Students at Oconto Falls High School and local veterans heard a message of unity Nov. 10 from the son of the last soldier killed during the Vietnam War.
Col. William Nolde died as the result of artillery fire near An Loc on Jan. 27, 1973, just 11 hours before a truce took effect in accordance with the Paris Peace Accords. He is listed as the last official American combat casualty of the war. Byron Nolde, chief executive officer of Oconto Electric Cooperative, is second-youngest of William and Joyce Nolde’s five children, four sons and a daughter.