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Pyne, Roger Dale, PFC.
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Casualty Info
Home Town Detroit
Last Address Detroit
Casualty Date Feb 16, 1968
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Multiple Fragmentation Wounds
Location Tay Ninh (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Crosier Cemetery - Monroe County, West Virginia
Hero forever
Posted on 2/16/18 - by Douglas C. Snyder c2555d@verizon.net
50 years ago today we lost you. As I live my life you are in my heart and soul. Roger you live through me and I hope you've enjoyed the ride so far. RIP my hero
Doug Snyder
Fought alongside this hero
Posted on 5/29/17 - by Doug Snyder c2555d@verizon.net
Thank you for your sacrifice. I carry you with me every day of my life. My life is your life, I hope it is enough . Doug Snyder
Not Forgotten Hero
Posted on 2/16/17 - by Doug Snyder c2555d@verizon.net
On this day we lost you, but you are alive forever in my heart and soul. Living my life I tried to make sure a part of you is living inside me. All things I've done were to make sure you heroes are proud of us who were given the gift to return home. You heroes gave all and for that I am grateful. Rest well my hero. Doug
Remembering An American Hero
Posted on 12/8/13 - by Curt Carter ccarter02@earthlink.net
Dear PFC Roger Dale Pyne, sir
As an American, I would like to thank you for your service and for your sacrifice made on behalf of our wonderful country. The youth of today could gain much by learning of heroes such as yourself, men and women whose courage and heart can never be questioned.
May God allow you to read this, and may He allow me to someday shake your hand when I get to Heaven to personally thank you. May he also allow my father to find you and shake your hand now to say thank you; for America, and for those who love you.
With respect, and the best salute a civilian can muster for you, Sir
Curt Carter
DOUG SNYDER C2555D@VERIZON.NET
BATTLEFIELD BROTHER
2555 MIDDLE WAY EASTON PA 18040 USA
NOT FORGOTTEN HERO
AS THE SUN ROSE THIS MORNING YOU HEROES ON THE WALL AND ALL YOU HEROES FROM ALL WARS ARE REMEMBERED THIS DAY. EVERYDAY IS MEMORIAL DAY IN MY HEART AND MIND. YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN, HERO......DOUG
May 28, 2012
DOUG Snyder C2555D@VERIZON.NET
fought along side this hero
2555 MIDDLE WAY Easton pa 18040 USA
NOT FORGOTTEN HERO
42 years ago today we lost you at the wall. not a day goes by that you and the other heroes that were lost that day are not on my mind. your actions that day were amazing and how a true hero would react.we that made it thru all the battles and got back home brought you guys with us in our hearts and souls. we lived our lives for you and hope that we did you proud. take care my hero
Feb 16, 2010
DOUG Snyder C2555D@VERIZON.NET
FELLOW 25TH INF DIV BROTHER
2555 MIDDLE WAY EASTON pa 18040 USA
NOT FORGOTTEN HERO
ALL YOU HEROES THAT WERE SACRIFICED AT THE WALL WILL ALWAYS BE WITH ME IN MY HEART AND SOUL. TAKE CARE, TIL WE MEET AGAIN.
Feb 19, 2009
Malcolm Kirby mlkdrk@earthlink.net
USAF Vet. and fellow Detroiter
Rest in Peace, my Brother
You will not be forgotten...
Feb 16, 2008
Manuel Pino B/2/8th Cav 68-69 mpjr54@msn.com
Fellow Vietnam Army Vet
A/2/22nd Inf Rgt, 25th Inf Div
NOW SLEEP Peace has come. Now you can truly sleep, my son. The muddy field where you were laid Flag-draped will now be green. Redbud and cherry blossoms can be seen Soon in bloom above your head. Arlington's Eternal Flame Flickers across granite rows To illuminate your name And then beneath it (with lightning's calm) Strikes in black the word VIETNAM On your own stone. Peace has come. Your medals may turn green In time, like your beret But forever there are those who'll say, "I live because he cared he came!"
Feb 10, 2008
DOUG SNYDER c2555d@verizon.net
FELLOW 25TH INF DIV BROTHER
2555 MIDDLE WAY EASTON PA 18040 USA
NOT FORGOTTEN HERO
REMEMBERING IS WHAT THIS DAY IS ABOUT. WE NEED TO KEEP YOU HEROES IN OUR MINDS EVERYDAY, NOT JUST ONE DAY A YEAR. YOU ARE ALL IN MY MIND AND HEART EVERYDAY. TAKE CARE, DOUG
May 28, 2007
doug snyder c2555d@verizon.net
FELLOW 25TH INF DIV BROTHER
2555 MIDDLE WAY EASTON PA 18040 USA
NOT FORGOTTEN HERO
YOU AND THE OTHER HEROES WHO DIED THIS DAY AT THE WALL WILL ALWAYS BE WITH ME IN SPIRIT AND IN MY HEART.ONE CAN ONLY HOPE THAT WE WHO WERE CHOSEN TO LIVE HAVE LIVED OUR LIVES TO MAKE YOU HEROES PROUD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFCE. DOUG, CO.A 222ND MECH. INF. 25TH INF. DIV. 1968
Feb 16, 2007
DOUG SNYDER C2555D@AOL.COM
FELLOW SQUAD MEMBER
2555 MIDDLE WAY
EASTON, PA 18040 USA
NOT FORGOTTEN HERO.
SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY WHEN YOU AND THE OTHERS DIED AT THE WALL. JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN, HERO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICE. DOUG
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
DOUG SNYDER C2555D@VERIZON.NET
FELLOW 25TH INF. DIV. BROTHER
2555 MIDDLE WAY
EASTON, PA 18040 USA
NOT FORGOTTEN HERO
TODAY IS YOUR DAY TO BE REMEMBERED. I DON'T NEED A DAY LIKE THIS AS YOU ARE IN MY HEART AND MIND EVERYDAY. AS YOU KNOW BY NOW "RED" HAS JOINED YOU HEROES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICE. DOUG
Monday, May 29, 2006
We Remember
Roger is buried at Crosier Cemetery, Monroe Co, WV.
"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 Friday, January 6, 2006
