THE WALL OF FACES

Dear MSGT Donald Edward Brosius, sir

As an American, I would like to thank you for your service and for your sacrifice made on behalf of our wonderful country. The youth of today could gain much by learning of heroes such as yourself, men and women whose courage and heart can never be questioned.

May God allow you to read this, and may He allow me to someday shake your hand when I get to Heaven to personally thank you. May he also allow my father to find you and shake your hand now to say thank you; for America, and for those who love you.

With respect, and the best salute a civilian can muster for you, Sir

Curt Carter
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Donald is buried at Fairview Cemetery, Westford,MA.

Master Sgt. Brosius

Master Sergeant Donald E. Brosius, husband of Esther (Moore) Brosius, of Chamberlain Road, Westford, was killed in a jeep accident July 19 in An Khe, Vietnam, while on a mission. He was born December 14, 1928, in Fractville, Pa., the son of Walter G. and Edna (Eisenhart) Brosius, and upon graduating from high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Army, serving in Japan, the Korean conflict, Germany, and presently was serving a second tour of duty in Vietnam. Beside his wife and parents, he is survived by a daughter, Ruth E. Brosius, and a son, Donald E. Brosius Jr., both of Westford. Sgt. Brosius was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and also held membership in the Royal Order of Eagles of Tooele, Utah.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Funeral Directors Cortlandt J. Burkinshaw and F. Warren Johnston.

Article taken from the Chelmsford Newsweekly of July 25, 1968.

Special thanks to Laura Katz and the Reference Department of the Chelmsford Public Library for their help with the above research.

Donald Brosius accident victim in Vietnam

Master Sergeant Donald Brosius, formerly of Kennett Square, died Friday as the result of an accident when the jeep in which he was a passenger left the road and overturned while on a military mission in Vietnam.
Master Sergeant Brosius, who had been in the Army for 22 years, left for Vietnam May 1 after having been stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington. A 1946 graduate of the Kennett High School, he had also served in Korea in 1950 where he received a knee injury. He was serving with the EOD Bomb Disposal Unit in Vietnam.
He is survived by his wife, Esther Moore Brosius of Chelmsford, Massachusetts; a daughter, Ruth; a son, Donald; his mother, Mrs. Edna Brosius of Kennett Square; his father, Walter Brosius of Harrisburg; an aunt, Mrs. George Haupt and an uncle, Walter Eisenhart both of Kennett Square.
Services will be in Massachusetts at the convenience of the family.

Following article appeared in the Kennett News and Advertiser, on Thursday, July 25, 1968.

i love you. i wish i had a chance to meet you. if i did i would cherish those memories forever. i love you grandpa. i miss you. like they say you don't know how important something is until you lose it and now i realized i lost you and i miss you so bad. i wish i had a chance to meet you but i didn't and i think that is unfair. i love you grandpa.