He was always dedicated to mission accomplishment and displayed unwavering courage and commitment to his fellow Soldiers, Leaders, and the United States Army.
Honor & Remember Our American Hero
Spc Zachary R. Clouser U.S. Army
Hometown: Dover Pennsylvania
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Fred Burgess, Jr. Rites Saturday
Funeral services for Yeoman 3/C Fred Durrell Burgess, Jr., 20, of 869 Boulevard Cir., N.E., will be held at 2:30 pm tomorrow at Spring Hill. The Rev. J.T. Widner will officiate, and burial will be in West View Cemetery.
Yeoman Burgess was kil...
In the journey of life there are planned side trips we take and there are detours that we didn't expect. We are rerouted most of the time and the trip continues with out much delay. The events in some one's life who you would never meet set into motion a whole new journey. Justin I wish I could h...
Our American Hero Sgt. Robert J. Barrett Hometown-Fall River MA
I volunteered to put my life on the line for freedom and country. For my fellow soldiers, for my little girl, for my weeping mother and father," Robert Barrett wrote. "I am going to a land where American freedom is just a...
Jefferson County mother shares veteran son's story after his death in Iraq
JEFFERSON COUNTY (KMOV.com) -- Every veteran's story is important and unique, but some of them don't get to come home and share it.
According to the U.S. Department of Defense, more than 4,400 U...
He was a better person, father, husband, and soldier than I ever was. I couldn't have been happier then when I was hearing about his days with his "Joes". He choose the Army because of me along with my father having served. He took to it like a duck to water. There was one exception, he was not c...
SPC Joseph Miracle was born 06 November 1984 in Ortonville, Michigan. He enlisted in the US Army on 18 April 2006.
During his time in Service he completed Basic Infantry Training, Advanced Individual Training, and Airborne School at Fort Benning, Georgia. SPC Miracle then joined the ra...
SSG Burgess will always be my hero. I'm proud to have had the chance to talk to him, however fleetingly, and I wish all his family the very best of everything. You all raised a fine Soldier, son, and father.
Decorated Hero - Congressional Medal of Honor for action in September 1950. Received Battle Commission during service with 6th Infantry in Pacific Theater of Operation from New Guenia to the Phillipans. First marriage to Billy Jo Hosler and divorced in later days of WWII. Brother of Ivan Henry a ...
Michael, you will never be forgotten-words don't seem enough to thank you for your ultimate sacrifice. I thank you every day for my freedom.
As can best be determined, Fred progressed through boot camp, and flight school, eventually becoming a Lockheed P-38 fighter pilot in the US Army Air Forces, 459th Fighter Squadron, 80th Fighter Group, ultimately stationed at Chittigong, Burma.
Alan Partridge had only been in Vietnam for three months. He was flying transport helicopters and getting shot at pretty regularly. Vernon LeQuieu was the instructor of the scout pilot unit. Scouts flew the OH-6 “Loach” and were among the Army’s most maneuverable helicopters in Vietnam, they were...