JOSEPH EDWARD STRAWBRIDGE

picture courtesy of  Jim Snyder


 
 

The young dead soldiers do not speak. 
Nevertheless they are heard in the still houses. 
(Who has not heard them?).... 
They say, 
We were young. We have died. Remember us. 
They say, 
We have done what we could 
But until it is finished it is not done. 
They say, 
We have given our lives 
But until it is finished no one can know what our lives gave. 
They say, 
Our deaths are not ours, 
They are yours, 
They will mean what you make them. 
They say, 
Whether our lives, and our deaths were for peace and a new hope 
Or for nothing 
We cannot say. 
It is you who must say this. 
They say, 
We leave you our deaths, 
Give them their meaning.

Archibald McLeish 

SP4 - E4 - Army - Selective Service
25th Infantry Division
22 year old Single, Caucasian, Male
Born on Sep 07, 1946
From FINDLAY, OHIO
His tour of duty began on Sep 17, 1968
Casualty was on Dec 29, 1968
in HUA NGHIA, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
OTHER EXPLOSIVE DEVICE
Body was recovered
Religion
ROMAN CATHOLIC

Panel 35W - - Line 3

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