This image includes Dan Victor Lindholm and my father John Ballard. My Dad developed a deep friendship with Dan while they were in Vietnam. My brother Dan is named in honor of Dan Lindholm.
A Christmas Tear
A Poem by Alan Nelson
Proud Father of
PFC Andrew H. Nelson
Killed in Action December 25, 2006
In Baghdad Iraq
As a Christmas tear rolls down my face
I thank you God for your love and your grace
I thank you for the gift of your Son
...
2 Lt. Ellen Ainsworth
Love you Blakey. Miss you more and more each day. Still in disbelief that this is happening. I think about the fact that I'll never get to see you again and it breaks my heart. Sometimes I think about it and I can't stop crying. You were one of the few people that could cheer me up no matter what...
Private Brickley was awarded the Purple Heart.
Following the death of his mother, Maude, in 1919, many of the younger children went to live with other family members. Adolphus lived with is sister Ethel Cook and her husband, Jarrett for several years, and was more like a son, than a brother to her. He was kind and fun to be with according to ...
I want to send you information about the B-17 "Cicero Kid" explosion over FOUCHES (Belgium)and the death of John J. CHIMENTI, the pilot. Most of the information come from William FOSTER from Auburn, NY, navigator aboard the flying fortress in 1944.
On December 6th, 1939, 26 year old Clifford Hughes of Timpson, Texas joined the United State Army for the second time. Records show he also served from 1934 to 1937 but little else. The 1940 census listed him as a soldier stationed at Fort Brown, Texas near Brownsville. He was a member of the 124...
"Take a moment and look closely at this picture. This is me on my first day in Iraq standing next to my best friend, Ross McGinnis. We were both 19 then. Ross was the youngest man in our battalion. He was a goofy kid with a great sense of humor. He was so skinny you could almost count his ribs...
May the memory of your sacrifice live in eternity.
Missing Vietnam War Soldiers Identified
10/03/2011 01:08 PM CDT
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
No. 849-11
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of three servicemen, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been ide...
Pfc. Arzy L. Hall Killed in Action War Department Notifies Mrs. Mary L. M. Hall, Wife Pfc. Arzy L.Hall was killed in action in Belgium on September 9, according to word received from the War Department by his wife Mrs. Mary L. M. Hall 1617 N.Chestnut St. He was a member of an infantry division....