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Clermont remembers more about Zack Addington than how he died in Vietnam

Post office in North Hall town dedicated to 19-year-old

Visitors use the Clermont Post Office Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018, on Main Street in downtown Clermont. The post office bears the new name, LCPL Zach T. Addington Postal Facility following a renaming ceremony.

08312018 ADDINGTON 8.jpg — Visitors use the Clermont Post Office Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018, on Main Street in downtown Clermont. The post office bears the new name, LCPL Zach T. Addington Postal Facility following a renaming ceremony.

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Published: Aug 30, 2018, 9:08 PM

Nearly 50 years after he was killed on a battlefield in Vietnam, Zack Addington was remembered Thursday, Aug. 30, with a ceremony renaming the Clermont post office in his honor.

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