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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Lynn Fulton
lrfulton@gmail.com
POW/MIA Bracelet holder
415 Fairview Road Millsap TX 76066 USA
Welcome Home, L
The POW/MIA bracelet I held for Luis is on it's way home to his family, via HQMC. Rest in peace, Marine. Many of us were always waiting for you. It was my honor and priviledge to hold your bracelet for so many years.
-GySgt Fulton, USMC Retired
May 31, 2009 |
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RJ Trebelhorn
rtrebelh@hotmail.com
Retired Military, Honored 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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stewart resmer
END OF MISSION
Words fail me at this hour save to say Welcome Home, Gods love at this hour for family and friends. Semper Fideles, the search continues.
Nov 9, 2008 |
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Annoymous Veteran
A grateful American
Melrose Park Illinois 60161 USA
WELCOME HOME
Just yesterday I recently learned that your remains (after 40 years) were discovered in South Vietnam & that you will be buried today in Bellflower, California. Welcome home, Luis, and thank YOU for YOUR service and sacrifice to our great country.
Nov 7, 2008 |
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larry muse
larrymuse690@sbcglobal.net
Fellow Marine
10914 Mayfield Road Houston Texas 77043 USA
You have returned
Luis, Marine Hero, you have been returned!! A long time over due, but you are home now! This Country owes you a great gratitude!!! RIP Marine and Semper Fi!
Nov 6, 2008 |
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Mike Fishbaugh
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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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!!!
Feb 28, 2008 |
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Jose Palacios
manders2@arlington.k12.tx.us
Mr.Anderson's history student
2000 Sam Houston Dr.
Arlington, Tx 76014 us
Letter of Awknowledgement
E-3,Luis Fernando Palacios, My name is Jose Palacios. I'm a 1999 Junior at Sam Houston High School in Arlington,Tx. As part of a class assignment on Vietnam MIA's, I learned your story and shared it with my classmates. I learned of your sacrifice and will remember you. I see you as a great hero. You will never be forgoten. I may be reached at: (manders2@arlington.k12.tx.us). In Loving Memory, Jose Palacios
Friday, April 28, 2000 |
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REST IN PEACE, MARINE
sgteseusmc@yahoo.com
Nam Vet from Tejas
Arturo Garza "L" 3/1 '66 & "A" 1/27 '68
DESCANSA EN PAZ
DESCANSA EN PAZ, ESE. Rest In Peace, Lcpl. Palacios. Luis, you not forgotten, ese. No Nos hemos olvidado, carnal. Even as years pass, NAM keeps coming back to us. Its been a long time, but to many of us it seems like last night. Its been 37 years ago TODAY since you gave the ultimate and supreme sacrifice for Our Country. You served honorably and died gallantly in the field of battle. A True Marine, a Hero. 1968 was a very bad year for us. We of La Raza were few, but we were everywhere. WE WON'T FORGET. SEMPER FI, MY BROTHER.
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