Jesse Hill never forgot the reception he got after he returned from serving in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War.
“It still hurts,” said the Middletown resident in 2015. “Most of us were volunteers and to come home and be spit on.”
Hill spent decades making sure no other returning U.S. Army veteran ever again experienced the same kind of disrespect.
Hill, 72, who died April 28, founded the Bristol Township based Delaware Valley Vietnam Veterans and served as its treasurer for more than 30 years.
He was the organizing force for annual Memorial Day and Veteran’s Day events to remember those killed or missing-in-action during the Vietnam War. He helped volunteers plant more than 60,000 American flags each year at the annual Flag Day memorial in June.