East Texas Quarterly Magazine Summer 2014 | Page 15

East Texans named among
those killed in action are: John
Burns, Jr., Broaddus; Paul Jones
Dennis, Bronson; Jerry Lambert,
Joseph Mixson and J.V.
Patrick, Buna; Calvin Gooch,
Burkville; William Andrews,
Jerry Hughes, Mac Curtis
Buckley, and Larry Byford,
Center; Ruzell Gray, William
Warren
and
Samuel
Williams, Crockett; L.C. Blake
and J.C. Walker, Jr., Hemphill;
and Robert C. Bell, Otis Cooper,
Jr. and Davis Eugene Person,
Kirbyville.

Above: Just a few of the nearly 5,000 in attendance at the dedication
ceremony in Austin, Texas

Above: The newly dedicated Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the State Capital grounds in Austin, Texas .

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