Vietnam veterans honored

Fred Lynch

Sunday, October 11, 2015

Vietnam veterans of Cape Girardeau County were honored Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015 by the John Guild Chapter National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution at Brookside Park Memorial to Veterans of All Wars in Jackson.

A bell was rung for each of the 18 Cape Girardeau County servicemen who died in the Vietnam War, as their names were read Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015 at the Brookside Park Memorial to Veterans of All Wars in Jackson. (Fred Lynch)
Dennis Woeltje, a Vietnam veteran, speaks Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015 during a program honoring Vietnam veterans at the Brookside Park Memorial to Veterans of All Wars in Jackson. (Fred Lynch)
Vietnam veteran David Hitt speaks to a gathering Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015 at the Brookside Park Memorial to Veterans of All Wars in Jackson. (Fred Lynch)
Vietnam veteran Roy Rhodes receives a commemorative pin from Jan Chamberlain, a member of the John Guild Chapter National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015 at the Brookside Park Memorial to Veterans of All Wars in Jackson. (Fred Lynch)

A Vietnam veteran salutes as Taps is played Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015 at the Brookside Park Memorial to Veterans of All Wars in Jackson.
The Brookside Park Memorial to Veterans of All Wars is seen Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015 in Jackson.
One of the new panels added to the Brookside Park Memorial to Veterans of All Wars is seen Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015 in Jackson. (Fred Lynch)