JBLM tells Vietnam vets ‘it's never too late’ to say welcome home

Stephen Stribling looked wide-eyed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord on Thursday as he walked into a column of uniformed sailors waiting to thank him for his service in the Vietnam War.

The 66-year-old grinned as he took in the appreciation of active-duty troops. It was nothing like the lonely homecoming he experienced at the end of his combat tour in 1968.

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Stribling’s new Vietnam homecoming — 46 years in the making — unfolded at a JBLM salute to Vietnam-era veterans. It was meant to recognize a generation of military service members who too often felt scorned by the public after serving overseas.

“It is never too late, never too late, to pay tribute to the men and women who served and continue to serve our country,” said I Corps Commander Lt. Gen. Stephen Lanza, the senior Army officer at JBLM.

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Jackson Township veteran getting final wish to visit Vietnam memorial

Al Boren, 67, will make the trip of a lifetime today to Washington, D.C.

The Vietnam War veteran and his wife, Janis, will take an Honor Flight to see the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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14 names added to Vietnam Veterans Memorial

The fact that Seamans and Mauldin died of service-related causes made their names eligible for addition to the wall.

 According to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, the Defense Department makes the difficult and often technical decision of whose names go on the wall.

 DoD reviews individual requests for names to be added to memorial and can, on its own, add names omitted in error.

 All 14 of the newly added service members sustained wounds within the combat zone that eventually contributing to their deaths, meeting DoD’s criteria.

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