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SP4 - E4 - Army - Selective Service
25th Infantry Division 22 year old Single, Caucasian, Male Born on Sep 07, 1946 From FINDLAY, OHIO His tour of duty began on Sep 17, 1968 Casualty was on Dec 29, 1968 in HUA NGHIA, SOUTH VIETNAM HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY OTHER EXPLOSIVE DEVICE Body was recovered Religion ROMAN CATHOLIC Panel 35W - - Line 3 More information on December 29th, 1968 |
The young dead soldiers do not speak.
Nevertheless they are heard in the still houses.
(Who has not heard them?)....
They say,
We were young. We have died. Remember us.
They say,
We have done what we could
But until it is finished it is not done.
They say,
We have given our lives
But until it is finished no one can know what our lives gave.
They say,
Our deaths are not ours,
They are yours,
They will mean what you make them.
They say,
Whether our lives, and our deaths were for peace and a new hope
Or for nothing
We cannot say.
It is you who must say this.
They say,
We leave you our deaths,
Give them their meaning.
Archibald McLeish
Nevertheless they are heard in the still houses.
(Who has not heard them?)....
They say,
We were young. We have died. Remember us.
They say,
We have done what we could
But until it is finished it is not done.
They say,
We have given our lives
But until it is finished no one can know what our lives gave.
They say,
Our deaths are not ours,
They are yours,
They will mean what you make them.
They say,
Whether our lives, and our deaths were for peace and a new hope
Or for nothing
We cannot say.
It is you who must say this.
They say,
We leave you our deaths,
Give them their meaning.
Archibald McLeish
