Memorial Day 2014

[Hammer Six]

To Absent Friends:






Clarence Newcomb
Cpt Inf US Army
Adv Team 98, HQ MACV Advisors
KIA 25 June 1965
Republic of Viet Nam

John Fewell Jr
Cpt Inf US Army
Det A-107 (TraBong) C Co. 5th SPF
KIA 28 Jan 1966
Republic of Viet Nam


"We were young once....................."

[M37M880]

We get older but they never do.


We will remember. Thank you for your service.


Charlie

[andy101506]

Eric Hario PFC
B co 1/75th Ranger Regiment
KIA 29 Aug 2009
Paktika RC East Afghanistan
(just turned 19 and was killed on his 1st deployment)


William Ricketts SSG
B co 1/508th PIR
KIA 27 Feb 2010
Moqur RC West Afghanistan
(On his 5th deployment, two sons under the age of four and a newly pregnant wife)


Kevin Pape SSG
C co 1/75th Ranger Regiment
KIA 16 Nov 2010
Konar RC East Afghanistan

Ben Neal SPC
B co 1/508th PIR
KIA 25 Apr 2012
Kandahar RC South Afghanistan


Russel Bell 1SG
HHC 1/508th PIR
KIA 2 Aug 2012
Kandahar RC South Afghanistan
(The best 1SG I ever known, he died right before his sons 1st birthday)




To all my other comrades from 1-508th and 1/75th who gave all, may you rest in peace.




To all those who have not lost friends or loved ones, remember Memorial day is not a festive day to celebrate or exploit big business shopping sales but a day to remember those who fought and died like men.

[T.H.A.W.]

Originally Posted by andy101506

remember Memorial day is not a festive day to celebrate or exploit big business shopping sales but a day to remember those who fought and died like men.

This is the best thing I have seen written, since the Declaration of Independence...

[Jkidd41011]

Sergeant James J. Regan, 26, of Manhasset, New York, died February 9, 2007, in northern Iraq of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle while on combat patrol.Regan was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Georgia.

James was a lacrosse player at Duke before joining the Army. He turned down a lucrative corporate job and law school to enlist. If you happen to see the NCAA Lacrosse championships on television today, the Duke players wear "JR 10" on their helmets in his honor.

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/jjregan.htm

[Hammer Six]

Well said Andy....well said.