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October
was another good month with 7 new names added to the Confirmed List,
bringing us to a new total of 1,858 names.
In addition, we made strong progress on both missing information
for names already on the Confirmed List and needed information on the
Unconfirmed List. As
covered in last month's report, the Project Team voted to allow the
addition of Reserve and National Guard members to the Confirmed List of
Names, provided they served during the Vietnam War Era and otherwise
meet all other qualification requirements listed below.
Under our old qualification rules, Reserve and National Guard
members did not qualify, so if you submitted your name, or the name of a
friend, in the past who did not qualify for this reason, please resubmit
that name now for inclusion to the Confirmed List of names. As
a HixNews reader, please
continue to help us by reviewing both lists when you select the "click
here" options near the bottom of this update with your computer mouse.
To speed the process, just
use your class year or the years you may be familiar with as a reference
and see if you have a new name or some missing data on existing names to
email to us. Class years,
where known, are specifically shown to make this effort easier for
everyone. Missing data for
names is shown in red, to make it easier for readers to see what's
needed. The
Unconfirmed List was created to insure we don't leave anyone behind
from earlier class years (the 1940's and 50's) who served during the
Vietnam War Era and deserve recognition.
Please see if you can help us establish if these folks served
during the Vietnam Era (Vietnam Era dates are shown in the "Memorial
Qualifications" section below). With
official Memorial Site Approval confirmed in June, we are making plans
to raise funds to construct the Memorial.
We are still awaiting confirmation of our petition for
not-for-profit (NFP) status from the IRS, in order to proceed.
The petition includes establishing the account with the name Hicksville Memorial Qualifications:
A person must have been on active duty in one of our Armed Forces
during the Vietnam Era. The
person did not necessarily have to serve in Overall
qualifications include:
Our
Project Team consists of the following HHS Alumni and Vietnam War Era
Veterans and is pleased to add its newest member in Terry Wallace: ·
Ken Strafer, Founder (HHS
'62) ·
Joe Carfora, Project
Coordinator & Master List (HHS '62) ·
Carl Probst, Input Data,
Class of '59 & Others (HHS '59) ·
Tony Plonski, Input Data,
Class of '64 & Others (HHS '64) ·
Tommy Sullivan, Press
Release Editing (HHS '63) ·
Walter Schmidt, Town of ·
Joe Ingino, Veterans
Advocate, Hicksville & ·
Jay Tranchina, Input Data,
Class of '64 & Others, plus local press contact (HHS '64) ·
Bill Walden, Cmdr of ·
Terry Wallace, Input Data,
Class of '66 & Others, has fundraising experience (HHS '66)
Here's what we continue to need from each person reading this to
do: Please
click on the following link to review the Confirmed List of Names: Click
here Please
click on the following link to review the UNCONFIRMED List of Names: Click
here If
you know of someone who is not listed, or if you have information we are
still missing, please send what you have to Joe Carfora at jcarfora1@nc.rr.com.
Please use the information contained on the current list as a
guide for the data we need. Thank
you! The
Vietnam War Era Memorial Project Team Footnote extracted from www.vietnamwar.com:
During 15 years of military involvement, over 2 million Americans
served in To access a huge list of veteran related websites
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