Contact: Dave Bond, Media Specialist Oklahoma House of Representatives Capitol: (405) 962-7671  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: State Rep. Paul Wesselhoft Capitol: (405) 557-7343 Moore: (405) 794-9464  Moore Legislator Addresses Vietnam Memorial Visitors  DEL CITY (July 15, 2005) - Today, as Oklahoma veterans and other proud Americans gathered to view a traveling replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial making a three-day stop in the state, one of Moore's own was on hand to address those in attendance.  "The names engraved on this wall represent a generation of America's finest," said State Rep. Paul Wesselhoft, a veteran of both the Vietnam era and the Persian Gulf War. "We owe all of them our respect and gratitude. May they never, never, never be forgotten."  Wesselhoft, R-Moore, spoke in conjunction with the opening ceremonies of the Dignity Memorial Vietnam Wall Experience, on display this weekend at Sunny Lane Funeral Home & Cemetery in Del City.  The highlight of the exhibition is a three-quarter-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial located in Washington, D.C. The traveling exhibit has visited over 200 cities and been viewed by millions of Americans across the country since it was created by a coalition of funeral, cremation and cemetery providers in 1990. Del City is one of 18 stops the tour will make this year.  Wesselhoft, who served in the United States Army for 18 years, reminded the crowd of the ultimate sacrifice paid by those whose names appear on the wall, which is inscribed with the names of the over 58,000 American servicemen and women who died or remain missing in Vietnam.  "One-hundred and fourteen troops on the wall died in captivity," he said. "There are five men's names on the wall who were only 16 years of age.  He added that during the Vietnam Conflict there were "988 Oklahomans who gave their lives for our nation, and their names will forever be chiseled on this great wall."  The Dignity Memorial Vietnam Wall Experience, created as a service to those who are not able to visit the actual Vietnam Veterans Memorial in the nation's capital, will be open for public viewing July 15 through 17 at Sunny Lane Funeral Home & Cemetery, located at 4000 Southeast 29th Street in Del City. The exhibition is free and open to the public 24 hours a day.  -30-   NOTICE: The information in this email is confidential, legally  privileged, and exempt from disclosure under law. It is intended  solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is  unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure,  copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in  reliance on it, is prohibited and unlawful.   The Oklahoma House of Reps does not warrant any e-mail  transmission received as being virus free, and disclaims any liability  for losses or damages arising from the use of this e-mail or its  attachments. Recipients of e-mail assume the risk of possible computer  virus exposure by opening or utilizing the e-mail and its attachments,  and waive any right or recourse against the House by doing so.