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Milford honors Vietnam veterans; mayor reads names of 11 local service members
Summary
Milford City marked the 51st anniversary of the end of the Vietnam conflict with speeches from Mayor Richard Smith, state Rep. Kathy Kennedy and John Carriger of the Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs; local veterans recounted POW experiences and the mayor read names of 11 Milford residents who died in the war.
Milford City held a commemoration on Thursday to honor Vietnam-era service members, with Mayor Richard Smith reading the names of 11 local residents killed in the conflict and officials urging continued support for veterans.
"Please allow me with reverence and respect, to read the names of those Milford residents," Mayor Richard Smith said, listing William Bannon, Paul Braun, Richard Conklin, George Harris, Ralph Hitchcock, Jeffrey Maloney, Robert Nelson, Clifford Parsons, Henry Sarmiento, Thomas Tighe and Anthony Price. In a wider reflection, Smith cited the human cost of the war — "Over 58,000 young Americans…
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