The Wall That Heals
Ralph Gene Williams
Ralph Gene Williams died at the age of 19 on June 9, 1966 in Quang Nam provence. He was born February 14, 1947. From Hines in Harney County, he can be found on panel 8E, [...]
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
All Volunteer positions are filled.
Tuesday, September 28
@ 2:30pm: Escort
Wednesday, September 29:
All day Set up (designated volunteers only)
@ 1pm: Raising the Flag
@ 5:45pm: Training for designated volunteers
@ 6pm: Retiring the Colors
Thursday, September 30
@ 7am: Raising the Flag
@ Noon: Flag Ceremony
@ 10:30: Flyover #AFFlyover (subject to change)
@ 5pm: Opening Ceremony
@ 6pm: Retiring the Colors
Friday, October 1
@ 7am: Raising the Flag
@ Noon: Flag Ceremony
@ 6pm: Retiring the Colors
Saturday, October 2
@ 7am Raising the Flag
@ noon Flag Ceremony
@ 6pm Retiring the Colors
Sunday, October3
@ 7am: Raising the Flag
@ Noon: Flag Ceremony
@ 1:30pm: Closing Ceremony
@ 2:00pm: Tear down (designated volunteers only)
September 30-October 3, 2021
The dates The Wall That Heals will be in La Pine.
1~Woman Escort Ride Captain-Kat Kiker.
197~ Number of Motorcycles in The Wall That Heals escort.
1~USAF Flyover #AFFlyover
2~ Women playing taps at 6 p.m. every evening.
1~Mobile Education Center
2~ Vietnam-era vehicles.
18~ Number of Deschutes County service members on The Wall.
John Patrick Brown
Marvin H. Brown
Douglas Davis Coffman
Don Edward Darnall
Bennie Lee Dexter
Edward Maynard Hanson
Richard Jerry Hornback
David Leroy Judy
William Richard Klawitter
William Harmon Koho
Robert Edward Leamen
Johnie Boyd Machau
Timothy James Meeker
Gary Gale Prentice
Rex Earl Rader
Daniel Eugene Spencer, Jr.
Daniel Scott Steele
Frederic Peers Webb
3~ Number of Crook County service members on The Wall.
James William Cox
Henry Lee Cramer
Joe Irvin Wood
2~Number of Jefferson County service members on The Wall.
Lloyd Hans Rohde
Daniel John Tababoo, Jr.
16~ Number of Klamath County service members on The Wall.
Thomas W. Chatburn III
Charles Thomas Coats
Francis Leo Collins
Charles Thomas Deaton
David Lynn Evans
Norman Francis Evans
Jimmy Erik Floren
Rodney Cecil Harsch
Michael James McKibban
James Dalton Parker
Steven Lloyd Peters
Jerry Oscar Stenberg
Robert Wayne Taylor
Jimmie Malcolm Thompson
John Renfield Tworek
Thomas Henry Williams
4~ Number of Oregonians receiving the Medal of Honor on The Wall
Larry Gilbert Dahl
John Noble Holcomb
Gary Wayne Martini
Maximo Yabes
3~ Number of Lake County service members on The Wall.
James Blain Carlson
Layne Farell Clifton
Paul Arthur Sheer
2~ Number of Harney County service members on The Wall.
Edward Charles Johnston
Ralph Gene Williams
1~ Set of brothers from Klamath County on The Wall.
David Lynn Evans
Norman Francis Evans
12~ Number of Oregonian service members still missing in action.
710~ Number of Oregon service members on The Wall.
58,281~Number of service members on The Wall.
1,500+~ Service members still missing in action.
160~ Number of Medal of Honor recipients on The Wall.
246~ Most casualties in one day–January 31, 1968.
8~ Number of women on The Wall–all nurses.
3~ Sets of fathers and sons on The Wall.
40~ Sets of brothers on The Wall.
700~ Communities The Wall That Heals has visited.
22 years, 9 months~ The average age of service members on The Wall.
375 feet~ Length of The Wall That Heals.
15~ Age of PFC Dan Bullock,
the youngest service member on The Wall.
Panel 23W, Line 96.
200+~ Volunteers needed for September 30-October 3, 2021
1~ Woman killed in action. Sharon Ann Lane was a non-combatant.
June 8, 1969, Panel 23W, Line 112.
16,592~ Casualty count for 1968–deadliest year of the war.
62~ Age of the oldest service member on The Wall.
16~ Number of Chaplains on The Wall. Chaplains are non-combatants.
64~ Highest number of graduates from one high school on The Wall.
Thomas Edison High School, Philadelphia, PA.
