HONORED ON PANEL 5W, LINE 108 OF THE WALL
JAMES LEROY SMITH
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JAMES L SMITH
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LEFT FOR JAMES LEROY SMITH
POSTED ON 2.16.2024
POSTED BY: John Fabris
honoring you.....
There is a place
Not far from here
Where spirits walk
And heroes live
And honor still resides.
It is a wall
With names inscribed
Of those who served
When they were asked...
The brothers of my youth.
I go there still
To walk and think
About my life,
And what I've done since
And things that might have been.
There is a debt
I can't repay
Too many lives were spent.
And one man's life cannot suffice
To make their deaths worthwhile.
But there is hope
In the memory
Of those we leave behind
Who know the price that freedom brings
Who can carry on in kind.
I send you now
To touch a name
So the vision can be passed
Remember there is honor still
It is for you to see it lasts.
They are not dead
And have a wish
As all old soldiers do
The reflection you see before you now
Is their wish to live in you.
Not far from here
Where spirits walk
And heroes live
And honor still resides.
It is a wall
With names inscribed
Of those who served
When they were asked...
The brothers of my youth.
I go there still
To walk and think
About my life,
And what I've done since
And things that might have been.
There is a debt
I can't repay
Too many lives were spent.
And one man's life cannot suffice
To make their deaths worthwhile.
But there is hope
In the memory
Of those we leave behind
Who know the price that freedom brings
Who can carry on in kind.
I send you now
To touch a name
So the vision can be passed
Remember there is honor still
It is for you to see it lasts.
They are not dead
And have a wish
As all old soldiers do
The reflection you see before you now
Is their wish to live in you.
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POSTED ON 1.30.2024
POSTED BY: Catherine
Not forgotten
Remembering you today as a graduate of Pineville HS, WV,.
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POSTED ON 4.5.2023
POSTED BY: Dennis Wriston
I'm Proud of Our Vietnam Veterans
First Lieutenant James Leroy Smith, Served with Company L, 75th Infantry Regiment (Ranger), 101st Airborne Division, United States Army Vietnam. Montani Semper Liberi !
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POSTED ON 3.21.2022
POSTED BY: Lucy Micik
Burial information
1st Lieutenant James Smith is buried at the Blue Ridge Memorial Garden Cemetery.
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POSTED ON 3.21.2022
POSTED BY: Lucy Micik
Thank You
Dear Lt James Smith, Thank you for your service as an Airborne/Ranger Qualified Infantry Unit Commander, and for graduating from West Point. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. Spring has begun, and it's Lent. Time moves quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage, guidance and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.
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