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Please post here the names of people who have died recently - family members, buddies, vets, etc. Include any other information you would like to share.
The following people have been listed previously:
Welcome home dear heart, welcome home Maria Lauterbach. Be at ease and rest in peace dear one. 2008/12/01
posted by emom101
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Elmer J. Grimes
August 10, 1927 - February 1, 2008
Merchant Marine & US Army
World War II
RIP
posted by mimiandpoppa
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Wayne Doolittle
January 22, 1924 - February 4, 2008
World War II Naval Aviator
"I have slipped the bonds of earth...and put out my hands and touched the face of God."
RIP
posted by mimiandpoppa
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Larry Dale Schommer
November 20, 1936 - February 7, 2008
Master Sergeant
U S Air Force
posted by mimiandpoppa
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RANDY,DIED 1 WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS, 2007. RIP.TKS,BIGMEX
posted by bigmex
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"Petty Officer Monsoor distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism on Sept. 29, 2006."
posted by keenkat49
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Welcome home dear heart, welcome home Maria Lauterbach. Be at ease and rest in peace dear one. 2008/12/01
posted by emom101
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Elmer J. Grimes
August 10, 1927 - February 1, 2008
Merchant Marine & US Army
World War II
RIP
posted by mimiandpoppa
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Wayne Doolittle
January 22, 1924 - February 4, 2008
World War II Naval Aviator
"I have slipped the bonds of earth...and put out my hands and touched the face of God."
RIP
posted by mimiandpoppa
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Larry Dale Schommer
November 20, 1936 - February 7, 2008
Master Sergeant
U S Air Force
posted by mimiandpoppa
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RANDY,DIED 1 WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS, 2007. RIP.TKS,BIGMEX
posted by bigmex
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"Petty Officer Monsoor distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism on Sept. 29, 2006."
posted by keenkat49
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about 1 year ago
FROM THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER....
Kentucky airman killed in Vietnam to be buried
By BRUCE SCHREINER and JOE BIESK
Forty years after his death in a daring rescue mission in Vietnam, a Kentucky airman will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery in what his son calls a "Christmas family miracle."
Air Force Maj. John Lee McElroy, of Eminence in north-central Kentucky, will be interred next Thursday with his crewmates, who died when their C-130 aircraft was shot down on Mother's Day in 1968 while evacuating soldiers from a military base being overrun by enemy forces.
It was earlier this year when McElroy's remains were recovered and later positively identified through DNA testing and dental records, several years after excavation efforts started at the crash site, his son said. The work will allow his family and country to pay formal respects to the career airman who died at age 36.
Kentucky airman killed in Vietnam to be buried
By BRUCE SCHREINER and JOE BIESK
Forty years after his death in a daring rescue mission in Vietnam, a Kentucky airman will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery in what his son calls a "Christmas family miracle."
Air Force Maj. John Lee McElroy, of Eminence in north-central Kentucky, will be interred next Thursday with his crewmates, who died when their C-130 aircraft was shot down on Mother's Day in 1968 while evacuating soldiers from a military base being overrun by enemy forces.
It was earlier this year when McElroy's remains were recovered and later positively identified through DNA testing and dental records, several years after excavation efforts started at the crash site, his son said. The work will allow his family and country to pay formal respects to the career airman who died at age 36.
12 months ago
Kentuckian killed in Vietnam 40 years ago is finally put to rest in Arlington
By Halimah Abdullah - habdullah@mcclatchydc.com
WASHINGTON — It has been 40 years since Maj. John Lee McElroy's C-130 transport plane was shot down from the Kham Duo airstrip in the Quang Tin Province of Vietnam.
In that time, the Kentuckian's son, Russell, who was barely in his teens when his father died, has seen far more years than his father ever did. The major's daughters Linda and Mary, young girls when their father went to war, are married and have careers.
Arlington National Cemetery
He has nine grandchildren that he'll never meet. And his wife, Regina, died several years ago without ever getting the chance to lay to rest her husband, who was from Eminence in Henry County.
But sometimes the ones we've lost come back ... even if in the most unexpected ways.
On a cold, gray Thursday, the McElroy family gathered at Arlington National Cemetery just outside Washington, D.C., to honor the Vietnam veteran whose body had been missing for nearly half a century but whose remains were recently recovered. It was a solemn affair and family members braced themselves against the winter chill as soldiers in dress uniforms honored a fallen comrade.
Behind them rows and rows of headstones dotted the winter landscape, stretching back as far as the eye could see.
"The last time I saw him he was flying out from Fayette County Airport in Lexington. He hugged me and said, Russell you need to take care of your mother and sisters," said Russell McElroy, who lives in Bowling Green.
The Air Force officer's last days were spent a world away in a place where the trees had exotic names and the air was hot and smelled of creosote.
American soldiers had spent several days defending their position, on a narrow grassy plain surrounded by rugged jungle, from a near-constant deluge of gunfire and grenade attacks. Officers decided to extract troops after the North Vietnamese Army launched an attack on the main compound. Napalm, cluster bomb units and 750-pound bombs were hurled into the final wire barriers, according to military records.
During the evacuation, panic ensued.
"As more infantry tried to clamber into the outbound planes, the outraged Special Forces staff convinced the Air Force to start loading civilians onboard a C-130, then watched as the civilians pushed children and weaker adults aside," records show.
The crew of that U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft included McElroy, the navigator; Maj. Bernard Bucher, pilot; Staff Sgt. Frank Hepler, flight engineer; 1st Lt. Steven Moreland, co-pilot; George Long, loadmaster; Capt. Warren Orr, passenger; and an undetermined number of Vietnamese civilians.
The North Vietnamese Army forces fired on the plane and it exploded in midair and crashed roughly a mile from camp. The plane burned quickly and was destroyed—save for a portion of the tail.
All crew and passengers were thought to be dead.
That was on a Sunday, Mother's Day. McElroy's wife and family members waited a day to tell his three young children that their father had died.
"For a long time, me and my sisters believed and hoped that this was just an accident and that my dad was alive. It took us a while to overcome that," Russell McElroy said.
Years later, a grief-stricken son pointed his new motorcycle eastward along the Blue Ridge Parkway and sped through icy evening rains toward Washington D.C. and a memorial wall where his father's name, along with thousands of others, is etched in the black granite.
"The next day was beautiful and it helped get my heart right to see my dad and all those other veterans," he said.
Gov. Steve Beshear ordered flags at all state office buildings lowered to half-staff on Thursday. As family members return to Kentucky, where their ancestors have lived for generations, where they last waved goodbye to their loved one, the McElroys take comfort in knowing that at last their father has come home.
Halimah Abdullah is the Herald-Leader's Washington correspondent.
Go in safety always dear one... Be at peace... welcome home... meems
By Halimah Abdullah - habdullah@mcclatchydc.com
WASHINGTON — It has been 40 years since Maj. John Lee McElroy's C-130 transport plane was shot down from the Kham Duo airstrip in the Quang Tin Province of Vietnam.
In that time, the Kentuckian's son, Russell, who was barely in his teens when his father died, has seen far more years than his father ever did. The major's daughters Linda and Mary, young girls when their father went to war, are married and have careers.
Arlington National Cemetery
He has nine grandchildren that he'll never meet. And his wife, Regina, died several years ago without ever getting the chance to lay to rest her husband, who was from Eminence in Henry County.
But sometimes the ones we've lost come back ... even if in the most unexpected ways.
On a cold, gray Thursday, the McElroy family gathered at Arlington National Cemetery just outside Washington, D.C., to honor the Vietnam veteran whose body had been missing for nearly half a century but whose remains were recently recovered. It was a solemn affair and family members braced themselves against the winter chill as soldiers in dress uniforms honored a fallen comrade.
Behind them rows and rows of headstones dotted the winter landscape, stretching back as far as the eye could see.
"The last time I saw him he was flying out from Fayette County Airport in Lexington. He hugged me and said, Russell you need to take care of your mother and sisters," said Russell McElroy, who lives in Bowling Green.
The Air Force officer's last days were spent a world away in a place where the trees had exotic names and the air was hot and smelled of creosote.
American soldiers had spent several days defending their position, on a narrow grassy plain surrounded by rugged jungle, from a near-constant deluge of gunfire and grenade attacks. Officers decided to extract troops after the North Vietnamese Army launched an attack on the main compound. Napalm, cluster bomb units and 750-pound bombs were hurled into the final wire barriers, according to military records.
During the evacuation, panic ensued.
"As more infantry tried to clamber into the outbound planes, the outraged Special Forces staff convinced the Air Force to start loading civilians onboard a C-130, then watched as the civilians pushed children and weaker adults aside," records show.
The crew of that U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft included McElroy, the navigator; Maj. Bernard Bucher, pilot; Staff Sgt. Frank Hepler, flight engineer; 1st Lt. Steven Moreland, co-pilot; George Long, loadmaster; Capt. Warren Orr, passenger; and an undetermined number of Vietnamese civilians.
The North Vietnamese Army forces fired on the plane and it exploded in midair and crashed roughly a mile from camp. The plane burned quickly and was destroyed—save for a portion of the tail.
All crew and passengers were thought to be dead.
That was on a Sunday, Mother's Day. McElroy's wife and family members waited a day to tell his three young children that their father had died.
"For a long time, me and my sisters believed and hoped that this was just an accident and that my dad was alive. It took us a while to overcome that," Russell McElroy said.
Years later, a grief-stricken son pointed his new motorcycle eastward along the Blue Ridge Parkway and sped through icy evening rains toward Washington D.C. and a memorial wall where his father's name, along with thousands of others, is etched in the black granite.
"The next day was beautiful and it helped get my heart right to see my dad and all those other veterans," he said.
Gov. Steve Beshear ordered flags at all state office buildings lowered to half-staff on Thursday. As family members return to Kentucky, where their ancestors have lived for generations, where they last waved goodbye to their loved one, the McElroys take comfort in knowing that at last their father has come home.
Halimah Abdullah is the Herald-Leader's Washington correspondent.
Go in safety always dear one... Be at peace... welcome home... meems
11 months ago
Funeral held for Kentucky Marine
LONDON — Friends and family members gathered here at noon Monday to pay their final respects to Marine Lance Cpl. Thomas "T.J." Reilly Jr., of London, who was killed in Iraq Dec. 21.
Go in safety dear heart...Be at peace love an hugs .. meems
LONDON — Friends and family members gathered here at noon Monday to pay their final respects to Marine Lance Cpl. Thomas "T.J." Reilly Jr., of London, who was killed in Iraq Dec. 21.
Go in safety dear heart...Be at peace love an hugs .. meems
11 months ago
Funeral held for Kentucky Marine
By Jim Warren - jwarren@herald-leader.com
LONDON — Marine Lance Cpl. Thomas "T.J." Reilly Jr. was laid to rest on a springlike afternoon here Monday, while his friends and relatives struggled to contain their grief and the sound of taps echoed softly in the distance.
Reilly, who graduated from South Laurel High School a year and a half ago, had a flair for cooking and baking and was interested in a culinary career. He joined the U.S. Marine Corps hoping to gain leadership skills and build a better life.
Marine Lance Cpl. Thomas J. Reilly Jr.
David Perry | Staff
Members of veterans support groups Task Force Omega (shown) and Patriot Guard Riders stood vigil outside the London Funeral Home on Monday, Dec. 29, 2008 in London, Ky. Funeral and burial services for Marine Lance Cpl. Thomas Reilly Jr. were held in London Monday.
David Perry | Staff
Kenneth Bray, left, brother of the Lance Cpl. T.J. Reilly, comforted his and Reilly's mother, Georgina Bray, who held the folded flag that draped Reilly's coffin in A.R. Dyche Memorial Park.
David Perry | Staff
Marine pall bearers carried the casket of Lance Cpl. Thomas Reilly Jr. to the burial site at A.R. Dyche Memorial Park on Monday in London. Lance Cpl. Reilly,19, was killed in combat operations Dec. 21 in Iraq.
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Sign a guestbook for Thomas "T.J." Reilly
Reilly died Dec. 21 when a rocket-propelled grenade struck the vehicle he was riding in while supporting combat operations in Iraq's Anbar Province. He was 19.
Reilly, who was born in Chicago, had been in Iraq since June, serving with 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division.
The Rev. Joe Mobley, who led services at London Funeral Home, noted that Riley's life spanned just 19 years, five months and 23 days. But he said Reilly accomplished much in that brief time.
"He gave his life for the country he believed in," Mobley said. "We stand here broken-hearted ... but we stand here proud of what T.J. accomplished in his life."
Mobley, a former Marine, told those present to pause at every opportunity to remember and give thanks for Reilly and other men and women in uniform who sacrifice to protect America.
"Realize that it is his life that made it possible for you to live in the greatest nation the world has ever known," Mobley said.
The entire audience stood moments later when Steve House, who taught Reilly in high school, sang the Marines' Hymn.
House, who also is a former Marine, recalled Reilly as a "sweet kid" who gave everything for his country. He challenged those present to live up to the example Reilly set in defending freedom.
"Let us live this freedom," House said. "Let's live it for T.J. Let's live it for him, cherish freedom and hold the torch high."
Among the mourners was Susan Akins of Whitesburg, Tenn., whose son, Marine Lance Cpl. Michael Williams, served in Iraq with Reilly. She said her son was in the same convoy but in another vehicle when Reilly was killed.
"They were close friends, and now my son is really hurting because he lost T.J.," Akins said. "It's my understanding that the whole unit is suffering because T.J. was very popular and all those young men totally depended on one another."
Akins said she had heard that five other Marines in the same vehicle with Reilly suffered shrapnel wounds that did not appear to be life-threatening. But she said the incident shows that soldiers continue to suffer and sometimes die in Iraq even though conditions have dramatically improved.
Outside the funeral home about 30 representatives of two patriotic motorcycle groups, Task Force Omega and the Patriot Guard Riders, displayed American flags as informal honor guards. Overhead, a larger American flag flew from the top of a fire department aerial ladder truck.
Inside, the flag-draped coffin was watched over by Marines in full dress uniform, while a screen showed slides of Reilly's life, picturing him at birth, as a happy child, and as a brand new Marine.
Growing up, Reilly liked sports, including basketball, football, boxing and horseback riding. But his mother said that he had a softer side and liked nothing more than baking and decorating cakes. He had hoped to enter culinary school after his service in the Marines, she said.
After services at the funeral home Monday, Reilly was buried with full military honors at the nearby A.R. Dyche Memorial Park.
After the graveside services, Steve House said that Reilly first mentioned joining the Marines during his junior year in high school. House said he told Reilly that the Marines helped prepare young men for life, but also cautioned him "that there was a war on." Reilly ultimately decided to go ahead.
"He saw it as a way out," House said. "He was a sweet kid, very respectful, very well mannered, just an excellent young man.
"If he had not been my student, I would have been proud to call him my son."
Survivors include Reilly's mother, Georgina Bray of London; his grandfather, George Bray of Chicago; a brother, Kenneth Bray of Braidwood, Ill.; and a sister, Regina Reilly of Manchester.
Reach Jim Warren at 1-800-950-6397 Ext. 3255 or 859-231-3255
By Jim Warren - jwarren@herald-leader.com
LONDON — Marine Lance Cpl. Thomas "T.J." Reilly Jr. was laid to rest on a springlike afternoon here Monday, while his friends and relatives struggled to contain their grief and the sound of taps echoed softly in the distance.
Reilly, who graduated from South Laurel High School a year and a half ago, had a flair for cooking and baking and was interested in a culinary career. He joined the U.S. Marine Corps hoping to gain leadership skills and build a better life.
Marine Lance Cpl. Thomas J. Reilly Jr.
David Perry | Staff
Members of veterans support groups Task Force Omega (shown) and Patriot Guard Riders stood vigil outside the London Funeral Home on Monday, Dec. 29, 2008 in London, Ky. Funeral and burial services for Marine Lance Cpl. Thomas Reilly Jr. were held in London Monday.
David Perry | Staff
Kenneth Bray, left, brother of the Lance Cpl. T.J. Reilly, comforted his and Reilly's mother, Georgina Bray, who held the folded flag that draped Reilly's coffin in A.R. Dyche Memorial Park.
David Perry | Staff
Marine pall bearers carried the casket of Lance Cpl. Thomas Reilly Jr. to the burial site at A.R. Dyche Memorial Park on Monday in London. Lance Cpl. Reilly,19, was killed in combat operations Dec. 21 in Iraq.
CLICK FOR MORE PHOTOS
Sign a guestbook for Thomas "T.J." Reilly
Reilly died Dec. 21 when a rocket-propelled grenade struck the vehicle he was riding in while supporting combat operations in Iraq's Anbar Province. He was 19.
Reilly, who was born in Chicago, had been in Iraq since June, serving with 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division.
The Rev. Joe Mobley, who led services at London Funeral Home, noted that Riley's life spanned just 19 years, five months and 23 days. But he said Reilly accomplished much in that brief time.
"He gave his life for the country he believed in," Mobley said. "We stand here broken-hearted ... but we stand here proud of what T.J. accomplished in his life."
Mobley, a former Marine, told those present to pause at every opportunity to remember and give thanks for Reilly and other men and women in uniform who sacrifice to protect America.
"Realize that it is his life that made it possible for you to live in the greatest nation the world has ever known," Mobley said.
The entire audience stood moments later when Steve House, who taught Reilly in high school, sang the Marines' Hymn.
House, who also is a former Marine, recalled Reilly as a "sweet kid" who gave everything for his country. He challenged those present to live up to the example Reilly set in defending freedom.
"Let us live this freedom," House said. "Let's live it for T.J. Let's live it for him, cherish freedom and hold the torch high."
Among the mourners was Susan Akins of Whitesburg, Tenn., whose son, Marine Lance Cpl. Michael Williams, served in Iraq with Reilly. She said her son was in the same convoy but in another vehicle when Reilly was killed.
"They were close friends, and now my son is really hurting because he lost T.J.," Akins said. "It's my understanding that the whole unit is suffering because T.J. was very popular and all those young men totally depended on one another."
Akins said she had heard that five other Marines in the same vehicle with Reilly suffered shrapnel wounds that did not appear to be life-threatening. But she said the incident shows that soldiers continue to suffer and sometimes die in Iraq even though conditions have dramatically improved.
Outside the funeral home about 30 representatives of two patriotic motorcycle groups, Task Force Omega and the Patriot Guard Riders, displayed American flags as informal honor guards. Overhead, a larger American flag flew from the top of a fire department aerial ladder truck.
Inside, the flag-draped coffin was watched over by Marines in full dress uniform, while a screen showed slides of Reilly's life, picturing him at birth, as a happy child, and as a brand new Marine.
Growing up, Reilly liked sports, including basketball, football, boxing and horseback riding. But his mother said that he had a softer side and liked nothing more than baking and decorating cakes. He had hoped to enter culinary school after his service in the Marines, she said.
After services at the funeral home Monday, Reilly was buried with full military honors at the nearby A.R. Dyche Memorial Park.
After the graveside services, Steve House said that Reilly first mentioned joining the Marines during his junior year in high school. House said he told Reilly that the Marines helped prepare young men for life, but also cautioned him "that there was a war on." Reilly ultimately decided to go ahead.
"He saw it as a way out," House said. "He was a sweet kid, very respectful, very well mannered, just an excellent young man.
"If he had not been my student, I would have been proud to call him my son."
Survivors include Reilly's mother, Georgina Bray of London; his grandfather, George Bray of Chicago; a brother, Kenneth Bray of Braidwood, Ill.; and a sister, Regina Reilly of Manchester.
Reach Jim Warren at 1-800-950-6397 Ext. 3255 or 859-231-3255
11 months ago
Captain Agnes, "Irish" Bresnaham, passed away March 11, 2009. Irish was a dear friend and had served her country in the US Army. She was exposed to Ao and other chemicals at Ft. McClellen, Al.. She died after testifing before Congress on her and other veterans claims for chemical exposure stateside.
9 months ago
Be at peace, Irish, go in safety and rest.... meems
8 months ago
Thank you Little Jake, for the info...
Subject: Ed Freeman ...
I wasn't there but remember when this happened
Well what can one say..... Veterans are quickly forgotten
---------[ Received Mail Content ]----------
You're an 19 year old kid. You're critically wounded, and dying in the
jungle in the Ia Drang Valley, 11-14-1965, LZ X-ray, Vietnam.
Your infantry unit is outnumbered 8 - 1, and the enemy fire is so Intense,
from 100 or 200 yards away, that your own Infantry Commander has ordered the
MediVac helicopters to stop coming in.
You're lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns, and you know you're
not getting out.
Your family is 1/2 way around the World, 12,000 miles away, and you'll never
see them again.
As the World starts to fade in and out, you know this is the day.
Then, over the machine gun noise, you faintly hear that sound of a
helicopter, and you look up to see an un-armed Huey, but it doesn't Seem
real, because no MediVac markings are on it. Ed Freeman is coming for you.
He's not MediVac, so it's not his Job, but he's flying his Huey down into
the machine gun fire, after The MediVacs were ordered not to come.
He's coming anyway.
And he drops it in, and sits there in the machine gun fire, as they Load 2
or 3 of you on board.
Then he flies you up and out through the gunfire, to the Doctors and Nurses.
And, he kept coming back ... 13 more times!
And took about 30 of you and your buddies out, who would never have gotten
out. Medal of Honor Recipient, Ed Freeman, died last Wednesday at the age Of
80, in Boise, ID.
May God rest his soul.
I bet you didn't hear about this hero's passing, but we sure were told a
whole Bunch about some hip-hop coward beating the crap out of his
"girlfriend".
Medal of Honor Winner Ed Freeman!
Shame on the American Media!
Rest dear heart, go in safety and be at peace... Hugs and much love to you and yours... meems
Subject: Ed Freeman ...
I wasn't there but remember when this happened
Well what can one say..... Veterans are quickly forgotten
---------[ Received Mail Content ]----------
You're an 19 year old kid. You're critically wounded, and dying in the
jungle in the Ia Drang Valley, 11-14-1965, LZ X-ray, Vietnam.
Your infantry unit is outnumbered 8 - 1, and the enemy fire is so Intense,
from 100 or 200 yards away, that your own Infantry Commander has ordered the
MediVac helicopters to stop coming in.
You're lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns, and you know you're
not getting out.
Your family is 1/2 way around the World, 12,000 miles away, and you'll never
see them again.
As the World starts to fade in and out, you know this is the day.
Then, over the machine gun noise, you faintly hear that sound of a
helicopter, and you look up to see an un-armed Huey, but it doesn't Seem
real, because no MediVac markings are on it. Ed Freeman is coming for you.
He's not MediVac, so it's not his Job, but he's flying his Huey down into
the machine gun fire, after The MediVacs were ordered not to come.
He's coming anyway.
And he drops it in, and sits there in the machine gun fire, as they Load 2
or 3 of you on board.
Then he flies you up and out through the gunfire, to the Doctors and Nurses.
And, he kept coming back ... 13 more times!
And took about 30 of you and your buddies out, who would never have gotten
out. Medal of Honor Recipient, Ed Freeman, died last Wednesday at the age Of
80, in Boise, ID.
May God rest his soul.
I bet you didn't hear about this hero's passing, but we sure were told a
whole Bunch about some hip-hop coward beating the crap out of his
"girlfriend".
Medal of Honor Winner Ed Freeman!
Shame on the American Media!
Rest dear heart, go in safety and be at peace... Hugs and much love to you and yours... meems
8 months ago
Ft Knox...FORT KNOX, Ky. -- Army officials say a body found on the Fort Knox Army post was a retired soldier who was working as a computer systems analyst at the installation.
Fort Knox officials told The News Enterprise of Elizabethtown on Wednesday that the man found in April was 47-year-old retired Sgt. 1st Class Reggie Gerard Epperson.
According to his obituary, he was working at the installation at the time of his death.
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An investigation was launched by the Army Criminal Investigations Division after his body was found about 100 feet from the military post's boundary with Saunders Springs Nature Preserve - a 26-acre public forest in Radcliff.
Authorities said the cause of his death is still being investigated.
Be at peace... meems
Fort Knox officials told The News Enterprise of Elizabethtown on Wednesday that the man found in April was 47-year-old retired Sgt. 1st Class Reggie Gerard Epperson.
According to his obituary, he was working at the installation at the time of his death.
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An investigation was launched by the Army Criminal Investigations Division after his body was found about 100 feet from the military post's boundary with Saunders Springs Nature Preserve - a 26-acre public forest in Radcliff.
Authorities said the cause of his death is still being investigated.
Be at peace... meems
5 months ago
