Vietnam veteran Rick Caccam looks for the names of fallen comrades on the Moving Wall at the Weber Point Events Center in downtown Stockton on May, 14, 2026. The wall is a traveling half-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. and will be on display in Stockton to the public until Monday, May 18.
Vietnam veteran Rick Caccam looks for the names of fallen comrades on the Moving Wall at the Weber Point Events Center in downtown Stockton on May, 14, 2026. The wall is a traveling half-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. and will be on display in Stockton to the public until Monday, May 18.
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These Polk County residents died in the Vietnam War

At least 73 residents of Polk County were killed in the Vietnam War, according to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Virtual Wall.

The most came from Lakeland, which had 29, followed by Winter Haven with 16. But the fallen servicemembers came from all over the county.

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Here are the names of those who lost their lives in Vietnam.

Auburndale

Cpl Miguel Ramos Garcia  

Cpl Jeremiah Green  

Sp4 Tommy Hubert Ivey  

Pfc Dennis Laco Morgan  

Sp4 William Darrell Thompson  

Pfc Terry Welch  

Babson Park

Sgt James Laurence Howell  

Bartow

2lt James Robert Adams  

Po1 Edwin Lewis Cahall  

Sp4 James Folsom Fuqua  

Sp4 Fred Richard Glover  

Sgt Alvin Gene Hill  

Cpt Donald Coles Woodruff  

Davenport

Sp5 Louis William Branch  

Dundee

Pfc Theodore Lamb  

Eloise

Pfc Ronnie Hankins Bintliff  

Fort Meade

Cpl Stanley Maurice Godwin  

Ssg Eulas Fay Gregory  

Pfc Harlin Harris Jr  

Pfc James William Spivey  

Frostproof

Sp4 Daniel Raymond Arnold  

Cpl Roy Henry Sheffield  

Haines City

 Ssgt William Terrell Davis  

 Tsgt Guy Joseph Brungard  

 Pfc Jerry Willie Ray Sanks  

 Lcpl Thomas Earl Springfield  

 Ssg Raymond Wilson Teal  

Highland City  

Pfc Phillip W Williams  

Lake Alfred

Lcpl Idus James Conner  

Lake Wales  

Sp4 Rudy Avon Carnley  

Pfc Seeber J Kelly  

Po2 Thomas Wayne Peterson  

Pfc Walter Lee Redding  

Lakeland

1lt Kyle Ashcom Addair  

Pfc Johnnie Harold Beasley  

Pfc Charles Frederick Buff  

Ssgt Thomas Guy Curtis Jr  

Pfc Emmett Larue Davis  

Cpl Willie Gene Dyer  

Pfc Alton Lee Ellis  

Pfc Roy Scott Fischer  

Cwo John Michael Hohman  

Lcpl Donald Clement Hopewell  

Sp5 Dale Martin Huston  

1lt Bruce Eugene Kline  

Sgt Eli Whitney Knighton Jr  

Lcpl Dennis Dewain Manning  

Sgt Edward James Maslyn  

Cpl David Loren Mc Gill  

Sgt Eddie Lee Nails Jr  

Sgt James Roy Pearson  

1lt Charles R Pitts  

Ssg Dorse Riggs  

Pfc John Andrew Schollard  

Cpl Wayne Gregory Scrimshaw  

Lcpl Paul Francis Stedman  

Cpl Kenneth Ray Temples  

Cpl Isum Merrill Walker  

Sgt James Harrell Waller  

Po1 Delbert Ellis Weber  

Sgt Donald Frederick Weinman  

Sp4 Harry Ray White Jr  

Mulberry

Cpl Dalton Hubert Mc Waters  

Ssg Jesse Ernest Nixon  

Pierce

1lt Panormitis Stavlas  

Winter Haven

Cpt William Forman Abernethy  

Sgt Herbert Marshall Allen  

1lt Richard Wilson Cole  

Capt John Norlee Flanigan  

Cpt John Hulsey Hays  

1lt Richard Elmo Hood Jr  

Pfc Patrick Darren Lovell  

Pfc Edward Ulyses Masters  

Sgt Billy Ray Mc Call  

Pfc Jackie Lee Melton  

Lcpl Michael Barry O’Connor  

Maj Gerald Everett Olson  

Capt Jerry Newton Phillips  

Sgt Maurice Leo Sirois  

Col Peter Joseph Stewart  

This article originally appeared on The Ledger: These Polk County residents died in the Vietnam War

Reporting by Lakeland Ledger / The Ledger

USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect

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