HONORED ON PANEL 8W, LINE 68 OF THE WALL
GARY ANTHONY CHAVEZ
WALL NAME
GARY A CHAVEZ
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8W/68
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ASSOCIATED ITEMS LEFT AT THE WALL
REMEMBRANCES
LEFT FOR GARY ANTHONY CHAVEZ
POSTED ON 7.31.2023
POSTED BY: Andoni Garcia
In Memory
One more year I come to remember that when I came into this world, you gave your life for what you believed was right and it was your duty.
My tribute to your sacrifice.
Thank you so much.
Andoni.
My tribute to your sacrifice.
Thank you so much.
Andoni.
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POSTED ON 7.30.2022
POSTED BY: Andoni Garcia
Never Forgotten
One more year, I want to tell you that my search for your information has not ended, I am still looking for people who knew you, both on the battlefield and in your childhood and youth, you could not grow older like your comrades who survived the war, neither they nor I forget you. Rest in peace.
Andoni.
Andoni.
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POSTED ON 7.9.2022
POSTED BY: Ann Schado
Still Remembered
In the fall of 1972, I was a college junior studying in Madrid. As an Army "brat", I had my ID card, and decided to go to Torrejon Air Base to buy some American "stuff" in the PX. My seatmate on the bus turned out to be Lone Chavez, Gary's wife, who was wearing his POW bracelet. I recall little of our conversation beyond being sobered by the reality of war's cruelty, and, selfishly, what that could mean for me. At the time, I was seriously dating a West Point cadet and we planned to marry upon his graduation. I have reviewed my dismayed diary entry from that day periodically over the years. My cadet and I did not marry upon graduation as planned; instead, it was 38 years later that we married, after he had retired. Though the years, I have remembered Lone and her husband, Gary, but it was only tonight that I learned he never returned and was presumed and declared dead in the year following my encounter with Lone. I pray she has gone on to have a happy, fulfilling life.
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POSTED ON 6.21.2022
POSTED BY: Lisa McLeroy
Wore Capt. Chavez's bracelet in Jr. High...
When I went to the travelling Wall in Crawfordsville, Arkansas, I didn't think it would hit me as hard as it did... In fact, I couldn't think of getting a "rubbing" to clutter up my apartment with "one more thing"... I was also one of those who were allergic to the metal and ended up breaking mine by how many times I took it off and put it on... (and it is now lost to time) I have always remembered Capt Gary A Chavez and wondered about him... Suffice to say, I had to get a rubbing and decided to frame it and make it permanent part of my home... If things had been different, you never know...
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