The fallen are worthy.

[GoldenDragon]

These men fell by my side, but not from my heart.

1st Bn 14th Inf 25th Inf Div (GoldenDragons) Pleiku, RSVN 1966.

"Lest we forget, freedom is not free."


1. SP/4 Dwight Basey
Age 19
Anderson, Indiana
Small Arms/AW

2. PFC Gregory Bielicki
Age 20
Utica, New York
Small Arms/AW

3. SGT Aaron Blanding
Age 21
Manning, South Carolina
Small Arms/AW

4. SP/4 William Brand
Age 21
Quincy, Washington
Small Arms/AW

5. PFC James W. Brown
Age 19
Campton, New Hampshire
Multi Frag

6. SPF/4 Edward Carolla
Age 23
Sacremento, California
Small Arms/AW

7. SGT Clarence Casto
Age 31
Jefferson, Ohio
Small Arms/AW

8. PFC Miles Cooper
Age 19
Saginaw, Michigan
Small Arms/AW

9. PVT Samuel Danna
Age 21
Temple, California
Small Arms/AW

10. SPF/4 Edmund Dlugokinski
Age 19
Detriot, Michigan
Small Arms/AW

11. CAPT Joesph Grant
Age 26
Arlington, Massachusetts
Small Arms/AW

12. SSGT Jesse Harris
Age 24
Centralia, Washington
Small Arms/AW

13. PFC Robert Hatton
Age 21
Hamilton, Ohio
Small Arms/AW

14. PFC James Kennard
Age 20
Burlington, New Jersey
Small Arms/AW

15. SP/4 Lewis Kirby
Age 19
Detriot, Michigan
Mortor

16. SP/4 William Main
Age 18
Alliance, Ohio
Small Arms/AW

17. PFC James Maxam
Age 21
Paw Paw, Michigan
Not Reported

18. PFC Dennis McKellar
Age 20
Rose City, Michigan
Small Arms/AW

19. 1SGT Yoshiiwa Nagato
Age 37
Los Angeles, California
Small Arms/AW

20. PFC James Northern
Age 19
Fullerton, California
Small Arms/AW

21. PFC James Ohlinger
Age 21
Succasunna, New Jersey
Mortor

22. 1LT Terence O'Brien
Age 22
Vicksburg, Mississippi
Small Arms/AW

23. PFC Louis Potempa
Age 19
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Small Arms/AW

24. SP/4 Frankie Priest
Age 20
Kennett, Missouri
Small Arms/AW

25. 2LT Richard Rand
Age 22
Upton, Massachusetts
Small Arms/AW

26. SP/4 Robert Rudolph
Age 21
Atlanta, Georgia
Multi-Frag

27. SP/4 John Schultz
Age 21
Naugatuck, Connecticut
Small Arms/AW

28. SP/4 Herbert Shupe
Age 24
Caretta, West Virginia
Small Arms/AW

29. SP/4 William Sperry
Age 20
Agusta, Georgia
Small Arms/AW

30. SP/4 Michael Swangin
Age 20
Newark, New Jersey
Multi-Frag

31. 2LT Robert Taylor
Age 23
Takoma Park, Maryland
Accidental Homocide

32. Sp/4 Donald Vaughn
Age 20
Modesto, California
Small Arms/AW

33. SP/4 Ralph Watts
Age 21
Ayer, Maine
Small Arms/AW

34. PFC Terry Weber
Age 20
Albion, Indiana
Small Arms/AW

35. PFC Robert Wells
Age 22
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Drowned in Ia Drang River

"The last note of taps drifts slowly across the mist covered hills. I feel an intense sadness and emptyness. I slowly lower my head as the tears flow down my cheeks. For a minute I allow the feelings to wash over me. The fallen are worthy.
I lift my head and look at the flag draped coffin. I square my shoulders and become more determined to honor the memory of those who sacrificied all, that all may live free.
The fallen are worthy."

[DMZ-LT]

Glad you made it home. Welcome home. I think 9/11 has made the sacrifices of our fallen brothers, in all wars, more in the countrys, thoughts this Sunday.

[1CAVCCO15MED]

May all be wrapped in the arms of angels.

[Arrow]

And live always in a land that knows no tears...

[SEATJERKER]

...as they have given all humanly possible...
... may the mothers, and fathers find contentment in knowing their children look upon them with a everlasting light from God's heaven...
...peace be with all of you who grieve for your fallen friends...

...May you all have a safe time of rememberence, for that is what your comrades would want for you now...

...tis a time for tears, and hugs,.. calling, and seeing dear friends that have missed us, but most of all, make it a special time for those that are Gold star mothers, and fathers...

...never let that promise of freedom that they sacrificed all for slip away...

...for we owe everything to so few...................

...Amen to our fallen brothers, and sisters on this day in the year of our Lord, 2002................."C"