HELP: Vietnam Memorial Seeks Photos of Eight Brookfield Veterans

What if you could put a face to every name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial?

The VVMF hopes you can.

The Call for Photos is a project organized by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund to match a headshot or portrait photograph to every service member listed on The Wall.

The pictures will be displayed in an exhibit at the future Education Center at The Wall, an underground visitors center to be built near the Vietnam Veterans and the Lincoln memorials. Everyday, the center will celebrate the birthdays of service members who died during the Vietnam War by featuring their photos on a giant digital wall.

So far, 25,526 veterans have complete profiles with at least one photograph, according to George Pojani, a research associate at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund. These profiles are currently featured on The Virtual Wall, an online database of the Memorial's veterans.

Click here for the list of the Brookfield and Elm Grove veterans, or search for all soldiers by name, city, county, state, branch of service, rank and casualty province or date.

The VVMF recommends contacting family and friends of the veterans to find photographs or visit local libraries and search through yearbooks or newspaper obituaries.

To submit a photograph, contributors should obtain a high quality scan of the image and post a remembrance online. The VVMF will send an e-mail to contributors when their photograph is posted with a matching profile. Even if you don't have a photo to submit, text remembrances can be posted below each soldier's profile.

Relatives of service members with complete profiles are encouraged to submit photographs to the VVMF, even if there is already a photo available.

Pojani says that the contributors to the National Call for Photos will help improve the visitor's experience at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

"It's a place where people can go back and find stories about all the casualties on the Wall," Pojani said about the future Education Center. "It will be more personal than just names on the Wall."

The Wall is seeking photos for these veterans:

Thomas Arthur Gerg, a Private First Class in the Marine Corps., died Jan. 12, 1967 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam. He was 23.

William Robert Glueckstein, a Hospital Corpsman in the Navy, died Jan. 29, 1966 in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam. He was 21. 

James Brian Hudis, a Lieutenant, Junior Grade in the Navy, died Oct. 26, 1966 in Ny, North Vietnam. He was 25.

Howard V. Matson Jr., a Lance Corporal in the Marine Corps., died Dec. 4, 1966 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam. He was 19.

William Edwin Pierson, a Lance Corporal in the Marine Corps., died Dec. 15, 1967 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam. He was 19.

Lance Allen Robinson, a Corporal in the Army, died March 23, 1971 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam. He was 20.

Richard William Stein, a Specialist Grade E4 in the Army, died Oct. 26, 1967 in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam. He was 20. 

James George Zeimet, a Warrant Officer in the Army, died Sept. 4, 1968 in Kontum, South Vietnam. He was 25.

More photos are welcomed for these veterans:

Donald Alan Kirkham, a Hospital Corpsman in the Navy, died Feb. 1, 1968 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam. He was 22.

Robert James Mann, a Specialist Grade E4 in the Army, died Jan. 8, 1967 in Hua Nghia, South Vietnam. He was 21.

John Paul Vis, a Private First Class in the Marine Corps., died Sept. 18, 1967 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam. He was 18.

And from Elm Grove, Harry B. Hambleton III, a First Lieutenant in the Army, died Sept. 15, 1968 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam. He was 24.