Jr Sgt Ar 24 Jun 66 Canton • William E Knox Sp4 Ar 24 May 68 Canton • Charles E Kuhn Jr Pfc Mc 23 Jun 69 North Canton • Ervin L Laird Sp4 Ar 1 Feb 67 Hartville • Sharon A Lane 1lt Ar 8 Jun 69 Canton • Denny R Lappin Ssgt Ar 12 Aug 69 Canton • Robert Flaubacher Cpl Ar 14 May 69 Minerva • Oscar R Layporte Cpl Ar 30 Oct 70 Canton • David A Le Beau Pfc Mc 8 Sep 67 Canton • Joseph M Light Lcpl Mc 16 Sep 66 Alliance • James E Lightfoot E01 Na 8 Sep 67 Canton • Ralph H Livesay Pfc Mc 15 Apr 66 Canton • Jarvis C Lowder Sgt Ar 23 Jul 66 Hartville • Paul R Maddox Sgt Ar 23 Dec 67 Massillon • William G Main Jr Sp4 Ar 28 Jul 66 Alliance • ★Thomas A Mangino Ssgt Ar 21 Apr 67 Alliance • William R Masters Sp4 Ar 27 Sep 66 Canton • Charles D Matter Sgt Ar 25 Jul 67 Canton • Donald H Meek Sp5 Ar 16 Sep 65 Canton • Robert B Michalk Sp4 Ar 7 Jan 71 Alliance • Joseph J Milano Gmg3 Na 24 Aug 69 Canton • Victor R Miller 1lt Ar 6 Apr 68 Beach City • Robert L Mingle Sgt Ar 18 Jun 69 Massillon • Thomas A Mitchell Pfc Ar 21 Sep 68 Louisville • Thomas R Murphy 1lt Ar 6 Nov 66 Canton • Harvey R McConaughead Jr Pfc Ar 26 Dec 69 Canton • Thomas M McDonald Wo Ar 5 May 70 Brewster • John H Najmola Sp4 Ar 21 May 71 Canton • William L Nulph Jr Sp4 Ar 12 Nov 67 Massillon • Ronald L Pearl Sgt Ar

Photographed by Craig Doda, March 29, 2025

3. Stark County Vietnam Veterans Memorial

15 Mar 69 Minerva • Fred O Penland Pfc Ar 25 Aug 68 East Sparta • ★Mark A Peterson Capt Af 27 Jan 73 North Canton • Carl D Pipher Sp4 Ar 28 Jan 69 Canton • Ronalo L Poland Sgt Ar 5 Sep 70 Canton • William H Prather Sgt Ar 12 Sep 68 Hartville • Dennis A Price Pfc Ar 12 Aug 68 Minerva • Juris Puduls Sp4 Ar 24 Jun 66 Canton

Samuel V Ramsey Jr Lcpl Mc 29 Mar 69 Canton • Vernon R Riley Sp4 Ar 28 Apr 70 Massillon • Larry L Rogers Sp4 Ar 27 Apr 71 Magnolia • Clyde D Root Pfc Ar 20 Feb 70 Canton • Robert B Roshon Cpl Ar 28 May 70 Canton • James A Ross Sfc Ar 1 Nov 69 Canton • Leonard Jschoeppner Lt Na 9 Mar 70 Canton • Michael J Shehl Pfc Ar 13 Jul 67 North Canton • Frank R Sills Pfc Mc 23 Feb 67 Canton • Erwin B Sins Pfc Ar 2 Mar 68 Uniontown • Michael E Singer Pfc Mc 7 Jul 68 Canton • John R Sinnock Sgt Ar 30 May 68 Massillon • David E Skala Pfc Ar 18 Feb 70 Canton • John D Smith Lcpl Mc 4 Jun 66 Louisville • Johnny L Smith Sp4 Ar 15 Apr 69 Canton • Robert D Snyder Sp4 Ar 28 Jun 67 Canton • Joseph P Soule Atc Af 28 Mar 70 East Canton • ★Ronald V Stanton Sfc Ar 20 Oct 68 Massillon • Blair W Starkey Cn Na 28 Aug 67 Canton • Gary Stewart Sp4 Ar 6 Jun 70 Massillon • Benjamin F Stoffer II Pfc Mc 26 Feb 69 Canton • Richard L Taylor Pfc Ar 17 Apr 67 Canal Fulton • Thomas E Tongret Pfc Ar 25 Apr 68 Canton • John M Troyer 1lt Af 6 Dec 66 Beach City • Robert

Photographed by Craig Doda, March 29, 2025

4. Stark County Vietnam Veterans Memorial

L Vandermuelen Cpl Ar 9 Apr 68 Louisville • James N Varansky Pfc Mc 22 Apr 70 Magnolia • Jeffrey P Vaughn Cpl Mc 25 Sep 66 Canal Fulton • Harold J Vierheller Jr Sgt Mc 30 Apr 68 East Canton • Charles F Wade Pfc Mc 15 Jan 69 East Canton • Lee C Wagner Jr 1lt Af 16 May 65 Alliance • Dennis J Wahl Sp4 Ar 21 Jul 57 Alliance • Gary L Weekley Sp4 Ar 24 Mar 69 Canton • John Weisbrod Lcpl Mc 13 May 69 Canton • Ronald K Weister Pfc Ar 3 Jul 68 Canton • Terry C Welty Sp4 Ar 5 Sep 68 Massillon • William W Wood Sgt Ar 20 Feb 70 Alliance • Robert D Wuertz Pfc Mc 25 Jun 66 Massillon • James N Wymer Pfc Ar 15 Dec 66 Canton • David H Wyrick Lt Na 18 Mar 6B Alliance

★Missing In Action

Construction financed through private donations to the United Vietnam Veterans of Western Stark County.

Pres. Dnald Witmer
Vice-Pres. Terry Roan
Sec. Mark Weldon • Tres. Timothy Rhodes • Fund Chairman • Richard Kettler

Erected 1983.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Vietnam.

Location. 40° 47.747′ N, 81° 31.275′ W. Memorial is in Massillon, Ohio, in Stark County. It is at the intersection of 1st Street Southeast and 5th Street Southwest, on the right when traveling north on 1st Street Southeast. Touch for map

Photographed by Craig Doda, March 29, 2025

5. Stark County Vietnam Veterans Memorial

. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 120 1st St SE, Massillon OH 44646, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Amish Country

and in Greater Cleveland.

It is also in the American Midwest.

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,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Donald R. Witmer (1946-2016) (here, next to this marker); Massillon WWI & WWII Veterans Memorial (here, next to this marker); Combat Wounded Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); David Allan Gibbs (a few steps from this marker); Korean War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Gold Star Families (a few steps from this marker); Richard Patrick Ramey (a few steps from this marker); Jesse Ryan Buryj (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Massillon.

Credits. This page was last revised on May 27, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 24, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 183 times since then and 39 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on May 24, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on May 25, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.