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Sullivan, Gerald DeWayne, SGT.
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Casualty Info
Home Town Richland
Last Address Richland
Casualty Date Jan 31, 1968
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location Gia Dinh (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Southland Memorial Gradens - West Columbia , South Carolina
In Humble Tribute and with a Multitude of Thanks, for this Young Soldier's Courage, Service and Dedication to our Country and for Freedom. Rest in Peace, Sgt Gerald Dewayne Sullivan 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.....REST YOUR HEAD NOW, WEARY SOLDIER. CAST YOUR WEAPONS TO THE GROUND. CLOSE YOUR EYES AND FEEL THE PEACE, THE LIGHT OF JESUS FOLD AROUND. HEED NOT OUR EARTHLY BATTLE CRIES, THERE IS NO POST FOR YOU TO STAND, SO REST NOW AS HE CARRIES YOU WITHIN HIS LOVING HAND. DO NOT LOOK BACK UPON US, DISREGARD OUR SELFISH TEARS, WALK IN THE SUNLIGHT OF THE SPIRIT, FREE OF WAR OR PAIN AND FEAR. YOUR DUTY HERE IS DONE NOW, AS OURS WILL SOMEDAY BE, SO GO HIM NOW TO PLACES ONLY HEROES SEE. ~Author Unknown~
Jul 27, 2008
Manuel Pino Bco 2/8th 1st Cav 68-69 mpjr54@msn.com
Fellow Vietnam Army Vet
C Trp/3/4th Cav Rgt, 25th Inf Div
"Step forward now, you soldier, You've borne your burdens well. Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets, You've done your time in Hell." Author Unknown
Jul 17, 2007
J A
THANK-YOU GERALD
THANK-YOU FOR THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE THAT YOU MADE FOR OUR COUNTRY. PLEASE REST IN PEACE.
Monday, January 31, 2005
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 Friday, January 13, 2006
