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Foxx to honor fallen at Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial 25th Anniversary
Washington, DC,
November 7, 2007
Congresswoman Virginia Foxx today will honor of members of the Armed Forces who gave their lives in the Vietnam War as part of a ceremony marking the 25th Anniversary of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. She will read the names of service m
Contact: Aaron Groen Rep. Foxx will read names of fallen from Wall, including Winston-Salem native Congresswoman Virginia Foxx today will honor of members of the Armed Forces who gave their lives in the Vietnam War as part of a ceremony marking the 25th Anniversary of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. She will read the names of service members as part of a four day event in which all of the more than 58,000 names inscribed on the wall will be read aloud. “The brave soldiers who lost their lives in this war deserve the highest honor,” Rep. Foxx said. “Participating in this ceremony is the least I can do to honor their memory and mark their service and great sacrifice for their country.” Foxx will read names this evening at 11:20 p.m. Among the names she will read is PFC Larry Raymond Lambert, a native of Winston-Salem and member of the Marine Corps who was killed in Vietnam on September 11, 1966. PFC Lambert, 20, was killed in combat in Quang Nam providence. “It is a true honor to read the names of PFC Lambert and others who lost their lives in the Vietnam War,” Foxx said. “The names on this wall are a memorial to the soldiers who paid the ultimate price and we must never forget their sacrifices.” More than 2,000 volunteers will participate in the Reading of the Names at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC. The 58,256 names will be read over the course of four days, starting today at 3 p.m. This is only the fourth time in The Wall’s 25-year history that all of the names have been read in Washington, D.C., according to the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial Fund. ### |