Our dead brothers still live for us and bid us think of life, not death -- of life to which in their youth, they lent the passion and glory of Spring. As I listen, the great chorus of life and joy begins again, and amid the awful orchestra of seen and unseen powers and destinies of good and evil, our trumpets, sound once more a note of daring, hope, and will.

"Loyalty means nothing unless it has at its heart the absolute principle of self-sacrifice."

Woodrow Wilson

"If you are able to save them a place inside of you and save one backward glance for when you are leaving for the places they can no longer go.

Be not ashamed to say you loved them, though you may or may not have always.  Take what they have left and taught you with their dying and keep it with your own.

And in that time when men feel safe to call the war insane, take one moment to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind."

Major Michael Davis O'Donnell

1 January 1970, Dak To , Viet Nam

It wasn't the reward that mattered 

or the recognition you might harvest.

It was your depth of commitment, your quality of service, 

the product of your devotion.

These were the things that counted in life.

When you gave purely the honor came in giving,

And that was honor enough.

David Myers

1st Lt. David G. Myers   June 8, 1967

*MYERS DAVID GEPHART : 091291 : USMC : 1stLT : O2 : 7563 : 23 : STATE COLLEGE : PA : 19670608 : Hostile, small arms fire, airborne : Pilot : body NOT recovered :Quang Tri : 01 : 19430919 : Cauc : Protestant/married : 21E : 075

Capt. Milton G. Kelsey   November 14, 1967

*KELSEY MILTON GEORGE : 092134 : USMC : CAPT : O3 : 7563 : 24 :     MADELIA: MN : 19671114 : hostile, crash, land : Aircraft Commander : body recovered: Thua Thien (Hue) :04 : 19431016 : Cauc : Roman Catholic/single : 29E :095

Capt. Thomas A. Carter     November 14, 1967

 *CARTER THOMAS ANTHONY : 091260 : USMCR : CAPT : O3 : 7563 : 23 :     FORT LAUDERDALE : FL : 19671114 : hostile, crash, land : Crew : body recovered :Thua Thien (Hue) :02 : 19440528 : Cauc : Protestant/married :  29E : 096

Ron Phelps

Cpl. Ron Phelps    November 14, 1967

*PHELPS RONALD JOSEPH : 2162079 : USMCR : CPL : E4 : 6319 : 20 : MENOMINEE : MI : 19671114 : hostile, crash, land : Crew : body recovered :Thua Thien (Hue) :02 : 19470113 : Cauc : Roman Catholic/single : 29E : 097  

SSGT. Ronald Fair   January 18, 1968

*FAIR RONALD : 1534671 : USMCR :SSGT : E6 : 6319 : 29 : NEW CASTLE : PA : 19680118 : Hostile Crash Sea : Crew : body recovered : Offshore - Military Reg 1 : 12 : 19380126 : Cauc : Roman Catholic/married : 34E : 068

SSGT. Homer D. Spring    January 18, 1968

*SPRING HOMER DOYLE : 1179697 : USMCR :SSGT : E6 : 6319 : 35 : BUDA : TX : 19680118 : Hostile Crash Sea : Crew : body recovered : Offshore - Military Reg 1 : 16 : 19321001 : Cauc : Protestant/married : 34E : 071

Cpl. Michael E. Adams   September 17, 1968

*ADAMS MICHAEL EUGENE : 2314931 : USMCR : CPL : E4 : 6511 : 21 : TACOMA : WA : 19680917 : Air Loss Crash Land : Crew : body recovered : Quang Tri : 02 : 9461212 : Cauc : Protestant/single : 43W : 011

1st Lt. Ronald J. Janousek   August 9, 1969

*JANOUSEK RONALD JAMES : 319389025 : USMC : 1stLT : O2 : 7561 : 24 : POSEN : IL : 19690809 : hostile, crash, land : Crew : body NOT recovered : Laos : 01 : 03 : 19450721 : Cauc : Roman Catholic/married : 20W : 118

Bruce E. Kane

Cpl. Bruce E. Kane   August 9, 1969

*KANE BRUCE EDWARD : 057425922 : USMCR : CPL : E4 : 6351 : 20 : DEER PARK : NY : 19690809 : Hostile : Drowned : Crew : body NOT recovered : Laos : 01 : 02 : 19490707 : Cauc : Roman Catholic/single : 20W : 119

L/Cpl. Danny R. Hesson   October 10, 1969

*HESSON DANNY ROBERT : 232789798 : USMCR : LCPL : E3 : 6319 : 20 : PARKERSBURG : WV : 19691010 : hostile, crash, land : Crew : body recovered :Quang Tri :02 : 19481210 : Cauc : Protestant/single : 17W : 061

James L. Rhodes

1st Lt. James L. Rhodes   October 10, 1969

*RHODES JAMES LAWRENCE : 331364577 : USMC : 1stLT : O2 : 7563 : 24 : KANSAS : IL : 19691010 : hostile, crash, land : Pilot : body recovered : Quang Tri :04 : 19450327 : Cauc : Protestant/married : 17W : 064 

For an additional Memorial site for James Rhodes visit the Virtual Wall site

L/Cpl. Manley E. Siler, Jr.   October 10, 1969

*SILER MANLEY EUGENE JR : 529662405 : USMCR : LCPL : E3 : 6242 : 20 : ODESSA : TX : 19691010 : hostile, crash, land : Crew : body recovered :Quang Tri :02 : 19481120 : Cauc : Protestant/single : 17W : 064

Dennis F. Grace

1st Lt Dennis F. Grace   March 11, 1970

*GRACE DENNIS FREDERICK : 078348624 : USMC : 1stLT : O2 : 7565 (AH-1): 26 : NIAGARA FALLS : NY : 19700311 : hostile, crash, land : Crew : body recovered : Quang Nam :03 : 19430314 : Cauc : Roman Catholic / single : 13W : 111: AIRCRAFT SN 68-15190 AH-1G

F. Sacharanski

1st Lt. Frank Sacharanski     March 25, 1970

*SACHARANSKI FRANK ERIC : 155346950 : USMC : 1stLT : O2 : 7565 (AH-1) : 24 : WAYNE : NJ : 19700325 : Air Loss Crash Land : Aircraft Commander : body recovered : Quang Nam (DaNang) :02 : 19450924 : Cauc : Roman Catholic/single : 12W : 044 : AIRCRAFT BN 68-17045 AH-1G

Toby Gritz

 1st Lt. Toby R. Gritz    March 25, 1970

*GRITZ TOBY RICHARD : 562623592 : USMC : 1stLT : O2 : 7565 (AH-1): 25 : SANTA BARBARA : CA : 19700325 : Air Loss Crash Land : Copilot : body recovered : Quang Nam (DaNang) :04 : 19441209 : Cauc : Roman Catholic/married : 12W : 042 : AIRCRAFT BN 68-15213 AH-1G

1st Lt. Roger A. Lakin    March 25, 1970

*LAKIN ROGER ALAN : 511467246 : USMC : 1stLT : O2 : 7565 (AH-1): 25 : DERBY : KS : 19700325 : Air Loss Crash Land : Aircraft Commander : body recovered : Quang Nam (DaNang) :04 : 19440727 : Cauc : Protestant/single : 12W : 043 : AIRCRAFT BN 68-15213 AH-1G

Michael Justus

1st Lt. Michael E. Justus   March 25, 1970

*JUSTUS MICHAEL EUGENE : 562748003 : USMC : 1stLT : O2 : 7565 (AH-1): 23 : LONG BEACH : CA : 19700325 : Air Loss Crash Land : Copilot : body recovered : Quang Nam (DaNang) :03 : 19461115 : Cauc : Protestant/single : 12W : 043 : AIRCRAFT BN 68-17045 AH-1G

1st Lt. John I. Lassitter   December 4, 1970 

*LASSITTER JOHN IRVING : 417629734 : USMC : 1stLT : O2 : 7565 (AH-1): 24 : SUMMERDALE : AL : 19701204 : Hostile Crash Sea : Aircraft Commander : body recovered : Offshore - Military Reg 1 : 03 : 19460910 : Cauc : married : 06W : 106 :AIRCRAFT  BN 68-15073 AH-1G

1st Lt. Steve McNichol   1982  

Sgt Major Douglass riding shotgun for his CO in Beirut, Lebanon.  He was killed 11 days later in the terrorist bombing.( Photo Credit: Warriors, The United States Marines. Augustino Von Hassell with Keith Crossley.)

SGTMAJ.  Frederick B. Douglass   November 23,1983

Lt. Colonel Dave Cummings    1990

Major Mike Bradley   1993

Lt. Colonel Dave Knott  unknown 

And sadly enough too many more...

Do not stand at my grave and weep. I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow. I am diamond glints on the snow.
I am sunlight on ripened grain. I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush, I am the swift uplifting rush,
Of quiet birds in circled flight. I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry. I am not there, I did not die.

Mary Frye

"Throughout the years, this poem has appeared in many places and in many forms. The original was written in 1942 by Baltimorean Mary Frye on the back of a brown paper bag. Frye wrote the poem for a friend whose mother had died in Germany; the daughter had been unable to attend the funeral because of World War II."

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