This is a tribute message for Bobby Smith of Manilla, IN. Bob graduated two years ahead of me and his brother Bill. Bob was killed in Vietnam and I sure do miss him. Semper Fi Marine...
He was a my oldest brother. He was only 26 years old when he gave his life for our freedom and country. He will never be forgotten. Remembering him everyday and this Memorial Day.
Keith was a devoted father,son,and friend. As a senior flight medic he was devoted to his men and his patients. He was the reason so many soldiers made it home. He loved being a teacher and mentor. His children and family felt a terrible loss with his passing.We will forever love and remember our...
Uncle Alton Born: January 24, 1924 Missing in Action: December 23, 1944 Pronounced deceased: December 24, 1945 Born in Meadville, MS
Shelby County, Texas lost her eighth son; to the Vietnam War, Private First Class Jimmy D. Barnett seven months after the explosion aboard the USS Forrestal that took the life of Ray Chatelain. Jimmy was drafted in the US Army in May, 1967 from Houston, Texas and completed his basic training at F...
I humbly submit my thoughts about my brother Angel Luis Sanchez (Colon). As one of two brothers he was exceptionally happy even though we endured really horrible and tragic events growing up in the worst slum in Puerto Rico specially so after our mother Juanita Colon Rodriguez passed away at the ...
Purple Heart
Silver Star Citation (Posthumously) For gallantry in action while engaged in military operations involving conflict with a armed hostile force in the Republic of Vietnam, Private First Class McInerny distinguished himself by exceptionally valorous actions on 1 April 1970, while serving as a ri...
My Hero. My Best Friend. My Strength. My Love. Duane was everything to me. He approached life with such tenacity that everything he decided to do, he did well. Duty, honor, and respect were not only words to him, it was how he lived. He was devoted to his family and friends, as well as his ...
I am researching the men in my father's platoon picture taken in Sep 44 just before the division left Camp Howze, TX. I do not know for sure that this Robert Brown is the same Robert B. Brown Jr. from MI who was in my father's platoon, but details seem to match, so with respect here are the detai...
It has been nine years since Texarkana, Texas, native Sgt. Kyle Brandon Stout, 25, was killed in Afghanistan while serving his country in the U.S. Army.
Sgt. Stout died July 30, 2010, while serving in “Operation Enduring Freedom” in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
After two Texarkana...
My Son, My Friend, My HERO...James. James joined the Army to fulfill his life's calling. One he felt compelled existed because of a higher calling. He once said that he was serving so that no one else in his family would have to serve. He wanted to make a difference. He was their to encourag...