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Lead Moderator MILITARY HISTORY Freedom!!! -------------------  Proud Member Derelict Veterans Group -------------------  |
Honor their service here!
SL Strobel, MSgt,3rd Recon, 3ID, Korea. NE Heaton, 1st Sergeant, AEF, 1ID, 26th Reg't., WW1. |
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Gilday, Frank, Pvt.
Able Co. 165th Infantry Regiment,42nd Division AEF Entered the Service from: New York Killed In Action: October 15, 1918 Ourque River, France Buried at: Plot C Row 27 Grave 37 Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Romagne, France |
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Lead Moderator MILITARY HISTORY Freedom!!! ------------------- Proud Member Derelict Veterans Group ------------------- |
Salute! |
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Lead Moderator MILITARY HISTORY Freedom!!! ------------------- Proud Member Derelict Veterans Group ------------------- |
This is a thread of remembrance of those who served...who dared...who cared...
The rules are simple...no politics...no dis-unity...no discord... Let us remember those who served and sacrificed. All gave some...some gave all.. Salute! |
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New Member ------------------ Proud Member Derelict Veterans Group ------------------  |
Frederick Vincent Suchomel
Born 15 Sept 1948 Died 15 April 1969 Republic Of South Vietnam He will be 20 years old forever! |
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William Kenneth Austin
Born October 25, 1950 Died September 2, 1971 Republic of South Vietnam He will be 21 forever! |
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MGySgt, USMC (Ret.) |
RAYMOND JAMES BRERETON, PFC, USMC. The Wall: Panel 41e, Line 35
Ray and I attended grammar school and high school together. He was in country just a little bit over three months. He died on February 26, 1968 in Quang Tri, RVN. Ray was 20 years old. |
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Grandfather- Fred Sheffield PFC US Army WWI
Father- Fred Sheffield T/SGT US Army WWII Uncle- James Shrigley SSG US Army WWII Cousin- Alfred Grant CSM US Army/ret WWII/Korea/Vietnam Uncle- Wilbur Sheffield 1Lt USAF Uncle- Richard Sheffield COL USAF/ret Cousin- Ralph Shrigley LTC US Army/ret Cousin- James Shrigley SFC US Army/ret Brother- Fred Sheffield SGT USArmy/ret Myself- John Sheffield SSG USArmy/ret Son- Joshua Sheffield SP4 US Army Afghanistan/Iraq Cousin- Vince Shrigley MAJ USAF Afghanistan/Iraq Cousin- Walter Grant LT USN Desert Shield/ Desert Storm Father in Law- Edwin Carter SP5 US Army Korea |
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Robert Sidney 'Bobby' Boggs (KIA)
Date of Birth: 01/3/1950 Tour began: 3/16/70 Date of Casualty: 4/29/1970 Age at time of death: 20 Marital Status: Single Race: Caucasian Religion: Church of Christ Home of Record: FRANKFORD WV Branch of Service: ARMY Rank: CPL E4 HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS Body was recovered Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM Casualty Province: THUA THIEN Robert is honored on Panel 11W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial You were a good friend, I think of you often. |
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Coast Guardsmen Killed in Action in Southeast Asia
Name, Age, Hometown, Date of Death LTJG David C. Brostom, 25, Los Altos, CA 8/11/66 EN2 Jerry Phillips, 27, Corpus Christi, TX 08/11/66 LT Jack C. Ritticher, 34, Barberton,OH 6/9/68 FN Heriberto S. Hernandez, 20, San Antonio, TX 12/5/68 ENC Morris S. Beeson, 37, Pitkins, LA 3/22/69 EN1 Michael H. Painter, 26, Moscow, ID, 8/8/69 LTJG Michael W. Kirkpatrick, 25, Gainesville, FL, 8/9/69 |
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Lead Moderator MILITARY HISTORY Freedom!!! ------------------- Proud Member Derelict Veterans Group ------------------- |
ALL Men of Honor...
Salute... |
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"Lord, Beer me strength!" |
Grandfather- Dieter, 101st ABN in the 60s
Father- Eddie, 1CAV CSM/Ret Desert Storm/Shield, Iraq Cousin- Matt, 82nd ABN, SPC Iraq Sister- Angie, 1CAV, 2LT Iraq Self, TXARNG, 2LT Bosnia Best Friend- Justin, USAF, Senior Airman Iraq Troy and Summer- 1CAV, SPC Iraq Kids in the back seat cause accidents; Accidents in the back seat cause kids.  |
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James Lee Vanbendegom
was a Pfc since promoted to SSgt Born 28 Nov 1948 Wounded and captured by the North Vietnamese Army on 12 July 1967. Still missing in S.E. Asia. Your family continues to wait for your return. "You were and continue to be more than just a name on the wall"! |
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Maj. David Earll
10-21-66 From the POW bracelet that I have been honored to wear since I was in high school (1974) And on this Veterans Day, I am proud to wear a deployment bracelet in honor of my son. |
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LEAD MODERATOR Spouse Community sgtmom@gmail.com  |
Peter Cressman POW Viet Nam
David Hrdlicka POW Viet Nam We named our son in their honor - Peter David. Everything becomes a little clearer, I realize what life is all about. It's hangin' on when your heart has had enough, It's giving more when you feel like giving up. ~ In My Daughter's Eyes, Martina McBride |
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RM1 Rodney (Pete) W. Peters, USN
Born April 8, 1938, Grants Pass, Oregon KIA on November 11, 1968 My Tho, Vietnam on board USS Westchester County Panel 39W Line 03 Vietnam Memorial |
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Grand Dad - Harry Kozak - USN - WWII
Uncle - Greg Kozak - USA - Korea/Vietnam Father - Walt Kozak - USMC - Korea Great Uncle - Anthony Owczarek - USMC - Korea Uncle - Donald Menton - USMC - Vietnam Step Father - Mel Arnold - USA - Vietnam |
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"We have met the enemy, and he is us." - Pogo  |
Crew members of the USS Thresher (lost at sea trials) and the USS Scorpion (probably sunk by the Russians returning to CONUS).
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For my grandfather, Veteran, US Army, and his brother:
Robert R. Jones Entered the Service From: North Carolina Rank: Private Service: U.S. Army, 41st Infantry Battalion, 2nd Armored Division Died: Sunday, July 30, 1944 Memorialized at: Brittany American Cemetery Location: St. James (Manche), France Awards: Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart I hope I get to meet you one day, Great-Uncle. |
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Edward j.Gustafson
Ssgt waist-gunner B-17 POW WWII God bless Dad |
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Lead Moderator MILITARY HISTORY Freedom!!! ------------------- Proud Member Derelict Veterans Group ------------------- |
Gr-uncle Roby...served WW2...2nd division...Normandy thru Bulge...essentially died at the Yalu River in Korea...with the Second Division...
Salute! |
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Lead Moderator MILITARY HISTORY Freedom!!! ------------------- Proud Member Derelict Veterans Group ------------------- |
Gr-Uncle John...who made those WW2 runs to Mermansk...and was decorated by Gorbachov many years later...
Salute to the Merchant Marines... |
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Lead Moderator MILITARY HISTORY Freedom!!! ------------------- Proud Member Derelict Veterans Group ------------------- |
Salute! |
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Lead Moderator MILITARY HISTORY Freedom!!! ------------------- Proud Member Derelict Veterans Group ------------------- |
My wifes Uncle...a navigator over Europe... Salute! |
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Lead Moderator MILITARY HISTORY Freedom!!! ------------------- Proud Member Derelict Veterans Group ------------------- |
Where do We the People...find such Men of Substance? |
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Lead Moderator MILITARY HISTORY Freedom!!! ------------------- Proud Member Derelict Veterans Group ------------------- |
None so Brave as those who would sacrifice in anonymity...for those they love...their Country...and tenets of libery and justice for all... |
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A.M. Wallace, US Army, WWI
L.A. Wallace, US Army, WWI J.B. Wallace, US Army WWI J.S. Wallace Sr, US Army, WWI R.M. Wallace, WWII, USAF, WAC J.S. Wallace Jr, USAF, WWII, Korea J.S. Wallace III, Airborne Korea L.A. Wallace, Green Beret, Vietnam M.A. Wallace, Green Beret Roger Wallace, US Army, Vietnam Johnny Wallace, US Army WWII J.M. Shaw, US Army, WWII, medic (refused to carry a weapon but served on the front line as a medic in the ambulance corp in Europe) O.L. Whitehead, USAF, WWI, WWII J.E. Whitehead, USN, WWII W.M. Risner, USMC, WWII Pacific Theater Ed Townley, USMC WWII Pacific Theater Clay Hilderbrant, USMC, WWII Pacific Theater Darrell Eaton, US Army, Vietnam, POW 18 months There are more men (and women) of my family who have served and continue to serve but those are just those closest to me who have shed this earthly coil. The four at the top were brothers (one was my Granpa)... God bless our Marines, all our military and the families who wait for there return or those that weep for their loss. |
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Lead Moderator MILITARY HISTORY Freedom!!! ------------------- Proud Member Derelict Veterans Group ------------------- |
Salute! You have every reason to be proud Mom! Yes, there are many more... Many have sacrificed...write their names here before Veterans Day... |
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Lt. William Flynn - Pittsburgh , Pa. B - 17 # 42 - 31385 WW U Shot down by LW Fighters 1 KIA 9 POW MACR #3676 Lead B - 17 of Composite Formation Pilot Capt. James Op**** Blinded by 20 MM Fragments. CP Lt. Trygve Olsen crash Landed the A/C in a Field near Ludwigslust. Salute! |
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Lead Moderator MILITARY HISTORY Freedom!!! ------------------- Proud Member Derelict Veterans Group ------------------- |
All gave some...some gave ALL...
Honor your Veterans of Military Service here... Now is the time...this near Veterans Day... They tried...they dared...they deserve recognition... |
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