HONORED ON PANEL 8E, LINE 5 OF THE WALL
EDGAR BROWER BURCHELL III
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EDGAR B BURCHELL III
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LEFT FOR EDGAR BROWER BURCHELL III
POSTED ON 4.24.2006
POSTED BY: Bill Nelson
NEVER FORGOTTEN
FOREVER REMEMBERED
"If you are able, save for them a place inside of you....and save one backward glance when you are leaving for the places they can no longer go.....Be not ashamed to say you loved them....
Take what they have left and what they have taught you with their dying and keep it with your own....And in that time when men decide and feel safe to call the war insane, take one moment to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind...."
Quote from a letter home by Maj. Michael Davis O'Donnell
KIA 24 March 1970. Distinguished Flying Cross: Shot down and Killed while attempting to rescue 8 fellow soldiers surrounded by attacking enemy forces.
We Nam Brothers pause to give a backward glance, and post this remembrance to you, one of the gentle heroes lost to the War in Vietnam:
Slip off that pack. Set it down by the crooked trail. Drop your steel pot alongside. Shed those magazine-ladened bandoliers away from your sweat-soaked shirt. Lay that silent weapon down and step out of the heat. Feel the soothing cool breeze right down to your soul ... and rest forever in the shade of our love, brother.
From your Nam-Band-Of-Brothers
"If you are able, save for them a place inside of you....and save one backward glance when you are leaving for the places they can no longer go.....Be not ashamed to say you loved them....
Take what they have left and what they have taught you with their dying and keep it with your own....And in that time when men decide and feel safe to call the war insane, take one moment to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind...."
Quote from a letter home by Maj. Michael Davis O'Donnell
KIA 24 March 1970. Distinguished Flying Cross: Shot down and Killed while attempting to rescue 8 fellow soldiers surrounded by attacking enemy forces.
We Nam Brothers pause to give a backward glance, and post this remembrance to you, one of the gentle heroes lost to the War in Vietnam:
Slip off that pack. Set it down by the crooked trail. Drop your steel pot alongside. Shed those magazine-ladened bandoliers away from your sweat-soaked shirt. Lay that silent weapon down and step out of the heat. Feel the soothing cool breeze right down to your soul ... and rest forever in the shade of our love, brother.
From your Nam-Band-Of-Brothers
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POSTED ON 2.19.2005
POSTED BY: Robert Sage
We Remember
Edgar is buried at Arlington Nat Cem.
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POSTED ON 9.26.2004
POSTED BY: Joe Noon
Ricky My Hero
Ricky was always willing to help me with my basketball. He was 7 years older and I went to all his high school games at Bellows High where he was a standout. My last memory was Ricky showing me some defense in the back yard. I reached for the ball and accidentally tore his shirt pocket. It was a nice shirt but Rick said "No sweat". He was such a wonderful guy. This was a great loss and I think of him all the time.
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POSTED ON 6.4.2003
POSTED BY: Dave Avery
Who Shall We Send
"An God said who shall we send.I answered I am here,send me."
Isaiah 6:8
Isaiah 6:8
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POSTED ON 12.28.1998
POSTED BY: Robert A. Simms, Jr.
"Rick"
I remember "Rick" as president of our Phi Kappa Psi pledge class at Gettysburg College, Pennsylvania and a true fraternity brother 1958-1962. He was always cheerful, and ready to do a card or magic trick to entertain any sized audience. He earned the respect and friendship of all. (Bob Simms, Lt Col USAF, retired)
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