I get letters from people asking me to write different things with my space here. I try to do what I can. If I can't do something justice, I pass the word to someone else that can do better than me. Sometimes I get notes from my Congressman, Joe Sestak.
There are things that are beyond politics. This is one of them.
It is sad when a church or a school closes. Faded memories are reignited as the to-do list for closure is written.
Around Philadelphia, Catholic populations have been shifting for decades. Northeast Philly saw Cardinal Dougherty High School close. After the buildings have been stripped of their possessions, there are memorials to attend to. I am honored to pass the word on something like this.
Bill Eves committee chairperson for the Cardinal Dougherty Vietnam Memorial is looking for any family members of the 27 Cardinal Dougherty students that were Killed in Action in Vietnam.
The committee would like the family members to be part of the re-dedication ceremony on Nov 11. If anyone knows any of the family members please contact
Bill Eves via william.eves@dla.mil or
Bill Crean via williamcrean@comcast.net or william.crean@ally.com or call 856-461-6637.
These are the men who are the Cardinal Dougherty Killed in Action. If these names bring a memory or you know a family, please feel free to reignite a faded memory. Listed are the men by class and date of Taps.
Class:1960
James P. Kelly 27-Sep-1965
James M. Lynch 29-Jul-1967
Class:1961
James J. Kline 14-May-1968
Class:1962
Lawrence J. Bolger 27-Jun-1967
John J. Gallagher 17-Dec-1969
Class:1963
Michael F. Bingham 28-Jun-1966
John J. Murphy 07-Jan-1967
William G. Behan 10-May-1968
Gerald J. Kelly 14-May-1969
Class:1964
Charles L. Isley 20-Nov-1966
William E. Lund 21-Mar-1967
Class:1965
Thomas A. Duckett 02-Nov-1966
Joseph H. Wilhelmi 10-Jun-1967
Victor A. Spadaro 30-Jul-1967
Thomas K. Lyons 01-May-1968
Louis R. Lordi 17-May-1968
Leo J. Mangold 03-Mar-1969
Leo B. Smith 23-Mar-1969
Class:1966
Herbert L. Farrington 01-May-1967
Edward B. Spear 05-Oct-1968
Michael J. Crescenz, M.O.H. 20-Nov-1968
Michael P. Warner 21-Jun-1969
Thomas J. Laughlin 13-Apr-1970
Class:1967
Donald C. Wood 20-May-1968
David C. Piotrowicz 15-Dec-1968
Charles E. Diamond 02-Feb-1970
James M. Reinhardt 13-Apr-1970