The U.S. Senate has approved naming the Abbeville Post Office after Sgt. Richard Franklin Abshire who was killed in active duty on May 2, 1968. He was the highest decorated veteran of the Vietnam War from Vermilion Parish. Congressman Charles Boustany, R-Lafayette, introduced the bill, and U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-LA, said, "I was honored to help shepherd this bill through the Senate …
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