OFFICIAL MEMORIAL DAY HONOR THREAD - KIA ONLY

[wooley12]

KIA because that is what Memorial day is for A day to pay respects and to honor those who died defending our freedoms. Post pics if you got them.

PFC Wallace Kidder, Garibaldi, Oregon. 1st Ranger Btn. C Co, 1st section, 1st Scout. KIA Nov. 12, 1944 Venafro, Italy

[Kenny Satch]

My cousin Salvatore Andrews
Died November 25th 1944 serving on the USS Cabot from a Kamikaze attack.

[SkiCougar]

They keep the KIAs in our local VA cemetery separate from the rest of the vets buried there. I'd imagine all VA cemeteries are the same. If you go to one this weekend, you might ask someone there if they know where and pay your respects.
I've done it a few times, always humbling for me.

[Kailua_Boys]

Tyler J. Trahan. My friend from boot camp. He went the explosive ordnance disposal route and was eventually attached to a Seal team. He was killed two weeks into his first deployment. He was an incredible person and 22 years old.

KIA April 30 2009

http://www.eodwarriorfoundation.org/...tyler-j-trahan

[Harry]

Not a relative of mine, but for some reason this sailor's story has always intrigued me:

Seaman Leonard Ray Davis of Tempe AZ. On April 17, 1972 was killed in action while serving on the destroyer USS BUCHANAN. The destroyer was offshore providing Naval Gunfire Support for some US Marines near the DMZ. A Marine company was overrun by an entire battalion of North Vietnamese regulars and the survivors were headed down a river to a beach where helicopters could pick them up. 5 North Vietnamese tanks appeared on the beach to cutoff the Marine survivors. The destroyer moved in so close to the beach that they came under direct fire from shore. The tanks were destroyed and the Marines were rescued. However there were 7 wounded and 1 killed onboard the BUCHANAN. Seaman Davis was only casualty in the entire Vietnam War involving an ocean going vessel and small arms fire from shore.

[Diamond Joe]

Sgt Billy Woitowicz
Marine Special Ops (Marsoc)
KIA June 7, 2011 Afghanistan

[wooley12]

One Battalion, Two weeks in Italy

Pfc Vernon Brock, T/5 James Jones, T/5 Brownie Witte

Pvt Dan Danlovitch, Pvt James Shanahan, Sgt John Johnson

Pfc William Lindsay, 1st Lt. Phillip Sachleben, Pfc Morris Hester

Pfc Robert Surratt, Pvt Otis Bearden, Pfc Charles Rowley

Sgt Carl Bunde, Pfc Jacob Paskavan, Pvt John Rieker

[sb]

salute

[wooley12]

Don't know any KIA? Choose your state. Choose a county.

https://www.archives.gov/research/mi...rmy-casualties


DOI - Died of Injuries DOW - Died of Wounds FOD - Finding Of Death
KIA - Killed In Action during battle M - Missing

[mock1]

Robert F. Stryker (November 9, 1944 – November 7, 1967) was a United States Army soldier who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Vietnam War. The Army Stryker vehicle is named in his honor. He was in my unit the year I was in Nam, jumped on a claymore protecting his other squad members during an ambush at Srok Rung.

[mock1]

Most decorated Native American in U.S. Military history. Proud to serve with him.
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/f...1687835&df=all

[DeepHelmet]

James W Cawley. March 29, 2003, Fallujah. He was a great friend and taught me many things that I carry with me to this day. Not just how to fight, but how to be a dad and a husband. Huge loss for us. I think about him every day.

[wooley12]

John Hamilton, Jr. - His war was a short one

https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/f...&GRid=17564923

[Harry]

*** BUMP ***

[SkiCougar]

They keep the KIAs in our local VA cemetery separate from the rest of the vets buried there. I'd imagine all VA cemeteries are the same. If you go to one this weekend, you might ask someone there if they know where and pay your respects.
I've done it a few times, always humbling for me.

bumping my idea, I think it's a pretty decent one.

[Harry]

Memorial Day bump, honoring veterans who were killed in combat.

Shoutout to my great-great-great grandfather, a Union soldier KIA during the Civil War.

[Harry]

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Memorial Day bump, honoring veterans who were killed in combat. Shoutout to my great-great-great grandfather, a Union soldier KIA during the Civil War.</p>

[byates1]

Thanks for your service gents. Godspeed.

[old goat]

Let's include the vets whose minds were wrecked by TBI and PTSD and committed suicide or suffered other violent deaths years later. Those are KIA too, IMO.

[mcski]

My uncle Francis. Killed on d-day, when the toothpick glider his platoon was in exploded when it hit the ground and prevented him from killing even more Nazis. He served in Africa and Italy prior. My mom wouldn’t talk about him and absolutely refused to see Saving Private Ryan because of the war memories

[Cisco Kid]

I spoke at the dedication of the new headstone for Joe Harrison, a WWII commando. His unit was tasked with terrorizing the enemy, sometimes by killing them at night with a knife while they slept. A bomb broke both of his legs and made a cripple in Nov 44 and he was discharged after 5 months in the hospital. In 1950, Joe took his own life with a knife. Here's to all the Joes.