Denied for decades, Vietnam vet has place on the wall - Was this right?

SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S. — Tue, 26 May 2015 08:55:56 -0400

His name never appeared on the gleaming black granite wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington — though he died in 1967 at age 39 from an illness contracted in Vietnam.

http://www.stripes.com/news/veterans/denied-for-decades-vietnam-vet-has-place-on-the-wall-1.348502

Denied for decades, Vietnam vet has place on the wall

Francis G. Corcoran enlisted at age 18, became a Green Beret, and volunteered to serve in Vietnam, where he received a Purple Heart and Bronze Star for valor after saving comrades' lives by disarming a bomb at great risk to himself. But his name never appeared on the gleaming black granite wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington — though he died in 1967 at age 39 from an illness contracted in Vietnam.

Response by SSgt Charles Edwards made May 26 at 2015 9:04 AM

SSgt Charles Edwards — Tue, 26 May 2015 09:04:12 -0400

I would have to say it's the right move. It may have been a non-combat fatality, but this service member did succumb to an illness he probably would have avoided had he not been in country. The veterans of Vietnam have been through a lot and it seems that in the wake of the GWOT, they're finally getting their due.

Response by SFC William Swartz Jr made May 26 at 2015 2:49 PM

SFC William Swartz Jr — Tue, 26 May 2015 14:49:43 -0400

Yes this is right. He contracted an illness serving in Vietnam and deserved to have his name on the Wall from day one. Finally "they" got it right and fixed this grievous oversight/slight.