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HONORED ON PANEL 35E, LINE 55 OF THE WALL
WALTER JOSEPH MIKOSZ JR
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WALTER J MIKOSZ JR
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LEFT FOR WALTER JOSEPH MIKOSZ JR
POSTED ON 5.21.2010
POSTED BY: Robert Sage
We Remember
Walter is buried at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Philadelphia, PA.
POSTED ON 4.15.2005
POSTED BY: Bob Ross
Do not stand at my grave and weep
Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there; I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sun on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there; I did not die.
Mary Frye – 1932
I am not there; I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sun on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there; I did not die.
Mary Frye – 1932
POSTED ON 3.24.2005
POSTED BY: Jim McIlhenney
The Philadelphia Inquirer - February 1, 1968
Lance Cpl. Walter J. Mikosz Jr., 22, the father of a 16-month-old boy, was killed when he was accidentally shot in the neck while serving in Quang Tri Province. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mikosz, of 1958 Hunting Park ave.
Cpl. Mikosz was a 1963 graduate of Dobbins Vocational School and worked three years as an auto mechanic before enlisting in the Marines in May, 1966. He had been in Vietnam for four months.
In March, 1965, Cpl. Mikosz married the former Carol Ann Germeroth. They had one son, Walter J. 3rd.
Besides his wife, son and parents, Cpl. Mikosz is survived by a sister, Mrs. Particia Volb; a half-sister, Mrs. Edith Landis, and two half brothers, Army Sp/6 Jerry Thompson, now serving at Fort Gordon, Ga., and Air Force Sgt. Ellis Thompson, assigned to Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.
Semper Fidelis, Marine!
Cpl. Mikosz was a 1963 graduate of Dobbins Vocational School and worked three years as an auto mechanic before enlisting in the Marines in May, 1966. He had been in Vietnam for four months.
In March, 1965, Cpl. Mikosz married the former Carol Ann Germeroth. They had one son, Walter J. 3rd.
Besides his wife, son and parents, Cpl. Mikosz is survived by a sister, Mrs. Particia Volb; a half-sister, Mrs. Edith Landis, and two half brothers, Army Sp/6 Jerry Thompson, now serving at Fort Gordon, Ga., and Air Force Sgt. Ellis Thompson, assigned to Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.
Semper Fidelis, Marine!
POSTED ON 3.7.2005
POSTED BY: Jim McIlhenney
The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin - February 1, 1968
Mikosz had been in the Marines nearly two years and in Vietnam for four months. His wife, the former Carol Ann Germeroth, 21, of 434 W. Ruscomb st., said Mikosz wrote nearly every day and "talked a lot about coming home." They have a son, Walter 3d, 16 months old.
Mikosz is also survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sr., of 1958 Hunting Park av., two half-brothers, Army Staff Sgt. Jerry R. Thompson, 33, an 18-year Army veteran who just returned from Vietnam; Air Force Staff Sgt. Ellis A. Thompson, 32, a 14-year veteran who is scheduled to go to Vietnam in May; a half-sister, Mrs. Edith Landis, 33, a sister, Mrs. Patricia Volb, 21.
Semper Fidelis, Marine!