Memorial for fallen MoH Marine stalls

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Memorial for fallen MoH Marine stalls
The Associated Press
Posted : Sunday Jan 4, 2009 13:05:44 EST

FARMINGTON, N.M. — Four decades after the death of a Farmington native who was awarded the Medal of Honor, city and Marine Corps League officials are planning a memorial but haven’t established a timeline.

Lance Cpl. Kenneth Worley died Aug. 12, 1968, in Vietnam.

Bruce Salisbury of Aztec, a World War II and Korean War veteran, is frustrated the project isn’t moving faster. He wants the city to announce it has dedicated land for a memorial to Worley on March 25, or National Medal of Honor Day.

“He’s one of my heroes,” Salisbury said.

Worley died at age 20 in Bo Ban Hamlet, Quang Nam Province, after throwing himself on a grenade that landed near a group of Marines. His body absorbed the explosion and his five comrades sustained only minor wounds.


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