Garnet Jenkins
Grand Junction Co.
~In Tribute to a Fallen Hero~
In Remembrance of this Young Soldier, with a Multitude of Thanks for his Courage, Service and Dedication to our Country and for Freedom. Rest well Sgt. Richard Marvin Wise and know that you will NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. I am the sister of such a young hero, who made the Supreme Sacrifice in Vietnam 1967...
"THE SOLDIER, ABOVE ALL OTHERS IS REQUIRED TO PERFORM THE HIGHEST ACT OF RELIGIOUS TEACHING--SACRIFICE." ~ General Douglas MacArthur ~
Aug 14, 2007
ANONYMOUS AND GRATEFUL
SO YOUNG! SO BRAVE! HOW CAN IT BE THAT SOMEONE SO YOUNG CAN GIVE THEIR LIFE FOR FREEDOM AND SO FEW ACKNOWLEDGE HIS SACRIFICE. SOME OF US CARE. THANK YOU SEEMS SO INADEQUATE BUT IT'S ALL I HAVE.
Thursday, June 15, 2006
Grateful American
American Hero
Thank you SGT Wise for your service to country and ultimate sacrifice. Rest well brave soldier and rest assured that you Sir, are not forgotten.
Friday, August 12, 2005
Mary Parsons
mparsons297@yahoo.com
Aunt
225 Amber Lane
Hayden, AL 35079 United States
Ricky you've not been forgotten.
His name was Richard Marvin Wise. Everyone called him Ricky. Named after his father Marvin Wise. First one from our family to die serving the country. He was drafted right ater high school. Never had a chance to marry. Had no children. Left behind father, mother, one brother, two sisters. When he was brought back to Alabama there were no news media to meet him as there are today. It was not even mentioned in the local papers. This makes me angry even today. Ricky was a fine young man with curly red hair and always with a smile. His family has never forgotten him.
Monday, April 26, 2004
Denis McDonough
Denis1146@aol.com
Fellow bobcat 1/5 Mech
Richard, I just wanted you to know, you are not forgotten. You are loved and missed. My prayers to you and your family. Photo courtesy of the 1969 Yearbook
Tuesday, September 28, 2004
We Remember
Richard is buried at Morgan Cemetery, Summiton,AL. BSM ARCOM
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
Thursday, June 29, 2006
NATIVE AMERICAN PRAYER
It is said a man hasn't died as long as he is remembered. This prayer is a way for families, friends and fellow veterans to remember our fallen brothers and sisters. Do not stand at my grave and weep I am not there, I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow, I am the diamond glints on snow. I am the sunlight on ripened grain, I am the gentle autumn rain. When you awaken in the morning hush, I am the swift, uplifting rush of quiet birds in circled flight, I am the stars that shine at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry, I am not there, I did not die
Posted by: Chris Spencer
Email: cws71354@bellsouth.net
Relationship: fellow veteran,USMC 1972-76
Wednesday, February 4, 2004 |
