A marker to his memory at Elmwood Cemetery, Charlotte, North Carolina.
I didn't know Michael Scusa, but I read Clint Romesha's book about the battle at Kamdesh, and I was deeply moved by the fact that he Loved his wife and son so much and was not afraid to pronounce that Love to anyone around him. That made me incredibly sad that he was killed so young, before he co...
2010 Deployment to Afghanistan
1st Battalion 2d Marine Regiment
Camp Lejeune, N.C.
KIA: June 26, 2010 in Helmand province, Afghanistan
Marine’s final mission
TRENTON, Ga. – Several hundred flag-waving supporters witnessed Taylor Richards’ final trip thro...
I miss my son more than words can ever express! But I know he loved what he was doing--kicking a55 and taking names!!! I do everything I can to keep his memory alive!! Started the "Elk Horn, Iowa-RUN FOR THE FALLEN" in his honor and will do it every year until I am physically unable to get out ...
Robert D. Booker
Kevin Rux DOB: October 31, 1969, San Diego, CA. He graduated from May-Port High School in Mayville, North Dakota, and enlisted in the U.S. Navy on Oct. 25, 1988. Following Basic Training in Orlando, Florida, and training at Naval Technical Training Command in Pensacola, Florida, he reported...
David was my hero before he became a hero to anyone else.
While going through some boxes in my garage, I came across my POW/MIA bracelet that I wore for several years as a teenager, during the Vietnam War. I never knew what became of the person named. Thanks to the miracle of the internet, my son found out that CWO2 Thomas Okerlund was listed as dead wh...
Not forgotten, never forgotten.
Purple Heart
We had a tree taken down in October 2018. I had them leave a large part of the trunk to have a carving done. This carving is what I settled to have done by Bill Baker, Top Notch Carvings, Glen Ellyn, IL. Our backyard is a wonderful place for honoring Mike. Many slow to admire it and a few sneak i...
Captain Cavalieri entered the U.S. Army Air Forces from Illinois and served in the 324th Bombardment Squadron, 91st Bombardment Group. On February 3, 1945, B-17G Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97632) carrying ten crew members departed Army Air Forces Station 121 in Bassingbourne, England, on a...
Private Eugene Brickley is memorialized at the Honolulu Memorial in Honolulu, Hawaii.