Canadian Vietnam Veterans' Memorial - The North Wall
Details:
On the river bank.
Monument
The memorial consists of three granite plaques; two diamond-shaped plaques flanking a large rectangular panel, all standing on a patio. The left diamond-shaped plaques contain 5 military unit insignias and an etching of a map while the right plaque contains a poem. The center panel is inscribed with 147 names currently listed as casualties of known Canadian origin and 7 names listed as POW/MIA.
In 1986, the Canadian Vietnam Veterans' Welcome Home Committee was formed by American Vietnam War veterans Ric Gidner and Ed Johnson. Gidner and Johnson were inspired by Canadian Vietnam Veterans that they met during the 1980s, and formed the committee to have a monument created and dedicated to the Canadian veterans. The Committee was later renamed the Michigan Association of Concerned Veterans (MACV). Gidner, Johnson, and Chris Reynolds formed committees with Canadian organizations and campaigned to have the Canadian federal government erect a memorial in the capital, Ottawa, Ontario. In 1994, however, a Bill to erect the memorial failed to pass through Parliament. In the meantime, the members of the MACV used private funds to pay for building a memorial from black granite, the same material used for the United States' Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. In 1995, the office of the Mayor of Windsor, Michael Hurst, contacted MACV about locating the memorial in Windsor. The City Council of Windsor passed the initiative, and the memorial was dedicated on July 2. Canadian and American veterans' organizations attended the dedication, as did Canadian Senator Jack Marshall and Michael Hurst.
Every year since the opening dedication in 1995, a ceremony and laying of wreaths has been officiated over and attended by prominent Canadian and U.S officials, veterans on both sides of the border, family members of those whose names are on the memorial, and supporters of the project.
Source of information: en.wikipedia.org
Monument Text:
Center Panel:
We currently don’t have close-up shots of the panel to be transcribed but the names included are as follows:
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John A. Anderson Alfonso P. Bartalotti Fidele J. Bastarache Gaetan J.G. Beaudoin Alvin K. Bencher Vincent Bernard Ralph W. Bigelow Guy A. Blanchette Daniel A. Bolduc Gregory L. Bomberry Ivan C. Broeffle Thomas E. Brown Peter N. Bruyere Gary Butt Michael F. Campbell Randall K. Campbell Bernard J. Caron Dale S. Chamberlain Larry R. Collins Mark P. Collins Andrew C. Conrad, Jr Austin M. Corbiere Normand A. Corbin Frank E. Crabbe Donald P. Davies Patrick J. Dearborn Francis J.D. Delmark Brian J. Devaney |
Douglas W. Devoe Richard P. Dextraze Guy D. Dickie Michael J. Dunn Gordon P. Eadie Ronald R. Fillmore John F. Francis Thomas E. Fraser Joseph O. Frigault Gerard L. J. Gauthier Leslie N. General Danny E. Goodwin Gilbert J. Graham Larry Green Randolph E. Hatton Wayne L. Hawes Robert W. Holditch Willis F. House George V. Jmaeff Andrew J. Jobey Harry D.C. Kellar John W.S.G. Kelly Bruce T. Kennedy Robert W. Kenny |
Jonathan P. Kmetyk Adolf J. Kroisenbacher Paul S. Laverock Daryl D.S. Lawson Kevin D. Low Geoffery J. Lukey John W. MacGlashan David K. Manning Maurice J. Marier Alan C. Martin Joseph H. Marshall, III Michael J. Masterson Ian McIntosh Rob G. McSorley Cyril Mitchell, Jr Regen A. Monette Donald W. Morin Calvin I. Nesbitt James P. Nicholson Allan W. Persicke Roger M. Pisacreta William M. Price Gary W. Purcell John H. Reeves William R. Robson John J. Roden Robert J. Santoro Charlie F. Sauler |
Daniel L.P. Sauve David B. Savage Dennis R. Schmidt Steven J. Scott Ronald Scott Larry S. Semeniuk Edward G. Sharpe Gary F. Shaw John C. Sherin III Eldon W. Smith Frank J. Somers Tadeusz Sozniak Stefan Z. Stalinski Robert J. Steel Alan M. Sturdy Melvin H. Suthons Vernon J. Thorsteinson Eldon William Tozer Murray D. Vidler Baxter Warren Rutherford J. Welsh Gordon G. White Richard C. Williams Thomas M. Williams Paul H. Wolos Jonathan P Works Melvin James Wright Gerald F. Young |
Right Plaque:
AS LONG AS WE LIVE
YOU SHALL LIVE
AS LONG AS WE LIVE
YOU SHALL BE REMEMBERED
AS LONG AS WE LIVE
YOU SHALL BE LOVED
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
101st Airborne Division
1131st Special Activity Squadron
12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division
12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division
14th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division
15th Transportation Corps Battalion
173rd Airborne Brigade
17th Cavalry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division
187th Infantry Regiment
197th Field Artillery Brigade, 23rd Artillery Group
198th Infantry Brigade
1st Aviation Brigade
1st Cavalry Regiment
1st Combined Action Group, 3rd Marine Amphibious Force
1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division
1st Engineer Combat Battalion, 1st Infantry Division
1st Marine Aircraft Wing
1st Marines
1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division
1st-Marine-Regiment
23rd Infantry Regiment
25th Infantry Divsion
26th Engineer Battalion (Combat), 23rd Infantry Division (Americal)
27th Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division
27th Infantry Regiment
27th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division
2nd Ordnance Battalion, 54th General Support Group
31st Infantry Regiment
327th Infantry Regiment
35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division
3rd Infantry Regiment 'The Old Guard'
3rd Marine Regiment
3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division
46th Special Forces Company, 1st Special Forces Group
4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
4th Marine Regiment
502nd Infantry Regiment
503rd Infantry Regiment
506th Infantry Regiment
50th Tactical Airlift Squadron, 314th Tactical Airlift Wing
5th Marine Regiment
5th Special Forces Group
602nd Special Operations Squadron
68th Medical Group
6th Infantry Regiment
75th Infantry Regiment (Ranger)
7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division
7th Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division
7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division
7th Marines
82nd Aviation Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade
8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division
8th Infantry Division
8thAerial Port Squadron, 377th Combat Support Group
9th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division
9th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division
9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade
9th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division
III Marine Expeditionary Force
Marine All Weather Attack Squadron 533
Marine Helicopter Transport Squadron 161
Naval Support Activity (Saigon)
River Squadron 5, River Sector 51
U.S.S. Oriskany (CV-34)
United States Army
United States Marine Corps
United States Naval Reserve
United States Navy
Wars:
Vietnam War
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