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IN MEMORIAM
This month is the anniversary
of these Classmates joining
the Ghostly Assemblage
in the Long Gray Line
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David H. Bailey, H-2
25 Feb 1938 - 30 May 2002
Ronald L. Beckett, A-2
3 Feb 1939 - 23 May 2000
Craig W. Brammer, C-1
5 Feb 1939 - 29 May 1992
Thomas F. Carroll III., D-1
2 Aug 1939 - 16 May 2010
Richard J. Davis, M-1
10 Jun 1936 - 10 May 1967
James S. Dawson III, F-1
9 Dec 1938 - 20 May 1999
Peter R. McGrath, L-1
21 Jan 1939 – 10 May 2011
John C. Sigg, E-2
19 Feb 1938 - 28 May 1965
Mark N. Silverman, E-2
15 Apr 1939 - 1 May 2005
Sanford E. Vedder, Jr., M-2
17 Jun 1939 - 26 May 1998
Allan R. Wetzel, A-1
19 Aug 1938 - 9 May 2006
James M. Winters, F-1
26 Dec 1939 - 31 May 2003
"Well done; Be thou at peace."
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Click on underlined names
to go their Last Roll Call Tribute.
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Class Business
Class Leaders
Profiles
Halls of Fame Inductees
Prior Features
50 Year Affiliation Program
50th Reunion
14-18 May 2011
45th Reunion
28 Sep - 1 Oct 2006
40th Reunion
4 - 7 Oct 2001
10th Reunion
Cadet Days
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Welcome to the
USMA Class of 1961
Web Site
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Thomas S. Myerchin
"Tom"
Company M-1
5 Feb 1937 - 15 May 2012
Place of Death:
Goodlettsville, TN
Interment:
Middle Tennessee Veteran’s Cemetery, Pegram, TN
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 It
is with great
regret and sorrow that we must notify you of the sudden death of our classmate,
Tom Myerchin, on 15 May at his home in Goodlettsville, TN. He is survived by his devoted wife, Barbara
LaFollette Myerchin; son and daughter-in-law, Thomas S. Myerchin, Jr. and
Cinthya Blanchard of Port St. Lucie, FL; brothers, John and William Myerchin;
sister, Catherine Erickson; and numerous nieces and nephews who loved and
admired him.
Visitation will
be from 3-7 p.m., Sunday, May 20, at the Madison Funeral Home, 219 East Old Hickory Boulevard, Madison, TN 37115.
Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Monday, 21 May, at Our Lady of the Lake
Catholic Church, 1729 Stop
30 Road, Hendersonville, TN 37075. Interment follows at 1:00
p.m. at Middle Tennessee Veteran’s Cemetery, Pegram, TN.
Condolences may
be sent to Barbara at 1032 Maple Court, Goodlettsville, TN 37072-9206.
In lieu of flowers, the family encourages
donations to Operation Stand Down, 1125 12th Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37203-4709,
a non-profit organization assisting Middle Tennessee veterans, especially
homeless vets.
Well done,
Tom. Be thou at peace
Click here to go
to Tom's Last Roll Call Tribute.
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Martin J. Zaldo
"Red"
Company E-1
6 Feb 1939 - 1 May 2012
Place of Death: Newport
Beach, CA
Interment: TBA
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 It is with great regret and sorrow
that we must inform you of the death of our classmate,
Martin "Red" Zaldo. He died in Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach, CA of natural causes.
Red is survived by his wife
Julie; their children Patrick and Kelly; their daughter-in-law Rachael;
granddaughters Madison and Parker; and his brother Bill, USMA '59.
Red's funeral service will be at
11 am, Monday, May 14 at Holy Spirit Catholic Church, 17270 Ward Street,
Fountain Valley, CA 92708. Burial will be later in the week for the family
only.
In lieu of flowers, donations in
Red's memory may be sent to any of the following:
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Army Baseball,
Attn: Coach Joe Sottolano, West Point, NY10996. Make checks payable to
Army Athletic Association, and put “Friends of Army Baseball in memory of
Martin “Red” Zaldo, ’61.”
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National Brain
Tumor Society, 22 Battery Street #612, San Francisco, CA 94111
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Osteogenisis Imperfecta
Foundation, 804 W Diamond Avenue, #210, Gaithersburg, MD 20878
Well done, Red. Be thou at peace.
Click here to go to
"Red"'s Last Roll Call Tribute.
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Bill Mackie Recognized as Oldest Human Being on the Joint
Staff by GEN Dempsey
 Bill
Mackie on 3 March 2012 had the honor of meeting the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff, General Martin E. Dempsey for a "Photo Op" in conjunction with another
ceremony. Among other things, Bill was being recognized as the Oldest
Human Being on the Joint Staff. It is reported that Bill told GEN Dempsey
about his pride in serving on the Joint Staff with young officers such as GEN
Dempsey. We - our country - is indeed lucky to have GEN Dempsey as our
Nation's top military officer, Bill added.
GEN Dempsey and
Bill
lamented the fact that it has been over eleven years since Army beat Navy in
football. All-in-all, a good day.
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1961 Mini-Reunion Charleston, SC Sunday 14 October –
Friday 19 October 2012
16 May 2012 Update
Note – send all commo to ghyde@cfl.rr.com
Mark your calendars for a great Mini in
Charleston, SC. You can come for all or any of the days as you wish. Good fun
available every day.
Your hosts, Joe Fishburne and John Goldtrap,
are coordinating what promises to be a great get-together. Following is the
initial info for planning purposes and some things you need to do.
Click here for all the details.
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Newest
Viking River Cruise Now Planed For 16-25 August 2013 on Portugal's Douro
River
 Starting
with t wo
nights in the Dom Pedro Palace Hotel in Lisbon 16-18 August 2013. On 18
August Group transfers (by bus) to Porto for the river cruise portion of their
trip. They return to Porto and disembark on 25 August, 2013.
This cruise is selling quickly---only 14
cabins remain on the entire ship for dates we have booked. If you have any
interest in joining the cruise---you should asap call Lois Bradfield
at 360-393-4361 or email her at
lois.lbtours@comcast.net.
Click here
for details of the 2013 River Cruice.
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16 September 2012 Mini-Reunion Russian River Cruise Information as of 30 April 2012
The Russian
River Cruise 2012 has 17 classmates plus 12 couples of family and friends.
The ship is full!
If anyone is
interested in being placed on a cancellation list, please contact Lois Bradfield
at
lois.lbtours@comcast.net or Connie Budge at
clb615@aol.com
Click here for
detail information about the cruise.
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DoD Program to Commemorate the 50th
Anniversary of the Vietnam War
Announced
In Accordance With Public Law 110-181 SEC. 598; the 2008
National Defense Authorization Act authorized the Secretary of Defense to
conduct a program to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War and “in
conducting the commemorative program, the Secretary shall coordinate, support,
and facilitate other programs and activities of the Federal Government, State
and local governments, and other persons and organizations in commemoration of
the Vietnam War."
DoD representatives will coordinate
with other federal agencies, veteran groups, state, local government and
non-government organizations for their input in Vietnam War commemoration
activities. For more information call 877-387-9951 or visit the official website
at
http://www.vietnamwar50th.com/.
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Reconciliation Plaza Described on Web Site
The Historical Marker Database is a web site
providing information about many national momuments. Reconciliation
Plaza, our Class Gift to West Point, is described in great detail. The
web site is well worth viewing at: www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=35359
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June Week 1961 and Related Activities from July
1961 Assembly Now Available Online
The USMA Library Archives office is putting ASSEMBLY Magazine and
various other historical reports on a web site that allows you to access and download articles and information. Copies of
ASSEMBLY from 1942-1993 are currently available.
Click here for the archived issues of
Assembly.
Click here for the Summer 1961 issue. You will find it very interesting. There may be a problem for some as the huge file is 72MB.
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Memorial & Family Planning
Documents
The Class of
1961
Memorial Article Project has now made the appropriate AOG Forms available for
your use.
Click here
to go to the Class Web Site article that explains what is available and has
links to the documents.
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Panoramic Photo of USMA
The panoramic photo of the Plain and surrounding buildings of West Point at
the top of this page was created by G. W. 'Casey' Kenaston, USNA '56. The actual
picture is 50 inches by 10 3/4 inches, including the border. To view this
panoramic photo with more detail,
please click here.
To further increase the size of that picture, do a mouse button click on
the picture to get the picture enlarge icon.
Full size copies of this panoramic photo are now available for $60 each, which includes shipping and handling. Framing is not being
offered. That can be done by each person on their own. To place an order through John Neiger,
please click here to
email him. It will take about 4 weeks to get
the photo via the mail.
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In Remembrance:
Classmates can send their remembrances, comments, pictures to Sam Weiss
and they will be edited for inclusion
with the Last Roll Call Tribute for that person.
Current Profiles
In order to create a “Current Profile”
for every member of the class, graduates and former members of 1961, we
need your input. If you are interested in participating, email your
“vita” information to Sam Weiss
with photos in "jpg" format, if you can. If that is not possible,
then send actual photo to: John Neiger at 4011 Lakeview Parkway, Lake of the
Woods, VA 22408. All photos will be returned after we scan
them into cyberspace.
If your profile is already online,
check to make sure it is up-to-date and send us any changes or additions.
Prior Features
In order to keep this page more current with items
of interest to the Class, after a reasonable length of time items will be moved to the
PRIOR FEATURES Page (click here to go to them).
Panoramic Photo of USMA
The panoramic photo of the
Plain and surrounding buildings of West Point at the top of this page
was created by G. W. 'Casey' Kenaston, USNA '56. To view the panoramic
photo in full size with more detail,
please click here. To
further increase the size of that picture, please do a mouse button click
on the picture to get the picture enlarge icon. Arrangements
are being made for individuals to purchase copies. Detail will be
published as soon as available.
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If you have any announcements of interest
to other Classmates, comments, questions, or suggestions, please
e-mail them to Sam Weiss.
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private organization is a non-Federal entity organized by graduates of the
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this private organization are not to be considered as the official views of
the United States Military Academy.
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WEST POINT
Long
ago when this Country was new
Our forefathers said here’s what we must do.
We must
find a place where young men can be
Trained to serve this great country.
West
Point was chosen as the place
Where they learned to serve with honor and grace.
They
were taught to serve, and only then
Were they sent to become leaders of men.
Duty,
Honor, Country for all time
The world is encircled by The Long Gray Line.
By Joan
Seibert
in honor of the Class of 1961 50th Reunion
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