My Memorial Day weekend started Friday morning at the 19th annual Memorial Day Breakfast held at the KC Home in LaPlace.

That always brings me back to the Second World War, which I’m old enough to remember.

At the time, St. John Parish had a population of approximately one-fifth of what it is today.

Reserve was bigger than LaPlace. With that in mind, the residents of the parish were patriotic and unselfishly did their part to win the war.

At the breakfast Friday, the following names of the men who gave their lives defending our freedom were mentioned as TAPS was played.

Walter J. Bergeron – Army – Garyville – 22

Leo Boutte – Navy – Garyville – 24

Peter Caravella – Army – LaPlace – 26

Alfred Joseph Chapoton Jr. – Army – Garyville – 33

Larry Englade – Navy – Lions – 26

Lionel Hymel – Army – LaPlace – 25

Sidney Johnson Jr. – Army – Garyville – 32

Aristide Joseph Keller – Army – Reserve 25

Allen Joseph Klibert – Merchant Marines – Garyville – 19

Henry J. LaBranche – Army – Montz – 33

Arthur Edwin Lasseigne – Navy – Reserve – 26 

Larry Lasseigne – Army – Reserve – 20

Louis Albert Lorio Jr. – Navy – Edgard – 22

Marcel Joseph Madere – Army – LaPlace – 27

Robert Joseph Michel Jr. – Army – Lions – 24

Raymond Millet – Army – Lions – 24

C. J. Montegut III – Army – LaPlace – 24

Nolan J. Montz – Army – Lions – 24

Roy Peter Montz – Army – Reserve – 29  

Vince Charles Palermo – Army – Garyville – 22

Edward J. Remondet – Navy – Reserve – 20

Marion Philip Robert – Army – Reserve – 19

Sterling Joseph Rome – Army – LaPlace – 23

Lloyd Joseph Schexnayder – Army Air Corps – Garyville – 24

Camille A. Simon – Army – Lions 26 

Joseph A. Sutton – Army – Reserve – 26

Roger J. Tassin – Army Air Corps – Wallace – 22

Gillespie Joseph Templain Jr. – Army, Garyville – 19

Eldon Joseph Theard – Army – Reserve – 25 

Robert Paul Vicknair – U.S. Marines – Reserve – 19

Samuel E.  b  – Navy – Reserve – 21

May God Bless America!

If you have any questions or comments, please write Harold Keller at Get High on Life, P.O. Drawer U, Reserve, LA 70084, call 985-652-8477 or email hkeller@comcast.net.