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Unless you went thru training
together or knew each other before the service...the men you fought with and entrusted
your life to...were total strangers...in
time and by the grace of God you got to know them and they you...as well as either would allow..
Wheither you knew them or not...really
did't matter anyway...when word came down or the choopers came in for your dead and wounded...another part of you was lost...alot
of the wounded you loaded you never heard from again...you didn't know if they made it back to the world alive or not...
Until
"The Wall"....if you knew their real names...
Broadus Vernon 4dec68
John Hill1mar68
Thomas Conkel 4dec68
Philip Greene 29feb68
Marvin Gaines 26nov68
Alfread Smith 6apr68
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It took many many years before I could bring myself around to go to The Wall but finally...with the help
and love of one particular and fellow brothers...I went...and I...as many before me "lost it"...the hairs on my neck are now
standing up as I relay this...I went back down on the 15th annversary and have been back at least once each year....
It
is called the "Healing Wall"and my brothers...it truly is....and once again that generation of Kids...now grown and with families
of their own...gather at a "Wall" in our Nations Capitol...this time to pay respect and to honor the Kids that died beside
us...To laugh and cry once more among Brothers and Remember....There are no strangers there....
Wayne Skolits 4dec68
Samuel Evans 21nov68
Robert Lauber 29mar69
John Vogelsang 6jun69
George Ingalls 6apr67
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Do not stand at my grave and weep;
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am
a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond's glint on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush,
I am the swift
uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circling flight.
I am the stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry.
I am not there. I did not die.
Author Unknown
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Rodney Lawson 12mar68
Curtis Kaupp 21nov68
Ronald Meyer 29mar69
Charles Prchal 29mar69
Martin Canavan 29mar69
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Ever since VietNam...each day
of my life...as I say my nightly prayers...there is always one there..for not only our fallen brothers and sisters...but for
all the families whose lives were forever changed.....and for not only ours but for all the POW/MIA's
HONOR...COURAGE...LOYALATY...
RESPECT...REMEMBERANCE....Much
much more then mere words...Words to live by......and to die for.......
With every laugh...there is one
for my brothers....with every tear and heartache and every hurt and joy....There is one for my brothers....Their memory and
the events will live in me forever and in my children and in their children....this is our charge..for if not....how will
anyone really know the truth??...
These brothers above fell
in honored service to their country and their people from 6Apr67 to 6June69...........If any
one knows of any others and
they would like it posted just send their name and it will be added to the page......
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