Wallkill Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Completed After 30 Years of Dedication

Mike Cody (L) and Mark Coyne, president and vice president at Town of Wallkill Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Committee, respectively, at a dedication ceremony in Middletown, N.Y., on April 30, 2024. Cara Ding/The Epoch Times

More than a hundred people gathered at the Town of Wallkill Memorial Park on April 30 to celebrate the unveiling of a memorial wall dedicated to Vietnam War veterans.

The effort to build the wall started about 30 years ago by a local veteran, Mike Cody, who fought and was badly injured in Vietnam and came back home to taunts and jeers.