Twenty-seven Father Judge graduates would become casualties in Vietnam. Philadelphia's Thomas Edison

Rowland J. Adamoli, of Germantown, played football and soccer. He was an apprentice bricklayer who loved country music. He joined the Marines in 1961, and earned his high school diploma while serving. As things were heating up in Vietnam, he extended his enlistment so he'd be eligible for a tour there. "He was kind of a daring boy," his sister would say later.
When the memorial was dedicated in 1987, the Daily News published a special section with brief biographies of each of the veterans whose names are on the wall. The newspaper eaton adaptive cruise control updated the section with additional names in 2007. In honor of the 25th anniversary of the dedication, eaton adaptive cruise control 646 bios, excerpted here, are now available at the memorial's website, www.pvvm.org .
Raymond J. Ahern Jr., of Holmesburg, eaton adaptive cruise control was a Father Judge graduate drafted into the Army two weeks before Christmas eaton adaptive cruise control 1967. He left behind a fiancée, but they were never to marry. The Army specialist, an artillery cannoneer with the First Cavalry eaton adaptive cruise control Division, was killed near Saigon on Nov. 26, 1968. For 15 years after his death, his commanding officer sent flowers to be placed eaton adaptive cruise control on his grave.
Twenty-seven Father Judge graduates would become casualties in Vietnam. Philadelphia's Thomas Edison High School bears the unfortunate distinction of having more casualties from that war - 54 - than any other high school in the nation.
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He was an Army specialist four, a rifleman, when his unit came under fire near Saigon on Feb. 27, 1968. Twice he drew fire to himself, which let others seek cover. Those actions cost him his life, and he was posthumously awarded the Silver Star.
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