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Linden honors Vietnam Veteran Sgt. John O’Neal Rucker

Linden honors Vietnam Veteran Sgt. John O’Neal Rucker

The family of the late local Sgt. John O’Neal Rucker, the last enlisted American service member to lose his life in Vietnam will be honored with other Vietnam War Veterans at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, February 4 at the courtroom of the Historic Cass County Courthouse in downtown Linden, Texas, with the 50th-anniversary commemoration of the end of the Vietnam War.

Blackburn receives award

Blackburn receives award

At the January meeting, Mark Epperson Chapter United States Daughters of 1812 Historian Iva Rountree presented Tammie Duncan Blackburn the U.S.D.1812 National American History Award. This award included a certificate from Historian National and a pin. Tammie is well known for her efforts to locate, maintain, preserve, and restore historic sites around Northeast Texas.

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