This Veterans Day, Thursday, Nov. 11, is a day set aside for we Americans to honor the memory of those killed or missing in action and show our support to those soldiers presently serving their country.
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Jack Huffman, rural Jamesport, pictured, is one of thousands who visited the Vietnam Wall at Pink Hill Park in Blue Springs early in October. The Wall That Heals is a replica of the memorial wall in Washington and included a traveling museum and information center. Every Vietnam War veteran who visited received a commemorative medal or lapel pin.
PFC Jack Huffman served in Vietnam with the 101st Airborne division 1966-1967. He was a frequent contributor to the Gallatin North Missourian as his letters to his family back home (mom, dad and 11 brothers and sisters) were published in the paper. The letters offered a few details of the life of a soldier in an embattled far away land. Jack is the son of the late Perley and Minnie Huffman. He has three children, Dusty, Angie and the late Danny Huffman.
Four Daviess County boys lost their lives in Vietnam. They are —
Darryl Eugene McCartney, Jameson, Major, HHB, 6TH BN, 77TH ARTILLERY, 9TH INF DIV, USARV, Army of the United States, Nov. 01, 1931 to March 03, 1969. Darryl is on the Wall at Panel 30W Line 028.
Rex Kaye Offield, Jamesport, Lance Corporal, 1ST PLT, M CO, 3RD BN, 5TH MARINES, 1ST MARDIV, III MAF, United States Marine Corps, March 07, 1947 to July 10, 1967. is on the Wall at Panel 23E Line 045.
David Allen Worrell, Gallatin, Private First Class, B BTRY, 2ND BN, 319TH ARTILLERY, 101ST ABN DIV, USARV, Army of the United States, July 25, 1949 to June 14, 1969. David is on the Wall at Panel 22W Line 048.
Gary Harold Garner Private First Class, D CO, 1ST BN, 7TH MARINES, 1ST MARDIV, III MAF, United States Marine Corps, Chillicothe, Missouri, May 18, 1949 to January 06, 1970, GARY H GARNER is on the Wall at Panel 14W Line 003. Gary was originally from Jamesport.
For the full profile of these soldiers as well as the names of other Vietnam War casualties from Missouri, visit the http://www.virtualwall.org/istate/istatmo.htm.