Post honors fallen soldiers
Published 10:41 am Wednesday, May 30, 2018
- Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8902 gathered Monday to pay tribute to fallen service members during a Memorial Day event. Pictured are, from left, Howard Johnson, Monroe Tuggle, Donnie Smith, Doug Randolph, Ken Porter and Garland “Butch” Hamlett.
Members of Charlotte County Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 8902 honored those who died in combat, particularly seven residents in the county who served during the Vietnam War, during a ceremony in Drakes Branch Monday.
The Memorial Day event took place at noon, where VFW members placed a wreath at the Vietnam War memorial stone and hoisted a flag to pay tribute.
The residents who served in Vietnam were Gordon P. Young, from Drakes Branch, James C. Dickerson, from Randolph, Mac Arthur G. Gee, of Charlotte Court House; Samuel B. Hubbard, of Red House; Wilbert J. Jones Jr., of Keysville; Roy D. Lowe Jr., of Charlotte Court House; and Leroy A. Whitlow, of Charlotte Court House.
