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Photos sought of Tarrant County men who died in Vietnam

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Janna Hoehn provides photos to Wall of Faces website

Most of the photos she needs are from Fort Worth

Contact Hoehn at [email protected]
 

BY TERRY EVANS

Special to the Star-Telegram
 

FORT WORTH Barbara Kinard ?tore the house apart? looking for a photo of her late husband, Army Sgt. 1st Class Dixon T. Kinard. {{more}}

?That woman in Hawaii has been calling me for months,? Kinard said. ?I thought it was in a photo album that my daughter-in-law took. But it was here all along.?
 
Soon the image of Sgt. Kinard, who died in a, 1969 plane crash in the Bien Hoa province of South Vietnam, will join more than 43,000 others on the virtual Wall of Faces being assembled by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund.
 
The Wall of Faces is one of the latest efforts by supporters of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and will become part of an education center designed to explain the war?s impact and tell the stories behind the more than 58,280 casualties of the 20-year conflict in Southeast Asia.
 

That ?woman in Hawaii? whom Kinard mentioned, Janna Hoehn, has been hunting down and adding photos to the project for almost a decade. She?s directly or indirectly responsible for the recovery of more than 1,500 faces. She has only about 15,000 left to find.

Hoehn contacted the Star-Telegram in an effort to track down more than 80 photos of those who died in Vietnam from the Tarrant County area.

?She has this ability to do amazing things,? said Jan Scruggs, founder and president emeritus of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund. ?That includes finding and helping other people find thousands of photographs of the casualties of the Vietnam War. This is a good thing. It brings closure to families and friends and we appreciate her extraordinary efforts.?

HOW TO HELP …

 
Janna Hoehn is seeking photos of Tarrant County areas residents who died in Vietnam. To contact Hoehn, email [email protected].

The photos she needs:

Arlington
 

Jessie Arredondo, 1948-1969

Charles D. Bullard, 1939-1969

Scotty L. Keyes, 1945-1967

 
Colleyville
 
Charles R. Pyle, 1949-1968
 
Fort Worth

David F. Able, 1945-1967; William H. Arnold, 1938-1967; Roy D. Bailey, 1940-1966; Richard A. Barbolla, 1946-1968; Edward R. Beasley, 1947-1969; Thomas L. Blackman, 1945-1966; John T. Bradford, 1945-1966; Clifford S. Bratcher, 1946-1966; Fred Brown Jr., 1943-1966; Frank H. Browne II, 1949-1969; Frank L. Browning, 1951-1971; Richard C. Busby Jr., 1948-1968; Steve D. Carter, 1949-1969; Tommie A. Chambers, 1944-1968; Paul R. Collett Jr., 1947-1968;
 
James R. Davis, 1948-1969; James W. Davis, 1947-1968; Jerald G. Dewveall, 1945-1969; Robert L. Dunaway Jr., 1949-1970; Edward L. Evans, 1949-1970; James R. Fedro Sr., 1947-1968; Samuel Fields Jr., 1940-1970; Richard W. France, 1945-1968; Charles T. Gilley, 1949-1971; Johnny R. Gillings, 1949-1969; Billy R. Greene, 1948-1968; Charles W. Hall Jr., 1948-1968; Davis E. Hardy, 1948-1968; Franklin D. Hatton, 1939-1968; Don R. Hollingsworth, 1948-1967; Nathaniel Hubbard, 1945-1966
 
James D. Jackson, 1949-1971; Rufus L. James, 1937-1966; Harvey W. Jones, 1946-1966; Daniel T. Kelly, 1946-1967; Doy R. Kendricks, 1947-1968; Michael E. LeMaster, 1947-1969; Homer H. Lee, 1930-1968; Michael L. Lewis, 1947-1969; Floyd B. Lockhart Jr., 1949-1970; Ronald H. Lofton, 1946-1967;
 
Alejandro Makintaya, 1941-1971; Juan J. Martinez, 1946-1968; Gary E. Marxmiller, 1948-1969; Robert C. Maurice, 1948-1968; Chester H. May, 1942-1968; Garry M. McCullough, 1948-1968; Phillip W. Meador, 1950-1970; Edward L. Milus, 1947-1968; Ronald E. Mitchell Jr., 1948-1969; Laurance R. Mohn Jr., 1946-1969; Jimmy L. Nation, 1947-1968; Samuel T. Owen, 1942-1971; Joseph M. Pilotte, 1949-1970; Larry K. Powell, 1948-1968;
 
Bill E. Ramsey Jr., 1934-1968; James R. Redford, 1946-1968; James R. Rice, 1944-1966; Terry S. Sells, 1948-1970; Richard C. Simmons, 1940-1969; Douglas R. Sledge, 1949-1969; Douglas W. Smith, 1949-1968; Jerry W. Smith, 1945-1968; Ben W. Stephens, 1943-1968; James E. Thomas, 1946-1965; Wayne L. Thomas, 1949-1969; Alfredo J. Villanueva, 1942-1969; Michael J. Weik, 1950-1970; James E. Weston, 1952-1971; Barney J. White, 1949-1968; Tommie J. Whitten, 1930-1967; Gerald L. Young, 1938-1969
 
Haltom City

Dennis L. Talkington, 1946-1966

 
Hurst

Larry R. Creecy, 1944-1968

 
Kennedale

Michael R. Rivers, 1947-1968

 
Richland Hills

Morris A. Simpson, 1943-1971

 
Roanoke

Robert E. Schoppaul, 1946-1967

 
White Settlement

Ruben D. Reese, 1951-1969

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