Flags stolen from Vietnam War Memorial in Plymouth

Flags stolen from Plymouth's Vietnam site
Times Leader
July 3, 2012
Bill O'Boyle

PLYMOUTH – The theft of American flags from the Vietnam War Memorial on Main Street in this West Side community is especially upsetting to Clyde Peters.

The Vietnam veteran led the campaign to raise funds to erect the memorial that bears the names of seven Plymouth residents who were killed in Vietnam. More than a dozen flags were apparently stolen overnight Sunday.

“We put them up for Memorial Day and a lot of people would stop and take pictures,” Peters said. “And now somebody who has no respect for the flag or the sacrifices all veterans have made decided to ruin the display.

“We found a couple of the flags thrown in yards just down the street,” Peters said. “We think some kids decided to have some ‘fun.’ Whoever is responsible should pay for what they did.”

The memorial and the site that was developed to house it cost around $10,000, he said. The Plymouth American Legion Post 463 planted flowers to spruce up the display.

Peters said that when the granite memorial was set in place, he installed red, white and blue lights to illuminate it at night.

“They stole the lights, too,” Peters said.

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