Arlington Heights in Portland in Multnomah County, Oregon — The American West (Northwest)

1966 – 1967

— Oregon Vietnam Veterans Living Memorial —

Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, June 26, 2026

1. 1966 – 1967 Marker

Inscription.
On land, at sea, and in the air the U.S. greatly increased its offensive against North Vietnam. U.S. troops numbered nearly half a million, using two thousand tactical aircraft and dropping two million tons of bombs. This massive offensive prevented the fall of South Vietnam but did not defeat the North Vietnamese, who withstood the bombing and increased their infiltration of South Vietnam. The cost to the U.S. was high: an average of a thousand and more Americans killed each month. This led to increased opposition to the war at home, in the Congress Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon, in the streets of the nation’s capital the 200,000 who marched for peace.

The Associated Press chose violent death, taxes and politics as Oregon’s top news stories in 1966. And yes, both crime and taxes increased. In politics, however, there was some good news. People geared up for a “Beach Bill,” which in the following year passed the legislature and gave the beaches of Oregon to the people.

There were other victories, too. The Drum and Bugle Corps of Pendleton High School placed first in the Northwest; an Albany woman became

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Playboy magazine’s Playmate of the Year and went to visit the troops in Vietnam; a Lebanon boy captured the state high school wrestling championship; and Beaverton’s entry in the Portland Rose Festival won first prize.

And there were other happy events. Gladstone finally got its own high school; Roseburg laid out a new park along the river; Portland Blacks founded the Albina Arts Center; citizens planted hundreds of dogwood trees along Milwaukie’s streets; and the high school girls of Corvallis thoughtfully made cookies for the police and fire departments. There was thoughtfulness in Beaverton, too, where the city set up a free dental clinic, while Pendleton had the good idea of handing over the city government to the Boy Scouts, though only for a day.

There was also a good idea at the nearby Umatilla Indian Reservation, where residents organized an Arts and Crafts Association to perpetuate traditional arts and culture. In Lebanon, to the pleasure of all, the city held its annual Strawberry Festival, and on another occasion the singers of the town performed Handel’s Messiah. Less happy were certain other

Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, June 26, 2026

2. 1966 – 1967 Marker

This memorial is the second to be found along a pathway leading from the Garden of Solace in Hoyt Arboretum.

events and circumstances. In Milwaukie, as elsewhere, classes were organized for women in self-defense. In Portland, officials recognized that de facto segregation existed in the schools. And, finally, more and more Oregonians received telegrams telling of the death of their sons and husbands in Vietnam.

Robert H. Price • Michael R. Webb • David J. Bystedt • Raymond E. Brown • Selwin D. Wisdom • Donald L. Coates • James L. Gardner • Gaylord N. Klinefelter • Lewis R. Dietz • Allen L. Pierce • James H. Rowden • Edward F. Duncan • Joe D. Kelly • Carold A. Hann • Roger L. Henderson • William E. Burke III • Arnold J. Faulkner • Roger T. Okamoto • David G. Russell • Keith L. Shipp • Walter C. Fillman Sr. • Thomas T. Walker • Edward L. George • Ronnie R. Lovett • Terry A. Rippy • Stanley J. Benson • William L. Bauer • William E. Soderstrom • Arthur E. Lewis • Fredrick C. Mangat • Charles W. Bauman • David S. Crocker • David B. Brandon Jr. • James W. Briles • Robert J. Phillips • Ralph G. Williams • Edward A. Lyndellin • Thomas W. Chatburn III • Paul M. Haslinger • Gary L. Newport • Michael M. Blanton • Ronald L. Longanecker • Felipe

1966 – 1967 Marker: Panel 1 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, June 26, 2026

3. 1966 – 1967 Marker: Panel 1

Villanueva • John D. Carey • Lawrence H. Wilson Jr. • Henry L. Cramer • Joe L. Hill • William E. Irwin • Allen G. Wells • Lyman A. McMullen • Harold E. Matson • Thomas C. Walsh • Earnest L. Beam • Gerald W. Evenhus • Ronald A. Heintz • Ronald M. Crawn • Robert D. Fellows • Grover C. Mathews Jr. • Dennis D. Harris • Darel L. Sills • Don E. Darnall • Timothy J. Meeker • Dale A. Perkins • Robert L. Vest • Fred J. Williams Jr. • Charles L. Roberts • Walter R. Speare III • Jimmy S. Daffron • Eugene B. Rhoades • Lloyd H. Rohde • Derald D. Swift • Eric A. Brannfors • David C. Orfield • James H. Barker • John H. O’Brien • Thomas R. Sieben • Wayne C. Reinecke • Joseph R. Ortis • Earl F. Smith • Lloyd F. Walker • Wayne A. Eckley • Richard P. McStravick Jr. • Herb Doby • Kent L. Johnstone • Victor V. Ullberg • Gerd F. Seelig • Maximo Yabes • Douglas O. Mundhenke • William H. Koho • Gene W. Goeden • Michael L. Lawson • David W. Roberts • Philip A. McNinch • Michael G. Sudborough • Gary M. Ladd • Richard D. Aday • Brooke M. Shadburne • William R. Andrews • Donald G. Miller • James W. Foster • Gary W. Martini • Kit Blackwelder • Ronald L. Barber

1966 – 1967 Marker: Panel 2 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, June 26, 2026

4. 1966 – 1967 Marker: Panel 2

• Bradley A. Nelson • Ronald H. Johnson • John F. Fleming • Monty D. Button • John E. Young • Layne F. Clifton • Lyle S. Tate • Theodore R. Vance • David L. Cooper • Carl F. Louvring • David N. Cummings • Robert G. Fuller • Leo K. Thornton • Gerald D. Huffman • Lewis C. Cook • Kenneth D. Phares • Leland H. Thompson • Dale W. Tolbert • Clifford L. Menzies Jr. • George N. Wright • James W. Cartwright • Michael J. Greeley • John E. Schon • Roderick D. McMurry • Gerald L. Ackley • Donald L. Patterson • Francis L. Collins • Duane S. Baker • Franklin J. Sumich • Douglas C. Condit • Kenneth C. Hurse • Hubert C. Van Poll • Charles H. Snow • Joe C. Leutenegger • Thomas J. Jones • Arthur A. Erwin • Daniel F. De Butts • Charles L. Moore • Larry R. Foster • George A. Holladay • John L. Anderson • Richard D. Stinnett • Dean R. Nelsen • Bruce M. Patterson • Dennis E. Brown • Stephen L. Hock • Donald E. Fisher • Robert H. Hardenbrook • Leonard G. Marcum • Keith C. Perkins • Clarence H. Brooks • Larry T. Chandler • Gerald L. Hopper • Terrance L. Meier • Douglas D. Coffman • Kenneth R. Spohn • Robert R. Watrous • James W. Clements • Garfield West Jr.

1966 – 1967 Marker: Panel 3 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, June 26, 2026

5. 1966 – 1967 Marker: Panel 3

• Duane R. Bentley • David L. Clark • Michael C. Kamph • Joseph L. Whitaker Jr. • Jay D. Johnson • Patrick G. Kelley • Harold S. Bern • Lydes J. Garner Jr. • Walter M. Phillips • James H. Stuart • Terry L. Sumerlin • Johnie B. Machau • Greg L. Gessel • Ernest N. Kroll • Amos R. Osborne • Richard A. Janigian • Lawrence Gallego • Roland A. Neilsen • Ronald J. Cartwright • Aldwin A. Ellis Jr. • John R. Lee • Anthony B. Cadwell • Melvin B. Cook • David M. Lewis • Steven A. Smith • Merrick R. Pierce • Victor R. Wooden • Morrell J. Crary • Michael M. Horner • John D. Michaelis • Jimmy E. Floren • William G. Muir • Vernon P. Sprinkle • Larus W. Roland • Walter A. Tashner • Michael A. Crabtree • Marvin R. Smith • David R. Blackman III • Jerry D. McDonald • John A. MacDonald • Billie E. Sandefur • Daniel S. Steele • William W. Stephenson • Gary D. Ames • Lloyd A. Duncan • Gary R. Johnson • Richard L. Dooley • Glen H. Simmons • Frederic P. Webb • Edgar J. Udell • Dan T. Klindt • Milton W. Smith

Erected 1987.

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

Location. 45° 30.71′ N, 122° 43.157′ W.

1966 – 1967 Marker: Panel 4 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, June 26, 2026

6. 1966 – 1967 Marker: Panel 4

Memorial is in Portland, Oregon, in Multnomah County. It is in Arlington Heights. It can be reached from the intersection of Southwest Canyon Road and Vietnam Veterans of Oregon Memorial Pathway, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 4000 SW Canyon Rd, Portland OR 97221, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Oregon’s Columbia River Gorge

and in the Willamette Valley.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast,

in the Pacific Northwest,

and in the Lewis & Clark Corridor.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 1959 – 1965 (within shouting distance of this marker); 1968 – 1969 (within shouting distance of this marker); Garden of Solace (within shouting distance of this marker); 1970 – 1971 (within shouting distance of this marker); 1972 – 1976 (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); MIA (about 400 feet away); Oregon Vietnam Veterans Living Memorial

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(about 400 feet away); Les AuCoin (about 700 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Portland.

Credits. This page was last revised on September 7, 2026. It was originally submitted on August 30, 2026, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. This page has been viewed 9 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on August 30, 2026, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.