The following are excerpts from her letter to The News Gram:

My name is Janna Hoehn, I am a 25 year resident of Maui, Hawaii.  Six years ago my husband and I made our first trip to Washington DC. Because Vietnam was the war that was going on while I was in High School the first memorial on my list was the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall. 

Even though I never knew anyone killed in Vietnam, I wanted a rubbing of one of the names.  I approached the Wall and choose a name... Gregory John Crossman... an MIA. When I returned home I decided to research Gregory and try to find his family, in the event they were never able to go to the Wall, I would send them the etching, hoping they would share a photo with me of Gregory. 

Off and on for 6 months I researched every way possible and never found any family. I was quite disappointed however I had one more possibility, my cousin, our family historian.  Six weeks later she found a college photo of Gregory.  Two years later I saw a story on our local news about the “Faces Never Forgotten” for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund. 

The goal, to put a face with every name that is etched on the Wall. I immediately sent in the photo I had of Gregory Crossman. 5 days later I received an email from Jan Scruggs, the Founder and President of the Vietnam Wall. He thanked me for sending the photo, it was the first for this Hero and asked me if I could help him find the photos for the 42 Maui County Fallen that were killed in Vietnam. I replied,  it would be an honor. 

All of these photos will be submitted to the “Wall of Faces” online memorial with the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, as well as in the future Education Center that will be adjacent to the Vietnam Wall in Washington DC.

Putting a face with a name changes the whole dynamic of the Wall, it keeps our Fallen Heroes memories alive and will honor them, our heroes stories and sacrifice will never be forgotten.

My plea is this:  If anyone is related, a friend or a classmate to any of the young men on the list I would very much appreciate hearing from you. Even if you don't have a photo but know which school any of these young men attended, it would be so helpful. We need to obtain a photo of every single Fallen Hero whose names are etched on The Wall, all 58,307 of them. To date we have collected over 42,000 photos. 

I am also looking for an individual that would like to volunteer to be my “boots on the ground” in your community if we do not find all the photos.

One item that may need to be explained to your readers is the list of names reflects the names we still need photos for. If a name is not included and your reader wishes to look up their loved one or friends name, go to the “Wall of Faces” type the name in the search box, the profile will come up and its possible they may have a better photo than has been submitted. I do not wish for anyone to feel badly that their loved one/friend is not listed or forgotten. We will never forget any of them. 

Please submit any photos or information to Janna Hoehn at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . For more information about the Education Center or make a donation to help build the Center go to: www.vvmf.org/thewall

Mahalo Janna Hoehn.

Maverick County Texas Fallen

Name-DOB-DOD-Home of Record

David Garza                      1947-1969        Eagle Pass 

Ramiro Herrera Jr.          1945-1967        Eagle Pass

Adrian L. Lynn Jr.            1942-1967        Eagle Pass

Baltazar A. Maldonado  1945-1966       Eagle Pass

Erasmo Palos                   1946-1968       Eagle Pass

Matias T. Rodriguez Jr.  1946-1966       Eagle Pass