MEDFORD, Ore.– Honor Flight of Oregon is taking their first group of Veterans since 2019 to Washington D.C. The 26 Veterans making the trip includes one service member from World War II. The charity gives Veterans a chance to visit ...
MEDFORD, Ore. — A replica of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington D.C. is getting closer to construction here in southern Oregon. Ron Kohl, the president of Southern Oregon Veterans Benefit, says the aluminum wall has been purchased. He says ...
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — Navy veterans who served near Vietnam may be eligible for compensation after being exposed to a dangerous herbicide. Agent Orange was used to clear the jungle in Vietnam between 1961 and 1975. The herbicide can cause ...
Medford, Ore. – Two local marines killed in Vietnam are being honored with two signs in their memory on Highway 238. Private James Rowden was killed in 1966 and his brother Private John Rowden was killed two years later. The ...
Medford, Ore. — A sign marking where a Vietnam memorial will remember veterans is unveiled today. The memorial will be across from the nature center at US Cellular Community Park. The wall will cost about $500,000 when the memorial and ...
Salem, Ore. – A Vietnam War veteran will receive his Purple Heart medal Thursday, nearly 51 years after he was wounded. According to the Oregon Department of Veteran Affairs Pfc. Ron Esselstyn of Pendleton, Oregon was struck in the head ...
Medford, Ore., — A new wall could be going up in the valley in honor of Vietnam War veterans. The Southern Oregon Veterans Benefit or SOVB is working to build a Vietnam memorial in the U.S. Cellular Community Park in ...