HONORED ON PANEL 31W, LINE 67 OF THE WALL
LEON RUSSELL GOODALE JR
WALL NAME
LEON R GOODALE JR
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31W/67
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REMEMBRANCES
LEFT FOR LEON RUSSELL GOODALE JR
POSTED ON 4.16.2011
POSTED BY: Robert Sage
We Remember
Leon is buried at West Cemetery, Madison, New Haven County, CT.
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POSTED ON 1.4.2006
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 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 2.26.2004
POSTED BY: Alex Roth
Thank You
Dear fallen soldier, I am from Gridley High School and am doing a posting project for my U.S. History class in which we are trying to write remembrances for all the soldiers on the Vietnam Wall. I just wanted to say thank you for your faithful service of our country in its time of need. You will never be forgotten
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POSTED ON 2.26.2004
POSTED BY: Paige Porzelius
Thank You
My name is Paige Porzelius and I am involved in the Gridley High School Posting Project and Gridley High School. I live in Gridley, Illinois. This posting project is mainly posting remembrance for the veterans. I would just like to thank you for fighting for this country.
Thank You
Paige Porzelius
Thank You
Paige Porzelius
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POSTED ON 2.26.2004
POSTED BY: Ali Abbed
Thank You
I am a Gridley High School student and I am doing a posting project for my U.S. History class. Everyday people have an opportunity to get an education, to go out with friends, to get whatever job we want. All this is possible because you sacrificed yourself for our country and I just wanted to say thank you from the bottom of my heart.
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