Local veterans inducted into Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund's 'In Memory' program
Several local veterans were inducted into the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s “In Memory” program during a mid-June ceremony in Virginia.
Thirty soldiers from Pennsylvania were part of a group of 770 inducted during a ceremony held June 14 at the George Washington Masonic National Memorial in Alexandria, Va. The ceremony was moved from downtown Washington, D.C., for the first time in three decades, because of the scheduled military parade taking place.
The program honors those who returned from Vietnam after their deaths.
Inductees for 2025 include the following veterans from TribLive’s coverage area:
Army
• David R. Coy of Indiana
• Robert J. Fieder of Lower Burrell
• Michael H. Nolf of Pittsburgh
• Frederick L. Slagle of Butler
Air Force
• Alfred J. Funari III of Greensburg
• Michael Mastrean of Pittsburgh
• Robert E. Kring of Connellsville
• David C. Matthews of Beaver Falls
Navy
• Edward J. Luczak Jr. of Pittsburgh
A personal remembrance page for each inductee can be found online at VVMF.org/honor-roll.
Patrick Varine is a TribLive reporter covering Delmont, Export and Murrysville. He is a Western Pennsylvania native and joined the Trib in 2010 after working as a reporter and editor with the former Dover Post Co. in Delaware. He can be reached at pvarine@triblive.com.
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