Dave Anderson NH
05-22-2009, 7:49 PM
I know all of you have plans for cookouts, family gatherings, vacation trips, and other things on this weekend which is the unoffical start of Summer. I would ask you though to please remember why this holiday originated and honor those who since 1775 served their country and made the supreme sacrifice to give you the freedom and the lives you have now. Since that fateful morning of April 19, 1775 on the battle green at Lexington, Massachusetts over 2,800,000 Americans have been killed in action or died of disease or wounds in the service of their country. This is the price of freedom and it is high. Most went willingly in the full knowledge that it could cost them everything including their lives. They thought the price was a fair exchange for value but it remains so only if we keep the faith and remember their sacrifice. Even now we have men and women in harms ways. Remember them too.
I would like to have you look at the names listed below. Each and every one was a personal friend. I think of them often because to forget them is to dishonor their memory. Honor them as I do.
LCpl James Marshall KIA August 10, 1968 B 1/7 1st MARDIV Lexington KY
LCpl Luis Cruz KIA August 10, 1968 B 1/7 1st MARDIV NY,NY
LCpl David Thomas KIA August 10, 1968 B 1/7 1st MARDIV Conneault, OH
Pvt Roberto Torres KIA September 2, 1968 B 1/7 1st MARDIV NY,NY
Pfc Donald Redmond KIA September 10, 1968 B 1/7 1st MARDIV Chicago, IL
LCpl John Robinson KIA September 10, 1968 B 1/7 1st MARDIV Silver Star
Cpl Ronald Delverde KIA September 25, 1968 B 1/7 1st MARDIV So. Boston, MA
Pfc Ernest Perinotto KIA November 17, 1968 B 1/7 1st MARDIV Allentown,PA Silver Star
LCpl Fagatoele Lokeni KIA December 27, 1968 B 1/7 1st MARDIV American Samoa
Cpl David Graham KIA February 8, 1969 1st CAG Ventura CA
Cpl Phillip Minton KIA February 18, 1969 B 1/7 1st MARDIV Clinton, TN
LCpl Espiridion "Pops" Perez KIA April 30, 1969 B 1/7 1st MARDIV corpus Christi, TX
Cpl Peter Morka KIA July 24, 1969 1st CAG NY,NY
Sgt Daniel Majors KIA August 31, 1969 1st CAG Memphis, TN
HM3 Gerald Keesling KIA November 22, 1969 1st CAG St. Peters, MO
PFC Wesley Sidener KIA November 22, 1969 1st CAG Burns, KS
Most of these men were 21 years old and under, none were over 28. They are forever young and their memory is engraved forever on a wall of black granite in our nation's capital. Rest in peace my brothers.
I would like to have you look at the names listed below. Each and every one was a personal friend. I think of them often because to forget them is to dishonor their memory. Honor them as I do.
LCpl James Marshall KIA August 10, 1968 B 1/7 1st MARDIV Lexington KY
LCpl Luis Cruz KIA August 10, 1968 B 1/7 1st MARDIV NY,NY
LCpl David Thomas KIA August 10, 1968 B 1/7 1st MARDIV Conneault, OH
Pvt Roberto Torres KIA September 2, 1968 B 1/7 1st MARDIV NY,NY
Pfc Donald Redmond KIA September 10, 1968 B 1/7 1st MARDIV Chicago, IL
LCpl John Robinson KIA September 10, 1968 B 1/7 1st MARDIV Silver Star
Cpl Ronald Delverde KIA September 25, 1968 B 1/7 1st MARDIV So. Boston, MA
Pfc Ernest Perinotto KIA November 17, 1968 B 1/7 1st MARDIV Allentown,PA Silver Star
LCpl Fagatoele Lokeni KIA December 27, 1968 B 1/7 1st MARDIV American Samoa
Cpl David Graham KIA February 8, 1969 1st CAG Ventura CA
Cpl Phillip Minton KIA February 18, 1969 B 1/7 1st MARDIV Clinton, TN
LCpl Espiridion "Pops" Perez KIA April 30, 1969 B 1/7 1st MARDIV corpus Christi, TX
Cpl Peter Morka KIA July 24, 1969 1st CAG NY,NY
Sgt Daniel Majors KIA August 31, 1969 1st CAG Memphis, TN
HM3 Gerald Keesling KIA November 22, 1969 1st CAG St. Peters, MO
PFC Wesley Sidener KIA November 22, 1969 1st CAG Burns, KS
Most of these men were 21 years old and under, none were over 28. They are forever young and their memory is engraved forever on a wall of black granite in our nation's capital. Rest in peace my brothers.