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The Blue Water Area Fallen Heroes Community Banner Program was brought forward by members of the St. Clair County Allied Veterans Council, the St. Clair County Department of Veteran Affairs, and a student leadership class project from Croswell – Lexington High School as a way to honor our community’s military heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice to their country and promote civic pride in our community. St. Clair County has over 550 service members who died in service to their country from World War I to the current gulf war conflict and the Community Banners will feature the fallen heroes’ photograph, rank, name, branch of service, war conflict, age, and city in which they resided. The St. Clair County Veterans Council is reporting that they have scanned 197 images of the 568 St Clair County GI’s who died while in service. The group is asking that the community continue to help find family and friends of those lost to complete the project. Right now, the focus is on finding individuals who served from Vietnam to date. The project is at no-cost to family members and a full list of those the group is trying to currently find can be found on the St. Clair County Veterans Council’s Facebook page.
