HONORED ON PANEL 24W, LINE 15 OF THE WALL
JUAN LEONARDO CONTRERAS
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JUAN L CONTRERAS
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24W/15
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LEFT FOR JUAN LEONARDO CONTRERAS
POSTED ON 4.6.2006
POSTED BY: Bill Nelson
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
"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
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POSTED ON 7.13.2004
POSTED BY: Chris Spencer
WE SHARE A BIRTHDAY
Today is my 50th birthday. Today would have been your 57th birthday, but you made the ultimate sacrifice for God, Country and Corps.
However many birthdays I have left, I will always remember you and your sacrifice.
May you Rest In Peace in the loving arms of God.
Semper Fi brother Marine.
However many birthdays I have left, I will always remember you and your sacrifice.
May you Rest In Peace in the loving arms of God.
Semper Fi brother Marine.
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POSTED ON 5.15.2004
POSTED BY: A grateful American
Last full measure paid
Juan, thank you for your service to AMERICA. I noticed you are from the same town, Edinburg,Tx., as Alfredo Gonzalez a MEDAL OF HONOR recipient.
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POSTED ON 3.10.2004
POSTED BY: LeaAnn Ringger
You Shall Be Remembered
Dear Soldier,
I am from Gridley, Illinois. For my World History class we are doing a Gridley High School Posting Project. We are doing the project because not all the veternans have a remembrance. Our goal is to write all the veterans that do not have a posting. I just want to say thank you so much for making the ultimate sacrafice and for fighting for our country. Thank you for dying in bravery and courage.
May God Bless
LeaAnn Ringger
I am from Gridley, Illinois. For my World History class we are doing a Gridley High School Posting Project. We are doing the project because not all the veternans have a remembrance. Our goal is to write all the veterans that do not have a posting. I just want to say thank you so much for making the ultimate sacrafice and for fighting for our country. Thank you for dying in bravery and courage.
May God Bless
LeaAnn Ringger
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