Mathew Lavon Payne had taken to shouting and waving around an AK-47 rifle at his home. The 44-year-old Sulphur Springs man struggled with drug addiction.
2 DH staffers receive national American Legion award for coverage of unclaimed veterans Elena Ferrarin Rick West
A mourner salutes Vietnam veteran John James Murphy, who died in January 2020 after living since 2017 at River View Rehab Center in Elgin. After officials were unable to find any family, hundreds of community members turned out to Murphy s funeral at Symonds-Madison Funeral Home in Elgin. The Daily Herald s coverage of funerals for unclaimed veterans earned The Fourth Estate award from The American Legion. Rick West | Staff Photographer
Kane County Sheriff s Deputy Susan Deuchler honors Vietnam veteran John James Murphy, who died in January 2020. After officials were unable to find any family, hundreds of community members turned out to Murphy s funeral at Symonds-Madison Funeral Home in Elgin. The Daily Herald s coverage of funerals for unclaimed veterans earned The Fourth Estate award from The American Legion.
By CHARLIE HALL | Sun Journal, New Bern, N.C. | Published: April 10, 2021 NEW BERN, N.C. (Tribune News Service) Decorated Vietnam veteran and retired Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North will bring a family military history to Sunday s closing 1 p.m. ceremony for the traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall at New Bern s Lawson Creek Park. North is the keynote speaker, capping the wall s six-day stay in New Bern. Also, the All Veteran Parachute Team of former Army Golden Knights members, led by Michael Elliott, will parachute onto the site with flags and visual fanfare. The public showing for the wall will end at 3 p.m. North will also speak at two morning services on April 11 at Temple Church.
It was April 1, 1967, as Viet Cong soldiers, attacking in mass, breached lines maintained deep in Viet Cong territory by U.S. Army soldiers who included Specialist Larry Don Taylor, of Topeka. Refusing to withdraw, Specialist Taylor threw hand grenades and placed a devastating volume of fire on the Viet Cong as they swarmed around his position, says a document accompanying the Bronze Star Medal with V device Taylor received for valor. When the insurgents were so close that he could no longer effectively employ his weapon for fear of hitting his comrades, he engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the insurgents.