The memorial honors those who served in Vietnam and Korea and records the loss of Oxford, Massachusetts, service members. In Vietnam, they were Specialist 4 David M. VanCellette of the U.S. Army, 7th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, born October 12, 1946, killed November 17, 1965, awarded the B.S.M. and P.H.; Corporal Russell T. Christian of the U.S. Marine Corps, Company D9, 3rd Division, born August 22, 1945, killed June 3, 1966, awarded the P.H.; Lance Corporal Richard J. Carson of the U.S. Marine Corps, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Division, born October 8, 1945, killed March 20, 1967, awarded the N.C.M., P.H., and G.S.; Specialist 4 Ronald L. Granville of the U.S. Army, 495th Medical Company, born July 25, 1947, killed September 27, 1968, awarded the A.M., 4 O.L.C., and P.H.; Corporal Kenneth R. Johnson of the U.S. Army, Company C, 39th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division, born July 26, 1948, killed February 3, 1969, awarded the B.S.M., O.L.C., and P.H.; and Lieutenant F. Walter Bengtson of the U.S. Army, 9th Air Cavalry Division, born June 12, 1949, died May 7, 1971, awarded the A.M., D.F.C., P.H., and A.C.M. In Korea, they were Private First Class Harold A. Turner Jr. of the U.S. Army Airborne, born September 8, 1933, killed April 28, 1954; Captain Kenneth L. Doolittle of the U.S. Air Force, born October 11, 1922, killed April 24, 1954, awarded the A.M., 4 O.L.C., and P.H.; and Private First Class Arthur Laramee of the U.S. Army, 27th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, born January 17, 1930, killed March 18, 1952.