CUMMING — Two Forsyth County residents have been named “Member of the Year” by the Cumming Chapter of the Vietnam Veterans of America.

Jack Lynn and Joe Nolan were presented the awards at the chapter’s meeting earlier this month.

The honor is bestowed annually on an individual who performed exemplary work on behalf of the organization and its work for veterans and the community.

“One of the reasons our group has been successful is due to the heavy lifting by individual members who go the extra mile to get the job done,” said Billy Darby, chapter president. “Jack Lynn and Joe Nolan are the kind of people every organization needs to meet its goals.”

Nolan, a native of Long Island, N.Y., has lived in Forsyth since 1991. He is retired after nearly 22 years in the U.S. Navy, during which he spent all or part of five years in Vietnam or aboard the USS Topeka off the coast of Vietnam in the South China Sea.

Lynn, a 15-year resident of the county, served in Vietnam during 1966-67 as a member of the U.S. Navy Seabees. He’s a Hall County native who is retired for commercial construction.

VVA Chapter 1030 meets the first Monday of each month at Golden Corral restaurant on Market Place Boulevard. Dinner is at 6 p.m., with the meeting at 7 p.m. All Vietnam-era veterans are invited.