- Dates
- 2018-03-23 – 2018-03-29
- Kind
- Memorial
- Where
- place/beaver-island-marine-museum
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communitybiographyveteransmarine-historyemergency-services
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
In March 2018, Beaver Island residents remembered Vince Pickhardt as a Vietnam veteran, engineer, repair specialist, model-builder, Marine Museum contributor, and EMS volunteer. The thread later records that AMVETS lowered Veteran’s Park flags in his honor.
Evidence limits
The principal source is a community remembrance thread. It is valuable local evidence, but the biographical and service details should be corroborated before being presented as formal biography.
Sources
- The thread reports Pickhardt’s death and preserves recollections of his Vietnam service, engineering work, Marine Museum walkways and netting, boat restoration, EMS involvement, and model-vessel histories. The specific death date is supplied in a later 2019 reply, not the initial 2018 notice.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 12 · t012861
Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island community mourns Vince Pickhardt, 2018”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-vince-pickhardt-death-2018/, accessed [date], citing Cindy R., “Vince Pickhardt, RIP,” Beaver Island Forum, March 23–29, 2018..
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