HONORED ON PANEL 55W, LINE 33 OF THE WALL
IVY GALE CHILDRESS
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IVY G CHILDRESS
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POSTED ON 12.29.2010
POSTED BY: Charles Elder, Co A, 2nd 47th Infantry (Mech), 9th Infantry Division
2nd 47th Mech Infantry Honors Fallen Brother
To Ivy Childress, our 2nd 47th Brother: We who served so proudly with you want to let you know that we have established a Memorial Scholarship to honor your memory and the ultimate sacrifice that you and the other 195 brave soldiers of the 2nd 47th Mechanized Infantry made while serving our country in Vietnam in 1966-1970. Our wish is that this Memorial Scholarship conveys the highest tribute possible to each of you because it comes from the hearts of the soldiers who served with you. It represents the everlasting and inexpressible gratitude we feel for your sacrifice. We got to live the lives that you were deprived of, and this scholarship is one small way of expressing our sorrow for your loss and our appreciation for the magnitude of what you gave. Many of you brave young soldiers sacrificed your own lives to save one of us, and we have carried heartfelt memories of you for nearly four decades. This perpetual Memorial Scholarship is our way of being sure that the memories of love, honor, and respect we feel for you, our Panther Brothers lost in combat, will live on forever. [If you are a 2nd 47th veteran, or a friend or family member of one of our fallen Brothers, and would like more information about how to support or apply for our Memorial Scholarship, information is available at www.247scholarship.org ]
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POSTED ON 11.28.2010
POSTED BY: Robert Sage
We Remember
Ivy is buried at Fairview Cem, Dyersburg,Dyer Co, TN. PH
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POSTED ON 6.25.2005
POSTED BY: Dave Kruger, 196th LIB. 66-67
Not forgotten
Ivy, Although we never met, I just want you to know you are not forgotten. You gave the ultimate sacrifice, your life for what you believed in. Sleep well my friend, and thank you for protecting the freedoms we have today.
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POSTED ON 6.25.2001
EACH DAY
IF SOMEONE ASKED WHERE DYERSBURG WAS ONE IN THESE PARTS WOULD SAY UP 51 NORTH OF RIPLEY.
WELL TO IVY GALE CHILDRESS, A 11B10, ON THE DAY OF JUNE 25, 1968 DYERSBURG WAS THE FARTHEST PLACE ON EARTH.
TO HIM AND ALL ON JUNE 25, 1968 WHO HAVE THEIR VERY BEST I SAY REST AND PEACE FOR YOU ARE REMEMBERED IF SO LATE IN JUNE OF THE YEAR 2001.
SO FAR AWAY AND SO ALONE IS THE ONE WHO GIVES AND AS SO LITTLE.
IVY GALE CHILDRESS, I HOPE TODAY SOMEONE SOMEWHERE IN DYERSBURG AREA REMEBERED YOU, AND THAT YOU ARE SPECIAL.
WELL TO IVY GALE CHILDRESS, A 11B10, ON THE DAY OF JUNE 25, 1968 DYERSBURG WAS THE FARTHEST PLACE ON EARTH.
TO HIM AND ALL ON JUNE 25, 1968 WHO HAVE THEIR VERY BEST I SAY REST AND PEACE FOR YOU ARE REMEMBERED IF SO LATE IN JUNE OF THE YEAR 2001.
SO FAR AWAY AND SO ALONE IS THE ONE WHO GIVES AND AS SO LITTLE.
IVY GALE CHILDRESS, I HOPE TODAY SOMEONE SOMEWHERE IN DYERSBURG AREA REMEBERED YOU, AND THAT YOU ARE SPECIAL.
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