HONORED ON PANEL 20E, LINE 81 OF THE WALL
LESTER EVAN HOLMES
WALL NAME
LESTER E HOLMES
PANEL / LINE
20E/81
DATE OF BIRTH
CASUALTY PROVINCE
DATE OF CASUALTY
HOME OF RECORD
COUNTY OF RECORD
STATE
BRANCH OF SERVICE
RANK
REMEMBRANCES
LEFT FOR LESTER EVAN HOLMES
POSTED ON 5.18.2004
POSTED BY: Dave Avery
Who Shall We Send
"An God said who shall we send.I answered I am here,send me."
Isaiah 6:8
Facta Non Verba
Isaiah 6:8
Facta Non Verba
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POSTED ON 2.16.2003
POSTED BY: Candace Lokey
Not Forgotten
I have not forgotten you. I chair the Adoption Committee for The National League of Families of Prisoners of War and Missing in Action in Southeast Asia. We will always remember the 1,889 Americans still unaccounted for in Southeast Asia and the thousands of others that lost their lives. We will not stop our efforts until all of you are home where you belong.
We need to reach the next generation so that they will carry on when our generation is no longer able. To do so, we are attempting to locate photographs of all the missing. If you are reading this remembrance and have a photo and/or memory of this missing American that you would like to share for our project, please contact me at:
Candace Lokey
PO Box 206
Freeport, PA 16229
[email protected]
If you are not familiar with our organization, please visit our web site at :
www.pow-miafamilies.org
We need to reach the next generation so that they will carry on when our generation is no longer able. To do so, we are attempting to locate photographs of all the missing. If you are reading this remembrance and have a photo and/or memory of this missing American that you would like to share for our project, please contact me at:
Candace Lokey
PO Box 206
Freeport, PA 16229
[email protected]
If you are not familiar with our organization, please visit our web site at :
www.pow-miafamilies.org
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POSTED ON 8.29.2002
POSTED BY: Jim Meade
Remembering Our Lost Brother
POSTED ON 5.22.2001
POSTED BY: TOMMY HOLMES
YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN
YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN
OH I WISH THESE WORDS WERE TRUE
WHY CAN'T I KNOW EXACTLY
WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOU
WHEN YOU LEFT IN SIXTY-SIX
YOU WISHPERED IN MY EAR
TAKE CARE OF YOUR MOTHER
YOU'RE IN CHARGE WHILE I'AM NOT HERE
YOUR LETTERS NEVER INDICATED
THE DANGER YOU WERE IN
DID YOU MAKE UP THOSE STORIES
BECAUSE YOU KNEW THEY'D MAKE US GRIN
IN MAY OF SIXTY-SEVEN
THEY CAME TO OUR FRONT DOOR
THEY TOLD US OF THE HORROR
OF THE VIET NAM WAR
THEY SAID THAT YOU WERE SHOT DOWN
HOSTILE FIRE HIT YOUR PLANE
YOU WOULD BE LISTED AS MISSING
UNTIL THEY FOUND YOUR REMAINS
YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN
THOU IT HAS BEEN SO MANY YEARS
I HAVE PRAYED FOR YOU EVERY DAY
AND HAVE SHED A MILLION TEARS
IN WASHINGTON THEY HAVE A PLACE
WHERE YOUR NAME IS CARVED IN STONE
BUT WITH EACH MONUMENT THAT THEY BUILD
I STILL NEED TO HAVE YOU HOME
WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME
ABOUT THE BAND AROUND MY WRIST
I TELL THEM ABOUT YOU DAD
LET US NOT FORGET
YOUR SON TOMMY
OH I WISH THESE WORDS WERE TRUE
WHY CAN'T I KNOW EXACTLY
WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOU
WHEN YOU LEFT IN SIXTY-SIX
YOU WISHPERED IN MY EAR
TAKE CARE OF YOUR MOTHER
YOU'RE IN CHARGE WHILE I'AM NOT HERE
YOUR LETTERS NEVER INDICATED
THE DANGER YOU WERE IN
DID YOU MAKE UP THOSE STORIES
BECAUSE YOU KNEW THEY'D MAKE US GRIN
IN MAY OF SIXTY-SEVEN
THEY CAME TO OUR FRONT DOOR
THEY TOLD US OF THE HORROR
OF THE VIET NAM WAR
THEY SAID THAT YOU WERE SHOT DOWN
HOSTILE FIRE HIT YOUR PLANE
YOU WOULD BE LISTED AS MISSING
UNTIL THEY FOUND YOUR REMAINS
YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN
THOU IT HAS BEEN SO MANY YEARS
I HAVE PRAYED FOR YOU EVERY DAY
AND HAVE SHED A MILLION TEARS
IN WASHINGTON THEY HAVE A PLACE
WHERE YOUR NAME IS CARVED IN STONE
BUT WITH EACH MONUMENT THAT THEY BUILD
I STILL NEED TO HAVE YOU HOME
WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME
ABOUT THE BAND AROUND MY WRIST
I TELL THEM ABOUT YOU DAD
LET US NOT FORGET
YOUR SON TOMMY
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