Southern Nevada veteran says goodbye to friend at Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall [Video]

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – Vietnam War Veteran “Roc” Dickerson has feared a visit to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall for years.

“Today I came here, and I faced that fear,” said Dickerson.

FOX5 recently traveled to the Washington D.C. area with Honor Flight Southern Nevada to tour war memorials. We are now featuring stories from several of those locations.

Roc Dickerson, who is from Southern Nevada, says he was part of a small patrol unit during the Vietnam War. Dickerson told us the group would seek out enemy forces and call in strikes to take them out. However, Dickerson says the group was attacked in the A Shau Valley and he lost a friend. His name was Maxwell S. Frantz.

“We were good friends. As good of friends as you can be in a combat zone,” said Dickerson.

He added,” I tried not to make friends with too many …