I am an in-country Vietnam Veteran and served between 1969 and 1970 with the First Infantry Division.

I have been a VVA member for over 18 years, and Chapter 82 for the last 12 years. Currently, I am the First Vice President and serve on the Board of Directors. I also serve as a New York State Delegate am New York’s Sons & Daughters In Touch Liaison and Chair the State’s Constitution Committee. For Chapter 82 I Chair the Agent Orange / Dioxin, Constitution / Bylaws, and Silver Rose Committees. I coordinate our Walter Reed Hospital Program which visits the facility to meet our wounded troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. I also serve as a Liaison for the Color and Honor Guard.

I attended the National Leadership Conference where I learned a great deal about how the VVA operates and received an education regarding Agent Orange and the Silver Rose.

I have been privileged to receive Chapter 82’s Veteran of the Year and the Order of the Silver Rose, Silver Rose.

I traveled to Washington D.C. for the 20th Anniversary for the “Vietnam Veterans Memorial” and the 10th Anniversary for the “Women’s Memorial.” I participated with the Virginia Chapter “Color Guard” at the “3 Man Statue” for the Victims of Agent Orange.

This year I worked with the Town of Oyster Bay to bring the “Vietnam Wall Experience” to Marjorie Post Park, in Massapequa, Long Island New York, for the April 30, 2005 weekend – the 30th Anniversary of the end of the Viet Nam war. During that weekend it was my pleasure to be instrumental in establishing the Nations first visible legacy to the more than 300,000 Vietnam Veterans chemically wounded or killed by Agent Orange dioxins (see photo below).

Also this year I was part of a Chapter group that attended the Veteran’s Day proceedings at the Wall in D.C., and part of the only local-chapter to present a wreath during these proceedings.

I have retired after 32 years with the Town of Oyster Bay, and am married with five surviving children.