(Williamsburg, IA) — The City of Williamsburg has renamed the State Street Bridge to honor John Werner — the only native of the community to die while serving in the Vietnam War.
Werner graduated from Williamsburg High School in 1968 and served in Vietnam with the Army’s First Air Cavalry Division as an Aircraft Engine Repairman. He died on August 23rd, 1970, after being wounded the previous day in an artillery rocket mortar attack — he was 20 years old. Dwane Gragg of the Williamsburg American Legion Post told K-C-R-G- T-V that the naming of the bridge honors Werner and all who serve.
Members of the American Legion, as well as Werner’s niece and the mayor of Williamsburg, spoke at the ceremony Sunday.