There are Three Malvern Names on the Vietnam Wall

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund wants a photo for every name on "The Wall" in D.C. So far, the organization has a picture for of the 58,000 men and women whose names are inscribed on the monument.

On the VVMF website, visitors can search the list of names on the wall by town, birthdate and rank. There are three Malvern men on the wall, all of whom have photos. Among the comments on their profiles are era Daily Local News articles and obituaries posted by a man named Jim McIlhenney. 

Specialist Gary D. Jefferis, 21, was a 1965 graduate of Great Valley High School, according to McIlhenny's post:

According to the telegram received by the serviceman's parents Wednesday morning, he died on Tuesday as a result of injuries received when he was a passenger, skidded out of control and overturned due to inclement weather.

Warrant Officer Nicholas L. Venditti, 20, was a 1966 graduate of Great Valley. He died in July 1969, "just a few days after his arrival in Vietnam:"

The Defense Department reported only that Warrant Officer Nicholas L. Venditti, of 11 E. King st., died in a Saigon military hospital on July 15. He was wounded in action July 10, just a few days after his arrival in Vietnam.
A 1966 graduate of Great Valley High School, WO Venditti was the son of Mrs. Sally C. Pusey of the King street address, and Louis Venditti of King road, Malvern.

Captain Richard Thomas Lynch, 29, was reportedly the "270th American death in South Viet Nam, according to McIlhenney's post of the Daily Local News article (original format, presumably):

Capt. Lynch was the husband
of Nancy E. Lynch and their last
known address was in care of
Mrs. Lynch's father, Gen. W.H.
Blakfield, Ankara, Turkey. They
have one small child.
According to the Pentagon re-
port, Lynch was killed by
machine gun fire when two
platoons of guerrillas ambushed
a Vietnamese ranger battalion
in An Long Province, 25 miles
south of Saigon. 

The photos collected will be displayed in a :

The pictures will be displayed in an exhibit at the future Education Center at The Wall, an underground visitors center to be built near the Vietnam Veterans and the Lincoln memorials. Everyday, the center will celebrate the birthdays of service members who died during the Vietnam War by featuring their photos on a giant digital wall.