HONORED ON PANEL 18W, LINE 49 OF THE WALL
BERNARD A MCDERMOTT III
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BERNARD A MCDERMOTT III
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LEFT FOR BERNARD A MCDERMOTT III
POSTED ON 12.5.2024
POSTED BY: Ken Waslen
The car left behind
I remember reading the article in national geographic, I’m a Canadian, born in 1966 thinking these young men were of the age they could have been my dad. When I saw the picture of your drag car you had to leave behind something in me just snapped and I started to cry. I was eighteen at the time and thought how hard it would be to leave your whole life behind to fight for your country… I don’t think I could rise to the standard you set. You sir are a credit to your country and your family. I wish someday to travel to the memorial so I can pay my respects in person to you and your brothers in arms..god bless and Thank You…Ken
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POSTED ON 7.19.2023
POSTED BY: john fabris
honoring you.....
Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. The remembrance from your wife Sandra is moving and reflects her enduring love for you. As long as you are remembered you will remain in our hearts forever….
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POSTED ON 8.8.2020
POSTED BY: Lucy Micik
Thank You
Dear Captain Bernard McDermott, Thank you for your service as an Infantry Officer. Your 80th birthday was 5 days ago, happy birthday. (6 days ago was the 51st anniversary of the start of your tour.) Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. Yesterday was Purple Heart Day. Time passes quickly, but our world needs help. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage, guidance and faithfulness. Rest in peace with the angels.
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POSTED ON 2.10.2019
POSTED BY: [email protected]
Ground Casualty
On the morning of September 6, 1969, the 3rd Military Police Battalion cantonment two miles southwest of Da Nang in Quang Nam Province, RVN, came under an enemy mortar attack, receiving approximately one hundred 82mm mortar rounds. The barrage killed four Marines and wounded 40 more. The lost Marines included CAPT Bernard A. McDermott III, LCPL Richard E. Perez, PVT David Rivera, and PVT Willie J. Washington. Rivera and Washington were prisoners serving special court martial sentences at the III MAF Brig Compound when the mortar attack occurred. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and Command Chronology, 3rd Military Police Battalion, Force Logistic Command, September 1969]
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