The following names will appear on a plaque on the monument memorializing eight Exeter Union High School graduates who were killed in the Vietnam War.
(chronological order, by date of death):
- Joe Lanell Meek – Class of 1964
U.S. Amy, Specialist Fourth Class
Killed in action: Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam
September 18, 1965 – Age 22
Burial: Exeter District Cemetery – Exeter, California - Timothy David Ewing – Class of 1963
U.S. Army, Private First Class
Killed in action, Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam
December 17, 1966 – Age 21
Burial: Cypress Lawn Memorial Park Colma, California - Frederick Alton Hitson – Class of 1963
U.S. Amy, Specialist Fourth Class
Killed in action, Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam
March 11, 1967 – Age 21
Burial: Exeter District Cemetery – Exeter, California - Eugene Petty – Class of 1964
U.S. Army, Specialist Fifth Class
Killed in action, Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam
September 12, 1967 – Age 22
Burial: Exeter District Cemetery – Exeter, California - Phillip Arthur Ogas – Class of 1963
U.S. Army, Specialist Fifth Class
Died while missing, Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam
November 30, 1967 – Age 22
Burial: Lindsay – Strathmore Cemetery – Lindsay, California - Larry Jay Moore – Class of 1967
U.S. Army, Private First Class
March 13, 1968 – Age 19
Burial: Exeter District Cemetery – Exeter, California - Daniel Eric Goldsmith – Class of 1965
U.S. Army, Sergeant
Killed in action, Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam
May 26, 1968 – Age 20
Burial: Exeter District Cemetery – Exeter, California - Terry Lee Ketter – Class of 1962
U.S. Army, Captain
Killed in action, unidentified Province, Cambodia
May 10. 1970 – Age 25
Burial: Exeter District Cemetery – Exeter, California
Vietnam Memorial Dedication Nov 11, 2011 at Joyner Park, Exeter, California
Photographs by David Ripper – Class of 1969