Vietnam Wall evokes reflections on personal loss

BY IVY MOORE ivym@theitem.com
Posted 5/22/13

Retired Chief Master Sgt. Lefford Fate's brother, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. John Calvin Sherman, died in Vietnam at the age of 19, when Fate was 6.

"He was killed on 2 May, 1970," he said.

"Last year I was scheduling my retirement ceremony, and one …

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