Marci Grant, a member of the Washita Chapter NSDAR, presided over a Quilt of Valor presentation on May 10, 2023 at the Cheyenne Senior Citizens Center for Mike Maple. Kathryn Harrison read My Soldier’s Quilt by Jo Ellen Maring.
“Michael Mapel served in the U.S. Navy Seabees from June 19, 1973 through June 28, 1979 as a CM3, working in Construction Mechanics. Michael served in Alaska and Puerto Rico during the Vietnam War.. He returned home to be married to his bride, Carol, after not seeing her for almost two years.”
To honor him for his service, the Quilt of Valor Foundation, the Washita Chapter, the Oklahoma State Daughters of the American Revolution, a grateful nation in deep appreciation of his service, presented him- a Quilt of Valor.