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Subject: Re: 173rd Airborne Brigade

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BILLY M. BROWN

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Date Posted: 01:32:37 08/01/00 Tue
In reply to: 's message, "173rd Airborne Brigade" on 18:11:35 02/25/00 Fri

>I am a Vietnam Vet, served with HQ USARV FROM 2-68 TH 2-69. I RECEIVED A PH AND A BS FOR ACTION AT THE 3RD ORDIANCE AMMO DUMP AT LONG BINH IN MARCH 1968. I RECENTLY RECEIVED A VIDEO FROM THE VFW ON THE BATTLE AT DAK TO, HILL 875. I WATCHED THE VIDEO AND RE WATCHED IT. SUDDENLY I REALIZED THAT I LOST A HIGH SCHOOL FRIEND IN THAT BATTLE ON NOVEMBER 19, 1967. HIS HAME WAS MICHAEL JAY GLADDEN. I HAD SEEN HIM DURING HIS LEAVE BEFORE SHIPPING OVER IN JUNE 1967. I WENT INTO THE ARMY RIGHT AFTER IN SEPTEMBER 67. I WAS IN "AIT" AT FORT HUACHUCA, ARIZONA WHEN HE WAS KILLED. I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN DETAILS. THE CASUALTY REPORT ON THE INTERNET SAYS DIED WHILE MISSING, HOSTILE, OTHER EXPLOSIVE DEVICE. TWO YEARS AGO I WAS AT THE WALL IN D.C. AND TOOK A PICTURE OF HIS NAME ON THE WALL ALONG WITH ABOUT 25 OTHERS OF HOMETOWN BOYS KILLED IN VIETNAM. I HAD FULLY INTENDED ON GIVING THE PICTURE TO HIS PARENTS. TWO WEEKS AFTER GETTING THE PICTURE DEVELOPED, I READ THAT HIS FATHER DIED AND THE OBIT WAS IN THE LOCAL PAPER. IT SENT CHILLS DOWN MY SPINE. I SAW HIS SISTER LAST YEAR AND I TOLD HER OF THE PICTURE AND SHE WANTED IT, BUT NEVER CAME BY TO GET IT.

MIKE WAS ONE OF NINE GUYS KILLED IN HIS HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 65 AT PERMIAN HIGH SCHOOL, ODESSA, TEXAS. THE HIGH SCHOOL I WENT TO WAS ODESSA HIGH SCHOOL, AND MY CLASS HAD NO KIA'S IN VIETNAM. "STRANGE." ONE OF MIKE'S CLASSMATES WAS MARVIN REX YOUNG WHO WON THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR WHILE SERVING WITH THE 25TH INFANTRY. REX IS BURIED CLOSE TO MIKE. ALSO ANOTHER CMH WINNER WAS ALFRED MAC WILSON, A MARINE WHO ALSO IS BURIED VERY NEAR.

BILLY M. BROWN
SSG E-6

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Re: 173rd Airborne Brigade	ronald k wooley	14:31:46 08/10/00 Thu