• From left: Mike, Jim, Kim and Tim Bockbrader. Photo credit to Gary L. Franks.
    From left: Mike, Jim, Kim and Tim Bockbrader. Photo credit to Gary L. Franks.
  • Representative Haraz Ghanbari Photo credit to Gary L. Franks.
    Representative Haraz Ghanbari Photo credit to Gary L. Franks.

    Perrysburg honored the life and legacy of a hometown hero with the formal dedication of the U.S. Army Private First Class Jerry Bockbrader Memorial Highway on May 20.

    A graduate of Perrysburg High School, Pfc. Jerry Bockbrader was drafted into the Army on September 18, 1967 and deployed to Vietnam on February 26, 1968. Assigned as a Light Weapons Infantryman with C Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Caval…