The Town of Reading & the Vietnam War Memorial Volunteers Veterans Day Ceremony and Vietnam War Memorial Dedication
November 11, 2022
Reading Memorial High School
Ceremony Events
Welcoming and Opening Remarks for Memorial Dedication
Reading Veterans Service Officer Will Valliere
- Invocation Father – Stephen Rock
- March on the Colors Command – Color Guard
- Star Spangled Banner – RMHS Band
- Introduction of Reading Town Manager – Fidel Maltez Remarks
- Introduction of Superintendent of Reading Schools – Tom Milaschewski Remarks
- Introduction of – Brigadier General Jack Hammond
- Brigadier General Hammond Remarks
- Introduction of Longtime Reading Teacher, Coach, & Veteran Hal Croft
- Reading of Silver Star Citation – Bill Hughes
- Hal Croft Remarks
- Vietnam Pin Presentation – Reading Veterans Service Officer Will Valliere
Reading of the Honor Roll
Peter M. Bredbury – Private First Class, United States Marine Corps
Robert J. Croce – Lance Corporal, United States Marine Corps
John W. Hanscom – Private First Class, United States Marine Corps
Michael D. Havel – Specialist Fifth Class, United States Army
Robert A. Holt – Captain, United States Marine Corps
Bruce C. Parmalee – Private First Class, United States Marine Corps
Edward A. Putney – Staff Sergeant, United States Army
Presentation of Wreath for the Men on the Memorial – Richard Holt and Roger Parmalee
Presentation of Wreath for All Reading Vietnam Veterans
TAPS – RMHS Musician
Benediction – Father Stephen Rock
Conclusion – Reading Veterans Service Officer Will Valliere
