A tribute to the Gold Star Families of Poplar Bluff (Vietnam era) is planned for 4:30 p.m. Saturday at the New Home General Baptist Church, at the corner of highways AA and B, and the public is invited to attend.
At 4 p.m., the city of Poplar Bluff will escort a motorcade leaving Drury Inn on North Westwood Boulevard and proceeding to the venue.
The program is presented by the Poplar Bluff Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, along with Three Rivers College, city of Poplar Bluff, University of Missouri and the Missouri State House of Representatives.
“The Gold Star is America’s promise to never forget the sacrifice of these families, and even though 50 years plus have passed since their loss, this program of tribute will show that Poplar Bluff has not forgotten them,” organizers said.
There were 15 servicemen from the city of Poplar Bluff who were killed in action in the Vietnam War.
They are:
• LCPL Ronald David Cobb USMC, d. April 29, 1968
• Major Freddie Dale Dickens USAF, d. Oct. 17, 1968
• PFC Michael Lee Endicott USMC, d. Aug. 5, 1967
• SP4 Garclee M. Fredwell US Army, d. Aug. 29, 1968
• SP4 Harold Ray Harris US Army, d. July 4, 1969
• SP4 Dale Francis Hudson, US Army, d. Nov. 17, 1965
• SP4 Famous Lee Lane US Army, d. April 20, 1966
• Col. James Hardin Metz USAF, d. p. April 15, 1968 (POW)
• PFC Paul James Miller US Army, d. Feb. 27, 1968
• SP4 Edward Jerry Muller US Army, d. March 21, 1967
• LCPL Riley David Raulston USMC, d. May 15, 1968
• CPL Robert Daniel Richardson USMC, d. July 4, 1966
• AIC Charles Harold Stepp USAF, d. Sept. 5, 1972
• SP4 George Edward Stewart US Army, d. Oct. 18, 1966
• SP4 James Edward Tinsley US Army, d. Feb. 11, 1968