Chapter 41’s Goulet Receives McQuillen Award

Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 41 President Raymond Goulet Jr. received the Maurice L. McQuillen Award from the New Hampshire Union Leader in January. Named for the first veterans editor of the Union Leader and New Hampshire Sunday News, the award honors “outstanding work in the interest of fellow New Hampshire veterans.”

Goulet serves on the board at the New Hampshire Veterans Home; volunteers on honor flights bringing veterans to Washington, D.C.; helped bring the Moving Wall to several New Hampshire communities; and with his wife, Ann, was instrumental in creating a Vietnam War Memorial at the state veterans cemetery, the paper said.

“Ray is a gentle soul who always lends a hand to anyone in need when he’s able,” David Kenney, chairman of the New Hampshire State Veterans Advisory Committee, told the Union Leader.