Posted on May 25, 2018
Do you have a Picture of a Veteran or Service Member that you've Lost to Share?
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RP Members and Connections Memorial Day is here. Please share your memories with us in a picture of those we honor and remember on this Memorial Day and those to come. This will be one of those questions that just keep giving us great memeories of those we've lost who served this great nation.
Here are pictures of my Father Donald Burroughs (Army Korean War Veteran) who passed on October 7, 2016, and my Father-in-Law Loren Leon Hazeldahl (Marine Vietnam Veteran) who died from suicide on December 8, 2015.
I have many more that I could add to this post and I will remember them in silence.
Please coninue to share your pictures and memories with the RP Nation for this Memorial Day and those to come.
Here are pictures of my Father Donald Burroughs (Army Korean War Veteran) who passed on October 7, 2016, and my Father-in-Law Loren Leon Hazeldahl (Marine Vietnam Veteran) who died from suicide on December 8, 2015.
I have many more that I could add to this post and I will remember them in silence.
Please coninue to share your pictures and memories with the RP Nation for this Memorial Day and those to come.
Edited 6 y ago
Posted 6 y ago
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
Thanks for sharing the photo and memory of your father 1SG John V. He will be remembered now and forever!
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SFC (Join to see)
1SG, not just a not but also your father. Bless you and your family for the continued service to our great nation. They'll never be forgotten.
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs, I've made this comment on similar discussion threads before, but the person I always think of never changes.
On Memorial Day, I always remember First Lieutenant Thomas Gary Sikes of Jacksonville, FL. Lieutenant Gary Sikes was a 1962 graduate of Robert E. Lee High School, Jacksonville, FL and 1967 graduate of Mercer University, Macon, GA.
Lieutenant Sikes was the 2nd Platoon Leader, of C Company, 5th Battalion, 46th Infantry Regiment (The Professionals), 198th Infantry Brigade, Americal (23rd) Division, United States Army Vietnam.
When Lieutenant Sikes gave his all in the Quang Ngai province of South Vietnam, he was only 23 years old, and he left a wife and a one month old son that he never even saw.
He is buried in Bowman, GA, and his name appears on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, DC at coordinates 36W 053.
He was my friend.
Requiescat in pace.
CPT (Join to see) 1SG Mark Flowers
On Memorial Day, I always remember First Lieutenant Thomas Gary Sikes of Jacksonville, FL. Lieutenant Gary Sikes was a 1962 graduate of Robert E. Lee High School, Jacksonville, FL and 1967 graduate of Mercer University, Macon, GA.
Lieutenant Sikes was the 2nd Platoon Leader, of C Company, 5th Battalion, 46th Infantry Regiment (The Professionals), 198th Infantry Brigade, Americal (23rd) Division, United States Army Vietnam.
When Lieutenant Sikes gave his all in the Quang Ngai province of South Vietnam, he was only 23 years old, and he left a wife and a one month old son that he never even saw.
He is buried in Bowman, GA, and his name appears on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, DC at coordinates 36W 053.
He was my friend.
Requiescat in pace.
CPT (Join to see) 1SG Mark Flowers
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Lieutenant commander Edward J. Kuzinski - My dad passed away on Sept. 8, 1978 and there isn't a day that goes by that I don't think of him. I miss him so very much. My dad served on a Liberty Ship during WWII.
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
SP5 Mark Kuzinski Thanks so much for sharing a picture of your Dad and we'll remember him now and forever Mark! May he RIP brother!
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My father (on left), Corporal Dick Randall (1920 - 1998), 6th Army Division with unknown Australian troop, New Guinea 1944. Uncle Sgt Kenneth Earl Walker, 32nd Infantry Regiment C Company 1st Battalion, 7th Infantry Division. KIA/MIA 2 Dec 1950 Chosin Reservoir.
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
MSgt Richard Randall Thanks for sharing these photos and thanks for their service to this country. May they both be remember now and forever Richard!
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I have no pictures but would like honor 2 brothers and a brother in law that are no longer with us.
My oldest Brother James C. Colburn U.S. AIR FORCE SERVED 4 YEARS 1 YEAR IN Korea
My 2nd oldest brother Robert L. Colburn U.S. Air Force served 8 years 1 year in Thailand during Viet Nam
My Brother in Law Robert L. Martin Michigan Nation Guard 8 years no deployments
My oldest Brother James C. Colburn U.S. AIR FORCE SERVED 4 YEARS 1 YEAR IN Korea
My 2nd oldest brother Robert L. Colburn U.S. Air Force served 8 years 1 year in Thailand during Viet Nam
My Brother in Law Robert L. Martin Michigan Nation Guard 8 years no deployments
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SGT Rick Colburn
Your Very Welcome SSG Dianna glad this touched your heart I'm a Viet Nam ERA vet all time I served was state side I joined the army in 1974 and served to 1987 13 years sos was in for tail end of Viet Nam and for the invasion of Lebanon/Grenada almost got shipped out for grenada but because my unit was designated a RDF only 30 days before we came in a week of shipping out then we were told to stand down they sent marines in instead would have been honored and proud to go
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SGT Rick Colburn Very much like my parents, served with honor and distinction but didn't deploy. The sacrifice you and your family made isn't devalued or unappreciated. Not for a second. Thank you for your share and have a bless'd Saturday!
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CW3 Tania Nichole Dunbar; after returning from Kuwait she passed away 19 July 2015 in North Carolina. My mentor and one of the most strongest women I've ever had the joy to ever know. Married with two children, most known as a Soldier who believed in the battle-buddy system like it's no joke, a family woman, someone who lead with no nonsense and hated crying from others. She is also more commonly known as one of the most prolific and strongest women who fought for the LGBT Military Community, never stopped her work and is loved by many whose lives were touched by her words of hope, affirmation, strength and resiliency. I wouldn't be here today without her. I wouldn't have started taking care of myself without her. I wouldn't be the leader and Soldier if not for her talks and her strength to push forward no matter what.
I miss you Chief, and I'm sorry for crying. One beer for you.
I miss you Chief, and I'm sorry for crying. One beer for you.
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
Very sorry for the loss SFC (Join to see) Thank you for sharing the photo of Tania and remembering her! She'll not be forgotten Dianna!
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SPC Woody Bullard
SSG Nazzal you are CW3 Dunbar's living legacy. She will live on through your memories
of her for the rest of your life. Outstanding post.
of her for the rest of your life. Outstanding post.
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My son 2nd/75th Army Ranger SPC Devin J Kuhn KIT 31 Jan 2018 during a weapons training accident. He left behind a beautiful young bride,a loving family, and a grateful Nation.
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
We're so sorry for the loss of your son PO2 James Kuhn Thank you for sharing this wonderful picture and memory. He'll be remembered now and forever James!
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SPC Woody Bullard
P02 JAMES KUHN: Although words are hard to come by I would like to offer my
condolences to you for the loss of your son Army Ranger SPC DEVIN J. KUHN.
condolences to you for the loss of your son Army Ranger SPC DEVIN J. KUHN.
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1. My dad was WWII Infantry, Korean War Forward Observer, and Cold War Air Defense Missle Command. He retired from the Army in 1969 and passed away last year aged 92.
2. My Father-in-law was USMC, a Pearl Harbor Survivor, badly wounded in the Pacific Theater, and spent 2 years in occupied Japan after the war. He was in for seven years, and passed away on Christmas Day, 2008.
3. My older brother joined the Army while a military dependent overseas in Taiwan in 1967. He spent four years in the Army as a Radar Repairman, and he passed away (suicide) in 1988. He is the boy in the center (Top) family pic.
2. My Father-in-law was USMC, a Pearl Harbor Survivor, badly wounded in the Pacific Theater, and spent 2 years in occupied Japan after the war. He was in for seven years, and passed away on Christmas Day, 2008.
3. My older brother joined the Army while a military dependent overseas in Taiwan in 1967. He spent four years in the Army as a Radar Repairman, and he passed away (suicide) in 1988. He is the boy in the center (Top) family pic.
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
Thanks for sharing all the great pictures and memories of the veterans and service members in your family with us CW5 John M.! We'll remember them all now and forever John!
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
SGT John " Mac " McConnell Thanks for sharing a picture of your Uncle Jerry Glenn - may he be remembered now and forever John!
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
Kathlean Keesler - Amen to that and thanks for sharing all the great memorials and memories with us!
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