Faces we can’t forget

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June 11, 2014 - 12:00 AM

Nine area veterans from the Vietnam War remain faceless on the Memorial’s new “Wall of Faces” digital display.

Instead of a picture, a Gen. Patton-like drawing of a man in uniform accompanies the soldiers’ names, home towns, and dates of birth and death.

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund has put out the word to the nation’s newspaper associations to search for these veterans’ photos in an effort to better complete the project.

Those missing from Iola include:

H John A. Mott, born Jan. 13, 1944, died March 22, 1967

H John J. Harris, born July 3, 1948, died March 17, 1968

H Robert E. Goodner, born Dec. 8, 1949, died May 21, 1969

H Charles L. Troxel, born June 7, 1948, died Aug. 16, 1969

Humboldt:

H James F. Godsey, born Aug. 15, 1942, died Aug. 24, 1967

LaHarpe:

H Earl D. Hutton, born July 10, 1946, died Nov. 5, 1966

Chanute:

H William L. Schultz, born March 19, 1937, died Oct. 8, 1966

H Johnny R. Webb, born Feb. 9, 1944, died April 18, 1968

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