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POSTED ON 12.5.2023

POSTED BY: john fabris

honoring you...

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir, t remains my fervent hope you will be returned home after the passage of so many years.

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POSTED ON 7.4.2022

POSTED BY: Jury Washington

Thank You For Your Valiant Service Soldier.

We can never truly repay the great debt we owe our fallen heroes. May those who served never be forgotten. Rest in peace SSGT. Sykes, I salute your brave soul. My heart goes out to you and your family.

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POSTED ON 6.17.2022

POSTED BY: Lucy Micik

Thank You

Dear SSgt Derri Sykes, Thank you for your service as an Infantryman. You received the POW Medal, and you are still MIA. Please come home. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. Another summer is soon. Time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage, guidance and faithfulness, especially now. Be at peace.

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POSTED ON 7.3.2021

POSTED BY: Donna Moore

Happy Heavenly Birthday

You will forever remain in our hearts and prayers

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POSTED ON 7.1.2020

POSTED BY: ANON

Never forgotten

SSGT Derri Sykes is memorialized at the Court of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, HI.

Your sacrifice is not forgotten.

HOOAH

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