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    Albert S. Dandridge III, Vietnam veteran and Vice Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar, will be the keynote speaker at the traditional Memorial Day ceremony

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  • 500 Attend Anniversary

    Nearly 500 Vietnam Veterans, their families and supporters attended the 25th Anniversary

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  • Vandalism Bill Passes City Council

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    Mayor Michael Nutter delivered the keynote address to about 300 veterans for Memorial Day ceremonies May 28.

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  • The 27-year-old private first class served in the Army from 1960 to 1963 after graduating from Springfield High School and spending two years at Ithaca (NY) College. Before re-¬enlisting in November 1965, Abey worked at the Southern Home for Children on S. Broad Street and at an employment agency. He was sent to Vietnam, where he was a company clerk with the 25th Administrative Company of the 25th Infantry Division. Abey died at Tan Son Nhut, near Saigon, on March 16, 1966. He was survived by his parents and a brother.

    George W. Abey
    United States Army

  • The third of three brothers to join the Marine Corps and second of three to fight in Vietnam, Rails enlisted in April 1966 after attending John Bartram High School. He played guitar and had an affinity for electronics. but it was the Marines that consumed his interest, The 19-year-old private first class was a rifleman, ammunition carrier and assistant gunner in Vietnam with Company K of Battalion Landing Team 3, 1st Marines Amphibious Brigade. Rails died in Quang Tri Province on May 22, 1968. In addition to his brothers, he was survived by his parents and two sisters.

    Raymond B. Rails
    United States Marine Corps

  • Spadaro and a friend enlisted together in the Marine Corps in September 1966. The 1965
    Cardinal Dougherty High School graduate always dreamed about being a Marine and felt he was doing the right thing joining up, his father said. Spadaro trained to be a machine gunner. In February 1967, he was sent to Vietnam with members of the 1st Marine Division and assigned to Company C of the 1st Battalion, 1st Marines. The 19-year-old lance corporal died in Quang Nam Province on July 30, 1967. He was survived by his parents and a sister. 

    Victor A. Spadaro
    United States Marine Corps

  • Williams signed his many letters home from Vietnam Your Marine," peppering them with the word "smile" in an effort to keep his family cheerful. Williams attended his grandfather's church, Morris Brown AME Church on 25th Street at Montgomery Avenue. He enlisted in July 1965 after graduating from South Philadelphia High School. Williams died on March 5, 1967 — his19th birthday — during Operation Prarie II in Quang Tri Province. The corporal, an assistant gunner, had been assigned to Headquarters and Service Company of the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine Division. Survivors included his parents, two brothers and two sisters. 

    Ronald A. Williams
    United States Marines

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