Jerry Bockbrader graduation photo 1966
Jerry Bockbrader, fallen hometown soldier, remembered on Memorial Day
At left, Jerry Bockbrader at basic training in Fort Jackson, South Carolina in 1967. At right, photo taken while at home on leave Christmas 1967. On his uniform is a marksmanship badge.
Jerry with fiancee Sally Brumback and parents Ruth and Gil Bockbrader.
War memorial at Hood Park.
In Hood Park, adjacent to Commodore Perry’s statue on Front Street, is the War memorial. It was constructed in 2008 under the auspices of Perrysburg American Legion Post 28.
Engraved on this monument are the names of hometown veterans who gave their life in the service of their country. The names begin with those lost in World War I and end at the Gulf War.
Of the Vietnam ...
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