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HOWARD E VAN VLIET

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HONORED ON PANEL 40W, LINE 16 OF THE WALL

HOWARD ELMER VAN VLIET

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POSTED ON 6.14.2010

POSTED BY: Robert Sage

We Remember

Howard is buried at Glen Haven Memorial Park in Winter Park,FL. DFC AM ARCOM

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POSTED ON 4.2.2008

Put A Face With A Name

Howard E. Van Vliet is remembered at the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial and Vietnam Era Educational Center. To learn more search on www.njvvmf.org.

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POSTED ON 5.21.2002

POSTED BY: dart735

To LtCol Van Vliet

We, The Vietnam Remembrance Committee of Clifton,N.J.will always honor who you were and what you did for your country.Rest in peace.rd/VRC

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POSTED ON 9.27.2001

If I should die...remembrances for LTCOL. Howard Elmer VAN VLIET, USAF...Clifton's highest-ranking hero, who gave his all for his country!!!!!!!!!...HE WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If I should die, and leave you here awhile, be not like others, sore undone, who keep long vigils by the silent dust, and weep...for MY sake, turn again to life, and smile...Nerving thy heart and trembling hand to do something to comfort other hearts than thine...Complete these dear, unfinished tasks of mine...and I, perchance, may therein comfort you.

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