Requiem Aeternam
In addition to 1stLt. Lane, twelve other men from Brownsville, Stanton, and Haywood County, TN, gave their lives in Vietnam over 1965-1970. A one-page PowerPoint file, which can be viewed or downloaded here, summarizes when and where these thirteen lives ended, in Vietnam. The map gives the administrative divisions and military regions for South Vietnam that pertained in June of 1967. The family name of each soldier or Marine is given, together with the date on which he was lost. Listed below, they are: PSgt. William Alford Ferrell, Stanton, TN, Infantryman, Alpha Co., 2/7 Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile). Pfc. Willie Coleman Jr., Brownsville, TN, Infantryman, Bravo Co., 3/60 Infantry, 9th Infantry Division. LCpl. Larry Adrian Land, Brownsville, TN,
Amphibious Assault Vehicle Crewman, Alpha Co., 1st AMTRAC Bn.,
3rdMarDiv. Lost
with three other Marines while trying to cross the Vinh Dien River,
vicinity of Dien Ban, 6Mar 1967. Buried in Brownsville Memorial
Gardens.
Pvt. Andrew Currie, Brownsville, TN,
Mortarman, Foxtrot Co., 2/5 Marines, 1stMarDiv.
Lost
with 16 other Marines and Soldiers at Nong Son Outpost, vicinity of
An Hoa, 4July 1967. Buried in Memphis National Cemetery on his 22nd
birthday. Pfc. Billy Lee Wright, Stanton, TN, Medical Corpsman, Delta Co., 1/12 Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile). Lost with 14 other Soldiers in battle for Quang Tri City, 1Feb 1968. Buried in Stanton Cemetery, Stanton. SP4 James Edward Young, Brownsville, TN, Infantryman, Bravo Co., 1/5 Infantry, 25th Infantry Division. Lost in an accident when the main gun of the tank he was standing near discharged, in Binh Long Province, 16Apr 1968. Buried in Beech Grove Cemetery, Brownsville.
Cpl. Tyrone Wagner Austin, Brownsville, TN,
Machine Gunner, Hotel Co., 2/4 Marines, 3rdMarDiv. Cpl. R.T. Perry, Stanton, TN, Infantryman, Charlie Co., 6/31 Infantry, 9th Infantry Division. LCpl. William Lewis Haak, Brownsville, TN,
Rifleman, CACO 2-2, 2nd CAG, III MAF. Sgt. Albert N. Wright Jr., Stanton, TN,
Rifleman, CACO 1-3, 1st CAG, III MAF. Lost
with five other Marines at Night Defensive Position, vicinity Binh
Son, 19Oct 1969. Buried in St. Matthew Missionary Baptist Church
Cemetery, Stanton.
Pfc.
Danny Wayne Overton, Brownsville, TN,
Machine Gunner, India Co., 3/1 Marines 1stMarDiv. SP4 Richard Keith Johnston, Brownsville, TN, UH-1 Helicopter Repairer, 119th AHC Co., 52nd Aviation BN, 17th Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade. At half mast, for the
matadors Who turned their backs to please the crowd And all fell before the bull
Black and white were the figures that recorded him Black and white was the newsprint he was mentioned in Black and white was the question that so bothered him He never asked, he was taught not to ask But was on his lips as they buried him Rex tremendae majestatis Requiem aeternam, Requiem aeternam —Terry Kirkman, "Requiem for the Masses"
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