THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. As long as you are remembered you will always be with us.

Dear Psgt Thomas Davidson,
Thank you for your service as an Armor Reconnaissance Specialist. Today is your 85th birthday, happy birthday. We are celebrating Passover and Easter. It is a time of joy, and may that be yours in heaven. 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.

Dear PSGT Thomas James Davidson, sir

As an American, I would like to thank you for your service and for your sacrifice made on behalf of our wonderful country. The youth of today could gain much by learning of heroes such as yourself, men and women whose courage and heart can never be questioned.

May God allow you to read this, and may He allow me to someday shake your hand when I get to Heaven to personally thank you. May he also allow my father to find you and shake your hand now to say thank you; for America, and for those who love you.

With respect, Sir

Curt Carter

WAKEFIELD-Funeral services for Platoon Sgt. Thomas J. Davidson, 35, who died of gunshot wounds in Vietnam April 23, will be held at the Post Chapel at Fort Knox, Ky. Burial will be in the Fort Knox Cemetery. The exact date is not known.
Sgt. Davidson was born April 5, 1933 at Calumet and came to the Gogebic County area in 1944 with his parents. They lived at Marenisco where he attended school and later moved to Wakefield.
The deceased enlisted in the U. S. Army in 1950, serving in Korea with the Amphibious Tank Unit, and had been in service since then, having also served in Germany and the United States. He volunteered for Vietnam duty and had been there since February of this year as platoon sergeant with Company M, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment.
On July 20. 1962 he was married at Fort Knox to HazeI McGrew, who survives him, together with a stepdaughter, Mrs. Philip McCloskey, and one son, Thomas Roy of Valley Station, Ky.; his parents, Mrs. Ellen Davidson of Wakefield, and, William Davidson of Lac du Plambeau: two sisters, Mrs. Ernest Schade of Waukegan, and Mrs. Reino Hill of Zion, Ill; five brothers, Bruce of Waukegan, Sfc. Grant, with the U. S. Army in Germany, Allen of Wakefield, Jerome and Brian of Zion’ and his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Sofia Maki of Detroit. Mrs. Davidson left this week by plane for Fort Knox, to join her daughter in law, Mrs. Thomas Davidson, and family.

Soldier's family gets medals after 40 years

WAVE TV 3
Louisville, Kentucky
Dec 27, 2008 11:19 PM EST
By Lindsay English

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - The son of a Vietnam veteran got a gift this holiday season that his family has been working toward for 40 years. Tom Davidson's father, Tom Davidson, Senior, lost his life in the Vietnam War back in 1968. AS WAVE 3's Lindsay English reports, now his son feels his father has finally gotten the recognition he deserves.

For Tom Davidson, the memories of life with his father, living on post at Fort Knox, are still fresh in his mind.

"I went to work with him at Fort Knox. I rode in the tanks, jeeps, trucks. I messed with the soldiers. I went to eat in the mess hall with him," says Davidson.

He also remembers when his father, Sgt. Tom Davidson, a long time soldier and Korean War veteran, went to fight in the Vietnam War.

"He sat down, had a talk with me. Said take care of your mother, I'll be alright, whatever. I'd sit in front of that TV looking at the news, looking to see if I could see my dad," Davidson said.

But Sgt. Davidson didn't come back.

"Right before my 5th birthday in May, my dad was killed. April 23rd, 1968," says Davidson.

He says his family was told Sgt. Davidson had earned several medals but they only had one.

"For forty years, everybody told us we should have gotten these medals. The only one we got was the bronze star," Davidson says.

Getting those remaining medals, ten in all, was something Davidson's mom talked about tracking down, but never did.

"We don't know, they never did give them to us," says Davidson.

So this year, Tom Davidson, Junior worked on getting those medals in honor of his dad. The day after Christmas, finally, months of paperwork and calls paid off.

"When I got these medals, I was so excited. After all these years, I thought it was the greatest honor. And the greatest Christmas present I could've ever gotten, was to get these medals," he says.

Davidson says he still doesn't know why his dad didn't get the medals, but he's just glad to have them.