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- ↑ Virtual Vietnam Veterans Wall http://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/55441/WALTER-J-WETZEL
- ↑ Local Law 17 of 1977 http://www.steinway.lagcc.cuny.edu/FILES_DOC/Microfilms/05/009/0000/00001/050316/05.009.0000.00001.050316.10171977.pdf
- ↑ Kadinsky, Sergey "Howard Beach Honoree" Forgotten-NY Nov. 10, 2017 http://forgotten-ny.com/2017/11/walter-j-wetzel-triangle-howard-beach/
