Memorial service for Marine Private First Class Richard Broadhurst
Private Richard Broadhurst of the Fourth Marines Regiment, the first Marine from Stamford to be killed in action in Vietnam, was remembered in a ceremony Tuesday, August 4 at Cove Island Park. Broadhurst died this day in 1965 at age 19 from wounds suffered from an explosive device, and Stamford residents honor his sacrifice each year.
Visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial site by clicking on the picture at right:
Site is full of wonderful information including a photo gallery here.
View Broadhurst's name on the wall here, and zoom in on left edge of Row 48.
Read tributes from friends and family to Broadhurst on the virtual wall here.
Visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial site by clicking on the picture at right:
Site is full of wonderful information including a photo gallery here.
View Broadhurst's name on the wall here, and zoom in on left edge of Row 48.
Read tributes from friends and family to Broadhurst on the virtual wall here.
Horshoe Beach, Cove Island Park
A wreath is placed in memoriam.
RTC Chairman Chris Munger,
Maureen Pavia, wife of -
Republican mayoral candidate Mike Pavia,
Fred Pierre-Louis, RTC member and
Republican Board of Education candidate (l-r)
A bell is rung for each name read of those killed in action.
Fred Pierre-Louis with his daughter Michelle after placing a rose.
Each veteran lays down a rose to the fallen.
Mike Pavia after placing a rose.
RTC member and former chairman Kurt Zimbler gives the benediction at the end of the ceremony.
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