HONORED ON PANEL 46E, LINE 27 OF THE WALL
CRAIG PHILIP AVERILL
WALL NAME
CRAIG P AVERILL
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46E/27
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REMEMBRANCES
LEFT FOR CRAIG PHILIP AVERILL
POSTED ON 12.15.2005
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 hero’s 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 heros 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 hero’s 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 heros 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 1.15.2005
POSTED BY: Robert Sage
We Remember
Craig is buried at Arlington Nat Cem.
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POSTED ON 2.25.2004
POSTED BY: Amanda Carls
Thank you
Dear Sir,
As a sophomore in Gridley High School’s world history class, I am currently involved in the Gridley High School Posting Project. With this responsibility, I am focusing on remembering the fallen soldiers of the Vietnam War. You showed great commitment to the country by fighting with pride and courage. Your sacrifice ensured that others may live a life of freedom, just as we do here in this great country. Thank you for inspiring future generations to follow such a faithful example of a fellow American. May you live on in the hearts of the American people.
As a sophomore in Gridley High School’s world history class, I am currently involved in the Gridley High School Posting Project. With this responsibility, I am focusing on remembering the fallen soldiers of the Vietnam War. You showed great commitment to the country by fighting with pride and courage. Your sacrifice ensured that others may live a life of freedom, just as we do here in this great country. Thank you for inspiring future generations to follow such a faithful example of a fellow American. May you live on in the hearts of the American people.
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