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HONORED ON PANEL 51E, LINE 49 OF THE WALL
JOHN HERSHEL SOUTH
WALL NAME
JOHN H SOUTH
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51E/49
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LEFT FOR JOHN HERSHEL SOUTH
POSTED ON 5.28.2024
POSTED BY: Wil Tanijo
Remember the day
On 24Apr1968, I was at 3rd/7th Bn forward TOC the day Cpt South got hit.
Spoke to him the day before – he was Bravo’s CO, loved by his men and a straight shooter. Heard he was a teacher before AD, married and a father.
After all these years, beside my classmate KIA in RVN, I remember CPT South’s KIA. Maybe since, I chatted with him the night before and the very next day – heard of his demise over the TOC radio. Could not believe it. So unfair to a good man with so much to live for. I didn’t know his full name until the 199th Inf Bde (sep) website listed KIA’s in Vietnam. My condolences to his family.
Spoke to him the day before – he was Bravo’s CO, loved by his men and a straight shooter. Heard he was a teacher before AD, married and a father.
After all these years, beside my classmate KIA in RVN, I remember CPT South’s KIA. Maybe since, I chatted with him the night before and the very next day – heard of his demise over the TOC radio. Could not believe it. So unfair to a good man with so much to live for. I didn’t know his full name until the 199th Inf Bde (sep) website listed KIA’s in Vietnam. My condolences to his family.
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POSTED ON 2.3.2024
POSTED BY: John Fabris
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 sunlight 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.
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 sunlight 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.
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POSTED ON 1.6.2023
POSTED BY: David South
Grandpa
Never met you, Grandpa, but it warms my heart to see how much people loved you. Rest in peace.
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POSTED ON 4.13.2022
POSTED BY: Lucy Micik
Thank You
Dear Cap John South, Thank you for your service as an Infantry Unit Commander. Your 54th anniversary is soon, sad. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. It is Holy Week, and Passover is soon, too. 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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POSTED ON 4.25.2019
POSTED BY: Beau Beard
Old Friend
John and I went through ROTC together, commissioned the same day. I lost touch with him for about 3 years then in 1967 we were together on the same plane enroute to sunny SE Asia. I didn’t learn of his death until I came home in 1968. I think of him often.
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