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JOSEPH S TATUM

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HONORED ON PANEL 11W, LINE 82 OF THE WALL

JOSEPH STEPHEN TATUM

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JOSEPH S TATUM

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LEFT FOR JOSEPH STEPHEN TATUM

POSTED ON 1.21.2024

POSTED BY: John Fabris

honoring you.....

Say not in grief he is no more, but live in thankfulness that he was.

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POSTED ON 6.27.2022

POSTED BY: Lucy Micik

Thank You

Dear Sgt Joseph Tatum, Thank you for your service as a Field Artillery Surveyor. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. Independence Day is soon. Time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it still needs your strength, courage, guidance and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.

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POSTED ON 5.6.2022

POSTED BY: ANON

Never Forgotten

Will be visiting you and the rest of the fallen at Wesley Chapel for Memorial Day.

HOOAH

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POSTED ON 5.25.2020

POSTED BY: ANON

Met your sister

While visiting Wesley Chapel today, met your sister. You are still loved and missed. She told me a little about you and Robert Flora.

Never forgotten.

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POSTED ON 12.4.2019

POSTED BY: ANON

Never forgotten

Visited his site and those of the other Hilliard area soldiers KIA in Vietnam. Samll community with a large loss.

Sgt. Tatum's sacrifice will never be forgotten.

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