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.
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
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