Deputy Commander Al Letendre of the Colchester Veterans Honor Guard salutes 2nd Lt. Richard O'Leary's wife, Patricia Bellew Robinson, right, of Byfield, Mass., after giving her a bag with discharged cartridges from a rifle volley during the ceremony Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017 at St. Mary of the Redeemer Church in Groton honoring 2nd Lt. Richard L. O'Leary USMCR who died 50 years ago on Sept. 25, 1967 in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam. O'Leary's nieces, Jeanne Pike, background second from left, of Wallingford and Kerry O'Brien, lower left, of Walpole, Mass., and his sister, Agnes O'Brien, upper left, of Walpole, Mass. look on. In 1967 the flagpole in front of the church was dedicated to O'Leary and on Sunday a large frame with information about O'Leary, that will hang in the entrance of the church, was unveiled. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Members of the Colchester Veterans Honor Guard, left, stand at attention during the national anthem for a ceremony Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017 at St. Mary of the Redeemer Church in Groton honoring 2nd Lt. Richard L. O'Leary USMCR who died 50 years ago on Sept. 25, 1967 in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam. In 1967 the flagpole in front of the church was dedicated to O'Leary and on Sunday a large frame with information about O'Leary, that will hang in the entrance of the church, was unveiled. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Rev. Dariusz K. Dudzik, left, says a few words while 2nd Lt. Richard O'Leary's wife, Patricia Bellew Robinson, right, of Byfield, Mass., his nieces, Jeanne Pike, third from right, of Wallingford and Kerry O'Brien, fourth from right, of Walpole, Mass., and his sister, Agnes O'Brien, fifth from right, of Walpole, Mass. and others listen during the ceremony Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017 at St. Mary of the Redeemer Church in Groton honoring 2nd Lt. Richard L. O'Leary USMCR who died 50 years ago on Sept. 25, 1967 in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam. In 1967 the flagpole in front of the church was dedicated to O'Leary and on Sunday a large frame with information about O'Leary, that will hang in the entrance of the church, was unveiled. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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2nd Lt. Richard O'Leary's wife, Patricia Bellew Robinson, second from right, of Byfield, Mass., his nieces, Jeanne Pike, third from left, of Wallingford and Kerry O'Brien, left, of Walpole, Mass., and his sister, Agnes O'Brien, second from left, of Walpole, Mass. and his sister-in-law, Anne Bellew, right, of Boston, during the rifle volley of the ceremony Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017 at St. Mary of the Redeemer Church in Groton honoring 2nd Lt. Richard L. O'Leary USMCR who died 50 years ago on Sept. 25, 1967 in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam. In 1967 the flagpole in front of the church was dedicated to O'Leary and on Sunday a large frame with information about O'Leary, that will hang in the entrance of the church, was unveiled. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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