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Killed on Nov. 23, 1951, Pfc. Wilbur John Robinson was one of just seven Yellowstone County residents to die in the Korean War. In 1997 the Veterans Memorial Wall was dedicated on the south lawn of the Yellowstone County Courthouse to honor local men and women who died in wars up through Vietnam, and Wilbur’s name was supposed to be one of them. Except when the memorial went up, his name wasn’t there. Instead, the name shown is of Willard Robinson/Billings Gazette. More here.
Question: Has your name ever been misspelled on a plaque, program, or media publication? What was your reaction to that?
D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.
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