A Note from The Virtual Wall
On 26 Jan 1969 B Troop, 3/4 Cavalry, had two men killed and one fatally wounded in a night engagement in the "Angel's Wing" area of Tay Ninh Province, near the Cambodian border:
1LT Joseph J. Smith, Bogota, NJ (Died of wounds 02/04/1969);
SP4 William R. Mohrhauser, Danbury, IA; and
SGT David C. Rush, Los Angeles, CA.
10 Jul 2004
LT, Just a note to let you know that you are not forgotten, and your sacrifice is not forgotten either. You were only with us a short time before you were wounded and later died. We remember your personal pistols, and the nickname we gave you as "Click-Click". That was becuse when you tried to fire your revolver one day it was not loaded, and the only sound heard was "click click".
From a fellow trooper,
Jack Noble
doug snyder
c2555d@verizon.net
25th infantry brother
2555 middle way easton pa 18040 usa
not forgotten hero
just to let you know that you are not forgotten,hero. thank you for your sacrifice.
Feb 4, 2011
Garnet Jenkins
garijen@bresnan.net
Grand Junction Co
~ In Humble Tribute ~
Thank You, 1LT Joseph John Smith, for your Courage and your years of Service and Dedication to our Country and for Freedom. Rest well and know that you will NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. I am the sister of a young hero, who also made the Supreme Sacrifice in Vietnam 1967.....'GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.' ~ John 15:13 ~
Feb 4, 2009
Manuel Pino B/2/8th Cav 68-69
mpjr54@msn.com
Fellow Vietnam Army Vet
B Trp/3/4th Cav Rgt, 25th Inf Div
MY COUNTRY'S FLAG CRIED the flag bowed it's bars and wept starry tears as it hung at half-mast for a soldier's years. another youth it had called and another youth had died. I stood and i watched as my country's flag cried. it clothed the drab coffin in it's red, white, and blue, silently protecting the contents for the comfort of a few. it brought strength to some, to others, bitter pride. but as mourners filed by, my country's flag cried. as it rode to the field where the soldier was laid away, the flag recalled the pledge that he used to stand and say, but to war he went and to keep that pledge, he tried. as the guns fired their last salute, my country's flag cried. as taps rang out, it was folded with care, for the soldier's soul a chaplin whispered a prayer. he asked god for peace in this world to abide, and in a grieving mother's arms my country's flag cried!
Aug 13, 2007
J A
THANK-YOU JOSEPH
THANK-YOU FOR ALL YOU SACRIFICED FOR OUR COUNTRY. PLEASE REST IN PEACE.
Friday, February 04, 2005
We Remember
Joseph is buried at St Joseph's Cemetery in Hackensack, NJ. SS BSM/OLC PH
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, January 12, 2006
in gratitude
Joseph John Smith
Your courage and efforts in Vietnam will never be forgotten in my heart and in a multitude of others who have the utmost respect and honor for the soldiers who lost their lives there
Posted by: cynthia blake
Tuesday, February 4, 2003 |
