HONORED ON PANEL 3W, LINE 105 OF THE WALL
BRYAN LEE WILKEN
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BRYAN L WILKEN
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POSTED ON 3.19.2024
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 1.6.2023
POSTED BY: Lucy Micik
Thank You
Dear Sp4 Bryan Wilken, Thank you for your service as an Infantryman. Your 72nd birthday just passed, happy birthday. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. It is the Epiphany. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year. 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 12.28.2020
POSTED BY: ANON
Never forgotten
On the remembrance of your 70th birthday, and as 2021 nears, your sacrifice is not forgotten.
HOOAH
HOOAH
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POSTED ON 11.1.2019
POSTED BY: Dr. Todd Hoover
To my student
Dear Bryan,
I just visited the traveling Vietnam War Memorial an hour ago. I found your name and placed my fingers over your name. This brought tears to my eyes. You were in my first high school biology class at Seward High School as I was a new teacher. I still am able to visualize you sitting in your chair as well as playing intramural basketball during the lunch hour. You were a wonderful student, Bryan. I am so sorry that you lost your life so early and could not share yourself with your own family - a family that you did not have a chance to start. Thank you for your service, Bryan.
I just visited the traveling Vietnam War Memorial an hour ago. I found your name and placed my fingers over your name. This brought tears to my eyes. You were in my first high school biology class at Seward High School as I was a new teacher. I still am able to visualize you sitting in your chair as well as playing intramural basketball during the lunch hour. You were a wonderful student, Bryan. I am so sorry that you lost your life so early and could not share yourself with your own family - a family that you did not have a chance to start. Thank you for your service, Bryan.
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