Downtown in Akron in Summit County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Summit County Vietnam Veterans Memorial

"They gave their lives for us"

Photographed by Craig Doda, May 10, 2026

1. Summit County Vietnam Veterans Memorial Marker

Inscription.

Summit County Vietnam Veterans Memorial. "They gave their lives for us". , Ronald Paul Akins . Glenn Wilson Apple . Ray Arnett, Jr. . James Quinel Aydlett . Edward Mearl Ball . Thomas Elroy Ball, Jr. . Howard Leroy Barden . Walter Carl Bartley, Jr. . William Henry Bator . Jerry Beley . William Edward Berzinec . Terrence Roy Billings . Peter Ruben Bingman . William Earl Blair . Stephen Joseph Bobkovich . Charles L. Boling . William Edward Border . Paul Andrew Brouse . Ralph Wayne Brower . John Peter Burgess . Marcus Randolph Byous . Carl Thomas Cahill . William Miles Caldwell . David Earl Calkins . David Dana Campbell . Ronald M. Canter . Robert Arthur Carney . Clifford Lee Carpenter . Edward Roger Clay . Ralph Raymond Collins, Jr., John Asher Combs . Eugene Ogden Conley . Shelby Emerson Cooley . Donald Frederick Cornell . William Charles Cue . Richard Thomas Culp . David Charles Daisher . William Marcus Daniels . Ronald Lee Davidson . Gene Thomas Davis . Sylvester Davis . David Keith Deen . Billy Clarence DeWeese . Robert Floyd Dice . Jerry Dishman . Gary Lee Dobbins . Douglas William Doody . Ned Turner Dybvig . William Dail Early . Walter Eugene Ellis . Owen Ray Emery . James Douglas Fazzino . Joseph Ferro . Ronald Jay Fisher . Randy Allen Fleshman . George Howard Frazee, Jr. . Earl Marvin Freeman, Jr. . James Alex Gazdagh . David Randolph Gifford, Mark Joseph Giron . William Stuart Glenn . Jerry Edward Gorney . Joseph Ellis Guenther . Charles Edward Hann . James Michael Hauck . Paul Robinson Heltsley III . John Leslie Henderson . Harry Lann Hendricks . Dallas Edwin Hickman . David Edgar Hoffert . Carl Dean Hoffman . Donald Robert Hoffman . Richard Douglas Hogarth . Ray Walter Holeman . William Albert Jateff . Gary Lee Jatich . George Franklin Johnson . Andrew Millard Kea . Larry Morgan Kelly . Michael Richard Kempel . Ernest Claney Kerr, Jr. . Richard Justin Knickerbocker . Michael Carey Kolarov . Timothy Michael Kranshan . Paul Eric Lees . David George Lengyel . Charles Albert Lewis, Jr. . Benedict J. Linnen III, Joseph Alan Lofton . Jack Dale Lynn . Donald Joseph Malicek . Larry Glenn Marsh . William Earl Maxwell . Richard Scott McFarland . Michael Lewis McGovern . Michael Milton Medley . Donald Arthur Middleton . Burt Everett Miller . Dana Lee Miller . James Garrett Miller . Larry Leon Mitchell . Darrell Condie Mizner . Barry Russell Moree . Richard James Morgan . Thomas Raymond Morgan . Patrick Clinton Mortus . Frank Joseph Nestich . Maurice Glenn Newman, Jr. . Dennis Grant Nicola . Michael Dominic Paonessa . James Alan Patton . John Darlington Peace III . Jesse Earl Peterson . Roy Andrew Petty, Jr. . Richard Lee Porter . Robert Paul Radcliff, Jr. . Willie Burel Richmond, Jack Columbus Rittichier . Alvin Warner Robertson . William Lee Robertson . Joseph Frank Rosato . Thomas Arthur Ross . Thomas Michael Ross . Wayne Hulen Rowland . James Lowell Russell . Joseph James Savick, Jr. . John Joseph Seery . Stanley Kenton Semler . Thomas James Shafer . Curtis Henry Sharp, Jr. . Michael John Shehl . Andrew Marco Sherman . Harold Wayne Sigmon . Erwin Bruce Sims . Daniel Everett Singleton . Dennis Arthur Smith . Thomas Eugene Smith . Joseph Stephen Sobczak II . Robert Stephen Sombati . George Stephen Spak, Jr. . John Flanagan Spangler . Glenn Robert Stair . Theodus Morris Stanley . Robert Duane Stepanov . Gary Lee Stewart . Paul Leo Stewart, Robert Larry Stolz . Alan Peter Strazzanti . Richard Lee Taylor . Leonard Vito Tedesco . John Wesley Terrell . Dallas Eugene Thompson . Tommy Ray Thompson . Edward Lawrence Towslee . John Franklin Tyrrell . Joseph Stanley Vesely, Jr. . James Vincent Vinciguerra . George Thomas Lloyd Walker . William Belton Weathers III . Richard Webster . Robert Allen Weller II . Frederick Anthony Wentz . Darrell Charles West . Clayton Donald Whitcher . Eddie Joe White . Jack Leroy Wilbur . Armour David Wilcox III . Charles Thomas Wilcox . Clifford Leroy Williams . Frank Willard Wilson . John Ray Wilson . Wilbur Mearl Wise . Wesley Lee Woodford . Ed Worthey . Jerry Peter Wynne . Ronald Frederick Yale

Ronald Paul Akins • Glenn Wilson Apple • Ray Arnett, Jr. • James Quinel Aydlett • Edward Mearl Ball • Thomas Elroy Ball, Jr. • Howard Leroy Barden • Walter Carl Bartley, Jr. • William Henry Bator • Jerry Beley • William Edward Berzinec • Terrence Roy Billings • Peter Ruben Bingman • William Earl Blair • Stephen Joseph Bobkovich • Charles L. Boling • William Edward Border • Paul Andrew Brouse • Ralph Wayne Brower • John Peter Burgess • Marcus Randolph Byous • Carl Thomas Cahill • William Miles Caldwell • David Earl Calkins • David Dana Campbell • Ronald M. Canter • Robert Arthur Carney • Clifford Lee Carpenter • Edward Roger Clay • Ralph Raymond Collins, Jr.

John Asher Combs • Eugene Ogden Conley • Shelby Emerson Cooley • Donald Frederick Cornell • William Charles Cue • Richard Thomas Culp • David Charles Daisher • William Marcus Daniels • Ronald Lee Davidson • Gene Thomas Davis • Sylvester Davis • David Keith Deen • Billy Clarence DeWeese • Robert Floyd Dice • Jerry Dishman • Gary Lee Dobbins • Douglas William Doody • Ned Turner Dybvig • William Dail Early • Walter Eugene Ellis • Owen Ray Emery • James Douglas Fazzino • Joseph Ferro • Ronald Jay Fisher • Randy Allen Fleshman • George Howard Frazee, Jr. • Earl Marvin Freeman, Jr. • James Alex Gazdagh • David Randolph Gifford

Mark Joseph Giron • William Stuart Glenn

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• Jerry Edward Gorney • Joseph Ellis Guenther • Charles Edward Hann • James Michael Hauck • Paul Robinson Heltsley III • John Leslie Henderson • Harry Lann Hendricks • Dallas Edwin Hickman • David Edgar Hoffert • Carl Dean Hoffman • Donald Robert Hoffman • Richard Douglas Hogarth • Ray Walter Holeman • William Albert Jateff • Gary Lee Jatich • George Franklin Johnson • Andrew Millard Kea • Larry Morgan Kelly • Michael Richard Kempel • Ernest Claney Kerr, Jr. • Richard Justin Knickerbocker • Michael Carey Kolarov • Timothy Michael Kranshan • Paul Eric Lees • David George Lengyel • Charles Albert Lewis, Jr. • Benedict J. Linnen III

Joseph Alan Lofton • Jack Dale Lynn • Donald Joseph Malicek • Larry Glenn Marsh • William Earl Maxwell • Richard Scott McFarland • Michael Lewis McGovern • Michael Milton Medley • Donald Arthur Middleton • Burt Everett Miller • Dana Lee Miller • James Garrett Miller • Larry Leon Mitchell • Darrell Condie Mizner • Barry Russell Moree • Richard James Morgan • Thomas Raymond Morgan • Patrick Clinton Mortus • Frank Joseph Nestich • Maurice Glenn Newman, Jr. • Dennis Grant Nicola • Michael Dominic Paonessa • James Alan Patton • John Darlington Peace III • Jesse Earl Peterson • Roy Andrew Petty, Jr. • Richard Lee Porter • Robert Paul Radcliff, Jr. • Willie Burel Richmond

Jack Columbus Rittichier • Alvin Warner Robertson • William Lee Robertson

Summit County Vietnam Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, May 10, 2026

2. Summit County Vietnam Veterans Memorial

• Joseph Frank Rosato • Thomas Arthur Ross • Thomas Michael Ross • Wayne Hulen Rowland • James Lowell Russell • Joseph James Savick, Jr. • John Joseph Seery • Stanley Kenton Semler • Thomas James Shafer • Curtis Henry Sharp, Jr. • Michael John Shehl • Andrew Marco Sherman • Harold Wayne Sigmon • Erwin Bruce Sims • Daniel Everett Singleton • Dennis Arthur Smith • Thomas Eugene Smith • Joseph Stephen Sobczak II • Robert Stephen Sombati • George Stephen Spak, Jr. • John Flanagan Spangler • Glenn Robert Stair • Theodus Morris Stanley • Robert Duane Stepanov • Gary Lee Stewart • Paul Leo Stewart

Robert Larry Stolz • Alan Peter Strazzanti • Richard Lee Taylor • Leonard Vito Tedesco • John Wesley Terrell • Dallas Eugene Thompson • Tommy Ray Thompson • Edward Lawrence Towslee • John Franklin Tyrrell • Joseph Stanley Vesely, Jr. • James Vincent Vinciguerra • George Thomas Lloyd Walker • William Belton Weathers III • Richard Webster • Robert Allen Weller II • Frederick Anthony Wentz • Darrell Charles West • Clayton Donald Whitcher • Eddie Joe White • Jack Leroy Wilbur • Armour David Wilcox III • Charles Thomas Wilcox • Clifford Leroy Williams • Frank Willard Wilson • John Ray Wilson • Wilbur Mearl Wise • Wesley Lee Woodford • Ed Worthey • Jerry Peter Wynne • Ronald Frederick Yale

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

Location.

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41° 4.796′ N, 81° 31.035′ W. Memorial is in Akron, Ohio, in Summit County. It is in Downtown. It is at the intersection of South High Street and East Bowery Street, on the right when traveling north on South High Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 205 S High St, Akron OH 44308, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Cleveland

and in the Western Reserve.

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: Summit County Service Members Memorial (here, next to this marker); Summit County Korean War Killed in Action (here, next to this marker); Tree For Life (here, next to this marker); Summit County World War II Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Charles Goodyear (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named Summit County World War II Veterans Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Akron Alumni Memorial Stadium (a few steps from this marker); Ohio Education Association (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Akron.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2026. It was originally submitted on June 13, 2026, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 9 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 13, 2026, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.