Remembering Our Thirty-Seven Vietnam KIA
The video: https://youtu.be/_4pBmqQ5VKw
Thirty-seven young men (primarily kids) were killed in the Vietnam War from Fulton, Montgomery, and Hamilton Counties in Upstate New York. In 1984 the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 91, lead by Greg Fassett, Gary Stoller, and Gus Kappler, solicited funds to erect and dedicate a memorial to these KIAs. Fulton Montgomery Community College granted permission to locate it on their campus. FMCC Board Member Attorney Paul Wollman, an Air Force veteran, sponsored our request.
The Memorial is located next to the 911 Memorial. Our Vietnam Memorial was rededicated in September 2016 when the “Traveling Wall” visited FMCC, and the 911 Memorial was dedicated. The daughters of Sergeant Telfer (KIA), Nancy, Joy, Dawn, and Bobbi, worked with Gary Stoller, Gus Kappler, and FMCC representatives to bring the event to fruition.
Visit www.guskappler.com to learn more about the Vietnam War.
My 2015 book, WELCOME HOME FROM VIETNAM, FINALLY, A VIETNAM TRAUMA SURGEON’S MEMOIR, demonstrated the devastation of war on body, mind, and soul. Visit my YouTube Channel to visit my research and hypotheses on PTSD and its prevention, battlefield trauma, medical evacuation, and surgical treatments.
