Fargo National Cemetery Memorial Day Event

The Fargo National Cemetery Volunteer Committee announces the fourth annual Memorial Day event on May 29, 2023, at 3:00 p.m. North Dakota Vietnam Veterans State Council President Dan Stenvold will give the keynote address. Regional Congressional delegations have been asked to make remarks.This will be the second time this event will be held on the Fargo National Cemetery grounds. The location of the event will be 8709 40th Ave. N, County Road 20, Harwood, ND 58042.

Dan served in the Army as a crew chief on an M-109, 155MM howitzer in Vietnam from May 3, 1969, to July 21, 1971. This was considered 3 tours or 402 days in the jungle. Dan also had his 19th, 20 th , and 21 birthdays in Vietnam. He has also been the Vietnam Veterans State Council President of North Dakota since 1999. Dan has been on the National Board of Directors for the Vietnam Veterans of America since 2008 and helped some 1,900 Vietnam Veterans
affected by Agent Orange.

The Harwood American Legion Post 297, 119 th ANG Cadet Squadron (Happy Hooligans Civil Air Patrol), the Red River Veterans Band, and the Fargo Memorial Honor Guard will take part in the Memorial Day Event.

Fargo National Cemetery is a Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) National Cemetery. The cemetery will eventually serve the burial needs of more than 30,000 Veterans, their spouses, and eligible family members from the North Dakota and Western Minnesota region.