Names Added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
To date, 58,281 names are now on The Wall.
Since 1997, names have been added to The Wall.
Each spring, VVMF works with the Department of Defense to make updates to The Wall. If the Department of Defense determines that a service member has met the criteria for addition to The Wall, their name is added. Service members repatriated in the previous year have their status symbols changed.
As of 2021, there are 58,281 names on The Wall.
According to Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency as of January 2022 there are still 1,577 unaccounted for souls. Visit their website where you will be able to view all information sorted in numerous ways: Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Information from VVMF.org & DPAA.mil
These four service members had their names added to The Wall in 2005:
Army PFC Thomas Joseph Conners
Army Sergeant Richard Edward Daly Jr.
Army PFC John Harold Berg
Army PFC William Ellis Browning
These four service members had their names added to The Wall in 2006:
Army SP4 Bobby Gene Barbre
Marine Lance Cpl. George Bryant Givens Jr.
Marine Pfc. Hans Jorg Rudolph Lorenz
Marine Capt. Robert Patrick Rumley Jr.
These three service members had their names added to The Wall in 2007:
Army SP4 Wesley Alvin Stiverson
Army Sergeant Richard Monroe Pruett
Navy Fireman Apprentice Joseph Gerald Krywicki
These four service members had their names added to The Wall in 2008:
Army SP4 Dennis O. Hargrove
Marine Lance Cpl. Richard M. Goossens
Army SP4 Darrell J. Naylor
Marine Lance Cpl. Raymond C. Mason
This service member had his name added to The Wall in 2009:
Marine Gunnery Sgt. Enrique Valdez
These six service members had their names added to The Wall in 2010:
Marine Cpl. Ronald M. Vivona
Army LT. COL. William L. Taylor
Army Sgt. Michael J. Morehouse
Army Capt. Edward F. Miles
Marine Lance Cpl. Clayton K. Hough Jr.
Marine Lance Cpl. John E. Granville
These five service members had their names added to The Wall in 2011:
Army SPC Charles J. Sabatier
Army SPC Charles Robert Vest
Army Sgt. Henry L. Aderholt
Navy ETR2 Richard Lewis Daniels
Navy BT3 Peter Otto Holcomb
These ten service members had their names added to The Wall in 2012:
CPO Joseph William Aubin
PFC Johnny Owen Brooks
SP4 David Lawrence Deckard
LTJG David McLean Desilets
ATR3 Richard Carl Hunt
SP4 Larry Morgan Kelly
AMN Albert Kalahana Kuewa
LT Walter Allan Linzy
CPL Frank Anthony Neary
ATR3 Richard Dwaine Stocker
These four service members had their names added to The Wall in 2013:
PO3 Clark David Franklin
SGT Dennis Ralph Siverling
SP4 Raymond Clark Thompson
PFC Lester James Veazey
These thirteen service members had their names added to The Wall in 2014:
SSG Jerry Leon Antrich
SFC Frederick Joseph Baum
PFC Henry John Drozdowski, Jr
SP5 Michael Noel Faherty
PFC Gregory Jackson Franklin
SP4 William Arthur Gabrielsen
PFC Ronald Hall
PFC Robert Kroptavich
SP4 Thomas Charles Littles
PFC Paul Luther Loidolt
MSG Walter Hugh Mauldin
SP4 Alan Leslie Seamans
PFC Danny Joe Wilson
These eight service members had their names added to The Wall in 2015:
MSG Francis Gerald Corcoran, Jr
CPT Michael Paul Knight
SP5 Gannon Clark Milby, Jr
SGT Charley Vernon Stanley
MAJ Stanley Marcel Staszak
PO3 Chester Statun (AKA Staten)
SFC Clarence Turpin
MSG George Lincoln Wilson
These eight service members had their names added to The Wall in 2016:
LCPL Jeffrey R. Barber
PFC Michael G. Frey
LCPL Chester A Lederhouse Jr
SP4 James S McGough
ENC Leonard Outlaw
PFC Lee A Rawn
SP5 Jimmy L Smith
LCPL John D Stenhouse
These three service members had their names added to The Wall in 2017:
CPL Kenneth R. McGuire
SGT John T. Whitson
SGT Edward L. Wilmers
No additions were made in 2018.
No additions were made in 2019.
These three service members had their names added to The Wall in 2020:
Army CPT Lawrence R Oliveria
Army PFC Michael C Quire
Marine Corps LCPL Frederick M Ziomek
These two service members had their names added to The Wall in 2021:
Army PFC Andrew J Smith
Marine Corps PFC Larry R Tenda
Info forthcoming in Spring 2022.
Bruce Flaherty now has flags flown over the capitol and certificates for each of the families of all 289 KIA’s that served the 4th/3rd Infantry in Vietnam. His plan is to locate the families and provide them the flag and certificate, his reason is simple, to let the families know that their loved one is not forgotten.
While the 11th Light Infantry Brigade does not presently have a formal association, we do have a very active Facebook page. This page is a private Facebook Group page and you must request to join. When you request to join, you are sent a message with questions regarding unit or unit that supported the brigade, and when served or relative's information that served. If you do not respond within 14 days your request will be deleted. You will find the page listed as U S ARMY 11th Light Infantry Brigade
The 11th LIB served under the Americal Division (23rd Infantry Division). Americal has a very active association, the Americal Division Veterans Association. Eligible veterans are cordially invited and welcomed to join the Americal Division Veterans Association. The association was formed in 1945 and currently has over 3,000 members. Associate memberships are also available. Membership cost is minimal. We encourage you to check out the ADVA.