L-R: Fairhaven Lions Club members Louise Quintin, Bill Kligel, Jack Daly, John Medeiros, and Bill Moniz get ready to raise a special flag in honor of PFC John J. Conway on 11/11/22, at the Charles F. Arbaugh Memorial on the overpass on Main Street. Photo courtesy of Lisa Forcier.
Members of the Fairhaven Lions Club raised the flag of PFC John J. Conway on Veterans Day, 11/11/22, at the Charles F. Albaugh Memorial, at the 195 overpass on Main Street. The US flag there is surrounded by the flags of each branch of the military.
PFC Conway was killed in action in Vietnam on 3/17/67. He was a member of the 3rd Marine Division, 3rd Battalion, 4th Regiment.
The Lions held a short ceremony attended by PFC Conway’s sisters, Fairhaven Lion Louise Quintin, and Kathleen Conway Hickman.
“John, on behalf of the Fairhaven Lions Club, we thank you for your service and for paying the ultimate sacrifice,” posted the Lions on their Facebook page.
L-R: Sisters Louise Quintin and Kathleen Conway Hickman pause to pose for a photo as the special flag is raised in honor of their brother, PFC John J. Conway, at the Charles F. Arbaugh Memorial in Fairhaven on 11/11/22. Photo courtesy of Lisa Forcier.
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