Category: Veterans Postings

To all the Veterans who served our country… Thank You Very Much.   Please join in giving thanks to all our Veterans.  They served our country well and deserve our thanks.

The Class of 1965 provided many men and women to the armed forces at home and around the world.  Those who have identified themselves are listed below.  Some died in the service of our country.  Some will never be the same.  All were very young.  Last year, only a few people took the time to thank them by making a comment below this posting.  Perhaps there will be more this year.

To those vets who would like to comment, please feel free to do so below this post as well.

Lynn English High School’s Class of 1965 Veterans include:

Donald Baillie  Naval Reserves

Frederick Bollen  Army (saw action in Vietnam)

Robert Bonin  Marine Reserves

Richard Bowlby  Navy Reserves

Temma Brown  Air Force

Richard Burke  Army

Howard Burnett  Army National Guard

James Cogen  Marines (saw action in Vietnam)

Brian Doucette  Navy

David Emerton  Marines (saw action in Vietnam)

Lawrence Flanagan  Air Force (died while serving in Texas)

Arthur William “Bill” Fogarty  Army (saw action in Vietnam)

Ronald Gerstenhaber  Air Force

John Gotimer  Navy

Reverand Arlyne Grant  Army Reserves

Norman Grant  Marines (killed in action in Vietnam)

Mark Hammond  Coast Guard

Robert Johanson  Army

Henry Emile LeBlanc Army (saw action in Vietnam)

John MacDonald  Air Force

Walter Mehm  Navy (saw action in Vietnam)

Haig Nalbandian  Air Force

Paul Nardone  Air Force

Robert Newhall  Army

John O’Neil  Air Force

Albert Paradis  Army

John Pension  Navy

Leland Perry  Army

Bruce Phillips  Navy

James Prendergast  NH Army National Guard

James Prunier  Air Force and Army National Guard

Robert Reed  Army

Michael Rodgers  Army (saw action in Vietnam)

Charles Sarcia  Army Aviation (saw action in Vietnam)

David Schulze  Air Force

Michael Schulze  Navy

Robert Tibbetts  Army

John Warwick  Army (saw action in Vietnam)

Douglas Waters  Army (saw action in Vietnam)

Bradley Wentworth  Army

Paul Yacovitch  Army (saw action in Vietnam)

Francis York  Navy

 

With the approach of Veterans’ Day, it is appropriate that we honor one of our fellow graduates who died in the service of our country in Vietnam.

The following came from his obituary (attached).  Double click the image to see it full size.  A photo of his grave is allow shown below.  His service metals are also displayed below.

Norman was the only son of a former Lynn police officer.  He lived on Glenwood St.  He received his education at the Chatham and Lewis St. Schools, Pickering Jr. High and LEHS.  He attended Mass. College of Pharmacy for a year following LEHS before becoming a marine.

He was a member of H&S Co, 1st BN, 7th Marines, 1st MARDIV, III MAF and was a corporal E4.  He was killed in action from fragmentation wounds to his head and body when the vehicle he was riding in struck a land mine in Quang Nam Province on Friday, August 23, 1968.  He was 20 years old.  He is buried in Pine Grove Cemetery.  His name is on the Vietnam Memorial Wall, panel 47W line 43.

He was the 20th Lynn native and 66th North Shore native killed in Vietnam.

On Saturday following his death, his parents received a letter from him stating he would be home 2 days before Christmas.  At about 6 PM that same Saturday, they were informed of his death.

May Norman rest in Peace.   He will be remembered.  Please feel free to comment if you have memories about Norman you want to share.  To make a comment, click on the “add a comment” directly below this posting.  If there are already comment there, click on “x comments” to see the comments and to add your own.

On Veterans’ Day, look for the names of graduates from our class who served our country.  The list is by no means complete.

 

 

Thursday, November 11 is Veteran’s Day.  There were a number of men and women from Lynn English Class of 1965 that spent time in the service of our country.  One was killed in action in Vietnam.  We owe our thanks to our vets for their honorable contribution to  the national security.

I have listed a number of veterans from LEHS Class of 1965 below.  I know there are more but I am not sure who they are.  If you are a vet from LEHS Class of 1965 and your name is not listed below please contact us and your name will be added.

Here are some facts about the Vietnam era which is when most of our classmates served.  In addition to the statistics below, a number of our classmates who served came back alive, but not the same as they were before serving.

Vietnam War (1964-1975)

Total Service members (Worldwide)    8,744,000

Battle Deaths                                           47,434

Other Deaths (in the theater)                  10,786

Other Deaths is Service (non-theater)     32,000

Non-mortal woundings                           153,303

Living Veterans                                    7,569,000

I HOPE YOU WILL JOIN ME AND THANK OUR CLASSMATES FOR THEIR HONORABLE SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY.  PLEASE LEAVE YOUR THANK YOU AS A COMMENT BELOW THE LIST OF NAMES.

Classmate Veteran	Branch	Comment
Don Baillie	Naval Reserve
Fred Bollen	Army	Vietnam.
Bob Bonin	Marine Reserve
Dick Bowlby	Navy Reserve
Howie Burnett	Army National Guard
Jim Cogan	Marines	Vietnam
Larry Flannagan		Vietnam. Killed outside theater
Ron Gerstenhaber	Air Force
Arlyne Grant	Reserves
Norman Grant	Marines	Vietnam. Killed in action.
Paul Nardone	Air Force
Bob Newhall	Army
Al Paradis	Army
Leland Perry	Army
Jim Prendergast	Army National Guard
Robert Reed	Army
Mike Rogers	Army	Vietnam
Charlie Sarcia	Army Aviation	Vietnam
Mike Schulze	Navy
John Warwick	Army	Vietnam
Frank York	Navy