Michigan woman to honor late father among 768 Vietnam veterans recognized in DC

A Rochester Hills woman spent nearly a year fighting to get her late father recognized by a national program honoring Vietnam veterans who died after returning home from service.

Laurie Starr’s father, Robert Starr, served in Vietnam from 1967 to 1968. He died in 2015 at age 72 from multiple myeloma, a rare blood cancer doctors attributed to his exposure to Agent Orange.

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Michigan woman to honor late father among 768 Vietnam veterans recognized in Washington, D.C.

“He was the voice inside my head, he always has been, he was a great father,” Laurie said…

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