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100th Area GI Dies In Vietnam Fighting

100th Area GI Dies In Vietnam Fighting image
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Day
17
Month
January
Year
1972
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Services Thursday For Soldier

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Parent Issue
Day
19
Month
January
Year
1972
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Nine Posthumous Awards Are Presented To The Family Of John D. Eddy, May 1972 Photographer: Cecil Lockard

Nine Posthumous Awards Are Presented To The Family Of John D. Eddy, May 1972 image
Year:
1972
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 5, 1972
Caption:
Medals For Dead Soldier. U.S. Army Col. M. Dean Schiller presents nine posthumous awards to the family of WO John D. Eddy, who was the 100th area serviceman reported killed in Vietnam combat. Ceremonies at North Hall were attended by (left to right) WO Eddy's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Delvord Eddy; parents-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John Reich, the serviceman's widow, Carol, and children, Linda, 3, and Robert, 10 months. WO Eddy received the Air Medal for heroism, Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, Air Medal, National Defense and Vietnam Service Medals and Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal. In addition, South Vietnam presented him the Military Merit Medal and Gallantry Cross With Palm. WO Eddy was killed in January when the helicopter gunship he was copiloting was struck by enemy gunfire and crashed.

Lt. Col. John F. Harris Is Decorated For His Service In The Korean War, December 1951

Lt. Col. John F. Harris Is Decorated For His Service In The Korean War, December 1951 image
Year:
1951
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, December 14, 1951
Caption:
ARMY SURGEON DECORATED HERE: A citation for his work in the treatment and evacuation of wounded soldiers in Korea last summer caught up with Lt. Col. John F. Harris (center) today. Here Col. Charles C. Sloane (left), presents a Commendation Ribbon with Medal Pendant (first oakleaf cluster) to Lt. Col. Harris while Col. Charles D. Wiegand, chairman of the U-M Department of Military Science and Tactics looks on. Col. Harris, regimental surgeon with the Ninth Infantry Regiment, Second Division, in Korea, is now studying in the University School of Public Health under an Army program. Col. Sloane, commanding officer of the Ninth Regiment, is here spending a leave at his home, 519 Onondaga St.