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HONORED ON PANEL 33W, LINE 47 OF THE WALL
OTIS JAMES DARDEN
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OTIS J DARDEN
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33W/47
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LEFT FOR OTIS JAMES DARDEN
POSTED ON 2.2.2021
POSTED BY: Donna Moore
Happy Heavenly Birthday
You will forever remain in our hearts and prayers
POSTED ON 1.28.2021
POSTED BY: ANON
Never forgotten
On the remembrance of your 73rd birthday, your sacrifice is not forgotten.
"Greater love hath no man..."
HOOAH
"Greater love hath no man..."
HOOAH
POSTED ON 3.30.2018
POSTED BY: Lucy Micik
THANK YOU
Dear Sp4 Otis Darden,
Thank you for your service as an Infantryman. I hate that you died on your birthday, sigh. Today is Good Friday, and Passover begins tonight. Easter is coming up. Happy Easter. It is so important for us all to acknowledge the sacrifices of those like you who answered our nation's call. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage and faithfulness. Rest in peace with the angels.
Thank you for your service as an Infantryman. I hate that you died on your birthday, sigh. Today is Good Friday, and Passover begins tonight. Easter is coming up. Happy Easter. It is so important for us all to acknowledge the sacrifices of those like you who answered our nation's call. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage and faithfulness. Rest in peace with the angels.
POSTED ON 3.27.2016
POSTED BY: [email protected]
Final Mission of SP4 Otis J. Darden
SP4 Otis J. Darden was an infantryman serving with Air Cavalry Troop, 11th Armored Cavalry. On February 3, 1968, his unit was assigned a routine reconnaissance mission in an area called K4 Woods, four miles northeast of Lai Khe, Binh Duong Province, RVN. SP4 Darden was being trained by his squad leader to walk point. Although anticipating enemy contact on this mission, Darden wanted to take point. Leading a column into a tree line, Darden was fatally wounded when a heavy volume of enemy fire from a trench line and well-fortified bunkers suddenly errupted. The attack came too quick for the soldiers to take cover. Darden was recovered by two comrades for evacuation. He was dead by the time the dustoff (medical evacuation by helicopter) arrived at Lai Khe. [Taken from the book American Warrior by J.C. Bahnsen Jr.]