HOLMDEL, N.J. (PIX11) -- Those on this wall are gone, but never forgotten.

"It bothers me when people say 'Happy Memorial Day,' because it's not a happy occasion," said Brian DuMont. "They gave it all. Their last full measure."

A Hamilton resident and Vietnam era veteran, he is here to remember his friend and neighbor, John D. Ossmann, a Marine who gave his last full measure in 1967, just one month after landing in Vietnam. He was 19 years old.

"I was actually in Yokota, Japan, when he was killed in Vietnam," said DuMont. "He had his whole life ahead of him, and -- just, gone."

Dumont comes to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and Museum in Holmdel each year to honor him. This year, he's brought a memorial trinket he made himself to sit below his spot on the wall, which is home to the name

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