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KIA 2/12/70
On The Wall - Panel 13W Row 003
Sonny and I were homeys. We used to sit and talk for hours about St. Louis. We had been to some of the same parties. We knew some of the same people.
Before 'Nam, Sonny had been a country and western singer and had a band called the Country Aces. While he was in 'Nam, he always managed to find a guitar and play and sing for us while we were in the rear.
One of his favorites was one he wrote called "The Lonely Rebel". He played it often. The last line of the song goes "He traveled down a dusty road, but he never made it home."
On February 12, 1970, Sonny was squad leader of "1 Charlie" and he took a patrol out.
Sonny got wounded by an explosive device. The other guys were carrying him to the medevac chopper, when another explosive device went off, killing Sonny and 2 more guys. This is what I heard on the company radio as it was happening, because I wasn't out there.
Sonny had about two weeks left in Vietnam before he was due to rotate home.
2/69 - St. Louis
This was probably taken in late '69 or early '70
February 12, 1992 - Boss, MO.
Her email address is:
PlattinVa@aol.com
for more about Sonny
KIA 2/12/70
On The Wall - Panel 13W Row 003
We called him "Butterbrain". He was just a hippy from the State of Washington. He didn't really want to be there, but he figured that as long as he was, he'd make the most of it. He used to refer to his parents as "the fossils".
He was one of the guys that got killed on the the patrol with Sonny. When the radio call came in to the company, Bobbitt was first classified as MIA because they couldn't find him. Then, a few minutes later, the call came in that he was found in the bushes where the explosion had blown him
2/70 - Liberty Bridge on the north side.
Her email address is: corky@rockisland.com
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KIA 2/12/70
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Doc was one of our Navy corpsmen. He was a small guy and I often wondered how he able to hump so much medical gear as well as his own personal gear. But, he was always there when we needed him.
He always used to talk about his wife and kid and how he couldn't wait to get home to them. He was also a student of religion. He was always fascinated when we would come by a buddhist temple or pagoda while out on patrol. He would examine whatever religious artifacts might be there and sometimes take notes or pictures.
Doc was the corpsman on the patrol with Sonny and he was one of the guys that died.
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