Military veterans bow their heads at the Naperville Vietnam War Veterans Day Observance at Veterans Park, March 29 to remember 11 Naperville residents who died in Vietnam. The Vietnam War Veterans Recognition Act of 2017 was established March 29 for several reasons, including the date 49 years ago that the last U.S. combat troops departed Vietnam.Jason Crane/The VoicePast Department of Illinois VFW Commander Phil Maughan, left, carries a wreath to be placed at the Veterans Park in Naperville as part of the March 29 Vietnam War Veterans Day Observance. Naperville residents killed in the Vietnam War were remembered. They are: Ronald Michael Nowak, Michael James Beirne, Christopher Wayne Beavers, Donald John Porter, Dean Ward Moehring, Walter Joseph, Gutowski, Michael Edward Dunn, Jay Charles Sacks, Edward Michael Sieben, John Braxton Woodall, John Charles Luebke, Jr.. The park is near the intersection of Gartner Road and Edgewater Drive.Jason Crane/The Voice
