Memorial Day 2017: Northfield Natives Who Died In Vietnam War

NORTHFIELD, MN — The Vietnam Veterans Memorial recognizes the thousands of men and women who served and died in the Vietnam War. Of the more than 58,000 lives lost in the Vietnam War 1,077 were from Minnesota. Of those, two were from Northfield.

For years, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund – the nonprofit organization authorized by Congress to build and maintain the memorial commonly known as The Wall – has been working to collect photos of every person whose name is on The Wall.

Fallen Vietnam War Soldiers From Northfield

• WILLIAM A HERING
• BILL W DEETZ

Of the 58,000 names on the memorial, the Fund has managed to collect around 46,000. They call the project: The Wall of Faces.

You can see photos of Minnesota’s veterans here. All the photos will eventually be displayed in the Education Center at The Wall.

Scott Anderson (Patch Staff) contributed to this report.

Image via manhhai, Flickr, used under Creative Commons