Family looks to correct spelling on memorial

[unhappycamper]

Family looks to correct spelling on memorial
The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Nov 12, 2007 10:32:22 EST

HINDSVILLE, Ark. — In 1945, JoVetta Siler named her son Cary, after seeing a Fayetteville movie theater poster featuring Cary Grant. And more than 60 years later, Siler and her family are fighting to have her son remembered as Cary.

Cary Siler died in Vietnam at 22, a sergeant with the 11th Armored Division. He was honored on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, but his name was misspelled as “Gary.” The Defense Department says it was likely an Army clerical error.

“He gave his life, and they can at least spell his name right,” said Catherine Carlock, Siler’s widow.

Siler’s name is also misspelled on a traveling Vietnam memorial exhibit, as well as on the Arkansas Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Little Rock.

“I’ve actually gotten very frustrated trying to have it changed over the years,” said Lonnie Siler, Cary’s brother. “After just getting shuffled back and forth from one person to the other, I got frustrated and looked for other alternatives.”

J.C. Cummings, the architect of record for the memorial in Washington, estimates that the wall has about 60 errors. The nonprofit that funded the memorial tries to correct them all, Cummings said.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/11/ap_misspelling_071112/

[Berry Cool]

1. Typical bureaucracy

Can't be bothered to correct the spelling of someone's name, even when told it is wrong.