This Memorial Day, a New Jersey town is remembering a Vietnam War Marine who was killed at just 21 years old. A new display in Hawthorne hopes to carry on his memory by showcasing a special piece of history. Christinafantv reports.
hopes to carry on his memory by showcasing a special piece of history.
"We believe it's something to be shared with others. It represents not only Billy, it represents all those who didn't come home," Frank Dutches said.Frank Dutches was Billy's youngest brother, just 12 years old at the time the family received a heartbreaking telegram that his brother died from a gunshot wound to the neck while fighting in Vietnam.
"Somehow it made its way from Vietnam to Okinawa back to the States," Frank Dutches said of Billy's helmet, which he was wearing the day he died in 1966.A Canadian military collector purchased the relic and returned it to the family after deciphering the scribbled clues left behind. Among them was the name Betty Lou, Billy Dutches' girlfriend and prom date at the time.
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