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This website is dedicated to two young men from TCHS who gave their lives in service to our country in South Vietnam. They left this world much too soon and their dedication to duty in serving our country should never be forgotten. 
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Dave - Class Of '65  |
Gary - Class Of '68  |
PFC - E3 - Army - Regular Co A, 1st Bn, 327th Infantry - 101st Airborne Division 19 year old Single, Caucasian, Male Born on November 16, 1946 From Alvy, West Virginia His tour of duty began on November 28, 1965 Casualty was on March 04, 1966 in South Vietnam Hostile, Ground Casualty Gun, Small Arms Fire Location on The Wall: Panel 05E - - Line 110  |
CPL - E4 - Army - Selective Service Co B, 3rd Bn, 506th Infantry - 101st Airborne Division 20 year old Single, Caucasian, Male Born on October 06, 1949 From Middlebourne, West Virginia His tour of duty began on January 30, 1970 Casualty was on April 04, 1970 in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam Hostile, Ground Casualty Other, Explosive Device Location on The Wall: Panel 12W - - Line 94  |
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 taught you with their dying and keep it with your own.
And in that time when men decide and 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, Vietnam
Listed as KIA February 7, 1978
More Than A Name On A Wall
Words and Music by Jimmy Fortune and John Rimel.
Copyright ©1988 Statler Brothers Music (BMI).
I saw her from a distance as she walked up to the wall.
In her hand she held some flowers as her tears began to fall.
She took out pen and paper, as to trace her memories.
And she looked up to heaven, and the words she said were these:
She said, "Lord, my boy was special, and he meant so much to me.
And, oh, I'd love to see him, just one more time you see.
All I have are the mem'ries and the moments to recall.
So Lord, could you tell him, he's more than a name on a wall?"
She said, "He really missed the family and being home on Christmas Day.
And he died for God and country in a place so far away.
I remember just a little boy, playin' war since he was three
But Lord, this time I know he's not comin' home to me."
She said, "Lord, my boy was special, and he meant so much to me.
And, oh, I'd love to see him, but I know it just can't be.
So I thank you for my mem'ries and the moments to recall.
But Lord, could you tell him, he's more than a name on a wall."
"Lord, could you tell him, he's more than a name on a wall."
