JOHN O'DONNELL
MARINE VETERAN
HONORING A YOUNG BRAVE MARINE HERO
HONORING THIS BRAVE YOUNG MARINE HERO
THIS MAN HAS GIVEN OF HIMSELF EVERTHING HE COULD, SO THAT HIS BROTHER MARINES AND THE PEOPLE BACK HOME COULD LIVE A MORE PEACEFUL LIFE. THIS GIFT OF HIS LIFE SHOWS THE GREATNESS OF THIS HERO. HERO'S DON'T WEAR A CAPE OR MASK NO! THEY WEAR MARINE GREEN.HERO'S COME IN DIFFERENT SHAPE'S AND SIZE'S. AS EACH DAY PASSES,WE MUST TAKE THE TIME TO REMEMBER WHAT THIS HERO GAVE UP! SO THAT WE COULD LIVE IN A FREE SOCIETY. THANK YOU ! SEMPER FI! HERO YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN DOSEN'T MATTER IF YOU ARE A 2YR, 3YR, 4YR, ENLISTMENT OR A DRAFTEE OR RESERVIST,OFFICER OR ENLISTED YOU HAVE EARNED THE TITTLE OF U.S. MARINE! A NATION CRIES OUT FOR THE LOSS OF ONE OF ITS SON'S.
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Tom Clark
ushistoryman@yahoo.com
Wicker Ave St.John IN 46373 united states
We need your help! Since 1986 the students of Lake Central High School in Northwest Indiana have been researching the men and women from the state of Indiana who gave their lives in the Vietnam War. We are the researchers for the World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War memorials located in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. Of the 1,621 Vietnam casualties we have located 891 families as of the date of this entry. We are seeking and and all help in the locating the XXXXXXXXX family and friends. If you have any information that may help please contact us at the following: Lake Central High School, Tom Clark, Histry Dept.,8400 Wicker Ave., St.John,Indiana,46373 or at email:ushistoryman@yahoo.com
Dec 13, 2011 |
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Dorthea Harper Winkleman
DeeDeeWinkleman@att.net
Sister
We miss you and you will never be forgotten. Ralphie was a happy person and had a great since of humor. He loved playing jokes on everybody. Enjoyed shooting baskets with his father Ralph for who he was named after. He liked to make homemade pizza's. Loved to read his comic books.Smoked Camel cigarettes non filter. We all wrote each other all the time and sent plenty of homemade cookies,comic books,and smokes.His life was to short and he will remain in our hearts forever.Your sister Dorthea
Oct 1, 2011 |
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Robert Lopez
ppddispatchdl@ci.petersburg.ak.us
Fellow Marine & Vietnam Veteran
Petersburg Alaska
Saepe Expertus, Semper Fidelis, Fratres Aeterni...
Often Tested, Always Faithful, Brothers Forever...
Jan 14, 2011 |
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RJ Trebelhorn
rtrebelh@hotmail.com
Retired Military, Horored Citizen
On 12 May 2009, the repatriated group remains of Kurt E. LaPlant, LCPL, USMC Luis F. Palacios, LCPL, USMC Ralph L. Harper, LCPL, USMC Felix F. Flores, LCPL, USMC Catarino Morelos, Jr. PFC, USMC and Jose R. Sanchez, PFC, USMC, departed Honolulu aboard American Airlines Flt 8 and arrived Dallas/Ft Worth 13 May 2009 at 06:10 A.M. As captain of that flight, I had the distinct honor to serve these heroes on their flight home. Welcome home. Take your place among our country’s most honored heroes.
May 23, 2009 |
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LArry MUse
larrymuse690@sbcglobal.net
Fellow Marine
10914 Mayfield Road Houston Texas 77043 USA
You have returned
Ralph, Marine Hero, you have returned! A long time over due but now you are home where you belong. This Country owes hero's like you great gratitude! RIP Marine, Semper Fi!
Nov 6, 2008 |
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Mike Fishbaugh
smfishbaugh@mikrotec.com
WELCOME HOME
Marines Missing From Vietnam War Are Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of four U.S. servicemen, missing from the Vietnam War, have been identified and will be returned to their families for burial with full military honors.
They are Lance Cpl. Kurt E. La Plant, of Lenexa, Kan., and Lance Cpl. Luis F. Palacios, of Los Angeles, Calif. Remains that could not be individually identified are included in a group. Among the group remains are Lance Cpl. Ralph L. Harper, of Indianapolis, Ind., and Pfc. Jose R. Sanchez, of Brooklyn, N.Y. All men were U.S. Marine Corps. Palacios will be buried Friday in Bellflower, Calif., and the other Marines will be buried as a group in the spring in Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C.
On June 6, 1968, these men were aboard a CH-46A Sea Knight helicopter that was attempting an emergency extraction of elements of the 1st Battalion, 4th Regiment, 3rd Marine Division then engaged against hostile forces in the mountains southwest of Khe Sanh, Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam. The helicopter was struck by enemy ground fire and crashed, killing 12 of the 23 crewmen and passengers on board. All but four of the men who died were subsequently recovered and identified.
Between 1993 and 2005, joint U.S./Socialist Republic of Vietnam (S.R.V.) teams, led by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), investigated the incident in Quang Tri Province, interviewed witnesses and surveyed the crash site three times. The team found a U.S. military boot fragment and wreckage consistent with that of a CH-46 helicopter.
In 2006, a team began excavating the site and recovered human remains and non-biological material evidence including La Plant’s identification tag. While at the site, a Vietnamese citizen turned over to the team human remains the he claimed to have found amid the wreckage. In 2007, another team completed the excavation and recovered additional human remains, life support material and aircraft wreckage.
Among other forensic identification tools and circumstantial evidence, scientists from JPAC and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory also used mitochondrial DNA and dental comparisons in the identification of the remains.
For additional information on the Defense Department’s mission to account for missing Americans, visit the DPMO web site at http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/ or call (703) 699-1420.
Nov 5, 2008 |
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Timothy Jackson
timssmallengine@aol.com
Adopted POW MIA KIA
Owensboro KY 42301 USA
Thank you for your service! you will never be forgotten.
Dec 17, 2007 |
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manny g
Fellow Veteran 69-70 An Khe
Union Gap, WA. 98903
“You are Remembered”
Peace and condolence to the family and friends. “He which hath no stomach, to this fight, let him depart. But we in it, shall be remembered. We few, we happy few, we band of brothers!! For he today, that sheds his blood with me, shall always be my brother.” Rest in peace brave soldier, you have not been forgotten. (W.Shakespeare) May God Bless you, for your Sacrifice!!!
Jun 6, 2007 |
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john apeinis
johnap11@msn.com
friend
we grew up together and knew each other since we learned to talk. i followed him to vietnam 2yrs after his chopper was shot down. i gave some. he gave all.
Wednesday, September 22, 1999 |
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