Malcolm Kirby
mlkdrk@earthlink.net
USAF Veteran - 191st photo recon.
Vietnam Veterans of America - Chapter 785
Rest in Peace, my Brother. You will not be forgotten...
Nov 30, 2008
Garnet Jenkins
garijen@bresnan.net
Grand Junction Co
~In Tribute To A Fallen 1st Cav. Hero ~
In Tribute to Pfc William Michael Skovran, A First Team Hero, with so much Gratitude for his Courage, Service and Dedication to our Country and for Freedom. Rest well Brave Soldier and know that you will NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. I am the sister of Sgt. David Dickinson, another young 1st Cav. Hero, who also paid the Ultimate Price in Vietnam in 1967.....~TELL THEM OF US AND SAY...FOR THEIR TOMORROWS...WE GAVE OUR TODAY.~
Sep 29, 2008
Manuel Pino Bco 2/8th 1st Cav 68-69
mpjr54@msn.com
Fellow Cav Brother
B co 1/12th 1st Cav
If I should die, and leave you here awhile, be not like others, sore undone, who keep long vigils by the silent dust, and weep...for MY sake, turn again to life, and smile...Nerving thy heart, and trembling hand to do something to comfort other hearts than thine... Complete these dear, unfinished tasks of mine...and I, perchance, may therein comfort you.
Nov 2, 2006
Norman Jennings
pistolpete1068@earthlink.net
Friend
107 Locust Lane
Marietta, Ohio 45750 USA
You are With Us
Well Bill, It's been 36 years since we left Warren G. Harding. We had a reunion last year and you were on the minds of many, many people. Bill was such a big hearted person. Although he was small in stature, his heart was as big as the sky. Always a smile, never down or unhappy. He played football for Warren G. Harding and he was an inspiration to all young men at the time. Bill was (is) class. I miss you man. I went to Nam in 1972, spent many hours just off shore of Binh Dinh. I knew that's where you were killed. You will always be remembered by me, Bill. God bless you! Love, Norm Jennings
Friday, August 10, 2001
Michael Rocca
Mike5133@aol.com
Classmate
555 S Bermuda Circle
Mesa, AZ 85206 USA
A Friend a Hero sadly missed
I went to school with this man. We both talked about the war. We played football together at Warren G. Harding High School in Warren Ohio. I loaded bombs on aircraft during the VietNam war. I sadly miss Bill, he is always in my heart. His classmates miss him dearly. Mike Rocca
Monday, April 29, 2002
Manuel Pino Jr.
Fellow Cav Brother
REFLECTIONS FROM THE MOVING WALL". I am a monument to a black period in this countries history.I am the Vietnam wall.,composed to two angled granite walls,inscribed with the names of fifty eight thousand,one hundred thirty four American men and women who died in hell (that was Vietnam) Many people come to see me. strangely they come mostly in silence-old people,young people,children,mothers,fathers,widows,and veterans.all for reasons of their own.they bring gifts,pictures,letters,flowers,poems and cigarettes.the letters speak of grief and loneliness and regret.they ask forgiveness.they are an out pouring of pain.the people softly touch names on my face.they water my grass with tears.then they leave in silence and I hope in peace.for I am more than two stone walls.I am a thank you from a nation that forgot.I am a long past due apology.I am healing for wounds too long left untended.I am a tribute paid to fallen warriors.I AM THE VIETNAM WALL. "America has forgotten the wars.will she remember her warriors"? you may be gone , BUT YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN.
Tuesday, September 28, 2004
We Remember
William is buried at All Souls Cemetery in Chardon, OH. PH
Lest We Forget
William will be honored at the Ohio Vietnam Veterans? Memorial Park in Akron, Ohio. You Are Not Forgotten. www.hack1966.com/memorial
NEVER FORGOTTEN
FOREVER REMEMBERED
"If you are able, save for them a place inside of you....and save one backward glance when you are leaving for the places they can no longer go.....Be not ashamed to say you loved them....
Take what they have left and 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...."
Quote from a letter home by Maj. Michael Davis O'Donnell
KIA 24 March 1970. Distinguished Flying Cross: Shot down and Killed while attempting to rescue 8 fellow soldiers surrounded by attacking enemy forces.
We Nam Brothers pause to give a backward glance, and post this remembrance to you , one of the gentle heroes and patriots lost to the War in Vietnam:
Slip off that pack. Set it down by the crooked trail. Drop your steel pot alongside. Shed those magazine-ladened bandoliers away from your sweat-soaked shirt. Lay that silent weapon down and step out of the heat. Feel the soothing cool breeze right down to your soul ... and rest forever in the shade of our love, brother.
From your Nam-Band-Of-Brothers
Posted by: Bill Nelson
Email: grite@yahoo.com
Relationship: NamVet 2/502 Inf 101 Abn 69-70
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Remembering you still....
I knew "Billy" Skovran in my teens and had a huge crush on him!I thought he was the cutest boy I had ever seen! Then I heard he went to Viet Nam...then I heard he had been killed. I remember him in my prayers still...thank you, Billy, for being such a nice guy, and for making the ultimate sacrifice for our country
Posted by: Esther Nicastro
Email: essie131@neo.rr.com
Relationship: Friend
Saturday, June 4, 2005
Lest We Forget
So many years ago, you gave your young life for your country. RIP, we shall not forget our soldiers who gave all
Wednesday, September 29, 2004
Thank you Soldier
As a fellow Buckeye, I say "THANK YOU"
As a Veteran, I say "JOB WELL DONE, SOLDIER"
As an American, "YOUR DEATH WAS NOT IN VAIN"
And as a Believer, "YOUR SPIRIT IS ALIVE--AND STRONG"
Although we never met personally, I want to thank you PFC Skovran, for your courageous and valiant service, faithful contribution, and most holy sacrifice, given to this great country of ours!
REST IN ETERNAL PEACE MY FRIEND
Posted by: Donald Lytle
Relationship: Radioman, USN, Ret.
Tuesday, March 18, 2003
it's Sunday afternoon
It's a Sunday afternoon and I'm looking at the names of the men who died on this date.
William Michael Skovran has nothing posted on his site. His family and friends have not yet found it.
He was born on November 30, 1947 and his home of record was Warren, Ohio.
He was a PFC in the US Army.
He was killed September 29, 1967 in Binh Dinh Province, Vietnam.
William was 19 years old.
That's all I know about him.
Rest in Peace.
Godspeed.
McColt
Posted by: McColt
Relationship: survivor
Sunday, September 29, 2002 |
