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Information About Honoring the Wall Event 2019 10th Annual Honoring of the Wall MAY 25, 2019 9:45 A.M. THE NATIONAL VIETNAM WAR MUSEUM 12685 MINERAL WELLS HWY. (HWY. 180) 1 MILE EAST OF MINERAL WELLS, TX Sponsorships Available! Become a sponsor of this event. Send a check or credit card info to: The National Vietnam War Museum, P.O. Box 1779, Weatherford, TX 76086. Sponsorship opportunities: Medal of Honor $1000 (8 seats included) Army Distinguished Service Cross $500 (6 seats included) Visit our Vietnam Memorial Wall replica! Navy Cross $250 (4 seats included) Sponsors will have reserved seats in the tent and be recognized at the event Program of Activities and in the museum newsletter. (Times are approximate.) Reserved Seating Available 08:00 - Gates open; vendors set up, A limited number of reserved seats at the front of the big tent with 09:45 - Patriot Guard Arrives - Join us to welcome an excellent view of ceremony are available for only $50. To order, them. please send a check or credit card info to: The National Vietnam War 10:00 - Welcome - Jim Messinger Museum, P.O. Box 1779, Weatherford, TX 76086. 10:05 - Invocation - BG James Spivey USA Ret Museum Chaplain. 10:10 - Post colors - VFW Post 2399 & AMVETS Join us as we honor the fifteen men who were identified and Post 133 brought home in 2017, 10:15 - Pledge of Allegiance Robert Russell Barnett; CAPT; USAF; Gladewater, Texas; 10:20 - National Anthem Panel 6E, Line 91 10:25 - Introductions: Sponsors, special guests, James Reginald Bauder; CAPT; USN; La Canada, Calif.; museum board & volunteers, and Master Panel 10E, Line 126 Gardeners. David Thomas Dinan, III; 1LT; USAF; Nutley, NJ; Panel 29W, Line 62 10:30 - Introduction of Guest Speakers Charles Bernard Goodwin; LCDR; USN; Haskell, Texas.; 10:35 - Remarks by Guest Speaker - Panel 2E, Line 78 Mark Byrd USMC. Donald Joe Hall; CMS; USAF; Stroud, Okla.; 10:45 - Remarks by Lt General Jack Woodmansee, Panel 14E, Line 129 USA Roosevelt Hestle, Jr.; COL; USAF; Orlando, Fla.; 11:00 - Recognition of the MIA status change. Panel 8E, Line 134 Recognition of additions. Closing Robert Edwin Holton; CAPT; USAF; Butte, Mon.; comments. Ceremony will close with rifle Panel 33W, Line 14 salute and taps. John Alexander House, II; CAPT; USMC; Pelham, NY; 11:05 - Don Payne will sing Panel 22E, Line 87 “More than a Name on the Wall” John Dewey Killen, III; LCPL; USMC; Des Moines, Iowa; Conclusion Panel 22E, Line 88 11:10 - The Army Song - Raising the U.S. Army Glyn Linal Runnels, Jr.; CPL; USMC; Birmingham, Ala.; flag; Marine Hymn, raising of the Marine Panel 22E, Line 90 flag Unveiling of the updated William Cornelius Ryan, Jr.; 1LT; USMC; Bogota, NJ; Memorial Wall panels Panel 25W, Line 54 Martin Ronald Scott; COL; USAF; Tula, Okla.; 11:15 - Rifle Salute - VFW Post 2399 & AMVETS Panel 6E, Line 12 Post 133 Joseph Stanley Smith; CAPT; USAF; Assumption, Ill.; 11:16 - Taps - VFW Post 2399 & AMVETS Panel 4W, Line 106 Post 133 Daniel Wayne Thomas; CAPT; USAF; Danbury, Iowa; 11:30 - Visit the Wall, our vendors, and the Visitor Panel 3W, Line 102 Center. Current Exhibit: Snipers James Blair White; MAJ; USAF; St. Petersburg, Fla.; Panel 16W, Line 119 The National Vietnam War Museum P. O. Box 146, Mineral Wells, TX 76068 www.NationalVNWarMuseum.org LIEUTENANT GENERAL RICHARD E. "TEX" BROWN III General Brown was commissioned through the Air Force ROTC program at Texas Christian University in 1970. He has commanded an operational fighter squadron, a composite wing and fighter wing, and the Air Force Personnel Center. A command pilot, General Brown has flown more than 3,500 hours in fighter and trainer aircraft, with 140 combat missions in Southeast Asia in the A-1 Skyraider. Aircraft flown: A-1E/G/H/J, T-37, A-7D, F-16A/B/C/D and C-27 EDUCATION 1970 Bachelor of arts degree in psychology and history, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth; 1975 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, AL; 1977 Master of arts degree in guidance and counseling, University of Oklahoma, Norman; 1983 Distinguished graduate, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala; 1987 National Security Management Course, by correspond- ence ; 1991 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, AL; 1993 Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, VA; 1997 Capstone, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS: Distinguished Service Medal, Silver Star with two oak leaf clusters, Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross with silver and two bronze oak leaf clusters, Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters, Air Medal with two silver and two bronze oak leaf clusters, Air Force Commendation Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with three bronze stars Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm. ASSIGNMENTS 1. May 1970 - May 1971, student, undergraduate pilot training, Laredo AFB, TX; 2. June 1971 - August 1971, student, A-1E combat crew training, Hurlburt Field, FL; 3. October 1971 - October 1972, A-1E fighter pilot, 1st Special Opera- tions Squadron, Nakon Phanom Royal Thai AFB Thailand ; 4. October 1972 - May 1973, student instructor pilot, 3640th Flying Training Wing, Laredo AFB, TX: 5. May 1973 - August 1977,T-37 instructor and flight examiner, 80th Flying Training Wing, Sheppard AFB, TX: 6. September 1977 - December 1977, A-7D student pilot, 355th Tactical Flying Training Wing, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ; 7. December 1977 - January 1980, A-7D fighter pilot, 75th Tactical Fighter Squadron, and flight examiner, 23rd Tactical Fighter Wing, England AFB, LA; 8. January 1980 - August 1982, personnel staff officer, fighter assignments section, Air Force Manpower and Personnel Center, Randolph AFB, TX; 9. August 1982 - June 1983, student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, AL; 10. July 1983 - October 1983, F-16 student pilot, 58th Tactical Flying Training Wing, Luke AFB, AZ; 11. November 1983 - May 1988, F-16A/F-16C fighter pilot and operations officer, 10th Tactical Fighter Squadron, later, Commander, 496th Tactical Fighter Squadron, later, Assistant Deputy Commander for Maintenance, 50th Tactical Fighter Wing, Hahn Air Base, West Germany; 12. May 1988 - July 1990, Vice Commander, Warrior Preparation Center, U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein AB, West Germany; 13. July 1990 - June 1991, student and class president, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, A; 14. July 1991 - August 1992, Vice Commander, 56th Fighter Wing, MacDill AFB, FL; 15. August 1992 - June 1994, Chief, Air Opera- tions Section, and Joint Operations and Plans Section, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Mons, Belgium; 16. June 1994 - September 1995, Commander, 24th Wing, and Commander, U.S. Southern Command Air Forces Forward, Howard AFB, Panama; 17. September 1995 - May 1997, Commander, 354th Fighter Wing, Eielson AFB, AK ; 18. May 1997 - June 1998, Director of Logistics, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Hickam AFB, HI; 19. July 1998 - January 2000, Director of Joint Matters, Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.; 20. January 2000 - August 2001, Commander, Air Force Personnel Cen- ter, Randolph AFB, TX ; 21. August 2001 - June 2004, Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.; 22. June 2004 - 2016 acting Assistant Vice Chief of Staff, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. SINCE RETIREMENT Spending time going on Christian missions around the world and teaching Men's Bible studies. Hobbies are hunting, fishing and golf. .
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