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To: Mama_Bear
Looks like another good thread for a memorial to my former comrades-in-arms who died in the Vietnam War, they were among America's Finest.

In memory of my fellow Vietnam helicopter pilots who were killed in that war the following were lost on JAN 23. God bless them all.

1967 CPT Guinn J. Rogers (USAR) -- 120 AHC, Age 32, Married, Arkinda, Arkansas
1967 WO1 Julian A. Fincher Jr. (USAR) -- 120 AHC, Age 22, Single, Fairborn, Ohio
1969 WO1 Sylvester Davis (USAR) -- 283 MED DET, Age 28, Married, Akron, Ohio
1969 WO1 Arvid O. Silverberg Jr. (USAR) -- 283 MED DET, Age 22, Single, West Brookfield, Massachusetts

JULIAN A. FINCHER JR., WO1

Here is a memorial to WO1 Fincher from "thewall-usa.com" website, written by a classmate:

Julian (not the name we used, he went by Jack) and I attended the University of Maryland, Munich Campus, in 1964. He was a older than the rest of us students. I remember him wearing a white T shirt with the sleves rolled up and wooden shoes. The shoes were'nt all wood they had black leather tops. He wore a crew cut then. He had an English/Literature class with the Dean of Women. We would jerk his chain about doing well in that class because he looked like a stud. He is a stud. While attending flight school at Ft Rucker in '69, I saw his name on a plaque there. Years later on a visit to the Wall saw his name. I had also been a helicopter pilot in RVN. The loss of Jack is monumental. The Army made a billion dollars from the can do attitude of the RVN helicopter pilots. Jack would have been no different. God bless Jack and his family. I have no doubt that even today he is greatly missed. Wednesday, October 20, 1999

Another memorial to WO1 Silvergerg from the same website.

My brother, Arvie, was a hero all of his life. An outstanding Boy Scout, baseball and basketball player, church member, his school's representative to Boys' State at the Mass. State House. He continued his life of service by becoming a MedEvac helicopter pilot, and no doubt countless men came home to have children and grandchildren because of his selfless heroism, flying into hostile territory on every mission. Received the DFC posthumously for evac.of men by slow-moving hoist. Shot down--3 crew/4 wounded died that terrible day. Tuesday, September 02, 2003

IN THE SHADOW OF THE BLADE

SCOUTS OUT!

13 posted on 01/23/2004 6:11:18 AM PST by ladtx ( "Remember your regiment and follow your officers." Captain Charles May, 2d Dragoons, 9 May 1846)
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To: ladtx
Good morning ladtx.
What a handsome young man JULIAN A. FINCHER JR. was. May God rest his soul.
18 posted on 01/23/2004 6:23:36 AM PST by Aquamarine (True freedom is found in obedience to Christ.)
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To: ladtx
Thank you, ladtx. This remembrance that you post on Military Mondays and on military tribute threads, and the stories of our fallen heroes, are touching and heart wrenching.

Thank you to all who served and to all who continue to answer the call to defend our freedoms.


28 posted on 01/23/2004 8:08:23 AM PST by Mama_Bear (Lori)
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To: ladtx
Respectful silence being observed for these men, and all others, military or civilian, who valiantly served America in the name of freedom....
32 posted on 01/23/2004 8:15:30 AM PST by LadyX (((( To God give praise and honor !! ))))
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