Benny Brock
bennybrock@centurytel.net
1358 Willow oaks drive Ozark al 36360 United States
Best friend your loss is one I will never forget
David was my very best friend. We went and did everything together. His loss was like the loss of a big brother to me. I am so very proud to have been your friend and thank you for your service. I like you was drafted right after school and served in the Army also 1969-1971. I still remember the crap a lot of us had to hear and walk thru when we did get back. It is no surprise to me that you received the Distinguished Service Cross. I never saw you back down from anything. May you be resting in peace.
Feb 15, 2010
manny g
Fellow Veteran 69-70 An Khe
Union Gap, WA. 98903
You are Remembered Peace and condolence, to the family and friends. He which hath no stomach, to this fight, let him depart. But we in it, shall be remembered. We few, we happy few, we band of brothers!! For he today, that sheds his blood with me, shall always be my brother. Rest in peace brave soldier, you have not been forgotten. (W.Shakespeare) May God Bless you, for your Sacrifice!!!
May 19, 2009
Sarah Slavens
Admirer
Today would have been your birthday. I am honored to say that it is also mine. And I would just like to thank you for the great sacrifice you made for us all. It is appreciated more than you could know. May you rest in peace.
Thursday, May 19, 2005
Bao Nguyen
tigerclaw26@hotmail.com
VN war researcher
2 Wyuna Drive Noble Park
Melbourne, VIC 3174 Australia
He's so young
He died so young, I'm turning 20 next week and i not only admire the courage and heroism of this soldier but to all of the soldiers who fought and died in Vietnam. My uncle was a soldier in the South Vietnamese Army who is also dead. I show great sympathy to all those who died in the Vietnam War fighting for freedom.
Sunday, May 19, 2002
IN REMEMBRANCE OF THIS POSTHUMOUS RECIPIENT OF THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS AND SILVER STAR
SERGEANT
EDWARD DAVID CROW
who served with
COMPANY B
3rd BATTALION
22nd INFANTRY REGIMENT
" DEEDS, NOT WORDS "
3rd BRIGADE
25th INFANTRY DIVISION
" TROPIC LIGHTNING "
was posthumously awarded the
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS
SILVER STAR
PURPLE HEART
NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL
VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL
REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM CAMPAIGN SERVICE MEDAL
and was entitled to wear the
COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE
THE PROUD YOUNG VALOR THAT ROSE ABOVE THE MORTAL
AND THEN, AT LAST, WAS MORTAL AFTER ALL
YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN
NOR SHALL YOU EVER BE
CITATION FOR POSTHUMOUS AWARD OF THE
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS
The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross ( Posthumously ) to Edward David Crow, Sergeant, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations involving conflict with an armed hostile force in the Republic of Vietnam, while serving with Company B, 3d Battalion, 22d Infantry, 3d Brigade, 25th Infantry Division. Sergeant Crow distinguished himself by exceptionally valorous actions on 12 April 1968 while serving with an infantry company during an enemy attack on its position. His unit was in a night defensive position when it became the target of a mortar and ground assault. Initially, the intensity of the enemy fire forced Sergeant Crow to abandon his mortar position, but he quickly regrouped his men and personally led a counterattack to regain it. His men began receiving enemy machine gun fire when they had advanced to within fifteen meters of the weapon site. Ignoring the fusillade, Sergeant Crow continued towards his objective and destroyed the machine gun with hand grenades. After successfully regaining the mortar emplacement, he fired illumination rounds to expose the enemy in the darkness and placed effective suppressive fire upon the insurgents which forced their withdrawal. Sergeant Crow's extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army.
REMEMBRANCE
Posted by: CLAY MARSTON
Email: CMARSTON@INTERLOG.COM
Relationship: BIOGRAPHICAL RESEARCHER - DSC
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Best friend ever
David was my very best friend. When I heard he was killed it felt like I had lost an older brother. We went and did everything together. Often played basketball in my back yard by spotlight until 10 pm. I think about him often. I will always miss him.
Posted by: Benny Brock
Email: bennybrock@centurytel.net
Relationship: We were close friends
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Tall, lanky, Happy-go-lucky kid with an infectious sense of humor and a perpetual grin
David and his best friend Benny once told me, "Mr. Lew, you're our second-favorite teacher." I thought, that's not bad, 2nd of six, so I bit and thanked them. "Yeah," they said, "all the rest are tied for first." They laughed and laughed and I had to join in. They had got me good. That was in 1965. In the spring of '68 I saw a picture ine the local paper of SGT David Crow in a line with other grunts being pinned with the Silver Star Medal. Within a few weeks there was another item in the paper; David had been killed. Very soon I was at his funeral in the Ft. Benning Post Chapel. At the graveside at the Post Cemetary, I found Benny and we stood together. We were OK until they fired the salute and David's mother cried out. We lost it then and retreated up the hill and stood weeping through Taps. I've since been to too many student funerals, but not to another Military Funeral. They're too hard on an old man. I've recently learned that David was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for an action on 12 April, 1968 (GO#3815,6Aug68). This was almost a month before he was killed. He'd have been 61 now. He missed being a father and grandfather. He has missed the blessings so many of us take for granted. Thank you, David, for your selfless sacrifice. I won't say you are my all-time favorite student, but you are definitely tied for first. Love ya long time, son, you're still in my heart and prayers.
Posted by: Bill Lewallen
Relationship: 9th grade math teacher, Baker
Monday, May 26, 2008
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 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
Wednesday, April 5, 2006
We Remember
Edward is buried at Ft Benning Post Cem. The cemetery says his unit was Co B, 3/22,25 INF DIV
Posted by: Robert Sage
Email: rsage@austin.rr.com
Monday, October 11, 2004
Who Shall We Send
And God said who shall we send. I answered I am here, send me."
Isaiah 6:8
Facta Non Verba
Posted by: Dave Avery
Email: averyds@flinthills.com
Friday, May 14, 2004
The big kid on the block
grew up in Columbus, Georgia and was friends with David's brothers. We always played baseball in his yard and David was always there with us. I remember when he went in to the Army and I so wanted to go also but I was only 12 years old. The day he left was the last time we ever saw David, and I still remember him today.
Posted by: Mike Keller
Relationship: We grew up together
Saturday, November 16, 2002
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