Bands in Eau Claire, WI

Glenn Weber: I don't know about North or Regis High, but check this list: http://www.ecasd.k12.wi.us/schools/high/memorial/MHS_MemorialGarden.cfm

I knew Paul Patrow. He liked to go by Mike, his middle name. Named after his father.

Lowell Peterson was NHS class of 1965. Tom Uteguaard was MHS class of 1966.my husband and Lowell were childhood friends and neighbors.

. STAND AND SALUTE! VIETNAM WAR CASUALTIES FROM EAU CLAIRE, WI You are currently viewing only Vietnam War Casualties From Eau Claire, Wisconsin. http://vietnam-casualties.mooseroots.com/d/b/Wisconsin/Eau-Claire 15 results filtered by: “Eau Claire”×Wisconsin× Wayne Charles Mousel Born: February 02, 1949 Died: June 17, 1970 Age at Death: 21 Specialist 4, Army Erling Alton Anderson Born: January 05, 1945 Died: June 22, 1967 Age at Death: 22 Private First Class, Army Harold John Moe Born: July 11, 1938 Died: September 26, 1967 Age at Death: 29 Captain, Marine Corps Terry Francis Mezera Born: July 05, 1949 Died: January 16, 1971 Age at Death: 22 Warrant Officer, Army Lowell Todd Peterson Born: September 29, 1947 Died: March 07, 1968 Age at Death: 20 Private First Class, Army Larry Duane Traaseth Born: November 01, 1948 Died: December 18, 1967 Age at Death: 19 Lance Corporal, Marine Corps Thomas Allan Lahner Born: June 18, 1951 Died: May 10, 1972 Age at Death: 21 Specialist 4, Army Ronald Roy Blohm Born: December 11, 1942 Died: September 10, 1968 Age at Death: 26 Warrant Officer, Army James Thomas Webber Born: October 09, 1950 Died: June 28, 1970 Age at Death: 20 Private First Class, Marine Corps Thomas Harold Utegaard Born: April 04, 1948 Died: June 13, 1969 Age at Death: 21 Sergeant, Army Roy Arthur Huss Born: July 29, 1943 Died: February 06, 1968 Age at Death: 25 Lieutenant Junior Grade, Navy Gordon Harry Blexrude Born: July 29, 1939 Died: August 24, 1965 Age at Death: 26 Sergeant, Marine Corps James Robert Devney Born: October 15, 1948 Died: July 19, 1969 Age at Death: 21 Private First Class, Army Rodney James Olson Born: May 24, 1947 Died: January 31, 1966 Age at Death: 19 Private First Class, Army Gerald Arlene Vizer Born: June 15, 1948 Died: May 30, 1967 Age at Death: 19 Private First Class, Marine Corps Go to this web site and click on a name and you'll see more information - like below. (click on image to enlarge) Source: http://www.virtualwall.org/istate/istatwi.htm

Go to this web site and click on a name and you'll see more information - like below. (click on image to enlarge) Source: http://www.virtualwall.org/istate/istatwi.htm EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN: PFC ERLING ALTON ANDERSON SGT GORDON HARRY BLEXRUDE WO RONALD ROY BLOHM PFC JAMES ROBERT DEVNEY LTJG ROY ARTHUR HUSS SP4 THOMAS ALLAN LAHNER WO TERRY FRANCIS MEZERA CAPT HAROLD JOHN MOE SP4 WAYNE CHARLES MOUSEL PFC RODNEY JAMES OLSON PFC LOWELL TODD PETERSON LCPL LARRY DUANE TRAASETH SGT THOMAS HAROLD UTEGAARD PFC GERALD ARLENE VIZER PFC JAMES THOMAS WEBBER

Thanks Sheila Hilton. "NEVER WAS SO MUCH OWED TO SO MANY BY SO FEW". I was reminded of these Vietnam vets, our Eau Claire friends, by this wartime speech made by the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on 20 August 1940 which I saw last night - a great 2 hour video/memorial about Winston Churchill and WWII titled "Walking with Destiny" and how the Allies including a lot of help from the U.S. helped defeat the Nazis. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1727596/plotsummary...

R.I.P. God Bless Them!

Ron Olson class of 65

"Betty Mezera called retired biology professor Dave Crowe, who had been involved in planning the original memorial, and he got permission from UW-Eau Claire's buildings and grounds department to remove the plaque. Crowe then delivered it to North, where custodians mounted it on the Memorial Wall next to a display honoring Terry and five other North graduates who were killed in action in Vietnam." "Memorial gets new home in time for Veterans Day By Eric Lindquist | Posted Nov 11, 2011 http://www.leadertelegram.com/blogs/eric_lindquist/article_fdbdf53 c-0 a57-11 e1-b239-001 cc4 c002 e0.html?mode=jqm When Betty Mezera of Eau Claire heard earlier this year about planned changes to the area around a small UW-Eau Claire memorial to her son, Capt. Terry Mezera, who was killed in the Vietnam War, she sought to have the plaque moved to a new location. After the devastating news arrived in 1971 that Terry, a helicopter pilot, had been killed while volunteering for a rescue mission in the mountains of Cambodia, the faculty of Phillips Science Hall established a fund used to build a memorial consisting of a bench and a bronze plaque embedded in the ground in the courtyard of the building, where Betty Mezera was a well-liked custodian. Upon hearing earlier this year that the grounds around the memorial were being cultivated for new gardens and the university's 20-year facilities Master Plan calls for replacing the 47-year-old Phillips Science Hall, Betty and her husband, Frank, decided that North High School, from which Terry graduated in 1967, might be a more permanent location for the tribute. She called retired biology professor Dave Crowe, who had been involved in planning the original memorial, and he got permission from UW-Eau Claire's buildings and grounds department to remove the plaque. Crowe then delivered it to North, where custodians mounted it on the Memorial Wall next to a display honoring Terry and five other North graduates who were killed in action in Vietnam. The story is a simple, but heartwarming example of local people and institutions working together to do the right thing, and the family obviously is thankful. "It's just a wonderful thing," Betty said, "and I think more people will see it now." To show their appreciation, the Mezeras made a donation to the NHS Flag Fund, used to buy two new American flags every year, said Ellen Cernjar, North's partnership coordinator. Betty added that she and her husband, Frank, are pleased that more people likely will see the plaque now - and be reminded of the war and its costs - than at its former home in a fairly secluded spot on the university campus. "I have a friend who goes to a lot of games at North and says, ‘I say hi to Terry every time I go by,' " Betty said. As for Betty and Frank, they will be thinking of their missing son even more than usual today - Veterans Day - although that will be difficult because, Betty said, "We still think of him all the time."" http://www.leadertelegram.com/blogs/eric_lindquist/article_fdbdf53 c-0 a57-11 e1-b239-001 cc4 c002 e0.html?mode=jqm

The Justmann Band is amazing!! But they are out of Waupaca. They played at our wedding here in Chippewa

Rich Schroeder did my brother in laws they are very very good

Www.tccats.com Great guys and way cheaper than a dj

Michael 'Kramer' Moulton