Truth about veteran's service forces memorial change

Truth about veteran's service forces memorial change
 Intelligencer Journal
Lancaster New Era
Updated Mar 29, 2012
 By CINDY STAUFFER Staff Writer

Donald E. Armold was third on the list of Vietnam War veterans whose names were included on a bronze plaque at a Mount Joy memorial when it was unveiled in 2010. It appeared just under the inscription "HONORING ALL WHO SERVED IN VIETNAM." Armold also was the grand marshal of last year's Marietta Memorial Day parade.

His full-page bio in the parade program lists him as "VIETNAM VETERAN." There is only one problem, and it's a big one. Armold, 68, of Manheim Township, isn't a Vietnam War veteran. He did serve in the U.S. Marines from 1961 until 1966, but never set foot in Vietnam, doing his service stateside and on cruises in the Mediterranean and in Guantanamo Bay. The memorial committee recently ordered and installed a new plaque — minus Armold's name — for the Mount Joy monument at a cost of $3,000. read more here