Forget-me-not: Mothers and Sons

An installation by Marie Watt commemorating Northwest servicemen and -women killed in Afghanistan and Iraq.

141.
Ronald Paulsen
Vancouver, WA
1953–2006
Army S.Sgt., 414th Civil Affairs Bn.

Worked for 14 years at Gunderson, making rail cars. Called back to active duty at age 51; joked he would be the only member of his unit on blood pressure medication. Loved to laugh. Survived by wife, stepson, granddaughter.